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• Richard III | DVD | (17/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The third and final entry in Laurence Olivier's Shakespeare triptych, Richard III is an audacious portrait of a man determined to prove himself a villain. A pure master of the political stage, Richard deploys a barrage of odious, unscrupulous traps in an attempt to exercise complete control over his rivals. As the personification of evil impudence, Olivier portrays the Duke of Gloucester with such aplomb that he even lures the audience on to his side. This is true even as Richard engineers plots to murder his brother Clarence (John Gielgud), betray his cousin Buckingham (Ralph Richardson) and seduce his niece Lady Anne (Claire Bloom). From the play's famous opening lines ("Now is the winter of our discontent"), Olivier delivers every speech with truly Machiavellian splendour. As usual, his voice is a force of nature--a full-bodied coloratura at one moment, an earthy baritone cello a few beats later. As a director, Olivier fully realises but underplays the corners of the script that most directors would hinge their dramatisation on. But he can also play it large: Olivier's superb staging of the climactic battle rivals his work on Henry V. Though Richard is finally brought down by the whispered curses of Queen Margaret, the audience exits feeling that the journey has been both entertaining and complete. Regrettably, this would be Olivier's last Shakespeare film, as a planned adaptation of Macbeth was abandoned for financial reasons. Olivier justly received an Oscar nomination for his performance; and believe it or not, this film was the inspiration for the original Blackadder! --Kevin Mulhall

• Sirocco / Dead Reckoning / The Harder They Fall / In A Lonely Place | DVD | (17/10/2005) from £24.28   |  Saving you £-1.29 (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  This box set features a collection of some of Bogie's finest efforts in the 'film noir' genre. Sirocco (Dir. Curtis Bernhardt 1951): In 1925 Damascus Harry Smith (Bogart) runs guns to the rebels under Emir Hassan. The French arrest him along with others and force him to sell weapons to them where hHe develops an dangerous interest in French intelligence officer Feroud's mistress Violette... Dead Reckoning (Dir. John Cromwell 1947): Rip Murdock (Bogart) and Johnny

• The Hills Have Eyes | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £7.84   |  Saving you £-1.85 (-30.90%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Carter family taken a wrong turn when crossing the desert for California and are attacked by a savage group of cannibals. For the Carters who have to revert to their own primitive instincts it is a battle for survival: the lucky ones died first...

• The Lost World (Silent Classics) | DVD | (15/02/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The original silent adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a distant land where dinosaurs still roam the Earth.

• Flesh and Fury | DVD | (30/03/2009) from £4.98   |  Saving you £13.00 (434.78%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Flesh and Fury stars OSCAR'' nominated Tony Curtis (Some Like it Hot The Defiant Ones The Great Race) in one of his first leading roles with Golden Globe winner Jan Sterling (The High and the Mighty Ace in the Hole) and Wallace Ford (Harvey Spellbound). Director Joseph Pevney (Man of a Thousand Faces) tells the story of deaf mute boxer Paul Callan (Curtis) who starts boxing for purses when he catches the eye of Sonya Bartow (Sterling) a bloodthirsty money-sucking blonde bombshell. With Sonya keen to push his career (and his winnings!) and with the help of retired fight manager Jack 'Pop' Richardson (Ford) Callan seems all but unstoppable. For a time Sonya has the upper hand with Paul until a rival appears in the shape of upper-crust reporter Ann Hollis (Mona Freeman). Assigned to write an article on the hearing-impaired fighter she soon finds herself falling for him. With the women fighting for influence over Paul and ultimately his love or money in Sonya's case Paul quickly discovers that getting what he has always wanted doesn't necessarily lead to a happy ending. Available for the first time in this digitally re-mastered form Flesh and Fury shows its cast in the most flattering light: Tony Curtis is exceptional in one of his first starring roles and Jan Sterling delivers possibly the finest performance of her career.

• The Hotel New Hampshire | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-12.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  From the novel by John Irving comes this darkly comic tale of an eccentric New England family. As the father moves them from one place to the next setting up a new hotel each time the assortment of oddball characters seem to become involved in ever more bizarre situations. Frannie becomes obsessed with the boy who attacks her John becomes obsessed with Frannie his sister and both of them fall for a girl who is so insecure she hides in a bear outfit Frank is coming to terms with his homosexuality and the youngest Lilly is convinced she isn't growing. The family pet is a flatulent dog that ends up stuffed and causes more trouble than when it was alive...

