War

• Subway | Blu Ray | (14/09/2009) from £6.99   |  Saving you £18.00 (257.51%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Besson's second feature after Le Dernier Combat Subway is a stylish urban odyssey which helped to consolidate Besson's growing reputation for unique visually creative output. Fred (Christopher Lambert) a charismatic safe blower realises he is in love with rich society girl H''l''na (Isabelle Adjani) when he is in the midst of trying to blackmail her. To complicate matters he is also on the run from both gangsters and the police and is forced to take refuge in the tunnels of the Paris metro. Here in the brutal and surreal world beneath the city a strange collection of petty criminals and people with a reason to hide exist. Gradually Fred's life begins to interweave with theirs as rediscovering forgotten dreams he decides to form a band. However Fred cannot forget H''l''na and he becomes determined both to win her love and drive his band to success - with the police and gangsters all the while in hot pursuit.

• The Big Red One - The Reconstruction | DVD | (02/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  This version of 'The Big Red One' contains 40 minutes of extra footage that was removed prior to the original release. Lee Marvin stars in this episodic retelling of the exploits of the American First Infantry Division during World War II focusing on the squad's sergeant and four of the teenage soldiers. They struggle to survive campaigns from North Africa in November 1942 to Czechoslovakia in May 1945: along the way they participate in the invasion of Sicily the D-Day invasion

• Cass | DVD | (29/12/2008) from £4.49   |  Saving you £13.50 (75.00%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The incredible true story of how an orphaned Jamaican baby, adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London, became one of the most feared and respected men in Britain.

• The Colditz Story | DVD | (29/01/2007) from £9.78   |  Saving you £4.97 (61.97%)   |  RRP £12.99

  One German maximum security prison was more famous than any other during World War II - Colditz castle. Although Colditz was considered 'escape proof' its boundaries were challenged many times by Allied prisoners of war with fatal results. On 15 October 1942 a group of British servicemen made the most historic and perhaps the most courageous attempt of all...

• Inglourious Basterds Limited Edition 4K UHD | Blu Ray | (13/01/2025) from £29.65   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  ONCE UPON A TIME IN NAZI OCCUPIED FRANCE One of the most celebrated filmmakers of our time harnesses the power of cinema itself to rewrite history in this electrifying WWII thriller. Narrowly escaping the massacre of her entire family by the SS, Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) flees to Paris and forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema. Meanwhile, a guerilla band of Jewish-American soldiers known as The Basterds led by Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt), are waging a bloody war of attrition behind enemy lines but Europe remains beneath Nazi bootheels. Believing themselves unstoppable, the leaders of the Third Reich assemble in Paris for the premiere of propaganda epic Nation's Pride. The location? Shosanna's cinema. With all the rotten eggs in one basket, The Basterds join forces with British Commando Lt. Archie Hicox (Michael Fassbender) and German film star/undercover allied agent Bridget Von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) to infiltrate the premiere. Their plan? Blow up the basket Brim-filled with shocking violence, thrilling action and excruciating suspense, Inglourious Basterds was a box office smash around the world garnering eight Academy Award™ (2009) nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay, with Christoph Waltz winning Best Supporting Actor for his star-making turn as the chilling SS Col. Hans Landa. Witness the war as it might have been in stunning 4K Ultra HD, packed with explosive extras! 2 DISC 4K ULTRA HD LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS ¢ Limited edition ˜Operation Kino' packaging with new art by Dare Creative ¢ 60-page ˜Films & Filmmakers' collector's book with writing by film critics Dennis Cozzalio and Bill Ryan ¢ Double-sided fold-out poster ¢ Replica Nation's Pride Premiere programme booklet ¢ La Louisianne beermat ¢ 3 postcard sized double-sided art cards ¢ Strudel recipe card ¢ Reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned artwork by Dare Creative DISC 1 FEATURE (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY) ¢ 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray™ presentation in High Dynamic Range ¢ Original lossless DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio ¢ Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing ¢ Brand new audio commentary by film critic and author Tim Lucas DISC 2 EXTRAS (BLU-RAY) ¢ What Would Sally Do?, a new interview with editor Fred Raskin ¢ Blood Fiction, a new interview with special make-up effects supervisor Greg Nicotero ¢ Doomstruck, a new interview with actor Omar Doom ¢ Making it Right, a new visual essay by film critic Walter Chaw, author of A Walter Hill Film ¢ Film History on Fire, a new visual essay by film scholar Pamela Hutchinson, author of BFI Film Classics Pandora's Box ¢ Filmmaking in Occupied France, a new interview with film scholar Christine Leteux, author of Continental Films: French Cinema Under German Control ¢ Extended and alternate scenes ¢ Nation's Pride ¢ The Making of Nation's Pride, an archival featurette ¢ Roundtable Discussion, an archival interview with Quentin Tarantino, Brad Pitt and Elvis Mitchell ¢ The Original Inglorious Bastards, archival featurette ¢ A Conversation with Rod Taylor, archival featurette ¢ Rod Taylor on Victoria Bitter, archival featurette ¢ Quentin Tarantino's Camera Angel, archival featurette ¢ Hi Sallys, archival featurette ¢ Film Poster Gallery Tour with Elvis Mitchell, archival featurette ¢ Trailers

