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• VIY (Masters of Cinema) Standard Edition Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (24/05/2021) from £13.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eureka Entertainment to re-issue VIY, the ground-breaking gothic folktale made in Russia during the Soviet era, on Blu-ray as a part of The Masters of Cinema Series from 24 May 2021. Bursting with startling imagery and stunning practical effects courtesy of directors Konstantin Yershov, Georgi Kropachyov, and perhaps most notably, artistic director Aleksandr Ptushko (the legendary special effects artist whose spectacular stop-motion effects and innovative colour cinematography has seen him referred to as the Soviet equivalent of Willis O'Brien, Ray Harryhausen, and even Mario Bava), VIY has influenced generations of directors for more than half a century. In 19th century Russia, a seminary student is forced to spend three nights with the corpse of a beautiful young witch. But when she rises from the dead to seduce him, it will summon a nightmare of fear, desire, and the ultimate demonic mayhem. The Masters of Cinema series is proud to present VIY on Blu-ray from a HD restoration of the original film elements. Special Features 1080p presentation on Blu-ray Original Russian mono audio Optional English mono audio Optional English subtitles and English SDH Brand new audio commentary with film historian and eastern European cinema expert Michael Brooke Brand new video essay on Russian novelist and VIY author Nikolai Gogol Archival documentary on VIY Three Russian silent film fragments, The Portrait [1915, 8 mins], The Queen of Spades [1916, 16 mins], and Satan Exultant [1917, 20 mins] A Collector's Booklet featuring a new essay on Aleksandr Ptushko by Tim Lucas, and a new essay by Serbian writer and film critic Dejan Ognjanovi

• Solaris | DVD | (08/08/2016) from £10.00   |  Saving you £5.99 (59.90%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Released in 1972, Solaris is Andrei Tarkovsky's third feature and his most far-reaching examination of human perceptions and failings. It's often compared to Kubrick's 2001, but although both bring a metaphysical dimension to bear on space exploration, Solaris has a claustrophobic intensity which grips the attention over spans of typically Tarkovskian stasis. Donatas Banionis is sympathetic as the cosmonaut sent to investigate disappearances on the space station orbiting the planet Solaris, only to be confronted by his past in the guise of his dead wife, magnetically portrayed by Natalya Bondarchuk. The ending is either a revelation or a conceit, depending on your viewpoint. On the DVD: Solaris reproduces impressively on DVD in widescreen--which is really essential here--and Eduard Artemiev's ambient score comes over with pristine clarity. There are over-dubs in English and French, plus subtitles in 12 languages. An extensive stills gallery, detailed filmographies for cast and crew, and comprehensive biographies of Tarkovsky and author Stanislaw Lem are valuable extras, as are the interviews with Bondarchuk and Tarkovsky's sister and an amusing 1970s promo-film for Banionis. It would have been better had the film been presented complete on one disc, instead of stretched over two. Even so, the overall package does justice to a powerful and disturbing masterpiece. --Richard Whitehouse

• Transporter 3 | DVD | (20/04/2009) from £4.00   |  Saving you £15.99 (399.75%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jason Statham returns as Frank Martin, the ex-Special Forces agent who specializes in high-risk deliveries.

• SOLARIS | Blu Ray | (03/04/2017) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Released in 1972, Solaris is Andrei Tarkovsky's third feature and his most far-reaching examination of human perceptions and failings. It's often compared to Kubrick's 2001, but although both bring a metaphysical dimension to bear on space exploration, Solaris has a claustrophobic intensity which grips the attention over spans of typically Tarkovskian stasis. Donatas Banionis is sympathetic as the cosmonaut sent to investigate disappearances on the space station orbiting the planet Solaris, only to be confronted by his past in the guise of his dead wife, magnetically portrayed by Natalya Bondarchuk. The ending is either a revelation or a conceit, depending on your viewpoint. On the DVD: Solaris reproduces impressively on DVD in widescreen--which is really essential here--and Eduard Artemiev's ambient score comes over with pristine clarity. There are over-dubs in English and French, plus subtitles in 12 languages. An extensive stills gallery, detailed filmographies for cast and crew, and comprehensive biographies of Tarkovsky and author Stanislaw Lem are valuable extras, as are the interviews with Bondarchuk and Tarkovsky's sister and an amusing 1970s promo-film for Banionis. It would have been better had the film been presented complete on one disc, instead of stretched over two. Even so, the overall package does justice to a powerful and disturbing masterpiece. --Richard Whitehouse

