War

• Things Happen At Night | DVD | (01/09/2008) from £5.98   |  Saving you £9.00 (225.56%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Adapted from a classic West End farce Things Happen at Night features a classic cast of British comedy stars trying to banish a mischievous poltergeist spirit from a stately home. Wilfred Prescott (Alfred Drayton) enlists the help of an eccentric psychic researcher (Garry Marsh) to purge the spirit from his possessed daughter so that she can marry the son of wealthy businessman Vincent Ebury (Robertson Hare). When a shifty cockney insurance salesman (Gordon Harker) visits the house the spirit erupts into a frenzy of poltergeist activity leaving a trail of comic encounters in its wake.

• The Memory Keeper's Daughter | DVD | (01/12/2008) from £6.55   |  Saving you £13.44 (205.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The birth of a child should be the happiest moment in a couple's life. But when a doctor's wife has twins one of whom has Down syndrome this physician makes the difficult decision to send one of his babies away. An attending nurse discovers his plan and intervenes putting into motion events that will haunt the doc his wife and his son for the next 20 years. This Emmy-nominated movie an all-star cast including Dermot Mulroney (The Wedding Date) Gretchen Mol (3:10 to Yuma) and two-time Oscar nominee Emily Watson (Angela's Ashes). Based on The New York Times best-selling novel Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards.

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

  The Award winning musical about Bohemian life, love and AIDS in New York comes to the screen.

• Battle for Afghanistan | DVD | (07/02/2022) from £4.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  1988-1989. The end of the Soviet-Afghan war. The USSR begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan. Soviet General Vasiliev's son - a pilot named Alexander gets kidnapped by the Mujahideen after his airplane crashes. As a result the 108th motorized infantry division's long awaited return home gets put on hold for one last mission: bring the General's son back.Based on true events the previously untold story of the courageous and tragic withdrawal campaign (through the Salang pass) reveals the danger, the horror and the complexity of human nature during wartime.

• The Shawshank Redemption | UMD | (05/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

• World War II Classics 2 - We Dive At Dawn / Reach For The Sky | DVD | (12/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Two examples of British Second World War films, We Dive at Dawn (1943) and Reach for the Sky (1956), are here stylishly packaged as a World War II Classics pack. We Dive at Dawn tells of the encounter between a British submarine and a German warship in the Baltic Sea. John Mills gives a dependable performance as the submarine commander, with Eric Portman the pick of a strong supporting cast. Director Anthony Asquith finds the balance between action sequences and "in situ" dialogue, and there's an evocative score from Louis Levy. The movie was an underrated film that deserves reappraisal, whereas Reach for the Sky (1956) was a box-office hit and remains a fondly regarded classic. Kenneth More is ideally cast as Douglas Bader, the gifted pilot who loses both legs in a pre-war air crash, only to play a major role in the Battle of Britain, rise to the rank of Group Captain and become a war hero. Based on Paul Brickhill's biography, this is an "official" history maybe, but Lewis Gilbert's screenplay and direction are historically accurate and informed by that very British humour of which More was a natural. The film is graced by a decent supporting cast, and a typically "widescreen" score from John Addison. On the DVD: The black and white prints look and sound excellent. Whereas We Dive at Dawn has 4:3 video aspect ratio, 15 chapter points and no subtitles, the later Reach for the Sky has vivid 16:9 anamorphic reproduction, 20 chapter points, subtitles and detailed biographies of More, Gilbert and Barder. The original theatrical trailer is included, but it would also have made sense to include an interview or documentary footage of Bader himself. Even so, this is an excellent starting-point for investigating a key area of British cinema.--Richard Whitehouse

• Thief | DVD | (29/06/2009) from £5.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.95%)   |  RRP £15.99

  James Caan stars as Frank a professional thief specialising in high profile jewel jobs. Desperate for one last glorious high paying job so that he can settle down for good with his girlfriend Frank gets involved with vicious gangland bosses. But his final job turns into a nightmare when he finds that getting away from the mob is harder than he thought...

• Gray Lady Down | DVD | (27/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  After the sinking of the USS Neptune a nuclear submarine off the coast of Connecticut the US Navy must attempt a dangerous mission to save the lives of the crew onboard.

• Duplicity | Blu Ray | (27/07/2009) from £5.50   |  Saving you £19.49 (354.36%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Oscar winner Julia Roberts and Clive Owen reunite for "Duplicity", from writer/director Tony Gilroy (seven-time Oscar-nominated for "Michael Clayton").