• Room At The Top | DVD | (26/01/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Laurence Harvey is the 'angry young man' who sacrifices his true love for the steamy Simone Signoret and marries the daughter of the factory boss just so he can get ahead. Signoret was imported from France to add the sex appeal and won herself an Academy Award for Best Actress for her efforts. Harvey was also nominated for his performance as the ruthlessly ambitious Joe Lampton his most famous role but lost out to Charlton Heston's Ben Hur. Neil Paterson also received an Oscar for Best Screenplay. A powerful adaption of the novel by John Braine with skillful direction from newcomer Jack Clayton.

• Tora! Tora! Tora! | Blu Ray | (07/06/2010) from £24.99   |  Saving you £-5.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Here is just one of the many mishaps chronicled in Tora! Tora! Tora!: "Sir, there's a large formation of planes coming in from the north, 140 miles, 3 degrees east." "Yeah? Don't worry about it." The epic film shows the bombing of Pearl Harbour from both sides in the historic first American-Japanese coproduction: American director Richard Fleischer oversaw the complicated production (the Japanese sequences were directed by Toshio Masuda and Kinji Fukasaku, after Akira Kurosawa withdrew from the film), wrestling a sprawling story with dozens of characters into a manageable, fairly easy-to-follow film. The first half maps out the collapse of diplomacy between the nations and the military blunders that left naval and air forces sitting ducks for the impending attack, while the second half is an amazing re-creation of the devastating battle. While Tora! Tora! Tora! lacks the strong central characters that anchor the best war films, the real star of the film is the climactic 30-minute battle, a massive feat of cinematic engineering that expertly conveys the surprise, the chaos and the immense destruction of the only attack by a foreign power on American soil since the Revolutionary war. The special effects won a well-deserved Oscar, but the film was shut out of every other category by, ironically, the other epic war picture of the year, Patton. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• Anzio | DVD | (13/09/2004) from £4.29   |  Saving you £1.70 (39.63%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Available for the first time on DVD! Robert Mitchum Peter Falk and Arthur Kennedy star in the rivetting war drama Anzio a vivid portrait of one of the bloodiest WWII battles ever fought. After landing with Allied troops at Anzio Italy in 1944 war correspondent Dick Ennis (Mitchum) and buddy Corporal Rabinoff (Falk) tell Anzio commander General Lesley (Kennedy) that the road to Rome is wide open. But instead of heading to Rome Lesley attempts to build a coastal stronghold only

• The General's Daughter | Blu Ray | (28/06/2021) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  There's the right way, the wrong way and the Army way. But there's no way military investigator Paul Brenner (John Travolta) is going to participate in a cover-up when Fort MacCallum officials try to hide the motive behind the murder of a beautiful female officer. Travolta's magnetic performance sparks this riveting thriller featuring an all-star cast led by Madeleine Stowe as Brenner's co-investigator and former flame, with James Cromwell, Timothy Hutton, Clarence Williams III and James Woods among the suspects in this steamy game of cat and mouse that will keep you guessing until the surprising, explosive ending. Sandie Newton, CBS-TV Special Features: Commentary By Director Simon West The General's Daughter Behind the Secrets Theatrical Trailer Teaser Trailer 4 Deleted Scenes Including Alternative Ending

• Das Boot - TV-Serie (Das Original) | Unknown | (02/11/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• A L'Aventure | DVD | (22/06/2009) from £7.89   |  Saving you £8.10 (102.66%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The third installment of Jean-Claude Brisseau's loose trilogy after 'Secret Things' ('Choses Secret''s')' and 'The Exterminating Angels'. 'A L'Aventure' once more explores the question of sex desire and lust. Sandrine is sexually unsatisfied by her boyfriend. Through Greg a young psychologist she will meet Sophie who intrigues Sandrine with accounts of her sexual experimentation. Perplexed Sandrine will follow her onto dangerous paths of hypnosis where she will witness orgasmic ecstasy.

• The Train | Blu Ray | (26/09/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Almost Famous | Blu Ray | (11/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Inspired by director Cameron Crowe's own experiences and set in the 1970s, the film follows a fifteen year old wannabe journalist who gets the opportunity to interview and go on the road with a hard living rock band.

