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• Happiness | DVD | (22/05/2000) from £8.49   |  Saving you £11.50 (135.45%)   |  RRP £19.99

  At times brilliant and insightful, at times repellent and false, Happiness is director Todd Solondz's multi-story tale of sex, perversion and loneliness. Plumbing depths of Crumb-like angst and rejection, Solondz won the Cannes International Critics Prize in 1998 and the film was a staple of nearly every critic's Top 10 list. Admirable, shocking, and hilarious for its sarcastic yet strangely empathetic look at consenting adults' confusion between lust and love, the film stares unflinchingly until the audience blinks. But it doesn't stop there. A word of strong caution to parents: One of the main characters, a suburban super dad (played by Dylan Baker), is really a predatory paedophile and there is more than an attempt to paint him as a sympathetic character. Children are used in this film as running gags or, worse, the means to an end. Whether that end is a humorous scene for Solondz or sexual gratification for the rapist becomes largely irrelevant. Happiness is an intelligent, sad film, revelatory and exact at moments. It's also abuse in the guise of art. That's nothing to celebrate. --Keith Simanton

• Bananas | DVD | (19/02/2001) from £10.96   |  Saving you £8.02 (100.63%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Woody Allen's second film as a director was a wild, unpredictable and unlikely comedy about a product-tester named Fielding Mellish (Allen), who can't quite connect with the woman of his dreams (Louise Lasser, Allen's ex-wife). He accidentally winds up in South America as a freedom fighter for a guerrilla leader who looks like Castro. Once he assumes power, the new dictator quickly goes insane--which leaves Fielding in charge to negotiate with the US. The film is chockfull of wonderfully bizarre gags, such as the dreams Fielding recounts to his shrink about dueling crucified messiahs, vying for a parking place near Wall Street. Look for an unknown Sylvester Stallone in a tiny role--but watch this film for Allen's surprisingly physical (and always verbally dexterous) humour. --Marshall Fine

• Requiem For A Dream | DVD | (06/08/2001) from £3.96   |  Saving you £16.03 (404.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A harrowing tale of drug addiction and lost dreams, set in 1978 New York.

• Crimewave (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (22/03/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Louise Lasser, Paul L Smith,After the colossal success of The Evil Dead, director Sam Raimi teamed up with the Coen brothers (fresh from Blood Simple) to make his next film, Crimewave, an unusual mixture of screwball comedy, film noir and B-movie homage. Raimi's film tells the bizarre story of a security-system installer, Vic (Reed Birney), who finds himself in the electric chair when he falls in love with Nancy (Sheree J Wilson), a femme fatale on the run from two bumbling exterminators ˜of all sizes' (Paul L Smith, Popeye, and Brion James, Blade Runner). A notoriously troubled production which flopped upon its original release, Crimewave can now be enjoyed as a riotously entertaining showcase for Raimi and the Coens, which also benefits from a highly amusing performance from cult-horror star Bruce Campbell. Extras High Definition remaster Original mono audio Alternative presentation with pre-release Broken Hearts and Broken Noses title sequence Audio commentary with actor Bruce Campbell (2013) The Crimewave Meter with Bruce Campbell (2013): the Evil Dead star revisits Crimewave and his various collaborations with Sam Raimi Made in Detroit with Edward Pressman (2013): the producer discusses his participation in the making of the film Leading Man with Reed Birney (2013): the actor talks about his lead role in Crimewave and his wider career Rank Outsider (2021): genre-film expert, critic and author Kim Newman remembers the film's original UK cinema release New appreciation by the comedian, musician and writer Rob Deering (2021) Alternative titles and credits Original theatrical trailers TV spots Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Amanda Reyes, interview extracts with cast and crew members, an overview of contemporary critical responses and film credits UK premiere on Blu-ray Limited edition of 3,000 copies All extras subject to change

