"Director: Lasse Hallström"

• The Shipping News | DVD | (02/05/2011) from £9.90   |  Saving you £10.09 (101.92%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Kevin Spacey stars as a man who moves to his family's ancestral home in Newfoundland after a tragedy. Slowly, he starts to put his life back together.

• My Life As A Dog | DVD | (06/06/2005) from £12.96   |  Saving you £10.02 (100.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From the director of 'The Cider House Rules' and 'Chocolat' this internationally acclaimed film is a tender portrayal of the wisdom and resilience of a young boy set in 1959. Shipped off to live with his uncle for the summer when his mother falls ill 12 year old Ingemar is on the verge of puberty and grasping to understand his sexuality while searching for acceptance. He finds both with the help of the town's warm-hearted eccentrics... Oscar-nominated for Best Director and Best Ad

• What's Eating Gilbert Grape | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £6.28   |  Saving you £13.71 (218.31%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the novel by Peter Hedges (who adapted his own book) and directed by Lasse Hallström, What's Eating Gilbert Grape is the funny, moody tale of young Gilbert (Johnny Depp), who lives at home in a small town with his 500-pound Momma (beautifully played by non-professional Darlene Cates), his mentally retarded younger brother Arnie (Leonardo DiCaprio, utterly convincing), and his sisters. Not a lot happens--Arnie keeps climbing a water tower and getting stuck; Gilbert is involved with a married woman (Mary Steenburgen), then meets a nice new girl in town who's closer to his age (Juliette Lewis). And that's exactly what makes this movie so much more than your run-of-the-mill Hollywood product: it's not about some mechanical, formulaic plot; it's about these characters, and it allows you to spend some time with them and get to know them. Depp proved yet again that he's one of the most interesting, unpredictable, and risk-taking actors in American movies; while a pre-Titanic DiCaprio deservedly received an Oscar nomination. --Jim Emerson

• The Hundred Foot Journey | Blu Ray | (09/03/2015) from £11.39   |  Saving you £11.60 (101.84%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Starring Academy Award® winner Helen Mirren*, produced by Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey, and from the director of Chocolat, this uplifting story bursts with flavour, passion and heart. When the chilly chef proprietress of a Michelin starred French restaurant in southern France (Mirren) gets wind of a culinary immigrant opening an Indian restaurant just 100 feet from her own, her protests escalate to all-out war between the two establishments. It's a celebration of triumph over exile as these two worlds collide and one young man tries to find the comfort of home in every pot wherever he may be.

• Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | Blu Ray | (03/09/2012) from £6.48   |  Saving you £18.51 (285.65%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A romantic, contemporary fable, SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN is the tale of government employee Dr Alfred, or Fred, Jones (Ewan McGregor), a rather introverted scientist at the Department of Fisheries and Agriculture.

• The Hypnotist | DVD | (15/09/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Detective Inspector Joona Linna has an eyewitness to a bestial slaughter of a family in the suburbs of Stockholm. The witness the family's teenage son is barely alive and cannot be heard with conventional means. The eldest daughter is also mysteriously missing. It seems as if someone is trying to wipe out the whole family and Joona Linna fears that she can be the killer's next victim. Struggling against time Linna persuades the questioned hypnotist Erik Maria Bark to make an attempt to reach out to the boy and make him talk under hypnosis. Erik Maria Bark breaks his solemn oath never to practise hypnosis again and a lethal voyage down to the bottomless darkness of the sub-conscious mind begins.

