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• High Crimes | Blu Ray | (27/05/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Just about acceptable as an in-flight movie, High Crimes is a tad weak for the big-screen, though its amiable stars and typical plotting offer the comforts of familiarity for home viewing. Ashley Judd plays a high-end lawyer who specialises in brilliant defence of the guilty, while Morgan Freeman is a broken-down ex-drunk who specialises in court martials ("military justice is to justice what military music is to music"). When Judd's handyman husband (Jim Caviezel) is arrested by the FBI and indicted for a massacre carried out in El Salvador while he was serving as a marine, Judd gets over the fact that he has concealed his entire past and even his real name and rallies to fight the case, even if it means going up against the shadowy masters of a conspiracy to cover up what actually happened. The movie rattles through all the clichés: bugs in phones; cars that cruise ominously by; staged road accidents; night-time intrusions; mystery men who hand out clues in the supermarket; dubious polygraph results; appearing and disappearing witnesses; smugly brutal generals, brilliantly made points of law; fights in the interview room; multiple revelations; a media circus and a final tussle in a darkened, deserted house. Judd, one of the best screen actresses of her generation, needs to pick better scripts since her commitment to rubbish only makes her look silly, but Freeman has done enough of these walk-through parts to get by on charisma and the odd smart line. On the DVD: High Crimes on disc comes with a gaggle of featurettes: a chat with the author of the original novel, Joseph Finder, some making-of puffery about staging stunts and the working relationship of the stars, and interesting little bits with the technical advisors about the court martial system and how to beat a polygraph. Franklin contributes a commentary track with a lot of enthusiasm, which is a little more pleased with the end product than most viewers will be. --Kim Newman

• Freedom Collector's Edition Double Play (Blu-ray/DVD) | Blu Ray | (10/10/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Another sci-fi anime classic from the pen of Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira)In the year 2041, mankind created their first space colony on the moon. But after a freak cataclysm devastated human civilisation on Earth, the republic of the moon built a domed megalopolis known as Eden. Now in the year 2267, a boy called Takeru spends his time engaging in hover-craft races against rival street gangs, unaware that he is about to embark in the journey of unearthing Eden's origin.This limited edition Collector's Edition includes All seven episodes of Freedom in HD on one Blu-ray disc plus the series on two standard definition DVD discs as well as a beautifully designed slip cover and bonus set of four art cards.

• Julie and Julia | Blu Ray | (08/03/2010) from £19.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (15.01%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Based on Julie Powell's book "Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen." Julie recounts how she conquered every recipe in Julia Child's 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking' and how she enlivened her spirit in the process!

• Love Live! Sunshine!! Standard Edition | Blu Ray | (26/11/2018) from £31.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Uranohoshi Girls High School, a private school in the seaside neighborhood of Uchiura at Numazu city, Shizuoka prefecture. A small high school in a corner of Suruga Bay, it is home to nine teens, led by second-year student Chika Takami, driven by one seriously big dream: To become the next generation of bright, sparkling school idols ! As long as we don t give up, any dream can come true... All we have to do now is keep pushing hard for glory! Now their School Idol Project begins to make their dreams come true! Contains the complete 13 episode series with both the English dub and the original Japanese track with English subtitles. Episodes: Complete series, episodes 1-13

• Southland Tales | Blu Ray | (07/05/2012) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-5.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Los Angeles 2008.Southland Tales is a darkly comic, futuristic epic set over the course of three days as the city stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster, in an America under the thumb of the sinister all-seeing agency US-Ident. A large ensemble cast of characters includes Boxer Santaros (Dwayne The Rock Johnson), an action star stricken with amnesia, Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Geller), a porn star with her own reality TV project, and Roland Taverner (Seann William Scott), a cop who holds the key to a vast conspiracy. Time travel, terrorism, and the end of the world collide with apocalyptic results in this dazzling film from the writer / director of Donnie Darko.

