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• Dog Day Afternoon | DVD | (13/02/2006) from £10.78   |  Saving you £-0.79 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A gripping true crime yarn, a juicy slice of overheated New York atmosphere and a splendid showcase for its young actors, Dog Day Afternoon is a minor classic of the 1970s. The opening montage of New York street life (set to Elton John's lazy "Amoreena") establishes the oppressive mood of a scorching afternoon in the city with such immediacy that you can almost smell the garbage baking in the sun and the water from the hydrants evaporating from the sizzling pavement. Al Pacino plays Sonny, who, along with his rather slow-witted accomplice Sal (John Cazale, familiar as Pacino's Godfather brother Fredo), holds hostages after a botched a bank robbery. Sonny finds himself transformed into a rebel celebrity when his standoff with police (including lead negotiator Charles Durning) is covered live on local television. The movie doesn't appear to be about anything in particular, but it really conveys the feel of wild and unpredictable events unfolding before your eyes, and the whole picture is so convincing and involving that you're glued to the screen. An Oscar winner for original screenplay, Dog Day Afternoon was also nominated for best picture, actor, supporting actor (Chris Sarandon, as a surprise figure from Sonny's past), editing, and director (Sidney Lumet of Serpico, Prince of the City, The Verdict and Running on Empty). --Jim Emerson

• MOTHER! | DVD | (22/01/2018) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Oscar® winners Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem deliver unforgettable performances in Oscar® nominated Darren Aronofsky's praised opus. The film shattered audiences and critics around the world. It's been called gorgeous, distressing and utterly confounding (Empire) and Darren Aronofsky eclipses even his own darkest work (Time Out). Experience the visually arresting psychological thriller that will leave your heart pounding and your mind blown! Bonus Features: mother! The Downward Spiral The Makeup FX of mother!

• Requiem For A Dream | DVD | (06/08/2001) from £3.96   |  Saving you £16.03 (404.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A harrowing tale of drug addiction and lost dreams, set in 1978 New York.

• MOTHER! | Blu Ray | (22/01/2018) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Oscar® winners Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem deliver unforgettable performances in Oscar® nominated Darren Aronofsky's praised opus. The film shattered audiences and critics around the world. It's been called gorgeous, distressing and utterly confounding (Empire) and Darren Aronofsky eclipses even his own darkest work (Time Out). Experience the visually arresting psychological thriller that will leave your heart pounding and your mind blown! Bonus Features: mother! The Downward Spiral The Makeup FX of mother!

• Mother! (4K UHD + Blu-Ray) | 4K UHD | (22/01/2018) from £18.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Oscar® winners Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem deliver unforgettable performances in Oscar® nominated Darren Aronofsky's praised opus. The film shattered audiences and critics around the world. It's been called gorgeous, distressing and utterly confounding (Empire) and Darren Aronofsky eclipses even his own darkest work (Time Out). Experience the visually arresting psychological thriller that will leave your heart pounding and your mind blown! Bonus Features: mother! The Downward Spiral The Makeup FX of mother!

• The Panic In Needle Park | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

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  Fantasy mixes with the harsh reality of addiction and the desire for hope in Requiem for a Dream. Beginning at the dawn of a new summer in Coney Island, the film charts the relationship of Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn) and her son Harry (Jared Leto)--two characters who are lost with in a world of the self-absorbed desire to feed their addictions at the cost of hope and love. With a sublime score (performed by the Kronos Quartet) accompanying some intense visual imagery, the film sets up an almost fairy-tale wash over the characters' lives, with every hit of their chosen drug turning them into beautiful people surrounded by a haze which enhances all their features. However, unlike films such as Trainspotting which turn the dream into a nightmare then end with a huge dose of hope, Requiem for a Dream forces the viewer through all loss of hope and the descending madness of reality, as winter begins. Darren Aronofsky's follow-up to the critically acclaimed Pi is a movie which exposes not only the terror caused by addiction of any kind--be it TV or Heroin--but also offers a powerful insight into the destruction caused by the desire to achieve "the American Dream". Based on the novel by Hubert Selby Jr, the film sacrifices dialogue in favour of imagery and movement: the editing and cinematography are reminiscent of MTV, however the movie takes this very aggressive style and moulds it to its own needs, adding a beautifully haunting narrative and powerful performances by its four main characters (Burstyn just missing out on an Oscar for Best female lead to Julia Roberts). Ultimately the viewer is left with a sense of desperation and despair: Requiem for a Dream exposes drugs and addiction in the most powerful and truthful way a film has ever managed, leaving no stone unturned. On the DVD: This disc is bursting with excellent special features. The anamorphic widescreen picture makes the most of the film's stylish visuals, and the soundtrack offers choice of either Dolby Digital 5.1 or 2.0. As well as offering the obligatory theatrical trailer, scene selection and a fantastic director's commentary, there's also a "making-of" featurette, TV trailers charting the reviews and success of the film, an "Anatomy of a scene", and a wide range of deleted scenes. By far the best feature is Hubert Selby Jr's interview with Ellen Burstyn, which offers the writer a chance to put across not just his opinions on his work but also on life as a whole. All these features are placed within an impressively formatted menu. --Nikki Disney

• Born To Win | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Their story is written on his arm. If they can get a grip on each other maybe they can turn their lives around. Former hairdresser turned smart-mouthed junkie/loser known as J (Segal) spends his days looking for 'just one more fix' as his lifestyle alienates all those around him... This film is a gritty story of lust greed and deceit with Segal playing small time hustler lurking in the back alleys of the Big Apple trying to escape the self-spun web of treachery that threate

• Born to Win | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-0.54 (-3.20%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Their story is written on his arm. If they can get a grip on each other maybe they can turn their lives around. Former hairdresser turned smart-mouthed junkie/loser known as J (George Segal) spends his days looking for 'just one more fix' as his lifestyle alienates all those around him... This film is a gritty story of lust greed and deceit with Segal playing a small time hustler lurking in the back alleys of the Big Apple trying to escape the self-spun web of treachery that threatens to enslave him. 'Born To Win' is a harrowing trip into the minds of a disturbed man trapped by his own compulsions.

• Born To Win | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Former hairdresser turned smart-mouthed junkie/loser known as J (Segal) spends his days looking for 'just one more fix' as his lifestyle alienates all those around him... This film is a gritty story of lust greed and deceit with Segal playing small time hustler lurking in the back alleys of the Big Apple trying to escape the self-spun web of treachery that threatens to enslave him. 'Born To Win' is a harrowing trip into the minds of a disturbed man trapped by his own compulsions.