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• Godzilla vs. Biollante (Criterion Collection) – UK Only | Blu Ray | (24/03/2025) from £22.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Diving into delirious realms of imagination, this second film of the Godzilla franchise's 1980s resurgence showcased the towering beast for a new generation of fans. This time, Godzilla's foe is one of the series' most wondrously strange kaiju creations: Biollantea mutant plant genetically engineered from the cells of a rose, a renegade scientist's dead daughter, and Godzilla itself. With a wild plot encompassing spies, psychic children, and bonkers biotechnologyand some of the coolest special effects in the history of Japanese cinemaGodzilla vs. Biollante stands as a high point in the ever-evolving mythology of the King of the Monsters.Film Info¢ Japan¢ 1989¢ 104 minutes¢ Color¢ 1.85:1¢ Japanese¢ Spine #12544K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES¢ New 4K digital restoration, with 5.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack¢ [UHD ONLY] One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features¢ New audio commentary featuring film historian Samm Deighan, host of the podcast Eros + Massacre and coeditor of the book Revolution in 35mm¢ Making-of program from 1993 featuring director Kazuki Omori and special-effects director Koichi Kawakita, among others¢ Short documentary from 1993 about the Biollante and Super X2 vehicle concepts¢ Deleted special effects¢ TV spots and trailers¢ New English subtitle translation¢ PLUS: An essay by science-fiction and horror film expert Jim Cirronella¢ New cover by Eric Powell

• Godzilla vs. Biollante | Blu Ray | (24/03/2025) from £29.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Diving into delirious realms of imagination, this second film of the Godzilla franchise's 1980s resurgence showcased the towering beast for a new generation of fans. This time, Godzilla's foe is one of the series' most wondrously strange kaiju creations: Biollantea mutant plant genetically engineered from the cells of a rose, a renegade scientist's dead daughter, and Godzilla itself. With a wild plot encompassing spies, psychic children, and bonkers biotechnologyand some of the coolest special effects in the history of Japanese cinemaGodzilla vs. Biollante stands as a high point in the ever-evolving mythology of the King of the Monsters.Film Info¢ Japan¢ 1989¢ 104 minutes¢ Color¢ 1.85:1¢ Japanese¢ Spine #12544K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES¢ New 4K digital restoration, with 5.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack¢ [UHD ONLY] One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features¢ New audio commentary featuring film historian Samm Deighan, host of the podcast Eros + Massacre and coeditor of the book Revolution in 35mm¢ Making-of program from 1993 featuring director Kazuki Omori and special-effects director Koichi Kawakita, among others¢ Short documentary from 1993 about the Biollante and Super X2 vehicle concepts¢ Deleted special effects¢ TV spots and trailers¢ New English subtitle translation¢ PLUS: An essay by science-fiction and horror film expert Jim Cirronella¢ New cover by Eric Powell

• The Beast to Die | Blu Ray | (21/07/2025) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Deeply scarred by what he witnessed on battlefields across Asia, a young war photographer (Yusaku Matsuda, Yokohama BJ Blues) returns to the bustling streets of Tokyo, plotting a series of brutal murders and robberies that are mere warmups for an unprecedented bank heist. Searching for an accomplice, he finds the short-fused and equally disenfranchised Tetsuo (Takeshi Kaga, Death Note). Directed by Toru Murakawa (The Game Trilogy) from a venomous script by Shoichi Maruyama (Yokohama BJ Blues), this unsettling dark thriller was Yusaku Matsuda's farewell to his 1970s action hero persona.LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES4K Restoration by KadokawaUncompressed mono PCM audioInterview with Toru Murakawa (2025)Interview with Shoichi Maruyama (2025)Appreciation by Jordan Harper (2025)New English subtitle translationReversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time TomorrowLimited edition booklet featuring new writing by Tatsuya MasutoLimited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

• Paprika - Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (24/09/2018) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Prepare to enter the realm of fantasy and imagination -- where reality and dreams collide in a kaleidoscopic mindscape of sheer visual genius. The magical tale centers on a revolutionary machine that allows scientists to enter and record a subject's dream. After being stolen, a fearless detective and brilliant therapist join forces to recover the device -- before it falls into the hands of a 'dream terrorist' in this gripping anime thriller from acclaimed director Satoshi Kon.

