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• Local Hero - Collector's Edition Blu-Ray | Blu Ray | (16/09/2019) from £13.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Mac (Peter Riegert) is a young executive who flies to Scotland to purchase an entire town on behalf of the oil company he works for, which is run by near-psychotic Happer (Burt Lancaster). The townsfolk seem happy enough to part with their town, although they drive a hard bargain. Meanwhile Mac, who was wrongly thought by his boss to be of Scottish descent, begins to take a liking to the little village. Bill Forsyth directs - in his usual quirky manner - this gentle comedy. Now for the first time on Blu Ray complete with special features. Special Features 2k digital restoration - made from original 35mm elements Brand new audio commentary with director Bill Forsyth and film critic Mark Kermode Getting In On The Action (1982) - 29 min behind-the-scenes documentary (shot on location) The Music Of Local Hero (2019) Brand new interview with composer Mark Knopfler Interview with Bill Forsyth (24 mins)

• Wilde | DVD | (18/01/2016) from £11.10   |  Saving you £1.89 (17.03%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Wilde could easily have been nothing more than another well-dressed literary film from the British costume drama stable, but thanks to a richly textured performance from Stephen Fry in the title role, it becomes something deeper--a moving study of how the conflict between individual desires and social expectations can ruin lives. Oscar Wilde's writing may be justifiably legendary for its sly, barbed wit, but Wilde the film is far from a comedy, even though Fry relishes delivering the great man's famous quips. It takes on tragic dimensions as soon as Wilde meets Lord Alfred Douglas, known as Bosie, the strikingly beautiful but viciously selfish young aristocrat who wins Oscar's heart but loses him his reputation, marriage and freedom. Fry is brilliant at capturing how the intensity of Wilde's love for Bosie threw him off balance, becoming an all-consuming force he was unable to resist. Jude Law expertly depicts both Bosie's allure and his spitefully destructive side, there are subtle supporting performances from Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle and Zoe Wanamaker, and the period trappings are lavishly trowelled on. But this is Fry's show all the way: from Oscar the darling of theatrical London to Wilde the prisoner broken on the wheel of Victorian moralism, he doesn't put a foot wrong. It feels like the role he was born to play. --Andy Medhurst

• Tap | DVD | (13/02/2006) from £6.73   |  Saving you £6.26 (93.02%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Upon his release from prison for a burglary conviction Max Washington returns to his old haunt The Hoofer Club - an old tap dancing joint. His ex-girlfriend Amy is now working at the club as an instructor and is less than thrilled to see her old flame return. However Amy's father is delighted that one of his star pupils has re-emerged and convinces Max to get involved with his latest show. Unfortunately Max's old friends also want to hire him but for something strictly less th

• Coming Home (Masters Of Cinema) Blu Ray | Blu Ray | (15/07/2019) from £45.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eureka Entertainment to release COMING HOME; Hal Ashby's compelling and emotional tale of love and loss, starring Jane Fonda, Jon Voight and Bruce Dern; as part of The Masters of Cinema Series for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK on 15 July 2019. Perhaps the most compelling picture ever made about the shattering aftermath of the Vietnam War. Coming Home earned eight Academy Award nominations and won three for Best Actress (Jane Fonda), Actor (Jon Voight), and Original Screenplay. Coming Home is an uncompromising, extraordinarily moving film directed by the great Hal Ashby (Harold & Maude). When Marine Captain Bob Hyde (Bruce Dern) leaves for Vietnam, his wife Sally (Fonda) volunteers at a local hospital. There she meets Luke Martin (Voight), a former sergeant whose war injury has left him a paraplegic. Embittered with rage and filled with frustration, Luke finds new hope and confidence through his growing intimacy with Sally. The relationship transforms Sally's feelings about life, love and the horrors of war. And when, wounded and disillusioned, Sally's husband returns home, all three must grapple with the full impact of a brutal, distant war that has changed their lives forever. One of director Hal Ashby's biggest hits (second only to Shampoo), The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Coming Home for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK. Special Features: 1080p transfer of the film on Blu-ray Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Brand new and exclusive audio commentary by author Scott Harrison Feature-length commentary with actors Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, and cinematographer Haskell Wexler Coming Back Home [25 mins] archival featurette Man Out of Time [15 mins] archival featurette PLUS: a collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by author Scott Harrison and critic Glenn Kenny

• Anthropoid | Blu Ray | (16/01/2017) from £7.55   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  'Anthropoid' is based on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid, the World War II mission to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich.

