Crime Thriller

• A Simple Favour | Blu Ray | (21/01/2019) from £3.89   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A SIMPLE FAVOUR, a stylish post-modern film noir directed by Paul Feig, centres around Stephanie (Anna Kendrick), a mommy blogger who seeks to uncover the truth behind her best friend Emily's (Blake Lively) sudden disappearance from their small town. Stephanie is joined by Emily's husband Sean (Henry Golding) in this thriller filled with twists and betrayals, secrets and revelations, love and loyalty, murder and revenge.

• Columbo - Season 3 | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £19.93   |  Saving you £8.06 (40.44%)   |  RRP £27.99

  Oh, just one more thing, mystery mavens--get ready to be mystified and entertained by the award-winning third season of Columbo, starring Peter Falk as the rumpled but unbeatable Lieutenant. Having taken home Emmys for outstanding limited drama and lead actor in its '71-'72 debut season, Columbo was again named best drama for its third season ('73-'74). The reason for the repeat success? The formula remained the same: intelligent, engaging scripts and direction, guest performances by top actors, and, of course, Falk at center stage as Columbo, the most unlikely of supersleuths, but unquestionably one of the sharpest (the role would later earn Falk three more Emmys between 1975 and 1990). The 10 episodes compiled in this two-disc set again feature top talent from film and television: directors include veterans Jeannot Swarc and Boris Sagal, as well as actors Nicholas Colasanto (better known as Coach from Cheers) and Ben Gazzara (Falk's frequent co-star in the films of John Cassavetes), while the season's scripts feature contributions from Stephen J. Cannell, Steven Bochco, and Larry Cohen. And in regard to co-stars, Falk matched wits with the likes of Donald Pleasance, Martin Sheen, Vincent Price, Robert Culp (in one of four turns on the series), Jose Ferrer, Ida Lupino, and in two novel but effective casting choices, Johnny Cash and hard-boiled mystery scribe Mickey Spillane. And there's even a bonus feature in the form of an episode of the spinoff series Mrs. Columbo, starring Kate Mulgrew as the Lieutenant's oft-mentioned better half. In short, it's 11 hours of solid sleuthing for armchair detectives. --Paul Gaita, Amazon.com

• The Iceman | DVD | (30/09/2013) from £4.51   |  Saving you £13.48 (298.89%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Richard Kuklinski (Michael Shannon) and his wife Deborah (Winona Ryder) appear to have a model American life. But unbeknownst to Deborah and the kids, when Kuklinski goes off to work he is carrying out executions at the behest of a local crime family.

• Greenland | DVD | (05/03/2021) from £15.52   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• They Made Me a Fugitive (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (28/08/2023) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti (Went the Day Well?, Dead of Night), They Made Me a Fugitive is a prime example of British film noir. Trevor Howard (Who?, The Missionary) plays Clem Morgan, an RAF officer during the war, now unemployed since demobilisation. Turning to the black market, he finds himself embroiled in a life of crime that will lead to prison, a daring escape, and a deadly manhunt. Boasting striking cinematography by Otto Heller, whose later credits would include Michael Powell's Peeping Tom and classic Cold War thriller The Ipcress File, They Made Me a Fugitive is accompanied by two rare short films, made during Howard's own time in the RAF during WWII, featuring his earliest known on-screen appearances. Product Features 2K restoration by the British Film Institute Original mono audio The John Player Lecture with Alberto Cavalcanti (1970, 62 mins): archival audio recording of the celebrated director at London's National Film Theatre, including an audience Q&A with fellow filmmakers Michael Balcon, Paul Rotha and Basil Wright After Effects (2019, 29 mins): appreciation by author and film historian Neil Sinyard About the Restoration (2019, 14 mins): the BFI's Kieron Webb discusses the process of restoring the film Squaring the Circle (1941, 33 mins): dramatised Royal Air Force training film, starring Trevor Howard in his first known film role The Aircraft Rocket (1944, 9 mins): extract from a multi-part RAF technical film, featuring Howard Image gallery: promotional and publicity material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Juice | DVD | (03/10/2011) from £9.05   |  Saving you £6.94 (76.69%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Juice is about 4 inner-city teens who get caught up in the pursuit of power and happiness which they refer to as 'the juice'.

