Drama

• The Politician's Wife | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-4.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Flora appears to be the perfect politician's wife running her husband's constituency and country home with ease while he pursues his career as Minister for the Family at Westminister. Until a sex scandel involving her husband changes Flora's life forever. Political intrigue adultery and betrayal is just the beginning until Flora takes her revenge.

• Queer As Folk (Definitive Edition) | DVD | (13/09/2010) from £37.95   |  Saving you £-7.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Television has become so much a part of our lives that it rarely surprises us anymore, so when a series like Queer as Folk comes along--truly shocking and genuinely touching--it's an event to be remembered. Originally broadcast as eight half-hour episodes on Channel 4, QAF follows the lives of three men through life, love and all the travails of such in Manchester. That the protagonists are all gay--and Nathan (Charlie Hunnam) is just 15 years old--is treated as matter of course, and were it not for the fact that every character who is introduced is so vividly realised, it would be the only point. The ultimate triumph of QAF is not that the explicit, explosive subject matter is handled (mostly) tastefully, or that it made it on screen at all--it's that the characters are so intriguing that the unflinching looks at sex and relationships almost fade completely into the background. The series certainly starts with a bang: in the first episode, young Nathan is deflowered, Stuart (Aiden Gillen) becomes a father and Vince (Craig Kelly) pines away with an unrequited love that quickly establishes itself as the series' main theme. (That Vince spends half of QAF with a boyfriend complicates the situation some.) Nathan has already come to terms with his sexuality by the time the series starts, but that doens't mean that the rest of his family--or his fellow students--have; Stuart, the biggest (or, at least, busiest) stud in town, and QAF's approaches 30 and starts to re-examine his life; and Vince has to live with the rest of them. The parents, families, friends and co-workers of all involved get plenty of screen time, and occasionally steal the scenes themselves--especially Denise Black (hairdresser Denise Osbourne from Coronation Street). The DVD includes a Photo Gallery and a handful of interviews, which add little to the package. --Randy Silver

• The Yellow Rolls Royce | DVD | (28/09/2009) from £13.95   |  Saving you £-0.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

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• Unforgiven | DVD | (02/02/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Unforgiven is the story of Ruth Slater (Suranne Jones) a woman released from prison on license after serving 15 years for the murder of two policemen. Ruth has spent half of her life imprisoned and now faces the daunting prospect of rebuilding her life whilst being irresistibly drawn to the place that haunts her Upper Hanging Stones Farm. In spite of trying to focus on the future and her new boyfriend Brad (Will Mellor) Ruth is unable to forget her past and the sister Katie who she was forced to leave behind. Outraged to hear that the woman who killed their father has been released Kieran (Jack Deam) and Steve Whelan (Matthew McNulty) are eager to seek revenge. Believing that life should mean life the two brothers decide to take the law into their own hands. But just how far are they capable of going? Can they really do to her what she did to their father? As the details about Ruth's past become known maintaining a job friendship and a relationship become increasingly arduous. Ruth soon realises that the ramifications of her release spread further than she could have imagined with far reaching implications for everyone involved. Unforgiven also stars Peter Davison and Siobhan Finneran as John and Izzie Ingram who now live at Upper Hanging Stones Farm; Faye McKeever as Steve's wife Hannah and Douglas Hodge and Jemma Redgrave as Michael and Rachel Belcombe the adoptive parents of Emily (Flora Spencer-Longhurst) and Ruth's sister Katie who they have renamed Lucy (Emily Beecham).

• Dog Day Afternoon | DVD | (13/02/2006) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (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

• Hell or High Water | DVD | (09/01/2017) from £4.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Texas brothers -- Toby (Chris Pine), and Tanner (Ben Foster), come together after years divided to rob branches of the bank threatening to foreclose on their family land. For them, the hold-ups are just part of a last-ditch scheme to take back a future that seemed to have been stolen from under them. Vengeance seems to be theirs, until they find themselves on the radar of Texas Ranger, Marcus (Jeff Bridges) looking for one last grand pursuit on the eve of his retirement, and his half-Comanche partner, Alberto (Gil Birmingham). As the brothers plot a final bank heist to complete their scheme, and with the Rangers on their heels, a showdown looms at the crossroads where the values of the Old and New West murderously collide.