• The Woody Allen Collection - Vol. 1 | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £34.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (42.87%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Annie Hall (1977): Starring Allen as New York comedian Alvy Singer and Diane Keaton (in a Best Actress Oscar-winning role) as Annie the film weaves flashbacks flash forwards monologues a parade of classic Allen one-liners and even animation into an alternately uproarious and wistful comedy about a witty and wacky on-again off-again romance. Manhattan (1979): 42-year-old Manhattan native Isaac Davis (Allen) has a job he hates a seventeen-year-old girlfriend (Mariel Hemingway) he doesn't love and a lesbian ex-wife Jill (Meryl Streep) who's writing a tell-all book about their marriage... and whom he'd like to strangle. But when he meets his best friend's sexy intellectual mistress Mary (Diane Keaton) Isaac falls head over heels in lust! Leaving Tracy bedding Mary and quitting his job are just the beginning of Isaac's quest for romance and fulfillment in a city where sex is as intimate as a handshake - and the gate to true love... is a revolving door. Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex (But Were Afraid To Ask) (1972): Woody Allen pushes the frontiers of comedy by consolidating his madcap sensibility and wickedly funny irreverence with his developing penchant for visually arresting humor. Giving complete indulgence to the zany eccentricity of his medium Allen revels himself as a filmmaker of wit sophistication and comic insight rising to the occasion with several hysterical vignettes that probe sexuality's stickiest issues! Aphrodisiacs prove effective for a court jester (Allen) who finds the key to the Queen's (Lynn Redgrave) heart but learns that the key to her chastity belt might be more useful... Sleeper (1973): When cryogenically preserved Miles Monroe (Allen) is awakened 200 years after a hospital mishap he discovers the future's not so bright: all women are frigid all men are impotent and the world is ruled by an evil dictator: a disembodied nose! Pursued by the secret police and recruited by anti-government rebels with a plan to kidnap the dictator's snout before it can be cloned Miles falls for the beautiful - but untalented - poet Luna (Diane Keaton). But when Miles is captured and reprogrammed by the government to believe he's Miss America it's up to Luna to save Miles lead the rebels and cut off the nose just to spite its face. Love And Death (1975): Woody Allen reinvents himself again with the epic historical satire Love and Death. A wonderfully funny and eclectic distillation of the Russian literary soul the film represents a bridge between Allen's early slapstick farces and his darker autobiographical comedies. One of his most visual philosophical and elaborately conceived films 'Love And Death' demonstrates again that Allen is an authentic comic genius. Bananas (1971): When bumbling product-tester Fielding Mellish (Allen) is jilted by his girlfriend Nancy (Louise Lasser) he heads to the tiny republic of San Marcos for a vacation only to become kidnapped by rebels!

• Crimewave (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (28/08/2023) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  After the colossal success of The Evil Dead, director Sam Raimi teamed up with the Coen brothers (fresh from Blood Simple) to make his next film, Crimewave, an unusual mixture of screwball comedy, film noir and B-movie homage. Raimi's film tells the bizarre story of a security-system installer, Vic (Reed Birney), who finds himself in the electric chair when he falls in love with Nancy (Sheree J Wilson), a femme fatale on the run from two bumbling exterminators 'of all sizes' (Paul L Smith, Popeye, and Brion James, Blade Runner). A notoriously troubled production which flopped upon its original release, Crimewave can now be enjoyed as a riotously entertaining showcase for Raimi and the Coens, which also benefits from a highly amusing performance from cult-horror star Bruce Campbell. Product Features High Definition remaster Four feature presentations: the 87-minute international version with a selection of three alternative titles (Broken Hearts and Noses, The XYZ Murders, and Crimewave); and the 82-minute US theatrical cut Original mono audio Audio commentary with actor-producer Bruce Campbell and filmmaker Michael Felsher (2013) Audio commentary with Sam Raimi expert James Flower (2021) The Crimewave Meter (2013, 16 mins): Bruce Campbell revisits his early collaborations with writer-director Raimi Leading Man (2013, 16 mins): actor Reed Birney talks about Crimewave and his wider career Made in Detroit (2013, 9 mins): producer-actor Edward R Pressman discusses the making of the film Rank Outsider (2021, 10 mins): critic and author Kim Newman remembers the original UK release Too Much for Comfort (2021, 8 mins): appreciation by comedian, musician and writer Rob Deering On-set footage (1983, 12 mins): rare behind-the-scenes material from Reed Birney's personal archive Promotional reel (1984, 14 mins): previously unseen digest version with unique voice-over, intended for industry use US theatrical trailer US home video trailer French theatrical trailer Image galleries: promotional materials and behind-the-scenes photography The XYZ Murders script gallery: complete pre-production screenplay New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• What's Up Tiger Lily? | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £23.99   |  Saving you £-21.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  We took a Japanese film made in Japan with Japanese actors and actresses and I took out all the soundtrack and knocked out all the voices and I wrote a comedy. The result is a movie where people are running around doing all these James Bondian things but what's coming out of their mouths is something wholly other. It was done before actually in Gone With the Wind but not many people know that. Those were Japanese people actually and we dubbed in American voices Southern voices. But that was years ago. - Woody Allen

• Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask | DVD | (10/07/2000) from £7.79   |  Saving you £8.20 (105.26%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A collection of vignettes, loosely based on the book by Dr. David Rueben, written and directed by Woody Allen, Everything contains some very funny moments. It's easy to forget that the cerebral Allen excelled at the type of broad, Catskill, dirty jokes and visual gags that run amok here. It's also remarkable how dirty this 1972 movie really was--bestiality, exposure, perversion and S&M get their moments to shine. The Woody Allen here, who appears in many of the sketches, is a portent of the seedy old Allen of Deconstructing Harry. Although the final bit, which takes place inside a man's body during a very hot date, is hilarious, most of Everything feels like the screen adaptation of a 70's bathroom joke book. Still, a must for Allen fans. --Keith Simanton

• Blood Rage (Blu-ray + DVD) | Blu Ray | (23/01/2017) from £13.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  IT'S NOT CRANBERRY SAUCE!!! What do you get if you combine Thanksgiving, American TV star Louise Lasser (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman), killer 80s synths and some of the most gruesome special effects in all of slasher history courtesy of Ed (Terminator 2) French. Why, it's Blood Rage of course! Twins Todd and Terry seem like sweet boys that is, until one of them takes an axe to face of a fellow patron at the local drive-in. Todd is blamed for the bloody crime and institutionalised, whilst twin brother Terry goes free. Ten years later and, as the family gathers around the table for a Thanksgiving meal, the news comes in that Todd has escaped. But has the real killer in fact been in their midst all along? One thing's for sure, there will be blood and rage! Shot in 1983 but not released until 1987, Blood Rage (re-cut and shown in theatres as Nightmare at Shadow Woods) is a gloriously gruesome slice of 80s slasher heaven now lovingly restored (in 3 versions no less!) from original vault elements for its first ever official home video release. BLU-RAY DISC 1 & DVD BLOOD RAGE Brand new 2K restoration of the hard home video version, transferred from the camera negative and featuring the original title card Slasher Audio commentary with director John Grissmer Both Sides of the Camera an interview with producer/actress Marianne Kanter Double Jeopardy an interview with actor Mark Soper Jeez, Louise! an interview with actress Louise Lasser Man Behind the Mayhem an interview with special make-up effects creator Ed French Three Minutes with Ted Raimi an interview with actor Ted Raimi Return to Shadow Woods featurette revisiting the original locations in Jacksonville, Florida Alternate opening titles Motion still gallery featuring rare behind-the-scenes make-up photos