• The Long Voyage Home | Blu Ray | (09/06/2023) from £26.80   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Gamer (3D Vers.) (Blu-ray) (FSK 18) | Blu Ray | (25/04/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Space: 1999: The Complete Series (Ultimate Edition) | Blu Ray | (27/08/2021) from £99.89   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Lindsey Buckingham Songs From the Small Machine Live In L.A. | Blu Ray | (31/10/2011) from £19.05   |  Saving you £-2.06 (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Filmed in high definition at an exclusive show at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills in April this year, Songs From The Small Machine captures Lindsey Buckingham showcasing tracks from his new studio album Seeds We Sow, songs from across his solo career and Fleetwood Mac classics. His distinctive guitar picking style and instantly recognisable voice are joined to his dynamic on stage presence to deliver a show that brings the audience to their feet and leaves them calling for more. Starting with five solo acoustic performances, Lindsey is then joined by his band to rock their way through the rest of the set before a final acoustic encore of Seeds We Sow brings a perfect evening to an end.

• Top Five | Blu Ray | (31/08/2015) from £11.98   |  Saving you £17.00 (170.17%)   |  RRP £26.99

  Pulsing with the rhythm of his greatest stand-up Chris Rock’s TOP FIVE takes things to the next level revelling in the high and the low and blending a star-studded comedic romp with an irresistible romance. TOP FIVE digs under the surface of show business politics rap and the exigencies of being black and famous today – holding it all up to the light in the way only Chris Rock can. Mingling echoes of Woody Allen and Dick Gregory with the energy of Kanye West and Jay Z TOP FIVE is an original and radically new kind of American movie. Written by directed by and starring Chris Rock TOP FIVE tells the story of New York City comedian-turned-film star Andre Allen whose unexpected encounter with a journalist (Rosario Dawson) forces him to confront the comedy career – and the past – that he’s left behind. Bonus Features: Commentary by Chris Rock and JB Smoove It's Never Just A Movie: Chris Rock and Top Five The Making of Top Five Top Five Andre Allen Standup Outtakes Top Five Moments You Didn't See In The Film Top Five Moments You Didn't See In The Film Deleted Scenes

• The Black Torment | Blu Ray | (02/02/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  Heather Sears and Patrick Troughton star in this gothic British chiller! Sir Richard (John Turner) returns to his manor with a new bride - only to discover that a man matching his description has been slaying beautiful young women in the area; and his first wife’s ghost appears on the lawn and accuses Sir Richard of her murder.

• Martha Marcy May Marlene | Blu Ray | (03/06/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Martha Marcy May Marlene creates a sense of uneasy suspense within seconds of coming on screen: a young woman, who will be known by all the title names at various times in the movie, is escaping from a rural commune of some sort. And not just a commune, but by the looks of it, a cult--an impression that will grow as Martha flashes back to her experiences once she reaches the safety of her sister's antiseptic country place. It is part of director Sean Durkin's design that we experience the film as Martha's point of view, which means there may be some question about whether she's an emotionally unstable person to begin with or simply in a legitimate terror about the traumatising events that have unfolded for her in recent months. Although the film has one storytelling contrivance (Martha withholds her experiences from her sister, when a little exposition would help matters tremendously), in general Durkin keeps a lid on this simmering situation, and he's got a good compositional eye that only occasionally tips over into preciousness. Sarah Paulson and Hugh Dancy play Martha's complacent but concerned sister and brother-in-law, and John Hawkes (Winter's Bone) is a spellbinder as the commune leader, a manipulator of subtle skill. (With some stories like this, you have a hard time believing cult followers could fall for these creepy charismatics; in this one, Hawkes demonstrates how such things might happen.) The movie's most unexpected and alluring touch is the performance by Elizabeth Olsen, as Martha; this younger sister of the child-star Olsen twins brings a zonked-out centre of gravity to the part. She's got just a bit of blankness, too, which enhances the movie's well-wrought guessing game. --Robert Horton

• 2 Days in New York | Blu Ray | (01/10/2012) from £9.98   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Hip talk-radio host and journalist Mingus (Chris Rock) and his French photographer girlfriend, Marion (Julie Delpy), live cozily in a New York apartment with their cat and two young children from previous relationships. But when Marion's jolly father (played by Delpy's real-life dad, Albert Delpy), her oversexed sister, and her sister's outrageous boyfriend unceremoniously descend upon them for an overseas visit, it initiates two unforgettable days of family mayhem. With their unabashed openness and sexual frankness, the triumvirate is bereft of boundaries or filters... and no one is left unscathed in its wake. The visitors push every button in the couple's relationship, truly putting it to the test. How will the couple fare... when the French come to New York?

