One of the very finest epics produced, equally impressive in terms of script and spectacle. Heston is aptly heroic as the 11th Century patriot destined to die in the fight to evict the Moors from Spain, Mann's direction is stately and thrilling and Miklos Rosza's superb score perfectly complements the crisp and simple widescreen images. Sobriety and restraint, in fact, are perhaps the keynotes of the film's success, with the result that a potentially risible finale, in which Cid's corpse is born find out more...

English General Charles George Gordon, a devout Christian, is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by Prime Minister Gladstone. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, General Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by Mohammed Ahmed el Mahdi, "the Expected One," the head of the Muslim forces. An out-and-out action spectacle sealed with stunning cinematography. find out more...

A truly epic epic and winner of 7 Academy Awards. Lawrence serves British colonial interests during the First World War by uniting the Arabs against the fast collapsing Ottoman Empire. Stupendous cinemascope drama with a cast of thousands and some of cinema's most famous shots; Sheik Ali's emergence from the desert haze and the storming of Aquaba for example. This is the director's cut, a more coherent version than the original cinema release. find out more...

A stirring and star-studded account of the Bedouin resistance against Mussolini's mechanised army in the deserts of North Africa during the 1920s. Epic in scope and length, The Lion Of The Desert focuses on Bedouin leader Omar Mukhtar, teacher turned guerrilla and willing martyr for the cause of his people. find out more...

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume One, The Early Years is a DVD box set, and is the first of three volumes of the The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, the rebranding of the television show The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. It was released in the United States on October 23, 2007. There are two versions of the box set. The first version is simply titled Volume One while the later version has the sub-title The Early Years added. The box set contains 12 discs, including seven cha find out more...

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume One, The Early Years is a DVD box set, and is the first of three volumes of the The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, the rebranding of the television show The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. It was released in the United States on October 23, 2007. There are two versions of the box set. The first version is simply titled Volume One while the later version has the sub-title The Early Years added. The box set contains 12 discs, including seven cha find out more...

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume One, The Early Years is a DVD box set, and is the first of three volumes of the The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, the rebranding of the television show The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. It was released in the United States on October 23, 2007. There are two versions of the box set. The first version is simply titled Volume One while the later version has the sub-title The Early Years added. The box set contains 12 discs, including seven cha find out more...

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume One, The Early Years is a DVD box set, and is the first of three volumes of the The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, the rebranding of the television show The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. It was released in the United States on October 23, 2007. There are two versions of the box set. The first version is simply titled Volume One while the later version has the sub-title The Early Years added. The box set contains 12 discs, including seven cha find out more...

Yet another adaptation of AEW Mason's rip-roaring 19th Century adventure finds our heroic young officer resigning his commission on the eve of battle, only to be given the four feathers of cowardice by his friends and his fiancee…the trolloping wench! This is obviously more than the lad can bare and he embarks on a series of courageous acts that will enable him to return the offending feathers, re-establish his honour and dump the girl. Some great action pieces, some stunning scenery and some sl find out more...

A hardened veteran of the American civil war, Captain Nathan Algren is a man who's lost his way. A hero to many, he is haunted by some of the things he has done and when offered the chance to teach the art of modern warfare to a Japan in the grip of modernisation, he sees an opportunity to escape his past. Plunged into a war against the Samurai, Nathan is captured but allowed to live so that the warriors may learn the ways of their new enemy. From here on in it's mutual admiration all round; Nat find out more...