| "Coldplay - Kaleidoscope (CD, Aug-2017, 1 Disc, Parlophone)" |
| "This acclaimed film paints a wrenching portrait of the life of Australian piano virtuoso David Helfgott and his struggles with his war-traumatized demanding father; mental illness and asylum incarceration; and his obsession with the virtually unplayable Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No 3 (Rach 3) Academy Award Nominations 7 including Best Picture Best Director Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor--Armin Mueller-Stahl Academy Awards Best Actor--Geoffrey Rush"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Homeland: Season 6 (2017) DVD" |
| "This boxed set includes all 12 episodes of the American spypolitical thriller Homeland Claire Danes returns as Carrie Mathison in a season that picks up 6 months after the events of Season 5 Carrie is back in New York raising her young daughter while the aftermath of a tense presidential election unfolds around her Rupert Friend Elizabeth Marvel Mandy Patinkin and F Murray Abraham co-star"
Price: 13.49 |
| "Renaissance DVD" |
| "Set in mid 21st century Paris RENAISSANCE sees the brilliant young researcher Ilona Tassueiv kidnapped Her employers at the gargantuan multinational company Avalon call for hostage retrieval specialist Officer Bartholomew Karas to take charge of the case Karas digs deep into the Parisian underbelly to find information about the kidnapping However things are not as they seem and Karas is forced to question the motives of everyone The animated film noir has a distinctive and highly impressive visual style The live action footage has been digitally rendered leading to an exceptional level of realism With a similar look to SIN CITY RENAISSANCE succeeds in making the Paris of 2054 look a dark and menacing place--perfectly suiting the film noir style of the production--and creating an animated film that looks a lot like a live action film"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Ask The Dust DVD" |
| "Arturo Bandini (Colin Farrell MIAMI VICE) is a down-and-out writer in 1930s Los Angeles who dreams of making it big He begins a relationship with Camilla Lopez (Salma Hayek TIMECODE) a waitress who also wants to rise above her station Of Italian origin Arturo decides to move to Los Angeles to write his first novel and to escape his roots With little money he moves into a shabby guest house populated by a number of eccentric characters and develops writer's block Arturo meets fiery Mexican waitress Camilla in a cafe and the two soon trade insults An intense courtship develops despite Arturo wanting a relationship with a blue eyed blonde woman and Camilla wanting a relationship with a rich white American man Arturo and Camilla seek to overcome the shame they feel over their ethnicity and forge a strong relationship Written for the screen and directed by Robert Towne--the Oscar winning writer of CHINATOWN--ASK THE DUST is a sumptuous period piece that shows Depression-era Los Angeles as a grand and lonely place The tale of passion and prejudice greatly benefits from the sizzling chemistry between Farrell and Hayek and ASK THE DUST is a stunningly shot film"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Festival DVD" |
| "The behind the scenes trials and tribulations for all those taking part in the Edinburgh Festival"
Price: 8.99 |
| "The Last Mitterrand DVD" |
| "A story based on the private life of President Francois Mitterrand As a journalist tries to interview Francois the elderly man's memories become one"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Look At Me DVD" |
| "Etienne is a famous novelist whose success and subsequent egotism makes him blind to his daughter's needs Lolita an aspiring soprano will do anything to gain her father's attention"
Price: 8.99 |
| "5 X 2 DVD" |
| "The failing marriage of a young couple is placed under the microscope Following the couple's decision to file for divorce five flashbacks profile varying periods of their relationship"
Price: 8.99 |
| "The Edukators DVD" |
| "Jan Peter and Jule are three leftist political activists who break into the homes of the rich leaving a calling card from the 'Edukator' When Jule leaves her mobile phone in a home that the trio have recently broken into they return only to find the owner waiting for them"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Ratcatcher DVD" |
| "Lynne Ramsey's bleak beautifully photographed debut unflinchingly portrays life in a Glasgow housing project during the 1973 garbageworkers strike as seen through the eyes of 12-year-old James Gillespie (William Eadie in a soulful debut) As the film opens James is playing with a friend near a filthy canal behind the projects when his friend tragically falls into the water and drowns James chooses not to tell anyone that he saw the boy die knowing that he will be implicated This secret along with his increasing lack of communication with his drunken football-loving father causes James to become increasingly withdrawn fantasizing about his family moving to a newly constructed apartment complex at the city limits on the edge of a beautiful golden field of grain As the garbage piles up and rats take up residency around the complex as if they were new tenants James finds temporary solace in his friendships with Kenny an odd boy who loves animals and Margaret Anne a teenage misfit who lets the local boys use her body as they wish While undeniably grim RATCATCHER manages to combine unusually rich imagery and spare use of dialogue to create a realistic portrait of a simultaneously beautiful and cruel world Punctuated with unexpected humor Ramsey's film is subtle and rewarding"
