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• Basic Instinct - Special Edition | DVD | (20/05/2002) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  With more than a decade of cinema in Basic Instinct's wake it's fascinating to look back at just how influential Paul Verhoeven's "erotic thriller" has been. The director's endless fight with censorship and unwillingness to kowtow to social mores meant his movies became notorious for graphically depicting sex and violence while pushing contemporary boundaries of taste. This whodunit about a bisexual femme fatale (Sharon Stone in a career-best performance) caused an enormous furore on its release; but after years of generally inferior imitations there's not much in it that seems quite so shocking now. It's perhaps best appreciated in retrospect more for its Hitchcockian style than the steamy sex. On the DVD: one of the most welcome elements of the disc is an acknowledgement of the film's own influences--from Hitchcock's Vertigo to Verhoeven's own The Fourth Man. The print is far superior to the previous release, looking magnificent in 1:78.1. Jerry Goldsmith's Oscar-nominated score sounds terrific in either 5.1 or DTS, as does Verhoeven's thick accent on the first commentary track alongside then Director of Photography Jan De Bont (Speed), who together reminisce on locations and manipulating their actors' performances. A second commentary from feminist critic Camille Paglia is a brave way of putting paid to the gay/feminist community uproar. There are some standard inclusions (trailer, production notes, photo gallery etc) but far more interesting are two mini-documentaries; "Cleaning Up Basic Instinct" shows how and why the TV version was so dull, while "Blonde Poison" focuses on the film's making and marketing. Finally, there are three storyboard comparisons and nine minutes of screen tests for Stone and Tripplehorn. This is the definitive release of an oft-cited modern classic. --Paul Tonks

• Man Hunt | DVD | (31/01/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Director Fritz Lang's political thriller follows a British hunter's attempts to outrun Nazi agents after he targets Adolf Hitler. While on holiday in Bavaria willdlife hunter Alan Thorndike (Walter Pidgeon) stumbles upon the Fuhrer's country retreat eventually spotting Hitler in the gardens. After lining up the leader in the crosshairs of his empty rifle Thorndike is arrested by members of Hitler's Gestapo bodyguard who try to beat a confession out of him. After eventually escaping and navigating a tortuous route back to Britain Thorndike is forced to seek help from local seamstress Jerry Stokes (Joan Bennett) when he discovers German agents are hunting him down.

• Thirst | DVD | (28/01/2013) from £7.79   |  Saving you £5.20 (66.75%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A priest becomes a vampire…another man’s wife is coveted…a deadly seduction triggers murder. Thirst is the new film from director Park Chan-wook (Old Boy Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance Sympathy for Lady Vengeance) and already a box-office smash in Korea Continuing his explorations of human existence in extreme circumstances the director spins a tale that he conceived and then developed over several years with co-screenwriter Chung Seo-kyung inspired by Émile Zola's Thérèse Raquin. Sang-hyun (played by top Korean star Song Kang-ho of The Good The Bad The Weird The Host and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance) is a priest who cherishes life; so much so that he selflessly volunteers for a secret vaccine development project meant to eradicate a deadly virus. But the virus takes the priest and a blood transfusion is urgently ordered up for him. The blood he receives is infected so Sang-hyun lives - but now exists as a vampire.

• The Kindergarten Teacher | Blu Ray | (01/07/2019) from £7.89   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Maggie Gyllenhaal stars as Lisa Spinelli, a kindergarten teacher and poet fed up with her career, her oblivious husband and teenage kids who largely ignore her. When she discovers that a five-year-old in her class may be a poetic prodigy, Lisa becomes fascinated and tries to protect him from neglectful parents. She soon finds herself risking her career and family to nurture his talent. Special Features: Maggie Screen talk

• La Gloire de Mon Père & Le Château de Ma Mère Blu Ray Box Set | Blu Ray | (19/11/2012) from £18.75   |  Saving you £11.24 (59.95%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Based on the childhood memoirs of Marcel Pagnol, author of Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources, Yves Robert's La Gloire de Mon Pre and its sequel Le Chteau de Ma Mre are two of the most loved and successful French films ever made.An adult Marcel nostalgically recalls idyllic retreats with his family to the hills of Provence. A love affair with the country began and during those perfect days he found new respect for his school-teacher father as he adapted to life away from the city, while the long journey there would soon bring its own adventures.Together these timeless classics stand as one of cinema's greatest celebrations of childhood, filled with warmth, love and a poignant nostalgia for bygone days they continue to captivate audiences.