• Host | Blu Ray | (30/08/2021) from £13.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Six friends hire a medium to hold a seance via Zoom during 2020's lockdown. Some take it more seriously than others however and they get a lot more than they bargained for when they inadvertently anger a demonic spirit. Special Features New exclusive commentary by Director Rob Savage and Producer Douglas Cox New exclusive cast commentary New exclusive cast interview Behind-the-Scenes feature 'Is There Goblins Now?' - the original prank video 'Kate Scare' - prank video test run Rob Savage's short films Dawn of the Deaf and Salt The Host Team Seance BFI Q&A with Rob Savage, Gemma Hurley, Jed Shepherd, Douglas Cox, Haley Bishop, Brenna Rangott, Caroline Ward Evolution of Horror interview with Rob Savage, Gemma Hurley and Jed Shepherd

• Horrible Bosses/Horrible Bosses 2 | DVD | (30/03/2015) from £9.08   |  Saving you £15.91 (175.22%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Horrible Bosses 1 Horrible Bosses is the blockbuster comedy of the year with a tasteful dark side. Directed by Seth Gordon (Four Christmases) and featuring a stellar cast including Kevin Spacey (American Beauty) Jennifer Aniston (Friends) Jamie Foxx (Collateral) and Colin Farrell (In Bruges). Nick (Jason Bateman) Dale (Charlie Day) and Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) are three best friends who have one particular thing in common; they all despise their bosses. Nick’s boss Mr. Harken (Spacey) expects way too much from him he virtually has no life outside of work as is constantly blackmailed into working overtime. Dale hates his boss Dr. Harris (Aniston) due to the uncomfortable sexual advances she makes to him on a daily basis despite the fact that she is about to walk down the aisle! Kurt however enjoys his job and likes his boss...that is until his boss unexpectedly pops his clogs leaving his drugged-up lunatic of a son (Farrell) in charge of the business. One night while attempting to drown their sorrows the three come up with an alcohol induced plot to murder their bosses in hope to make their lives easier and stress free. But this turns out to be much more than a dim-witted drunken conversation when the three realise this is actually just what they need to get their lives back on track. Soon enough they enlist the help of a shifty ex-con (Foxx) who agrees to be the trio’s murder consultant. But can they go through with it? And if so will they pull it off? (Matt Fairfield) Horrible Bosses 2 Fed up with answering to higher-ups Nick Dale and Kurt decide to become their own bosses by launching their own business in ‘Horrible Bosses 2’. But a slick investor soon pulls the rug out from under them. Outplayed and desperate and with no legal resource the three would-be entrepreneurs hatch a misguided plan to kidnap the investor’s adult son and ransom him to regain control of their company in this follow-up to the 2011 hit comedy ‘Horrible Bosses’ that reunites stars Jason Bateman Charlie Day and Jason Sudeijis as everyone’s favourite working stiffs. Jennifer Aniston Jamie Foxx and Kevin Spacey also reprise their starring roles while Chris Pine and Christoph Waltz star as new adversaries standing between the guys and their dreams of success.