Price: 8.99 |
| "American Horror Story - Series 2 - Complete DVD" |
| "The horror unfolds within the confines of an eerie insane asylum in the second series of this acclaimed thriller Set in 1964 (with jumps to present day) the Asylum season digs into the dark pasts of the hospital's patients doctors and administrators Jessica Lange returns to the series as Sister Jude a troubled nun who quickly finds herself at odds with the twisted Arthur Arden (James Cromwell) a doctor with a penchant for experimental procedures Zachary Quinto is also back as Dr Oliver Thredson a psychiatrist while Sarah Paulson plays journalist Lana Winters in her return Other familiar faces include Evan Peters and Lily Rabe while newcomers Lizzie Brochere Chloe Sevigny and Joseph Fiennes provide welcome additions to the talented cast"
Price: 13.49 |
| "Miral DVD" |
| "Directed by acclaimed artist-turned-filmmaker Julian Schnabel (THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY) and filmed on location in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv MIRAL is the heartbreaking tale of an orphaned Palestinian girl who finds herself thrown into the devastating conflict that rages between her people and the Israeli army"
Price: 8.99 |
| "The L Word - Series 3 - Complete DVD 4-Disc Set" |
| "A television series which centres on the lives and loves of a group of women living and working in Los Angeles"
Price: 13.49 |
| "Kiss Me Stupid DVD" |
| "In Wilder's smutty low comedy Dean Martin has little trouble easing into the role of Dino a womanizing pop singer with a yen for the grape En route to Hollywood after a Las Vegas gig he stops in a small Nevada town where his arrival is considered a piece of extraordinary fortune by amateur songwriters music teacher Orville J Spooner (Ray Walston) and mechanic Barney Milsap (Cliff Osmond) To guarantee Dino's presence and a hearing for their songs Barney makes a few alterations in his car while Orville offers his house for the night But when he learns of the singer's overwhelming need for sex Orville gets his attractive wife Zelda (Felicia Farr) out of the house and persuades local hooker and waitress Polly the Pistol (Kim Novak) to take her place in case the singer needs special attention Even so when Dino makes the predicted moves on Polly the music teacher is still overwhelmed by jealousy and throws the bewildered singer out of the house Dino seeks refuge in a nearby bar only to find Zelda drowning her sorrows"
Price: 8.99 |
| "The Duchess / The Queen DVD 2-Disc Set" |
| "THE DUCHESS; After PRIDE AND PREJUDICE and ATONEMENT Keira Knightley continues her reign as the queen of the period film with this 18th-century costume drama The corset-clad actress stars as Georgiana Spenser the Duchess of Devonshire With her marriage to the duke (Ralph Fiennes) Georgiana achieves an impressive level of fame as Britons follow both her clothing style and her political advice But even celebrity and wealth can't act as a salve in her marriage to the boring boorish duke When he begins to flaunt his affairs Georgiana is tempted to return to a teenage crush Charles Grey (Dominic Cooper of THE HISTORY BOYS) to the anger of her husband and her mother (Charlotte Rampling SWIMMING POOL) THE QUEEN; There was an unprecedented outpouring of grief by the British public following the death of Princess Diana in 1997 After an austere response by the Royal Family to Dianas death Queen Elizabeth II attempts to reconnect with the nation THE QUEEN takes a look at an eventful period of British history In 1997 the British monarchy was reeling from scandal and divorce Prince Charles and Princess Diana had recently separated In addition Labour swept to power after 18 years of Tory rule led by the charismatic Tony Blair When Diana--known affectionately by the tabloids and the public as the Peoples Princess--dies in a Paris tunnel while being chased by paparazzi a shocked nation displays an unprecedented outpouring of grief and turns to its monarch for support Instead Queen Elizabeth II decides to stay in Balmoral Castle in order to protect her grandsons William and Harry from the display of grief Unwilling to share the Windsors feelings about the death with the nation the monarchy slides into increasing unpopularity Following Labours overwhelming victory at the polls newly elected Prime Minister Tony Blair attempts to get the Queen to take the necessary measures to win back the monarchys popularity Helen Mirren (CALENDER GIRLS ELIZABETH 1) gives an astonishing performance as the monarch She injects a sense of vulnerability and complexity to a person who is very private about her personal life Michael Sheen (BLOOD DIAMOND) also produces an excellent display as Tony Blair having to use all the diplomacy he can muster Stephen Frears (HIGH FIDELITY DIRTY PRETTY THINGS) film is a superb reconstruction of what may have happened behind the scenes during a traumatic period"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Suzie Gold DVD" |