• Saving Private Ryan (DTS) | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-10.00 (-50.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Since its release in 1998, Steven Spielberg's D-Day drama Saving Private Ryan has become hugely influential: everything from the opening sequence of Gladiator ("Saving Marcus Aurelius") to the marvellous 10-hour TV series Band of Brothers has been made in its shadow. There have been many previous attempts to recreate the D-Day landings on screen (notably, the epic The Longest Day), but thanks to Spielberg's freewheeling hand-held camerawork, Ryan was the first time an audience really felt like they were there, storming up Omaha Beach in the face of withering enemy fire. After the indelible opening sequence, however, the film is not without problems. The story, though based on an American Civil War incident, feels like it was concocted simply to fuel Spielberg's sentimental streak. In standard Hollywood fashion the Germans remain a faceless foe (with the exception of one charmless character who turns out to be both a coward and a turncoat); and the platoon, led by Tom Hanks, consists of far too many stereotypes: the doughty sergeant; the thick-necked private; the southern-man religious sniper; the cowardly corporal. Matt Damon seems improbably clean cut as the titular private in need of rescue (though that may well be the point); and why do they all run straight up that hill towards an enemy machine-gun post anyway? Some non-US critics have complained that Ryan portrays only the American D-Day experience, but it is an American film made and financed by Americans after all. Accepting both its relatively narrow remit and its lachrymose inclinations, Saving Private Ryan deserves its place in the pantheon of great war pictures. On the DVD: This DTS edition of Saving Private Ryan presents the movie with astonishingly vivid surround sound that is audibly superior to the standard Dolby Digital version. With a wider dynamic range and a more spacious soundfield, the battles really do spill over into your living room. There are new animated menus but because the DTS data stream requires greater space on the disc, the 30-minute behind-the-scenes documentary included on the previous release is omitted. --Mark Walker

• Justice League Dark: Apokolips War | Blu Ray | (18/05/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Justice League has always been Earth's first and last defense, but with the imminent arrival of Darkseid and the horrors of war that will follow, everything is about to change! With time running out, the Justice League will need all of its members and their powers like never before. But even the world's most powerful Super Heroes, including new member John Constantine, may not be able to make a difference against Darkseid's legions. Witness the most shocking battle in the DC Universe, where survival itself is a victory.

• Unpublished Story | DVD | (08/02/2010) from £6.40   |  Saving you £6.59 (102.97%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Richard Greene and Valerie Hobson star in this British wartime spy thriller set in London's Docklands during the Blitz of 1940. War correspondent Bob Randall (Richard Greene) returns to England from Dunkirk with a powerful story of Nazi atrocities committed during the Blitzkrieg - and a stark warning about the traitors who aided the Germans in their conquest of Europe.

• All Quiet On The Western Front | Blu Ray | (19/10/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A devastating story of war and a generation destroyed. In 1914 a group of German schoolboys idealistic and inflamed with youthful patriotism set off to fight in the glorious war. During their brutal basic training disenchantment begins. Then boarding a train for the front they see the wounded being rushed back to the hospitals and they begin to grasp the grim reality of war. Amongst them is Paul Baumer (Richard Thomas) whose preconceptions are shattered upon witnessing the horror of life at the front. This is the second film version (the first was made in 1930) of Erich Maria Remarque's classic novel.

• Windtalkers | DVD | (06/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Nicolas Cage and Christian Slater star in the new film from action supremo John Woo as two U.S. Marines in WWII assigned to protect Navajo Marines who know a secret radio code.

• Flags Of Our Fathers | Blu Ray | (09/07/2007) from £5.59   |  Saving you £14.40 (257.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Directed by Clint Eastwood, this tells the stories of the six men who raised the American flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima.

• D-Day The 6th Of June | DVD | (09/05/2005) from £6.48   |  Saving you £9.50 (272.21%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The great love story of the Great War. Hollywood once again looks back at the undeniably compelling story of D-Day this time through the device of two officers facing the coming battle one American and one British recalling their love for the same woman.

• Lore | Blu Ray | (27/05/2013) from £8.97   |  Saving you £11.02 (122.85%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Stranded with her younger siblings after their Nazi parents are imprisoned, Lore leads the remains of her family across war-torn Germany in 1945. To survive the children must reach their Grandmother's house in the North but amidst the chaos of a defeated nation, Lore meets a young Jewish refugee called Thomas. In order to survive Lore must learn to trust a person she has been taught to hate. And as the consequences of her parent's actions and beliefs apparent, Lore must also start to face the darkness within herself.

• Letters From Iwo Jima | Blu Ray | (09/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The companion film to "Flags Of Our Fathers", "Letters from Iwo Jima" tells the story of the infamous WW2 battle from the Japanese perspective.

• Dead Girl | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £5.79   |  Saving you £14.20 (245.25%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Daring, original and utterly genre-busting, "Dead Girl" is a terrifying journey to the dark heart of the American high school generation.

• Just A Gigolo (Standard Edition) | DVD | (08/11/2021) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A