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• The Lost World | DVD | (11/08/2003) from £12.98   |  Saving you £-7.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  The granddaddy of giant monster movies, The Lost World was one of the most expensive movies ever made in 1925, costing more than a million dollars, and has remained one of the most influential. Every larger-than-life creature feature since--from King Kong to Godzilla and Jurassic Park--owes a debt to this original adventure fantasy based on Arthur Conan Doyle's novel. It's the story of a maverick scientist (Wallace Beery under a bushy beard) who finds a land that time forgot on a plateau deep within the South American jungles and comes back to London with a captured brontosaurus to prove it. His expedition includes Bessie Love, the daughter of an explorer who disappeared on the previous expedition, and big game hunter Lewis Stone. The ostensible stars of the picture are all upstaged by Willis O'Brien's dinosaurs, simple models brought to life with primitive stop-motion animation (the technique was soon to be perfected by O'Brien for King Kong). Hardly realistic by any measure, these pioneering special effects are still a sight to behold, especially the lumbering brontosaurus which receives the most care from O'Brien, both foraging in his jungle and rampaging through the streets of London. With the coming of talkies, The Lost World became obsolete: all known American prints were destroyed in favour of a sound remake (which became King Kong) and the film only survived in a severely truncated form (even the original negative was lost). For this release David Shepard meticulously "rebuilt" the film using material from eight different surviving prints from all over the world, cleaning and restoring along the way. The result is 50% longer than previously extant prints, still not complete but closer than any version since its 1925 debut. The difference is not merely in restored scenes but in a rediscovered sense of grace in scenes filled out to their original detail and pace. The film moves and breathes once again like a silent film. On the DVD: From the attractive solid slipcase to the wonderful "period" menu interface, this is a delightful DVD package. The film itself looks surprisingly good--a real tribute to the restoration team's efforts--with careful tinting in the style of the period (blues for evening, reds for dawn etc.). The disc features the choice of either an original score by The Alloy Orchestra or a classical orchestral score compiled and conducted by Robert Israel (both enjoyable and effective), 13 minutes of O'Brien's animation outtakes (including a couple of isolated frames that capture O'Brien manipulating his models) and a well-meaning but basic commentary by Arthur Conan Doyle historian Roy Pilot. There's also a text biography of Conan Doyle and a display of original postcards, posters and other promotional items. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• The Beatles - Help! Limited Edition | DVD | (05/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £52.99

  'Help!' was The Beatles' second feature film and their first in colour released at the height of their iconic history in 1965.

• Wedding Bell Blues | DVD | (26/08/2002) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-14.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Turning 30 and not having been married is driving 3 friends Jasmine Tanya and Micki crazy. Will these friends end up with husbands or heartaches the love of their lives or simply a weekend they'll never forget?

• Two Evil Eyes | Blu Ray | (24/08/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Rumpole Of The Bailey - Series 6 - Complete | DVD | (30/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Horace Rumploe (Leo McKern) is a down-at-heel yet brilliant barrister. Fond of quoting Wordsworth he comes to the defence of shoplifting vicars overly amorous teachers and many others who pass through the doors of the Old Bailey. Episodes Comprise: 1. Rumpole A La Carte 2. Rumpole And The Summer Of Discontent 3. Rumpole And The Right To Silence 4. Rumpole At Sea 5. Rumpole And The Quacks 6. Rumpole For The Prosecution

• Green Street: Limited Edition Sleeve Design (Exclusive to Amazon.co.uk) | DVD | (26/12/2005) from £9.98   |  Saving you £6.01 (60.22%)   |  RRP £15.99

  After the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Elijah Wood could've opted for further big budget epics, but took a sharp left turn with this better-than-average B-movie. Released just after Everything is Illuminated, another offbeat entry, Wood plays journalism student Matt Buckner. In the prologue, he's expelled from Harvard when his over-privileged roommate sets him up to take the fall for his own misdeeds. With nowhere to go, Matt decides to visit his sister, Shannon (Claire Forlani), in London. He's already got a chip on his shoulder when he falls under the sway of Shannon's brother-in-law, Pete (Charlie Hunnam), head of West Ham's football "firm," the Green Street Elite. Matt soon gets caught up in their thuggish antics—to tragic effect. In her feature debut, German-born Lexi Alexander makes a mostly convincing case for the attractions of violence to the emotionally vulnerable, as opposed to the emotionally numb pugilists of the more satirical Fight Club. Unlike David Fincher (by way of Chuck Palahniuk), she plays it straight, except for the stylised fight sequences. Consequently, humour is in short supply, but the young Brit cast, especially Leo Gregory as the surly Bovver, is charismatic and Wood makes his character as believable as possible, i.e. he may seem miscast, but that's the point. Although there's no (direct) correlation between the two, Green Street makes a fine taster for Bill Buford's Among the Thugs, the ultimate dissection of the hooligan mentality. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

• X The Unknown | DVD | (26/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A strange blob-like creature terrorises the inhabitants of a Scottish village.

