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• Glory | DVD | (19/06/2000) from £7.25   |  Saving you £12.74 (175.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The negroes fought gallantly and were headed by as brave a Colonel as ever lived", was one Confederate soldier's eyewitness verdict on the 54th Massachusetts Volunteers immediately after 247 of their 600-man regiment had fallen in bloody swathes beneath the withering fire from Fort Wagner near Charleston, South Carolina in 1863. Glory is their story: the mustering of the first black regiment in the US Army, their battles with the Southerners as well as with the Northern military authorities, and their own moment of glory when they paid a terrible price for the opportunity to demonstrate to the world their courage. In telling this little-known story, director Ed Zwick single-handedly changed perceptions of the American Civil War: when a Grand Review of the Armies was held in Washington at the end of the war, none of the almost 180,000 coloured troops who fought for the Union were present; when that parade was restaged in 1990 a year after the movie was released, the 54th Massachusetts re-enactors were at the front of the procession. Zwick's stirring, factually accurate account is greatly enhanced by obsessive period detail and frighteningly realistic battle reconstructions (which were not to be surpassed in scale until 1993's Gettysburg). But Zwick also illuminates individual characters in the regiment with great sensitivity. As crucial as the military set-pieces are the scenes of the men together: talking in the tent or baring their souls in song. Denzel Washington, as the embittered ex-slave, gives a performance of real depth; he richly deserved his Oscar win for the heartbreaking flogging scene alone. Morgan Freeman brings great gravitas to his paternalistic role, and Matthew Broderick's idealistic Colonel Shaw is the centre around which the story revolves. With a clutch of remarkable lead performances, a sensitive and touching script, one of James Horner's finest musical scores, and a director with both the vision and heart to pull it off it's easy to agree with the backcover blurb: "Glory is one of the greatest war movies ever made". Without even a hint of hyperbole, it undoubtedly is. On the DVD: This is a superb looking (anamorphic) and sounding (Dolby 5.1) print, and the disc has some excellent additional features. Ed Zwick's commentary is insightful and extremely detailed: here's a director who obviously cares deeply about this movie. Of the three featurettes, one is a short-ish promo piece but the other two are genuinely impressive: there's a 20-minute "Making of" feature with major contributions from Zwick, Freeman and Broderick, and best of all a 45-minute "The True Story Continues" feature narrated by Freeman which tells the complete story of the 54th Massachusetts from beginning to end using footage from the movie as well as archive material and film of battle re-enactments. Also included are two deleted scenes, although a third scene which was shot for the movie but not used (the Frederick Douglass' speech) crops up in the "True Story" piece. James Horner's emotive score gets an isolated track all to itself and there are also some filmographies and trailers. All in all, this is a superb DVD. --Mark Walker

• Scream Trilogy Box Set | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-5.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  When Randy the video geek rattles off the rules of surviving a horror movie in Wes Craven's Scream, he speaks for a generation of filmgoers who are all too aware of slasher-movie clichés. Playfully scripted by Kevin Williamson with a self-aware wink and more than a few nods to its grandfathers (from Psycho to Halloween to the Friday the 13th dynasty), Scream skewers teen horror conventions with loving reverence while re-creating them in a modern, movie-savvy context. And so goes the series, which continues the satirical spoofing by tackling (what else?) sequels while sustaining its own self-contained mythology. Catty reporter Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) turns grisly murders into lurid best-sellers, a cult of killer wannabes continues to hunt spunky psycho-survivor Sydney Prescott (Neve Campbell) for their 15 minutes of fame, and a cheesy movie series (Stab) develops within the movie series.Scream remains the high point of the series--a fresh take on a genre long since collapsed into routine, but Scream 2 spoofs itself wittily ("Why would anyone want to do that? Sequels suck!" opines college film student Randy), and delights with more elaborate set-pieces and all-new rules for surviving a horror movie sequel. The endangered veterans of the original film reunite one last time for Scream 3, which plays out on the movie set of Stab 3 (it's a trilogy within a trilogy!). With Williamson gone, replacement screenwriter Ehran Kruger tries to mine the formula one more time. It's a little tired by now, and pale imitations (Urban Legend, I Know What You Did Last Summer) have further drained the zeitgeist, but the film bubbles with bright humour and director Craven is stylistically at the top of his game. As a trilogy, it remains both the most consistently entertaining and self-aware horror series ever made. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• Reign Of Fire | DVD | (09/06/2003) from £7.71   |  Saving you £10.28 (133.33%)   |  RRP £17.99

  By 2024 highly evolved dragons are the dominant species on earth and only a few humans remain. A team of Englishmen lead by Christian Bale team up with American dragon slayer Matthew McConaughey and plan a dangerous crusade to post apocalyptic London.

