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• World War II Collection | DVD | (20/06/2011) from £13.79   |  Saving you £11.20 (81.22%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Desert Commandos: As Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin prepared to meet at the Casablanca Conference in the midst of World War Two a crack troop of Nazi assassins were making their way slowly through the African desert with only one objective - to kill the 'Big 3'. Disguised as British commandos the men must avoid detection repel hostile locals and survive the harsh surroundings if they are to complete their mission and return home alive. Minesweeper : When the Japanese attack Pearl Harbour U.S. Navy Lieutenant Richard Houston a penniless deserter decides to take a chance and re-enlist. To avoid being identified he assumes an alias 'Jim Smith' and is assigned to duty aboard a minesweeper charged with keeping the waterways clear. Packed with wartime suspense and building to a shocking climax Minesweeper is an engrossing story of friendship bravery love and honour. Go for Broke!: Van Johnson stars as Lt. Michael Grayson in this wartime drama about a unique regiment of Japanese-American men during World War Two and their distrustful and bigoted lieutenant. Sent to fight in Italy the regiment soon have the lieutenant re-evaluating his personal opinions as his men prove their willingness to go above and beyond the call of duty and live up to their motto and 'Go For Broke'. Ski Troop Attack: An American recon patrol finds itself cut off from their support forces during World War Two as a German offensive severs their line of communication. Trapped in enemy territory in the midst of a freezing winter the soldiers must avoid detection whilst recording information about the German advance. They soon discover that a bridge spanning two mountains is providing the enemy with a strategic advantage and decide to blow it up. With a German ski patrol in close pursuit this mission could prove to be their last. Manila Open City: In early February 1945 as Allied Forces slowly closed the net around the Japanese Army entrenched within the city ruins of Manila the defeated Empire's soldiers adopted a brutal and savage operation of persecution against the citizens. Atrocities committed against the inhabitants were akin to those being inflicted in Europe by the Nazis and a damning indictment of the Japanese Army's contempt for the innocent. Three Came Home: Claudette Colbert stars in the inspirational and compelling true story of American author wife and mother Agnes Newton Keith whose life is shattered by the Japanese occupation of Borneo in 1941. Separated from her husband and imprisoned in a P.O.W camp with her young son she begins a painful journey of survival as the harsh realities of camp life and the horrors of war become daily routine.

• The Mexican | Blu Ray | (11/02/2022) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Together for the first time, superstars Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts take a hilarious, action-packed tour south of the border with James Gandolfini (The Sopranos) in what People Magazine calls a quirky romantic comedy with plenty of gunplay and intrigue.Before reckless Jerry can make amends with Samantha, he has to take one more wild ride down to Mexico to pick up a priceless antique pistol and settle his debts. As things begin heating up with mob bosses and hit men, the action boils over with surprise twists and turns in the film Roger Ebert give a Thumbs Up.

• Hogan's Heroes - Series 2 - Complete | DVD | (29/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Episodes Comprise: 1. Hogan Gives a Birthday Party 2. The Schultz Brigade 3. Diamonds in the Rough 4. Operation Briefcase 5. The Battle of Stalag 13 6. The Rise and Fall of Sergeant Schultz 7. Hogan Springs 8. A Klink a Bomb and a Short Fuse 9. Tanks for the Memory 10. A Tiger Hunt In Paris (1) 11. A Tiger Hunt In Paris (2) 12. Will the Real Adolf Please Stand Up? 13. Don't Forget to Write 14. Klink's Rocket 15. Information Please 16. Art for Hogan's Sake 17. The General Swap 18. The Great Brinksmeyer Robbery 19. Praise the Fhrer and Pass the Ammunition 20. Hogan and the Lady Doctor 21. The Swing Shift 22. Heil Klink 23. Everyone Has a Brother-in-Law 24. Killer Klink 25. Reverend Kommandant Klink 26. The Most Escape-Proof Camp I've Ever Escaped From 27. The Tower 28. Colonel Klink's Secret Weapon 29. The Top Secret Top Coat 30. The Reluctant Target

• Double Bang | DVD | (17/10/2005) from £5.48   |  Saving you £4.51 (82.30%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Available for the first time on DVD! Billy Benson an honest cop is forced to enter a dark world of murder and corruption when his partner goes bad and begins doing business with a smalltime mobster. When his partner turns up dead Benson has no choice but to seek restitution outside the law for the murder. Get ready for a lethal game with one simple rule: the first one to die loses....

