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• Girl On A Motorcycle | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Caught midway between 1970s soft-porn clunker The Story of O and Bunuel's sado-masochistic fantasy Belle de Jour, the 1968 erotic curio Girl on a Motorcycle is one of Marianne Faithfull's chief claims to notoriety. She stars as Rebecca, a leather-clad, former bookstore clerk in search of sexual fulfilment who flees her dependable schoolteacher husband for a dangerous liaison with Daniel (Alain Delon), a dashing Professor addicted to speed. The story is told entirely in flashbacks as Rebecca rockets along the road, having donned her leathers and walked out on her sleeping husband at the crack of dawn. It all must have seemed fairly daring and provocative in 1968, providing viewers with ample opportunities to view a naked Faithfull at the height of her allure. But today the existential musings of the lead character seem achingly pretentious, the erotic symbolism merely gawky and unintentionally amusing: the sight of Alain Delon with a phallic pipe dangling from his mouth is like something out of a Rene Magritte painting. The sex scenes between Delon and Faithfull are all swamped in a polarised visual effect that, while garish and psychedelic, is dated and distinctly unerotic. Director Jack Cardiff is better known as a cinematographer on classics such as The African Queen and Black Narcissus. Among Cardiff's other directorial credits is a worthy adaptation of DH Lawrence's Sons & Lovers, but Girl on a Motorcycle is a saucy road movie with no final destination. On the DVD: This DVD version is misleadingly presented as being the fully restored and uncut version of the film. Yet it was the US version not the European one that was heavily cut (and titillatingly re-titled "Naked Under Leather"). The restoration certainly does not refer to the print quality: although the colours are vivid and bright, the print used to master the DVD (in 16:9 anamorphic format) is extremely grainy and, at times, speckled with dirt and scratches. Included as one of the special features, a theatrical trailer loaded with innuendo shows just how much the film was marketed to a prurient audience. Director Jack Cardiff provides an audio commentary but has few revelatory things to say about his film beyond technical considerations, and even makes several clunking errors (recalling his casting decisions concerning a scene that takes place in a provincial German café, he raves about how he strove to find authentic French locals!). He does reveal that the film's use of a voice-over was inspired by the internal monologue that forms the basis of James Joyce's Ulysses. Given Cardiff's age and experience one feels that he must have more interesting anecdotes and insights, making this commentary feel like a wasted opportunity. --Chris Campion

• Jean-Luc Godard DVD Collection - Vol. 2 | DVD | (04/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Includes the classic Nouvelle Vague (New Wave) Godard films 'Pierrot Le Fou' Made In USA and Prenom Carmen. Pierrot Le Fou: Described as the film where Godard tried everything and almost pulled it off 'Pierrot Le Fou' is his deconstruction of the American crime thriller. Ferdinand escapes Bourgeious society with the babysitter Marianne in tow... When a dead body is found in Marianne's apartment the two lovers head for the South of France to escape being caught up in gangster activities. On an island on the C''te d'Azur Ferdinand is content to read and write poetry but Marianne's impatience gets the better of her and she disappears to join her brother a notorious gun runner. Another dead body is found then armed gangsters arrive on the scene to menace Ferdinand.... Made In USA: A journalist Paula Nelson arrives in Atlantic City France to look for her missing ex-boyfriend Richard Politzer. Her enquiries soon reveal that he is dead murdered by an unknown assassin. Suspecting that Richard may have been the victim of a political intrigue Paula allies herself with gun-toting gangsters and shady police agents to try to uncover the truth.... Prenom Carmen: During a failed bank raid a terrorist named Carmen is seduced by a security guard Joseph. To escape arrest Carmen appears to submit to her obsessed lover and the two take refuge in a seaside apartment. However Carmen remains committed to her terrorist activities and plans a kidnapping whilst pretending to film a documentary for her uncle once a great film director. How will Joseph react to Carmen's apparent indifference to their relationship?

