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Pop Gear
DVD
Goodness, what a year 1964 was. Presented by legendary DJs, Pop Gear is a pop musical extravaganza the like of which has never been seen before - or since!
Populaire
Blu-ray
Set in 1950s France, Populaire, follows 21-year-old Rose Pamphyle who yearns for more than the humdrum existence she seems destined for. But when she travels to Lisieux in Normandy in search of a job, Rose discovers a special gift - she can type at extraordinary speed and unwittingly awakens the dormant sports fan in Louis who decides to coach her and turn her into the fastest typist in the world.
Practical Magic
DVD
The Owens sisters come from a long line of witches cursed so that any man they fall in love with is doomed to die. As they struggle to escape their family's legacy, magic, romance and dark secrets soon threaten to change their lives forever.
Predator
DVD
An elite rescue team finds itself stalked through the jungle by an invisible extraterrestrial hunter that kills purely for sport.
Predator 2
DVD
The Predator has returned, swapping the jungles of Central America for the violent streets of Los Angeles and finding no shortage of heavily armed prey to hunt.
The Producers
DVD
A down on his luck Broadway producer hooks up with a hapless accountant in a get rich quick scheme to create the worst musical of all time.
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The Pink Panther
4K UHD
A clumsy Inspector travels to Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, to catch a notorious jewel thief known as "The Phantom" before he conducts his most daring heist yet: a princess' priceless diamond known as "The Pink Panther"
The Lavender Hill Mob: Vintage Classics
4K UHD
Alec Guinness proves that the quietest man in the room might just be the one planning to steal a fortune in gold, in the British Ealing caper The Lavender Hill Mob.
Falling Down
4K UHD
On the hottest day of the year, unemployed defence worker William Foster abandons his car in a gridlocked Los Angeles traffic jam and sets off across the city on foot, determined to reach his estranged daughter on her birthday.
The Ice Storm
Blu-ray
Set over Thanksgiving weekend in 1973, two affluent Connecticut families find their seemingly comfortable lives beginning to unravel as troubled marriages, infidelity and teenage experimentation collide. As an increasingly severe ice storm closes in, the emotional distance between parents and children proves every bit as chilling as the weather outside.
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Saving Private Ryan
DVD
Following the D-Day landings, Captain John Miller and his men are sent behind enemy lines to find Private James Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in combat, and return him safely home.
Contagion
Blu-ray
Don't talk to anyone. Don't touch anyone. Beware the air around you. A deadly virus is mutating its way around the world and there's no cure. Directed by Steven Soderbergh from an original screenplay by Scott Z, this critically acclaimed thriller tells the story of the infectious paranoia and fear that accompany the spread of a lethal virus.
Black Mirror: Series 2
DVD
Tapping into the collective unease about the modern world, darkly satirical and thought provoking, Charlie Brooker's Emmy Winning mini-series Black Mirror is back with three more twisted tales that take another look into an uncomfortable future.
Fonejacker: Series 2
DVD
FoneJack / v. 1. to seize control of a telephone conversion by farce especially to divert it from reason and logic.