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• The Stranger (Dual Format - Blu-ray & DVD) | Blu Ray | (04/05/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  In a way, Scarlet Street is a remake. It's taken from a French novel, La Chienne (literally, "The Bitch") that was first filmed by Jean Renoir in 1931. Renoir brought to the sordid tale all the colour and vitality of Montmartre; Fritz Lang's version shows us a far harsher and bleaker world. The film replays the triangle set-up from Lang's previous picture, The Woman in the Window, with the same three actors. Once again, Edward G Robinson plays a respectable middle-aged citizen snared by the charms of Joan Bennett's streetwalker, with Dan Duryea as her low-life pimp. The plot closes around the three of them like a steel trap. This is Lang at his most dispassionate. Scarlet Street is a tour de force of noir filmmaking, brilliant but ice-cold. The Stranger, according to Orson Welles, "is the worst of my films. There is nothing of me in that picture". But even on autopilot Welles still leaves most filmmakers standing. A war crimes investigator, played by Edward G Robinson, tracks down a senior Nazi to a sleepy New England town where he's living in concealment as a respected college professor. Welles wanted Agnes Moorehead as the investigator and Robinson as the Nazi Franz Kindler, but his producer, Sam Spiegel, wouldn't wear it. So Welles himself plays the supposedly cautious and self-effacing fugitive--and if there was one thing Welles could never play, it was unobtrusive. Still, the film's far from a write-off. Welles' eye for stunning visuals rarely deserted him and, aided by Russell Metty's skewed, shadowy photography, The Stranger builds to a doomy grand guignol climax in a clocktower that Hitchcock must surely have recalled when he made Vertigo. And Robinson, dogged in pursuit, is as quietly excellent as ever. On the DVD: sparse pickings. Both films have a full-length commentary by Russell Cawthorne which adds the occasional insight, but is repetitive and not always reliable. The box claims both print have been "fully restored and digitally remastered", but you'd never guess. --Philip Kemp

• Dragon Ball Super Part 5 (Episodes 53-65) Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (08/10/2018) from £16.09   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Following their first encounter with Goku Black, the Saiyan trio are itching to dish out some payback! It's a mystery as to why Black has a Time Ring, so it's off to the Tenth Universe for a discussion with the Supreme Kai and his suspiciously well-mannered apprentice. Meanwhile, Earth's attacker continues to wreak havoc in the future. How could the Kais possibly tie in with someone as evil as Black? Everyone's lives are on the line, and it's up to the Z Fighters to either face the problem head-on or try to alter the timeline at the source!

• Teen Titans Go Vs Teen Titans | Blu Ray | (14/10/2019) from £13.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Comedic Teen Titans of Teen Titans Go! Take on their serious counterparts from the 2003 series when villains from each to their worlds team up to pit the two Titan teams against each other.

• Hollow Man | Blu Ray | (22/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In Paul Verhoeven's Hollow Man, Kevin Bacon plays a bad boy egotistical scientist who heads up a double-secret government team experimenting with turning life forms invisible. How do we know he's a bad boy? Because he (a) wears a leather overcoat, (b) compares himself to God, (c) drives a sports car, and (d) spies on his comely next door neighbour while eating Twinkies. Sadly, this is the most character development anyone gets in this slightly undernourished action/sci-fi thriller, which does boast some amazing special effects along with some amazingly ridiculous plot twists. After experimenting rather ruthlessly on a menagerie of lab animals, Bacon finally cracks the code that will turn the invisible gorillas, dogs and so on, back into their visible forms. Does it work on humans? Faster than you can say "six degrees," Mr Bacon appoints himself human guinea pig, strapping down for an injection of fluorescent-coloured serum.Thanks to some phenomenal, seamless and Oscar-worthy computer effects, Bacon is indeed rendered invisible, organ by organ, vein by vein. And what's the first thing you'd do if you were invisible? Why, spy on your female co-workers in the bathroom and molest your comely next-door neighbour, of course! Soon, Bacon is thoroughly psychotic, and it's up to Elisabeth Shue (Bacon's co-worker and ex-girlfriend) and hunky Josh Brolin (her current snuggle bunny) to defeat the invisible man, who's picking off the science team one by one. You'd think this would be a prime opportunity for copious amounts of cheesy sex and aggressive violence--which Verhoeven served up so well and so exuberantly in Starship Troopers and Basic Instinct--but if anything, the director seems to tone down the proceedings, and really, who wants a muted Paul Verhoeven movie? Shue (who got top billing and a bad haircu! t to boot) and Brolin (who, yes, does take off his shirt at least once) generate little heat, and while Bacon does give an effective, primarily voice-oriented performance, his character is so underdeveloped that, well, you can see right through him. --Mark Englehart

• Space: 1999: Super Space Theater | Blu Ray | (12/08/2024) from £25.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Space: 1999: Super Space Theater Blu-Ray:Capitalising on the success of the first two Space:1999 movies (episodes edited together as cinema features in the wake of Star Wars) ITC created what would ultimately become thirteen full-length movies for cable and home video under the banner Super Space Theater. Four of these were made from episodes of Space:1999, though they included new music in places and (for Alien Attack) additional scenes. Each of these four movies has been rebuilt from the High-Definition restorations created for the series episodes - they are presented here in their original 4:3 full screen aspect ratio alongside new 16:9 widescreen special editions, with both Alien Attack and Destination Moonbase-Alpha featuring enhanced special effects. All four special editions have been re-edited, restoring scenes and adding material not in the original presentation. Also included in this set is a rebuild of the Italian theatrical movie Spazio:1999 - debuting several months before TV transmissions began and featuring an idiosyncratic score from the legendary Ennio Morricone, it was the first time Space:1999 was seen anywhere in the world.

• Brainwashed: Sex - Camera - Power | Blu Ray | (17/07/2023) from £16.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Director Nina Menkes compels the casual moviegoer and cinephile alike to confront how the visual language of cinema is used to disempower women at the most fundamental level. Using more than 175 film clips from canonical Hollywood favourites and cult classics as well as interviews with filmmakers and scholars, Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power reveals a sinister framework of misogyny and paternalism that, from early cinema to the present day, infiltrates some of our favourite movies. Featuring interviews with leading actors, directors and film theorists, the film is a mesmerising visual journey through cinema's sexist bloodstream that will forever change the way you see films. Product Features Nina Menkes in Conversation (2023): the director interviewed after a screening of Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power at the BFI Southbank Trailer Other extras TBC

• A Good Day to Die Hard (Blu-ray + UV Copy) | Blu Ray | (10/06/2013) from £7.99   |  Saving you £17.00 (212.77%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Iconoclastic take-no-prisoners cop John McClane for the first time finds himself on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack. With the Russian underworld in pursuit and battling a countdown to war the two McClanes discover their opposing methods make them unstoppable heroes. Special Features: Feature – Theatrical and Extended Versions Deleted Scenes Making It Hard to Die Anatomy of a Car Chase Two of a Kind Back in Action The New Face of Evil Pre-Vis Segments VFX Sequences Storyboards Concept Art Galleries Theatrical Trailers Audio Commentary by Director John Moore and First Assistant Director Mark Cotone Maximum McClane

• Dorian Gray | Blu Ray | (18/01/2010) from £6.90   |  Saving you £16.09 (233.19%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Based on the classic novel by Oscar Wilde, "Dorian Gray" tells the story of a strikingly beautiful young man named Dorian (Ben Barnes - "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian") and his terrifying secret.

• Sunday Bloody Sunday (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (16/03/2020) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Peter Finch and Glenda Jackson star in John Schlesinger's piercing and brilliantly observed suburban drama. A recent divorcée (Jackson) and middle-aged Jewish doctor (Finch) find themselves embroiled in a progressive love triangle with a bisexual artist (Murray Head). Both discover a new freedom with their young lover, as they confront the convention and obstacles that have defined their lives. An exploration of middle-class life and permissiveness in 1970s London, its depiction of homosexuality changed the landscape of LGBTQ+ representation on screen. Featuring outstanding BAFTA-winning performances by Finch and Jackson, Sunday Bloody Sunday is a tender and complex view on the politics of love, lust and longing. Special Features: Presentation in High Definition The Pacemakers: Glenda Jackson (1971, 14 mins): a documentary profile of the actress Glenda Jackson, including footage of the actress performing on the set of Sunday Bloody Sunday **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the film and full film credits Other extras TBC

• The Bird With The Crystal Plumage | Blu Ray | (12/02/2018) from £13.14   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In 1970, young first-time director Dario Argento (Deep Red, Suspiria) made his indelible mark on Italian cinema with The Bird with the Crystal Plumage a film which redefined the ˜giallo' genre of murder-mystery thrillers and catapulted him to international stardom. Sam Dalmas (Tony Musante, We Own the Night), an American writer living in Rome, inadvertently witnesses a brutal attack on a woman (Eva Renzi, Funeral in Berlin) in a modern art gallery. Powerless to help, he grows increasingly obsessed with the incident. Convinced that something he saw that night holds the key to identifying the maniac terrorising Rome, he launches his own investigation parallel to that of the police, heedless of the danger to both himself and his girlfriend Giulia (Suzy Kendall, Spasmo) A staggeringly assured debut, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage establishes the key traits that would define Argento's filmography, including lavish visuals and a flare for wildly inventive, brutal scenes of violence. With sumptuous cinematography by Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now) and a seductive score by legendary composer Ennio Morricone (Once Upon a Time in the West), this landmark film has never looked or sounded better in this new, 4K-restored edition from Arrow Video! SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS Brand new 4K restoration of the film from the original camera negative produced by Arrow Video exclusively for this release Standard Definition DVD presentation Original mono Italian and English soundtrack English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack New audio commentary by Troy Howarth, author of So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films The Power of Perception, a new visual essay on the cinema of Dario Argento by Alexanda Heller-Nicholas, author of Devil's Advocates: Suspiria and Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study New analysis of the film by critic Kat Ellinger New interview with writer/director Dario Argento New interview with actor Gildo Di Marco (Garullo the pimp) Eva's Talking, an archival interview with actor Eva Renzi (Monica Ranieri) Original Italian and international theatrical trailers Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Candice Tripp

• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Blu Ray | (28/10/2015) from £59.99   |  Saving you £-45.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  In a remake of the 1974 horror classic, a handful of friends become isolated in the company of a deadly clan of cannibals.

• Moonraker | Blu Ray | (14/09/2015) from £5.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (200.33%)   |  RRP £17.99

  James Bond blasts into orbit in this pulse-pounding adventure that takes him from Venice to Rio de Janeiro to outer space! Roger Moore stars for the fourth time as Agent 007 and joins forces with NASA scientist Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles) to prevent a power-mad industrialist (Michael Lonsdale) from destroying all human life on Earth

• Asylum | Blu Ray | (06/01/2020) from £18.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In order to secure a job at a mental institution, a young psychiatrist must interview four patients inside the asylum.

• Police Academy 1-7 - The Complete Collection | Blu Ray | (11/11/2013) from £16.69   |  Saving you £5.56 (33.31%)   |  RRP £22.25

  The new police recruits call them slobs call them jerks call them gross just don't call them when you're in trouble! The Police Academy adopts a completely open admissions policy hence a large number of unemployable social misfits promptly enrol. This hilarious motley crew are the last people you would want as upholders of the law.

• The Valachi Papers (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (19/08/2024) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on the disclosures of mobster Joe Valachi, as recounted in Peter Maas' best-selling biography and at a sensational congressional hearing, The Valachi Papers tells the story of one man's brutal journey through the ranks of the Cosa Nostra, and a betrayal that would reveal the secrets of the Mob to the world. Terence Young (From Russia with Love) skilfully renders the clandestine world of violent gangsters in this stylish European co-production which benefits from thrilling action, a no-nonsense central portrayal from Charles Bronson (Breakout), and impressive ensemble performances from Lino Ventura (The Medusa Touch), Joseph Wiseman (The Garment Jungle) and Jill Ireland (The Valdez Horses). INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES High Definition remasterOriginal English and Italian mono soundtracksAudio commentary with film historian Paul Talbot, author of Bronson's Loose! The Making of the 'Death Wish' Films and Bronson's Loose Again!In the Make-up Room (2021, 18 mins): celebrated make-up artist Giannetto De Rossi recalls his time working on The Valachi PapersReviewing the Evidence (2021, 35 mins) screenwriter Stephen Geller shares personal anecdotes about the productionValachi: The Violent Era (1972, 7 mins): archival making-of documentary with on-set interviews with director Terence Young and actor Charles BronsonOn-set footage (1972, 2 mins): rare behind-the-scenes material capturing the filming of a key sceneThe Valachi Hearings (1963, 18 mins): archival broadcast footage from Joseph Valachi's original testimony to Senator John L McClellan's congressional committee on organised crimeUS theatrical trailerGerman theatrical trailerUS TV spotUS radio spotImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialsNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearingNewly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack

• The LEGO Ninjago Movie | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £3.88   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In this big-screen NINJAGO adventure, the battle for NINJAGO City calls to action young Master Builder Lloyd, aka the Green Ninja, along with his friends, who are all secret ninja warriors. Led by Master Wu, as wise-cracking as he is wise, they must defeat evil warlord Garmadon, The Worst Guy Ever, who also happens to be Lloyd's dad. Pitting mech against mech and father against son, the epic showdown will test this fierce but undisciplined team of modern-day ninjas, who must learn to check their egos and pull together to unleash their inner power. Features: Team Supreme: Building NINJAGO® Rumble in the Bricks Rebrick Contest Winners Mini Movies: Shark E. Shark in Which Way to the Ocean Mini Movies: Zane's Stand Up Promo Mini Movies: The Master: A LEGO® NINJAGO® Short Music Videos: Oh, Hush! & Jeff Lewis Found My Place Music Videos: Everybody Have a Ninja Day Music Videos: Warlord Ballad Music Videos: RocktagonGarmadon TV [Easter Egg] Deleted Scenes: Dock Scene, Baby Fight, Animation Bridge Test Gimme Some Outtakes! Promotional Material: The LEGO® NINJAGO® Movie: Behind the Bricks Promotional Material: Please Silence Your Cell Phones Promotional Material: Please Put on Your 3D Glasses Promotional Material: LEGO® Sets in Action Promotional Material:The LEGO® NINJAGO® Movie: Ninja Formation Promotional Material: Find Your Inner Ninja with Jackie Chan Promotional Material: Ninja Jokes with Jackie Chan Promotional Material: Kicks & Bricks: Making The LEGO® NINJAGO® Movie Promotional Material: The LEGO® Ninjago® Movie - Back to School Promotional Material: Me and My Minifig Commentary by Director Charlie Bean and Crew

• Hana-bi (Fireworks) | Blu Ray | (11/01/2016) from £17.05   |  Saving you £2.94 (17.24%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.

• Addams Family Values 4K UHD | Blu Ray | (28/10/2024) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES returns everyone's favorite frightening family in a kookier, spookier and altogether ookier story. Gomez (Raul Julia) and Morticia (Anjelica Huston) welcome a new addition to the Addams householdPubert, their soft, cuddly, and mustachioed baby boy. As Fester (Christopher Lloyd) falls hard for the new nanny ( Joan Cusack),cynically suspicious Wednesday (Christina Ricci) and Pugsley ( Jimmy Workman) discover she's a black widow murderess. Though they're shipped off to summer camp, Wednesday still has a Thing or two planned to save Fester and the family.

• Hitman | Blu Ray | (31/03/2008) from £14.98   |  Saving you £11.01 (73.50%)   |  RRP £25.99

  Based on the best selling videogame, "Hitman" is about the ultimate assassin: professional, unflinching, emotionless, stylish with expensive tastes.

• Batman Ninja | Blu Ray | (14/05/2018) from £11.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Batman, along with a number of his allies and adversaries, finds himself transplanted from modern Gotham City to feudal Japan.