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• The Criminal Code (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (22/03/2021) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Howard Hawks (Twentieth Century) made his first film for Columbia Pictures with this pre-Code prison movie. The great Walter Huston (Dragonwyck) stars as a district attorney-turned-prison warden who gets to witness first-hand the effects of his convictions, especially Phillip Holmes (An American Tragedy), imprisoned after killing a man in a drunken brawl. Co-starring Boris Karloff (Frankenstein), The Criminal Code is tough, no-nonsense, quintessential Hawks. Extras High definition remaster Original mono soundtrack Audio commentary with film historian Nora Fiore (2021) The Howard Hawks Masterclass with John Carpenter (1997): archival audio recording of an event from the British Film Institute's 1997 Howard Hawks retrospective at the National Film Theatre, London Kim Newman on Boris Karloff (2021): the author and critic discusses the non-horror roles of the iconic actor Codes and Convictions (2021): video essay comparing The Criminal Code with its 1950 film noir remake, Convicted Lux Radio Theatre: ˜The Criminal Code' (1937): radio adaptation starring Edward G Robinson Image gallery: publicity and promotional material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Philip Kemp, extracts from interviews with Howard Hawks, Henri Langlois on the early sound films of Howard Hawks, overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits World premiere on Blu-ray Limited edition of 3,000 copies All extras subject to change

• The Dead | DVD | (10/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In this adaptation of the James Joyce short story which takes place at an annual New Years Eve party in Dublin in 1904 Gretta Conroy after hearing an old and sad ballad sung by one of the guests confesses to her husband Gabriel of a long ago love affair she still remembers. This revelation causes Gabriel to question matters of life and death... and moves him to lament the lack of such passion in his own life. The Dead was nominated for two Oscars following its release in 1

• Outlander | Blu Ray | (31/08/2009) from £10.31   |  Saving you £12.68 (122.99%)   |  RRP £22.99

  In the face of an alien threat and a Viking clan's destruction, the tale of the Outlander becomes legend.

• 21 Grams | Blu Ray | (07/06/2010) from £12.13   |  Saving you £-1.14 (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  21 grams is the weight we lose when we die, and this moving drama tells of three very different people brought together by the common bond of death.

• How To Lose Friends And Alienate People | DVD | (16/03/2009) from £4.75   |  Saving you £15.24 (320.84%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York. Based on Toby Young's memoir "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People".

• A Monster in Paris (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD) | Blu Ray | (04/06/2012) from £15.92   |  Saving you £2.07 (13.00%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A wacky inventor, his camera crazy friend and a madcap monkey make a BIG mistake when let loose in the Professor's laboratory! With lotions and potions spilling everywhere, the trio accidentally create Francoeur, a musical talent of monstrous proportions.

• The Proposition (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (16/07/2021) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Hot Potato | DVD | (10/09/2012) from £5.38   |  Saving you £12.61 (234.39%)   |  RRP £17.99

  London's East End, 1969: Our heroes Kenny (Ray Winstone) and Danny (Jack Huston) come into possession of a mysterious box which turns out to contain a large lump of weapons grade Uranium - a true Hot Potato!Initially unaware of The Hot Potato's true value they very quickly realise the danger they've been exposed to. Ably assisted by Danny's girlfriend, the beautiful Carole (Lois Winstone) and shadowed at every turn by the unshakeable criminal Harry (Colm Meadey), Kenny and Danny reluctantly embark on a quest to offload the potato to the highest bidder. Taking them on an epic journey that criss-crosses Europe, and into the company of an ever increasing assortment of shady and bizarre characters, Hot Potato is an 'Italian Job' tinged crime caper that you won't forget!

• Magic City Complete Seasons 1 and 2 | DVD | (06/10/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Series One Miami Beach 1959. As Ike Evans (Jeffrey Dean Morgan - Watchmen P.S. I Love You) rings in the New Year at his luxurious Miramar Playa Hotel Castro’s rebels seize Havana. Miami is turbulent but the Kennedys the mob and the CIA all hold court here. Owner Ike Evans is the star of the hotel. But at what price? Ben “The Butcher” Diamond (Danny Huston - Children of Men 30 Days of Night) financed Ike’s dream and now his life is a façade... just like the Miramar Playa. With diving clowns by day and escorts at night nothing’s what it seems in Magic City. Series Two Ike Evans will risk everything to rid his Miramar Playa Hotel of Ben Diamond. To do so he’ll encounter the powerful boss (James Caan - The Godfather) of the Chicago Outfit. Meanwhile as Vera (Olga Kurylenko - Quantum of Solice) gets a second chance at stardom Ike’s sons Stevie (Steven Strait - 10 000BC) and Danny (Christian Cooke - Cemetery Junction) drift farther from him. If Ike does take back his hotel will the price of victory be too high?

• Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches: Season 2 | Blu Ray | (31/12/2099) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on Anne Rice's second novel in her Lives of the Mayfair Witches series

• Tinker Bell & The Secret of the Wings | Blu Ray | (08/04/2013) from £4.49   |  Saving you £18.50 (80.50%)   |  RRP £22.99

  TINKERBELL AND THE SECRET OF THE WINGS takes Tinker Bell and her fairy friends from the warm world of Pixie Hollow to cross a "great divide" into the mysterious and forbidden Winter Woods.

• The Constant Gardener/Out Of Africa/Catch A Fire | DVD | (22/09/2008) from £11.48   |  Saving you £8.51 (42.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Titles Comprise: The Constant Gardener: In a remote area of Northern Kenya activist Tessa Quayle (Rachel Weisz) is found brutally murdered. Tessa's companion a doctor appears to have fled the scene and the evidence points to a crime of passion. Members of the British High Commission in Nairobi assume that Tessa's widower their mild-mannered and unambitious colleague Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes) will leave the matter to them. They could not be more wrong.... Haunted by remorse and jarred by rumors of his late wife's infidelities Quayle surprises everyone by embarking on a personal odyssey that will take him across three continents. Using his privileged access to diplomatic secrets he will risk his own life stopping at nothing to uncover and expose the truth; a conspiracy more far-reaching and deadly than Quayle could ever have imagined. Based on the novel by John Le Carre The Constant Gardener was nominated for 3 Oscars and Rachel Weisz duly collected statuette hers for a superb supporting turn as Tessa Quayle. Out Of Africa: Meryl Streep stars as Karen Blixen the restless wife of European aristocrat and plantation owner Baron Bror Blixen (Brandauer). When Bror departs to hunt big game and chase women the running of their East African coffee plantation falls to Karen. She throws herself into this task with the same determination and spirit she brings to her passionate but sporadic affair with free-spirited British hunter Denys Finch Hatton (Robert Redford). While enduring her husband's infidelities and the eventual destruction of their beloved land she entertains Denys and befriends the workers. Hatton shares Karen's profound love for the African landscape but is unwilling to sacrifice his independence for their relationship... Catch A Fire: A political thriller that powerfully tells the real-life story of a South African hero's journey to freedom. In the country's turbulent and divided times in the 1980s Patrick Chamusso (Derek Luke) is an oil refinery foreman and soccer coach who is apolitical - until he and his wife Precious (Bonnie Henna) are jailed. Patrick is stunned into action against the country's oppressive reigning system even as police Colonel Nic Vos (Tim Robbins) further insinuates himself into the Chamussos' lives.

• The Witches: Ultimate Collector's Edition | Blu Ray | (12/10/2020) from £54.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A young boy stumbles onto a witch convention and must stop them, even after he has been turned into a mouse.

