The Flashing Blade (2 Disc)
Originally aired on the BBC in 1969, this French adventure programme follows the exploits of Francois de Recci (Robert Etcheverry)–aka the Flashing Blade. This collection features all 12 episodes of the series….
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Robin Of Sherwood - The Complete Series 1 (2 Disc)
This box set features the first six episodes of ROBIN OF SHERWOOD, starring Michael Praed as the legendary title character. Chosen by a powerul spirit of the forest, Robin must protect the oppressed….
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William Tell - The Complete Series
Comprises the complete thirty nine episodes from the series which features the reluctant freedom fighter. Episodes include: ‘The Hostages’, ‘The Prisoner’, ‘The Suspect’, ‘The Trap’, ‘The Shrew’, ‘The Bandit’, ‘The Traitor’, ‘The Spider’ and many more….
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Dragon Ball Z - Super Battle In The World (Animated)
A band of space pirates plant the energy draining Tree of Might on Earth. Goku and his friends must battle to save Gohan and the Earth….
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The Protectors Series 1 Complete(3 Disc)
This live-action thriller from THUNDERBIRDS creator, Gerry Anderson, follows the adventures of three international private detectives fighting crime in some of the world’s most glamourous locations. This 3-disc set collects all 26 episodes in the first series….
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Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World (DVD And Halliwell’s Films Book)
Based on a series of books by Patrick O’Brian, and directed by Peter Weir, MASTER AND COMMANDER plunges viewers deep into the story of a British Navy ship at sea during the Napoleonic war. Russell Crowe stars as Aubrey, the charismatic captain who wrestles with issues like honour, pride, duty, sacrifice and loyalty while using ingenious tactics to engage his prey–a much larger and better-equipped French Man o’ War. Paul Bettany plays his friend, the ship’s doctor, who cautions Aubrey about lett…
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Black Mama White Mama
In this U.S.-Filipino co-production a pair of chained-together women inmates escape from a Filipino prison, pursued by an array of bad guys and girl guards. Cult blaxploitation star Pam Grier, who later made a big splash as the eponymous heroine of Quentin Tarantino’s second feature, FOXY BROWN, stars….
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Legend Of The Eight Samurai
The family of a princess is killed when the Hikita clan rise from the dead in order to fulfil an ancient curse. In an attempt to prevent the final fulfilment of the curse, the princess enlists the help of eight Samurai Warriors….
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Foxy Brown
This hip, violent, fast-moving film firmly established Pam Grier as the goddess of Blaxploitation. She plays Foxy, a toughened woman living in a drug-plagued L.A. ghetto who goes on a one woman mission of vengeance after her undercover cop boyfriend (Terry Carter) is shot down in the street. The badass lass goes undercover herself, as a call girl for the evil mistress of the drug cartel (Kathryn Loder), and with the help of a neighbourhood vigilante committee, wreaks some hell on the bad guys. C…
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The Mod Squad (Wide Screen)
A trio of juvenile delinquents (Claire Danes, Omar Epps, and Giovanni Ribisi) are recruited by a cop to help infiltrate an underground drug ring. When, he is unexpectedly killed, the group go all out to solve his murder and bust the drug cartel. Their efforts are made harder when they suffer ridicule from fellow officers who are out to blacken their names and that of the deceased cop….
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Cop
An explosive detective is driven to catch a serial killer who has already committed fifteen grisly murders. Unfortunately for the detective, the police department wants no part of his offbeat tactics. So he’s in this one alone and unrestrained - unfortunately for the killer….
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Flesh And Blood
Valiant knights battle for love and honour in this medieval epic of romance, adventure, rape and savagery….
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Company Business
An ex-CIA agent, now involved in industrial espionage, his last job being for a cosmetics firm, is recalled by the agency to escort and swap a former Soviet spy, now languishing in prison, along with $2 million in South American drug money. When the arrangement goes awry and the two realise that the CIA and KGB both want them dead, they flee with the help of a woman in Paris and outsmart their former employers….
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Johnny Mnemonic (Wide Screen)
Loosely based on a story by cyber-pioneer William Gibson, this futuristic thriller centres on a the title character played by Keanu Reeves, a courier who uploads vital data straight into his hard-drive of a brain for storage and safe transport. Johnny has given up brainspace that his childhood memories occupied in order to save space for his chosen profession. He wants to pull one last job before he retires, and the one he gets is particularly perilous. He’s got 48 hours to transport a large loa…
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Speed
A mad bomber with a vendetta against a young cop plants a bomb on a bus in L.A. The hero, with the help of a beautiful passenger, must diffuse the explosive device which is set to detonate if the bus slows to under 50 miles per hour….
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The Sandlot Kids
Young Scotty Smalls moves to a new neighborhood and manages to make friends with the ball-playing kids at the local sandlot. Together the gang has a series of hilarious and touching adventures. A terrific movie about growing up for all ages….
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Encounter In The 3rd Dimension (Animated)
Originally produced for the IMAX screen, ENCOUNTER IN THE THIRD DIMENSION uses cutting-edge CGI technology to present an eye-popping 3-D world. Computer graphics are combined with live-action to track the emergence and history of three-dimensional films and photographs. Elvira, Harry Shearer (THIS IS SPINAL TAP) and comedian Stuart Rankin are featured….
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Master P - MP Da Last Don - The Movie
Hip-hop impresario Master P takes the titular role in this rap-riddled gangster film in the tradition of TOUGHER THAN LEATHER and BLACK CAESAR. The rap entrepreneur stars as a man who must follow the gangsta creed when his father, Son Corleone, is shot to death on the street. Master P is writer, producer, and co-director in this hip-hop crime film which features the likes of Snoop Dogg, C-Murder, and Mia X….
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Young Thugs - Nostalgia (Subtitled)
The sometimes violent portrayal of one young boy’s life at home….
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Young Thugs - Innocent Blood (Subtitled)
Set in the town of Osaka the lives of three lads play out following their last day at school….
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