• Something To Talk About | DVD | (08/01/2001) from £5.39   |  Saving you £8.60 (61.50%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Something to Talk About is a well-intentioned but strangely cold tale that concerns an emotionally repressed Southern belle (Julia Roberts) who separates from her husband (Dennis Quaid) after discovering he is an unabashed philanderer. Pressed by her dominating father (Robert Duvall) into reconciling with her spouse, Roberts's character chafes against so much male control over her destiny. Defended by a fiercely independent sister (a catchy performance by Kyra Sedgwick), the heroine develops the nerve to plot her own course in life while her mother (Gena Rowlands) finds the gumption to throw her own mate out of the house. The script by Callie Khouri (Thelma & Louise) is intelligent but hardly clear, and direction by Lasse Hallström (Once Around) can't keep Khouri's unfocused scenes and uncertain purpose from dissolving like sand castles in the rain. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• The Cider House Rules | DVD | (02/05/2011) from £7.88   |  Saving you £12.11 (153.68%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Honored with two Academy Awards - Best Supporting Actor for Michael Caine and Best Adapted Screenplay for John Irving - The Cider House Rules tells a compelling and heartwarming story about how far a young man must travel to find the place where he truly belongs. Homer Wells (Tobey Maguire) has lived nearly his entire life within the walls of St. Cloud's Orphanage in rural Maine. Though groomed by its proprietor Dr. Larch (Caine) to be his successor Homer nonetheless feels the need to strike out on his own and experience the world outside. Then while working at an apple orchard Homer falls for the beautiful Candy (Charlize Theron) and learns some powerfully indelible lessons about life love and home! Based on John Irving's best-selling American classic and featuring a sensational all-star cast including Delroy Lindo and newcomer Erykah Badu this entertaining motion picture earned raves from critics and moviegoers everywhere!

• ABBA - The Movie | Blu Ray | (27/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  ABBAmania: that was the name given to the hysterical worship of four Swedes that enthralled Australia during an intense period in the mid-1970s. This phenomenon reached its high-point as ABBA conducted an enormously successful tour Down Under in March 1977. The feverish madness of the tour was captured on film in director Lasse Hallstrom's ABBA - The Movie which remains as one of precious few opportunities to experience ABBA live onstage. In the film we follow radio disc jockey Ashley Wallace as he tries to hunt down the group for an exclusive in-depth interview. Will he make it or not? Experience the excitement of ABBA's music and the mania that surrounded them in this very first DVD release of ABBA - The Movie!

• The Cider House Rules | Blu Ray | (07/11/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A compassionate young man, raised in an orphanage and trained to be a doctor there, decides to leave to see the world.

• An Unfinished Life | DVD | (25/12/2006) from £6.73   |  Saving you £8.26 (122.73%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Set against the rugged ranchlands of Wyoming An Unfinished Life is the story of a modern-day Western family as stoic as they are divided learning the true meaning of forgiveness. Robert Redford stars as Einar Gilkyson a tough-skinned retired rancher who long ago turned his back on memories. Still in shock from his only son's death a decade ago Einar has let his ranch fall into ruin along with his marriage. Now Einar spends his days caring only for his hired hand and last trusted friend Mitch (Morgan Freeman) who was gravely injured in an encounter with a grizzly bear. Einar intends to live out his days in this heartbroken solitude . . . until the very person he blames for his son's accident comes to town: his daughter-in-law Jean (Jennifer Lopez). Jean shows up broke on the run and with a girl named Griff (newcomer Becca Gardner) who she swears is the granddaughter Einar never knew he had. Suddenly Einar's quiet life is turned upside down as anger and accusations resurface. But slowly miraculously 11 year-old Griff's curiosity about Western life and her longing for family and a father figure begin to chip away at the stone that has become Einar's heart - opening up the way for unexpected connection adventure mercy and true reunion.

• What's Eating Gilbert Grape? | Blu Ray | (28/04/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Gilbert Grape feels trapped - with no father present and an eccentric family to care for he is struggling to cope. His extremely overweight mother cannot leave the house and his developmentally challenged younger brother Alfie is running riot with his stubborn antics. As much as Gilbert adores Alfie and shares a unique fatherly bond he can be difficult to care for. The only way Gilbert can escape from the confines of his demanding role as head of the house is to run into the arms of an older married woman whom he is having a secret affair - but the relationship is struggling as his mind is always elsewhere. With their home falling apart at the very seams and Gilbert struggling to cope with all the demands his life puts upon him can the enigmatic new girl in town rescue Gilbert Grape and bring some happiness back in to his life? Brilliantly directed by Lasse Hallström (The Cider House Rules Dear John Salmon Fishing in the Yemen) this quirky whimsical and touching drama stars heartthrobs Johnny Depp (Edward Scissorhands Pirates of the Carribean) and Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street The Great Gatsby) in one of their best loved roles with DiCaprio receiving a best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for a film that made him a star.

