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List Price: £12.99
Our Price: £3.34
Rated: Parental Guidance
Staring:
Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Orson Welles, Robert Shaw
Director:
Fred Zinnemann
Robert Bolt's successful play was not considered a hot commercial property by Columbia Pictures--a period piece about a moral issue without a star, without even a love story. Perhaps that's why Columbia left director Fred Zinnemann alone to make A Man for All Seasons, as long as he stuck to a relatively small budget. The results took everyone by surprise, as the talky morality play became a box-office hit and collected the top Oscars for 1966. At the play's heart is the standoff between King Henry VIII (Robert Shaw, in young lion form) and Sir Thomas More (Paul Scofield, in an Oscar-winning performance). Henry wants More's official approval of divorce, but More's strict ethical and religious code will not let him waffle. More's rectitude is a source of exasperation to Cardinal Wolsey (Orson Welles in a cameo), who chides, "If you could just see facts flat on without that horrible moral squint." Zinnemann's approach is all simplicity, and indeed the somewhat prosaic staging doesn't create a great deal of cinematic excitement. But the language is worth savoring, and the ethical politics are debated with all the calm and majesty of an absorbing chess game. --Robert Horton
 "Without Fault", 2010-02-01
As good as the original play was, the film version easily matched and surpassed it. Bolt's play is a wonderful piece of work, luxurious in language, scenery, tension and tragedy. Zimmerman's film captures that and more. Scofield's performance is more than worthy of his Oscar and yet all the performances are worthy of high praise indeed. Specifically Robert Shaw as the King, Leo McKern as Cromwell and John Hurt as the loathesome Richard Rich. No matter what you think about the political and religious motives of the characters, it is a truly gripping drama, flawlessly played out. Yet there is also the cutting wit of More to marvel at even when he is condemned to death: is Wales ever worth sacrificing anything for?
List Price: £24.99
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Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over
Staring:
Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Embeth Davidtz, Ben Kingsley
Director:
Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg had a banner year in 1993. He scored one of his biggest commercial hits that summer with the mega-hit Jurassic Park, but it was the artistic and critical triumph of Schindler's List that Spielberg called "the most satisfying experience of my career". Adapted from the best-selling book by Thomas Keneally and filmed in Poland with an emphasis on absolute authenticity, Spielberg's masterpiece ranks among the greatest films ever made about the Holocaust during World War II. It's a film about heroism with an unlikely hero at its center--Catholic war profiteer Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson), who risked his life and went bankrupt to save more than 1,000 Jews from certain death in concentration camps. By employing Jews in his crockery factory manufacturing goods for the German army, Schindler ensures their survival against terrifying odds. At the same time, he must remain solvent with the help of a Jewish accountant (Ben Kingsley) and negotiate business with a vicious, obstinate Nazi commandant (Ralph Fiennes) who enjoys shooting Jews as target practice from the balcony of his villa overlooking a prison camp. Schindler's List gains much of its power ...
Schindler's List, 2010-03-09
It's been several years since I last saw this film and I'd forgotten just how moving it was. Highly recommended............
List Price: £27.99
Our Price: £9.95
Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over
Staring:
Gerard Butler, Rodrigo Santoro, David Wenham, Michael Fassbender, Andrew Pleavin
Director:
Zack Snyder
Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Andrew Tiernan, David Wenham, Dominic WestDirector: Zack Snyder
Very good but Blu-Ray?, 2010-02-14
I do agree with others, 300 was filmed purposefully to be grainy in its nature giving a gritty and dirty feel to it. At the Cinema I thought this film was amazing so when it came on Blue ray I bought it immediately. However, I have to say the DVD is better after watching it on a 42" 100Hz LCD at a friends. The DVD seems to maintain that gritty feeling. Also the blue ray seems to highlight a studio feel to the film which removes you from the experience and don't know why but the blue ray does spoil this film somewhat.
Brilliant film though and that's why its 5 stars.
List Price: £19.99
Our Price: £9.37
Rated: Parental Guidance
Staring:
Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Stanley Baker, James Booth
Director:
Cy Endfield
- Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Stanley Baker, James Booth - Director: Cy Endfield
Zulu dvd, 2010-03-05
I bought this for my husband as it is his favourite film and despite me getting tired of watching it I found this HD version has rekindled my interest. The picture quality is second to none and I am sure I am seeing more in every scene. The clarity is brilliant especially the landscape scenes where you can see right into the distance. If this is your type of film you won't be disappointed.
List Price: £29.99
Our Price: £44.98
Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over
Staring:
Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Mike Myers
Director:
Quentin Tarantino
Although Quentin Tarantino has cherished Enzo G. Castellari's 1978 "macaroni" war flick The Inglorious Bastards for most of his film-geek life, his own Inglourious Basterds is no remake. Instead, as hinted by the Tarantino-esque misspelling, this is a lunatic fantasia of WWII, a brazen re-imagining of both history and the behind-enemy-lines war film subgenre. There's a Dirty Not-Quite-Dozen of mostly Jewish commandos, led by a Tennessee good ol' boy named Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) who reckons each warrior owes him one hundred Nazi scalps--and he means that literally. Even as Raine's band strikes terror into the Nazi occupiers of France, a diabolically smart and self-assured German officer named Landa (Christoph Waltz) is busy validating his own legend as "The Jew Hunter." Along the way, he wipes out the rural family of a grave young girl (Melanie Laurent) who will reappear years later in Paris, dreaming of vengeance on an epic scale. Now, this isn't one more big-screen comic book. As the masterly opening sequence reaffirms, Tarantino is a true filmmaker, with a deep respect for the integrity of screen space and the tension that can accumulate in contempla...