• The Prisoner - Vol. 5 - Episode 17 Plus The Prisoner Companion | DVD | (14/08/2000) from £7.24   |  Saving you £8.75 (120.86%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The most famous the most acclaimed and the most intriguing of all classic television thrillers starring Patrick McGoohan as a man with no name but with only a number.... Number Six. Trapped in an inescapable village Number Six is discovering that life is a battle with the ever-changing Number Two and that there may never be an end to the nightmare. Episode 17 - Fall Out: The Prisoner has won he has earned the rights to be an individual and not a number. The Alternate Chimes Of Big Ben: This is the USA press release version of The Chimes Of Big Ben with alternative opening and closing credits different theme music and different scenes. The Prisoner Companion: This US produced documentary tries to explain the many unanswered question posed throughout the short series.

• Verdi - Macbeth | DVD | (22/10/2007) from £24.99   |  Saving you £-3.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  Verdi Macbeth

• The Charge Of The Light Brigade | DVD | (26/07/2004) from £14.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (33.44%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Dramatisation detailing the events that led to the destruction of the Light Brigade at the Crimea of the men who were sent to their death and those behind what is now recognised as one of British history's major military blunders.

• One Dark Night: Collector's Edition | Blu Ray | (24/08/2021) from £29.27   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• 3 Leading Ladies Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 1 - Father's Little Dividend / Nothing Sacred | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £4.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Father's Little Dividend: Reprising his role from the 1950 release 'Father Of The Bride' Spencer Tracy rejoins Joan Bennett Elizabeth Taylor and Don Taylor in a charming sequel. Tracy portrays Elizabeth Taylor's father Stanley Banks who is still recovering from the effects of giving up his ""little girl"" Kay to Buckley Dunstan played by Don Taylor. Upon hearing the news that the newlyweds are expecting Tracy opposes the new arrival feeling the stresses of middle ag

• CIRCUS OF FEAR / FIVE GOLDEN DRAGONS - CIRCUS OF FEAR / FIVE GOLDEN DRAGONS (1 Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (01/07/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• My Name Is Nobody | DVD | (07/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  One of the biggest hits of Sergio Leone's career 'My Name Is Nobody' brings together two Western icons: Henry Fonda and 70s Italian superstar Terence Hill. Fonda plays ageing gunslinger Jack Beauregard and nobody is faster than Beauregard - until he meets a man called Nobody (Hill) who has been hired to kill him. However Beauregard was Nobody's childhood hero and the wily young gun starts planning a way that Jack can go down in the history books. Directed by Leone's former assi

• Death By Misadventure | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £4.27   |  Saving you £1.72 (40.28%)   |  RRP £5.99

  He was the greatest master of unarmed combat the world has ever seen. How could the self proclaimed world's fittest man die so suddenly at the very height of his career? Could foul play have been involved or even murder? Death By Misadventure goes in depth behind the scenes as we unfold the greatest mystery of the martial arts movie world. It also highlights a profile of Bruce Lee's legacy Brandon Lee which charts the rising star's emergence as a major force in action cinema of the 90's until his tragic and untimely death in March 1993.

• King Lear | DVD | (14/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt toadying daughters and rejects his one loving but honest one... The most revered actor of the 20th century stars in 'King Lear' Shakespeare's greatest tragedy. Laurence Olivier gives an outstanding performance portraying drama's most celebrated octogenarian with spirit and pathos. This internationally acclaimed production boasts Olivier in his first appearance in a Shakespeare play filmed exclusively for television.

• Peter Sellers | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Peter Sellers Collection

• Living And The Dead | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £10.23   |  Saving you £5.76 (56.30%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A furiously original meld of madness and pathos The Living And The Dead is family dysfunction at its most shocking and grotesque. With bankruptcy looming desperate Donald Brocklebank (Roger Lloyd Pack) must leave his bedridden wife alone with their son James - a schizophrenic man-child. In a horrific fit of dementia James abandons his medication locks the doors and plays nurse. As his ability to distinguish morbid fantasy from reality decays he plunges into a mental labyrinth so violent and deranged none of them may survive it.

• Personal Velocity | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £7.21   |  Saving you £12.78 (177.25%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A collection of stories about three women who all came from an unstable family background. There's Delia who was abandoned by her mother and was left to be brought up by her drug-addict father. Greta left home when she was young because she couldn't cope with her mother's criticism and Paula who lived on the streets for a year after running away from home.

• The 355 UHD BR: 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray + Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (08/04/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A