• The Evacuees - Children Of War | DVD | (25/10/2010) from £5.30   |  Saving you £4.69 (88.49%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In the late 1930s the tension between countries in Europe grew daily as German leader Adolf Hitler steadily strengthened his country's military forces. His aim was to enlarge German territory to give his people 'lebensraum' or living space. His actions set in motion a chain of events that would lead inexorably to war and affect the lives of everyone in Europe and many beyond. This film is about a group of people often overlooked whose lives were changed enormously by the events that were to follow. A group of vulnerable people who had no part to play in the ensuing conflict but many of whom still suffer the effects of what happened to them during World War Two. These are the children who were moved from the cities of Britain to the countryside for their own safety. These are the children who were labelled evacuees.

• Dauntless: The Battle of Midway | DVD | (21/10/2019) from £2.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  June 1942, and the Japanese Navy has swept across the Pacific. In an effort to change the course of the war, a United States carrier group is positioned off the coast of Midway, tasked with springing a trap on the enemy. During this pivotal battle, the two-man crew of a U.S. Navy dive bomber is forced to ditch in the sea. Set adrift, the men look towards their comrades for rescue; namely, the ragtag crew of a PBY Catalina, who are sent to search for survivors. Amid the vast openness of the Pacific, with days passing and the chance of rescue fading, the men are forced to face their own mortality.

• Killer Of Sheep | DVD | (20/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A masterpiece of African American filmmaking and one of the finest debuts in cinema history Killer Of Sheep was chosen for the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress and named one of the 100 Essential Films by the National Society of Film Critics. In the Los Angeles community of Watts Stan a sensitive dreamer is growing detached and numb from the toll of working at a slaughterhouse. Frustrated by money problems he finds respite in moments of simple beauty: the warmth of a teacup against his cheek slow dancing with his wife holding his daughter. Combining lyrical moments with neorealist style Burnett unfolds his story with compassion and humor.

• The Pathe Collection -The Battle Of Ypres | DVD | (08/11/2010) from £5.85   |  Saving you £14.14 (241.71%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Released in its entirety for the first time ever The Battle Of Ypres is the original 1925 British Instructional Films documentary re-enacting key scenes from the notorious Battle Of Ypres in the actual battle trenches. The lengthy campaign was largely a murderous stalemate that perfectly demonstrated the horror and futility of war. A massive 1.7 million soldiers died in the attempt to capture the Belgian town and its environs over the length of a four year campaign. The first second third and fourth battles of Ypres are all covered as are the key positions of Mesen Hill 60 and the Passchendaele Ridge - the scene of prolonged and terrible carnage over a mere 900 metres of land. A follow-up to the best-selling DVD The Battle Of The Somme (1916) as a representation of war The Battle Of Ypres was not without its controversy; it arguably distorted the grimmer realities of conflict - the trenchfoot the maiming and death - into a noble recount of the superiority of the Allies. But even in this light The Battle Of Ypres gives us a unique historical reading of one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the First World War. The original silent documentary has had an all new soundtrack created from digitally enhanced recordings of the period as well as the addition of evocative sound effects.

• Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium | Blu Ray | (08/12/2008) from £6.50   |  Saving you £4.49 (69.08%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Dustin Hoffman and Natalie Portman star in this story about the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world.

• All Quiet On The Western Front | DVD | (11/06/2007) from £5.48   |  Saving you £4.51 (82.30%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Taken from the novel by Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front is a devastating portrait of a small group of German soldiers during World War I. In this 1979 made-for-TV version the star-studded cast is lead by Richard Thomas (The Waltons) as Paul Baumer, strongly supported by screen veterans Ernest Borgnine, Ian Holm and Patricia Neal. As both narrator and star, Thomas occasionally seems to reincarnate his familiar John-Boy persona, but does at least succeed in creating a character that has more levels than his television alter ego. After watching all of his high school buddies loose their lives, Paul returns home a changed man, conflicted in his feelings about the Army and war, and altered from an idealistic schoolboy into a fearful and humble veteran. Although Lewis Milestone's 1930 films remains the cinema's definitive version, director Delbert Mann (Desire Under the Elms, Marty) has done a workmanlike job bringing the novel to the screen. The scenery and costuming in this period piece are well done, and surely contributed to its winning the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Made for TV. Also exceptional are the cinematography and special effects that, while realistically gruesome, truly emphasise the horrors of war. --Zachary Lively, Amazon.com

• Behind Enemy Lines | Blu Ray | (12/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.98

  A drama about a pilot and a naval flight officer (Owen Wilson and Gabriel Macht) shot down behind enemy lines in Bosnia, and the clandestine mission their commanding officer (Gene Hackman) sets up to rescue them.