Classic Films

• Culloden | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Described in its opening credits as 'an account of one of the most mishandled and brutal battles ever fought in Britain' 'Culloden' was heralded as a breakthrough after its first broadcast by the BBC in December 1964. Peter Watkins' reconstruction of the famous battle of 1746 that 'tore apart forever the clan system of the Scottish Highlands' shot as a current news report by a television crew stunned viewers with the power of its imagery and the immediacy of its storytelling.

• Topaz | Blu Ray | (23/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Alfred Hitchcock hadn't made a spy thriller since the 1930s, so his 1969 adaptation of Leon Uris's bestseller Topaz seemed like a curious choice for the director. But Hitchcock makes Uris's story of the West's investigation into the Soviet Union's dealings with Cuba his own. Frederick Stafford plays a French intelligence agent who works with his American counterpart (John Forsythe) to break up a Soviet spy ring. The film is a bit flat dramatically and visually, and there are sequences that seem to occupy Hitchcock's attention more than others. A minor work all around, with at least two alternative endings shot by Hitchcock. --Tom Keogh

• Ivan The Terrible - Part 1 And Part 2 - The Boyars Plot | DVD | (12/06/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Sergei Eisenstein's saga of Czar Ivan IV continues with the struggle for power and the use of secret police, a controversial segment that caused the film to be banned by Stalin in 1946 (the film was not released until 1958). The predominantly black-and-white film features a banquet dance sequence in colour. Obviously the two parts must be viewed as a whole to be fully appreciated. Many film historians consider this period in Eisenstein's career less interesting than his silent period because of a sentimental return to archaic forms (characteristic of Soviet society in the 1930s and '40s). Perhaps it was just part of his maturity. --Bill Desowitz, Amazon.com

• Cause For Alarm | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £6.97   |  Saving you £-2.98 (-74.70%)   |  RRP £3.99

• Dark Star ( 3D Blu-ray ) - John Carpenter - Science-Fiction-Parodie | Blu Ray | (28/03/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Ken Loach Collection Volume 2 | DVD | (03/09/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  Available together in a box set for the first time experience the drama and intensity from some truly ground-breaking and memorable British Cinema. Cathy Come Home (1965): Cathy Come Home is probably the most famous British television play ever - watched by a quarter of the population both on its first broadcast in 1966 and on its repeat in 1967. Its impact was enormous provoking questions in the Houses of Parliament and helping launch the new housing charity 'Shelter'. K

• 400 Blows | DVD | (16/12/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Praised by film-makers (Akira Kurosawa called it One of the most beautiful films that I have ever seen) and critics the world over Truffaut's 400 Blows launched the Nouvelle Vague and paved the way for some of cinema's most important and influential directors. Twelve-year-old Antoine Doinel has troubles at home and at school. Ignored and neglected by his parents his relationship with his mother is further strained when he discovers that she has taken a secret lover. Added to this his school teachers have written him off as a troublemaker and with luck seemingly never on his side it is Antoine who ends up getting the blame for bad behaviour. Finding refuge only in his love of cinema Antoine soon finds it necessary to break free and discover what the world can offer outside of the confines of his everyday life. This remarkable film features the extraordinary talent of Jean-Pierre Leaud as the rebellious Antoine a character based on Truffaut himself. Antoine Doinel was to make appearances in a number of Truffaut's films (including 'Stolen Kisses' 'Bed and Board' and 'Love on the Run') all of which chart his further adventures into adulthood.

• Night Of The Demon | DVD | (17/09/2007) from £49.99   |  Saving you £-34.00 (-212.60%)   |  RRP £15.99

• Waltz Of The Toreadors | DVD | (14/05/2007) from £8.98   |  Saving you £3.00 (42.92%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The immortal Peter Sellers is hilarious as a pompous retired general who still has a taste for the ladies in French playwright Jean Anouilh's philosophical farce. A lusty comedy of manners ""Waltz of the Toreadors"" tempers its treatment of an old rake's delusions with generous dollops of wit and compassion.

