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• Hilary And Jackie | DVD | (10/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  It earned Oscar nods, yet this cinematic look at a genius--that of English cellist Jacqueline du Pré, who enraptured audiences with her bold, emblazoned and wholly unconventional playing style, and who died at age 42--was criticised for its "lapses" in truth by people who purportedly knew du Pré. Some of the controversy revolved around the other main character in Anand Tucker's gorgeous, involving movie--du Pré's sister, Hilary, whose book,A Genius in the Family (cowritten with brother Piers), dished some dirt on Jackie's sleeping with Hilary's husband. But don't let that deter you from this ebullient movie experience. Hilary and Jackie is a bisected story (each sister's tale is told in the same amount of screen time) teeming with heartfelt drama that belies the cheap shots it received from its detractors. It's stirring, reckless, loving, involving, and rife with unconventional passion; passion for music, life, art, and the delicate relationship between these two synchronous, extraordinary sisters as played by brilliant actors Emily Watson and Rachel Griffiths (both of whom earned Oscar nods). Though Watson got the juicy, showy role as Jackie, it's Griffiths who provides the heart, soul, and spine of the film. And director Tucker has that gift of being able to explain through the visual medium what is happening inside of his character's heads. He's helped by a fine screenplay by Frank Boyce Cottrell. No matter what the truth of Hilary and Jackie might really be, this is an exceptional, rare film that is defined and graced by fine acting and writing. --Paula Nechak

• Traffik | DVD | (07/03/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This is the original award-winning drama which inspired the Oscar-winning film Traffic. Powerful gripping and compelling viewing Traffik explores the murderous business of the heroin trade from opium fields in Pakistan to our very own front door. This spiderlike tale of creeping intensity revolves around Jack Lithgow a government minister whose engagement in tempering the drug trade flowing from Pakistan is affected by the discovery that his young daughter is a heroin addict and the realisation that his efforts are empty politics with little result. Parallel to this runs the story of Fazal an opium farmer who when his crop is destroyed enslaves himself to a ruthless drug-dealer Tariq Butt crossing one line after another until everything he cares for is at risk.

• Bearskin | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Johnny Fortune is no good to anyone not mean but just no good. To escape Casino bosses who want him for stealing money he flees to England. He gets a job dressed as a bear for Punch & Judy shows which is an effective disguise. But when the Casino thugs track him down it's up to his two resourceful bosses to help him.

• Rag Tale | DVD | (09/10/2006) from £6.54   |  Saving you £-0.55 (-9.20%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Get a handle on the scandal. A contemporary urban satire set during a week in the life of a tabloid newspaper. The tyrannical tycoon chairman Richard Morton (Malcolm McDowell) and clever but desperate editor Eddy Taylor (Rupert Graves) battle for political supremacy in the boardroom using staff journalists as pawns in the power-games played out on the front pages of their paper. Set against the backdrop of the US election and the current celebrity culture Rag Tale gives a witty behind-the-scenes look at the tabloids.

• Rag Tale | DVD | (06/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A romance that plays out in the splashy, sensational world of British tabloids.