• To The Abandoned Sacred Beasts (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (27/05/2024) from £34.59   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The democratic nation of Patria was created on the continent of Patria. Because of economical disputes, the country split north and south, creating the Northern Union of Patria and the Southern Confederation of Patria and they waged a long civil war. With their numbers dwindling, the North decides to use forbidden technology in order to defeat the South. This technology turns humans into monster-like soldiers, giving them almost godlike powers. And with those powers, the long war came to an end and peace was restored.

• Fading Gigolo | Blu Ray | (29/09/2014) from £8.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In a scheme to make a quick couple of bucks a New York bookstore owner (Woody Allen) convinces his flower-arranger friend (John Turturro) that a fortune could be made by becoming a professional gigolo showing a good time to a number of beautiful and wealthy yet lonely local middle-aged women. Featuring an all-star cast including Sharon Stone Sofia Vergara (Modern Family) Vanessa Paradis and Liev Schreiber.

• My Brother The Devil (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (18/03/2013) from £9.15   |  Saving you £10.84 (118.47%)   |  RRP £19.99

  My Brother The Devil tells the story of two brothers tested loyalty as their paths collide amidst a violent world of drugs and gangs. Mo is a young boy growing up in a traditional Egyptian household, but beyond the front door of the family's modest London flat is a completely different world - the streets of Hackney. The impressionable Mo idolizes his handsome and charismatic older brother Rashid and wants to follow in his footsteps. However, Rashid wants a different life for his little brother and will do what ever it takes to put him through college. Aching to be seen as a tough guy himself, Mo takes a job that unlocks a fateful turn of events that threatens to tear the brothers apart. My Brother The Devil creates a vivid picture of growing up on the streets and the pressures that surround them. Bold and uncompromising, this will be unlike any other urban drama you have seen.

• Blow Out | Blu Ray | (03/06/2013) from £26.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  One of Brian De Palma’s most acclaimed films, this brilliant fusion of the obsessive sleuthing of Blow-up and The Conversation with themes drawn from real-life political scandals (the JFK assassination, Chappaquiddick, Watergate) starts with sound technician Jack Terry (John Travolta) accidentally recording what might be explosive evidence of a deadly conspiracy. Brilliantly shot by the then recent Oscar-winner Vilmos Zsigmond, this terrifically stylish thriller co-stars Nancy Allen as the eyewitness who becomes the unwitting target of John Lithgow’s serial killer as he ruthlessly attempts to bury all the evidence. It’s also a film about the filmmaking process: Terry is originally hired to work on the low-budget slasher film Coed Frenzy, and later turns his technical skills to much more serious use as he tries to reconstruct a political assassination on film in a way that will stand up in court. Special Features: Limited Edition SteelBook New, restored digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Brian De Palma Original Dolby 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Black and White in Colour: An Interview with cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond Rag Doll Memories: Nancy Allen on Blow Out Return to Philadelphia: An interview with Producer George Litto A gallery of on-set photos by photographer Louis Goldman Original Theatrical Trailer Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Michael Atkinson, a conversation between Quentin Tarantino and De Palma, and more to be confirmed!

• Mission Impossible 3 | Blu Ray | (03/11/2008) from £17.94   |  Saving you £2.05 (11.43%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tom Cruise returns as Special Agent Ethan Hunt, who faces the mission of his life.

• Offenbach: Barbe-Bleue | Blu Ray | (23/07/2021) from £34.55   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Potiche | Blu Ray | (10/10/2011) from £11.98   |  Saving you £13.00 (130.13%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Suzanne (Catherine Deneuve, Belle de Jour, 8 Women) is a submissive, trophy wife, housebound in the French provincial town of Sainte-Gudule. When her rich husband is taken hostage by his striking workers, it is time for Suzanne to transform herself into an assertive woman of action to take charge of his umbrella factory. Complications arise in the form of the union leader, a former lover (Gerald Depardieu, Cyrano de Bergerac, Green Card) who still holds a burning flame for Suzanne...