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• Soldier Blue | DVD | (21/03/2005) from £17.99   |  Saving you £-5.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Stained with the blood of the innocent. In the aftermath of a massacre by the Cheyenne only two survivors remain: Honus a private in the army dedicated to his responsibilities and Cresta a woman who had been living with the Cheyenne for two years. As they journey back to the Cavalry's base Honus finds himself torn between his growing attraction to Cresta and his revulsion towards her anti-government views. However he will soon learn the truth...

• Apache | DVD | (25/11/2002) from £5.97   |  Saving you £7.02 (117.59%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Burt Lancaster stars in an action-packed western based on a thrilling true story. After years of bloody fighting with settlers on the American frontier Apache Chief Geronimo is forced to submit to a humiliating surrender. But his fiercest warrior Massai refuses to accept defeat. With enormous strength and razor-sharp cunning Massai battles the relentless U.S. Cavalry struggling to stay one step ahead of the highly-trained soldiers who have sworn to track him down. The pride of hi

• Columbo - Season 3 | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £27.99

  Oh, just one more thing, mystery mavens--get ready to be mystified and entertained by the award-winning third season of Columbo, starring Peter Falk as the rumpled but unbeatable Lieutenant. Having taken home Emmys for outstanding limited drama and lead actor in its '71-'72 debut season, Columbo was again named best drama for its third season ('73-'74). The reason for the repeat success? The formula remained the same: intelligent, engaging scripts and direction, guest performances by top actors, and, of course, Falk at center stage as Columbo, the most unlikely of supersleuths, but unquestionably one of the sharpest (the role would later earn Falk three more Emmys between 1975 and 1990). The 10 episodes compiled in this two-disc set again feature top talent from film and television: directors include veterans Jeannot Swarc and Boris Sagal, as well as actors Nicholas Colasanto (better known as Coach from Cheers) and Ben Gazzara (Falk's frequent co-star in the films of John Cassavetes), while the season's scripts feature contributions from Stephen J. Cannell, Steven Bochco, and Larry Cohen. And in regard to co-stars, Falk matched wits with the likes of Donald Pleasance, Martin Sheen, Vincent Price, Robert Culp (in one of four turns on the series), Jose Ferrer, Ida Lupino, and in two novel but effective casting choices, Johnny Cash and hard-boiled mystery scribe Mickey Spillane. And there's even a bonus feature in the form of an episode of the spinoff series Mrs. Columbo, starring Kate Mulgrew as the Lieutenant's oft-mentioned better half. In short, it's 11 hours of solid sleuthing for armchair detectives. --Paul Gaita, Amazon.com

• Becket | DVD | (14/05/2007) from £19.64   |  Saving you £-1.65 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Unavailable on any format for 20 years Becket makes its worldwide DVD premiere following extensive restoration aided by Martin Scorsese's Film Foundation. Becket Becket is one of the great historical epics and features one of cinema's most legendary pairings; Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole. The story tells of the tempestuous friendship between King Henry. The King appoints his trusted companion to the esteemed position of Archbishop of Canterbury believing his loyalty will give him control over the church. However Becket takes his new duties seriously and his devotion to God soon brings him into direct conflict with the State and his lifelong friend.

• The Night Of The Generals | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Available for the first time on DVD! Five years after their triumphant teaming in Lawrence of Arabia Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif reunited for this powerful World War II thriller about a Nazi General who becomes a serial killer. When a Polish prostitute is brutally murdered in Nazi-occupied Warsaw her killer is identified as a German General. The investigator Major Grau (Sharif) narrows the suspects to three Generals in the German high command: the heroic Tanz (O'Toole) the cy

• Top Hat | DVD | (10/01/2005) from £6.83   |  Saving you £9.16 (134.11%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Following a case of mistaken identity dancer Jerry (Astaire) follows Dale (Rogers) the girl of his dreams to Europe and tries to win her heart through song and dance routines... This most lavish of musicals from Hollywood's golden era features lyrics and music by Irving Berlin.