• The Hoax | DVD | (11/02/2008) from £6.04   |  Saving you £9.95 (164.74%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Richard Gere stars in the true story of Clifford Irving, a writer who has the biggest scoop of the 20th century - or does he?

• The Shipping News | Blu Ray | (10/10/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.

• Captain Corelli's Mandolin/Chocolat | DVD | (03/04/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Dir. John Madden) (2001): In keeping with Hollywood's time-honored tradition of turning celebrated novels into cinematic spectacles director John Madden brings Louis de Berniere's acclaimed 1994 work 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' to life. Set on the Greek island of Cephalonia in 1940 the film tells the story of the beautiful Pelagia (Penelope Cruz) who lives with her father Dr. Iannis (John Hurt) and is engaged to local fisherman Mandras (Christian Bale). When Mandras leaves the island to fight for his country against the approaching German army Pelagia is left behind to worry and wait for a letter which never arrives. In the meantime the Italian army occupies Cephalonia and Pelagia and Dr. Iannis receive a new visitor into their home. Captain Antonio Corelli (Nicolas Cage) a romantic opera lover with a passion for playing the mandolin annoys Pelagia with his free-spirited personality but it is this charm that eventually wins her heart. Soon the two are head-over-heels in love only for Mandras to return... Chocolat (Dir. Lasse Hallstrom) (2001): Nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Actress (Juliet Binoche) and Best Supporting Actress (Judi Dench) 'Chocolat' is the beautiful and captivating comedy from the acclaimed director of 'The Cider House Rules'. Nobody could have imagined the impact that the striking Vianne (Binoche) would make when she arrived in a tranquil old-fashioned French town. In her very unusual chocolate shop Vianne begins to create mouth-watering confections that almost magically inspire the straight-laced villagers to abandon themselves to temptation and happiness. But it is not until another stranger the handsome Roux (Johnny Depp) arrives in town that Vianne is finally able to recognise her own desires.

• Screen Icons: Judi Dench | DVD | (24/03/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Judi Dench Screen Icons - ChocolatIrisA beautifully written portrait of a marriage.The Importance of Being Earnest

• Johnny Depp Collection | DVD | (23/02/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Arizona Dream: Johnny Depp plays Axel a young drifter caught between the dreams of youth and the responsibilities of adulthood. Enticed back to his Arizona hometown the oddball residents take more than a passing interest in him. His wheeler-dealer uncle badgers him to take over the Cadillac salesroom. What's more Axel becomes the pinnacle of risque love triangle with a wealthy widow and her stepdaughter... What's Eating Gilbert Grape: Meet Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp) a young man who lives in Endora Iowa population 1 091. Gilbert lives with his mother whose 36 stone frame is slowly destroying the fragile Grape homestead his brother Arnie (Leonardo DiCaprio) who was never expected to survive childhood and his two sisters. Gilbert's only excitement is his affair with Mrs. Betty Carver (Mary Steenburgen). Besides that Gilbert's life is weird. And he doesn't seem to enjoy it. But one day a mysterious beautiful girl named Becky (Juliette Lewis) moves into town with her grandmother and Gilbert's world begins to change... Dead Man: William Blake (Johnny Depp) set out on an exciting journey to start his life over in a new town with a new job. He never could have prepared himself for what was to come. Through a mysterious chain of events he becomes involved in a love triangle that ends in a double murder--with him as the suspect. Alone and scared he tries to escape but soon discovers that he is being hunted down by men who have been paid to find and kill him and befriends a Native American loner 'Nobody' (Gary Farmer) who believes that he is the English poet 'William Blake' teaches him to face the dangers that follow a dead man. With tremendous performances from the likes of Johnny Depp Gary Farmer (later reprising the same role in Jarmusch's 'Ghost Dog') and movie-legend Robert Mitchum; the amazing rock score by Neil Young drifts in and out superbly as William Blake journeys through Jarmush's monochrome vision of the old west. Sleepy Hollow: Master storyteller Tim Burton (Batman Edward Scissorhands) weaves an eerie enchanting version of this classic tale of horror. Johnny Depp is Ichabod Crane an eccentric investigator determined to stop the murderous Headless Horseman. Christina Ricci is Katrina Van Tassel the beautiful and mysterious girl with secret ties to the supernatural terror... Lost In La Mancha: Making a film is essentially about two things: belief and momentum - Director Terry Gilliam. Lost In La Mancha may be the first un-making of documentary. In a genre that exists to hype films before their release 'Lost In La Mancha' presents an unexpected twist: it is the story of a film that does not exist. Instead of a sanitised glimpse behind the scenes 'Lost In La Mancha' offers a unique in-depth look at the harsher realities of filmmaking. With drama that ranges from personal conflicts to epic storms this is a record of a film disintegrating.

