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• Salvador--Special Edition | DVD | (10/09/2001) from £7.74   |  Saving you £5.25 (67.83%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Salvador recounts the conflict between the peasant revolution and the US-backed death squads in El Salvador in the early 1980s as seen through the eyes of American journalist Richard Boyle. Telling unpalatable truths condensed into intense fiction, Oliver Stone's film is typically confrontational, the real Boyle writing the source material for Stone's savage screenplay. The journalist is brought to life by James Woods in a brilliant hyper-kinetic performance: his powerful commitment to the truth balances his self-destructive, drink, drugs and danger-fuelled personality. Providing excellent support is James Belushi as partner in debauchery Dr Rock, while Stone delivers the most spectacular $4 million movie imaginable by conning the El Salvadorian military into lending tanks, planes and helicopters for a film which brands many of their leaders as war criminals. Genuinely radical cinema, Salvador blisters with moral fury, setting it beside The Killing Fields (1984) as a modern classic. On the DVD: Without spoiling the plot, the original trailer is so compelling it makes you want to watch the film again even if you've just seen it. The are four deleted/extended scenes which add a little more political background--unfortunately the legendary orgy/severed-ears seen is not among them. Parts, though not the whole of this scene, appear in the exceptionally good 62-minute retrospective documentary which covers the extraordinary making of the film and the horrors of the political background in depth (a technical advisor was shot dead on a tennis court). Oliver Stone delivers the best commentary tracks around and this is no exception as he presents a masterclass in gonzo-guerrilla filmmaking. There is also a gallery of 46 behind-the-scenes stills. Given the circumstances, Robert Richardson's cinematography is miraculously accomplished and, excepting some grain, transfers to DVD, anamorphically enhanced at 1.77:1, very well. The original low-budget sound has made the transition to three-channel Dolby Digital with style, George Delerue's machine-gun score having real urgency and the action being appropriately chaotic. --Gary S Dalkin

• Town on Trial (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (29/05/2023) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Investigating the murder of a young woman in a small English town, a brusque Superintendent (John Mills - Hobson's Choice, Ice Cold in Alex, Young Winston) discovers that virtually everybody he encounters has something to hide. Setting the template for British crime thrillers for decades to come, director John Guillermin's audacious, often salacious, drama is untypical of mainstream British cinema of its time, and can be seen as both a direct antecedent of the Italian giallo and a blueprint for David Lynch's Twin Peaks. Town on Trial is a rare treat which is ripe for rediscovery. Product Features High Definition remaster Original mono audio The John Player Lecture with John Mills (1972, 96 mins): archival audio recording of an interview conducted by Margaret Hinxman at London's National Film Theatre Barry Forshaw on 'Town on Trial' (2018, 20 mins): appreciation by the author of British Crime Film: Subverting the Social Order and Brit Noir Adventure in the Hopfields (1954, 59 mins): director John Guillermin's Children's Film Foundation drama starring Mandy Miller (The Snorkel) Shooting Hops (2018, 7 mins): focus puller Alec Burridge discusses working with John Guillermin and the production of Adventure in the Hopfields Original theatrical trailer Image gallery: original promotional material New English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Roman Polanski Boxset | DVD | (25/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Cul-De-Sac: A mismatched couple (he effeminate and petulant she sensual and enigmatic) share a bizarre sexual relationship living in a remote castle. Their very isolation from the world prevents their eccentric partnership from foundering. Only an outsider can disrupt their make-believe lifestyle. That disruption arrives in the belligerent form of Richard and Albert two oddball gangsters straight out of a 1940's film noir wounded desperate and on the run. They demand s

• Lover Come Back | DVD | (17/01/2005) from £5.01   |  Saving you £4.98 (99.40%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Jerry Webster (Hudson) and Carol Templeton (Day) are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other's methods. After he steals a client out from under her cute little nose revenge prompts her to infiltrate his secret VIP campaign in order to persuade the mystery product's scientist to switch to her firm. Trouble is the product is phony and the scientist is Jerry who uses all his intelligence and charm to steal her heart!

• For Love Of The Game | DVD | (15/01/2001) from £10.89   |  Saving you £2.09 (26.46%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Billy Chapel (Kevin Costner) is forced to re-examine his priorities in life when he is confronted with unexpected circumstances

• First Cow | Blu Ray | (09/08/2021) from £8.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Award-winning director Kelly Reichardt (Meek's Cutoff, Wendy and Lucy) returns with the eagerly awaited First Cow, a gripping and glorious story of friendship, petty crime and the pursuit of the American dream on the harsh frontier of the Pacific Northwest. In 1820s Oregon, two loners team up to seek their fortune through a scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner's prized Jersey cow - the first, and only, in the territory. A true masterpiece from one of the great modern American filmmakers.