• Devil's Nightmare | DVD | (28/05/2004) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Seven travellers stranded in the Italian countryside accept the hospitality of a kindly castle lord, but what horror awaits them: the family has a curse on it that dooms the eldest daughter of each generation to become an agent of the devil, and guess who's coming home. After a striking opening scene (involving a Nazi officer in 1944 overseeing the birth of his child, which turns out to be... an accursed daughter!), this horror tale drags along at a glacial pace until the visitors settle in enough to take a little time out for sex, which serves as an appetiser to sadistic murders. The guests, ostensibly representative of the Seven Deadly Sins, die in appropriately thematic twists at first, though after gluttony, greed and lust the point gets stretched. This low-budget example of horrotica has its entertaining moments, an appropriately lurid style (courtesy of Belgian director Jean Brismee), and even an appearance by former French matinee idol Jean Servais (Beauty and the Beast). Included are trailers for this and three other Italian exploitation films and an extended introduction by British horror hostess Eileen Daly (which was actually recorded for a different film!), a black-leather Elvira with a whip and a penchant for kink that may not be to the tastes of all audiences. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• Sweet House of Horrors (Beyond Terror) | DVD | (07/12/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Fulci's second contribution to the series begins with a typically gory scene worthy of the director deemed the sultan of splatter. A masked man breaks into a couple's home and brutally murders them in an extremely sadistic fashion leaving their two children orphaned and haunted by the loss of their parents. After this violent prologue the film takes an unexpected turn into the realm of modern-day fairy tales as the grieving children conjure a supernatural force that brings their parents back to life. This tender yet desperate act results in disastrous consequences as the parents attempt to both comfort their children and exact revenge on their murderer. The Sweet House Of Horrors is a strange departure for Fulci who creates an unusual mix of genres ranging from his trademark horror to some unexpected moments of comedy.

• Stolen Kisses | DVD | (19/02/2007) from £12.98   |  Saving you £7.01 (54.01%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Antoine Doinel is back in civilian life after being discharged from the army. He is reunited with Christine Darbon the girl he was in love with before he joined the army. He needs a job and tries his hand as a night porter in a hotel but loses the job he also tries private investigation. Here he meets Fabienne who he becomes infatuated with meanwhile carrying on his relationship with the prim and proper Christine who he later proposes to.

• Buffet Froid | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Bertrand Blier's C''sar Award winning surreal comedy in which Gerard Depardieu stars as a suspected serial killer pitted against an ageing police inspector.

• When The Boat Comes In - Series 2 - Part 1 | DVD | (09/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  James Bolam stars as the loveable rogue Jack Ford in this classic series set on Tyneside at the end of the first World War. This double DVD contains the first five stories from series two and sees Jack having to contend with trouble from within his union and family as well as with people in his past who are trying to catch up with him. Elected as District Secretary for the Fitter's union Jack makes his brother-in-law Matt his deputy...