• Finding Neverland / Chocolat | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An amazing double-bill for lovers of all-things Depp! Finding Neverland (Dir. Marc Foster 2004): Unlock your imagination... Finding Neverland is a tale of magic and fantasy inspired by the life of Peter Pan author James Barrie. Set in London 1904 the film is a fictional account of Barrie's creative struggle to bring Peter Pan to life from his first inspiration up until the play's premiere - a night that will change not only Barrie's own life but the

• Something To Talk About / The Pelican Brief / Conspiracy Theory | DVD | (23/12/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Something To Talk AboutIn one of her best-ever roles Julia Roberts is Grace whose reaction to the infidelities of Eddie (Dennis Quaid) turns the lives and loves of the people around her into something like falling dominoes. Robert Duvall Gena Rowlands Kyra Sedgwick and others in the year's best ensemble of characters (Jack Matthews Newsday) co-star in this juicy truthful story written by Callie Khouri (Thelma And Louise) and directed by Lasse Hallstrom. Pelican BriefTwo Supreme Court Justices have been murdered and a lone law student (Julia Roberts) turns her suspicions about the deaths into a speculative brief that sends shock waves into the highest levels of government. She and a determined investigative reporter (Denzel Washington) want to tell the world what they have uncovered - if they live to tell it. The race in on and these two are more than runners they're moving targets. Conspiracy TheoryNew York cab driver and conspiracy buff Jerry Fletcher (Mel Gibson) knows about the secret movers shakers and assassins who really control things. Trying to put Justice Department attorney Alice Sutton (Julia Roberts) in the know he's run out of her office. Soon both will run for their lives.

• Michael Caine Collection | DVD | (14/04/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £26.99

  Michael Caine is undoubtedly one of Britain’s best loved and most unique actors enjoying a celebrated career spanning over 40 years. He first started appearing in films in the 1960’s making his breakthrough in classics such as Zulu (1964) Alfie (1966) and The Italian Job (1969) - for which he was nominated for his first Academy Award®. This collection brings together three very different films showcasing his innate versatility as an Actor. The Cider House Rules directed by Lasse Hallström and based on John Irving’s novel of the same name sees Caine star as Dr. Wilbur Larch for which he won an Academy Award® for Best Supporting Actor. Little Voice sees Caine showcase his excellent comic timing as Ray Say the charismatic lothario who discovers Laura’s hidden talent a role for which he won a Golden Globe for Best Actor. Finally The Quiet American sees Caine star as Thomas Fowler - a British reporter vying against a young American for the affections of a Vietnamese beauty – he was nominated for an Academy Award® and a BAFTA for Best Performance by an Actor in a leading role. The Michael Caine collection is a diverse and varied portrayal of just a section of his acclaimed career. His longevity as an actor is testament to his skill and dedication to his craft - he is still very much capturing the hearts and minds of audiences all over the world. For Michael Caine fans and film fans in general this wonderful collection is a must-have.