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• The Flashing Blade | DVD | (24/09/2001) from £15.98   |  Saving you £11.00 (78.63%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Flashing Blade is a tale of high adventure set in 1630 as the dashing Chevalier de Recci (Robert Etcheverry) undertakes a dangerous mission across occupied territory to avert war between France and Spain. This 13-episode serial was made for French television in 1967, and in dubbed form regularly shown on the BBC during school holidays from 1969 through the 1970s (usually when 1965's Adventures of Robinson Crusoe was having a rest). This release is aimed at that generation who, from the spine-tingling theme song onward, remember the show with tremendous affection. Like the classic Hollywood movie serials, each 23-minute episode packs in a couple of action sequences; some plot twists, a little comic relief and very variable acting and costumes. For a children's programme the story is remarkably complex, and takes a while to gather pace. The colours have faded, the use of classical music is clumsy, but the dubbing is surprisingly accomplished. The swashbuckling action is at odds with the more serious historical drama, but viewed with nostalgia The Flashing Blade is thoroughly entertaining vintage TV. --Gary S Dalkin

• Paint Your Wagon | DVD | (04/02/2002) from £6.49   |  Saving you £6.50 (100.15%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Set in No Name City California during the gold rush this musical comedy concerns prospectors Ben and Pardner and their unusual nuclear family. The business partners strike a deal to share Ben's wife Elizabeth whom Ben purchased from a Mormon. But the free-thinking Ben is worried about rivalry over Elizabeth from the town's all-male population hungry for female company. So he arranges to kidnap a stagecoach full of working girls on their way to a nearby city and sets up a brothel

• Flyboys | DVD | (08/10/2007) from £39.29   |  Saving you £-23.30 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  "Flyboys," is inspired by the epic tale of the American young men who would become known as the legendary Lafayette Escadrille.

• Castle Keep (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (22/03/2021) from £12.74   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Sydney Pollack's Gothic war drama stars the great Burt Lancaster as the brutal, one-eyed army major in charge of a small group of American GIs fighting to save the castle they're stationed in during World War II. Extras High Definition remaster Original mono audio Alternative 4.0 Surround sound track The John Player Lecture with Burt Lancaster (1972, 100 mins): audio recording of an interview conducted by Joan Bakewell at the National Film Theatre, London The Lullaby of War (2017, 18 mins): a new interview with actor Tony Bill about his experiences making Castle Keep Eastlake at USD (1968, 29 mins): an archival interview with the author of the original novel, William Eastlake Original theatrical trailer New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

• The Great Silence (Masters of Cinema) Standard Edition Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (11/04/2022) from £13.66   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  On an unforgiving, snow-swept frontier, a group of bloodthirsty bounty hunters, led by the vicious Loco (Klaus Kinski) prey on a band of persecuted outlaws who have taken to the hills. Only a mute gunslinger named Silence (Jean-Louis Trintignant) stands between the innocent refugees and the corrupt killers. But, in this harsh, brutal world, the lines between right and wrong are not always clear, and good does not always triumph. Featuring superb photography and a haunting score from maestro Ennio Morricone, director Sergio Corbucci's bleak, brilliant and violent vision of an immoral, honour-less West, is widely considered to be among the best and most influential Westerns ever made. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Sergio Corbucci's masterpiece, The Great Silence, on Blu-ray from a 2K restoration. Product Features 1080p presentation on Blu-ray from a 2K restoration undertaken and completed for the 50th anniversary of the film's original release English and Italian audio options Optional English Subtitles New audio commentary by author Howard Hughes and filmmaker Richard Knew Brand new audio commentary by filmmaker Mike Siegel Audio commentary by director and Spaghetti Western aficionado Alex Cox, recorded live at the Hollywood Theatre, Portland in 2021. Included with kind permission of 36 Chambers LLC. New interview with Austin Fisher, author of Radical Frontiers in the Spaghetti Western: Politics, Violence and Popular Italian Cinema Cox on Corbucci filmmaker Alex Cox talks about Sergio Corbucci [15 mins] Western, Italian Style 1968 documentary [38 mins] Two Alternate Endings Original Theatrical Trailer Stills Galleries Plus: A 36-page collector's booklet featuring two essays by author Howard Hughes; one covering the background to the making of The Great Silence, and an extensive piece on the westerns of Klaus Kinski

• Pink Panther | Blu Ray | (19/01/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Inspector Jacques Clouseau returns to the big screen in the form of Steve Martin.

