"Director: Tony"

• Riddle Of The Sands | DVD | (01/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Based on the ""classic spy thriller of the 20th century"" that historians hail as the ""tip-off"" that saved Britain from invasion. Two sailboating Englishmen discover a massive German fleet secretly preparing to attack their nation and set out to do something about it not only do they have to thwart the German Navy but Kaiser Wilhelm himself.

• True Romance | Blu Ray | (15/04/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  It was directed with energetic skill by Top Gun Tony Scott, but this breathtaking 1993 thriller (think of it as an adolescent crime fantasy on steroids) has Quentin Tarantino written all over it. True Romance is really part of a loose trilogy that includes Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, with a crackling Tarantino screenplay that rides a fine line between raucous comedy and violent excess. Christian Slater plays Clarence, the comic-book lover who meets a beguiling prostitute named Alabama (Patricia Arquette), confronts her vicious pimp (Gary Oldman), and embarks on a cross-country odyssey with $5 million worth of Mafia cocaine. Mayhem ensues, culminating in a favourite Tarantino climax--the "Mexican standoff"--in which a roomful of guys are pointing guns at each other, waiting to see who shoots first. Brutal, profane, and totally outrageous, True Romance is not for everyone, but with a supporting cast that includes Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken, Brad Pitt, and Val Kilmer (as the ghost of Elvis!), you can be sure this movie will never be boring. --Jeff Shannon

• Industrial Revelations - Complete Series 1 | DVD | (14/05/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  The Fast Show comedian Mark Williams indulges his secret passion for the engineering of the industrial revolution as he presents Industrial Revelations - a fascinating ten part documentary series examining how inventive advances in engineering and technology during this period changed Britain forever. Mark travels across the country to discover the technology at the heart of the industrial revolution in the 18th and 19th Centuries bringing his own unique wit and style to the series as he dons his overalls to fire-up 200 year old huge steam engines pilot early canal boats descend into ancient mines and operate early industrial machinery. Along the way he visits Bridgwater's Worsley Mine - the birthplace of Britain's canal system Arkwright's Cotton Mills the Leeds-Liverpool canal the Menai Straits Bridge and Ironbridge the steelyards of Sheffield and the dockyards of Scotland as well as revealing the development of the first steam locomotive Birmingham's industrial heritage and the achievements of Josiah Wedgwood in the pottery business. All ten episodes from the highly acclaimed First Series are included here on this special 2-disc DVD.

• Hell's Kitchen NYC | DVD | (05/07/2004) from £6.54   |  Saving you £-4.55 (-228.60%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Academy award winner Angelina Jolie (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) Mekhi Phifer (8 Mile) and Rosanna Arquette (Pulp Fiction) star in this realistic take on life in the fire of Hell's Kitchen-New York City. When a drug deal goes bad three friends make a fatal judgementnthat puts one behind bars for a crime he did not commit. When Johnny (Mekm Phifer) is finally paroled he finds himself back in his old neighbourhood where battles are fought and drugs provide the only escape. Certain that there has to be a better way he tries to turn his life around. But old grudges die hard Gloria (Angelina Jolie) has sworn she will kill him for the murder of her brother and she will not rest till he's dead. This gritty tale of violent revenge and sexual exploitation features incredible performances and disturbing scenes as lives intersect the underbelly of New York.

• Dominator | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £10.80   |  Saving you £9.19 (46.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In the not too distant future Earth is beset by incursions from Hell which is now ruled by Lord Desecrator and the great Old Ones. The world's governments keep these supernatural attacks in check by a combination of science and magick but that protection collapses when three girls in a rock band mix some magick into their songs and open a hole between Hell and Earth releasing a horde of demons and the demon Lord of dead rock stars Dominator. What comes next are a series of epic battles and some mind-blowing visuals as the likes of Lady Violator Decimator Extricator and Dominator fight it out on a ghoul filled Earth. With voices supplied by Radio One's Mark and Lard and Dani Filth Dominator is a stunning mix of graphics guitars black humour and a soundtrack that features Cradle of Filth Synthetic Digitalis and Eileen Daly's Jezebel.