• The Last Time I Saw Paris | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £4.67   |  Saving you £-0.68 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  This tragic love story is brought to life with vitality and verve in this no expense spared lavish production. Van Johnson stars as a G.I. with literary ambitions who relocates to Paris after World War 2 and meets a wealthy American girl. They fall in love and settle down as he attempts to write his first novel. His work is not well received and he hits the bottle. The story follows Johnson to America and then back to Paris as the tragic tale of these two star-crossed lovers unfolds. Elizabeth Taylor was never more beautiful and both she and Van Johnson turn in superb performances.

• The Jazz Singer (80th Anniversary 2-Disc Special Edition) | DVD | (12/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Cantor Rabinowitz is concerned and upset because his son Jakie shows so little interest in carrying on the family's traditions and heritage. For five generations men in the family have been Cantors in the synagogue but Jakie is more interested in jazz and ragtime music. One day they have such a bitter argument that Jakie leaves home for good. After a few years on his own now calling himself Jack Robin he gets an important opportunity through the help of well-known stage performer Mary Dale. But Jakie finds that in order to balance his career his relationship with Mary and his memories of his family he will be forced to make some difficult choices.

• Conflicts - Sino-Japanese War 1937 - 1941 | DVD | (13/12/2004) from £9.97   |  Saving you £8.01 (114.76%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Conflicts - Sino Japanese War

• The Last Time I Saw Paris | DVD | (07/04/2008) from £7.09   |  Saving you £-1.10 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic story Babylon Revisited this epic romance is a captivating blend of Parisian expatriate high society and the struggles of post World War II Europe. When American war reporter Charles Wills (Van Johnson) meets the restless and fun-loving Helen Ellswirth (Elizabeth Taylor) they immediately fall in love. They spend their time staying out all night gambling and living life in the glory of the Parisian artistic Left Bank society. Eventually they get married and have a family but life becomes more difficult as they try to continue on their free-spirited and reckless adventure.

• Dr. Who: Die Invasion der Daleks auf der Erde 2150 n. Chr. - Limited Steelbook Edition (4K Ultra HD+Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (21/07/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Two Wives At One Wedding | DVD | (16/11/2009) from £14.56   |  Saving you £-4.57 (-45.70%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Tom Murray and his new bride's wedding day takes a turn for the worse when a mysterious woman arrives uninvited with a startling revelation - she claims to be Tom's wife. Annette is a French woman who Tom had a wartime romance with at the end of the Second World War after he was injured near Normandy and she nursed him back to health. It is then that Annette claims the marriage took place something Tom has no memory of. She is willing to divorce Tom but only with a ''10 000 settlement. Blackmailed and with his promising medical career in the balance should the story reach the papers Tom must hunt down the facts to determine if Annette is really telling the truth.

• Mickey Rooney Collection | DVD | (14/04/2008) from £10.49   |  Saving you £-6.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  The Mickey Rooney Collection (3 Discs)

• Bulldog Drummond Double Feature | DVD | (05/04/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• 3 Leading Ladies of the Silver Screen Vol.4 - Joan Crawford, Carole Lombard and Ginger Rogers | DVD | (07/11/2005) from £6.20   |  Saving you £-1.21 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Rain - Based on the story Rain by Somerset Maugham. A puritanical and self righteous minister sets out to reform a carefree American prostitute. The Racketeer - This gangster film stars Carole Lombard as a broke ex-society girl, Rhoda Philbrooke, who accepts the advances of a racketeer to promote the career of failing classical violinist Tony Vaughan. Shriek in the Night - Ginger Rogers plays a reporter to rival Ted Rand and both are investigating the mysterious death of a millionaire.

• Dr. Who und die Daleks | Blu Ray | (23/06/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• This Sporting Life | DVD | (31/01/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Prolific British filmmaker Lindsay Anderson weaves this small, evocative tale of young life at the crossroads in early 1960s Northern England. A rough, sullen young man (Richard Harris) working in the local coal mines begins to make a name for himself as a star rugby player, but even as he begins to fall in love he cannot escape the harsh realities of the bleak life around him. The rugby sequences in the film are striking, but no more so than the depiction of downtrodden people living in the shadow of industry and corruption that too often crushes their spirit. Harris in one of his first roles, is remarkably effective as an unlikeable but sympathetic figure trying against hope to savour the small joys life has to offer, and the film also features the debut of renowned actress Glenda Jackson. One of a series of working-class, character-driven British imports, This Sporting Life is one of the best on the field. --Robert Lane