| "CSA - The Confederate States Of America DVD" |
| "Kevin Willmott's funny and alarming mockumentary CSA - THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA springs from an ingenious premise the South defeated the Union army and won the Civil War The film presents itself as a British television series about the history of the CSA In Willmott's faux history British and French troops joined with the Confederates to rout the Northern armies With Lincoln jailed and Jefferson Davis in the White House the CSA goes on to invade Mexico and South America sides with Hitler in World War II and builds a giant wall between itself and Canada Breaking up the 'history' lesson are commercials from the modern day CSA slick ads for the Slave Shopping Network (imagine QVC pitching 'pickaninnies') and Coon Chicken Inn (an actual 1950s restaurant) Presented by Spike Lee CSA - THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA clearly has done its historical homework Though the film will invariably be linked with such mockumentaries as WAITING FOR GUFFMAN and THIS IS SPINAL TAP Willmott's film is not character-driven (with the exception of the privileged and smug presidential candidate John Ambrose Fauntroy V played to perfection by Larry Peterson) and the jokes are much more historical and even academic in nature Willmott clearly knows the hidden truths of the real African-American experience and the movie's most startling and disturbing moments are when the 'parallel universe' seems awfully familiar One of the most unnerving scenes is an advertisement for 'Runaways' a TV show about catching runaway slaves that looks almost identical to COPS Other times the humour is so broad and audacious that the film shares similarities to the should-I-laugh-or-grimace comedy style of SOUTH PARK However unlike SOUTH PARK Willmott has a real agenda beneath the wit and the quips he launches a powerful attack on both the CSA and the USA"
Price: 9.49 |
| "Trilogy - One / Two / Three DVD 3-Disc Set" |
| "Lucas Belvaux's TRILOGY presents the same set of characters but puts them into three different genres of movie ON THE RUN is a noir-ish thriller AN AMAZING COUPLE a comedy and AFTER THE LIFE is a drama TRILOGY 1 ON THE RUNLeftist revolutionary Bruno (Lucas Belvaux) escapes from prison to the streets of Grenoble in an attempt to settle some old scores after serving fifteen years for an act of terrorism While he is doggedly pursued by Pascal (Gilbert Melki) a troubled cop Bruno finds that his old causes and methods of fighting for them are no longer valid After finding that his former lover (Catherine Frot) is married and no longer a part of their old organiSation he seeks refuge at the mountain retreat of Cecile (Ornella Muti) a close friend of Agnes (Dominique Blanc) Pascal's heroin-addicted wife ON THE RUN eschews any outright action in favour of the dramatic emotional clashing of its tormented characters Bare and raw with long silent passages and only a minimal score writerdirectorstar Belvaux gives us an antihero with few redeeming qualities and surrounds him with characters who are only slightly more virtuous As with the other two films in the Trilogy ON THE RUN succeeds on its own but its virtues and depth are revealed in the other two works TRILOGY 2 AN AMAZING COUPLEAlain (Francois Morel) is a middle-aged hypochondriac who is worried that a simple outpatient procedure recommended by his doctor will result in his death Fearing that he is dying he attempts to keep his condition a secret from his wife Cecile (Ornella Muti) who is led to believe by Alain's strange behaviour that he is having an affair In turn Cecile hires detective Pascal (Gilbert Melki) the husband of her best friend and fellow teacher Agnes (Dominique Blanc) to follow Alain in an attempt to catch him with his non-existent mistress Pascal however finds himself falling for Cecile This second film in the director's trilogy is a subtle unconventional romantic comedy in which humour arises from generally uncomfortable situations The overall lighthearted mood is an about-face from the tension and despair prevalent in the first film of the Trilogy ON THE RUN Viewing the films in order Balvaux's intentions clarify--minor characters in the first film come to the forefront here creating a rich multi-layered experience in which gaps from the previous film are skillfully filled in TRILOGY 3 AFTER THE LIFEThe final film in director Lucas Belvaux's Trilogy focuses on Grenoble cop Pascal (Gilbert Melki) Married to morphine-addicted schoolteacher Agnes (Dominique Blanc) he uses his professional connections to score pure narcotics for her His source however wants Pascal to apprehend Bruno (Belvaux) a left-wing extremist who has just broken out of prison and cuts off the drug supply until Pascal can bring the fugitive in Meanwhile Agnes' friend Cecile (Ornella Muti) asks Pascal to trail her husband whom she believes to be having an affair Tired of being his wife's enabler Pascal falls in love with Cecile In the clutches of withdrawal Agnes encounters Bruno at Cecile's vacation home and he provides her with drugs The character of Pascal comes full-circle in AFTER THE LIFE Where he was a threatening presence in ON THE RUN (the first film of the Trilogy) and a bumbling source of comic relief in AN AMAZING COUPLE (the second) here he is revealed as a complex tortured and very human protagonist In this revelation Belvaux's film cycle reveals its true purpose--showing us RASHOMON-like how an event character (or person for that matter) cannot always be understood from a single vantage point While these three films stand alone the serious film-goer can only benefit by experiencing each of them"