• Unforgiven (2 Disc Special Edition) | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Unforgiven is an exciting modern classic that rode off with four 1992 Academy Awards. Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman play retired down-on-their-luck outlaws who pick up their guns one last time to collect a bounty offered by the vengeful prostitutes of the remote Wyoming town of Big Whiskey: Richard Harris is an ill-fated interloper a colourful killer-for–hire called English Bob. Gene Hackman is the sly and brutal local sheriff whose brand of Law enforcement ranges from unconventional to ruthless. Big trouble is coming to Big Whiskey...

• Big Racket / Violent Professionals | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Big Racket (Dir. Enzo G. Castellari 1976): Nico Palmieri (Fabio Testi) is a police inspector who battles against hoodlums who terrorise a sleepy Italian village and extort cash from the locals. With the threat of horrific brutality no one dares to act except a restaurant owner (Renzo Palmer) who approaches Palmieri and sings like a canary. As a result his young daughter is raped. Discovering that the terrorism is related to drug dealers Palmieri is forbidden to continue inv

• Maazel - 1984 / Keenlyside, Lepage (Royal Opera House) | DVD | (12/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  The debut DVD release of Lorin Maazel's new opera, based on George Orwell's dystopian novel, one of the most famous novels of the 20th century.Premiered at Covent Garden in 2005, where it was conducted by the composer and filmed in High Definition. The producer was Robert Lepage, whose highly-praised, visually-stunning production is gripping and at times terrifying. This release is timed to coincide with the run of the same production at La Scala in May 2008.Stars the acclaimed Simon Keenlyside as Winston Smith, the central character with Nancy Gustafson as Nancy, with whom Winston embarks on the secret affair that will be their undoing.

• Moulin Rouge/Down With Love | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £5.73   |  Saving you £3.26 (56.89%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Moulin Rouge (Dir. Baz Luhrmann 2001): A spectacle beyond anything you've ever witnessed. An experience beyond everything you've ever imagined. Behind the red velvet curtain the ultimate seduction of your senses is about to begin. Welcome to the Moulin Rouge! Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor sing dance and scale the heights of passionate abandon in this most talked-about movie from visionary director Baz Luhrmann (William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet Strictly Ballroom). Enter a tantalizing world that celebrates truth beauty freedom and above all things love. Down With Love (Dir. Peyton Reed 2003): When best-selling feminist author Barbara Novak (Zellweger) becomes the target of dashing playboy Catcher Block (McGregor) the sparks they generate will fly you to the moon and back! Set in the early sixties every frame pops with 60's technicolour.

• Man Who Lived At The Ritz | DVD | (31/05/2004) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-9.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Paris under the Nazis. Our hero is an American art student living at The Ritz Hotel. Suddenly he is trapped by the German occupation and finds The Ritz over-run by Nazis. Torn between his desire to keep his room at this elegant hotel but at the price of helping a morphine crazed Goering requisition France's priceless art treasures and his desire to help his friends fight against the brutality of the Nazi regime Phillip Webber is caught ever deeper into a web of intrigue romance gl

• Both Feet in the Army! | DVD | (22/07/2013) from £10.84   |  Saving you £-2.85 (-35.70%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Former National Service Conscript - actor, Richard Wilson - takes a light hearted look at this taste of the army, experienced by so many young men after the war. 'Both Feet In The Army' illustrates the trials and tribulations, the laughs and lunacies, of post-war National Service, through excerpts from sitcoms such as 'Get Some In' and from films such as 'Carry On Sergeant' and 'Privates Progress', to name just a few. During the peak years of the 1950s, over a quarter of a million youngster...

• Brannigan | DVD | (07/04/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Tough Irish-American Chicago cop Brannigan (John Wayne) is sent to London on the trail of a gangster. He is mystified by local customs, and finds English police procedure rather strange. With Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson and Mel Ferrer.

• Shootdown | DVD | (02/08/2004) from £5.92   |  Saving you £-1.93 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  At 32 000 feet a Korean 747 passenger jet is blown open by a Soviet missile. The mangled aircraft manages to stay airborne for a few minutes but then plummets into the frigid Japanese sea with no survivors. Officials try to keep the story out of the press but soon the entire world knows. Nan Moore the mother of a passenger from the aircraft begins to search out the answers to her son's meaningless death and she finds that her own government may even be responsible. Nan Moore will stop at nothing not even the law to face the frightening questions and to find the vital answers that are raised through her determination.