• The Day After Tomorrow | UMD | (07/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  A big-budget, mega-event epic motion picture that revolves around an abrupt climate change that has cataclysmic consequences for the planet.

• O | DVD | (18/07/2005) from £4.82   |  Saving you £5.17 (107.26%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Shakespeare's classic tragedy "Othello" gets a contemporary makeover as a teen drama set in an exclusive private US school.

• Gilda | DVD | (10/01/2000) from £8.29   |  Saving you £11.70 (141.13%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The legendary Rita Hayworth sizzles with sensuality and magnetism as she sings ""Put the blame on Mame"" and delivers a dazzling performance as the enticing temptress Gilda. In the story of Gilda Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford) goes to work for Ballin Mundson (George MacReady) the proprietor of an illegal gambling casino in a South American city and quickly rises to become Mundson's ""main man"". All is well until Mundson returns from a trip with his new bride Gilda - a woman from Johnn

• The Big Lift | DVD | (04/04/2005) from £7.03   |  Saving you £-2.04 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  It's 1948. It's Berlin and the city is in a state of devastation. Although in the hands of Allied troops the Soviet Union as a member state blockades all Allied sectors in an attempt to take sole control of the fallen German capital. The result is the Berlin Airlift and the story follows the lives of two US Airmen Sgt. Danny MacCullough and Sgt. Hank Kowalski who are there to help the civilians but have very different views of the German people. The arrogant Kowalski cannot forgive them for WWII and will not be dissuaded from holding every German accountable but MacCullough grasps the beleaguered city with both hands and opens his heart to an attractive German widow... in return she opens Danny's eyes to the twilight world of occupied Berlin. Shot on location in bomb blasted Berlin this movie shows some truely harrowing scenes of a post war capital city in ruins.

• Princess Principal Collection Collector's Edition BLU-RAY | Blu Ray | (18/03/2019) from £51.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The stage is set during the 19th century London, in its capital where a wall divides the east and west of the Kingdom of Albion. Five high school girls, who enrolled in the prestigious Queens May Fair School, are involved in spy activities that involve disguise, infiltration, car chase, and more. These girls take advantage of their special abilities and fly around the shadow world.

• Take me for a ride | DVD | (24/07/2017) from £7.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  How do you deal with being 'different ? Starting her senior year in high school, Sara doesn't have many friends and is caught between an overbearing mother, and a more understanding father. With uneasiness at school and tension in the household, Sara escapes to smoke in a little alley alone that is until Andrea, a new classmate, arrives. A close friendship develops to all that can see, but behind closed doors, an intimate relationship unfolds, which, when discovered, throws everything into disarray.

• Gettysburg (Ridley Scott's) | DVD | (23/07/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Ridley Scott brings the bloodiest battle in US History to life as you've never seen it before.

• Steptoe And Son - Series 7 | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £13.94   |  Saving you £-0.95 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The complete seventh series of the BBC classic Steptoe and Son featuring everyone's favourite bickering 'rag-and-bone' junkmen. Episodes Comprise: 1. Men Of Letters 2. A Star Is Born 3. Oh What A Beautiful Morning 4. Live Now P.A.Y.E. Later 5. Loathe Story 6. Divided We Stand 7. The Desperate Hours

• Winners And Sinners | DVD | (02/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Five small-time crooks arrive in prison on the same day and sharing the same cell form a close-knit circle of friends. Upon their release (also all on the same day) the five buddies move in together and start the ""Five Stars Cleaning Service."" Of course the five of them as a group will get into more trouble combined than they ever could individually! It is an indomitable Hong Kong cop (Jackie) on the trail of a ruthless gang of counterfeiters who finds himself teamed with this od

• Children Of The Living Dead | DVD | (11/02/2002) from £6.38   |  Saving you £-4.39 (-220.60%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Bred from the creators of the classic horror 'Night Of The Living Dead' comes the long awaited sequel 'Children of the Living Dead'. Starting a new life in a quiet Pennsylvania town Matthew Michael's only thought is to turn an old farm property into a profitable car dealership. He soon discovers that beneath the gentle surface this small town is anything but calm and peaceful.