• Essential Truffaut Collection | DVD | (05/12/2005) from £100.00   |  Saving you £-50.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Jules Et Jim (1960): Francois Truffaut's beautiful and enigmatic film about the lifelong friendship between two writers - French novelist Jim (Henri Serre) and Austrian children's author Jules (Oskar Werner) - and their mutual love for the eccentric Catherine (Jeanne Moreau). The story begins in 1920s Paris when Jules and Jim first meet and become friends. As young single men they gallavant about Paris chasing women or studying ancient art. When they meet the equally energetic Catherine whose impulses range from dressing up as a man to taking midnight plunges into the Seine their circle is complete. But when World War II erupts with Jules and Jim fighting on opposite sides everything changes. Jules marries Catherine before going off to battle. After the war they settle into a quiet existence in the French countryside. But Catherine is restless and unfaithful. Jim reunites with his oldest and closest friend and Catherine makes room for him in their house asking him to move in and become her lover. Jim complies as he wants nothing more than to please his friend Jules who agrees to the plan... The Last Metro (1980): Winning an incredible ten French Academy Awards in 1981 The Last Metro is one of Truffaut's most highly acclaimed and popular films. Starring Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu in magnetic performances the story is set in Paris 1942 during the Nazi occupation of France. When Lucas Steiner (Heinz Bennett) the Jewish owner of the Montparnasse Theatre is forced into hiding his wife and lead actress Marion (Deneuve) takes over. Desperate to keep both the troupe and Lucas alive she stages a new play which must be a success to continue. She hires the womanising actor Bernard Granger (Depardieu) for the lead in their next production. Just as the actors begin their rehearsals an anti-semitic journalist ensconces himself in the theatre creating an atmosphere of fear and insecurity. Will he discover Lucas' hideaway and the political affiliations of the group's lead actor? Truffaut delivers a captivating study of artists (the actors) struggling against the odds (the Nazis) and a compelling insight into the atmosphere of wartime Paris and the theatre set against a backdrop of exquisite period detail. La Peau Douce (1964): Pierre is a successful happily married publisher who meets Nicole a lovely airplane stewardess and begins a lustful affair with her. As his passion deepens he realizes he must choose between his wife Franca and his mistress. However the movie takes a suprising twist leading to one of the most startling conclusions in film history... The 400 Blows (1959): Praised by film-makers and critics the world over Truffaut's 400 Blows launched the Nouvelle Vague and paved the way for some of cinema's most important and influential directors. Twelve-year-old Antoine Doinel has troubles at home and at school. Ignored and neglected by his parents his relationship with his mother is further strained when he discovers that she has taken a secret lover. Added to this his school teachers have written him off as a troublemaker and with luck seemingly never on his side it is Antoine who ends up getting the blame for bad behaviour. Finding refuge only in his love of cinema Antoine soon finds it necessary to break free and discover what the world can offer outside of the confines of his everyday life. This remarkable film features the extraordinary talent of Jean-Pierre Leaud as the rebellious Antoine a character based on Truffaut himself. Doinel was to make appearances in a number of Truffaut's films (including Stolen Kisses Bed and Board and Love on the Run) all of which chart his further adventures into adulthood.

• The Texas Rangers | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Made with the full cooperation of the real-life Texas Rangers this sprawling historical western stars Fred MacMurray as Jim Hawkins one of three outlaws working the Lone Star State in the years following the American Civil War. Both Jim Hawkins and his partner in crime Wahoo Jones (Jack Oakie) decide to go straight but their bandit pal Sam McGee (Lloyd Nolan) has not quite seen the light as they have. Eventually Jim and Wahoo join the fledgling Texas Rangers an organization

• When The Boat Comes In - Series 3 - Part 3 | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £15.15   |  Saving you £7.83 (64.39%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jack Ford has earned a reputation as someone to be feared and respected in Gallowshields. Realises his ambition to get on he lives well and doesn't seem to want for money. Continuing to mix with aristocracy while maintaining his Seaton family ties he also looks out for his Union comrades. Episodes Featured The Father of Lies Diamond Cut Diamond A Marriage and a Massacre High Life and Hunger Please Say Goodbye Before You Go

• Love On The Run | Blu Ray | (29/09/2014) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The final film in François Truffaut's autobiographical 'Antoine Doinel' series which follows the director's screen alter ego from adolescence (in 'Les Quatre Cents Coups') to the complications of married life here. Separated from his wife novelist Antoine is having an affair with Sabine (Dorothee). When seeing off his son at a train station he spots his first love Colette (Marie-France Pisier) and jumps into her carriage. Colette is now seeing Sabine's brother Xavier (Daniel Mesguich) and soon all four protagonists are back in Paris attempting to reconcile their lives.

• Flash Gordon Space Soldiers - Volume 1 - Episodes 1 To 4 | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Planet Mongo is hurtling through space threatening to destroy Earth. Flash Gordon and dale Arden join Dr. Zarkov on his rocket ship in an attempt to reach Mongo and divert its' course away from Earth... Episodes include: Planet In Peril / Tunnel Of Terror / Death Grip / The Sea Beast

• Crimson Rivers 2: Angels Of The Apocalypse | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Fearless Tiger | DVD | (04/03/2002) from £6.45   |  Saving you £-2.46 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  After his brother dies of a drug overdose Lyle heads to Hong Kong and becomes a Kung Fu expert. Using his newfound martial arts skills Lyle seeks revenge on the Chinese gang that supplied the deadly drug.