• Braveheart/Man On Fire/The Thomas Crown Affair | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £11.12   |  Saving you £8.87 (79.77%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Man On Fire (Dir. Tony Scott 2004): Denzel Washington stars as a government operative/soldier of fortune who has pretty much given up on life. In Mexico City he reluctantly agrees to take a job to protect a child whose parents are threatened by a wave of kidnappings. He eventually becomes close to the child and their relationship reawakens and rekindles his spirit. When she is abducted his fiery rage is unleashed on those he feels responsible and he stops at nothing to save her. Braveheart (Dir. Mel Gibson 1995): Mel Gibson stars on both sides of the camera playing the lead role plus directing and producing this brawling richly detailed saga of fierce combat tender love and the will to risk all that's precious: freedom. In an emotionally charged performance Gibson is William Wallace a bold Scotsman who used the steel of his blade and the fire of his intellect to rally his countrymen to liberation... The Thomas Crown Affair (Dir. John Mctiernan 1999): Thrill-seeking billionaire Thomas Crown (Brosnan) loves nothing more than courting disaster - and winning! So when his world becomes too stiflingly ""safe"" he pulls off his boldest stunt ever: stealing a priceless painting - in broad daylight - from one of Manhattan's most heavily-guarded Museums. But his post-heist excitement soon pales beside an even greater challenge: Catherine Banning (Russo). A beautiful insurance investigator hired to retrieve the artwork Catherine's every bit as intelligent cunning and hungry for an adventure as he is. And just when Thomas realises he's finally met his match she skillfully leads him into a daring game of cat and mouse that's more intoxicating and dangerous than anything either of them as ever experienced before!

• Detachment | Blu Ray | (04/02/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Director Tony Kaye's (American History X) long-awaited film Detachment stars Academy Award winner Adrien Brody as Henry Barthes, a substitute teacher who conveniently avoids any emotional connections by never staying anywhere long enough to form a bond with either his students or colleagues. A lost soul grappling with a troubled past, Henry finds himself at a public school where an apathetic student body has created a frustrated, burned-out administration. Inadvertently becoming a role model to his students, while also bonding with a runaway teen who is just as lost as he is, Henry finds that he's not alone in a life and death struggle to find beauty in a seemingly vicious and loveless world.Kaye has molded a contemporary vision of people who become increasingly distant from others while still feeling the need to connect. Detachment features a stellar ensemble cast, including Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden, Christina Hendricks, William Petersen, Bryan Cranston, Tim Blake Nelson, Lucy Liu, Blythe Danner, James Caan, and newcomers Sami Gayle and Betty Kaye.

• Dempsey And Makepeace - Series 1 | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £20.17   |  Saving you £6.08 (32.15%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Having overstepped the bounds of an ongoing internal corruption case no nonsense New York cop James Dempsey (Michael Brandon) is drafted into a newly created undercover unit of London's Scotland Yard codenamed SI-10. Partnered with the dashing Harriet Makepeace (Glynis Barber) who demands to be termed 'Harry' the two mis-matched cops are flung into one all-action investigation after another! Episodes Comprise: 1. Armed And Extremely Dangerous (pilot episode) 2. The Squeeze

• The First Emperor Of China | DVD | (24/07/2006) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

  It was one man who founded the great nation of China. His name was Qin Shihuang the First Emperor. He not only gave China its name but is responsible for founding the longest enduring nation state in the world. The First Emperor of China chronicles the period of Qin Shihuang's rule from the grandiose inner circle in the Royal Palace to the fierce battles with the feudal kings this historical drama re-creates the glory and the terror and includes the first documentary footage of Qin's life-sized terra cotta army constructed almost 2200 years ago for his tomb. A unique program that illustrates the nature of ancient Chinese civilisation and its extraordinary achievements.

• Classics Collection - An Ideal Husband/Tom Jones/A Passage To India | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An Ideal Husband (Dir. Oliver Parker 1999): Sexy leading man Rupert Everett heads an acclaimed all-star cast in this wonderfully witty story of decadence romance and scandal! Sir Robert is a highly respected politician whose spotless reputation is the pride of his beautiful wife (Cate Blanchett) and adoring sister (Minnie Driver). But when an old aquaintance (Julianne Moore) threatens to reveal a dark secret from Robert's past only his womanizing party-loving best friend Goring (Everett) is scheming and dishonest enough to come to his aid! Overwhelmingly acclaimed by critics - you'll love this fresh funny motion picture and its stellar ensemble as they elevate the art of blackmail to an elegant game of wit and passion. Tom Jones (Dir. Tony Richardson 1963): Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Picture and featuring a cast of superb actors headed by the young Albert Finney and Susannah York Tony Richardson's wickedly funny adaptation of Henry Fielding's novel (scripted by John Osbourne) is a rollicking picaresque period comedy to savour. No one has ever lived so freely and carelessly as Tom Jones (Finney). Abandoned at birth and raised by a wealthy squire (Hugh Griffith) Tom romps through English society leading a lusty life of brawling and bed-hopping... until his bawdy behaviour causes him to be sent away from his family his home and the only woman he's ever truly loved (York). But some men never learn and soon Tom's escapades land him in the company of reckless scoundrels the boudoirs of more women... and finally in jail. Will Tom's charm save him... or will the gallows be his last swing? A Passage To India (Dir. David Lean 1984): Oscar-winning story of the social friction between the British and Indian communities which clash dramatically when an Indian befriended by two visiting English women is accused of raping one during a trip to the remote Marabar caves...