• Carmen: The Restored Edition (2 discs) | DVD | (18/07/2011) from £19.80   |  Saving you £0.19 (0.96%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This movie version of Bizet's popular opera Carmen was filmed on location, conveying a kind of atmosphere, a sense of space, movement, and presence that's hard to achieve in a staged performance. It takes the action out of doors for many scenes, with the opening titles superimposed on the bloody conclusion of a bullfight. Elsewhere the changing of the guard, the crowd scenes, the dance number that opens Act 2, and the panoramic scenery of the smugglers' mountain hideout all benefit from the freedom granted by movie cameras. It's an exciting Carmen, too, with a young-looking Placido Domingo in top form for a role he has sung hundreds of times. For Julia Migenes, though, it was her first performance in a role she would have trouble performing in an opera house. Her voice does not fit easily into Carmen's range, and she spent months training it, very successfully, before singing the role in a recording studio where the soundtrack was taped before the film was shot. Casting her in the role was a gamble, but it worked; she is a convincing actress. Unlike most opera-house performances this movie version uses the opera's original opera comique form with some spoken dialogue rather than recitatives.--Joe McLellan, Amazon.com

• Le Mans | Blu Ray | (09/06/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Robe | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £22.49   |  Saving you £-9.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The first movie ever filmed in CinemaScope The Robe was nominated for five Academy Awards in 1953 including Best Picture and Best Actor for Richard Burton. Burton stars as Marcellus Gallio the Roman centurion charged with overseeing the crucifixion. But when he wins Christ's robe in a gambling game at the foot of the cross his life is changed forever. With its inspired story set to a spectacular score and featuring an all-star cast including Victor Mature and Jean Simmon

• Ronin 4K UHD (2-Disc Edition) | Blu Ray | (03/06/2024) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Strategy expert Sam (De Niro), mastermind Vincent (Reno), computer expert Gregor (Skarsgård), weapons specialist Spence (Bean) and driver Larry (Sudduth) form an international team of ex-secret agents hired by the mysterious Deirdre (McElhone) to attack a motorcade and steal a suitcase. The men know nothing about the contents of the suitcase, the identity of Deirdre's backers, or the organization from which the suitcase is to be stolen. In Deirdre's team, where no one knows each other's true motives, there are only two things that are certain: no one wants to miss out on the money that the lucrative job brings in, and everyone is willing to kill for it 2-Disc version incl. the feature on 4k-UHD + bonus features on Blu-Ray. Audio Commentary by Director John Frankenheimer. Blu-Ray Bonus Disc: In the cutting room, Natascha McElhone Natascha McElhone: The Work of an Actress, Composing the Music, Risky Driving Manoeuvres, Filming in the Fast Lane, Through the Lens, Interviews in Venice, Alternative Ending

• Godzilla | Blu Ray | (20/05/2019) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Broderick plays a scientist who is drafted in to assist when an enormous lizard created by nuclear fallout terrorises New York.

• Arsenic And Old Lace | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £17.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family.

• Spartacus | Blu Ray | (24/03/2025) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Le Cercle Rouge | DVD | (26/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Melville's masterful take on the American crime thriller perfectly combines the Hollywood gangster film with his uniquely French style. Starring Alain Delon as a master theif Yves Montand as an alcoholic ex-cop and Italian star Gian-Maria Volonte as an escaped criminal the trio plot a daring heist of an upmarket Parisian jewellery store against impossible odds.

• Cyborg | Blu Ray | (15/11/2021) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Deteriorating from social anarchy deadly plague, 21st-Century America is descending into a seething barbaric nightmare. Only Pearl Prophet (Dayle Haddon), a beautiful half human/half cyborg, has the knowledge necessary to develop a vaccine. But during her desperate quest to gather data and bring the cure to the world, Pearl is captured by cannibalistic Flesh Pirates who plot to keep the antidote for themselves and rule the world! Now, only the awesome fighting skills of sabre-wielding hero Gibson Rickenbacker (Van Damme) can rescue her and save whats left of civilisation. Directed by Alert Pyun (Dollman), 88 Films is proud to present a new 4K scan of this Van Damme Classic.

