Classic Films

• Those Were The Days - Britain In The 1940s | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  The 1940s were dominated by the War. For the first half of the decade Britain was under siege. Thousands of men joined up to fight in the services hundreds of thousands of children were evacuated from Briatin's cities to the relative safety of the countryside and life changed completely for the nation's women. They did their bit for the war effort going to work on the land and filling in for men in Britain's factories. Britain's families were subjected to almost constant rationing and austerity throughout the decade. This film tells the story of this turbulent decade and the remarkable fortitude of the British people during and after the war through the eyes of the newsreel cameras. From the horror and destruction of The Blitz in 1941 to the joyeous celebration that marked the marriage of Princess Elizabeth to the dashing Prince Philip in 1947 we take a nostalgic and sentimental journey back to how we lived and the way we were 60 years ago.

• Sons Of The Sea | DVD | (07/07/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Sons Of The Sea

• DER SECHS MILLIONEN DOLLA - MO | Blu Ray | (30/11/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Another Shore | DVD | (02/02/2009) from £11.98   |  Saving you £7.00 (77.86%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Another Shore

• The Woman In Question | DVD | (26/07/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Agnes Astra Huston (Jean Kent) a fortune teller at a run-down fair is found murdered in her bedroom. The police track down five of the most likely suspect and start asking questions. As the police question the suspects their interactions with her are shown in flashbacks from their highly suspicious points of view. Director Anthony Asquith working in the style of a Hitchcock whodunit deftly moves between multiple points of view in this gritty look at life in a seaport town.

• Bridge On The River Kwai, The / The Guns Of Navarone / From Here To Eternity | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Bridge On The River Kwai (1 Disc Edition): Set in Burma during World War II the story tells of British P.O.Ws who are forced to build a large bridge for the Japanese while a British Commando team is sent to destroy it. Winner of seven Academy Awards. Guns Of Navarone: Exciting war film based on a novel by Alistair Maclean which tells of the attempts of a British raiding team to sabotage two giant German guns on a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. From Here To Eternity: Fred Zinnemann's 1953 Oscar-winning film is a powerful portrait of a peacetime military camp stationed in Hawaii just before the attack on Pearl Harbour. Montgomery Clift is superlative in the major role of Robert Prewitt while Frank Sinatra delivers an electrifying Academy Award-winning (1953 Best Supporting Actor) performance as Clift's buddy. Deborah Kerr's love scene in the Hawaiian surf with Burt Lancaster is enshrined as one of the most famous moments in cinema history.

• Glitter | DVD | (06/05/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Set in the mid-1980s against a backdrop of the rising club scene Glitter is the tale of Billie Frank, a modest young singer with a phenomenal talent just hoping to make it big in New York City. Billie (Mariah Carey) hooks up with super-cool club DJ and producer Dice (Max Beesley) and, as you might guess, hits the big time. But as both her lover and producer, Dice is a bit put out by the label's recommendation that Billie finds a more talented producer, while at the same time her girlfriends are telling her to "kick him to the kerb". So that's the basic gist. Throw in an estranged alcoholic mother and the rags-to-riches story is complete, or sadly not as the case might be. Presumably because the story is an old chestnut that everyone involved knows has been roasted a few too many times already the filmmakers thought it wasn't worth bothering with trying to make the plot even vaguely interesting, and it drags for what seems like days. The two leads are likeable characters, though their performances don't make up for the plodding storyline. Mariah is just Mariah--smiling, singing and equally accomplished at both--whereas Beesley is let down by his shocking American accent. If you like the sound of early US Garage and post-disco dance music then Mariah's soundtrack is a winner (although it got slated) but Glitter isn't even one of those films that's so bad it's good. It's just dull. On the DVD: Glitter comes complete with a redundant director's commentary that attempts to explain events requiring no explanation, a cheesy trailer which is very sparkly, plus bog-standard discographies and filmographies of the cast and director.--David Trueman

• Stormy Weather | DVD | (27/04/2009) from £8.98   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  One of the series of renowned Aldwych Farces from the pen of Ben Travers (A Cuckoo in the Nest Rookery Nook Turkey Time) Stormy Weather features Aldwych Theatre farceurs Ralph Lynn Robertson Hare and Yvonne Arnaud with the multi-talented Tom Walls (one of the most influential figures in British comedy) both starring in and directing this fast-paced and riotously entertaining comic drama from 1936. Polotski is a sinister Russian who years ago had been married to a French woman Louise. Believing him to be dead Louise has since become the wife of Sir Duncan Cragg a prominent social figure. Upon realising this Polotski sees an opportunity to use his prior knowledge of her to his advantage. One evening when her husband is away with another woman Polotski kidnaps Louise. On his return Sir Duncan discovers his wife is missing and sets off to find her - blissfully unaware of the brutal nature of her first husband...