Price: 22.49 |
| "Helter Skelter DVD" |
| "A persistent case of hiccups causes all sorts of problems for a pretty young socialite in this classic British comedy"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Piano Portraits by Rick Wakeman CD Jan- 1 Disc Ume" |
| "Love takes on many forms in an adaptation of Charles Baxter's celebrated novel Starring Morgan Freeman and Greg Kinnear this drama shows various romances blooming--and dying--in a small town"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Diva DVD" |
| "Jean-Jacques Beineix's debut film is a stylish hilarious and audacious thriller that had many critics comparing Beineix's innovative technique to that of Orson Welles at the time of the film's release DIVA stars Frederic Andrei as Jules a young Parisian messenger who is obsessed with a beautiful American opera singer who refuses to make recording of her performances Determined to capture her voice on tape Jules manages to make an excellent recording of her which is promptly stolen from him and replaced with a tape that incriminates a French politician causing Jules to become of a pair of French hitmen Featuring a quirky sense of humor enormous visual style wonderful music and an unforgettable subway motorcycle chase scene DIVA is among the best and most influential films of the 1980s"
Price: 10.99 |
| "Carry On Screaming DVD" |
| "In CARRY ON SCREAMING the Carry On crew spoofs horror films--with hilarious results The cast includes Harry H Corbett as Detective Bung and Kenneth Williams as the mad Dr Watt"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Frankie Howerd - The Comic Icons Collection DVD" |
| "A double bill of Frankie Howerd classics - includes UP POMPEII and UP THE CHASTITY BELT"
Price: 10.99 |
| "Japanese Story DVD" |
| "This romantic drama stars Toni Collette as Sandy a high-strung Australian geologist assigned to escort Japanese businessman Hirotmitsu (Gotaro Tsunashima) on a tour through the outback Ostensibly he's there to visit the various mines his company co-owns but his real motives are mysterious and soon he is urging her to drive deep into the middle of the Pilabra Desert A mutual dislike for one another enhanced by vast cultural differences keep them at arm's length at first but when their jeep gets mired in sand in the middle of nowhere their fight for survival leads them towards a deep human connection They find themselves falling in love as they drift aimlessly amidst the desolate beauty of the area but soon comes a sudden unexpected shock Written by Alison Tilson and directed by Sue Brooks JAPANESE STORY explores the distances between cultures people and the vast emptiness of Australia's interior regions Yet even the spectacular desert scenery can't compete with Collette's complex stunner of a performance Suntanned tender gutsy and raw she plumbs frighteningly real depths of emotion and vulnerability Tsunashima is also excellent bringing simplicity and grace to an enigmatic role"
Price: 9.49 |
| "Bible Epic Movies Vol.1 DVD 6-Disc Set Box Set" |
| "Includes six lavishly filmed Bible stories from the Old Testament; SOLOMON (1997) JACOB (1995) MOSES (1995) DAVID (1997) SAMSON (1996) and ABRAHAM (1994)"
Price: 15.99 |
| "Eugenie - Marquis De Sad's Philosphy In The Boudoir DVD" |
| "One of five adaptations of the Marquis de Sade's Philosophy in the Boudoir directed by cult filmmaker Jesus Franco Maria Rohm stars as Mme de St Ange who reads the Marquis' book and fantasizes about its excessive content"
Price: 11.99 |
| "Enlightened - Series 1 - Complete DVD 2-Disc Set" |
| "Follow the life of executive and woman on the edge Amy Jellicoe (Laura Dern) in this comedy created by Laura Dern and Mike White (SCHOOL OF ROCK ZOMBIELAND) After suffering a mental breakdown due to stress and work and spending a month in a holistic treatment facility Amy returns to her old life with a new releaxed and laid back perspective on life Includes every episode of the first series"
Price: 11.49 |
| "Bible Epic Movies Vol.2 DVD 6-Disc Set Box Set" |
| "Includes six lavishly filmed Bible stories; MARY MAGDALENE (2000) JESUS (1999) SAINT PAUL (2005) JOSEPH (1995) JUDAS (2001) and THOMAS (2001)"
Price: 15.99 |
| "The First Grader DVD" |
