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• Pumping Iron | Blu Ray | (17/03/2023) from £15.90   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Vengeance is Mine | Blu Ray | (13/02/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the true story of Iwao Enokizu (Ken Ogata) and his murderous rampage which sparked a 78-day nationwide manhunt, Shhei Imamura’s disturbing gem 'Vengeance Is Mine' won every major award in Japan on the year of its release. Both seducing and repelling with its unusual story and grisly humour, mamura uncovers a seedy underbelly of civilised Japanese society. Unfolding through multiple flashbacks, Ogata delivers a career-defining performance as a day-labourer and smalltime con-artist who, after killing two of his co-workers, embarks on a psychopathic spree of rape and murder. Eluding the police and public, Japan’s infamous “King of Criminals” passes himself off as a Kyoto University professor, only to become entangled with an innkeeper and her perverted mother. Five years in the making, 'Vengeance Is Mine' transcends the imitations of run-of-the-mill criminal studies by presenting a portrait of a killer imbued with a poignant, tragic banality. Special Features: New 1080p Blu-ray encode in the film’s original aspect ratio New and improved optional English subtitle translation Audio commentary by noted critic and filmmaker Tony Rayns Video introduction by film director Alex Cox Original Japanese theatrical teaser and trailer (Blu-ray only) 56-Page Booklet featuring a 1994 interview with Imamura by Tichi Nakata, original promotional material, and a director’s statement

• Messiah - The First Killings / The Reckoning | DVD | (27/01/2003) from £6.68   |  Saving you £9.31 (139.37%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The on-screen infatuation with serial killers continues with Messiah, an absorbing, intelligent two-part BBC TV film that's a close cousin to David Fincher's Seven. Based on the novel by Boris Starling (who also co-wrote the screenplay), Messiah follows Detective Chief Inspector Red Metcalfe (Ken Stott) in tracking down someone with a Christ complex in a murder-case involving 12 "Apostles". A fine line is trod in presenting enough horror so as to intrigue, but not so much as to repel. Decapitations, cut out tongues and flayed skin are all masked in shadow or reflection. More attractive to the eye is a strong cast including Edward Woodward as the case's religious consultant and the keeper of Metcalfe's wayward brother and Michelle Forbes as his deaf wife (the actress learnt sign language in six days for the part). Other notables are Ron Berglas as the unemotional expositional pathologist and Gillian Taylforth as the beleaguered wife of corruptible copper Duncan (Neil Dudgeon). With fine supporting work from Frances Grey, Jamie Draven, Art Malik and 25,000 flies, you'll be racking your brains to spot the killer. Expect to jump several times along the way. On the DVD: a 30-minute behind-the-scenes documentary interviews all the key cast members on their thoughts of grisly imagery and working with one another. The producers have plenty to say on the original script and use of red herrings to distract us. Writer Boris Starling is comically talked to while in make-up as one of the victims. A few (wisely) deleted scenes, text biographies of cast and crew and a gallery of 12 photos round out the extras package. --Paul Tonks

• Skippy The Bush Kangaroo - Vol. 1 | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Thrill! As Skippy rescues Sonny from an out of control speedboat.... Gasp! As Ranger Hammond comes face to face with his evil cigarette smoking twin.... Cheer! As Skippy escapes from the clutches of evil zoo keeper Frank Thring.... Hiss! As swinging honeymooners plot to steal Skippy's fur.... Applaud! As Skippy tinkles the ivories and plays drums in a rock band Much loved and fondly remembered by everybody who grew up during the 60s and 70s Skippy was no mere marsupial. Not only cou

• The Vice: The Complete Series (repackaged) | DVD | (01/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  The gripping police TV series peeks into the darkest corners of British society as the team led by D.I. Chappel (Ken Stott) aims to uncover the very worst criminals dealing in prostitution and pornography in the London sex trade... Series 1: 1. Daughters (Part 1) 2. Daughters (Part 2) 3. Sons (Part 1) 4. Sons (Part 2) 5. Dabbling (Part 1) 6. Dabbling (Part 2) Series 2: 1. Home Is The Place (Part 1) 2. Home Is The Place (Part 2) 3. Walking On Water (Part 1) 4. Walking On Water (Part 2) 5. Betrayed (Part 1) 6. Betrayed (Part 2) 7. Lovesick (Part 1) 8. Lovesick (Part 2) Series 3: 1. Out Of Mine 2. Into The Night 3. Force Of Nature 4. Falling Series 4: 1. Trade 2. No Man's Land 3. One More Time Series 5: 1. Hooked 2. Control 3. Gameboys 4. Untouchable 5. Outcast 6. Birdhouse 7. Lust

• Your Cheatin Heart | DVD | (25/05/2015) from £14.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (33.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In this six part BBC series John Byrne creator of Tutti Frutti explores the country music scene in an unsentimental portral of Glaswegian life and culture. Local food and wine correspondant Frank McClusky falls in love with waitress Cissi Crouch. Unfortunately for him she's the wife of a convict who's inside serving seven years for a crime he didn't commit. As Frank's life becomes more embroiled with Cissie's he goes on a mission to track down the guilty men.

