"Director: George Tillman Jr"

• The Longest Ride | DVD | (02/11/2015) from £5.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From master storyteller Nicholas Spark (The Notebook, Message in a Bottle, Dear John) comes an unforgettable tale of two intertwining love stories.

• The Hate U Give | DVD | (18/02/2019) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Starr Carter is constantly switching between two worlds: the poor, mostly black, neighbourhood where she lives and the rich, mostly white, prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressures from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right. THE HATE U GIVE is based on the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller by Angie Thomas and stars Amandla Stenberg as Starr, with Russell Hornsby, Regina Hall, Common, Anthony Mackie, Issa Rae, KJ Apa, and Algee Smith.

• Faster | DVD | (01/08/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  For Driver (Dwayne Johnson), a 10-year jail sentence proves the making of him. His strength was not just fueled by time, but also by a hunger to avenge the murder of his brother during the botched bank robbery that led to his own imprisonment.

• Men Of Honour | DVD | (21/01/2002) from £4.60   |  Saving you £13.39 (291.09%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A military drama starring Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr that tells the true story of Carl Bashear who combated racism to become the US Navy's first African-American deep-sea diver.

• Men Of Honour | Blu Ray | (27/05/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A military drama starring Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr that tells the true story of Carl Bashear who combated racism to become the US Navy's first African-American deep-sea diver.

• Faster | Blu Ray | (01/08/2011) from £6.83   |  Saving you £13.16 (192.68%)   |  RRP £19.99

  For Driver (Dwayne Johnson), a 10-year jail sentence proves the making of him. His strength was not just fueled by time, but also by a hunger to avenge the murder of his brother during the botched bank robbery that led to his own imprisonment.

• Notorious | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £1.99   |  Saving you £18.00 (904.52%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The tragic story of Christopher Wallace - a young man who would go on to take the R&B world by storm under the alias of The Notorious B.I.G.

• Soul Food | DVD | (01/03/2004) from £13.82   |  Saving you £-0.83 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Soul Food is the kind of movie that seems to have been blessed throughout its low-budget production and it has got a quality of warmth and charm that fits perfectly with its authentic drama about a large African-American family in Chicago. Twenty-eight-year-old writer-director George Tillman Jr. drew autobiographical inspiration from his upbringing in Milwaukee, and on a well-spent $6.5 million budget he succeeded where similar films (including Waiting to Exhale and How Stella Got Her Groove Back) fell short: he depicts his many characters with such depth and sympathy that, by the time they have weathered several family crises, we've come to care and feel for them and the powerful ties that bind them together. As seen through the eyes of Tillman's young alter ego Ahmad (Brandon Hammond), the film primarily focuses on the rivalries and affections that rise and fall among Ahmad's mother (Vivica A. Fox) and her two sisters (Vanessa L. Williams and Nia Long). Through them, and through the weekly Sunday dinners cooked with love by their mother, Big Mama (Irma P. Hall), we witness marital bliss and distress, infidelity, success, failure ... in short, the spices of life both bitter and sweet. But when Big Mama falls into a diabetic coma, Ahmad watches as his family begins to fall apart without the stability and love that Big Mama provided with every Sunday meal. Tillman's touch can be overly nostalgic, melodramatic and cloyingly sentimental, but never so much that the movie loses its firm grip on reality. As a universal portrait of family life, Soul Food ranks among the very best films of its kind--believable, funny, emotional and always approaching its characters (well-played by a uniformly excellent cast) with a generous spirit of forgiveness and understanding. As satisfying as one of Big Mama's delicious dinners, Soul Food is the kind of movie that keeps you coming back for more. --Jeff Shannon

• Antwone Fisher/Men Of Honour | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £4.98   |  Saving you £4.01 (80.52%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Men Of Honour (Dir. George Tillman Jr. 2000): One of those rare films that grabs you by the gut and never lets go Men Of Honour was inspired by the life of Carl Brashear (Cuba Gooding Jr.) an African American who dared to dream of becoming a U.S. Navy Master Diver. Despite a bigoted training officer (Robert De Niro) and a tragic shipboard accident Carl never gives up and achieves the impossible in an incredible finish that will leave you cheering. Antwone Fisher (Dir. Denzel Washington 2003): Inspired by the true life experiences of its title character Antwone Fisher tells the dramatic story of a troubled sailor who is ordered to see a naval psychiatrist about his volatile temper. Little does he know that his first step into the doctor's office will lead him on a remarkable emotional journey to confront his painful past - and connect with the family he never knew...

• Men Of Honour (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (09/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A military drama starring Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr that tells the true story of Carl Bashear who combated racism to become the US Navy's first African-American deep-sea diver.