 Excuse the spelling, 2010-03-02
I didn't really research this film before buying it, just relying on the Tarantino stamp, and perhaps that's why I found this wasn't what I expected - which was more akin to a humorous Dirty Dozen. In fact the "Basterds" are quite minor to events, almost more on the fringe of the story. It certainly is quintessential Tarantino, not since 'Pulp Fiction' has his penchance for a collection of dialogue driven scenes, as opposed to a run through story, been more evident. Cristoph Waltz certainly deserves the recognition he has received for his portrayal of an SS version of a stealth bomber, but the other actors hold their own to create the episodes of drama and suspense. My only disappointment was it came up short on black humour. A solid effort from a director I still consider as one of the greats.
List Price: £19.99
Our Price: £10.95
Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over
Staring:
Andrew Buchan, Alun Armstrong, Lyndsey Marshal, Rupert Graves, Aidan McArdle
Fascinating series, 2010-02-06
This series shows how the law evolved due to amazing men like Garrow. Garrow fought to give us rights that we take for granted. These included the right of the defense to call one's own witnesses and produce evidence. In the past there weren't in court that we know today such as laws against hearsay. Poor people could not defend themselves against the rich and powerful. Prosecution usually lead to imprisonment or death. The penalty for crimes like theft was hanging. This is a must see series.
List Price: £24.99
Our Price: £13.00
Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over
Staring:
Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Michael Fassbender
Director:
Quentin Tarantino
Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Michael FassbenderDirector: Quentin Tarantino
Excuse the spelling, 2010-03-02
I didn't really research this film before buying it, just relying on the Tarantino stamp, and perhaps that's why I found this wasn't what I expected - which was more akin to a humorous Dirty Dozen. In fact the "Basterds" are quite minor to events, almost more on the fringe of the story. It certainly is quintessential Tarantino, not since 'Pulp Fiction' has his penchance for a collection of dialogue driven scenes, as opposed to a run through story, been more evident. Cristoph Waltz certainly deserves the recognition he has received for his portrayal of an SS version of a stealth bomber, but the other actors hold their own to create the episodes of drama and suspense. My only disappointment was it came up short on black humour. A solid effort from a director I still consider as one of the greats.
List Price: £19.99
Our Price: £4.79
Rated: Suitable for 12 years and over
Staring:
Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Terence Stamp, Eddie Izzard
Director:
Bryan Singer
A monumental film, 2010-03-02
While Tom Cruise is always overacting, this time he succeeded in performing at his best. While the DVD offers no extras, the quality of the film itself is outstanding, with suspense created till the end, even when (one should be) knowing the plot.
Hopefully this will push film makers to look into other hero stories of those days such as that of Wilhelm Canaris, head of the Abwehr who worked together with MI6. Also that is an almost forgotten story.
List Price: £19.99
Our Price: £5.99
Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over
Staring:
Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Mike Myers
Director:
Quentin Tarantino
Although Quentin Tarantino has cherished Enzo G. Castellari's 1978 "macaroni" war flick The Inglorious Bastards for most of his film-geek life, his own Inglourious Basterds is no remake. Instead, as hinted by the Tarantino-esque misspelling, this is a lunatic fantasia of WWII, a brazen re-imagining of both history and the behind-enemy-lines war film subgenre. There's a Dirty Not-Quite-Dozen of mostly Jewish commandos, led by a Tennessee good ol' boy named Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) who reckons each warrior owes him one hundred Nazi scalps--and he means that literally. Even as Raine's band strikes terror into the Nazi occupiers of France, a diabolically smart and self-assured German officer named Landa (Christoph Waltz) is busy validating his own legend as "The Jew Hunter." Along the way, he wipes out the rural family of a grave young girl (Melanie Laurent) who will reappear years later in Paris, dreaming of vengeance on an epic scale. Now, this isn't one more big-screen comic book. As the masterly opening sequence reaffirms, Tarantino is a true filmmaker, with a deep respect for the integrity of screen space and the tension that can accumulate in contempla...
Excuse the spelling, 2010-03-02
I didn't really research this film before buying it, just relying on the Tarantino stamp, and perhaps that's why I found this wasn't what I expected - which was more akin to a humorous Dirty Dozen. In fact the "Basterds" are quite minor to events, almost more on the fringe of the story. It certainly is quintessential Tarantino, not since 'Pulp Fiction' has his penchance for a collection of dialogue driven scenes, as opposed to a run through story, been more evident. Cristoph Waltz certainly deserves the recognition he has received for his portrayal of an SS version of a stealth bomber, but the other actors hold their own to create the episodes of drama and suspense. My only disappointment was it came up short on black humour. A solid effort from a director I still consider as one of the greats.
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