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Distances of the Stars - And Other Essays on Astronomy

Astrology to Astronomy - The Study of the Night Sky from Ptolemy to Copernicus - With Biographies and Illustrations

Tycho Brahe - The Nobel Astronomer - Including a History of Astronomy, a Biography of Brahe and his Discoveries

Isaac Newton - A Biography of Newton Including Descriptions of his Greatest Discoveries - Including a Poem by Alfred Noyes and a Brief History Astronomy

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Angels One Five

The Sound Barrier (Restored)

The Blue Lamp (Digitally Restored)

An immensely popular british crime film, basil dearden’s the blue lamp was scripted by ex-policeman t.e.

The Angry Silence

Sid And Nancy

Poor Cow

Young mother joy (carol white) is forced to fend for herself when her brutal and uncaring husband, tom (john bindon), is put in jail. joy finds brief happiness with tom’s criminal associate dave (terence stamp), who proves kind and gentle when she moves in with him, but this relationship ends when he is also jailed, and joy is left to raise her young son alone in squalid circumstances..

The Proud Valley

The Mirror Crack'd

Dunkirk (Digitally Restored)

A brand new restoration directed by leslie norman (the long, the short and the tall), starring john mills (ice cold in alex, goodbye mr chips, great expectations) richard attenborough (brighton rock, the great escape) and a cast featuring actual army officers, dunkirk is one of the most authentic representations of conflict during world war ii. dunkirk follows the dramatic events leading up to operation dynamo, where upon the british army attempted to rescue fellow soldiers and allied troops from nazi occupied france.

Woman in a Dressing Gown

Dont Look Now - Digitally Restored

Hobson's Choice - 60th Anniversary Edition

Henry horatio hobson (academy award -winner charles laughton) is the owner of a well-established boot shop in nineteenth century salford, lancashire and the father of three daughters. the oldest, maggie (brenda de banzie), shoulders both home and business responsibilities while hobson whiles the time away at the local pub.

Queen Of Spades

Based upon a short ghost story by celebrated russian author alexander pushkin, the queen of spades is legendary filmmaker thorold dickinson’s most accomplished piece of work. hailed by martin scorsese as an absolute masterpiece, the queen of spades, stands up as a groundbreaking and unique example of the golden age of british filmmaking.

Swallows and Amazons - 40th Anniversary Special Edition

Nowhere To Go

Zavvi - the home of pop culturedirected by seth holt (the nanny and blood from the mummy's tomb), nowhere to go is a stylish, grimy tale of deception and betrayal. a rare, late excursion into film noir for ealing studios, scripted by first-time director holt and critic ken tynan.

The Ladykillers - Special Edition

The ladykillers is quintessential ealing. director alexander mackendrick’s film centres on a criminal gang planning their next job, who find themselves boarding with an innocent old lady who thinks they are musicians.

Ealing Studios: Dead of Night - Special Edition

“a classic of english cinema” 5*--peter bradshaw, the guardian a portmanteau work from four of ealing’s best directors, alberto cavalcanti, charles crichton, basil dearden and robert hamer. starring mervyn johns, michael redgrave and googie withers, dead of night represented a departure for ealing from the classic comedy mode and is instead a spooky psychological thriller made up of five chilling ghost stories.

Whisky Galore - Digitally Remastered (80 Years of Ealing)

Whisky galore! ranks among the most popular and best-loved of ealing studio’s comedies, included on the british film institute’s list of the 100 best british films of the 20th century.

The Dam Busters

A brand new restoration – commemorating the 75th anniversary of the original wwii raid a much-loved british classic, michael anderson’s 1955 drama captures the tension and bravery of an audacious raid on the center of nazi germany’s industrial complex and the quintessentially english combination of inventiveness and dogged determination. split into two distinct sections, the film deals first with the fraught, but the ultimately successful development of a new bomb, by dr.

The Man Who Fell To Earth (40th Anniversary)

Nicolas roeg’s iconic science fiction odyssey, the man who fell to earth, has been stunningly restored in 4k to mark the 40th anniversary of this cult classic. featuring a startling and era defining lead performance from david bowie in his debut feature role and based on the cult novel by walter tevis, the man who fell to earth endures as, not only a bitingly caustic indictment of the modern world but, also, a poignant commentary on the loneliness of the outsider.