• Nureyev | DVD | (24/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  No performer on the world stage received so much acclaim and publicity as Rudolf Nureyev and no one gave away so little about their private life and thinking. In this television biography made some twelve months before his death in 1993 Nureyev tells his own story in his own words and recalls turning points in his career. The programme traces Nureyev''s life starting out from his home town of Ufa in the shadow of the Ural Mountains half way between Moscow and Siberia. When filming took place there Ufa had changed very little since his departure thirty years before. The school was still there and so was the modest wooden house which his family shared with two others. The green curtains still hung at the old theatre where he saw the ballet performance which changed the course of his life. Nureyev''s sister his head mistress and the dance teacher who first discovered him (101 years old at the time this programme was made) all recall the solitary rebel. At the Kirov Theatre the prima ballerina who was his first partner remembers the student who emerged as the most brilliant dancer of his generation. The cameras were also allowed to film Nureyev on his Mediterranean island of Li Galli which once belonged to another Russian dancer Massine. Nureyev''s dancing career has been extensively chronicled on film and television. This definitive biography incorporates extensive archive material and documents Nureyev''s career with footage of his greatest roles and the most important events in his life

• Solaris | Blu Ray | (08/08/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Released in 1972, Solaris is Andrei Tarkovsky's third feature and his most far-reaching examination of human perceptions and failings. It's often compared to Kubrick's 2001, but although both bring a metaphysical dimension to bear on space exploration, Solaris has a claustrophobic intensity which grips the attention over spans of typically Tarkovskian stasis. Donatas Banionis is sympathetic as the cosmonaut sent to investigate disappearances on the space station orbiting the planet Solaris, only to be confronted by his past in the guise of his dead wife, magnetically portrayed by Natalya Bondarchuk. The ending is either a revelation or a conceit, depending on your viewpoint. On the DVD: Solaris reproduces impressively on DVD in widescreen--which is really essential here--and Eduard Artemiev's ambient score comes over with pristine clarity. There are over-dubs in English and French, plus subtitles in 12 languages. An extensive stills gallery, detailed filmographies for cast and crew, and comprehensive biographies of Tarkovsky and author Stanislaw Lem are valuable extras, as are the interviews with Bondarchuk and Tarkovsky's sister and an amusing 1970s promo-film for Banionis. It would have been better had the film been presented complete on one disc, instead of stretched over two. Even so, the overall package does justice to a powerful and disturbing masterpiece. --Richard Whitehouse

• Sculpting Time - The Andrei Tarkovsky Collection | Blu Ray | (11/12/2017) from £59.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Disc 1 Ivan's Childhood 1962 Russian and German with English subtitles Running time: 94 mins Black and white 1.33:1 LPCM 2.0 Disc 2 Andrei Rublev 1966 Russian, Italian and Tatar with English subtitles Running time: 178 mins Black and white 2.35:1 LPCM 2.0 > Disc 3 Solaris 1972 Russian with English subtitles Running time: 166 mins Black and white/ colour 2.35:1 LPCM 2.0 Disc 4 Mirror 1973 Russian with English subtitles Running time: 105 mins Black and white/ colour 1.37:1 LPCM 2.0 Disc 5 Stalker 1979 Russian with English subtitles Running time: 162 mins Black and white/colour 1.33:1 LPCM Dual mono Disc 6 Nostalgia 1983 Russian and Italian with English subtitles Running time: 125 mins Black and white/ colour 1.66:1 LPCM 2.0 Disc 7 The Sacrifice 1986 English, Swedish and French with English subtitles Running time: 148 mins Audio commentary Colour 1.66:1 LPCM mono

• Sculpting Time - The Andrei Tarkovsky Collection | DVD | (11/12/2017) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Disc 1 Ivan's Childhood 1962 Russian and German with English subtitles Running time: 94 mins Black and white 1.33:1 LPCM 2.0 Disc 2 Andrei Rublev 1966 Russian, Italian and Tatar with English subtitles Running time: 178 mins Black and white 2.35:1 LPCM 2.0 > Disc 3 Solaris 1972 Russian with English subtitles Running time: 166 mins Black and white/ colour 2.35:1 LPCM 2.0 Disc 4 Mirror 1973 Russian with English subtitles Running time: 105 mins Black and white/ colour 1.37:1 LPCM 2.0 Disc 5 Stalker 1979 Russian with English subtitles Running time: 162 mins Black and white/colour 1.33:1 LPCM Dual mono Disc 6 Nostalgia 1983 Russian and Italian with English subtitles Running time: 125 mins Black and white/ colour 1.66:1 LPCM 2.0 Disc 7 The Sacrifice 1986 English, Swedish and French with English subtitles Running time: 148 mins Audio commentary Colour 1.66:1 LPCM mono