| "The old-fashioned tale of the younger generation trying to rebel against their culture and fall in love with an outsider When Jewish Suzie's sister (Ariana Fraval) is set to marry a nice Jewish boy everyone's very happy But Suzie (Summer Phoenix) has met Darren (Leo Gregory) who's not Jewish and they begin a secret romance but he's not happy that her family would disapprove and gives her an ultimatum Alternatively Anthony (Iddo Goldberg) who is ideal Jewish husband material persists in asking her out Dilemma dilemma This comedy is directed and co-written by DA ALI G SHOW's Richard Cantor and features a cameo role from S CLUB 7's Rachel Stevens"
Price: 8.99 |
| "The King Of Comedy 2014 DVD" |
| "Martin Scorsese&39;s THE KING OF COMEDY is a brutally funny depiction of the dangers of celebrity fandom Robert De Niro plays the ridiculously inept Rupert Pupkin an aspiring comic who idolises talk-show host Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis) Still living at home with his mother Rupert spends his days trying to arrange a meeting with his hero When he isn&39;t doing that he&39;s at home talking to cardboard cutouts in his makeshift television studio After Rupert convinces Rita (Diahnne Abbot) a pretty bartender that Langford has invited them to his house outside the city the reality of the situation makes itself painfully apparent upon arriving at the star&39;s front door Trouble is Rupert&39;s too delusional to take the hint He eventually hatches a plan with an equally obsessed fan Masha (a scene-stealing Sandra Bernhard) to kidnap Langford in exchange for a chance to let him deliver his routine on the air De Niro and Lewis deliver scorching performances that are at once tragic and hysterical making for an unsettling yet highly stimulating viewing experience Paul D Zimmerman&39;s script takes the time to truly crawl inside the mind of a lunatic exposing celebrity worship as the ludicrous problem that it is THE KING OF COMEDY stands firmly as one of Scorsese&39;s most terrifying films"
Price: 10.99 |
| "Transamerica DVD" |
| "Felicity Huffman leaves the glamour of DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES behind and makes a surprising diversion with this offbeat film Playing an uptight male-to-female transsexual named Sabrina Bree Osbourne (nee Stanley) Huffman gives a remarkable performance Readying herself for the final snip that will make her womanly transformation complete Bree's life takes a sudden turn when she receives a phone call from New York Her son Toby (Kevin Zegers) has been jailed and Bree needs to post bail for him The only problem is Bree didn't know she had a son but her therapist refuses to give her written permission to have the final part of her sex-change operation if she doesn't go so Bree heads east from her California home Thinking Bree is a Christian missionary gay hustler Toby informs her of his intention to becom a porn star on the west coast which brings out plenty of motherly instincts in the worried cross-gender father So the two take a road trip back west with Bree flailing in her attempts to tell Toby the truths about who she is and what she once was Writerdirector Duncan Tucker gets the balance between comedy and drama just right as he gently squeezes Bree's various revelations to Toby onto the screen But it's Huffman who really shines with her vocal inflections makeup and acting skills perfectly combining to give a convincing performance as the ultra-conservative Bree Tucker doesn't focus too much on Bree's gender-hopping instead crafting an emotional portrait of a highly dysfunctional family while constantly dragging his audience back from the brink by weaving a killer laugh-out-loud line into the plot A fine supporting cast in particular Fionnula Flanagan (THE OTHERS) as Bree's hilariously overbearing mother helps to deflect from the film's low-budget origins with pithy dialogue and energetic performances combining to make TRANSAMERICA a wonderfully satisfying treat"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Youth Without Youth DVD" |
| "Francis Ford Coppola's ambitious parable YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH is set in Romania on the eve of World War II The tale begins when 70-year-old linguistics professor Dominic Matei (Tim Roth) is struck by lightning miraculously restoring him to the flower of youth Swaddled in bandages blind and mute Dominic astounds his doctor (Bruno Ganz) with his swift recovery--new teeth smooth skin and a shining mane of hair--and even the young nurses start to take an interest in the dashing vigorous septuagenarian But things turn perilous when the Third Reich learns of Dominic's rejuvenation and wants to harness his new superhuman abilities On the run in war-torn Europe Dominic uses his powers to keep one step ahead of the Nazis and finish his life's work an expansive study on language and human consciousness The