• Godzilla | Blu Ray | (27/10/2014) from £6.99   |  Saving you £23.00 (329.04%)   |  RRP £29.99

  An epic rebirth to Toho's iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure pits the world's most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity's scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.

• Skippy The Bush Kangaroo - Vol. 2 | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £4.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (200.40%)   |  RRP £14.99

  More outback adventures for Skippy the kangaroo and the Hammond family. Episode titles: The Marine Biologist The Swagman Summer Storm Surf King Mayday Where There's Smoke The Empty Chair The Long Night

• Kagemusha | DVD | (03/06/2002) from £13.72   |  Saving you £-0.73 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The 1970s were difficult years for the great Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. Having been unable to secure full Japanese backing for his epic project Kagemusha, the 70-year-old master found American support from George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola, who served as co-executive producers (through 20th Century Fox) for this magnificent 1980 production--to that date the most expensive film in Japanese history. Set in the late-16th century, Kagemusha centres on the Takeda clan, one of three warlord clans battling for control of Japan at the end of the feudal period. When their leader Lord Shingen (Tatsuya Nakadai) is mortally wounded in battle, he orders that his death be kept secret and that his "kagemusha"--or "shadow warrior"--take his place for a period of three years to prevent clan disruption and enemy takeover. The identical double is a petty thief (also played by Nakadai) spared from execution due to his uncanny resemblance to Lord Shingen--but his true identity cannot prevent the tides of fate from rising over the Takeda clan in a climactic scene of battlefield devastation. Through stunning visuals and meticulous attention to every physical and stylistic detail, Kurosawa made a film that restored his status as Japan's greatest filmmaker, and the success of Kagemusha enabled the director to make his 1985 masterpiece, Ran. --Jeff Shannon

• Tokyo Vice S1 | Blu Ray | (15/01/2024) from £23.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Pokémon Detective Pikachu | Blu Ray | (16/09/2019) from £12.96   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Ryan Reynolds stars in the first-ever live-action Pokemon adventure as Pikachu, the iconic face of the global Pokemon phenomenon-one of the world's most popular, multi-generation entertainment properties and the most successful media franchise of all time. The story begins when ace detective Harry Goodman goes mysteriously missing, prompting his 21-year-old son Tim (Justice Smith) to find out what happened. Aiding in the investigation is Harry's former Pokemon partner, Detective Pikachu (Ryan Reynolds): a hilariously wise-cracking, adorable super-sleuth who is a puzzlement even to himself. Finding that they are uniquely equipped to work together, as Tim is the only human who can talk with Pikachu, they join forces on a thrilling adventure to unravel the tangled mystery. Chasing clues together through the neon-lit streets of Ryme City-a sprawling, modern metropolis where humans and Pokemon live side by side in a hyper-realistic live-action world-they encounter a diverse cast of Pokemon characters and uncover a shocking plot that could destroy this peaceful co-existence and threaten the whole Pokemon universe.

• Sniper | DVD | (26/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When the American government launches a covert operation to depose an opposition leader in Panama they team a veteran army marksman with a greenhorn sniper who is unproven on the battlefield to do the dirty work. The kid is arrogant at first and virtually ignored by the jaded older soldier who's seen-it-all-before. But the stark reality of murder even at a distance is too much for the young man to bear. His fear and uncertainty end up putting the entire mission in jeopardy - and h

• In Sickness And In Health - Series 1 | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The classic 1960s and early 70s comedy series Til Death Us Do Part had established Warren Mitchell's bigoted big-mouth Alf Garnett as one of the most unforgettable figures of British television. Too good a character to leave to posterity his creator Johnny Speight brought him back - as opinionated loud-mouthed bad tempered reactionary prudish homophobic and hilarious as ever... This 1985 sequel found Alf and Else relocated to a flat in the East End but the curmudgeonly old git still had plenty to moan about: his pension the unions having to push his wheelchair bound wife around and horror upon horror their black and gay council home help Winston.

• In A World... | DVD | (20/01/2014) from £4.53   |  Saving you £13.46 (297.13%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Lake Bell (No Strings Attached “Children’s Hospital”) stars in In a World... a hilarious and  heart-felt comedy about a struggling vocal coach who strikes it big in the cutthroat world of movie-trailer voiceovers only to find herself in direct competition with the industry’s reigning king—her father. Written and directed by Bell who won the Sundance 2013 Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award for the script In a World... also stars Fred Melamed (A Serious Man) Rob Corddry (Hot Tub Time Machine) Demetri Martin (“Important Things with Demetri Martin”) Michaela Watkins (“Enlightened”) Ken Marino (“Burning Love”) Nick Offerman (“Parks and Recreation”) Alexandra Holden (The Hot Chick) and Tig Notaro (“The Sarah Silverman Program”).