• The Criminal Code (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (26/06/2023) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Howard Hawks (Twentieth Century) made his first film for Columbia Pictures with this pre-Code prison movie. The great Walter Huston (Dragonwyck) stars as a district attorney-turned-prison warden who gets to witness first-hand the effects of his convictions, especially Phillips Holmes (An American Tragedy), imprisoned after killing a man in a drunken brawl. Co-starring Boris Karloff (Frankenstein), The Criminal Code is tough, no-nonsense, quintessential Hawks.Product FeaturesHigh Definition remasterOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with film historian Nora Fiore (2021)Behind the Mask (2021, 26 mins): author and critic Kim Newman discusses the non-horror career of actor Boris KarloffCodes and Convictions (2021, 30 mins): video essay by Jonathan Bygraves on the many adaptations of Marvin Flavin's The Criminal CodeThe Howard Hawks Masterclass with John Carpenter (1997, 36 mins): archival audio recording of a presentation by the cult filmmaker from the British Film Institute's 1997 Howard Hawks retrospective at the National Film Theatre, LondonLux Radio Theatre: 'The Criminal Code' (1939, 59 mins): radio adaptation starring Edward G Robinson, Beverly Roberts and Paul GuilfoyleImage galleries: on-set and promotional photography from The Criminal Code and its lost Spanish-language version, El código penalNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• The Warrior's Way | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £6.59   |  Saving you £13.40 (203.34%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The world's greatest swordsman abandons his warrior clan to start a new life in the American Badlands in The Warrior's Way a visually dazzling modern martial arts adventure with stunningly choreographed fight sequences and gravity-defying stunts. In an original gorgeously realised journey into a mythical past writer and director Sngmoo Lee seamlessly marries the cinematic traditions of East and West. Korean superstar Jang Dong Gun Kate Bosworth Danny Huston and Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush star in this epic story of revenge and redemption. Yang (Jang Dong Gun) must betray his clan to save his final enemy - a young baby girl. He travels from Asia to a dying gold rush town in the American West where he goes into hiding by working as a lowly laundryman. Yang attempts to put his past behind him while befriending the local eccentrics of the once-thriving town the fiery tempered knife-thrower Lynne (Bosworth) and Ron (Rush) the town drunk with a secret past. When Lynne is threatened by a gang led by a Colonel (Danny Huston) Yang comes out of hiding to protect her and the town with his sword skills and finds himself forced to face the past he was hoping to put behind him.

• Ivansxtc | Blu Ray | (28/09/2020) from £9.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Danny Huston, Peter Weller and Lisa Enos star in this biting satire on the behind-the-scenes of the Hollywood film industry, with all its drink and drug-fuelled excess, from director Bernard Rose (Candyman, Paperhouse). Opening with the death of its titular protagonist, ivansxtc goes back in time to chart the final days of hot-shot Tinseltown agent Ivan Beckman Huston) and his fast-paced, wheeler-dealer lifestyle, which will ultimately lead him to an early grave after a shock cancer diagnosis. Loosely based on Leo Tolstoy's celebrated 1886 novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich, and featuring a searing performance by Danny Huston at its core and wonderfully sleazy turn from Peter Weller as Ivan's biggest client, ivansxtc is a powerful meditation on life, death and morality set against the glitzy backdrop of La La Land. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS High-Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Original uncompressed Stereo and 5.1 DTS-HD MA options Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Q&A with director Bernard Rose, actress/producer/co-writer Lisa Enos, actors Danny Huston, Peter Weller and Adam Krentzman from a 2018 screening at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles Original Theatrical Trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by Peter Strain FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector's booklet featuring new writing by Robert J Simpson

• 21 Grams | DVD | (07/06/2010) from £3.59   |  Saving you £7.40 (206.13%)   |  RRP £10.99

  21 grams is the weight we lose when we die, and this moving drama tells of three very different people brought together by the common bond of death.

• Prizzi's Honor | DVD | (13/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Director John Huston was a master of storytelling and Prizzi's Honor was his black comedy masterpiece. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards including Best Picture and Anjelica Huston won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her caustic performance. Charley Partanna a do-it-yourself kind of guy has been loyal to 'The Family' since he can remember. If you need somebody rubbed out he's your eraser ready to kill at the drop of a dollar. Boss Don Corrado Prizzi's daughter Maerose has eyes for Charley but Charley has already fallen for a sultry hit-woman named Irene Walker. Their unlikely romance hits a snag however as Irene and Charley have each been hired to knock off the other.

• Waiting for Anya | Blu Ray | (08/06/2020) from £5.50   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on the novel by War Horse author, Michael Morpurgo, Waiting for Anya tells the powerful and authentic true story of a young shepherd-boy who risks everything to help smuggle Jewish children into Spain from German-occupied France. Filmed in the town of Lecsun, France in which the true to life story also originated, the film boasts an all-stellar cast including; Stranger Things star, Noah Schnapp, Academy Award Winner Anjelica Huston (Ever After, The Addams Family), Jean Reno (Leon, The Big Blue, Ronin), Frederick Schmidt (Mission: Impossible Fallout), Thomas Kretschmann (The Pianist, Central Intelligence) and Nicholas Rowe (Riviera, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels).

• The Golden Bowl | DVD | (04/11/2002) from £5.38   |  Saving you £9.61 (178.62%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The latest Merchant Ivory period drama stars Uma Thurman, Jeremy Northam, Kate Beckinsale and Nick Nolte in a tale of passion & intrigue.