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• World War II - Soldiers of Valour (3 Disc Boxset) - Everyman's War, The Downfall of Berlin & Broken Sun | DVD | (23/05/2011) from £5.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Everyman's War: The true story of Don Smith's heroic experience at the Battle of the Bulge while with the 94th Infantry. The Downfall of Berlin: A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II. Broken Sun

• We Remember Marilyn | DVD | (01/05/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A sex symbol becomes a thing", says Marilyn Monroe, her voice being approximated by Trudi Jo Marie Keck, who also doubles as the editor of We Remember Marilyn, an historical appreciation of the life of the much-vaunted sex goddess. "I always thought symbols were things you clashed together", she continues to muse, "but if I'm going to be a symbol of anything, I'd rather it be sex than some other things there are symbols for. I know how they'll remember me: 'Here lies Marilyn Monroe, 34-24-36'. But, anyway, they'll remember me." And remember her they do, in this concoction written and directed by Ted Newsom (Ed Wood--Look Back in Angora). Newsom doesn't bother to cite the source for the above words ascribed to Ms. Monroe so it's hard to say where they came from, but they pointedly set the tone for any discussion of sex-symbol iconography. And how better to sum up a career that moved between celebrity and the highest seats of power on a vehicle of sex, and ended early and abruptly. Film clips, photos (where Marilyn the icon truly shone), and a rich array of stock footage form the backdrop for the proceedings. At one point, the voice of director John Huston enriches the soundtrack. --Jim Gay, Amazon.com

• Broken Sun | DVD | (27/12/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The film set in 1944 follows Jack a WWI veteran whose lost hopes and values lead to isolation and an empty feeling that is too hard to shake. This solitude abruptly ends when he meets Masaru an escaped Japanese POW. Suddenly Jack shows the first sign in many years of not giving in to death. Learning of a mass suicide breakout from the POW camp nearby Jack and rifle march Masaru back to camp. None of this is new to Masaru for him death is constantly just around the corner. Both men understand that war is not a simple question of good versus evil but there are rules to which each man must act.