• Alfred Hitchcock - Master Of Suspense | DVD | (28/09/2009) from £14.19   |  Saving you £5.80 (40.87%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Titles Comprise 1. Dial M For Murder: Ex-tennis pro Tony Wendice decides to murder his wife for her money as revenge for an affair she had the year before. He blackmails an old college associate to strangle her but when things go wrong he sees a way to turn events to his advantage. 2. I Confess: Otto Kellar and his wife Alma work as caretaker and housekeeper at a Catholic church in Quebec. Whilst robbing a house where he sometimes works as a gardener Otto is caught and kills the owner. Racked with guilt he heads back to the church where Father Michael Logan is working late. Otto confesses his crime but when the police begin to suspect Father Logan he cannot reveal what he has been told in the confession 3. Stage Fright: Jonathan Cooper is wanted by the police who suspect him of killing his lover's husband. His friend Eve Gill offers to hide him and Jonathan explains to her that his lover actress Charlotte Inwood is the real murderer. Eve decides to investigate for herself but when she meets the detective in charge of the case she starts to fall in love. 4. The Wrong Man: Manny Ballestero is an honest hardworking musician at New York's Stork Club. When his wife needs money for dental treatment Manny goes to the local insurance office to borrow on her policy. Employees at the office mistake him for a hold-up man who robbed them the year before and the police are called. 5. Strangers On A Train: A battle of wits between tennis pro Guy and his mysterious sycophantic admirer Bruno arises when Bruno proposes a criss-cross scheme of traded murders. Bruno agrees to kill Guy's unfaithful wife in return for which Guy will (or so it seems) kill Bruno's spiteful father. 6. North By Northwest: Grant plays a Manhattan advertising executive plunged into a realm of spy and counterspy and variously abducted framed for murder chased and in another signature set piece crop-dusted. He also holds on for dear life from that famed carved rock.

• Secret Window | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £5.12   |  Saving you £4.87 (95.12%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Mort Rainey (Johnny Depp) is a best-selling author with hundreds of fans. But one of his stories holds a secret that comes to life; a secret that even he can't imagine.

• Bangkok Dangerous | DVD | (29/12/2008) from £8.75   |  Saving you £11.24 (128.46%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The life of an anonymous assassin takes an unexpected turn when he travels to Thailand to complete a series of contract killings.

• Prisoners Of The Ghostland | Blu Ray | (15/11/2021) from £11.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town, a ruthless bank robber (Nicolas Cage) is sprung from jail by wealthy warlord The Governor (Bill Moseley), whose adopted granddaughter Bernice (Sofia Boutella) has gone missing. The Governor offers the prisoner his freedom in exchange for retrieving the runaway. Strapped into a leather suit that will self-destruct within five days, the bandit sets off on a journey to find the young woman and his own path to redemption.

• Dementia 13 (Vestron) | Blu Ray | (15/11/2021) from £12.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Presented in a high-definition director's cut, Francis Ford Coppola's Dementia 13 is quintessential gothic horror, wrapped in the twisted mysteries of a family's deepest, darkest secrets. A widow deceives her late husband's mother and brothers into thinking he's still alive when she attends the yearly memorial to his drowned sister, hoping to secure his inheritance. But her cunning is no match for the demented, axe-wielding thing roaming the grounds of the family's Irish estate in this cult favorite featuring Patrick Magee and Luana Anders. Special Features Introduction by Francis Ford Coppola Audio Commentary by director Francis Ford Coppola Prologue (Dementia 13 Test)

• Taken/Taken 2 | Blu Ray | (29/04/2013) from £5.99   |  Saving you £24.00 (400.67%)   |  RRP £29.99

  TakenLiam Neeson stars in this action-packed thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. When his daughter is kidnapped in Paris, a former spy (Neeson) sets out to find her at any cost. Relying on his special skills, he tracks down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launches a one-man war to bring them to justice and rescue his daughter. Taken 2Liam Neeson returns as Bryan Mills, the retired CIA agent 'with a particular set of skills' who stopped at nothing to save his daughter Kim from Albanian kidnappers. When the Father of one of the kidnappers swears revenge and takes Bryan and his wife hostage during their family vacation in Istanbul, Bryan enlists Kim to help them escape...

• Predestination | DVD | (06/04/2015) from £7.95   |  Saving you £10.04 (126.29%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Critics are hailing Predestination as 'the best film of the year' and 'enthralling from start to finish'. From the directors of Daybreakers, PREDESTINATION chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent (Ethan Hawke, Boyhood, Training Day) sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to stop crimes before they are committed. Now, on his final assignment, he must pursue the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time.