• The Last Video Store Limited Edition Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (24/03/2025) from £15.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  THE LAST VIDEO STORE A love letter to video rental stores and the B-movie treasures that lined their walls, Cody Kennedy & Tim Rutherford's debut feature, The Last Video Store, is a genre-loving blast of pure joy: a real treasure trove for genre fans, both new and old. (Kat Hughes, THN) When her estranged father passes, twenty-something Nyla is tasked with the thing she hates the most cleaning up his mess. Left behind are a collection of VHS tapes, and with them, the burden of returning them to Blaster Video a time capsule to an era in which cover art and a catchy movie title were king, run by Kevin, a human encyclopaedia of VHS history and a friend of her father. Amongst the returns is an unknown tape, a movie not even Kevin has heard of. Was this the last movie Nyla's father watched before he died? The mystery is too much to resist. But when Kevin and Nyla press play, they unwittingly activate a long-dormant curse and a series of classic cinematic villains are plucked from B-movie heaven and hell to be unleashed into the store itself! With style, charm and note perfect performances, The Last Video Store is a must for physical media fans. An elegy to the cinephilic havens of movie wisdom that could once be found on every corner, and the heroes like Kevin who staffed them. LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS -High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation -Original DTS HD M5.1 audio -Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing -New audio commentary by film critics Matt Donato & Meagan Navarro -The Videonomicon Unleashed, a new visual essay by film critic Heather Wixson co-author of In Search of Darkness -Nostalgia Fuel, a new visual essay by film critic Martyn Pedlar -'Twas the Night of the Tree Beast, a 2012 short by Cody Kennedy & Tim Rutherford -M is For Magnetic Tape, a 2013 short film Cody Kennedy & Tim Rutherford -The Last Video Store 2013, the original short from which the feature grew -The Video Store Commercial, a 2019 short film by Cody Kennedy & Tim Rutherford -Clips from the first attempted feature version -Behind the Scenes -3 previs shorts -Trailer -Image Gallery -Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing by film critics Anton Bitel and Alexandra West -Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by John Pearson -Double-sided fold-out poster featuring newly commissioned artwork by John Pearson

• Romeo And Juliet | DVD | (24/05/2004) from £4.27   |  Saving you £8.72 (204.22%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare's tragic story of young impetuous love thwarted by a bitter Veronese family feud. Romeo heir of the Montague family attends a masquerade dance at the home of the Capulets where he meets Juliet the Capulets' daughter. It is love at first sight. Their love is torn asunder by the feud between their families. It is only after the double suicide of the young lovers that their long divided kinsmen are reconciled in sorrow.

• Manborg DVD | DVD | (11/02/2013) from £14.35   |  Saving you £-7.36 (-105.30%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Welcome to the $1000 sci-fi epic!!Remember all those crazy, spoof, sci fi, comedy horror films of the late 80s and early 90s that for more than a decade were the most popular video genre ever?Sure you do which is why you're gonna love Manborg. It re-visits everything that made all those straight-to-video movies such an art form in their own right but with just one addition from a later era ... a hot, knife wielding, kick-ass chick throwing her weight around at every opportunity!!It is the future and Nazi vampires led by the nefarious Count Draculon (Adam Brooks) and his minions rise from the bowels of Hell and take over the planet. A ragtag group of rebels is fighting back but their rebellion is effectively crushed, leaving nothing but scorched earth on which the Hellions plan to build their new world. After a personal confrontation with the Count, a soldier (Matthew Kennedy) is blasted into oblivion only to awake in the dark future to find most of his body replaced Robocop-style with cybernetic enhancements. A mysterious inventor has turned his bloodied remains into Manborg, cyborg of destruction.The craziest thing of all about Manborg is that it was made for just $1000!! Yes, $1000 ... but you sure won t know it when you watch it!! Director Steve Kostanski clearly had a lot of fun making this movie which is why it s been such a hit at film festivals around the world including the London Sci Fi Fest in May and why it s going to be one of the most talked about movies of the year and a future cult classic.This DVD is loaded with special features including Cast Interviews, Manborg Music Video, VFX Breakdown, Commentary, and much more!