• The Robe | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The first movie ever filmed in CinemaScope The Robe was nominated for five Academy Awards in 1953 including Best Picture and Best Actor for Richard Burton. Burton stars as Marcellus Gallio the Roman centurion charged with overseeing the crucifixion. But when he wins Christ's robe in a gambling game at the foot of the cross his life is changed forever. With its inspired story set to a spectacular score and featuring an all-star cast including Victor Mature and Jean Simmon

• Fearless | Blu Ray | (07/07/2025) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  San Francisco architect Max Klein can see clearly now. He's been transformed ever since he stared death in the face and discovered he was unafraid.Peter Weir (Witness) directs Fearless, the vivid story of how a near-death experience impacts the lives of three people. Jeff Bridges plays Max, more wildly alive and taking more risks than ever since surviving a plane crash. Isabella Rossellini is Laura, struggling to find in Max the man she married. And Rosie Perez, 1993 Academy Award® nominee and Los Angeles, Boston and Chicago Film Critics Award winner Best Supporting Actress, is fellow crash survivor Carla: alive, yet devastated by a grievous loss. It seems no one can heal her pain. But then she meets the one person who fearlessly knows how.

• Let Him Have It | DVD | (09/08/2010) from £6.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  From the director of The Krays comes a horrifying true story of injustice and murder..... A policeman is shot dead and two South London boys stand accused of his murder. The verdict and the sentence passed upon the young Derek Bentley (Christopher Eccleston) proved to be as controversial as the crime. Both the verdict and the sentence were subsequently quashed. This is the case that shocked the nation.

• Red Cliff | Blu Ray | (05/10/2009) from £10.75   |  Saving you £19.24 (178.98%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Directed by John Woo, "Red Cliff" charts the remarkable events leading up to the most famous battle in Chinese history

• Grace: Series 5 | DVD | (12/05/2025) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Chant Of Jimmie Blacksmith | Blu Ray | (26/08/2019) from £26.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eureka Entertainment to release the internationally acclaimed masterpiece THE CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH, Fred Schepisi's depiction of horrific racially-motivated crimes, as part of The Masters of Cinema Series in a definitive Dual Format (Blu-ray & DVD) edition on 19 August 2019, presented with a Limited Edition slipcase [2000 copies only]. One of the most important films in all of Australian cinema, and perhaps the key critical work of that country's internationally acclaimed film movement of the 1970s, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith is nothing short of a masterpiece a bracing and emotionally wrenching study of the effects of institutionalised racism and colonialism on a land's indigenous peoples, and an unflinching look at the repercussions of violence for both aggressors and victims. Based on the early 20th-century exploits of Jimmy Governor, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith follows its title character, a half-Aboriginal, half-white young man attempting to make his way as a farmhand, but facing only prejudice and deception from society. When the parentage of his child is called into question and he is further robbed by his white employers, Jimmie's barely suppressed rage explodes, triggering a wave of violence that would shock a nation. Directed by Fred Schepisi (Six Degrees of Separation) from a Booker-nominated novel by Thomas Keneally (Schindler's Arc the book on which the film Schindler's List was based), The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith stands alongside The Harder They Come and Sweet Sweetback's Baadassss Song as one of the most powerful 1970s cinema explorations of rebellion and uprising, and the costs that are paid on both sides. Called the one great Australian film that I have seen by Pauline Kael, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith is a powerful experience. Features: LIMITED EDITION O-CARD (First 2000 copies only) - featuring newly commissioned artwork by Nathanael Marsh The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith Australian Version [122 mins] presented in 1080p on Blu-ray (with a progressive encode on the DVD), from a restoration completed by Umbrella Entertainment The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith International Version [117 mins] from a brand new restoration completed in 2019 from the original film elements (Blu-ray only) Uncompressed monaural soundtrack (on Blu-ray) Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Brand new and exclusive audio commentary by film critic and writer Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (Australian Version) Audio commentary by director Fred Schepisi (Australian version) Interview with Fred Schepisi [39 mins] Celluloid Gypsies: Making The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith [36 mins] A conversation with director Fred Schepisi and cinematographer Ian Baker [64 mins] The Chant of Tom Lewis interview with Tom E. Lewis [26 mins] Q&A session with Fred Schepisi and Geoffrey Rush, from the 2008 Melbourne International Film Festival [34 mins] Making us Blacksmiths Documentary on the casting of Aboriginal lead actors Tom E. Lewis and Freddy Reynolds Stills Gallery Theatrical Trailer Reversible sleeve PLUS: A collector's booklet featuring a new essay by Travis Crawford; a reprint of Pauline Kael's original review of the film; and rare archival imagery

• The Good Fight: Season Five | DVD | (16/05/2022) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In THE GOOD FIGHT Season Five, Diane (Emmy® Award winner Christine Baranski) is forced to question whether it's appropriate for her to help run an African-American law firm with Liz (Emmy® Award winner Audra McDonald) when the firm loses two top lawyers. Meanwhile, Marissa (Sarah Steele) and the firm become entangled with Hal Wackner (Emmy® Award winner Mandy Patinkin), a regular Chicagoan who decides to open his own courtroom in the back of a copy shop. Featuring Emmy® Award-winning guest stars Wanda Sykes and Wayne Brady, this 3-disc DVD set includes every riveting episode along with exclusive deleted scenes and a gag reel! Product Features Deleted Scenes Gag Reel

• Ex Machina | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £4.29   |  Saving you £15.70 (365.97%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Caleb, a 24 year old coder at an internet company, is forced to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.