The Small World Of Sammy Lee (Digitally Restored)

A 1963 british crime film directed by ken hughes and starring anthony newley, julia foster and robert stephens. the small world of sammy lee is just around any corner in soho.

Ice Cold In Alex 60th Anniversary Edition

1942: the libyan war zone, north africa. after a german invasion a british ambulance crew are forced to evacuate their base but become separated from the rest of their unit.

A Kind Of Loving

Zavvi - the home of pop culture1962 acclaimed ‘kitchen sink’ drama; a kind of loving was adapted from the stan barstow novel of the same name. directed by john schlesinger (darling, midnight cowboy), the film stars alan bates as vic brown, a young draughtsman, whose search for love leads to ingrid rothwell (june ritchie, in her screen debut), an employee in the company.

Darling - 50th Anniversary Edition (Digitally Restored)

Zavvi - the home of pop culturewinner of three academy awards® and four bafta’s including best actress for julie christie, darling is the story – based on fact – of a goodtime-girl of the era. she’s a freelance female who moves from bed to bed on the presumption that fidelity means having only one man in it at a time, and opportunistically bends her ambitions to take advantage of whatever (or whoever) the moment offers her.

Far From The Madding Crowd (Digitally Restored)

Zavvi - the home of pop cultureheadstrong and passionate bathsheba everdene (julie christie) unexpectedly inherits a large farm in rural dorset. struggling to manage the farm herself, she captivates the hearts and minds of three very different men: an honest and hardworking sheep farmer (alan bates), a wealthy but tortured landowner (peter finch), and a reckless and violent swordsman (terence stamp).

Entertaining Mr Sloane

Entertaining mr sloane is a 1970s black comedy directed by douglas hickox. the screenplay by clive exton is based on the 1964 play of the same title by joe orton.

The Ladykillers - 60th Anniversary Edition

The ladykillers is quintessential ealing. director alexander mackendrick’s film centres on a criminal gang planning their next job, who find themselves boarding with an innocent old lady who thinks they are musicians.

Scott Of The Antarctic (Digitally Restored)

John mills stars as captain robert scott in this film of the explorer’s ill-fated expedition to be the first man to discover the south pole, following every twist and turn on the great british explorer’s perilous journey. directed by charles frend, who went on to direct the magnet, the film was nominated for both the golden lion in venice and the bafta® for best british film.

The Lion In Winter - Digitally Restored

Zavvi - the home of pop cultureengland, the 12th century. after the death of his son and heir, king henry ii (peter o’toole) is obsessed with finding a new successor, so summons his three remaining sons.

Comfort And Joy

Alan bird (bill paterson, outlander, dad’s army) thinks he has life pretty well organised. glasgow’s top dj, with a nice apartment, and the only red bmw cabriolet north of manchester, he has little to worry about until his kleptomaniac girlfriend maddy ditches him just before christmas.

School For Scoundrels

Enrol at the wacky college of lifemanship where a senior host of great british comedians teach a completely uproarious course on how to come out tops in any social situation. study with alastair sim and learn his valuable hints on the art of comic one-upmanship.

Whisky Galore - Digitally Restored (80 Years of Ealing)

Whisky galore! ranks among the most popular and best-loved of ealing studio’s comedies, included on the british film institute’s list of the 100 best british films of the 20th century.

Peeping Tom: Special Edition (Digitally Remastered)

Zavvi - the home of pop culturepeeping tom - michael powell's controversial and disturbing masterpiece about a focus puller whose relationship with his manipulative psychologist of a father leads him to obsessive voyeurism and murder, is now recognised as one of the supreme achievements of british horror cinema. in accurately linking the relationship between voyeurism and cinema it looked forward with intelligence to the franker treatment of sexual pathology to come.

Quatermass and the Pit - Digitally Restored

Zavvi - the home of pop culturehobbs end, knightsbridge, london. whilst working on a new subway tunnel for the london underground a group of construction workers uncover a strangely shaped skull amongst the rubble.

The Railway Children - 40th Anniversary (Digitally Remastered)

Starring jenny agutter as the oldest daughter of an edwardian family thrown on hard times when their father is wrongly sent to prison. the railway children avert a train disaster, save an imperiled steeple chaser and reunite an exiled russian with his wife, all with equal enterprise.