• Patriots | DVD | (05/04/2004) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-8.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The true story of a naive American girl who falls victim to her own beliefs and is recruited into the IRA. Shortly after she is commanded to blow up a police station to prove her loyalty. Suddenly she is forced to make a decision... but the wrong one could cost her life. A realistic and gripping portrayal of the political struggle in Northern Ireland.

• Zombie (Cover C ''Worms'') | Blu Ray | (27/11/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Terminator / Rollerball / Robocop | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Robocop: A sadistic crime wave is sweeping across America. In Old Detroit the situation is so bad a private corporation Omni Consumer Products (OCP) has assumed control of the police force. The executives at the company think they have the answer - until the enforcement droid they create kills one of their own. Then an ambitious young executive seizes the opportunity. He and his research team at Security Concepts create a law enforcement cyborg from the body of a slain officer. All goes well at first. Robocop stops every sleazeball he encounters with deadly piercing and sometimes gruesome accuracy. But there are forces on the street and within Security Concepts itself that will stop at nothing to see this super cyborg violently eliminated... Terminator: In 2029 giant super-computers dominate the planet hell-bent on exterminating the human race! And to destroy man's future by changing the past they send an indestructible cyborg - a Terminator - back in time to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) the woman whose unborn son will become mankind's only hope. Can Sarah protect herself from this unstoppable menace to save the life of her unborn child? Or will the human race be extinguished by one mean hunk of mutant metal? Rollerball (1975): Set in 2018 Rollerball is a sensation glimpse of a future where the world is ruled by six giant corporations; a place where there is no war no poverty and no unrest but also no free will and no God. There is still a place for violence in this antiseptic world of plenty and mankind''s vicious and sadistic impulses are vented in the Rollerball arena a violent and deadly game broadcast world-wide to satisfy the bloodlust of millions. James Caan is outstanding as Jonathan E the game''s greatest player a man whose devastating talent threatens to make him a hero - and a threat to the Corporations'' grip on power. When Jonathan is asked to retire he refuses electing instead to captain his team to the world finals in an escalating spiral of carnage.

• The Big Valley - Series 1 | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  This eight disc box set features all 30 episodes of the first series of The Big Valley a lavish western drama starring one of Hollywood's greatest female stars Barbara Stanwyck. This action-filled Western adventure was set on the Barkley ranch in California's San Joaquin Valley in the 1870s.

• Hot Metal - Series 1 - Complete | DVD | (14/09/2009) from £10.78   |  Saving you £4.21 (39.05%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Hot Metal: Series 1 (2 Discs)

• Glyndebourne Diamonds | DVD | (30/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £44.99

  All enclosed operas are recorded live at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera.Contains the operas:- Macbeth (1972).- Il Ritorno D'Ulisee In Patria (1973).- The Rake's Progress (1975).- Falstaff (1976).- Fidelio (1979).

• Born And Bred - Series 4 - Part 1 | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Part 1 of the fourth series of the popular BBC drama series starring Richard Wilson and Maggie Steed.

• Art of Joan Sutherland - Operatic Scenes & Recital | DVD | (05/04/2004) from £12.98   |  Saving you £15.01 (53.60%)   |  RRP £27.99

  This disc presents Dame Joan Sutherland one of the legends of the opera world in two historic telecasts from the archives of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.The first program originally telecast in 1963 Dame Joan takes us on a fascinating journey through the Golden Age of Opera as she pays tribute to some of her most illustrious predecessors. Following in their tradition Miss Sutherland performs arias from Verdi's La Traviata Rossini's Semiramide Bellini's I Puritani and more. In duets from Bellin's La Sonnambula and Donizetti's Don Pasquale she is joined by the elegant bel canto tenor Richard Conrad.The second program is a rare document of Dame Joan in recital taped live in Toronto in 1969. Those who know the singer solely from her great operatic characterizations will be captivated by the intimate Sutherland in direct communication with entranced listeners as she performs songs by Bononcini Handel Bellini Rossini Gretchaninoff Alabiev Abt Gounod Bizet Massenet Deliibes and Balfe.Sir Richard Bonynge Dame Joan's husband and musical mentor leads the CBC Symphony Orchestra in the operatic selections and then accompanies the soprano on piano for the recital program.