• VIY (Masters of Cinema) (Limited Edition) Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (15/03/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eureka Entertainment to release VIY [Вий], the ground-breaking gothic folktale made in Russia during the Soviet era, presented as a Limited Two-Disc Blu-ray Edition (3000 Copies Only) as a part of The Masters of Cinema Series from 15 March 2021. The Limited-Edition will feature a Bonus Disc containing A Holy Place (1990, dir. Djordje Kadijevic) and an exclusive O-Card Slipcase. Bursting with startling imagery and stunning practical effects courtesy of directors Konstantin Yershov, Georgi Kropachyov, and perhaps most notably, artistic director Aleksandr Ptushko (the legendary special effects artist whose spectacular stop-motion effects and innovative colour cinematography has seen him referred to as the Soviet equivalent of Willis O'Brien, Ray Harryhausen, and even Mario Bava), VIY has influenced generations of directors for more than half a century. In 19th century Russia, a seminary student is forced to spend three nights with the corpse of a beautiful young witch. But when she rises from the dead to seduce him, it will summon a nightmare of fear, desire, and the ultimate demonic mayhem. The Masters of Cinema series is proud to present VIY in its UK debut on Blu-ray from a HD restoration of the original film elements. Exclusive to this Limited Edition, The Masters of Cinema series also presents director Djordje Kadijevic's A HOLY PLACE [Sveto mesto] for the first time ever on home video in the UK. Features: Exclusive O-Card Slipcase | 1080p presentation on Blu-ray | Original Russian mono audio | Optional English mono audio | Optional English subtitles and English SDH | Brand new audio commentary with film historian and eastern European cinema expert Michael Brooke | Brand new video essay on Russian novelist and VIY author Nikolai Gogol | Archival documentary on VIY | Three Russian silent film fragments, The Portrait [1915, 8 mins], The Queen of Spades [1916, 16 mins], and Satan Exultant [1917, 20 mins] | Newly commissioned sleeve artwork by Peter Savieri [TO BE REVEALED AT A LATER DATE] | PLUS: A Collector's Booklet featuring a new essay on Aleksandr Ptushko by Tim Lucas, and a new essay by Serbian writer and film critic Dejan Ognjanovic EXCLUSIVE BONUS DISC: A HOLY PLACE [Sveto mesto] (1990, dir. Djordje Kadijevic) An adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's short story and a stunning example of Serbian Gothic cinema from director Djordje Kadijevic. Described by critic Dejan Ognjanovic as an unparalleled excess of perversity and terror | New Interview with A HOLY PLACE director Djordje Kadijevic (Limited Edition Exclusive Only)

• The Transporter Trilogy | DVD | (20/04/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Titles Include: The Transporter Rules are made to be broken! Ex-Special Forces operator Frank Martin lives what seems to be a quiet life along the French Mediterranean hiring himself out as a mercenary transporter who moves goods - human or otherwise - from one place to another. No questions asked. Carrying out mysterious and sometimes dangerous tasks in his tricked-out BMW Martin finds his latest assignment could well be his last after his package is revealed to be a beautiful woman (Shu Qi) at the centre of a human trafficking ring... Produced by Luc Besson this insanely entertaining action flick features a pumped-up Jason Statham commanding in the lead role (see him deflect an anti-personnel missile using nothing more than a tray!) with sultry Taiwanese beauty Shu Qi holding her own in Corey Yuen's extravagantly choreographed action sequences. Transporter 2 The best in the business is back in the game... Professional driver (and ultimate mercenary) Frank Martin (Statham) is now living in Miami where he is temporarily filling in for a friend as the chauffeur for a government narcotics control policymaker and his family. When the young boy in the family is kidnapped and Frank is implicated in the crime it's time to hit the road to preserve his professional reputation outwit the pursuing cops and expose the kidnappers using any and all explosive methods at his disposal! Transporter 3 The ultimate bag-man is back in Transporter 3! Jason Statham resumes his role as Frank Martin and he's still delivering for criminal masterminds. However this time he's electronically tagged and his life depends on getting the package there on time!

• Solaris | DVD | (21/01/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £23.99

  Released in 1972, Solaris is Andrei Tarkovsky's third feature and his most far-reaching examination of human perceptions and failings. It's often compared to Kubrick's 2001, but although both bring a metaphysical dimension to bear on space exploration, Solaris has a claustrophobic intensity which grips the attention over spans of typically Tarkovskian stasis. Donatas Banionis is sympathetic as the cosmonaut sent to investigate disappearances on the space station orbiting the planet Solaris, only to be confronted by his past in the guise of his dead wife, magnetically portrayed by Natalya Bondarchuk. The ending is either a revelation or a conceit, depending on your viewpoint. On the DVD: Solaris reproduces impressively on DVD in widescreen--which is really essential here--and Eduard Artemiev's ambient score comes over with pristine clarity. There are over-dubs in English and French, plus subtitles in 12 languages. An extensive stills gallery, detailed filmographies for cast and crew, and comprehensive biographies of Tarkovsky and author Stanislaw Lem are valuable extras, as are the interviews with Bondarchuk and Tarkovsky's sister and an amusing 1970s promo-film for Banionis. It would have been better had the film been presented complete on one disc, instead of stretched over two. Even so, the overall package does justice to a powerful and disturbing masterpiece. --Richard Whitehouse