• Once Were Warriors | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £8.10   |  Saving you £7.89 (97.41%)   |  RRP £15.99

  New Zealand filmmaker Lee Tamahori (The Edge) directed this brutal but powerful story drawn from the culture of poverty and alienation enveloping contemporary Maori life. Rena Owen plays the beleaguered mother of two boys--one of whom is already in prison while the other contemplates membership in a gang--and a daughter whose potential is being smothered at home. Temuera Morrison gives an outstanding and sometimes shocking performance as the violent head of the household, more adept at keeping up his social stature within his community of friends than holding down a job. Once Were Warriors pulls no punches, literally and figuratively, but despite the rough going, Tamahori gives us a rare and important insight into a disenfranchised people digging down deep to find their pride. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• The Believer | Blu Ray | (04/04/2022) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Ryan Gosling stars in one of his earliest film roles as Daniel Balint, a young Jewish man who develops a fiercely anti-Semitic philosophy. Based on a true story.Breathtaking five stars BBCAs brilliant as it is humane The IndependentGosling gives a dare-anything performance Rolling StoneAmazing & incendiary Boston GlobeA dynamite performance VarietyIndependent filmmaking at its most uncompromising Entertainment Weekly

• Sophie's Choice | DVD | (03/09/2007) from £9.26   |  Saving you £1.99 (24.88%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Meryl Streep plays Sophie Zawistowska in this penetrating drama set in 1947 post-World War II Brooklyn. Kevin Kline plays her all consuming lover Nathan. The story revolves around Sophie's struggle as a Polish-Catholic immigrant in the United States who had survived a Nazi concentration camp. The lovers' drama unfolds through the observations of a friend and would-be writer Stingo (Peter MacNicol). As the trio grows closer Stingo discovers the hidden truths that they each harbour resulting in a narrative that is both captivating and moving...

• Edgar Wallace Presents: The Flying Squad | DVD | (14/04/2014) from £4.91   |  Saving you £6.34 (173.70%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Adapting a story by Edgar Wallace one of the twentieth century's most celebrated and prolific suspense writers this 1940 crime thriller centers on the attempts of Flying Squad officers to smash a London drug-smuggling ring. The final feature by leading silent-era director Herbert Brenon Flying Squad stars some of the era's most accomplished performers including Sebastian Shaw Jack Hawkins and Kathleen Harrison and is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements. Inspector Bradley is out to break a drug-smuggling gang which operates from an old house overhanging the Thames; the gang is headed by a murderer called Mark McGill. The disappearance of young Ron Perryman - whom McGill has shot and dumped in the river - gives the Inspector his ideal opportunity to begin asking questions... Special Features: Image Gallery Promotional Material PDF

• Sex and The City: The Complete Series | Blu Ray | (13/12/2024) from £46.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Own the ground-breaking HBO series on Blu-ray, and experience the friendships and fashion in gorgeous high-definition. Sex and the City stars Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw, a New York-based writer who explores and experiences the unique world of Manhattan's dating scene, chronicling the mating habits of single New Yorkers. The series also stars cast regulars Kim Cattrall as PR executive Samantha Jones, who's seen -- and done -- it all; Kristin Davis as Charlotte York, still trying to hold on to the idea of happily ever after; and Cynthia Nixon as corporate lawyer and mother Miranda Hobbes, a pragmatist trying to balance the idea of love with the realities of life. 

• The Hurricane | DVD | (05/01/2001) from £6.72   |  Saving you £9.27 (137.95%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Academy award winner Denzel Washington (Glory, Malcolm X) is Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a man whose dreams of winning the middleweight boxing title were destroyed when he was arrested along with another man for the murders of three people in a New Jersey b

• Kramer vs Kramer | DVD | (16/04/2007) from £4.90   |  Saving you £1.09 (22.24%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture, Actor, and Screenplay, Kramer vs. Kramer remains as powerfully moving today as it was when released in 1979, simply because its drama will remain relevant for couples of any generation. Adapted by director Robert Benton from the novel by Avery Corman, this is perhaps the finest, most evenly balanced film ever made about the failure of marriage and the tumultuous shift of parental roles. It begins when Joanna Kramer (Meryl Streep) bluntly informs her husband Ted (Dustin Hoffman) that she's leaving him, just as his advertising career is advancing and demanding most of his waking hours. Self-involvement is just one of the film's underlying themes, along with the search for identity that prompts Joanna to leave Ted with their first-grade son (Justin Henry), who now finds himself living with a workaholic parent he barely knows. Juggling his domestic challenge with professional deadlines, Ted is further pressured when his wife files for custody of their son. This legal battle forms the dramatic spine of the film, but its power is derived from Benton's flawlessly observant script and the superlative performances of his entire cast. Because Benton refuses to assign blame and deals fairly with both sides of a devastating dilemma, the film arrives at equal levels of pain, growth, and integrity under emotionally stressful circumstances. That gives virtually every scene the unmistakable ring of truth--a quality of dramatic honestly that makes Kramer vs. Kramer not merely a classic tearjerker, but one of the finest American dramas of its decade. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com