• Jennifer 8 | DVD | (18/03/2002) from £14.97   |  Saving you £-1.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Written and directed by Bruce Robinson (Withnail and I), this fast-moving potboiler finds its creator getting about as far from Withnail's fine wines and London and Lake District settings as it's possible to get, and into the world of bloody homicides, narrative red herrings and emotionally damaged policemen. John Berlin (Andy Garcia) is a big-city cop and, yes, that means he drinks a lot of coffee and has a terrible personal life (in this case, signified by a wife who just can't stop cheating on him). Leaving town to visit his understanding brother-in law and fellow detective Freddy Ross (Lance Henriksen), he promptly finds himself embroiled in the hunt for a serial killer with a grisly modus operandi for murdering blind women. As you might expect, it's not long before he's bumbling his way into a number of confrontations with the hick cops around him and an affair with Helena (Uma Thurman), the blind room-mate of one of the killer's victims. Slick and pacey, Jennifer 8 throws out so many plot that it eventually winds up falling over them in its haste to get to the overblown climax. Nothing here makes a great deal of sense and yet, despite its inherent cosmic silliness, Robinson handles the suspense-and-relief routine with a flashy aplomb, and the cast do well in the face of the material's shortcomings. (John Malkovich's brief appearance is a redemptive highlight, even if you do have to wait almost 90 minutes for it). --Danny Leigh

• Ridley: Series 1 | Blu Ray | (17/10/2022) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Meet charismatic Ex Detective Inspector Alex Ridley, who has retired from the police force after losing his wife and daughter. When Ridley is enlisted by DI Carol Farman, his former protégée, as a consultant on a complex murder case, the investigation takes a dark and unexpected twist. Turning to her old mentor for support, Carol is keen to access Ridley's unique insight into crime-solving which has served them so well in the past.

• Time Without Pity | Blu Ray | (17/11/2025) from £18.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A star-studded cast gather for one of the finest film noirs of the 1950s, Time Without Pity. A young man (Alec McCowen) is waiting on death row, charged with killing his girlfriend but out of the blue his estranged, alcoholic father (Michael Redgrave) arrives, determined to clear his son's name. Will the true killer be revealed from the ever-growing list of suspects? Leo McKern, Ann Todd, Lois Maxwell and Joan Plowright pull out all the stops to ensure the movie remains classy and real. Each frame is filled with pathos and drama with characters who live with the constant baggage of regret, remorse and need for retribution. High Definition Blu-Ray Presentation in 1.66:1 Aspect Ratio2.0 LPCM Dual-MonoOptional English Subtitles Audio Commentary by Troy Howarth A Merciless Thriller - Melanie Williams on Time Without Pity The Sins of the Father - Gavrik Losey on Time Without Pity

• The Equalizer 3 | Blu Ray | (11/12/2023) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Since giving up his life as a government assassin, Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) has struggled to reconcile the horrific things he's done in the past and finds a strange solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed. Finding himself surprisingly at home in Southern Italy, he discovers his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends' protector by taking on the mafia.

• Billion Dollar Brain | Blu Ray | (25/07/2022) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Secret agent Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) is blackmailed into working for MI5 again on his wildest - and most dangerous - assignment yet. An insane oil billionaire, intent on destroying Communism by starting a new world war, is close to achieving his goal with the help of the world's largest, and most powerful, computer. Harry is the only man who may be able to stop him; but as he races from London to Finland to Latvia to Texas and back, he must determine who of his supposed allies is the one he can actually trust, a sexy Russian agent, Soviet colonel or an American mercenary. Legendary filmmaker Ken Russell directed this third and final film in the great Harry Palmer series. The wonderful supporting cast includes Karl Malden, Ed Begley and Francoise Dorleac.