• Get Carter | DVD | (24/06/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Why did Hollywood think it was a good idea to take Get Carter--Mike Hodges' classic 1971 study in gangster psychology--transplant the setting from decaying Tyneside to a present-day American metropolis, neuter the screenplay so that precious little of the original's acerbic humour and subtlety remain, and assign the lead role of Jack Carter, memorably taken by Michael Caine in the original, to Sylvester Stallone? No amount of Rocky-cum-Rambo routines can convince you that he's remotely inside the character, even though here Carter's psychotic side has been airbrushed out as he seeks revenge for the murder of his brother and rape of his niece. Miranda Richardson is a wearily sympathetic Gloria, and Rachel Leigh Cook a not-too-bratish Doreen (is this actually used as an American name?). Mickey Rourke looks suitably wasted as loutish businessman Cyrus; Alan Cumming is an annoyingly smug computer whizz Kinnear (wouldn't you have pulled the trigger?), while Michael Caine loses all credibility for his cameo appearance as Cliff Brumby. Did he really need the cash? On the DVD: Get Carter on disc is a classy but lifeless production. Extras include the theatrical trailer, cast and crew details, and six deleted scenes which are too brief to be more than off-cuts. Three spoken and nine subtitled languages are provided, and there's director Stephen Kay's pithy running commentary to enjoy. Even he, however, often sounds at a loss to explain just why the film was made. Thank goodness the original movie is also available on DVD. --Richard Whitehouse

• Danielle Steel's Secrets | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £6.54   |  Saving you £-0.55 (-9.20%)   |  RRP £5.99

  While the couple keep the affair under wraps other stars struggle to conceal their own ghosts. Former Queen of Soap Jane Adams is the victim of a violent and jealous husband but can she resist throwing herself into the arms of her co-star Zack Taylor? Sex-symbol Bill Warwick lands his first major role but then his success is marred by a police investigation into the suspicious death of his wife? Amidst all the scandal and the cover up the show must go on.... but can it?

• Ballers: Season 4 | DVD | (04/02/2019) from £9.96   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Spencer Strasmore and an endearing group of colleagues, rivals and pro-football clients return for a new season of HBO's hit comedy from Steve Levinson (Entourage) that digs deeper into the extravagant, high-stakes, big-money world of professional football. This season, having refused to compromise his principles by joining an alliance with the filthy-rich Anderson brothers to move a football franchise to Las Vegas, Spencer (Dwayne Johnson) and his partner Joe Krutel (Rob Corddry) set their sights on expanding their firm's foothold in the client-management business, weighing an opportunity to purchase an extreme-sports LA outfit run by the fiercely autonomous Lance Klians (Russell Brand). Meanwhile, Ricky Jerret (John David Washington) eyes a comeback while chafing at his new life as a father; Charles (Omar Benson Miller) faces the myriad challenges of being a general manager; Vernon (Donovan W. Carter) continues his profligate ways, to the chagrin of his sidekick Reggie (London Brown); and Jason (Troy Garity) tries to set Spencer up with a high-school prodigy, Quincy Crawford, and his equally impressive mother Jayda.

• Tales Of The Unexpected - The Complete Series | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.91

  Roald Dahl's chillingly brilliant anthology series Tales of the Unexpected comes to you as a collection of every episode from each series. Although widely-regarded as one of the greatest children's authors of all-time Roald Dahl also wrote chilling adult fiction taking the twisted ideas used to entertain children and thrilling adults with similar themes. Much-gossiped about in its day the surprising stories - usually with a sting in the tale - enthralled a nation the moment the iconic titles started. Sinister and with a touch of the macabre Tales of the Unexpected holds at its heart a core of black humour that makes each story both compelling and surprising with a twist in each tale that delighted audiences throughout the country.

• Wonder Woman - Complete Season 1 | DVD | (15/08/2005) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Meet the United States' secret and most beautiful weapon in the fight against tyranny: Wonder Woman! Season 1 of 'Wonder Woman' (the Pilot movie and 13 regular episodes) retains the World War II era of the super heroine's early comic book adventures. Also captured is the exuberant tone of a comic book come to screen life as the warrior princess (empowered by her sense of a woman's worth and by the mysterious substance Feminum that's found only on her remote native isle) battle

• The Fly | Blu Ray | (19/05/2008) from £9.09   |  Saving you £10.90 (119.91%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Be afraid. Be very afraid... This frightening but extremely moving and romantic horror film stars Jeff Goldblum as an over-ambitious scientist who accidentally merges with a housefly while conducting a bizarre teleporting experiment. A journalist (Geena Davis) who has fallen in love with him while covering his scientific endeavours suddenly finds herself caring for a horrific creature whose insect half gradually begins to take over.

• Jungle Fever | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £6.91   |  Saving you £9.08 (131.40%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Spike Lee's 1991 story about an interracial relationship and its consequences on the lives and communities of the lovers (Wesley Snipes Annabella Sciorra) is one of his most captivating and focused films. Snipes and Sciorra are very good as individuals trying to reach beyond the limits imposed upon them for reasons of race tradition sexism and such. Lee makes an interesting and subtle case that they are driven to one another out of frustration with social obstacles as well as pure attraction--but is that enough for love to survive? John Turturro is featured in a subplot as an Italian American who grows attracted to a black woman and takes heat from his numbskull buddies.

• Sun Valley Serenade | DVD | (26/02/2007) from £5.14   |  Saving you £7.85 (152.72%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored Karen Benson. When soloist Vivian Dawn quits Karen stages an ice show as a substitute.

• Opening Night (DVD & Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (27/05/2013) from £14.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (33.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Receiving its long-overdue world premiere High Definition release, as part of this BFI Dual Format Edition, John Cassavetes' emotionally charged 1977 film Opening Night stands as one of the great American movies about theatre and the art of performance, and was nominated for 2 Golden Globe Awards. Featuring the great Gena Rowlands (A Woman under the Influence) in an award-winning role as the Broadway legend Myrtle Gordon. When a young fan dies in an accident while trying to meet her, Gordon must confront her personal demons in the run-up to the opening of her latest play. Opening Night also stars John Cassavetes in a rare acting role in one of his own films, alongside regular collaborator Ben Gazzara (Husbands, The Big Liebowski, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie). Special Features: Audio Commentary (Feature length) Memories of John (DVD only) Falk on Cassavetes part 3: the later years (DVD only)

• Soldier Soldier - The Complete Series 4 | DVD | (06/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The complete fourth series of the hugely popular army drama starring Robson Green Jerome Flynn Holly Aird and Gary Love. Follow the trails and tribulations of the King's Own Fusilliers as the army undergoes a period of dramatic change and amalgimation. Episodes Comprise: 1.Stormy Weather 2.Away Games 3.Damage 4.Second Sight 5.Over The Top 6.Proud Man 7.Further Education 8.Baby Love 9.Band Of Gold 10.Going Back 11.Poles Apart 12.Bombshell 13.Changing The Ground

• An American Werewolf in Paris | DVD | (24/06/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  On the strength of his Hitchcockian-thriller debut, Mute Witness, writer-director Anthony Waller was hired to direct this belated sequel to the 1981 horror comedyAn American Werewolf in London but lycanthropy in the City of Light just ain't what it used to be. The movie offers plenty of gruesome make-up and special wolf-transformation effects and there are some effectively spooky moments in the plot involving an underground population of hungry Parisian werewolves. One of them is seductively played by Julie Delpy, who is rescued from attempted suicide by an American tourist (Tom Everett Scott, from That Thing You Do!) but ultimately can't hide her dual identity when darkness falls and the full moon shines. The movie begins well but gradually succumbs to nonsense and mayhem, prompting critic Roger Ebert to observe that "here are people we don't care about,doing things they don't understand, in a movie without anyrules". In other words, you'd have to be a die-hard horror buff to give this one the benefit of the doubt.--Jeff Shannon

• Mary Reilly | DVD | (31/01/2011) from £7.51   |  Saving you £-1.52 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Evil loves innocence. The story of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is given a new twist when seen through the innocent eyes of Dr Jekyll's housemaid Mary Reilly. Mary (Julia Roberts) is sensitive to the needs and weaknesses of her master Dr Henry Jekyll (John Malkovich) and is prepared to do almost anything for him. Her trust is a blessing as the doctor embarks on a new dangerous experiment - one that will bring about a meeting between Mary and Dr Jekyll's sinister assistant Mr Hyd

• Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | DVD | (15/06/2009) from £13.98   |  Saving you £28.00 (233.53%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Rivals Of Sherlock Holmes: Series 1 (4 Discs)

• Warm Bodies | Blu Ray | (17/06/2013) from £15.37   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A