• Father's Day | DVD | (11/06/2012) from £12.93   |  Saving you £-2.94 (-29.40%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Back with a vengeance, Father's Day is Troma's latest politically incorrect masterpiece. A long, long time ago in a town north of Tromaville, there was a bad, bad man who raped and killed dads. Nobody could stop the fat monster until a mysterious stranger took a stand. Some say he was avenging his own father. Some say he was just crazy.The stranger could not have known the Hell that was to follow... If you like Horror you'll love Father's Day.... (and unless your Dad likes horror, he d probably prefer breakfast in bed or something for his special day....) Winner of the Midnight Madness Horror Award as the Toronto Film Festival!

• Shooters | DVD | (22/07/2002) from £6.56   |  Saving you £3.43 (52.29%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Shooters is a gritty British gangster flick that doesn't tart itself up with smart suits and clever dialogue but instead goes for a refreshing authentic and underground edge. When Gilly gets out of prison all he wants to do is collect the money he's owed and start a new life. But his friend J has other ideas and has invested the money in a drugs-for-guns deal.

• The Editor | DVD | (11/07/2016) from £11.73   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Rey Ciso (Adam Brooks) was once the greatest editor the world had ever seen. Since a horrific accident left him with four wooden fingers on his right hand, he's had to resort to cutting pulp films and trash pictures. When the lead actors from the film he's been editing turn up murdered at the studio, Rey is fingered as the number one suspect. The bodies continue to pile up in this absurdist giallo-thriller as Rey struggles to prove his innocence and learn the sinister truth lurking behind the scenes. Functioning as a straight-up send-up of Dario Argento, Mario Bava and the cinematic sorcerers of '70s slasher films, Canadian horror comedy THE EDITOR is a charming tribute to the unsung classics of giallo, an Italian subgenre known for its gory and gruesome erotic horror. Extras Audio Commentary Astron-6 Festival Introduction 'Making Movies Used To Be Fun' Behind -The-Scenes Featurette Music and Poster Featurettes Deleted Scenes Trailers

• Glory (Blu-ray + UV Copy) | Blu Ray | (02/09/2013) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Blu-ray Mastered in 4K collection will set a new standard for Blu-ray HD picture and sound creating the ultimate 1080p home entertainment experience. Created from the highest quality 4K source materials with new expanded colour consumers can enjoy a brilliant picture with exquisite detail using their existing Blu-ray player or PlayStation 3. The Blu-ray Mastered in 4K collection is optimized so that 4K Ultra HD TV owners can take full advantage of the new 4K upscaling technology delivering an outstanding near-4K experience. Mastered in 4K Blu-rays also work with all 1080p HDTVs for spectacular high definition picture and sound. Winner of the 1989 Oscar for Best Sound and Best Cinematography the heart-stopping story of the first black regiment to fight for the North in the Civil War Glory stars Matthew Broderick Denzel Washington Cary Elwes and Morgan Freeman. Broderick and Elwes are the idealistic young Bostonians who lead the regiment; Freeman is the inspirational sergeant who unites the troops; and Denzel Washington in an Oscar winning performance (1989 Best Supporting Actor) is the runaway slave who embodies the indomitable spirit of the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts.

• Shiner | DVD | (14/10/2002) from £6.73   |  Saving you £13.26 (66.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The past catches up with a ruthlessly ambitious boxing promoter (Caine) when after stumping up everything he has in betting on his son's world title tilt the police begin investigating the death of a fighter in an underground unlicensed bout...

• Glory | Blu Ray | (17/08/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The heart-stopping story of the first black regiment to fight for the North in the Civil War Glory stars Matthew Broderick Denzel Washington Cary Elwes and Morgan Freeman. Broderick and Elwes are the idealistic young Bostonians who lead the regiment; Freeman is the inspirational sergeant who unites the troops; and Denzel Washington in an Oscar winning performance is the runaway slave who embodies the indomitable spirit of the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts.

• Game For A Laugh - The Best Of Series 1 | DVD | (31/12/2019) from £14.81   |  Saving you £1.18 (7.97%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Game For A Laugh: Best Of Series 1 (2 Discs)

• Three Blind Mice | DVD | (09/11/2009) from £4.08   |  Saving you £10.17 (360.64%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Three Australian naval officers have one night on shore leave in Sydney before they board HMAS Dignity and ship out to the Gulf. Troubled Sam (Ewan Leslie) is looking for any excuse not to go to sea; Dean (Toby Schmitz) carries a guilty secret while attempting to meet up with his fianc''e and future in-laws; while cocky Harry (Matthew Newton) wants to get wasted and get laid to drag the others through one night of excess before reporting for duty. The differing personalities conflicting agendas and tensions between the men ensure for an eventful night on the town.

• Scream - Limited Edition Steelbook | Blu Ray | (19/10/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A