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• The Sun in a Net (Slnko v sieti) | DVD | (12/08/2013) from £11.04   |  Saving you £1.95 (17.66%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Štefan Uher's exquisite groundbreaking feature is consistently ranked among the greatest films in the history of Czechoslovak cinema and is cited as the film that kick-started the whole 'Czechoslovak New Wave' movement. Bringing to the screen a number of hitherto unacceptable social and political themes The Sun in a Net is a complex interplay of sunlight and darkness sound and silence vision and blindness truth and lies. We are delighted to bring this masterpiece of East European cinema to UK audiences for the very first time. Special Features: New HD master Booklet essay by Peter Hames New filmed appreciation by filmmaker Peter Strickland

• The Seasoning House | DVD | (12/08/2013) from £8.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (100.11%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The much anticipated directorial debut from Paul Hyett, one of modern film's most respected special make-up effects designers, whose credits include The Descent, Eden Lake, The Woman in Black and many more, The Seasoning House is a taught and claustrophobic exploration of psychological terror that mixes the nerve shredding genius of Hitchcock with Polanski's visual intensity. The Seasoning House is a grim and soulless place where young girls are bought and sold for men's pleasure. Here we mee...

• Fall of the House of Usher SteelBook | Blu Ray | (26/08/2013) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (-8.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  When exploitation maestro Roger Corman decided to raise his game by hiring Vincent Price to star in an adaptation of a classic tale by Edgar Allan Poe he set in train a series of Poe adaptations that would redefine American horror cinema. When Philip Winthrop (Mark Damon) visits his fiancée Madeleine Usher (Myrna Fahey) in her crumbling family mansion her brother Roderick (Price) tries to talk him out of the wedding explaining that the Usher family is cursed and that extending its bloodline will only prolong the agony. Madeleine wants to elope with Philip but neither of them can predict what ruthless lengths Roderick will go to in order to keep them apart. Richard Matheson's intelligent literate script is enhanced by Floyd Crosby's stylish widescreen cinematography but it's Vincent Price's anguished conviction in one of his signature roles that makes the film so chillingly memorable over half a century on. Special Features: Limited Edition SteelBookTM packaging High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Audio commentary with director and producer Roger Corman Interview with director and former Corman apprentice Joe Dante Through the Pale Door: A Specially-commissioned video essay by critic and filmmaker David Cairns examining Corman’s film in relation to Poe’s story Archival interview with Vincent Price Original Trailer Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by author and critic Tim Lucas and an extract from Vincent Price’s long out of print autobiography illustrated with original archive stills and posters And more to be announced! “Moody atmospheric and effective… Price is wonderful as the spooky owner” - TVGuide

• Maison Close: Season 2 | DVD | (19/08/2013) from £20.00   |  Saving you £4.99 (24.95%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The girls of 'Le Paradis' are back and hotter than ever! The brothel, 'Le Paradis', now collectively managed by its prostitutes, enjoys a period of commercial success once again. However the Paris vice squad wants to put an end to that revived utopia and pushes for a return to public morality. Hortense, Rose and V�ra must ally themselves with a young and flamboyant Parisian gangster who takes the opportunity to establish his quarters in the brothel.

• Underbelly New Zealand - Land Of The Long Green Cloud | DVD | (26/08/2013) from £49.99   |  Saving you £-35.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The Startling True Story Of The Real Mr. Asia - Marty Johnstone And New Zealand's First-Ever Drug Cartel, The Syndicate. See how a boy from Auckland's North Shore became an international playboy with an industrial-scale global drug empire and how, due to a taste for his own product and a misplaced trust in his friends, ultimately became the architect of his own demise. 1970's New Zealand sees the country's most notorious criminals and young entrepreneurs get together to grow a small-scale ...

• Little Deaths | DVD | (12/08/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Trilogy of shocking and gruesome stories about sex and death from three of the UK's hottest horror film directors. 'House and Home' by Sean Hogan (The Devil's Business) 'Mutant Tool' by Andrew Parkinson (I Zombie) and 'Bitch' by Simon Rumley (Red White and Blue ABCs of Death) delve into the dark side of sex and its horrific consequences in this collection of exciting and highly original modern horror tales. Special Features: Making of feature Directors' commentary Trailer

• Unfaithful | Blu Ray | (26/08/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Although the premise of infidelity and its devastating consequences on all involved may not be a new one, Unfaithful still manages to emerge as a stylish, involving thriller. Based on an obscure 1970s French offering, director Adrian Lynne's version is pure Hollywood, from its casting of Richard Gere and Diane Lane in the lead roles, to its graceful visual style and even its somewhat unsatisfactory denouement. It's impossible not to watch the film without thinking of Lynne's own Fatal Attraction, although here the gender roles have been reversed to focus on the affair between bored suburban housewife Connie and exotic French book dealer Paul. The obsessive relationship between the two provides the film with its only real frisson. Gere is given very little to work with as the dull cuckolded husband Edward and delivers even less. The film moves rather slowly towards its key plot twist which never really lives up to its promise. On the DVD: Unfaithful may be lacking a little as a film, but this DVD is an impressive package. The film has a rich visual element and the digital picture quality brings out the best in Adrian Lynne's unique eye for detail. The reams of extras include commentaries from director Lynne and the cast, a well put together documentary, interviews, features, deleted scenes and a (superior) alternative ending. Lynne is always good interview value, coming across as a slightly less eccentric Ken Russell, and Lane and Olivier Martinez are both engaging and charismatic. A shame, then, that the movie itself isn't quite so impressive. --Phil Udell

