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• Senna | DVD | (10/10/2011) from £3.99  |  Saving you £16.00 (80.00%)  |  RRP £19.99

  Senna is the true story of Brazilian motor-racing legend, Ayrton Senna, whom many believe was the greatest driver who ever lived.Spanning Senna's titanic Formula One career, the film charts his physical and spiritual journey, both on track and off; his quest for perfection and his ultimate transformation from a supremely gifted novice, who exploded into F1 in 1984, to myth after the tragic events of Imola in 1994. Made with the full co-operation of the Senna family and Formula One Management, Senna is the first official documentary feature about his life, featuring astounding archive material, much of which is previously unseen.

• Inside Job | DVD | (13/06/2011) from £4.24  |  Saving you £15.75 (78.80%)  |  RRP £19.99

  As he did with the occupation of Iraq in No End in Sight, Charles Ferguson shines a light on the global financial crisis in Inside Job. Accompanied by narration from Matt Damon, Ferguson begins and ends in Iceland, a flourishing country that gave American-style banking a try--and paid the price. Then he looks at the spectacular rise and cataclysmic fall of deregulation in the United States. Unlike Alex Gibney's fiscal films, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room and Casino Jack, Ferguson builds his narrative around dozens of players, interviewing authors, bank managers, government ministers, and even a psychotherapist, who speaks to a culture that encourages Gordon Gekko-like behavior, but the number of those who declined to comment, like Alan Greenspan, is even larger. Though the director isn't as combative as Michael Moore, he asks tough questions and elicits squirms from several participants, notably former Treasury secretary David McCormick and Columbia dean Glenn Hubbard, George W. Bush's economic adviser. Their reactions are understandable, since the borders between Wall Street, Washington, and the Ivy League dissolved years ago; it's hard to know who to trust when conflicts of interest run rampant. If Ferguson takes Reagan and Bush to task for tax cuts that benefit the wealthy, he criticizes Clinton for encouraging derivatives and Obama for failing to deliver on the promise of reform. And in the category of unlikely heroes: former governor Eliot Spitzer, who fought against fraud as New York's attorney general (he's the subject of Gibney's documentary Client 9). --Kathleen C. Fennessy

• Man on Wire | DVD | (26/12/2008) from £3.25  |  Saving you £16.74 (83.70%)  |  RRP £19.99

  A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring but illegal high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974 what some consider the artistic crime of the century.

• North Face | DVD | (18/01/2010) from £2.98  |  Saving you £3.01 (50.30%)  |  RRP £5.99

  Summer 1936. Bearing the expectations of a nation and their Fuhrer two climbers set out to be the first to conquer the last great problem of the Alps. But soon their ascent becomes a race for survival threatened by injury and storms of unimaginable fury. Before long their quest becomes a pusle-pounding race against both time and the awesome forces of nature. Shot through with scenes of gut-wrenching peril rivaling those of Touching The Void Northface is a powerful breathtaking tale of human endurance on a terrifying landscape; towering over 1 800m the North Face has claimed over 60 lives and earned itself the grimly appropriate nickname: the murder wall.

• Capitalism - A Love Story | DVD | (24/05/2010) from £5.14  |  Saving you £14.85 (74.30%)  |  RRP £19.99

  On the 20-year anniversary of his groundbreaking masterpiece Roger & Me Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default the rest of the world). But this time the culprit is much bigger than General Motors and the crime scene far wider than Flint Michigan. From Middle America to the halls of power in Washington to the global financial epicenter in Manhattan Michael Moore once again takes filmgoers into uncharted territory. With both humor and outrage Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story explores a taboo question: What is the price that America pays for its love of capitalism? Years ago that love seemed so innocent. Today however the American dream is looking more like a nightmare as families pay the price with their jobs their homes and their savings. Moore takes us into the homes of ordinary people whose lives have been turned upside down; and he goes looking for explanations in Washington DC and elsewhere. What he finds are the all-too-familiar symptoms of a love affair gone astray: lies abuse betrayal... and 14 000 jobs being lost every day. Capitalism: A Love Story is both a culmination of Moore's previous works and a look into what a more hopeful future could look like. It is Michael Moore's ultimate quest to answer the question he's posed throughout his illustrious filmmaking career: Who are we and why do we behave the way that we do?

