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The Key

Made almost ten years earlier than All Ladies Do It, this second Tinto Brass offering stars the unlikely figure of Frank Finlay in the centre of an erotic drama, set in a wintry Venice shortly before Italy entered WW2. Read more...

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All Ladies Do It

This Italian softcore epic is the longest version ever released in the UK. Loosely inspired by Mozart�s famous opera Cosi fan tutte (what would he make of it, one wonders), it stars the ravishing Claudia Koll in the lead. Read more...

Ealing Rarities Volume 1

This �Volume 1 Collection� of rare or until now unseen Ealing Studios films � presented in their original aspect radios and as new transfers � is an essential addition to anyone interested in Classic British films. Read more...

Bringing Up Bobby

This looks good and sounds good, but unfortunately Bringing Up Bobby doesn�t live up to expectations, for which a number of factors are to blame. Read more...

Black Sabbath

Bava�s finest film � a trilogy of suspense and the supernatural � inspired legendary heavy metal outfit Black Sabbath to use the name for their band after hearing about the film! Read more...

Motel Hell

Welcome to Motel Hell, where it takes all kind of critters to make Farmer Vincent fritters! Actually, the motel in question is called Motel Hello, but the neon �O� flickers and often goes more off than on. And that�s not the only thing going off in this riotous horror-comedy! Read more...

Van Veteeren

The latest instalment in Arrow�s Nordic Noir series introduces us to ace detective Van Veeteren, who, recently having retired, opens a second hand bookshop for hobby's sake. However, he can�t quite give up on playing sleuth. Read more...

On The Fiddle

Never have so few fiddled so many in this riotous war comedy from 1961, which sees a then relatively unknown Sean Connery amongst the lead, before achieving global fame as 007. Read more...

Amateur

Amateur! Accountancy, Murder, Amnesia, Torture, Ecstasy, Understanding, Redemption; just some of the topics covered in this gem of a film. Nineties indie noir returns with this welcome re-issue on blu ray of Hal Hartley�s 90�s cult classic. Read more...

Edgar Wallace presents The Four Just Men

This fast paced thriller has patriotism running through it beginning to end, in a tale that sees four �just men� fight wrongdoers who are beyond the arm of the law. Read more...

Man At The Top

This hard-hitting and sometimes explicit film from 1973 offers a grittier treatment than its 1950�s predecessor. It follows the progress of Joe Lampton Read more...

Baron Blood

This gory tale of an incantation gone wrong is high in the visual stakes, but as far as plot continuity and logic are concerned, it�s certainly not one of Bava�s finest moments. Still, it does have its moments. Read more...

Billy Liar - 50th Anniversary

For the first time available on DVD and Blu-ray in fully restored glory, this British answer to �The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty� was part of the British new wave/kitchen sink drama, and stars Tom Courtenay as the lying daydreamer. Read more...

Flying 55

Based upon a novel by Edgar Wallace, this 1939 b/w adaptation fuses blackmail and other dodgy doings with the thrill of the horseracing world. Read more...

Spanish Fly

Spanish Fly? If I were a bloke, I�d be hanging as limp as a wet sock after watching this sorry excuse of a bawdy romp comp. Read more...

She Monkeys

I don�t quite get where the �modern western� bit comes from which several critics referred to when reviewing the film. The story is set in Sweden, and takes place primarily amongst the world of equestrian vaulting. Western? Read more...

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Derren Brown - Svengali

�Svengali� is the latest release from Derren Brown, one of the UK�s most popular illusionists. Filmed before a live audience at the Theatre Royal in Nottingham, Brown�s acclaimed fifth tour won a Laurence Olivier Award in 2012. Read more...

Ripper Street - Series 1

This is television drama as it should be � bold, entertaining, and with superb acting and gripping plots! Ripper Street, despite the slightly misleading cover photo Read more...

Blood Simple - The Directors Cut

Blood Simple won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1985 Sundance Film Festival. It also launched the careers of the Coen Brothers, who went from strength to strength since. This newly released Director�s Cut is three minutes shorter as the original theatrical release � resulting in tighter editing. Read more...