• Lynyrd Skynyrd - Lyve | DVD | (03/08/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  After completing a sold-out European tour in June and on the heels of their exploding rock single ""Red White And Blue"" Lynyrd Skynyrd took the Vicious Cycle tour to the homeland to deliver the goods. Captured live in Hi-Def TV at the Amsouth Amphitheatre in Nashville Tennessee Lynyrd Skynyrd unleashed their guitar barrage on a raucous capacity crowd on July 11 2003. Tracklist: 1. That's How I Like It 2. What's Your Name 3. I Know A Little 4. Pick Em Up 5. Simple Man 6. That

• Motorhead - The Bronze Era | DVD | (19/08/2013) from £8.08   |  Saving you £-2.09 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £5.99

• Extraction (DVD) | DVD | (26/08/2013) from £3.49   |  Saving you £11.50 (329.51%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Thomas Jacobs is a brilliant engineer who invents a device that enables him to enter the mind of a patient and observe them in their memories. Having run out of funds to complete the project he reluctantly partners with the Justice Department who plans to use it to see criminals enact their crimes BUT during the first test on a convict Tom gets trapped leaving behind a pregnant wife and his unconscious baby.For four years Tom is stuck in the criminal’s mind until he discovers a glitch in the system. It soon becomes a race for survival as Tom is forced to work with the reluctant criminal to find a way out.

• Wwe: Payback 2013 | DVD | (26/08/2013) from £7.25   |  Saving you £10.74 (59.70%)   |  RRP £17.99

  WWE reinvigorates its pay-per-view line up with a fresh new concept (replacing No Way Out) that will answer the question how far will the Superstars of WWE go for payback? Fans will see all their favorite stars try to settle their long simmering grudges and set the stage for the sizzling road to SummerSlam. All major championships will be on the line including the revamped WWE Championship plus the World Heavyweight Championship and much more. From the clashes for the ultimate prize to fierce heavy-hitters with scores to settle WWE fans will want to relive the historic debut of this riveting new event.

• Rebellion | DVD | (26/08/2013) from £2.59   |  Saving you £15.40 (594.59%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Mathieu Kassovitz (La Haine) makes a powerful comeback in front of and behind the camera with this impressive thriller based on true events. It's April 1988 on the Ouvéa Island in the French colony of New Caledonia. 30 police are kidnapped by Kanak separatists and in response 300 special-forces operatives are sent in to restore order. To avoid unnecessary conflict Philippe Legorjus (Kassovitz) the captain of an elite counter-terrorism police unit is sent in to the heart of the rebel base to negotiate a peaceful solution. But against the highly pressured backdrop of presidential elections in France the stakes are high and all bets are off.

• In the Fog | Blu Ray | (26/08/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In 1942 Belarus is in the hands of Nazis and the local militia. Sushenya is taken from his house in the middle of the night by Burov and his sidekick Voitik two partisan fighters hiding out in the hills and forest. Sushenya is the only one of four captured rail workers who has been allowed to live by the occupying Germans after seemingly sabotaging the rail tracks. With the village and even his wife turned against him as a collaborator Sushenya accepts what must happen next until the Germans suddenly appear and he is - perhaps - given a second chance leaving space for doubt both on his betrayal and on the legitimacy of punishment by death. The three - and later two - men walk in the wood exhausted fleeing death from the Nazis while discussing and living the moral dilemmas of treason heroism guilt and revenge. Shot in sumptuous long takes and vibrant colour In the Fog ultimately questions the corruption of man's very humanity in the context of war. Special Features: Letter Trailer

• Passion | DVD | (12/08/2013) from £10.35   |  Saving you £7.64 (73.82%)   |  RRP £17.99

  From the award-winning director of Scarface and Mission: Impossible comes a deadly tale of passion, betrayal and revenge, starring Noomi Rapace (Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) and Rachel McAdams (Sherlock Holmes, The Notebook). Christine (McAdams) is hungry for a promotion to the company s New York headquarters and will do whatever it takes to get there, even if it means stabbing her colleague, Isabel (Rapace) in the back. In retaliation, Isabel begins a passionate affair with her boss s husban...

