Costume Epics
![]() | Girl With a Pearl Earring (DVD)The subject of one of Johannes Vermeer's most enduring portraits becomes the focus of this biographical period piece from director Peter Webber. Girl With a Pearl Earring is told from the point of view of Griet (Scarlett Johansson), a teenaged girl who...Only $13.02 - Click here to buy now! |
![]() | Raise the Red Lantern (DVD)This sumptuously photographed drama, set in Northern China in the 1920s and based on the novel Wives and Concubines by Su Tong, stars Gong Li as Songlian, the fourth wife of an elderly landlord.Only $17.10 - Click here to buy now! |
![]() | Kings of the Sun (DVD)Yul Brynner (The Ten Commandments) and George Chakiris (West Side Story) shine as the kings of two clashing cultures forced to form an alliance against a mutual threat in this gripping historical saga. Packed with intense action and thrilling drama, Kings...Only $13.22 - Click here to buy now! |
![]() | Taras Bulba (DVD)Four centuries ago, in a barbaric age ruled by violence, vast armies clashed in desperate battles and fierce men struggled to regain their freedom. This is the world of Taras Bulba, a breathtaking epic that engulfs the screen with high adventure.Only $13.22 - Click here to buy now! |
![]() | Elizabeth The Golden Age (DVD)Actress Cate Blanchett returns to her Oscar-nominated role and director Shekhar Kapur steps back into the director's chair for this belated sequel to the critically acclaimed 1998 biopic Elizabeth that explores the 16th century romance between the "Virgin...Only $13.21 - Click here to buy now! |
![]() | Elizabeth (DVD)This British-made historical drama depicts the rise of young Elizabeth Tudor to Queen of England, a reign of intrigue and betrayals.Only $12.72 - Click here to buy now! |
![]() | Becket (DVD)A high-class costume drama with a substantive historical basis, Becket is the true story of the friendship between King Henry II (Peter O'Toole) and Thomas à Becket (Richard Burton), a royal courtier and confidant whom Henry appoints as Archbishop of...Only $21.75 - Click here to buy now! |
![]() | Becket (Blu-ray)A high-class costume drama with a substantive historical basis, Becket is the true story of the friendship between King Henry II (Peter O'Toole) and Thomas à Becket (Richard Burton), a royal courtier and confidant whom Henry appoints as Archbishop of...Only $29.93 - Click here to buy now! |
![]() | El Cid (2 Disc Deluxe Edition DVD)When French playwright Pierre Corneille wrote El Cid, a fanciful version of the life of 11th-century Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, aka "El Cid", an attempt was made to honor the "classic unities" and to compress the whole story...Only $21.25 - Click here to buy now! |
![]() | Fall of the Roman Empire (2 Disc DVD)Though Fall of the Roman Empire is now infamous as the epic which destroyed the cinematic "empire" of producer Samuel Bronston, the film is actually an above-average historical drama, attempting to make sense of the political intrigues which...Only $21.25 - Click here to buy now! |
![]() | Revenge of the Crusader, The (DVD)Seriously wounded in a skirmish with a group of bandits, Count Sigfrido of Treviri (Alberto Lupo) is taken to the nearby castle of the Duke of Brabant, where he is tended by Duke's daughter Genoveffa (Maria Jose Alfonso).Only $17.36 - Click here to buy now! |
![]() | New World, The (DVD)Terrence Malick, the universally acclaimed American filmmaker responsible for the key 1970s features Badlands and Days of Heaven, returns for a rare directorial outing with the sweeping period piece The New World -- an epic dramatization of Pocahontas'...Only $13.30 - Click here to buy now! |
![]() | Braveheart (2 Disc Special Collector's Edition DVD)Every man dies. Not every man really lives.Only $16.76 - Click here to buy now! |
![]() | Duchess, The (Blu-ray)Director Saul Dibb takes the helm for this period drama adapted from Amanda Foreman's best-selling novel Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, documenting the romantic entanglements of Georgiana Cavendish (Keira Knightley), a beautiful and clever woman who...Only $27.02 - Click here to buy now! |