• Soul Food / Waiting To Exhale / How Stella Got Her Groove Back | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Soul Food: A family which comes together to eat and enjoy each others company is devastated by their mother's sudden illness. Their traditional Sunday dinners are soon nothing more than opportunities to argue... Waiting To Exhale: Savannah Bernadine Robin and Gloria are all searching for the real thing: true love. Bernadine thought she had it until her husband left her for another woman. Savannah and Robin are successful in business but their love lives are bankrupt

• Notorious / Adulthood | DVD | (01/11/2010) from £9.90   |  Saving you £-2.91 (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Notorious: Charting the remarkable rise of Christopher The Notorious B.I.G. Wallace - who in just a few short years shot from the tough streets of Brooklyn to the heights of hip hop legend Notorious peels back his mythic image eleven years after his tragic death Notorious reveals the tumultuous and all-too-brief journey of a blazingly talented fiercely determined young man whose unforgettable rap stories of inner city street life with their raw truth and vivid rhymes became emblamatic of a whole generation's brutal reality and its dreams of escaping it for something bigger. Adulthood: Six years after Sam Peel is released from jail for killing Trife he soon realises that life is no easier on the outside than it was on the inside and he's forced to confront the people he hurt the most. Some have moved on others are stuck with the repercussions of his actions that night but one thing's for certain - everyone has been forced to grow up. Through his journey Sam struggles to deal with his sorrow and guilt and something else he didn't expect - those seeking revenge. As he's pursued by a new generation of bad boys Sam sets about trying to get the message across to his pursuers that they should stop the violence much like Trife tried to tell him all those years ago. Can Sam stop the cycle of violence and make something positive from the destruction he caused or will his journey into Adulthood end here?

• Men Of Honour | DVD | (27/05/2013) from £9.43   |  Saving you £0.56 (5.60%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A military drama starring Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr that tells the true story of Carl Bashear who combated racism to become the US Navy's first African-American deep-sea diver.

• Notorious | Blu Ray | (22/06/2009) from £11.91   |  Saving you £16.07 (180.16%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The tragic story of Christopher Wallace - a young man who would go on to take the R&B world by storm under the alias of The Notorious B.I.G.

• Antwone Fisher / Men Of Honour | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £13.93   |  Saving you £6.06 (43.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Autobiographical movies rarely get more truthfully moving than Antwone Fisher. The title is also the name of this fine drama's first-time screenwriter, a former Navy seaman who was working as a film-studio security guard when his life-inspired script was developed as Denzel Washington's directorial debut. This Hollywood dream gets better: unbeknown to the filmmakers, Derek Luke--a newcomer who won the title role over a throng of famous contenders--was also a friend of Fisher's, and the whole film seems blessed by this fortunate coincidence. Washington's sharp instincts as an actor serve him well, as both a subtle-handed director and Luke's costar playing Jerome Davenport, a Navy psychologist assigned to assess Fisher's chronic violent temper. Their therapy sessions prove mutually beneficial, as this touching true story addresses painful memories, broken desires, and heartfelt reunions without resorting to a contrived happy ending. Fisher's good life is worth celebrating, and Washington brings a delicate touch to the party. --Jeff Shannon Originally, Men of Honour was simply called Navy Diver and no doubt all involved held high hopes that it would be an award-winning biopic. Unfortunately, Carl Brashear's life as the first African-American Master Diver went through that vaguely distasteful contemporary Hollywood Marketing makeover and the result is not quite so worthy of its subject and intentions. The film's hopelessly clichéd tagline reads, "History is made by those who break the rules"; the direction is shot through with sunsets 'n' slow-mo; and the script is peppered with foreshadowing dialogue ("don't end up like me, son"). The plot devices follow a predictable arc: family poverty, a swiftly sweet romance, a shock accident, court hearing and, naturally, a grisly antagonist. It's with the last of these that the movie comes to life. We may have seen DeNiro spit nails countless times before, but his saltily intractable Master Chief is a terrific screen creation. Next to him, Cuba Gooding Jr really does shine as the endlessly persecuted Brashear. All-too brief cameos from Charlise Theron and Michael Rapaport lend sparkle too. But the film's message about how social attitudes toward race have changed is lost in a murky haze of Hollywoodisation. As one character declares, "some things just don't mix". --Paul Tonks

• Men Of Honour / Tigerland / The Thin Red Line | DVD | (15/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Men Of Honour: One of those rare films that grabs you by the gut and never lets go 'Men Of Honour' was inspired by the life of Carl Brashear (Cuba Gooding Jr.) an African American who dared to dream of becoming a U.S. Navy Master Diver. Despite a bigoted training officer (Robert De Niro) and a tragic shipboard accident Carl never gives up and achieves the impossible in an incredible finish that will leave you cheering. Tigerland: Roland Bozz after being conscripted into the US army joins a platoon of other young soldiers preparing to fight in Vietnam. He has no interest in fighting for his country and tries to get sent home as a trouble maker but his superiors mistake his defiance as intelligence and he soon gets a chance to try his hand at leadership... The Thin Red Line: A powerful front line cast including Sean Penn Nick Nolte Woody Harrelson and George Clooney explodes into action in this hauntingly realistic view of military and moral chaos in the Pacific during World War II. Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director (Terrence Malick) The Thin Red Line is an unparalleled cinematic masterpiece.