• Aftershock | Blu Ray | (19/08/2013) from £8.65   |  Saving you £12.60 (170.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Co-written produced and starring Eli Roth (Hostel Cabin Fever) Aftershock is an unsparing horror of epic proportions that takes the disaster movie genre to a terrifying new level. Relentlessly gruesome and intensely unsettling this is a dark and thrilling journey that you will never forget. Gringo Ariel and Pollo are travelling through Chile in search of adventure women and as much fun as they can possibly handle. Their destination is a remote and idyllic coastal town that feels just like paradise. But their nights of hedonistic abandon comes to a nightmarish end when an earthquake strikes. Rising out of the ruins of devastation deadly criminals take to the streets and as the three friends struggle for survival society collapses around them and the body count keeps growing.

• King Of Hollywood - Inventing David Geffen | DVD | (12/08/2013) from £14.13   |  Saving you £0.86 (5.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The man behind Hollywood's biggest names. Notoriously press and camera-shy David Geffen reveals himself for the first time in this unflinching portrait of a complex and compelling man. His far-reaching influence - as agent and manager record industry mogul Hollywood and Broadway producer and billionaire philanthropist - has helped shape American popular culture for the past four decades. In his singular rise from working-class Brooklyn boy to billionaire entertainment mogul he launched the early successes of Joni Mitchell Crosby Stills and Nash Jackson Browne Tom Cruise and Guns N' Roses. He founded Geffen Records and signed world-class artists John Lennon Elton John Cher Nirvana and Aerosmith. He co-founded DreamWorks the first new Hollywood studio in more than 50 years. He produced Cats and Dreamgirls. He is one of the largest contributors to the fight against AIDS; and has also become an important political voice in the US. American Masters explores the highs and the lows in Geffen's professional and personal life through more than 50 new interviews with Yoko Ono Cher Frank Rich Maureen Dowd Steven Spielberg Barry Diller David Crosby Neil Young Tom Hanks Elton John Rahm Emanuel and David himself providing an insight into his rich and riveting story.

• Time Bandits DVD | DVD | (26/08/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The film that established Terry Gilliam as more than just Monty Python’s resident animator this delightfully inventive children’s fantasy is about young Kevin (Craig Warnock) who finds himself travelling through holes in the space-time continuum in the company of half a dozen fractious dwarfs. Along the way he encounters Agamemnon (Sean Connery) Robin Hood (John Cleese) Napoleon (Ian Holm) and winds up as a passenger on the Titanic although not necessarily in that order. But is this just random entertainment laid on for history fan Kevin’s benefit or part of a wider struggle between the forces of good (Ralph Richardson) and evil (David Warner)? At the time this was a rare example of a small-budget British film successfully taking on American blockbusters. Now it's a much-loved fantasy classic bursting with inspired images and ideas: Gilliam and co-writer Michael Palin (who also appears) are clearly enjoying themselves as much as their audience. Special Features: Brand new 2k-resolution restoration of the film from the original camera negative approved by director and co-writer Terry Gilliam Original Stereo 2.0 and 5.1 Dolby Surround options Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Chasing Time Bandits: A new interview with Terry Gilliam Writing the Film that Dares Not Speak its Name: A new interview in which Michael Palin discusses co-writing and acting in Time Bandits The Effects of Time Bandits: A new interview in which Kent Houston founder of the Peerless Camera Company discusses Time Bandits’ optical effects Playing Evil: A new featurette in which actor David Warner remembers producer George Harrison and playing Evil in Time Bandits The Costumes of Time Bandits: A mew interview with costume designer James Acheson The Look of Time Bandits: A new interview with production designer Milly Burns From Script to Screen – A new animated featurette in which Milly Burns takes us through her production notebooks locations photographs and storyboards revealing how twentieth century Morocco was transformed into Ancient Greece Original Trailer Restoration Demonstration Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic James Oliver “An extraordinarily inventive fantasy” - Time Out

• Bakemonogatari: Part 1 | Blu Ray | (26/08/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  It happened with a slip. Koyomi Araragi thought he was done with the supernatural after his recent brush with vampires but that belief is short lived when Senjyogahara the aloof girl in school is as light as a feather. The cause? A crab God with a penchant for the vulnerable. But that's just the tip of the iceberg as she's not the only individual suffering from the effects of their brush with the paranormal. A lost snail who can't find their way home no matter how hard they try and a mysterious deadly arm that can only bring misery despite how hard one wishes. The forever 'Mr. Nice Guy' Koyomi can't help but embroil himself into their lives to fix their problems with the aid of Meme Oshino an expert on these matters. Special Features: Character Audio Commentary Clean Opening and Closing Animation TV Version Previews and Promotional Video

• The Initiation | DVD | (05/08/2013) from £6.73   |  Saving you £6.26 (93.02%)   |  RRP £12.99

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• Fifty Shades of Brass | DVD | (27/08/2013) from £28.26   |  Saving you £-1.51 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Salon Kitty: Based on a true story, this shockingly controversial film is an unflinching portrayal of the criminal depravity of the Nazi party and the ruthless use of sex to destroy opponents and control the Third Reich. Stunning set designs from Oscar-winner Ken Adams (designer of most James Bond films and Kubrick's BARRY LYDON). Miranda: Showcasing Brass' luscious photography and carefully choreographed set-pieces and showing off the spectacular, titanical...