• Champion | DVD | (16/06/2008) from £12.13   |  Saving you £-2.14 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Kirk Douglas in a career forming role as Midge Kelly the fairground boxer taken from a story by Ring Lardner one of the greatest American sports writers. Champion is truly one of the cinema''s great boxing motion pictures nominated for six Oscars The film set Douglas''s character for many films to come a performance not seen again until Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese''s Raging Bull. Marilyn Maxwell plays his tough as nails girlfriend and Ruth Roman (one time Howard Hughes girlfriend) plays the nice girl in his life. These two legendary actors support Douglas in a great screen performance that demonstrates his acting prowess and star power in this gritty film-noir drama.

• Laurel & Hardy - Sons of the Desert | DVD | (27/11/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Stan and Ollie convince their wives of their need for a long sea cruise without them to recouperate from illness. But when their wives attend the cinema in their absence and see them on ship on camera their homecoming proves to be quite an affair.

• Conflicts - Spanish Civil War 1936 - 1939 | DVD | (13/12/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Conflicts - The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939

• A Place in the Sun (1951) Blu Ray Imprint Limited Edition | Blu Ray | (04/09/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Flags of our Fathers (2 Disc Special Edition) | DVD | (09/07/2007) from £4.99   |  Saving you £19.00 (380.76%)   |  RRP £23.99

  Directed by Clint Eastwood, this tells the stories of the six men who raised the American flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima.

• Doctor Who : Earthshock | DVD | (02/07/2007) from £7.69   |  Saving you £2.30 (29.91%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The TARDIS arrives in the 26th Century in a cave system containing numerous dinosaur fossils. The ""So we meet again Doctor..."" Doctor's Party comes under suspicion from a military force led by Lieutenant Scott who are investigating the disappearance of a group of palaeontologists and geologists. They are all then attacked by androids - the true culprits - under the control of the Cybermen. The Doctor manages to deactivate a bomb intended by the Cybermen to destroy an imminent

• Hugo the Hippo | DVD | (23/06/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Last Man On Earth | DVD | (18/05/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Dr Robert Morgan is the only survivor of a world-wide plague but each night he must fight against plague victims who leave their graves looking for blood - his!

• Gone With The Wind | DVD | (09/03/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  David O. Selznick's production of Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize winner Gone With The Wind features Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in their iconic roles as Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara! This sweeping Civil War-era romance won an impressive 10 Academy Awards (including Best Picture) and has thrilled audiences for more than a half century with its eternal love affair between handsome Rhett Butler (Gable) and his sassy headstrong heroine Scarlett O'Hara (Leigh).

• Dimples | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £8.98   |  Saving you £4.01 (44.65%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Temple stars as a young singer who entertains the New York crowds providing the window of opportunity for her pick pocket of a grand father to carry out his work. A rich lady sees the young girl performing - and after discovering her grim existence with her grand father - offers her an opportunity to rise out of lifestyle...

• Gigi / An American In Paris / High Society | DVD | (08/09/2003) from £24.96   |  Saving you £-1.97 (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Gigi: Scored by the talented team of Lerner and Lowe the movie features splendid musical numbers like Thank Heaven for Little Girls and I Remember It Well where a scruffy tomboy is transformed into a radiant high society beauty in this glorious musical! An American In Paris: Jerry Mulligan (Gene Kelly) is an American G.I. who decides to stay in Paris after the Second World War. Keen to sample some of the city's legendary romantic lifestyle he becomes an art student and joins a colony of painters living in a Montmartre garret. Penniless and starving his pursuit of the experience of the great artists is fast becoming a little too realistic when he is discovered by wealthy heiress Milo Roberts (Nina Foch). She becomes his patron although Jerry soon realises that her interest in him doesn't end with his art! High Society: Beautiful aloof Newport heiress Tracy Lord (Kelly) is about to marry bland businessman George Kittredge (John Lund) but matters become complicated when her ex-husband C K Dexter-Haven (Crosby) moves to her neighbourhood determined to win back her hand. Things go from bad to worse for Tracy when journalist Mike Connor (Sinatra) arrives to cover the wedding for Spy Magazine. When Tracy is forced to choose between her suitors will she realise that safe doesn't always mean the best bet?

• At Last the 1948 Show/Do Not Adjust Your Set | DVD | (07/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99