• Hope Springs | DVD | (25/02/2013) from £7.05   |  Saving you £10.94 (155.18%)   |  RRP £17.99

  When Kay hears of a renowned couple's specialist in the small town of Great Hope Springs, she attempts to persuade her sceptical husband, Arnold, a steadfast man of routine, to get on a plane for a week of marriage therapy.

• Educating Rita | Blu Ray | (21/05/2018) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Gorgeous animation to be enjoyed by young and old, based on the bestselling children's book by Oliver Jeffers.

• Coupling: Complete Series 3 | DVD | (22/09/2003) from £4.89   |  Saving you £15.10 (308.79%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The third series of Coupling, first aired in 2002, takes fans of the BBC's comedy of sex, manners and modern relationships into new realms of engaging surrealism, leaving those irritating comparisons with Friends trailing in its wake. The men are constantly in pursuit of a basic grasp of the "emotional things" that make women behave the way they do. The women analyse everything to death. But thanks to Steve Moffat's scripts, tighter and quirkier than ever, these characters are living, breathing human beings rather than cynical ciphers for comedy stereotypes. The performances are as strong as you'd expect from an established team, with actors such as Jack Davenport (the ever-perplexed Steve), Ben Miles (unreconstructed chauvinist Patrick), Sally Alexander (dryly intelligent Susan) and Kate Isitt (neurotic Sally) wearing their roles like second skins. But in the surreal stakes, it's Richard Coyle as Jeff, wondering aloud what happens to jelly after women have finished wrestling in it, and Gina Bellman as Jane, musing on the importance of a first snog in identifying what men like to eat, who really raise the laughter levels. All things considered, this is superior comedy for all thirtysomethings--genuine and putative. --Piers Ford

• Inaam Dus Hazar | DVD | (18/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

• The Shawshank Redemption | DVD | (01/09/2008) from £4.95   |  Saving you £0.05 (1.01%)   |  RRP £5.00

  This extraordinary tale of hope, friendship and survival inside a maximum security prison celebrates the decade since its release with a new three disc special edition.

• Interlude In Prague | DVD | (29/05/2017) from £7.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  1788, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart escapes the frustrating, privileged elite of Vienna to spend a few weeks in Prague. However, his unconventional presence soon unleashes a series of dramatic and tragic events set off by a forbidden affair with young soprano Zuzanna. Overwhelmed by the tangled web of lust, violence and intrigue that surrounds him, Mozart finds inspiration to create the astonishing and dramatic piece of music that will become the operatic masterpiece Don Giovanni. Interlude in Prague is a powerful period thriller set to the music of Mozart and starring James Purefoy (High Rise, TV's The Following), Samantha Barks (Les Miserables) and Aneurin Barnard (TV's SS-GB, TV's War and Peace).

• The End Of The Tour | DVD | (25/07/2016) from £7.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (62.58%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace (Jason Segal), which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest. Click Images to Enlarge

• The Florida Project | Blu Ray | (13/10/2025) from £19.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A single mother and her young daughter struggle with near-homelessness during the Florida summer heat. Staying at the Magic Castle Inn, they make friends, hustle tourists, and do what they can to make ends meet Special Features New 4K master with Dolby Vision HDR produced and approved by Director Sean Baker Over 4.5 hours of new bonus material New audio commentary with Sean Baker, Co-Writer Chris Bergoch and Director of Photography Alexis Zabé New audio commentary by Kat Ellinger and Martyn Conterio Success Story: a new interview with Sean Baker Playing Within the Frame: a new interview with Actor Willem Dafoe A Transformative Experience: a new interview with Actor Bria Vinaite The Kids: a new interview with Actors Brooklynn Kimberly Prince, Valeria Cotto and Christopher Rivera Origin Story: a new interview with Actor Brooklynn Kimberly Prince True Friendship: a new interview with Actor Valeria Cotto Overusing Freedom: a new interview with Actor Christopher Rivera Embrace the Chaos: a new interview with Co-writer Chris Bergoch Clearing the Brush: a new interview with Producer Andrew Duncan A Different Way of Shooting: a new interview with Producers Kevin Chinoy and Francesca Silvestri A Sense of Imagination: a new interview with Associate Producer Samantha Quan Hotel to Home: a new interview with Executive Director of Community Hope Center Rev. Mary Downey Streets of 192: a new interview with Casting Coordinator Patti Wiley Back to the Castle: On location with Brooklynn Kimberly Prince, Valeria Cotto and Christopher Rivera Wretched Splendour: Rohan Spong on The Florida Project Under the Rainbow - Making The Florida Project Archive Cast & Crew Interviews Bloopers & Outtakes

