"Director: Mike Hodges"

• Croupier | DVD | (17/09/2007) from £4.35   |  Saving you £11.64 (267.59%)   |  RRP £15.99

  An ingenious story of the wheel of chance, of good luck against bad, of fate against coincidence, a plot against destiny.

• Britain By Jove | DVD | (30/08/2010) from £12.99   |  Saving you £-9.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Britain By Jove collects together all 4 episodes of the famous comedy travelogue produced by British Pathe in the 1960s to promote holidays in Great Britain. The shows were presented by much loved ventriloquist Ray Alan and his celebrated companion Lord Charles and filmed in full colour. Lord Charles sets the tone with a rousing patriotic speech that We are living in a touring paradise before embarking on a whistlestop tour of the whole country - England Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland - with his erstwhile chauffeur Cavendish played by Roddy Maude-Roxby. Lord Charles casts his beady eye over and passes his inimitable comments on places such as :- Cambridge Newmarket Norfolk Broads Burnham Thorpe Chatsworth House North Yorkshire Moors Robin Hood's Bay Newcastle Inverness Edinburgh the Highlands (Lochs Whiskey Distillery Birdwatching Angling and Golfing) Antrim and Londonderry in Northern Ireland The Giant's Causeway The English Lakes Tenby and Portmeirion in Wales Stratford-on-Avon Bath Land's End Torquay Boscastle Mousehole Plymouth Hoe Lulworth Cove London and The Thames (Hampton Court St.Paul's Cathedral Buckingham Palace Piccadilly Hyde Park and The Tower Of London) Oxford Henley Cliveden House Windsor and The Isle Of Man.

• I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | DVD | (06/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In the new film from the director of "Get Carter," Clive Owen plays a former London gang leader who is dragged back into the "business" to avenge the death of his brother.

• Pulp | Blu Ray | (18/12/2017) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A year after they'd created one of the defining British gangster pictures with Get Carter, three Michaels writer-director Mike Hodges, producer Michael Klinger and star Michael Caine reunited for another crime picture, albeit with a more oddball flavour Caine plays Mickey King, a successful pulp novelist responsible for such titles as My Gun Is Long and The Organ Grinder, who is invited to ghost-write the autobiography of a mystery celebrity. His client turns out to be a former actor, played by Mickey Rooney, well-known for his gangster roles and real-life gangster connections but death is around the corner, and King finds his commission to be a lot more complicated than he first imagined. A favourite of J.B. Ballard, Pulp has long existed in the shadow of its predecessor. Tonally, it could not be more different Get Carter never had the time for sight gags and one-liners but it's a real gem in its own right and fully deserving of a wider audience. This brand-new restoration from Arrow Films aims to right than wrong. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS Brand new 2K restoration from original film elements, supervised and approved by director of photography Ousama Rawi, produced by Arrow Films exclusively for this release High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Original 1.0 mono sound Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Brand-new interview with writer-director Mike Hodges Brand-new interview with director of photography Ousama Rawi Brand-new interview with assistant director John Glen Brand-new interview with Tony Klinger, son of producer Michael Klinger Original theatrical trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Nathanael Marsh FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector's booklet containing new writing by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

• Flash Gordon | DVD | (25/03/2002) from £6.87   |  Saving you £9.12 (132.75%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When the totalitarian planet of Mongo decides on a whim to obliterate Earth, it's up to the quarterback Flash Gordon and his oddball companions to make the universe safe for democracy. Based on the classic (and infinitely more reputable) comic strip and its 1930s screen serialisation, this candy-coloured trash classic deserves immortality for Queen's unforgettably pulsating soundtrack alone. The legendary Max von Sydow appears to be having a blast as the evil Ming the Merciless, while Ornella Muti, as his daughter, is the living embodiment of what attracts adolescent boys to comics in the first place. (She makes Barbarella look mundane.) One of the most shamelessly entertaining movies ever made, this is a knowingly absurd sensory freak-out that'll have the viewer blissfully checking the sky afterward for signs of Hawkmen. --Andrew Wright