• Mad Dog And Glory | DVD | (11/09/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

• Warlock | DVD | (30/08/2019) from £11.58   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Sword Of Lancelot | DVD | (14/06/2010) from £6.73   |  Saving you £-1.74 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  The legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table as told from the perspective of Lancelot.

• Evil Dead / Hills Have Eyes | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Evil Dead (Dir. Sam Raimi 1982): In the literary tradition of Stephen King and the cinematic mode of George Romero (Night of the Living Dead) The Evil Dead is a visual and aural attack on the senses which requires a strong stomach and a healthy sense of humour! Whilst holidaying in the Tennessee woodlands five innocent teenagers unwittingly unleash the spirit of the evil dead. One by one the teenagers fall victim to the frenzied flesh-eating monsters amidst a tour-de-force display of stunning special effects. The Hills Have Eyes (Dir. Wes Craven 1977): The Carter family taken a wrong turn when crossing the desert for California and are attacked by a savage group of cannibals. For the Carters who have to revert to their own primitive instincts it is a battle for survival: the lucky ones died first...

• The Bostonians (the Merchant Ivory Collection) | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £17.97   |  Saving you £-4.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The daughter of a faith healer is forced to choose between her mother's religious activities and her desire to use her speaking ability to further the women's suffragette movement. To complicate matters more the man she loves is strongly opposed to the feminist cause.

• Too Cool For School | DVD | (12/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £26.99

  Napoleon Dynamite: From Preston Idaho comes Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder) a new kind of hero complete with a tight red 'fro some sweet moon boots and skills that can't be topped. Napoleon lives with his Grandma (Sandy Martin) and his 30 year old unemployed brother Kip (Aaron Russell) who spends his days looking for love in internet chat rooms. When Grandma hits the road on her quad runner Napoleon and Kip's meddling Uncle Rico (Jon Gries) comes to town to stay with them a

• The Howling - Das Tier - Limited Steelbook Edition (4K Ultra HD) | Blu Ray | (28/10/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Scopers | DVD | (14/04/2014) from £5.71   |  Saving you £12.27 (451.10%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Joshua Lazarus (Nick Stahl) is a man with the ability to read people's minds. Looking to use this ability to their advantage, the NSA recruit him to spy on potential threats to the nation's security. Joshua has been told throughout his life that nobody else with his gift has lived beyond the age of 29 without going insane and with regards to this he lives a carefree and indulgent lifestyle. That is, until he meets Anna (Mia Maestro), who is the daughter of his latest target. Anna has the same.

