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• Black Clover Season 3 Part 2 - Combo + Digital Copy | Blu Ray | (16/08/2021) from £11.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Locked in a bitter battle with the elves inside the Shadow Palace, Asta and the Magic Knights must now contend with a devilishly powerful villain! Like a twisted puppet master, he's been pulling their strings all along. Is their time almost up?

• Survivor Ballads: Three Films by Shohei Imamura Limited Edition | Blu Ray | (07/12/2020) from £44.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Throughout the 1980s, Shohei Imamura (The Pornographers, Profound Desires of the Gods), a leading figure of the Japanese New Wave era of the 1960s, cemented his international reputation as one of the most important directors of his generation with a series of films that all competed at Cannes to great critical acclaim. This exclusive box set from Arrow Academy presents restored versions of three late career classics from the legendary filmmaker. Based on an ancient folktale, The Ballad of Narayama (1983) was the first of two works from the director to win the prestigious Cannes Palme d'Or. Imamura's magnum opus depicts the members of an extended farming family eking out their existence in the mountainous north of Japan against the backdrop of the changing seasons before village lore decrees they make the sacrifice of abandoning their aged mother on the top of a nearby mountain when she reaches her seventieth year. Making its HD debut, Zegen (1987) takes a satirical look at Japan's prewar colonial expansion through the unscrupulous eyes of its flesh-peddler antihero as he establishes a prostitution enterprise across Southeast Asia. Finally, the harrowing Black Rain (1989) details the precarious existence of a household of atomic bomb survivors as, five years after being caught in the blast of Hiroshima, they struggle to find a husband for their 25-year-old niece. These three works epitomise the director's almost documentary style of filmmaking, exposing the vulgar yet vibrant and instinctive underbelly of Japanese society through a sympathetic focus on peasants, prostitutes, criminal lowlife and other marginalised figures to explore the schism between the country's timeless premodern traditions and the modern face it projects to the world. LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS Restored High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of all three films Original lossless Japanese PCM 1.0 mono soundtracks Optional English subtitles Brand new audio commentaries on all three films by Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp Brand new, in-depth appreciations of all three films by Japanese cinema expert Tony Rayns Alternate colour ending to Black Rain, shot by Imamura but removed from the film shortly before its release Archival interviews on Black Rain with actress Yoshiko Tanaka and assistant director Takashi Miike Multiple trailers and image galleries Original Japanese press kits for The Ballad of Narayama and Black Rain (BD-ROM content) Limited edition 60-page booklet containing new writing by Tom Mes Limited edition packaging featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella

• The Anderson Tapes | Blu Ray | (27/02/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  An early example of the techno-thriller, The Anderson Tapes--sharply directed by Sidney Lumet from the novel by Lawrence Sanders--follows just-out-of-stir Duke Anderson (a balding Sean Connery) as he plots the heist of an entire New York apartment building, enlisting a crew that includes Martin Balsam as a vintage 1971 gay stereotype and a very young Christopher Walken in perhaps the first of his jittery crook roles. The gimmick is that Anderson has been out of circulation so long that he doesn't realise his mafia backers are only supporting him because they feel nostalgic for the days before they were boring businessmen and that the whole setup is monitored by a criss-crossing selection of government and private agencies who don't care enough to thwart the robbery, which instead becomes unglued thanks to a gutsy young radio ham. With a cool Quincy Jones score, very tight editing, a lot of spot-on cameo performances from the likes of Ralph Meeker as a patient cop, this hasn't dated a bit: it's wry without being jokey and suspenseful without undue contrivance. On the DVD The Anderson Tapes offers a nice anamorphic transfer, a few trailers and various foreign language options. --Kim Newman

• Insidious/Insidious - Chapter 2 | Blu Ray | (06/01/2014) from £14.34   |  Saving you £12.65 (88.21%)   |  RRP £26.99

  Josh (Patrick Wilson) and Renai (Rose Byrne) have a happy family with their three young children. When tragedy strikes their young son Josh and Renai begin to experience things that science cannot explain. James Wan and Leigh Whannell the co-creators of Saw join forces with the producers of Paranormal Activity to take you on a mind-bending journey into the world of the unknown.