• Callas | DVD | (29/07/2013) from £9.43   |  Saving you £-2.44 (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Through a combination of archival footage and interviews, filmmaker Tony Palmer profiles the at once soaring and tragic life of opera legend Maria Callas, 'La Divina Assoluta'. Filmed on location in Athens, Rome, Milan, New York and London. With Franco Zeffirelli, Giovanni Battista Meneghini, Aristotle Onassis, Graziella Sciutti, Luchino Visconti, Carlo Maria Giulini, Tito Gobbi, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Arda Mandikian, Nicola Rescigno, Nadia Stancioff, Nicola Rossi Lemeni, Lord Harewood, Sir Jo...

• Ticks | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  From the director of Hellraiser 2 and the special effects wizard of Terminator Gremlins and Total Recall comes the creepiest crawliest nightmare you will ever experience! Mutated blood-sucking insects are on the hunt for human flesh to host their eggs and feed their young. Starring Seth Green and Ami Dolenz this movie is guaranteed to make your skin crawl.

• Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold | DVD | (18/01/2010) from £9.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (40.04%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Born in 1921 Sir Malcolm Arnold is one of the most fluent and versatile composers of his or any other generation. His prolific output comprises symphonies concerti chamber music stage works divertimenti choral music song cycles and music for wind and brass band whilst his catalogue of over a hundred scores for film and television includes the Oscar-winning Bridge on the River Kwai. Arnold's phenomenal success as one of the world's leading composers endured a catalogue of tr

• Dempsey & Makepeace-Series 2 | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £49.99   |  Saving you £-25.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The two mis-matched detectives tackle a second series of high-octane criminal cases... Episodes Comprise: 1. Silver Dollar 2. Wheelman 3. Love You To Death 4. No Surrender 5. Tequila Sunrise 6. Blood Money 7. Set A Thief 8. The Hit 9. In The Dark 10. The Bogeyman

• Five Corners | DVD | (25/01/2010) from £9.95   |  Saving you £6.04 (60.70%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A young psychotic man returns to his old neighbourhood after he is released from prison. He seeks the young lady he previously tried to rape and the young man who protected her.

• Astor Piazzolla - In Portrait | DVD | (02/05/2005) from £17.35   |  Saving you £2.64 (15.22%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Exploring Piazzolla's vibrant musical influence around the world this DVD charts the events of his turbulent complicated personal and professional life through candid and revealing interviews with Piazzolla himself his family friends and the great Argentinian musicians who performed with him.This extended DVD version of Mike Dibb's new film Tango Maestro includes:Rare and exhilarating archive sequences spanning 30 years of filmed performances by Piazzolla's own groupsContributions from other virtuoso performers drawn to his music including Daniel Barenboim - a fellow student of Nadia Boulanger cellist Yo-Yo Ma jazz vibraphonist Gary Burton the Kronos Quartet the Paris-based Gotan Project the Tango Pasion dance company British pianist Joanna MacGregor Scottish accordeonist James Crabb and Astor's close friend Richard Galliano the French accordeonist and bandoneon player.Sequences from award-winning director Fernando Solanas' movies El Exilio de Gardel and Sur for which Piazzolla wrote the music.Also on this DVD is Piazzolla's last recorded studio performance Tango Nuevo with six complete Piazzolla classics such as Milonga de Angel Zero Hour and Adios Nonino illuminated by interviews with the maestro.

• Testimony - The Story Of Shostakovich | DVD | (30/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A dramatisation of the turbulent life of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich (here excellently essayed by Ben Kingsley) based on the book by Solomon Volkov.

• The Charge Of The Light Brigade | DVD | (26/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Dramatisation detailing the events that led to the destruction of the Light Brigade at the Crimea of the men who were sent to their death and those behind what is now recognised as one of British history's major military blunders.

• Crazy People | DVD | (16/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  'Crazy People' is a sharp and satirical film about the fickle world of advertising starring Dudley Moore as Emory an advertising executive who believes honesty is the best approach for his new advertising campaign. In a bid to 'recover' from his loss of perspective Emory is sent to a clinic by his bosses. The fine line between certified insanity and what society accepts as normal is expertly developed when Emory's world collides with the lives of the clinic's patients. Emory

• The Rage In Placid Lake | DVD | (05/03/2007) from £7.95   |  Saving you £5.04 (63.40%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Placid Lake isn't your average rebel.... He wants to work on insurance. Placid Lake has always been very different. His crayon eating scientific genius of a best friend Gemma also has a few issues with 'blending in'. As an odd fish in a sea of mediocrity his brilliant ideas are bound to get him into more trouble than success. So when he finds himself flying off the school roof and breaking every bone in his body on graduation night Placid decides to make a bid for the elusive nor