• Transporter 3 | Blu Ray | (20/04/2009) from £13.12   |  Saving you £-2.13 (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Jason Statham returns as Frank Martin, the ex-Special Forces agent who specializes in high-risk deliveries.

• Spartacus - The Bolshoi Ballet | DVD | (24/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The awesome technique and strength of the Bolshoi Ballet is shown to great effect in Yuri Grigorvich's legendary Spartacus the epic story of a Thracian slave's fight for freedom. Grigorvich's choreography fills the huge Bolshoi stage with dynamic scenes of tension and conflict. This 1984 performance was directed for video by Preben Montell and stars two of the greatest artists of the Bolshoi Ballet of recent years. Irek Mukhamedov brings his stunning technique to the role of Spartacus and Natalya Bessmertnova gives a deeply moving performance as his wife Phrygia.

• Moscow On The Hudson | DVD | (14/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Robin Williams is in his fuzzy, sensitive-with-bittersweet-touches mode in Moscow on the Hudson. Playing a musician in a Russian circus who gets talked into defecting by a pal and does so in the middle of Bloomingdale's. A great concept, to be sure, but writer-director Paul Mazursky doesn't seem to know where to go from there. Williams winds up living in the same kind of poverty that he did in Russia, casting about for a way to make a living while both wallowing and drowning in the sudden tidal wave of freedom. Mazursky wants to make a point about how little we appreciate what we have, but he fails to entertain in the process--or at least to engage in a consistent way. --Marshall Fine, Amazon.com

• SOLARIS - MOVIE | DVD | (02/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Romeo And Juliet - Prokofiev | DVD | (24/09/2004) from £4.97   |  Saving you £10.02 (201.61%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)Romeo and JulietBallet in three actsLibretto by Sergei Pokofiev Sergei Radlov and Adrian PiotrovskyBased on the play by William ShakespeareRevised choreography by Yuri Grigorovich based on the choreography by Leonid LavrovskyJuliet Natalya BessmertnovaRomeo Irek MukhamedovMercutio Mikhail SharkovTybalt Aleksandr VetrovThe Bolshoi Theatre OrchestraAlgis ZhuraitisRecorded at the Bolshoi Theatre 1989

• Revenant | DVD | (05/09/2002) from £15.97   |  Saving you £-0.98 (-6.50%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Los Angeles is home to a collection of bloodsucking vampires who congregate in private underground clubs where they feed on their human captives. A German doctor attempts to follow and kill those he spots but eventually he has to recruit a gang of youths to help him.

• Back In The USSR | DVD | (05/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An American tourist is trapped in Moscow accused of murder and the theft of a priceless icon. When the US Embassy and the Russian police refuse to help he is forced to seek assistance from members of the Moscow underworld...

• Le Secret | DVD | (19/11/2001) from £12.13   |  Saving you £7.86 (64.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An attractive and intelligent French woman has a guilty secret, one that she wants to keep from her husband: she's having a passionate affair with a layabout American.

• Bizet-Shchedrin - Carmen Suite Ballet | DVD | (03/01/2005) from £21.59   |  Saving you £1.40 (6.48%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Carmen was first set as a ballet by the famed Russian choreographer Petipa in 1845. It was based on the Merimee novella and premiered in Madrid some thirty years before Bizet's opera was first heard. Subsequent versions followed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries some using and some discarding Bizet's music. In 1949 Roland Petit created a successful vehicle for himself and his wife Zizi Jeanmaire using the Bizet score.Maya Plisetskaya always dreamed of dancing the role of Carmen and had approached Shostakovich for a score. He demurred out of respect for Bizet's celebrated opera. It was eventually Plisetskaya's husband Rodion Shchedrin who agreed to provide the music after seeing his wife and the choreographer Alberto Alonso working on some choreographic ideas. His Carmen Suite ballet based on Bizet and scored only for strings and percussion instruments was a perfect complement to Alonso's choreography and in its theatricality a showcase for Plisetskaya's considerable dramatic gifts. Shchedrin's Carmen Suite one of the darkest settings of Merimee's tragic story deeply symbolic and overtly sensual premiered at the Bolshoi Ballet on April 20 1967.