• Black Sails Seasons 1 and 2 | Blu Ray | (06/04/2015) from £19.95   |  Saving you £35.04 (175.64%)   |  RRP £54.99

  Black Sails Series 1 1715. The Golden Age of Piracy in the Caribbean is at its apex. The former British colony of New Providence Island is now lawless territory controlled by the most notorious pirate captains in history. The most feared among them is Captain Flint. But as the British Navy returns to these waters threatening to exterminate Flint and his crew another side of him emerges. Driven by deep complicated even romantic motives Flint allies himself with the formidable Eleanor Guthrie daughter of the local smuggling kingpin who turns the pirates’ loot into profits. Together they forge a plan to hunt the ultimate prize and by winning it stave off reclamation of their home to ensure their survival. Arrayed against them are a series of opponents: rival captains jealous of Flint's power; Eleanor's father whose ambitions for the island conflict with his daughter’s; and a young sailor John Silver recently recruited onto Flint’s crew who will somehow manage to constantly undermine his captain’s agenda. Black Sails Series 2 The Walrus crew is stranded with an army of Spanish soldiers standing between them and the precious Urca gold. And with their crimes against their brethren no longer a secret Flint and Silver must join forces in a desperate bid for survival. Meanwhile Eleanor Guthrie struggles to maintain her grip on Nassau as a new breed of pirate arrives in the form of Ned Low a man for whom violence isn’t just a tool... it’s a pastime. As blood is spilled and tensions mount Charles Vane must decide which he values more: Eleanor’s life or the respect of his men. And unbeknownst to all of them a prize of immeasurable value has already been smuggled onto the island... one whose discovery will alter the very landscape of their world and force everyone in Nassau toward the ultimate judgment: are they men or are they monsters?

• Guy Martin - Complete Speed! | Blu Ray | (08/06/2015) from £7.16   |  Saving you £19.59 (362.78%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Join Guy Martin as he creates eight speed-based challenges that explore the boundaries of physics and the science of speed - whilst getting his hands dirty in a range of unique engineering projects. The challenges include: Britain's Fastest Cyclist, Hydroplaning Bike, Human Powered Aircraft, World's Fastest Toboggan, 24 hour Tandem, Pike's Peak Hill Climb, Hovercraft speed record and the fastest Gravity Racer.

• Final Destination 5 - Triple Play (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy) | Blu Ray | (26/12/2011) from £17.91   |  Saving you £7.08 (39.53%)   |  RRP £24.99

  In Final Destination 5, Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and is unleashed after one man's premonition saves a group of co-workers from a terrifying suspension bridge collapse.

• Little Joe (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (15/06/2020) from £15.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Against company policy, plant breeder Alice takes home a newly created species as a gift for her teenage son, Joe. They christen it ˜Little Joe' but as it grows, so too does Alice's suspicion that her new creations may not be as harmless as their nickname suggests... From visionary director Jessica Hausner (Lourdes), Little Joe is a cool, witty and unsettling scifi starring Emily Beecham (Daphne, Into the Badlands) and Ben Whishaw (Skyfall, Paddington). Features: Little Joe at the BFI London Film Festival (2019): featuring director Jessica Hausner and the cast at the film's UK Premiere Trailer Other extras TBC **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the film and full credits

• There Must Be A Place Blu-Ray Edition | Blu Ray | (29/10/2021) from £12.15   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• WWE: WrestleMania 33 | Blu Ray | (05/06/2017) from £15.89   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  WWE heads to Florida for it s biggest show of the year, WrestleMania! Epic rivalries come to a head as WWE Superstars compete to add their names to the list of WrestleMania legends. Featuring John Cena, Goldberg, Brock Lesnar, Triple H, AJ Styles, Roman Reigns, Undertaker and many more!