• Blood Rage | Blu Ray | (23/11/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  IT’S NOT CRANBERRY SAUCE!!! What do you get if you combine Thanksgiving American TV star Louise Lasser (Mary Hartman) killer 80s synths and some of the most gruesome special effects in all of slasher history courtesy of Ed (Terminator 2) French. Why it’s Blood Rage of course! Todd and Terry seem like sweet kids – that is until one of them takes an axe to face of a fellow patron at the local drive-in. Todd is blamed for the bloody crime and institutionalised whilst twin brother Terry goes free. Ten years later and as the family gathers around the table for a Thanksgiving meal the news comes in that Todd has escaped – and he’s heading their way. But has the killer twin in fact been in their midst all along? One thing’s for sure there WILL be blood… Filmed in 1983 at the tail-end of the slasher golden era but not released until 1987 Blood Rage (also re-cut and released to theatres as Nightmare at Shadow Woods) has been lovingly restored from the original vault materials for its first ever appearance on Blu-ray and DVD. Happy Thankskilling! SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: Brand new 2K restoration from original vault materials of three versions of the film: Blood Rage the original “hard” version completely uncut and uncensored in a Blu-ray/DVD world premiere; the R-rated Nightmare at Shadow Woods 1987 re-cut and a third “composite” cut combining all the footage from both Blood Rage and Nightmare at Shadow Woods High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Brand new extensive making-of documentary featuring interviews with various cast and crew Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork to be revealed Fully-illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film PLUS MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED!

• Requiem For A Dream Blu-Ray Steelbook | Blu Ray | (28/03/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Fantasy mixes with the harsh reality of addiction and the desire for hope in Requiem for a Dream. Beginning at the dawn of a new summer in Coney Island, the film charts the relationship of Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn) and her son Harry (Jared Leto)--two characters who are lost with in a world of the self-absorbed desire to feed their addictions at the cost of hope and love. With a sublime score (performed by the Kronos Quartet) accompanying some intense visual imagery, the film sets up an almost fairy-tale wash over the characters' lives, with every hit of their chosen drug turning them into beautiful people surrounded by a haze which enhances all their features. However, unlike films such as Trainspotting which turn the dream into a nightmare then end with a huge dose of hope, Requiem for a Dream forces the viewer through all loss of hope and the descending madness of reality, as winter begins. Darren Aronofsky's follow-up to the critically acclaimed Pi is a movie which exposes not only the terror caused by addiction of any kind--be it TV or Heroin--but also offers a powerful insight into the destruction caused by the desire to achieve "the American Dream". Based on the novel by Hubert Selby Jr, the film sacrifices dialogue in favour of imagery and movement: the editing and cinematography are reminiscent of MTV, however the movie takes this very aggressive style and moulds it to its own needs, adding a beautifully haunting narrative and powerful performances by its four main characters (Burstyn just missing out on an Oscar for Best female lead to Julia Roberts). Ultimately the viewer is left with a sense of desperation and despair: Requiem for a Dream exposes drugs and addiction in the most powerful and truthful way a film has ever managed, leaving no stone unturned. On the DVD: This disc is bursting with excellent special features. The anamorphic widescreen picture makes the most of the film's stylish visuals, and the soundtrack offers choice of either Dolby Digital 5.1 or 2.0. As well as offering the obligatory theatrical trailer, scene selection and a fantastic director's commentary, there's also a "making-of" featurette, TV trailers charting the reviews and success of the film, an "Anatomy of a scene", and a wide range of deleted scenes. By far the best feature is Hubert Selby Jr's interview with Ellen Burstyn, which offers the writer a chance to put across not just his opinions on his work but also on life as a whole. All these features are placed within an impressively formatted menu. --Nikki Disney

• Bananas | Blu Ray | (26/09/2016) from £12.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (38.49%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Woody Allen's second film as a director was a wild, unpredictable and unlikely comedy about a product-tester named Fielding Mellish (Allen), who can't quite connect with the woman of his dreams (Louise Lasser, Allen's ex-wife). He accidentally winds up in South America as a freedom fighter for a guerrilla leader who looks like Castro. Once he assumes power, the new dictator quickly goes insane--which leaves Fielding in charge to negotiate with the US. The film is chockfull of wonderfully bizarre gags, such as the dreams Fielding recounts to his shrink about dueling crucified messiahs, vying for a parking place near Wall Street. Look for an unknown Sylvester Stallone in a tiny role--but watch this film for Allen's surprisingly physical (and always verbally dexterous) humour. --Marshall Fine

• Frankenhooker | DVD | (14/07/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  The Frankenstein legend gets stitched up by the makers of Basket Case and Brian Damage in this outrageous horror comedy. When his pretty fianc''e goes to pieces under the blades of a runaway lawnmower aspiring mad scientist Jeffrey Franken hatches an unorthodox scheme to bring his beloved back to life. With the help of an explosive super drug Jeffrey reassembles his girlfriend from the body parts of New York prostitutes. But his dream-girl runs amok on 42nd Street turning tricks that literally make people's head's spin. Can Jeffrey still find true love or has he created a monster...?