• The Net | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £10.76   |  Saving you £-1.78 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Net, the first of Hollywood's big cyber-thrillers of the mid-1990s, was also the most successful, thanks in large part to the natural appeal of star Sandra Bullock. Still riding high from Speed and While You Were Sleeping, Bullock plays a computer expert victimised by sinister cyber-forces who steal her identity for reasons unknown. It's a clever combination of high-tech paranoia and Hitchcockian references (including Jeremy Northam as a romantic stranger named Devlin, after Cary Grant in Notorious). Film historians may look back someday on films like this--Roger Ebert calls them "hacksploitation"--to see what they reveal about our society's reaction to the increasing role of technology in our lives, just as we now study the fears of Communism and the atom bomb reflected in films of the 1950s. Dennis Miller and Diane Baker co-star. --Jim Emerson, Amazon.com

• THE VALIANT RED PEONY: Red Peony Gambler I-III (Masters of Cinema) Special Edition Two-Disc Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (17/06/2024) from £27.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eureka Entertainment to release THE VALIANT READ PEONY: Red Peony Gambler I-III, the high stakes melodrama starring the iconic Junko Fuji as an honourable and stoic gambler and swordswoman. Presented for the first time ever on Blu-ray from brand new restorations. Available in 2024 as part of The Masters of Cinema Series, the first print run of 2000 copies only will feature an O-card slipcase. Originally released between 1968 and 1972, the Red Peony Gambler series is a cornerstone of the ninkyo eiga genre and a clear influence on such cult favourites such as Lady Snowblood and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill. The Masters of Cinema series is proud to present the first three Red Peony Gambler films, starring Junko Fuji (13 Assassins) and directed by three titans of Japanese genre cinema in Kōsaku Yamashita, Norifumi Suzuki and Tai Katō. Set during the Meiji era, Red Peony Gambler stars Fuji as Ryuko Yano, the daughter of a gambler. When her father is murdered, Ryuko takes on a new name derived from the crimson flower tattooed on her shoulder - Oryu, the Red Peony - and sets out for revenge. Then, in Red Peony Gambler 2: Gambler's Obligation, Oryu falls in with a group of yakuza attempting to monopolise the silk trade. When machinations within the gang lead to a betrayal, the Red Peony takes action. Finally, in Red Peony Gambler 3: The Flower Cards Game, Oryu meets a pair of star-crossed lovers as she becomes embroiled in a conflict between rival yakuza clans. Fuji would go on to play the Red Peony five more times, cementing the character as the archetype for many of the vengeful women to follow in Japanese cinema and beyond. These early entries in the Red Peony Gambler series are presented here for the first time ever on Blu-ray from brand new restorations of the original film elements by Toei. Extras: Limited edition O-card slipcase featuring new artwork by Grégory Sacré (Gokaiju) [First print run of 2000 copies only] | 1080p HD presentation of all three films from restorations of the original film elements supplied by Toei | Original Japanese audio tracks (uncompressed LPCM mono) | Brand new audio commentary tracks on all three films | Tony Rayns on Red Peony Gambler - brand new interview with critic and Asian cinema expert Tony Rayns | Trailers | PLUS: A collector's booklet featuring new writing by Jennifer Coates (Making Icons: Repetition and the Female Image in Japanese Cinema, 1945-1964) and Joe Hickinbottom

• Visitor Q | DVD | (24/05/2004) from £15.70   |  Saving you £-0.71 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  'Visitor Q' presents a harrowing absurdist take on the reality TV phenomenon depicting the chilling disintegration of a dysfunctional family and seals Miike's reputation as one of world cinema's most daring and dangerous cinematic visionaries. In Miike Takashi's outrageous taboo-busting satire Vistor Q shamed reporter Kiyoshi Yamazaki visits one of Japan's many comfort houses to make a documentary about sex and violence amongst the nation's youth and is surprised to encounter h

• Letters From Iwo Jima | DVD | (24/12/2007) from £4.90   |  Saving you £8.09 (165.10%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The companion film to "Flags Of Our Fathers", "Letters from Iwo Jima" tells the story of the infamous WW2 battle from the Japanese perspective.

• The Pillow Book (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (29/05/2023) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Inspired by Sei Shōnagon's first-century diary, Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book is an audio-visual tour de force, and a showcase for one of British cinema's most singular talents. Starring Vivian Wu (8½ Women), Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting) and Ken Ogata (Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters), the film is among Greenaway's most daring and adventurous works. Product Features High Definition remaster Original stereo audio Selected scenes commentary with Peter Greenaway (2015, 38 mins) The Book of the Editor (2020, 27 mins): editor Chris Wyatt recalls his work with Greenaway Rosa (1992, 16 mins): performance film by Anne Teresa De Keersmaker's Rosas dance company, directed by Peter Greenaway and shot by Sacha Vierny, newly restored from the original negative by Belgium's Cinematek Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography Original theatrical trailer Original theatrical calligraphic subtitle presentation New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Human Nature | DVD | (04/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  When Lila (Arquette) starts puberty something goes wrong and begins to grow a covering of thick hair all over her body. Unable to cope with this she moves to a secluded forest and becomes a best selling author. However at the age of thirty lila craves for male company and sets out to get back into society where she finds Puff (Ifans) a man raised by animals in the jungle...