• Super Size Me | DVD | (10/01/2005) from £3.35  |  Saving you £1.64 (32.90%)  |  RRP £4.99

  Fans of Morgan Spurlock's engaging documentary Super Size Me won't want to miss almost an hour of extra footage on the DVD. Best of all is a 25-minute one-on-one interview with Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation, but other interesting moments are a chat with a couple who collects McDonald's memorabilia; an analysis of a supermarket's layout; further conversation with Big Mac fan Eric Gorske and his wife; a look at the deep-fried Twinkie; and a disgusting but funny piece on how McDonald's food rots (or doesn't). Spurlock also provides a commentary track along with his girlfriend Alex Jamieson (you know, the vegan chef) in which they discuss why he included certain scenes, how many times he ate McDonald's salads, and his recommendations for books to read and action to take. And because he and Jamieson received so many inquiries about the "last supper" he ate on film before embarking on his special diet, an insert contains the recipes, including the highly sought-after tofu and vegetable phyllo tart. --David Horiuchi

• The Cove | DVD | (04/01/2010) from £5.29  |  Saving you £14.70 (73.50%)  |  RRP £19.99

  The Cove begins in Taiji Japan where former dolphin trainer Ric O'arry has come to set things right after a long search for redemption. In the 1960s it was O'Barry who captured and trained the 5 dolphins who played the title character in the international television sensation flipper. But his close relationship with those dolphins - the very dolphins who sparked a global fascination with trained sea mammals that continues to this day -- led O'Barry to a radical change of heart. One fateful day a heartbroken Barry came to realize that these deeply sensitive highly intelligent and self-aware creatures so beautifully adapted to life in the open ocean must never be subjected to human captivity again. This mission has brought him to Taiji a town that appears to be devoted to the wonders and mysteries of the sleek playful dolphins and whales that swim off their coast. But in a remote glistening cove surrounded by barbed wire and Keep Out signs lies a dark reality. It is here under cover of night that the fishermen of Taiji driven by a multi-billion dollar dolphin entertainment industry and an underhanded market for mercury-tainted dolphin meat engage in an unseen hunt. The nature of what they do is so chilling -- and the consequences are so dangerous to human health -- they will go to great lengths to halt anyone from seeing it.

• Sicko | DVD | (07/01/2008) from £2.99  |  Saving you £15.00 (83.40%)  |  RRP £17.99

  Sicko is the new documentary film by director Michael Moore. It investigates the United States health care system with a focus on for-profit health insurance and the pharmaceutical industry. The film compares the U.S. health care system with that of Canada's single-payer system and other universal health care systems including those in France the United Kingdom and Cuba. The film has been criticized for not discussing the drawbacks of universal health care in these countries.

• The War On Democracy | DVD | (04/02/2008) from £6.20  |  Saving you £12.93 (64.70%)  |  RRP £19.99

  Award winning journalist John Pilger examines the role of Washington in America's manipulation of Latin American politics during the last 50 years and how these same policies are now being used in the Middle East.

• Shine A Light | DVD | (03/11/2008) from £5.09  |  Saving you £14.90 (74.50%)  |  RRP £19.99

  In the autumn of 2006 The Rolling Stones took time off from their stadium tour to play the legendary Beacon Theatre in New York City with some friends and played some songs - never performed live before - Martin Scorsese was there to capture it all!

• Annie Leibovitz - Life Through A Lens | DVD | (08/09/2008) from £5.89  |  Saving you £14.10 (70.50%)  |  RRP £19.99

• Faintheart | DVD | (02/02/2009) from £2.99  |  Saving you £13.00 (81.30%)  |  RRP £15.99

  Faintheart is a romantic comedy set in the world of battle re-enactments. Richard is a weekend warrior who sets out on an epic quest to win back his wife after she leaves him branding him childish and irresponsible. The film stars Eddie Marsan (Miami Vice Vera Drake Happy-Go-Lucky) Ewan Bremner (Hallam Foe Trainspotting) and Jessica Hynes (formerly Stevenson - Spaced Shaun of the Dead).

• Taking Liberties | DVD | (15/10/2007) from £13.81  |  Saving you £2.18 (13.60%)  |  RRP £15.99

  The shocking truth about the erosion of our fundamental civil liberties by Tony Blair's government will be exposed in Taking Liberties. Right to Protest Right to Freedom of Speech. Right to Privacy. Right not to be detained without charge Innocent Until Proven Guilty. Prohibition from Torture. Taking Liberties will reveal how these six central pillars of liberty have been systematically destroyed by New Labour and the freedoms of the British people stolen from under their noses amidst a climate of fear created by the media and government itself. Taking Liberties uncovers the stories the government don't want you to hear - so ridiculous you will laugh so ultimately terrifying you will want to take action. Teenage sisters detained for 36 hours for a peaceful protest; an RAF war veteran arrested for wearing an anti-Bush and Blair T-shirt; an innocent man shot in a police raid; and a man held under house arrest for two years after being found innocent in court. Ordinary law-abiding citizens being punished for exercising their 'rights' - rights that have been fought for over centuries and which seem to have been extinguished in a decade. Irreverent but revelatory outrageous but true Taking Liberties combines these real stories of liberty loss with never-seen-before footage cheeky stunts and comment from Mark Thomas leading politicians celebrities human rights organisations academics and lawyers. Narration from Ashley Jensen (Extras Ugly Betty); a pumping soundtrack with tracks by Oasis Radiohead Stranglers and Franz Ferdinand; and the presence of Kurt Engfehr producer of Fahrenheit 9/11and Bowling For Columbine add up to make Taking Liberties the most explosive and controversial film to hit screens this summer.