• Columbo - Series 2 | DVD | (18/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £27.99

  ""Oh just one more thing..."" Peter Falk returns as Lt. Columbo for the complete second season which includes guest stars Robert Culp Valerie Harper Dean Stockwell Leonard Nimoy Martin Landau and Marc Singer and two episodes written by Stephen Boccho (Murder One). Expect plenty of cigar-chewing slouching and suspects being questioned about their shoes! Episodes comprise: 1. tude in Black 2. The Greenhouse Jungle 3. The Most Crucial Game 4. Dagger of the

• Soldier Blue (Cult Classics) - SteelBook | Blu Ray | (15/07/2024) from £29.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Controversial upon its release, Ralph Nelson's Soldier Blue follows Honus (Peter Strauss) and Cresta (Candice Bergen), the only remaining survivors of a Cheyenne Native American attack, as they travel across the unforgiving wilderness of the American frontier in search of refuge. Their journey reaches a tragic climax as they witness the brutal and cold-blooded slaughter of the Cheyenne tribe at the hands of the U.S. army.Reflecting the political climate of the time, Soldier Blue is uncompromising in its anti-war stance and in its extremely graphic depiction of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre. By shedding light on America's dark history and the inhumane actions of the U.S. army, this revisionist western is one of the most radical films in American cinema's history. NEW Interview with actress Candice BergenAudio commentary by film critic Steve Mitchell and Howard S. BergerNEW Trailer

• Tess | DVD | (10/12/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In 19th-century England a peasant named John Durbeyfield discovers that he descends from a noble family the d'Urbervilles. He sends his eldest daughter Tess to live with Alec d'Urberville a rich cousin. It soon emerges that the illustrious name was purchased by Alec's father and emotional entanglements soon spiral out of control...

• A Woman Of Substance - Barbara Taylor Bradford | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £7.88   |  Saving you £-5.89 (-296.00%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Spanning more than a century this is the epic story of the Harte dynasty as told through the best selling trilogy of novels by one of todays most popular authors. The story starts as the indomitable Emma Harte looks back over her remarkable rags-to-riches story while her own family plots against her to gain control of her mighty business empire.

• Transformers - Takara | DVD | (26/08/2002) from £6.22   |  Saving you £9.77 (157.07%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Transformers' have been a favourite for children and adults alike since its launch over 17-years ago and now for the first time in the UK 'Transformers - Takara' is available to take home! Four Soldiers From The Sky: The evil Decepticons led by Galvatron decide to take control of the Sigma computer which will finally lead them to victory. To this end they launch a vicious attack on Cybertron. As the Autobots fight back a mysterious ship appears... but are those on board friend or foe? The Tale Of The Master Star: While the fighting continues on Cybertron Optimus Prime makes his way to the Sigma computer and is protected by the shadow of an old friend. Meanwhile Billy of the Autobots and Soundwave of the Deceptions engage in a deadly battle. The Birth Of A New Leader: Rodimus Prime and Optimus Prime come together to battle Galvatron and to protect the Sigma computer. But despite all efforts the Autobots suffer a severe blow and Galvatron discovers a weakness in the computer. The Resurrected Billy Against The Decepticons: The Autobots decide to rebuild Billy while the Decepticons make the same choice with Soundwave. But when new Soundwave and Blaster (formerly Billy) meet again who will be victorious this time? The Revolt On Planet Pistol: The Decepticons have invaded the peaceful planet of Pistoll and have turned its own people against each other. It's up to the Autobots to stop the Deceptions and to return Pistoll to peace but there appears to be spies everywhere. The Evil Meteor: A meteor is heading straight for the planet Sidnea and the Autobot headquarters. With Sparkle injured it is only his son Danny who can save the Autobots from destruction. But Danny is only a boy...