• Jack And Sarah / When Harry Met Sally / French Kiss | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £17.98   |  Saving you £2.01 (11.18%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When Harry Met Sally: Will sex ruin a perfect relationship between a man and a woman? That's what Harry (Crystal) and Sally (Ryan) debate during their trip from Chicago to New York. And eleven years later they're sill no closer to finding the answer. Will these two best friends ever accept that they're meant for each other... or will they continue to deny the attraction that's existed since the first moment when Harry met Sally? French Kiss: Straight-laced Kate (Ryan)has her future all planned out: marry her fiance Charlie (Timothy Hutton) and live happily ever after. What she didn't count on was Juliette the beautiful French woman Charlie falls for on a business trip to Paris! Determined to win him back Kate jumps on a plane where she meets Luc (Kline) a petty thief whom she immediately dislikes. But when Luc sneaks a stolen necklace into Kate's purse she finds herself travelling through France with him on a trip full of surprises: the biggest one being that this con man is stealing her heart! A sexy savvy and very funny romantic romp 'French Kiss' is a passionate heartfelt reminder that life can always surprise you. Jack And Sarah: Jack (Richard E. Grant) has it all - a perfect marriage a successful career and a dream home. But his world crumbles when his wife dies giving birth to their daughter Sarah. Even though he is struggling to cope with his broken heart and a newborn baby Jack rejects the offers of help from his family (Judy Dench and David Swift) in a bid to prove his independence. Instead he builds a quirky family of his own when he takes on a down-and-out (Ian McKellen) to be his housekeeper and American waitress Amy (Samantha Mathis) to be his nanny. Once Amy moves in life becomes a series of mishaps and conflicts with touchingly funny moments as the mis-matched characters learn to live with each other. But when Jack's female boss begins to show more than a professional interest in him the tension mounts as Amy and Jack begin to realise their true feeling for each other....

• Willow | DVD | (11/03/2013) from £13.39   |  Saving you £-3.40 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Billed as a fantasy to please kids and adults alike in 1988, Willow was revolutionary in its day. Not only did it have a vertically challenged actor (Warwick Davis) as its leading man, it also set new standards for special effects, using the first known "morfing" (sic) systems. To top it all off it combined the talents of two of Hollywood's biggest names, director Ron Howard and writer-producer George Lucas, and changed Val Kilmer's destiny, influencing both his career and love life. In theory all this should have added up to a rip-roaring success of a film. Alas, the end result has been unkindly if accurately described as the bastard son of Lord of the Rings, with Star Wars as its doting mother. The plot line (plucky young man sent off on a quest to protect something which could change the reign of evil) has obvious links to Tolkien's classic; Kilmer's Madmartigan (the diamond in the rough) has distinct similarities to Hans Solo. And with the great advances in modern cinemas special effects, Willow's ferocious two-headed dragons now look like something out of 1963's Jason and the Argonauts. However, even though it marked the end of the road for fantasy films in the 1980s, Willow's combination of locations, set design and groundbreaking SFX set new standards and influenced much modern cinema, including Peter Jackson's epic Lord of the Rings. All in all, this is a movie with its heart, soul and magic in the right place. On the DVD: Willow is brought up to date on DVD with this excellent special effects enhancing anamorphic transfer of the original 2.35:1 screen ratio; the Dolby 5.1 surround sound boosts the power behind Badmorda's roar as well as spotlighting James Horner's swashbuckling score. A lively commentary is offered by Warwick Davis, although he has a tendency to dwell on his own musings rather than the film as a whole. Other features include "The Making of the Adventure", which is a standard TV behind-the-scenes documentary/advert and a wealth of TV spots, trailers and photos. By far the most interesting feature is the "Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Film" documentary including interviews with George Lucas, Ron Howard and Dennis Muren (the renowned special effects guru) on the creation of morphing and its influence on later movies. –-Nikki Disney

• Breathless | DVD | (13/09/2010) from £8.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Landmark French movie that turns the tragi-comic story of small time criminal Michel Poiccard/Laszlo Kovacs (Belmondo) obsessed with both Bogart and an aspiring American journo (Seberg) into a major masterpiece of fickle hedonism. Cigarettes hats sunglasses and determined unconformity make Belmondo a true cinematic icon playing against the stunning Seberg to a sharp jazz score in the coolest of cities. Crafted with elusive spontaneity Godard's nervy style still looks as good as ever.

• Suburra | DVD | (05/09/2016) from £4.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (260.52%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The Suburra district was the criminal underbelly of Ancient Rome, home to the city's darkest secrets. In modern times, crime and corruption has spread deep inside the city where everything - even the priesthood - can be bought for a price.

• Timecop | Blu Ray | (18/10/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Set in the year 2004 where time travel is a reality and a new breed of crime has emerged. It is now possible to alter history and the Time Enforcement Commission has ruled that no-one goes back in time. But someone has broken the rule and Timecop Max Walker (Jean-Claude Van Damme) must prevent a change in history - and prevent the murder of his wife...