• The Lost World | DVD | (23/07/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The granddaddy of giant monster movies, The Lost World was one of the most expensive movies ever made in 1925, costing more than a million dollars, and has remained one of the most influential. Every larger-than-life creature feature since--from King Kong to Godzilla and Jurassic Park--owes a debt to this original adventure fantasy based on Arthur Conan Doyle's novel. It's the story of a maverick scientist (Wallace Beery under a bushy beard) who finds a land that time forgot on a plateau deep within the South American jungles and comes back to London with a captured brontosaurus to prove it. His expedition includes Bessie Love, the daughter of an explorer who disappeared on the previous expedition, and big game hunter Lewis Stone. The ostensible stars of the picture are all upstaged by Willis O'Brien's dinosaurs, simple models brought to life with primitive stop-motion animation (the technique was soon to be perfected by O'Brien for King Kong). Hardly realistic by any measure, these pioneering special effects are still a sight to behold, especially the lumbering brontosaurus which receives the most care from O'Brien, both foraging in his jungle and rampaging through the streets of London. With the coming of talkies, The Lost World became obsolete: all known American prints were destroyed in favour of a sound remake (which became King Kong) and the film only survived in a severely truncated form (even the original negative was lost). For this release David Shepard meticulously "rebuilt" the film using material from eight different surviving prints from all over the world, cleaning and restoring along the way. The result is 50% longer than previously extant prints, still not complete but closer than any version since its 1925 debut. The difference is not merely in restored scenes but in a rediscovered sense of grace in scenes filled out to their original detail and pace. The film moves and breathes once again like a silent film. On the DVD: From the attractive solid slipcase to the wonderful "period" menu interface, this is a delightful DVD package. The film itself looks surprisingly good--a real tribute to the restoration team's efforts--with careful tinting in the style of the period (blues for evening, reds for dawn etc.). The disc features the choice of either an original score by The Alloy Orchestra or a classical orchestral score compiled and conducted by Robert Israel (both enjoyable and effective), 13 minutes of O'Brien's animation outtakes (including a couple of isolated frames that capture O'Brien manipulating his models) and a well-meaning but basic commentary by Arthur Conan Doyle historian Roy Pilot. There's also a text biography of Conan Doyle and a display of original postcards, posters and other promotional items. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• Blood On The Sun | DVD | (17/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  While much of the world watched the early success of 'Mein Kampf' and the bombing of Pearl Harbour was ten years in the future few were aware of the existence of an oriental 'Hitler' ... Baron Giichi Tankara. But the war had already started in Japan for James Condon American journalist and editor of the Japanese Chronicle whose intuition has led him to believe that major trouble was brewing. The role of Condon man of hard words and harder fists is just the kind of tough guy that first brought James Cagney stardom and in this movie you will not be disappointed as he battles to stay alive long enough to warn the rest of the world against a Japanese militarist plot called the 'Tanaka Plan' that has world domination as its objective. This is one of the first American martial arts movies and features some gripping action with Cagney doing his own stunts for which he trained intensively with Ken Kuniyuki a fifth degree judo master before shooting. This is Cagney at his best.

• Rockers | DVD | (01/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Writer-director Theodoros Bafaloukos responded to Jamaica's siren call all the way over in Greece and came to the island to make this 1977 movie about a band of Rasta men/Robin Hoods getting their own back at the expense of those perennial bloodsuckers, the "uptown top rankings", as men of money and position are called in Jamaica. The reggae star-studded cast is undoubtedly the movie's most rewarding feature, though some fans have objected to the demeaning sight of the incomparable late singer Jacob Miller threatening a friend with a knife over a purloined chicken leg or the equally great singer Gregory Isaacs exacting chump change for unlocking a tourist's rental car. However, these and other great reggae figures are also seen here in full and glorious performance at their peak. In fact, this film provides our only extended visual record of Miller's kinetic performance style and one of the best pieces of footage on Isaacs. Although Rockers doesn't approach the multi-layered complexity of The Harder They Come and it does betray a little superiority now and then to its characters, there are plenty of laughs as well as insights into life at the time for Jamaica's growing Rastafarian movement. Drummer Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace makes an unlikely though quintessentially Jamaican leading man as he moves between wooing the rich man's virginal daughter and making pit stops at the shack he shares with his wife and children. His band of accomplices is priceless, and the scene in which each struts in his own "stylee" to Peter Tosh's "Stepping Razor" is alone worth the price. --Elena Oumano

• The Stan And Ollie Collection - Lucky Dog / The Stolen Jools | DVD | (19/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Lucky Dog: Stan befriends a stray dog and Oliver Hardy takes a liking to Stan's wallet. After causing so much chaos Stan's only option is to get rid of the dog. Just in time the dog comes up trumps saves the day and teaches the villain Hardy a lesson too. The Stolen Jools: A famous actress has her jewels stolen. Everyone from the police to the mob want to know the identity of the theif and almost everyone is under suspicion. A star studded cast of the most promi

• Invisible Mom | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £5.83   |  Saving you £-2.84 (-95.00%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Invisible Mom

• Simpsons Triple Pack - Bart Wars/Too Hot for TV/Dark Secrets | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Too Hot For TV: Includes four episodes: Treehouse of Horror IX The Cartridge Family Natural Born Kissers and Grandpa Vs Sexual Inadequacy. Dark Secrets: Episodes include: Homer To The Max The Springfield Files Lisa The Iconoclast and Homer Badman. Bart Wars: Episodes include: Mayored To The Mob Dog Of Death The Secret War Of Lisa Simpson and Marge Be Not Proud.