• The Victim | DVD | (10/04/2006) from £7.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (62.58%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This BAFTA-nominated film starring the great Dirk Bogarde in one of his career-best performances also includes excellent support from Sylvia Syms and Denis Price. The police are after Jack Barrett (Peter McEnery). He has stolen 2 300 from the building construction firm that employs him as a wages clerk. Despite being an ordinary young man of twenty-three years of age he is scared out of his wits by the crisis that is mounting - and they are circumstances beyond his control - Barret

• Victoria And Albert | DVD | (05/08/2002) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  In revealing the strength of the marriage which left Queen Victoria so devastated as a widow, the colourful costume drama Victoria and Albert could almost serve as a prequel to the film Mrs Brown. In common with that dramatisation, this TV drama features performances (and cameos) from some of Britain's finest actors, this time including Jonathan Pryce, David Suchet, Penelope Wilton, Peter Ustinov, Richard Briers and the wonderful Nigel Hawthorne as Lord Melbourne. Victoria Hamilton and Jonathan Firth are the impressive leads who command the viewer's attention through the lengthy process of turning Albert and Victoria's arranged marriage into a love story, from their first inauspicious meetings, to Albert's dissatisfaction over the impotence of his position. Concentrating as it does on Victoria's early reign means the drama does tend to skip over the couples' later years with their children and disappointments over their heir, Bertie, but overall this story has all the romance, settings, make-up and wigs of a fine costume drama. On the DVD: Victoria and Albert comes as a two-disc set that features an informative 25-minute "making of" documentary presented by the producer, that includes contributions from the Screenwriter, Director, stars Jonathan Firth and Penelope Wilton, and the Director of Photography. The filmographies are somewhat abridged but the Victoria Timeline is interesting for those wanting to learn more about the authentic history of events. --Rachel Ediss

• Last Of The Summer Wine - Series 3 And 4 | DVD | (26/07/2004) from £11.98   |  Saving you £15.00 (150.15%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Series 3 and 4 featuring the trio of lovable rogues. Episodes Comprise: 1. The Man From Oswestry 2. Mending Stuart's Leg 3. The Great Boarding House Bathroom Caper 4. Cheering Up Gordon 5. The Kink In Foggy's Niblick 6. Going To Gordon's Wedding 7. Isometrics And After 9. Ferret Come Home 10. Getting On Sydney's Wire 11. Jubilee 12. Flower Power Cut 13. Who's Made A Bit Of A Splash In Wales Then? 14. Greenfingers 15. A Merry Heatwave 16. The Bandit From Stoke-On-Trent

• M - A Film by Fritz Lang | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Fritz Lang's first sound movie, the serial-killer film M, has often been voted the best German film of all time, but, until now, most of us have never seen it properly. What we have seen is a heavily cut 1950s re-edit with extra sound and music patched in, where Lang was deliberately economical with the new technology. This new "Ultimate Edition" is dominated by a marvellous restoration which is true to his intentions and oft-voiced complaints about what had been done to his best film. The young Peter Lorre is terrifyingly ordinary as the child-murderer whom police and criminals hunt down in what is still one of the best forensic police procedurals ever made, while Gustaf Grundgens has effortless charisma as the chief gangster. Lorre's Hollywood exile and decay, and Grundgens' betrayal of old friends and principles under the Nazis, merely add a layer of irony to all this. Lang's ironic cuts--a gangster's gesture is completed by his police equivalent--and dark, studio-bound cinematography make this one of the great precursors of American film noir. Simply, seen without cracks and pops and lines running down the screen, M is revealed as a true classic--a film that shames everything made in its genre since. On the DVD: M on disc has a great deal of documentary material featuring scholars and technicians telling us just how clever they have been in preparing this splendid restoration. The film also comes with a detailed commentary into which has been spliced interview material with Lang talking in English about specific sequences. There is a German-language film interview with Lang in which he talks through his career and re-enacts the interview with Goebbels that led to his exile; an audio interview with Peter Bogdanovich; and an intelligent video critical essay by film historian R Dixon Smith. The restored film is shown in its correct, unusual visual aspect ratio of 1.90:1 and has vivid cleaned-up digital mono sound: the murderer's whistling of "In the Hall of the Mountain King" has never sounded so chilling. --Roz Kaveney

• Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens Classics | DVD | (22/08/2017) from £9.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The first BBC television adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic, Constance Cox's adaptation of Oliver Twist (1962) is now available for the first time to own on DVD. Starring Bruce Prochnik and BAFTA nominees Max Adrian and Peter Vaughan. Constance Cox s uncompromising 1962 adaptation of Dickens tale of a gang of orphan boys turned to crime changed the face of British Sunday teatime viewing. Her unvarnished depiction of despair and depravity in the back alleys of 19th-century London, and the cruel divide between rich and poor, shattered expectations of cosy family drama. But this is Oliver as Dickens intended, without the enforced jollity of the blockbuster Lionel Bart/Carol Reed musical. Max Adrian stars as villainous Fagin, Peter Vaughan an indelibly brutal Bill Sikes, Bruce Prochnik a gentle Oliver, Melvyn Hayes a spry Artful Dodger, and Carmel McSharry the trapped and powerless Nancy. In support are Willoughby Goddard as bullying beadle Bumble, Gay Cameron as kindly aunt Rose Maylie, John Carson s cowardly Monks and Donald Eccles bitter undertaker Sowerberry. This landmark BBC production, released for the first time on DVD, was a gritty game-changer that raised the bar and stretched the boundaries of TV adaptation and serial drama.

• Man From Del Rio | DVD | (16/03/2015) from £8.98   |  Saving you £7.00 (116.86%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Anthony Quinn stars as Mexican gunfighter Dave Robles in this 1950s Western directed by Harry Horner. When out-of-towner Dan Ritchy (Barry Atwater) shows up challenging Robles, a gunslinger whose path he had crossed years before, to a duel, Ritchy pays the ultimate price for his pride as Robles defeats him without breaking a sweat. After the duel, the position of town sheriff is awarded to Robles and he sets about trying to win over the rest of the residents who are yet to warm to his hard-hitting ways. The cast also includes Katy Jurado, Peter Whitney and Douglas Fowley.

• School For Scoundrels | DVD | (30/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Enrol at the wacky College of Lifemanship where a senior host of great British comedians teach a completely uproarious course on how to come out tops in any social situation! Study with Alistair Sim and learn his valuable hints on the art of comic One-upmanship. Follow his expert advice to victimised Ian Carmichael about romance fully equipped to cope with life's hilarious humiliations without really cheating. Based on the books by Stephen Potter.

• Wagner: Lohengrin | DVD | (10/07/2006) from £21.40   |  Saving you £1.58 (8.58%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Features the following musicians: John Macurdy(Bass) Leonie Rysanek(Soprano) Charles Anthony(Tenor) Christian Collins(Other) John Darrenkamp(Tenor) John Gilmore(Tenor) Peter Hofmann(Tenor) Brian Large(Director) Eva Mart''n(Soprano) Metropolitan Opera Chorus Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Anthony Raffell(Bass) Leif Roar(Other) Richard Vernon(Bass)

• Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie | DVD | (24/12/2001) from £5.66   |  Saving you £10.33 (182.51%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Translating Rowan Atkinson's Mr Bean character from British television to the big screen takes a bit of a toll, but there are some hilarious sequences in this popular comedy. The eponymous Bean, a boy-man twit with a knack for getting into difficult binds (and then making them worse and worse and worse), is a London museum guard who is sent to Los Angeles in the company of the famous painting Whistler's Mother. He's mistaken as an art expert by the well-meaning curator (Peter MacNicol) of an LA museum, but Bean's famously eccentric behaviour soon causes the poor guy to almost lose his family and job. The insularity of Bean's TV world is sacrificed in this film, and that change diminishes some of the character's appeal. But Atkinson is a man naturally full of comedy, and he doesn't let his fans down. --Tom Keogh