• Multiple Maniacs | Blu Ray | (20/03/2017) from £22.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The gloriously grotesque second feature directed by JOHN WATERS (Hairspray) is replete with all manner of depravity, from robbery to murder to one of cinema's most memorably blasphemous moments. Made on a shoestring budget in Waters' native Baltimore, with the filmmaker taking on nearly every technical task, this gleeful mockery of the peace-and-love ethos of its era features the Cavalcade of Perversion, a traveling show mounted by a troupe of misfits whose shocking proclivities are topped only by those of their leader: the glammer-than-glam, larger-than-life DIVINE (Pink Flamingos), out for blood after discovering her lover's affair. Starring Waters' beloved regular cast the Dreamlanders (including DAVID LOCHARY, MARY VIVIAN PEARCE, MINK STOLE, SUSAN LOWE, GEORGE FIGGS, and COOKIE MUELLER), Multiple Maniacs is an anarchic masterwork from an artist who has doggedly tested the limits of good taste for decades. DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES: New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director John Waters, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack New audio commentary featuring Waters New interviews with cast and crew members Pat Moran, Vincent Peranio, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe and George Figgs PLUS: An essay by critic Linda Yablonsky and more!

• Ultraviolet | Blu Ray | (08/04/2007) from £18.96   |  Saving you £6.03 (31.80%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A genetically modified subculture of humans fight for survival in this sci-fi adventure.

• I'm Alright Jack *Digitally Restored | Blu Ray | (19/01/2015) from £14.98   |  Saving you £10.00 (76.98%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Winning BAFTAs for Best British Screenplay and Best British Actor (Peter Sellers) I’M ALL RIGHT JACK is popularly considered to be the best of John and Roy Boulting’s social satires.Sellers plays both Sir John Kennaway and the tragic-comic trade union leader Fred Kite. The result is laugh-out-loud comedy with a satiric edge lampooning the then-burning issue of industrial relations. Bertram Tracepurcel (Dennis Price) plans to make a fortune from a missile contract a scheme that involves manipulating his innocent nephew Stanley Windrush (Ian Carmichael) into acting as the catalyst in an escalating labour dispute from which the socialist Mr. Kite is only too keen to make capital. Featuring a superb supporting cast including Terry-Thomas Richard Attenborough John Le Mesurier Irene Handl and Margaret Rutherford this is an ingenious comedy about the British workplace and self-serving hypocrisy. A sequel to 1956’s A Private’s Progress the ?lm is bought roaringly to life by Sellers’ astonishing turn as the Stalinist unionist. Bonus Features: Brand new interview with Liz Fraser The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film Cinefile: Seller’s Best

• Christine | Blu Ray | (27/02/2017) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on true events, Christine is the shocking story of a Florida news reporter who, in 1974, shocked the world by taking her own life live on air. Christine, always the smartest person in the room at a small town Florida news station, is relentless in her pursuit of an on-air position. As an aspiring newswoman with an eye for nuance and an interest in social justice, she finds herself constantly butting heads with her boss, who pushes for juicier stories that will drive up ratings. Plagued by self-doubt and a tumultuous home life, Christine's diminishing hope begins to rise when an on-air co-worker initiates a friendship which ultimately becomes yet another unrequited love. Disillusioned as her world continues to close in on her, Christine takes a dark and surprising turn.

• The Legend Of The Holy Drinker | Blu Ray | (25/09/2017) from £20.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Winner of the prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival, The Legend of the Holy Drinker is another classic from the great Italian director Ermanno Olmi (Il posto, The Tree of Wooden Clogs). Adapted from the novella by Joseph Roth, the film tells the story of Andreas Kartack, a homeless man living under the bridges of Paris. Lent 200 francs by an anonymous stranger, he is determined to pay back his debt but circumstances and his alcoholism forever intervene. Working with professional actors for the first time in more than 20 years, Olmi cast Ruger Hauer as Andreas and was rewarded with an astonishing performance of subtlety and depth. Hauer is joined by a superb supporting cast, including Anthony Quayle (Lawrence of Arabia), Sandrine Dumas (The Double Life of Veronique) and Dominique Pinon (Delicatessen). SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: Brand-new 4K restoration from the original negative, produced by Arrow Films exclusively for this release High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations of both the English and Italian versions of the film 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and Stereo 2.0 options for the English presentation with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Stereo 2.0 audio for the Italian presentation with optional newly translated English subtitles Brand-new interview with actor Rutger Hauer, recorded exclusively for this release Interview with screenwriter Tullio Kezich Theatrical trailer FIRST PRESSING ONLY: New writing on the film by Helen Chambers, author of Joseph Roth in Retrospect: Co-existent Contradictions