| "An educator must stand up for the rights of an unusual student in this drama from director Justin Chadwick which is based on a true story In 2002 the government of Kenya announces that free education will be available to the nation's children for the first time and as principal Jane Obinchu (Naomie Harris) enrolls hundreds of new first grade students in her ramshackle school she's greeted by one prospective student who stands out -- N'gan'ga Maruge (Oliver Litondo) who is eighty-four years old Maruge is illiterate and wants the chance to improve himself before it's too late; Obinchu initially turns him away but Maruge isn't easily dissuaded and after he keeps returning to the school Obinchu agrees to let him enroll When word gets out that an octogenarian farmer is attending Obinchu's school as a first grader many in the community are puzzled and outraged and the news media picks up on the story turning it into a nationwide controversy But Maruge stands firm and as others learn his remarkable story -- he was a rebel soldier who fought for Kenya's freedom during the colonial era -- his need to educate himself no longer seems like the eccentric whim of an old man"
Price: 11.99 |
| "Mr. Nobody DVD" |
| "A man close to death ponders the many lives he might have led in this fantasy from director and screenwriter Jaco van Dormael 117-year-old Nemo Nobody (Jared Leto) is ill and facing his last days as he looks back on his past and a particular crucial moment -- at the age of nine Nemo's parents divorced and as his mother (Natasha Little) and father (Rhys Ifans) stood on a train platform he had to choose who he would go with and whether he would live in the United States or Great Britain Either choice would bring with it a wide variety of possibilities regarding the sort of life he would lead and Nemo imagines nearly all of them including two different wives -- sweet but emotionally blank Jeanne (Linh-Dan Pham) and lovely but troubled Elise (Sarah Polley) -- and another woman Anna (Diane Kruger) who he loves but can not marry But as Nemo considers the many different paths his life could have taken his memory begins to fail him and he finds it increasingly difficult to be certain which was his real life and which is a product of his imagination"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Engage Super League XVI - Grand Final - St Helens 16-Leeds 32 DVD 2-Disc Set" |
| "Complete coverage of the dramatic 2011 engage Super League season with match highlights exclusive interviews and commentary"
Price: 16.99 |
| "House Of Boys DVD" |
| "A young man runs away to Amsterdam and ends up living at the salacious 'House Of Boys' a barbrothel run by a strict Madame (Udo Kier) Jean-Claude Schlim's film uses the backdrop of the early days the AIDS epidemic to explore a hedonistic world of sex music and survival"
Price: 7.49 |
| "The Bill - Vol.5 DVD 2-Disc Set" |
| "THE BILL is a long running drama series about the everyday life and struggles of constables at the fictitious London East End police station of Sun Hill"
Price: 12.49 |
| "Young Montalbano - Collection 1 DVD 3-Disc Set" |
| "A prequel to the highly successful TV series INSPECTOR MONTALBANO The young Salvo Montalbano arrives to be the new police chief in the fictional Sicilian town of Vigata where he meets Carmine Fazio a veteran policeman and Giuseppe his son Soon his new deputy arrives and they achieve a wary rapprochement Included are 'Montalbano's First Case' 'New Year's Eve' 'Back To Basics' 'Mortally Wounded' 'The Third Secret' and 'Seven Mondays'"
Price: 15.49 |
| "Flame In The Streets DVD" |
| "The faces of racism at work and at home provide the focus of this drama When union members threaten to strike because their new foreman is black the union boss persuades them not to by reminding them that a man's skin colour has nothing to do with his competence and worth His words take on a new meaning when at home he and his wife learn that their daughter has fallen in love with a Jamaican"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Coco Chanel And Igor Stavinsky DVD" |
| "Igor Stravinsky (Mads Mikkelsen) was one of Europe's most promising new composers when in 1913 he premiered his ballet Le Sacre du Printemps (aka The Rite of Spring); the piece proved to be wildly controversial and the audience at the Paris debut was vocal in their disgust ruining Stravinsky's reputation for years One patron who did like the performance was Coco Chanel (Anna Mouglalis) who was already among Europe's most celebrated fashion designers Seven years later Chanel encounters Stravinsky at a party and learns that the composer is penniless and without a place to live Chanel befriends him and allows him to move into her summer home in the country along with his wife Catherine (Elena Morozova) and their four children Chanel is nursing a broken heart after the recent death of her boyfriend and what began as an act of compassion for a fellow artist turns into an affair of the heart as Chanel and Stravinsky become lovers much to the chagrin of the sickly Catherine"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Lavender Hill Mob 1951 DVD" |