• World in Action - Volume 4 | DVD | (11/11/2013) from £13.21   |  Saving you £16.78 (127.02%)   |  RRP £29.99

  World in Action was, undoubtedly, ITV's flagship current-affairs series. Over four decades this multiple BAFTA winner was fearless, trailblazing and hard-hitting in its coverage of subjects that other programmes would not dare to touch - earning the ire of ITV regulators and, at times, the Government, with the team often investigating stories at their own personal risk. This volume comprises 23 programmes covering major stories from the '60s to the '90s; these include the 1967 Arab-Is...

• The Tyrant King - The Complete Series | DVD | (01/07/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Directed by Mike Hodges (Get Carter, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead), written by Ace Of Wands creator Trevor Preston, and starring Philip Madoc, Murray Melvin and juvenile leads from the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, The Tyrant King follows three teenagers as they traverse London searching for an answer to a hidden secret. A quest fraught with drama and danger takes them to some of the capital's most iconic landmarks and beyond (a reflection of the drama's origin as an adventure story published by London Transport), while the action is complemented by an atmospheric contemporary soundtrack featuring, among others, Pink Floyd, The Nice, Cream and The Moody Blues. Shown once in black and white in 1968, this is the first time it will be seen in colour, transferred from original film materials specifically for this release. This six-part mystery thriller was Thames Television's very first production. Shot on location on 16mm film, it was effectively an experiment to assess the feasibility of a small-scale production unit within the company - a subsidiary that would eventually become the legendary Euston Films, responsible for a string of phenomenally successful dramas including The Sweeney and Minder. Music from The Rolling Stones, The Nice, The Moody Blues, Cream and Pink Floyd.

• Pulp | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Mickey King (Caine) is a writer of cheap paperback detective novels living in Rome churning out one noir book after another. When is offered an abnormally large sum to ghost write the autobiography of a mystery celebrity the intrigued author agrees and is transported to a remote island. The subject is none other than Preston Gilbert (Rooney) a one-time movie star known for playing gangsters notoriously hanging out with real-life mobsters off the set. Now dying of cancer Gilbert

• Pulp | DVD | (18/12/2017) from £9.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A year after they'd created one of the defining British gangster pictures with Get Carter, three Michaels writer-director Mike Hodges, producer Michael Klinger and star Michael Caine reunited for another crime picture, albeit with a more oddball flavour Caine plays Mickey King, a successful pulp novelist responsible for such titles as My Gun Is Long and The Organ Grinder, who is invited to ghost-write the autobiography of a mystery celebrity. His client turns out to be a former actor, played by Mickey Rooney, well-known for his gangster roles and real-life gangster connections but death is around the corner, and King finds his commission to be a lot more complicated than he first imagined. A favourite of J.B. Ballard, Pulp has long existed in the shadow of its predecessor. Tonally, it could not be more different Get Carter never had the time for sight gags and one-liners but it's a real gem in its own right and fully deserving of a wider audience. This brand-new restoration from Arrow Films aims to right than wrong. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS Brand new 2K restoration from original film elements, supervised and approved by director of photography Ousama Rawi, produced by Arrow Films exclusively for this release Standard Definition DVD presentation Original 1.0 mono sound Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Brand-new interview with writer-director Mike Hodges Brand-new interview with director of photography Ousama Rawi Brand-new interview with assistant director John Glen Brand-new interview with Tony Klinger, son of producer Michael Klinger Original theatrical trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Nathanael Marsh

• Black Rainbow | DVD | (10/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Charlatan medium Martha Travis (Arquette) and her alcoholic father Walter (Robards) make their living travelling from town to town putting on spiritualist performances during which Martha delivers false messages of hope from the dead to their surviving loved ones. At one such performance Martha gives a message to Mary Kuron from her husband Tom. The problem is Tom isn't dead. When Tom is killed exactly as Martha envisioned the case attracts the attention of sceptical journalist