• The Blade | DVD | (17/04/2000) from £29.95   |  Saving you £-9.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Legendary Hong Kong Director Tsui Hark blends violent action and stunning swordplay in his remake of the Shaw Brothers classic One-Armed Swordsman. The Blade is a sweeping epic which highlights the incredible fighting talent of Chiu Cheuk Hong Kong's latest action start. When a master sword-maker adopts the son of a murdered friend (Chiu Cheuk) the boy learns the master's craft well. As a young man he learns about his fathers death at the hand of a mysterious tattooed killer (Xiong-Xin-Xin). He takes fathers broken blade and sets out to seek vengeance. The daughter Ling follows but is caught in a bloody ambush. When he tries to rescue her his arm is hacked off in the battle and he is believed dead by all except Ling and his friend who set out in search of him. But he is saved by a hermit girl who nurses him back to health where he finds an old kung fu manual and practices with the broken blade to perfect the art of one armed swordfighting. In a breathtaking finale unlike anything you have seen before our hero sets off once again to find the tattooed assassin a quest that leads to an explosive and spectacular showdown.

• The Castaway Cowboy | DVD | (05/04/2004) from £8.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (66.74%)   |  RRP £14.99

  While spear fishing off the rocky beach of Kauai 12-year-old Booton MacAvoy makes a fearful discovery. What he has mistaken for a fish is a man floating half submerged in the churning sea. The rescued stranger turns out to be Lincoln Costain (James Garner) a shanghaied Texas cowpoke who jumps ship in Hawaii and lands boots-first in island intrigue and adventure! Costain and Henrieatta MacAvoy (Vera Miles) team up to turn a scrubby potato plantation into the island's first cattle s

• L.A. Law: Season 8 | DVD | (21/03/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Wwe - Vengeance 2007 | DVD | (01/01/2008) from £21.45   |  Saving you £-3.46 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  WWE Championship Match John Cena vs. Mick Foley vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Randy Orton vs. King Booker (w/Queen Sharmell) WWE Women's Championship Match Melina vs. Candice Michelle World Heavyweight Championship Match Edge vs. Batista WWE Tag Team Championship Match Deuce 'N Domino (w/Cherry) vs. Sgt. Slaughter & Jimmy Snuka WWE United States Championship Match MVP vs. Ric Flair WWE Intercontinental Championship Match Santino Marella vs. Umaga ECW World Championship Match Johnny Nitro vs. CM Punk WWE Cruiserweight Championship Match Chavo Guerrero vs. Jimmy Wang Yang World Tag Team Championship Match Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch vs. The Hardys

• Christmas In August | DVD | (19/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  It's a long hot summer in Korea; on the outskirts of Seoul shy thirtysomething bachelor Jung-won (Han Suk-kyu) is reeling from the heatwave. Retiring to his photo studio he dutifully accedes to the requests of students who ask him to enlarge their favorite girls' pictures housewives who request him to restore their images of young age and elderly women who come to his studio alone to have photos taken for portrait. Everything changes when the unconventional twentysomething Da-rim (Shim Eun-ha) enters the studio one day. Stopping off from her traffic control duties more and more often Da-rim's consistenly surprising and endearingly awkward attempts to woo the older man cause a subtle excitement in his heart. However Jung-won bears a painful secret that as the pair grow closer will make any relationship tinged with sadness... Boasting an terrific central turn by perhaps Korea's finest actor Han Suk-kyu matched by an outstanding performance from Shim Eun-ha 'Christmas In August' is Hur Jin-ho's masterful look at a delicate relationship on borrowed time a surefooted but never schmaltzy romantic drama a beautifully evocative Korean weepie.