unpredictable plot thickens when Dominic falls for Veronica (Alexandra Maria Lara) a beautiful young woman who reminds him of a lost love and what's more has also had a fateful encounter with lightning--leaving her possessed by the spirits of her past lives As she journeys from Switzerland to Malta to India Veronica's unusual predicament may hold the key to completing Dominic's encyclopaedic masterwork but perhaps at the cost of their new life together Closer to baroque and risk-taking pictures like ONE FROM THE HEART than THE GODFATHER Coppola's sprawling exploration of love memory and lost time brims with rich symbolism and inventive visuals Based on the novella by Mircea Eliade the philosophic film evokes the poetic enigmas and freewheeling narrative of a literary novel As audacious as it is thought-provoking YOUNG WITHOUT YOUTH is a compelling return from a cinematic master"
Price: 8.99 |
| "The Aristocrats DVD" |
| "One hundred comedians tell the same dirty joke"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Revenge Of The Pink Panther DVD" |
| "An assassination attempt on Clouseau's life gets the wrong man He uses a variety of disguises to track down the criminals"
Price: 8.99 |
| "The Goods - Live Hard Sell Hard DVD" |
| "A smooth-talking jack-of-all-trades attempts to save a struggling car dealership from certain bankruptcy in this comedy starring Jeremy Piven directed by CHAPELLE SHOW'S creator Neal Brennan Don Ready (Piven) takes sales seriously; he's always up for a challenge and he parties as hard as he works Approached to help an ailing car dealership from falling into the red Ready recruits a crew of his best men and descends upon the quiet town of Temecula determined to succeed Before long the dealership is flourishing and Ready's crew are kings of the roost but what happens when the man who made his mint by hustling cars meets the one woman who isn't charmed by his formidable skills as a salesman Realizing this may be his one shot at true love Ready starts working overtime to convince the woman of his dreams that he's the best bargain on the lot Has the hustler finally found his soul or is he so locked into his anything-goes lifestyle that there's no looking back? Ving Rhames Ed Helms James Brolin and David Koechner co-star"
Price: 8.99 |
| "The Magnificent Seven/ The Big Country/ The Long Riders DVD 3-Disc Set" |
| "Features the Western classics THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN THE BIG COUNTRY and THE LONG RIDERS THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN John Sturges's remake of Akira Kurosawa's classic THE SEVEN SAMURAI has become an influential film in its own right A small farming Mexican village that makes involuntary donations of its harvest to a gang of bandits led by Calvera (Eli Wallach) decides to hire a group of professional gunmen headed by gunslinger-for-hire Chris (Yul Brynner) to protect them Despite the meagre pay Chris and Vin (Steve McQueen) sign on after the Mexicans see them face down some racist thugs Chris begins to pick up other gunmen including Bernardo (Charles Bronson) Lee (Robert Vaughan) Britt (James Coburn) Harry (Brad Dexter) and aspiring gunslinger Chico (Horst Buchholz) as they ride back to the village The Mexicans who are at first ambivalent about having gunmen hanging around their town finally let down their guard and allow their visitors to teach them how to shoot and how to best reconfigure the town to defend against Calvera When the bandits return they find harvesting the crops a little more challenging THE BIG COUNTRY - Wyler's powerful Western covers a lot of territory with Gregory Peck a fish out of water as a sea captain who travels west to marry and settle but finds himself in the middle of a bitter dispute over water rights and a jealous clash with the ranch foreman (Charlton Heston) He also discovers his fiancee isn't who he imagined and finds true romance with the local schoolmistress (Jean Simmons) Folk singer Burl Ives surprised audiences with his performance which garnered him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar THE LONG RIDERS- This violent Western follows four sets of brothers--the Youngers the Jameses the Millers and the Fords--who band together for a crime spree across Missouri Law enforcers meanwhile prove inept in their attempts to apprehend the renegade cowboys who are busy arguing among themselves Director Walter Hill's film features four groups of real-life brothers--the Keaches the Carradines the Quaids and the Guests"
Price: 10.99 |
| "Be Cool DVD" |