• Black Rainbow | DVD | (26/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Charlatan medium Martha Travis (Arquette) and her alcoholic father Walter (Robards) make their living travelling from town to town putting on spiritualist performances during which Martha delivers false messages of hope from the dead to their surviving loved ones. At one such performance Martha gives a message to Mary Kuron from her husband Tom. The problem is Tom isn't dead. When Tom is killed exactly as Martha envisioned the case attracts the attention of sceptical journalist Gary Wallace (Hulce) who discovers that Martha's premonition also revealed to her the identity of Tom Kuron's murderer...

• Seventies Classics | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-5.59 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Titles Comprise: Deliverance remains one of the screen's most powerful man vs. nature adventures and chronicles the journey of four Atlanta 'weekend warriors' who set off in canoes down a dangerous Georgia river and discover a wilderness of terror. John Boorman's taut direction builds the tension and fear to a raging climax as the men travel beyond their comfort zone and are forced to face more than they could have ever imagined. Vilmos Zsigmond's expert cinematography captures the wilderness of forest and river while Eric Weissberg's classic musical theme Dueling Banjos provides a perfect counterpoint to the action. Get Carter (1971): Double Academy Award winner Michael Caine plays the relentless title character an ice-cold efficiently lethal London mobster investigating his brother's death in the seedy Newcastle underworld. Dog Day Afternoon: On a hot Brooklyn afternoon two optimistic losers set out to rob a bank. Sonny (Al Pacino) is the mastermind Sal (John Cazale) is the follower and disaster is the result. Because the cops crowds TV cameras and even the pizza man have arrived. The well-planned heist is now a circus. Based on a true incident this thriller earned six Academy Award nominations.

• I Want - Classic Thrillers | DVD | (13/10/2008) from £15.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (12.51%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Titles Comprise: Get Carter (1971): Double Academy Award winner Michael Caine plays the relentless title character an ice-cold efficiently lethal London mobster investigating his brother's death in the seedy Newcastle underworld. Deliverence: Deliverance remains one of the screen's most powerful man vs. nature adventures and chronicles the journey of four Atlanta 'weekend warriors' who set off in canoes down a dangerous Georgia river and discover a wilderness of terror. John Boorman's taut direction builds the tension and fear to a raging climax as the men travel beyond their comfort zone and are forced to face more than they could have ever imagined. Vilmos Zsigmond's expert cinematography captures the wilderness of forest and river while Eric Weissberg's classic musical theme Dueling Banjos provides a perfect counterpoint to the action. True Romance: Two lovers (Christian Slater Patricia Arquette) are thrust into a dangerous game of high-stakes negotiations and high-speed adventure. The pair come into unexpected possession of a suitcase of mob contraband. Fleeing to Los Angeles they hope to sell the goods and begin a new life. But both sides of the law have other ideas...

• Get Carter | DVD | (13/10/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Released in 1971 (the same year Straw Dogs and A Clockwork Orange hit the screens, which must make 71 the annus mirabilis for violent films set in Britain), Get Carter opens with gangsters leering over pornographic slides and ends on a filthy, slag-stained beach in Newcastle. It's a low-down and dirty movie from beginning to end, and possibly the grittiest and best film of its kind to come out of Britain. The granddaddy of Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels and all its ilk, director Mike Hodges' Get Carter offers revenge tragedy swinging-60s style, all nicotine-stained cinematography, shabby locations and the kind of killer catchphrases Vinnie Jones would die for ("You're a big man, but you're in bad shape. With me, it's a full-time job. Now behave yourself", says Michael Caine's deadpan anti-hero Carter before inflicting a few choice punches on Brian Mosley, aka Coronation Street's Alf Roberts, to name but one example from Hodges and Ted Lewis' exquisitely laconic script).Presenting the dark horse in his family of loveable Cockney geezer roles (Alfie, The Italian Job), Michael Caine plays the title role of Jack Carter, a man so hard he barely registers a flicker of regret watching a woman he has just had sex with plunge to her death. After taking the train up to Newcastle as the credits roll and Roy Budd's chunky bass-heavy theme tune plays, Carter returns to his hometown to attend his brother's funeral and investigate the circumstances of his death. Not that he's all that sentimental about family: he shaves nonchalantly over the open coffin, and shows affection to his niece Doreen (Petra Markham) by cramming a few notes in her hand and telling her to "be good and don't trust boys". Gradually, Carter unravels the skein of drugs, pornography and corruption tangled around his brother's death, which brings him up against supremely oleaginous kingpin Kinnear (played by the author of Look Back in Anger John Osborne) among others. A remake starring Sylvester Stallone is in the offing, but quite frankly it will be a 30-degree (Celsius) Christmas night in Newcastle before Hollywood could ever make something as assured, raw and immortal as this. --Leslie Felperin