• Portrait Of A Region - The Railways Of The South East | DVD | (06/08/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  London and the Home Counties is the backdrop as we look at British Rail light rail steam diesel and electric and an early look at the Channel Tunnel. Includes: The Watercress Line - Old Oak Common Open Day - Romney Hythe And Dymchurch Railway - Buckinghamshire Railway Centre and much more

• The Art of Seduction | DVD | (22/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  The Art Of Seduction' is a feature length trilogy of dramas based on the short works of well-known American authors. It brings together some of Hollywood's top talent. Businessman Martin Meadows (Ray Liotta) returns to his suburban home and confronts his wife Emily (Andie MacDowell) whose drinking is beginning to threaten their children's safety. A Domestic Dilemma based on the story by Carson McCullers is a hard-edged portrayal of one couple's struggle with alcoholism. Directed by Kisti Zea. In the second tale up and coming boxer Eddie Megeffin (Matt Dillon) is pressured by his beautiful young wife Arlene (Kyra Sedgwick) to accept a big payday bout with a championship contender. Although he's not ready Eddie is eager to please Arlene - who has been all but forgotten due to his rigorous training schedule. Will Eddie's sacrifices pay off? Or will Arlene simply return to Kansas City. Directed by Walter Bernstein. The third story sees the writer Henry (Scott Glenn) befriend Mara (Juliette Binoche) a prostitute. Struck by her mysterious charm and beauty he invites her to dinner and the two are passionately drawn together. Henry offers the kindness Mara has never known but is it too threatening to her pained existence? Mara written by Henry Miller is the touching tale of two lovers whose entire relationship is limited to a single night. Directed by Mike Figgis.

• Santa And The Three Bears | DVD | (08/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Enter the world of holiday magic with Mama Bear and her two cubs plus of course Mr Ranger.... Join Mama Bear her two cubs and Mr Ranger as they invite us into their world of holiday magic. The young bears refuse to miss the holiday this year and would simply not go into winter hibernation! Mama Bear gets anxious and Mister Ranger looks for a solution..... But this winter Christmas would come early. With unforgettable story-telling and great animation. This favourite Christmas video is one of the all time classics.

• The F Word Series 4 Gordon Ramsay | DVD | (27/10/2008) from £14.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (20.09%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Gordon Ramsay is back with a fourth series of The F Word!

• Artificial Eye 40th Anniversary Collection: Volume 4 | Blu Ray | (05/12/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  THREE COLOURS BLUE - The first instalment of the late Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski's trilogy on Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, the three colours of the French flag. Blue is the most sombre of the three, a movie dominated by feelings of grief. As the film begins, a car accident claims the life of a well-known composer. His wife, played by Juliette Binoche, does not so much put the pieces of her life back together as start an entirely new existence. BABETTES FEAST - Babette's Feast is a film which depicts so little, yet says so much. Set in a rural Danish community, it centres around the twin sisters of the village pastor and the French women who serves them after fleeing the 1871 revolution. On winning the lottery she plans a feast to mark the centenary of the sisters' father, bringing a dimension of fine living into the lives of the God-fearing Lutherans and healing festering personal animosities in the process. THE 400 BLOWS - Francois Truffaut's semi-autobiographical first feature stars Jean-Pierre Léaud as Antoine Doinel, an unruly young Parisian whose unhappiness leads him into trouble. Frequently running away from school and home, Antoine spends much of his time playing with his friends on the steets of the city; but events take a more serious turn when an accusation of plagiarism leads him to quit school and the theft of a typewriter lands him in trouble with the police. SAWDUST AND TINSEL - While traveling in caravan through the country of Sweden, one member of the decadent Alberti Circus tells the owner and ringmaster Albert Johansson a sad story about the clown Frost: seven years ago, his wife Alma was surprised by him bathing naked in a lake with a regiment.

• Demon Under Glass | DVD | (15/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Who is the monster the undead creature of the night or the scientists experimenting on him? The pursuit of a serial killer leads to a deeper evil. When a creature of myth and legend a real vampire is captured he is imprisoned in a specially built medical unit and subjected to brutal medical experiments. With the project's original MD dead a rookie from the clinic downstairs is brought in as a replacement. As the procedures becomes more gruesome he is torn between sympathy