• Spy Kids 4 All The Time In The World 3D | Blu Ray | (12/12/2011) from £4.99   |  Saving you £20.00 (400.80%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A mother returns to her old profession - she's a retired spy - in order to prevent a villain bent on stopping time.

• Poldark - Series 1-2 | Blu Ray | (07/11/2016) from £29.98   |  Saving you £12.00 (42.87%)   |  RRP £39.99

  All 18 episodes from the first two series of the BBC drama starring Aidan Turner as Captain Ross Poldark. Upon returning to Cornwall after fighting in the American War of Independence, Poldark must rebuild his life following the death of his father with his estate in ruins and his childhood sweetheart Elizabeth (Heida Reed) engaged to his cousin Francis (Kyle Soller), after hearing premature reports of his death. With the help of his new maid Demelza (Eleanor Tomlinson), Ross attempts to navigate the hostile, poverty-stricken locals and the region's wealthy and influential businessmen to reopen his family's disused copper mine, Wheal Leisure.

• The Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Blu Ray | (27/02/2012) from £11.98   |  Saving you £15.00 (150.15%)   |  RRP £24.99

  RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES combines fantastic storytelling with the next leap in Visual Effects for an emotional and action-packed motion picture experience unlike any other.

• Stuart Little | Blu Ray | (03/10/2011) from £9.93   |  Saving you £1.32 (15.22%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Join the fun when the Little family adopts an adorably spunky boy named Stuart (voiced by Michael J. Fox) who looks a lot like a mouse. Mr. and Mrs. Little (Hugh Laurie and Geena Davis) fall in love with Stuart right away, but their older son, George (Jonathan Lipnicki), isn't so sure. As Stuart tries to win over his new brother with hilarious feats of courage and daring, the family's cat, Snowbell (voiced by Nathan Lane), gets involved with a gang of shady felines who devise a dastardly plan to get Stuart out of the house...permanently! State-of-the-art special effects, laugh-out-loud comedy and rip-roaring hijinks make this the biggest adventure a Little can have!

• Man Marked for Death, 20 Years Later | Blu Ray | (06/02/2023) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eduardo Coutinho's classic Man Marked for Death, 20 Years Later is regarded as a landmark of filmmaking. Voted the greatest Brazilian documentary of all-time in 2017 and the 4th Greatest Brazilian film ever made in 2015 by the Brazilian Association of Film Critics (Abraccine). Part fictionalised true story and part documentary, this extraordinary film sets out to tell the story of João Pedro Teixeira, leader of the Sapé Peasant League in northeast Brazil, murdered on orders from the landowners. Before the film could be completed a right-wing military coup forced the closure of its production and the imprisonment of several members of the crew. Decades later, Coutinho returned to the original film location and using surviving footage alongside interviews with members of the original cast, including João Pedro's wife Elizabeth, he created this compelling commentary on Brazilian history, politics, and class conflict. Product Features Limited Edition Extras with first 3000 copies only Limited Edition numbered Blu-ray Limited Edition O-Card slipcase Limited Edition collector's booklet feat. new writing by Berkeley Professor Natalia Brizuela Limited Edition fold-out poster featuring the original design by Claudius Ceccon Features Optional English Subtitles Specially commissioned interview with the film's producer Zelito Viana (25 mins) Award-winning interview with the director Eduardo Coutinho (12 min) Newly commissioned trailer Region-free Blu-ray (ABC)