• Flash Gordon | DVD | (25/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When the totalitarian planet of Mongo decides on a whim to obliterate Earth, it's up to the quarterback Flash Gordon and his oddball companions to make the universe safe for democracy. Based on the classic (and infinitely more reputable) comic strip and its 1930s screen serialisation, this candy-coloured trash classic deserves immortality for Queen's unforgettably pulsating soundtrack alone. The legendary Max von Sydow appears to be having a blast as the evil Ming the Merciless, while Ornella Muti, as his daughter, is the living embodiment of what attracts adolescent boys to comics in the first place. (She makes Barbarella look mundane.) One of the most shamelessly entertaining movies ever made, this is a knowingly absurd sensory freak-out that'll have the viewer blissfully checking the sky afterward for signs of Hawkmen. --Andrew Wright

• Iconic Films Collection | DVD | (09/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £35.99

  A box set of cult Warner Brother films from a number of different eras and genres. Includes: 1. Dog Day Afternoon (Dir. Sidney Lumet 1975) 2. True Romance (Dir. Tony Scott 1993 3. Deliverance (Dir. John Boorman 1972) 4. Enter The Dragon (Dir. Robert Clouse 1973) 5. A Clockwork Orange (Dir. Stanley Kubrick 1971) 6. Get Carter (Dir. Mike Hodges 1971)

• Stargate / Deep Star 6 / Flash Gordon | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Stargate: It has been buried for thousands of years. A mystery. A secret. A threshold. Stargate. One man will break its code and open the door the other will lead the way. They prepared for danger they expected the unknown but they could never have imagined what they would discover. Now they must find the key to return home or remain trapped on the other side of the known universe forever. The most amazing discovery of our time is about to become the most extraordinary adventure of all time. Deep Star Six: Not All Aliens Come From Space. Save Your Last Breath...To Scream. Far below the surface of the unforgiving sea the daring crew of DeepStar Six are explorers in a forbidding world of impenetrable darkness and unimaginable pressure. They have invaded the icy fathoms into which no human has ever ventured. Their mission is to establish a top secret Navy base on the ocean floor. But something's down there and the crew of DeepStar Six are about to make a startling discovery - there's no escape from the terror of the deep. Director Sean Cunningham has created a new horror that will plunge you into the depths of fear. Better hold your last breath...to scream! Flash Gordon: Ming the Merciless Emperor of planet Mongo has begun his plan of destruction for planet Earth. Zarkov a mad scientist detects the signs of an intergalactic assault and forces Flash Gordon star football player and the beautiful Dale Arden to board his rocket and save the human race from the evil Emperor. Can Flash save the universe?

• Flash Gordon | Blu Ray | (19/07/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Flash - a-ah - he'll save every one of us! Ming the Merciless Emperor of planet Mongo has begun his plan of destruction for planet Earth. Zarkov a mad scientist detects the signs of an intergalactic assault and forces Flash Gordon star football player and the beautiful Dale Arden to board his rocket and save the human race from the evil Emperor. Can Flash save the universe?