• National Lampoon's Gold Diggers | DVD | (30/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  National Lampoon's Gold Diggers

• Crimewave | DVD | (15/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Extermination is not just a business. It's a way of life. Directed by Sam Raimi and written by the brothers Coen: Joel and Ethan. Ernest Tread called the exterminators. He had a rat in his place of business - his partner. Unfortunately the exterminators dispatched the wrong rat!

• Red Scorpion / Frankenhooker | DVD | (24/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Frankenhooker: When his gorgeous fiancee 'goes to pieces' in a lawnmower accident mad scientist Jeffrey is determined to put her back together again. With the aid of a superdrug he sets about re-assembling his girlfriend using the choicest body parts from a bevy of raunchy prostitutes. But his bizarre plan goes wrong....

• Bananas | DVD | (03/03/2014) from £4.19   |  Saving you £5.80 (138.43%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Puny New Yorker and gadget tester Fielding Mellish (Woody Allen) is in love with Nancy (Louise Lasser), a beautiful political activist who is herself obsessed by the battles being waged in San Marcos between the dictator General Vargas (Carlos Montalban) and his revolutionary opponents. Thus, in an attempt to impress his beloved, Mellish makes for San Marcos and in a bizarre and bewildering series of events, ends up the president of the country. An early spoof from Allen, in much the same vei...

• Frankenhooker | DVD | (28/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Frankenstein legend gets stitched up by the makers of Basket Case and Brian Damage in this outrageous horror comedy. When his pretty fiance goes to pieces under the blades of a runaway lawnmower aspiring mad scientist Jeffrey Franken hatches an unorthodox scheme to bring his beloved back to life. With the help of an explosive super drug Jeffrey reassembles his girlfriend from the body parts of New York prostitutes. But his dream-girl runs amok on 42nd Street turning tricks

• In God We Trust | DVD | (11/04/2011) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Brother Ambrose (Marty Feldman) is asked by Father Thelonious (Wilfrid Hyde-White) to leave their monastery and go to Los Angeles in search of Armageddon T. Thunderbird (Andy Kaufman) a big-time television evangelist. Brother Ambrose's mission is to ask Armageddon T. Thunderbird's Church of Divine Profit to pay off the monastery's mortgage. But as Brother Ambose makes his journey he has to encounter temptation and sin in the guises of a seedy evangelist Dr. Sebastian Melmoth (Peter Boyle) a street-walking prostitute Mary (Louise Lasser) and finally the rapacious dollar totting G.O.D. (Richard Pryor).

• Frankenhooker | DVD | (06/02/2017) from £12.48   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED Finding a girl when you re a nerdy science geek can be hard. But what happens if that special someone dies in a bizarre gardening accident and it s all your fault? Meet Jeffrey Franken. He s just killed the love of his life and now he s going to rebuild her... From the body parts of the dead streetwalkers who exploded when he introduced them to a lethal new drug Supercrack! Little does he know that a good recipe requires the correct ingredients. Jeffrey isn t putting his life back together; he s building... a FRANKENHOOKER! From the twisted imagination of Frank Henenlotter (Basketcase) and starring James Lorinz (Street Trash), comes a movie that pays a loving tribute to the worst excesses of the American Grindhouse. SPECIAL FEATURES: High definition digital transfer of the film Original mono Audio Introduction to the film by actor James Lorinz and director Frank Henenlotter Your Date s on a Plate: The Making of Frankenhooker: 'making of' documentary featuring director Frank Henenlotter, star James Lorinz and special effects artist Gabe Bartalos Original theatrical trailer Reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphries