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• Wonders of the Universe | Blu Ray | (04/04/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Explore the furthest reaches of the solar system in an entirely new dimension.

• Rumble Fish | Blu Ray | (27/08/2012) from £9.69   |  Saving you £5.30 (54.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The second of Francis Ford Coppola's films based on the popular juvenile novels of S.E. Hinton (the first being The Outsiders), Rumble Fish split critics into opposite camps: those who admired the film for its heavily stylised indulgence, and those who hated it for the very same reason. Whatever the response, it's clearly the work of a maverick director who isn't afraid to push the limits of his innovative talent. Filmed almost entirely in black and white with an occasional dash of color for symbolic effect, this tale of alienated youth centers on gang leader Rusty James (Matt Dillon) and his band of punk pals. Rusty's got a girlfriend (Diane Lane), an older brother named Motorcycle Boy (Mickey Rourke), and a drunken father (Dennis Hopper) who've all given up trying to straighten him out. He's best at making trouble, and he pursues that skill with an enthusiastic flair that eventually catches up with him. But it's not the whacked-out story here that matters--it's the uninhibited verve of Coppola's visual approach, which includes everything from time-lapse clouds to the kind of smoky streets and alleyways that could only exist in the movies. The supporting cast includes a host of fresh faces who went on to thriving careers, including Nicolas Cage, Christopher Penn, Vincent Spano, Laurence Fishburne, and musician Tom Waits. --Jeff Shannon

• Seconds (1966) | Blu Ray | (26/10/2015) from £14.09   |  Saving you £3.90 (27.68%)   |  RRP £17.99

  To the enigmatic question “Who are Seconds?”, the film’s original poster responded: “The answer is almost too terrifying for words.... The story of a man who buys for himself a totally new life. A man who lives the age-old dream — If only I could live my life all over again.” John Frankenheimer directs Rock Hudson as a “second”: that is, the newly plastic-surgery altered “reboot” of, in this instance, a listless banker named Arthur Hamilton. Such procedures are carried out by a secret organization known only as “The Company,” with the promise of giving an individual a chance at making a fresh start at life… but at what cost? Master lighting cameraman James Wong Howe provides the paranoiac atmosphere to the skewed reality of what came to be widely considered one of Frankenheimer’s very best films. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Seconds on Blu-ray and DVD in the UK for the first time. Features: Gorgeous restoration from a 4K transfer, in 1080p HD on the Blu-ray Two Feature-length audio commentaries: one by director John Frankenheimer, and one by film scholar Adrian Martin New video interview with novelist and critic Kim Newman Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing-impaired Original theatrical trailer Booklet featuring new essays by critics David Cairns and Mike Sutton

• Soldier Blue (Cult Classics) - SteelBook | Blu Ray | (15/07/2024) from £29.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Controversial upon its release, Ralph Nelson's Soldier Blue follows Honus (Peter Strauss) and Cresta (Candice Bergen), the only remaining survivors of a Cheyenne Native American attack, as they travel across the unforgiving wilderness of the American frontier in search of refuge. Their journey reaches a tragic climax as they witness the brutal and cold-blooded slaughter of the Cheyenne tribe at the hands of the U.S. army.Reflecting the political climate of the time, Soldier Blue is uncompromising in its anti-war stance and in its extremely graphic depiction of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre. By shedding light on America's dark history and the inhumane actions of the U.S. army, this revisionist western is one of the most radical films in American cinema's history. NEW Interview with actress Candice BergenAudio commentary by film critic Steve Mitchell and Howard S. BergerNEW Trailer

• Doctor Who - The Complete Series 5 | Blu Ray | (08/11/2010) from £15.99   |  Saving you £64.00 (400.25%)   |  RRP £79.99

  Brand New Doctor! Exciting New Adventures! Episodes Comprise: 1. The Eleventh Hour 2. The Beast Below 3. Victory of the Daleks 4. The Time of Angels 5. Flesh and Stone 6. The Vampires of Venice 7. Amy's Choice 8. The Hungry Earth 9. Cold Blood 10. Vincent and the Doctor 11. The Lodger 12. The Pandorica Opens 13. The Big Bang

• Near Dark | Blu Ray | (17/08/2009) from £13.15   |  Saving you £2.84 (21.60%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In the dusty heat of the American southwest innocent country boy Caleb Colton (Adrian Pasdar) is seduced by a beautiful girl (Jenny Wright) into joining a roving pack of vicious drifters led by the enigmatic Jesse (Lance Henriksen Terminator Aliens). But this is no ordinary band of outlaws. Caleb is now trapped in a nightmare of soulless evil that waits in the shadows hellish mayhem that thrives on blood; the horror that begins Near Dark. Bill Paxton (Aliens) and Jenette Goldstein (Aliens) co-star in this extraordinary thriller co-written and directed by Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break Hurt Locker).

• Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen | Blu Ray | (30/11/2009) from £4.95   |  Saving you £22.04 (445.25%)   |  RRP £26.99

  Based on Hasbro's Transformers action figures. Sequel to TRANSFORMERS.

• The Ladykillers - 60th Anniversary Edition | Blu Ray | (07/09/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  THE LADYKILLERS is quintessential Ealing. Director Alexander Mackendrick’s film centres on a criminal gang planning their next job who find themselves boarding with an innocent old lady who thinks they are musicians. When the gang set out to kill Mrs. Wilberforce they run into one problem after another and get what they deserve. Mackendrick’s last film as director before his move to Hollywood THE LADYKILLERS remains one of the best British comedies ever made.

• Filmed in Supermarionation / This is Supermarionation | Blu Ray | (20/07/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  FILMED IN SUPERMARIONATION This is the definitive documentary telling the story of the unique puppetry and animation technique developed by Gerry and Sylvia and their team and deployed in all their programmes throughout the 1960s including Stingray, Captain Scarlet and, most famously, Thunderbirds. Directed and co-produced by Stephen La Riviere and hosted by Lady Penelope and Parker themselves, Filmed in Supermarionation is a screen adaptation of his book of the same name and features a wealth of previously unseen archive footage, brand new interviews with the surviving casts and crews and clips from the shows themselves. A highlight of the film are ingenious and accurate recreations of the pioneering techniques used in the productions. SPECIAL FEATURES Deleted scenes: a selection of material that did not appear in the final documentary. Filming in Supermarionation: filming the effects and puppets for the documentary Special effects reel: an unedited reel of special effects shots created for the documentary Gerry and Sylvia in America: colour footage shot by Barry Gray of Gerry and Sylvia at the 1965 World's Fair in New York Tomorrow s World: full Video Assist report Something for the Children: Sylvia Anderson archive interview Parade: colour, behind-the-scenes Thunderbirds footage Lord Mayor & Thunderbird 3 (silent reel) THIS IS SUPERMARIONATION You ve seen how the shows were created now see them in High Definition! Launch the disc, sit back and enjoy some rare treats on a journey through Supermarionationland. Parker, Lady Penelope and Brains are your hosts, introducing some of the very best episodes from the Supermarionation archive as well as news items, commercial breaks with tie-in adverts and much more. Stand By For Action! Four Feather Falls: Gunfight on Main Street Supercar: False Alarm Fireball XL5: Space City Special Stingray: Pilot Thunderbirds: Terror in New York City Captain Scarlet: The Mysterons Joe 90: Hi-Jacked The Secret Service: More Haste, Less Speed

• Solaris | Blu Ray | (08/08/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Released in 1972, Solaris is Andrei Tarkovsky's third feature and his most far-reaching examination of human perceptions and failings. It's often compared to Kubrick's 2001, but although both bring a metaphysical dimension to bear on space exploration, Solaris has a claustrophobic intensity which grips the attention over spans of typically Tarkovskian stasis. Donatas Banionis is sympathetic as the cosmonaut sent to investigate disappearances on the space station orbiting the planet Solaris, only to be confronted by his past in the guise of his dead wife, magnetically portrayed by Natalya Bondarchuk. The ending is either a revelation or a conceit, depending on your viewpoint. On the DVD: Solaris reproduces impressively on DVD in widescreen--which is really essential here--and Eduard Artemiev's ambient score comes over with pristine clarity. There are over-dubs in English and French, plus subtitles in 12 languages. An extensive stills gallery, detailed filmographies for cast and crew, and comprehensive biographies of Tarkovsky and author Stanislaw Lem are valuable extras, as are the interviews with Bondarchuk and Tarkovsky's sister and an amusing 1970s promo-film for Banionis. It would have been better had the film been presented complete on one disc, instead of stretched over two. Even so, the overall package does justice to a powerful and disturbing masterpiece. --Richard Whitehouse

• By A Man's Face Shall You Know Him (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (26/02/2024) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A community struggles against immigrant gangs in the ruins of postwar Tokyo. Only doctor Amamiya (real-life ex-yakuza Noboru Ando) can save them, but he had enough fighting in the war. His pacifism is severely tested by the gangs' increasingly outrageous taunts and when his neighbours decide to take matters into their own hands, Amamiya is forced to take action. The consequences prove to be much more far-reaching than he could ever foresee. With a story spread across three time periods, Tai Kato's ambitious revision of the yakuza movie was one of the first films to tackle the taboo subject of Japan's Korean nationals, greatly influencing later directors such as Kinji Fukasaku and Takashi Miike. Product Features High-Definition digital transfer Uncompressed mono PCM audio Appreciation by filmmaker Kenta Fukasaku Visual essay on Noboru Ando by Nathan Stuart Trailer Newly translated English subtitles Reversible sleeve featuring original newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow Limited edition booklet featuring new writing Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

• Peaky Blinders - Series 6 | Blu Ray | (09/05/2022) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The final series of Steven Knight's beloved BAFTA® award-winning drama based in Birmingham between the two world wars.

• Underground | Blu Ray | (17/06/2013) from £17.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (25.02%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The BFI Archive's acclaimed restoration of Anthony Asquith's subterranean tale of love, jealousy and murder is finally made available in this stunning Dual Format Edition. This classic British film from the silent era features Neil Brand's new orchestral score, recorded live in 2012, which perfectly complements the film's richly detailed evocation of 1920s London. From his own screenplay Anthony Asquith balances the light and dark sides of London life, aided by a superb cast of Brian Aherne and Elissa Landi as the nice young lovers and Norah Baring and Cyril McLaglen as their unhappy counterparts. More than any other film from Britain's silent canon, Underground evokes the life of the ordinary Londoner with its scenes of the bustling underground and the capital's parks, double-decker buses, pubs and shabby bedsits. Special Features: New score by celebrated silent film composer Neil Brand Alternative audio track by the UK's leading sound recordist Chris Watson A selection of early transport films from the Archive

• Kinky Boots | Blu Ray | (25/05/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Maitresse (DVD & Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (05/11/2012) from £8.69   |  Saving you £11.30 (130.04%)   |  RRP £19.99

  World premiere on Blu-ray (as part of this BFI Dual Format Edition), this controversial film from director Barbet Schroeder (Barfly, Single White Female, The Valley) is both a conventional love story and a dark study of fetishism. Starring Gerard Depardieu as Olivier, the young innocent who falls for the mysterious maitresse Ariane (Bulle Ogier), a leather clad dominatrix. Based on an encounter with a real-life dominatrix, this story of a Paris prostitute specialising in bondage and sado-masochism was refused a certificate by the BBFC on its original release. The film features graphic scenes of torture and fetishism which the Board described as 'miles in excess of anything we have ever passed in this field in 1976.' Only released at the time in a handful of club cinemas in 1981, the film was cut by almost five minutes and finally awarded an X certificate. This fully uncut version was first passed in 2003 and is presented in new High Definition transfer for the very first time.

• Bonnie And Clyde | Blu Ray | (05/05/2008) from £7.99   |  Saving you £17.00 (212.77%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Bonnie and Clyde balances itself on a knife-edge of laughter and terror thanks to vivid title role performances by Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway and superb support from Michael J. Pollard Gene Hackman and Estelle Parsons. Director Arthur Penn keeps the film's sensibilities tough but never cruel. It continually dazzles especially in the work of cinematographer Burnett Guffey and editor Dede Allen. And as film lovers since have discovered it's no ordinary gangster movie.

• Marlowe | Blu Ray | (18/09/2023) from £13.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Godland | Blu Ray | (03/07/2023) from £8.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In the late 19th century, Denmark regards Iceland as its territory, which extends beyond matters of geography and governance to the spiritual health of the population. So Lucas, a Lutheran priest, is sent by the Church of Denmark to establish a parish. Ever an optimist, Lucas believes his faith will guide him, even when he is warned of the obstacles, including a people who may be less than welcoming. Godland makes the most of a breathtakingly austere Icelandic landscape in its story of a man on a singular mission.

• Patriots Day | Blu Ray | (26/06/2017) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Peter Berg (Deepwater Horizon, Lone Survivor), PATRIOTS DAY is an account of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the everyday heroes who inspired the world in the extraordinary hours that followed. In the aftermath of an unspeakable act of terror, Police Sergeant TOMMY SAUNDERS (Mark Wahlberg) joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a race against the clock to hunt down the bombers before they strike again. Weaving together the stories of Special Agent RICHARD DESLAURIERS (Kevin Bacon), Police Commissioner ED DAVIS (John Goodman), Sergeant JEFFREY PUGLIESE (J.K. Simmons) and nurse CAROL SAUNDERS (Michelle Monaghan) this visceral and unflinching chronicle captures the suspense of the most sophisticated manhunt in law enforcement history and the strength of the people of Boston.

• Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody | Blu Ray | (13/03/2023) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From New Jersey choir girl to one of the best-selling and most awarded recording artists of all time, this triumphant celebration of the incomparable Whitney Houston is a no-holds-barred portrait of the complex and multifaceted woman behind the voice of a generation. Follow the inspirational, poignant-and so emotional-journey through Houston's trailblazing life and career, with show-stopping performances and a soundtrack of the icon's most beloved hits as you've never heard them before.