• Sketches Of Frank Gehry | DVD | (22/10/2007) from £5.80  |  Saving you £14.19 (71.00%)  |  RRP £19.99

  Frank Gehry and Sydney Pollack are two of the best-known names in their respective fields of architecture and filmmaking. In his first documentary Academy Award-winning director Pollack turns his camera on to his long-time friend Gehry one of the world's most celebrated architects and creator of some of the greatest buildings of the modern era including the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Pollack uncovers Gehry's creative process from his early abstract sketches and three dimensional models to the awe-inspiring finished structures. Shot in an informal highly accessible style and featuring contributions from Gehry's contemporaries clients and admirers including Philip Johnson Dennis Hopper and Julian Schnabel among others the film is a fascinating portrait of the man whose masterpieces have transformed a conventional science into an extraordinary art form.

• The World Unseen | DVD | (04/05/2009) from £8.59  |  Saving you £1.40 (14.00%)  |  RRP £9.99

  In 1950's apartheid South Africa free-spirited caf''-owner Amina meets introverted wife Miriam and their unexpected attraction pushes them to question the rules that bind them. In a system that divides white from black and women from men what chance is there for an unexpected love to survive?

• Starsuckers | DVD | (12/04/2010) from £10.05  |  Saving you £4.94 (33.00%)  |  RRP £14.99

  Starsuckers is a feature documentary about the celebrity obsessed media that uncovers the real reasons behind our addiction to fame and blows the lid on the corporations and individuals who profit from it. Made completely independently over 2 years in secret the film journeys through the dark underbelly of the modern media. Using a combination of never before seen footage undercover reporting stunts and animation the film reveals the toxic effect the media is having on us all - and especially our children.

• Burma VJ | DVD | (01/02/2010) from £9.51  |  Saving you £5.48 (36.60%)  |  RRP £14.99

  Armed with pocket-sized video cameras a tenacious band of Burmese reporters face down death to expose the repressive regime controlling their country. Compiled from the shaky handheld footage acclaimed filmmaker Anders Ostergaard's Burma VJ plays out as a real-life thriller as the Video-Journalists themselves become the target of the Burmese government.

• Mugabe And The White African | DVD | (10/05/2010) from £8.09  |  Saving you £6.90 (46.00%)  |  RRP £14.99

  I'm still the Hitler of the times. This Hitler has only one objective; justice for his people sovereignty for his people. If that is Hitler right... then let me be a Hitler ten fold. - Robert Mugabe Michael Campbell is one of a handful of white farmers still left in Zimbabwe since President Robert Mugabe began enforcing his controversial land seizure program an initiative intended to reclaim white-owned land and redistribute it to poor black Zimbabweans. Since 2000 formerly thriving farms that employed thousands now sit derelict while poverty and hunger are rife amongst the majority of the country's citizens; but 74-year-old Mike refuses to back down. Set against the backdrop of the tumultuous 2008 presidential election Mugabe and the White African follows Mike and son-in-law Ben Freeth's harrowing attempt to take Mugabe to an international court for racism and violation of their human rights. It is an unprecedented case upon which rests not only Mike and his family's future but also the future of millions of ordinary Zimbabweans who continue to suffer at the hands of one of the world's most infamous tyrants. Much of this film was shot covertly. To have been caught filming would have meant imprisonment.

• The Banishment | DVD | (15/12/2008) from £6.99  |  Saving you £13.00 (65.00%)  |  RRP £19.99

  Loosely based on a short story by American novelist William Saroyan The Banishment is a powerful and atmospheric portrait of an unravelling marriage. Having left the city Alex and Vera set up home with their children in a remote but idyllic-seeming country house. But then one day Vera makes a shocking confession setting in motion a chain of events that will lead to tragedy. Acclaimed director Andrey Zvyagintsev confirms his position as an absolute master of style and mood with this award winning and stunningly photographed story of masculine pride morality and betrayal.

• No One Knows about Persian Cats | DVD | (26/07/2010) from £9.98  |  Saving you £6.01 (37.60%)  |  RRP £15.99

  No One Knows about Persian Cats