• The Frightened City | Blu Ray | (12/04/2021) from £14.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A brand new restoration of the 1961 British neo-noir gangster film. The Frightened City is an essential addition to the Vintage Classics Collection. Starring Sean Connery as Paddy Damion, a thief who is recruited by a mobster (Alfred Marks) to oversee his money collection. Paddy is no thug but takes the job because his partner (Kenneth Griffith) has been injured in a robbery and he feels obligated to support him.Marks is actually the puppet of criminal mastermind Zhernikov (Herbert Lom), who has the image of a respectable businessman, but is in fact manipulating the local mobsters for his own ends. Also in the mix are the beautiful Anya (Yvonne Romain), wannabe singer and Zhernikov's mistress, to whom Paddy immediately takes a shine, and Sayers (John Gregson) the dedicated cop trying to crack open organised crime.

• Effie Gray | DVD | (23/02/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  EFFIE GRAY explores the scandalous true story of the troubled relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and Effie Gray, his teenage bride. After marrying at 19, Effie quickly realises her marriage is a lie when Ruskin refuses to consummate it. Yearning for affection, she falls for the artist John Everett Millais. Desperate to be freed from John, Effie embarks on a life-changing journey to become one of the first women in history to seek a divorce from her husband, making her an everlasting figure in feminist history.

• Another Country | DVD | (17/03/2008) from £8.09   |  Saving you £7.90 (97.65%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In a shabby apartment in Moscow an American journalist questions a retired spy about his betrayal of his native England and his subsequent defection to the USSR. The answers take them back to 1932 where in the closed atmosphere of a British boy's school young Guy Bennett (Rupert Everett) realizes that his attraction to his classmates is more than a passing phase. There in an environment permeated by desire and denial in the wake of a gay classmate's suicide Bennett falls desperately in love with a younger student James Harcourt (Cary Elwes) and is introduced to Marxism by Tommy Judd (Colin Firth) his most loyal friend.

• A Quiet Passion | Blu Ray | (17/07/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The story of 19th century American poet Emily Dickinson is brought to vivid life, in a remarkably sensitive biopic by director Terence Davies, exploring her early days as a young schoolgirl through to her later years as a recluse. Now recognised as a genius that penned some of the most important verses in American literature, the poet was virtually unknown in her lifetime, leaving behind a legacy of stunning, astute work that still resonates deeply today. Featuring a curated selection of her poems in voiceover, A Quiet Passion details every facet of Dickinson's character: her wit, her humour and the intimate, close-knit relationship she had with her family. Cynthia Nixon commands a superb performance in the title role, while Davies' elegant direction allows the audience to connect with the hopes, dreams and disappointments of one of the greatest poets of all time.

• Living | Blu Ray | (13/03/2023) from £12.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  LIVING is the story of an ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, who at the eleventh hour makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful into one he can say has been lived to the full. 1953. A London shattered by WWII is still recovering. Williams (Bill Nighy), a veteran civil servant, is an important cog within the city's bureaucracy as it struggles to rebuild. Buried under paperwork at the office, lonely at home, his life has long felt empty and meaningless. Then a shattering medical diagnosis forces him to take stock and to try and grasp fulfilment before it goes beyond reach. At a seaside resort, chaperoned by a local decadent (Tom Burke), he flirts with hedonism before rejecting it as his solution. Back in London he finds himself drawn to the natural vitality of Margaret (Aimee Lou Wood), a young woman who once worked under his supervision and is now determined to spread her wings. Then one evening he is struck by a revelation one as simple as it is profound and with a new energy, and the help of Peter (Alex Sharp), an idealistic new recruit to his department, he sets about creating a legacy for the next generation.

• I am slave | DVD | (22/08/2011) from £3.98   |  Saving you £9.01 (226.38%)   |  RRP £12.99

  From the Director of Death of a President this Bafta nominated story is based on the real-life experiences of Mende Nazer. Twelve-year-old Malia, is abducted from her village by Arab militia and sold into slavery to a woman in Khartoum. After six years she is sent to London, where her name is changed, but her miserable life of servitude continues. Her passport is taken and she is told that her father will die if she goes to the authorities. Fortunately she meets a sympathetic person who seems to offer her the hope of escape and reunion with her family.