• Tokyo Story (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (15/06/2020) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The poet of family life Derek Malcolm A constant fixture in critic's polls, Yasujiro Ozu's most enduring masterpiece, Tokyo Story, is a beautifully nuanced exploration of filial duty, expectation and regret. From the simple tale of an elderly husband and wife's visit to Tokyo to see their grownup children, Ozu draws a compelling contrast between the measured dignity of age and the hurried insensitivity of a younger generation. The BFI is proud to release a brand new 4K restoration of this classic film, for audiences old and new to discover. Special Features: New 4K restoration Extras TBC ***FIRST PRESSING ONLY*** Fully illustrated booklet including an essay by Professor Joan Mellen and a biography of Yasujiro Ozu by Tony Rayns

• My Neighbours The Yamadas | Blu Ray | (09/05/2011) from £17.91   |  Saving you £7.08 (39.53%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The beauty of Studio Ghibli can now be enjoyed on both the original DVD and Blu-ray with this all new Blu-ray Double Play edition! Available for the first time in high definition on Blu-ray Double Play courtesy of Studio Ghibli, 'My Neighbours the Yamadas' invites you to join the adventures of the quirky Yamada family brilliantly presented in an unique, visually striking comic-strip style. Takashi Yamada and his wacky wife Matsuko, who has no talent for housework, navigate their way through the ups and downs of work, marriage and family life. Amongst their brood is the sharp-tongued grandmother who lives with them; a teenage son who wishes he had cooler parents; and a pesky daughter whose loud voice is unusual for someone so small. Even the family dog has issues! This film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives with tales that range from the humorous to the heart-breaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems and joys in their own way. Special Features: Storyboards NTV Special Program: Super TV 15 Months Exclusive Coverage: Secrets of My Neighbours the Yamadas Behind the Microphone TV Spots Original Japanese Theatrical Trailers Studio Ghibli Collection Trailers

• Missing In Action 2: The Beginning | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £9.49   |  Saving you £3.50 (36.88%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A prequel to Missing In Action this explosive adventure shows the capture of no-nonsense Colonel Braddock (Chuck Norris) during the Vietnam war in the 1970s and his captivity with other American POWs in a brutal prison camp and his daring plan to escape....

• Paprika | Blu Ray | (07/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on a novel by the noted Japanese science fiction writer Yasutaka Tsutui, the brilliant and unsettling feature Paprika continues director Satoshi Kon's exploration of the disturbingly permeable boundaries between dreams and reality. Techno-geek Kosaku Tokita invented the DC Mini to allow therapists to enter a patient's dreams and explore his unconscious, but an evil cabal uses the Mini to create a mass nightmare that causes multiple suicides. Psychotherapist Atsuko Chiba uses her alter-identity, "dream detective" Paprika, to intervene. Entering the nightmare, she witness a bizarre parade of appliances, toys, and kitsch objects: all of her intelligence and imagination are needed to escape this nightmare and its perpetrators. As he did in Millennium Actress and Paranoia Agent, Kon effortlessly carries the audience between reality and fantasy, confirming his reputation as one of the most talented and interesting directors working in animation today. (Contains violence, violence against women, grotesque imagery, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon, Amazon.com

• Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children | Blu Ray | (27/07/2009) from £6.94   |  Saving you £18.05 (260.09%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children is the much anticipated sequel to the top selling game Final Fantasy VII: a full blown CGI movie! After Cloud saved the world from Sephiroth the citizens of the planet begin suffering from a strange sickness called Geo-Stigma. Meanwhile Cloud has secluded himself and is being haunted by demons from his past...

• The Island Closest to Heaven | Blu Ray | (24/03/2025) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on an original story by Katsura Morimura, Nobuhiko Obayashi (director of the cult classic House) brings us this sweet, coming-of-age story about growing up and finding yourself. After her father's sudden death, a Japanese high school girl (played by Tomoyo Harada of Obayashi's The Girl Who Leapt Through Time) travels to the southwest Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia in search of the location, which they had agreed to visit together, of the film's title. From her encounters with Japanese émigrés and locals, she learns where the real island closest to heaven may be found.

• Last Action Hero | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £10.16   |  Saving you £-2.91 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  John McTiernan (The Hunt for Red October) imaginatively directs this action comedy, which is an interesting failure with some fascinating ironies that make it well worth seeing. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays both a character named Jack Slater--a fictional cop hero who exists only in the movies (ie, the movies seen by the characters in this movie) and the actor who plays Jack Slater in the real world (ie, in the movie we're actually watching). McTiernan's hall-of-mirrors effect is fun, though Last Action Hero never quite identifies itself as a pure action movie, science fiction, a kid's movie, or anything else. (The expensive film suffered at the box office as a result and was roundly criticised for this ambivalence.) What lingers in the memory, however, is Schwarzenegger, playing himself, being confronted by Slater for having created an alter ego for film in the first place. It's a provocative moment: how often have we seen a major star blatantly wrestle with his actor's legacy in this way? --Tom Keogh

• Ichi The Killer | DVD | (22/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Explore your fear Welcome to a world where violence is a virtue and depravity is a way of life. This is the underside of Shinjuku and the Home of Kakihara a sadistic Yakuaza killer. He relentlessly tears apart the underworld searching for the man who killed his boss. The mastermind behind the plot is Jijii an ex-cop bent on turning the gangsters of Japan against one another. His trump card is a physically powerful child-like lunatic who is constantly on the verge of snapping. This madman is Ichi the Killer and between him and Kakihara the streets will run red with blood.