| "In this sequel to the 1995 mobster comedy GET SHORTY John Travolta returns as Chili Palmer a smooth-talking loan shark turned successful movie producer But he's tired of the film industry and so he sets his sights on the music business teaming up with music producer Edie (Uma Thurman) the widow of a recently murdered colleague Seeing great potential in an up-and-coming singer named Linda Moon (Christina Milian) Chili makes it his goal to rescue the young talent from her sleazy manager Raji (Vince Vaughn) and make her a star But it doesn't take long for Chili to realize that in the music industry not everybody plays by the rules Combining organised crime and record label know-how as they infiltrate the music industry Chili and Edie (Thurman) must free Moon from her contract with Raji and record label exec Nick Carr (Harvey Keitel) while fending off the Russian mafia and a whole slew of enemies played by Cedric the Entertainer and Andre Benjamin (of OutKast) among others Director F Gary Gray casts The Rock against type as Raji's flamboyant aspiring-actor bodyguard Elliot In fact the film's most humorous scene might be when Elliot breaks into Edie's home in order to show Chili a monologue from the film BRING IT ON Overall the film's tone is a self-referential one established in the first five minutes by Chili's complaints over the nature of sequels and the PG-13 rating system itself From here on out the film's humour becomes more and more dependent on the audiences knowledge of all things pop culture with a dance scene between Travolta and Thurman recalling their memorable pairing in PULP FICTION"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Fast Show - Ultimate Collection DVD 7-Disc Set Box Set" |
| "Will the Insecure Woman ever stop worrying about the size of her bum? Who can forget the sleazy Suit You Sir salesmen Competitive Dad always trying to score over his children the permanently inebriated Rowley Birkin QC slimy used car dealer Swiss Toni and Ralph the restrained and sexually repressed lord of the manor who tries to reveal his passion for the gamekeeper Ted by making small talk Packed with some of television's most memorable comedy characters and catchphrases this 7 disc boxset is the definitive Fast Show collection including an unabridged version of The Last Show Ever series and You Aint Seen These Right? A must-have for fans and connoisseurs alike this DVD also features brand new recorded audio commentaries exclusive behind the scenes footage two new-to-DVD programmes about the show itself and comes with an exclusive booklet containing original extracts from the first draft script written by Charlie Higson & Paul Whitehouse for The Fast Show The Fast Show is arguably one of the most influential British comedy series ever First screened in 1994 the show gave new life to the sketch show format with its quick fire catchphrase based comedy Delivering the classic lines are Paul Whitehouse Charlie Higson Simon Day Mark Williams John Thomson Arabella Weir and Caroline Aherne"
Price: 15.49 |
| "Serving Sara DVD" |
| "Fetching Sara Moore (Elizabeth Hurley) thinks that she is a happily married woman until process server Joe Tyler (Matthew Perry) shows up at her Manhattan apartment to serve her with divorce papers Sara gives Joe a run for his money fleeing to the Estee Lauder Salon (a nice touch for those who know Hurley as the company's representative) and dodging him all around New York City Realizing that she stands to lose everything in the divorce to her Texan cattle-rancher husband (Bruce Campbell) if she is served first Sara hires Joe to turn the tables and serve her husband first As the two leave New York for Texas in pursuit of Gordon they engage in luggage carousel hijinx have a run-in with a bull and find themselves at a Monster Truck rally among other places Of course true love is always just around the corner as Sara and Joe spend more time together in pursuit of saving her millions Vincent Pastore plays Joe's foil Tony who has been sabotaging Joe's work for months in order to impress the boss (Cedric The Entertainer Kyles) and become the company's star process server"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Stanley Kubrick Collection DVD" |
| "This STANLEY KUBRICK collection features THE KILLING KILLER'S KISS and PATHS OF GLORY"
Price: 13.49 |
| "Linha De Passe DVD" |
| "The director of CENTRAL STATION and THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES Walter Salles together with Daniela Thomas create yet another powerful moving and thought provoking portrayal of the modern Brazilian experience Set in luring and often dangerous Sao Paulo LINHA DE PASSE tells the story of four brothers who seek redemption from a grim and seemingly futureless existence trying not to subside to the ready-to-grab choice of a criminal life Not withstanding this fairytale friendly premise Salles film is not at all condescending or morally uplifting and it prefers a realistic approach over the temptation of a happy ending"
Price: 8.99 |
| "John Wayne Collection DVD Box-set" |
| "This JOHN WAYNE collection features RED RIVER ALAMO and HORSE SOLDIERS"
Price: 10.99 |
| "It's A Free World DVD" |
| "After losing her job at a recruitment agency Angie decides with the help of her flatmate to set up her own illegal agency for immigrant workers in Britain However Angie's greed soon starts to surface As with BREAD AND ROSES acclaimed director Ken Loach focuses on labour issues and the exploitation of immigrant workers This improvised slice of life drama sees Loach continue his dedication to social realism and this combined with the various documentaries Loach made in the 1980s makes IT'S A FREE WORLD a powerful companion piece to Nick Broomfield's GHOSTS which looked at the exploitation of Chinese illegal immigrants in Britain"
Price: 8.99 |