| "In Ealing Studio&39;s classic crime caper THE LAVENDER HILL MOB Alec Guinness plays Mr Holland a fussy and unnecessarily overprotective bank supervisor However unbeknowst to his employers the Bank of England he is the leader of the titular crime gang So on the day that a gold bullion lorry is robbed Mr Holland is the last person to be suspected Winning an Oscar for Best Story & Screenplay THE LAVENDER HILL MOB is an Ealing delight that sees Guinness revelling in his scheming character Look out for the fleeting appearance of a young Audrey Hepburn in the opening scene"
Price: 11.99 |
| "Benny Hill Annuals 1980-1989 DVD 9-Disc Set Box Set" |
| "This collection brings together a selection of the most memorable episodes from comedy legend Benny Hill's 1980-1989 series"
Price: 45.99 |
| "The Christmas Twins DVD" |
| "Despite having lived relatively close to one another their entire lives twins Tom and Thomas (both played by Aaron Johnson) have never met though they are well aware of each other's existence Coming together as people sometimes do in dire circumstances Thomas finally runs into Tom as the latter is on the run from some malevolent child smugglers As the kidnappers mistake Thomas for Tom and attempt to smuggle him out of the country via airplane the original target must take matters into his own hands if he is ever to see his brother again and bring the family together"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Orlando DVD" |
| "Based on the novel by Virginia Woolf ORLANDO follows the witty engaging story of the incredibly long-lived aristocratic poet Orlando (Tilda Swinton) whose gender changes in the 18th Century as heshe lives through the Elizabethan era and into the Twentieth Century Praised for his and later her beauty and tortured by love and an obsession with epic poetry that began as a teenager Orlando learns about politics war sex society and birth as a man and again as a woman Director Sally Potter creates a stunning clever commentary on gender and society"
Price: 9.99 |
| "Hot Pursuit (1987) DVD" |
| "A prep-schooler&39;s dream of a wild tropical holiday with his girlfriend becomes a comic misadventure when they meet up with a roguish sailor of fortune on the island"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Fathers' Day DVD" |
| "Desperate to track down her wayward teenage son a woman contacts a pair of old flames and tells each that he's the boy's father setting in motion a forced-buddy on-the-road romp Billy Crystal and Robin Williams shared the screen for the first time in this remake of the 1984 French farce Les Comperes"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Passport To Pimlico 1949 DVD" |
| "A delightful Ealing comedy set in the war-ravaged English capital When an old document found on a bombsite reveals that the London district of Pimlico is in actual fact a part of the French duchy of Burgundy the residents declare independence from Britain They even set up customs&39; checkpoints for passengers travelling through Pimlico station on the London Underground Initially they&39;re delighted at the turn of events which means they dispense with wartime rationing and free from other British government control But when they get hit by food and water shortages of their own Britain starts looking rosier by the minute"
Price: 11.99 |
| "The Avengers - Series 4 DVD 8-Disc Set" |
| "THE AVENGERS is one of the most iconic programmes in British television history and this lavish collector's box set features all the episodes from the show's fourth series"
Price: 28.49 |
| "Prisoner Cell Block H Vol.13 DVD 8-Disc Set" |
| "This release features a collection of episodes from the seminal and original Aussie women jail drama PRISONER CELL BLOCK H Including fights parole issues and a controversial new pottery class welcome to another unforgettable volume from this much loved program Contains all episodes from volume thirteen"
Price: 29.49 |
| "Broken DVD" |
| "A young girl's innocence is eroded faster than she ever could have anticipated as she begins to recognize the horrid injustices all around her in Rufus Norris adaptation of Daniel Clay's novel of the same name 11-year-old Skunk sees the world from an interesting perspective Quick to laugh and full of life she refuses to let diabetes slow her down Then one day her neighbor Mr Oswald's daughter accuses Rick the slow-witted boy next door of rape When Mr Oswald brutally assaults Rick in broad daylight Skunk bears witness to the horrible scene In the aftermath Skunk begins to view her previously safe surroundings with great trepidation She fears living in a future where aggression and injustice runs rampant and seeks comfort in Rick's company But when even that small sense of contentment turns suddenly chaotic Skunk is faced with a decision that will determine whether she ultimately thrives or perishes Tim Roth and Cillian Murphy co-star"
Price: 8.49 |