• Tokyo Godfathers - Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (15/10/2018) from £8.09   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  It's Christmas Eve and three homeless friends have experienced a miracle: while rummaging in a dump for a Christmas present, they discover a newborn baby. Despite having nothing, the three take the baby in and name her Kiyoko, meaning Pure One. They embark in search of Kiyoko's mother, based on the little they know about her from her meagre belongings. Kind transwoman Hana, runaway teenager Miyuki, and belligerent Gin make an unlikely trio as they care for the baby and try to find where she belongs. By finally looking toward the future, they are also able to confront their pasts, coming just a little bit closer to finding their own place in the world.

• Meatball Machine | DVD | (06/07/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  An all out in your face gore-fest Japanese style. Meatball Machine is a wild splatterific experimental sci-fi/horror rollercoaster that will have your entire brain and body shaken and stirred. Capable of making biomechanical weapons out of human flesh alien parasites grotesquely invade the Earth turning their hosts into maniacal killers who seek and destroy each other to the bloody death! And yes it's also a human love story even though the budding romantics are infested with slimy tumor-like globules. Co-directors Junichi Yamamoto and Yudai Yamaguchi (Battlefield Baseball) pull out all the stops and don t let up until the final epic battle. It's a touching testament to young love blood and alien ooze that leaves you screaming for more

• Ichi The Killer | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £15.94   |  Saving you £4.05 (25.41%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Yakuza boss Anjo disappears with 100 million yen. His loyal gang members led by Kakihara start a search but their aggressive methods worry the other yakuza gangs. Kakihara's most scary counterpart is the mysterious Ichi a psychopathic killer with a dark childhood secret...

• Ghost In The Shell: SAC - The Laughing Man | Blu Ray | (29/05/2017) from £9.69   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The year is 2030 and six years have passed since a criminal known only as The Laughing Man swept through top medical nanotechnology firms committing acts of cyber-terrorism, kidnapping, extortion, and corporate espionage leaving no known suspects. New information is revealed to Japan's top homeland security force, drawing Major Kusanagi and Section 9 into the hunt for a suspect capable of hacking the eyes of every operative, obscuring all details of his appearance and leaving behind a trail of copycats and hacked cyborg citizens. Who is The Laughing Man? What are his motives? And how do you catch a criminal that you cannot see? Join the beautiful cyborg Motoko Kusanagi in a world of high technology and deadly conspiracies as she searches for the answers to these questions and more!

• Ghost In The Shell: SAC - Individual Eleven | Blu Ray | (29/05/2017) from £10.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The year is 2030 and an influx of refuges have effortlessly transformed themselves into a terrorist organization known as the Individual Eleven. With a sadistic intent of mass destruction, will they triumph in victory or discover the gloomy pitfalls of defeat?

• Uzumaki | DVD | (24/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Spirals are everywhere. From snail shells to washing machines to fingertips to the insides of our ears. Wherever you look a spiral isn't far away. But in the sleepy town of Kurouzucho long-time friends Kirie and Shuichi have discovered how deadly spirals can be. A spiral-obsessed man commits suicide in a washing machine leaving his body contorted into a spiral. A young student falls to his death down a spiral staircase. A women becomes so afraid of the spirals on her fingerpr

• Dead Heat | Blu Ray | (22/02/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Paprika - DVD/Blu-ray Double Play | Blu Ray | (20/11/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on a novel by the noted Japanese science fiction writer Yasutaka Tsutui, the brilliant and unsettling feature Paprika continues director Satoshi Kon's exploration of the disturbingly permeable boundaries between dreams and reality. Techno-geek Kosaku Tokita invented the DC Mini to allow therapists to enter a patient's dreams and explore his unconscious, but an evil cabal uses the Mini to create a mass nightmare that causes multiple suicides. Psychotherapist Atsuko Chiba uses her alter-identity, "dream detective" Paprika, to intervene. Entering the nightmare, she witness a bizarre parade of appliances, toys, and kitsch objects: all of her intelligence and imagination are needed to escape this nightmare and its perpetrators. As he did in Millennium Actress and Paranoia Agent, Kon effortlessly carries the audience between reality and fantasy, confirming his reputation as one of the most talented and interesting directors working in animation today. (Contains violence, violence against women, grotesque imagery, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon, Amazon.com