Drama

• Pleasure | Blu Ray | (05/09/2022) from £10.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A raw, vital and groundbreaking exploration of the adult film industry, Pleasure is the unflinching first feature from writer-director Ninja Thyberg. Bella (newcomer Sofia Kappel) arrives in Los Angeles from her hometown in Sweden, with dreams of becoming the next porn superstar. However, as her ruthless ambition leads her into increasingly dangerous territory, Bella struggles to reconcile her dreams of empowerment with the realities of the darker side of her industry. One of the most audacious breakouts of Sundance Film Festival 2021, Thyberg's captivating debut addresses powerful ideas of consent and agency in sex work, through a fearless and uncompromising lens. Product Features Q&A with Ninja Thyberg, six exclusive art cards.

• Henry V | DVD | (17/03/2003) from £6.44   |  Saving you £3.55 (55.12%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Laurence Olivier was Oscar-nominated for his mesmerising performance as King Henry V which was made to boost the morale of British troops during World War Two.

• Life Begins - Series 1 | DVD | (18/04/2005) from £9.98   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From Mike Bullen the creator of Cold Feet. Maggie Mee (Quentin) is a woman who thinks she has life sorted. That is until her husband Phil (Armstrong) walks out on her and their two teenage children. At the age of 39 Maggie discovers that she's back to square one; no husband no job and no money... Britain's most watched drama series of 2004!

• Oppenheimer | DVD | (31/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  ""I am become Death destroyer of worlds..."" - J. Robert Oppenheimer A thrilling miniseries biopic of American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer who led the U.S efforts during World War II to develop the atomic bomb only to find himself suspected as a risk to national security from Communist sympathies stemming from an increasing ambivalence toward's his life's work... Nominated for a Golden Globe for Sam Waterston in the title role.

• The Last Picture Show | DVD | (26/11/2001) from £19.19   |  Saving you £-6.20 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Based on the novel by Larry McMurty The Last Picture Show is a more bitter than bittersweet drama about growing up and winding down in the dusty nowhere town of Anarene, Texas, during 1951-52. Unusually shot in black and white while the rest of Hollywood was going psychedelic in 1971, it's an interesting contrast with the rock 'n' roll nostalgia of American Graffiti (the films share a key moment in which the boy who is leaving town gives a precious car to his stay-at-home friend and both make oblique references to Vietnam). It visits a recent past already nostalgic for a heroic Western era and discovers that whatever was wonderful has already gone by the time of these teenagers. Introspective Timothy Bottoms and outgoing Jeff Bridges are best friends and stalwarts of the school's losing football team. Cybill Shepherd is the blonde teen queen who innocently spreads chaos, ditching long-time boyfriend Bridges to run with a richer, faster set. She steals Bottoms away from an older married woman (Cloris Leachman) which prompts a vicious falling-out between Bottoms and Bridges. As the kids run around heedless, the town's older generation remember their own wilder days and wonder how they came to be so unhappy. Ben Johnson, in Academy Award-winning form, is "Sam the Lion", the wise old cowboy who runs the movie house and pool hall. He muses about his long-ago affair with Shepherd's feisty mother (Ellen Burstyn), who is currently throwing herself at a callous oilman stud (Clu Gulager). A soap in essence but director Peter Bogdanovich plays it as a John Ford-style "closing of the frontier" Western, with ugly-beautiful images of a West that has swapped cattle for oil but failed to strike it rich. He layers in evocative snatches of Hank Williams among the whistling winds and the whining locals. It perhaps has a tragedy too many in its last act and can't quite work up the tears with an actual martyrdom, but it does deliver a signature line of wistful regret, "nothing's been right since Sam the Lion died".On the DVD: this is an anamorphic widescreen 1.85:1 version of the 121-minute 1974 re-release, with one additional scene for Eileen Brennan's waitress, now labelled "the director's cut". It boasts a great sounding mono track, with alternate soundtracks and subtitles in a bunch of languages; a tiny promo piece from 1974 with a Bogdanovich interview; a solid hour-long retrospective documentary with interviews from a lot of the cast and crew (including future director Frank Marshall, an assistant and bit-player) and some trailers. Oddly, Bogdanovich has done a full-length commentary for Orson Welles' Citizen Kane but not for his own best film. --Kim Newman

• Knives Out | Blu Ray | (30/03/2020) from £11.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Acclaimed writer and director Rhian Johnson (Brick, Looper, The Last Jedi) pays tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie in KNIVES OUT, a fun, modern-day murder mystery where everyone is a suspect. When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death. With an all-star ensemble cast including Chris Evans, Ana De Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, Toni Collette, LaKeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford and Jaeden Martell, KNIVES OUT is a witty and stylish whodunnit guaranteed to keep audiences guessing until the very end.

• Abbott & Costello: 8 Classic Films | DVD | (21/10/2013) from £23.48   |  Saving you £-8.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A UNIQUE COLLECTION OF 8 ABBOTT & COSTELLO MOVIES ON 4 DVD'S PRESENTED IN A BEAUTIFUL BOX SET WHICH IS BRAND NEW AND FACTORY SEALED

• High Hopes | DVD | (13/04/2015) from £10.98   |  Saving you £7.00 (77.86%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Mike Leigh writes and directs this class struggle comedy drama which portrays the intertwined lives of an extended working class family in London during the Thatcher years. The story follows left-wing bike messenger Cyril Bender (Philip Davis), his girlfriend Shirley (Ruth Sheen) and Cyril's conservative mother (Edna Dore), who lives in the last council house on her street next to the appallingly upper class Boothe-Braines (Lesley Manville and David Bamber). Cyril's consumerist sister Valerie (Heather Tobias) and her car salesman husband Martin (Philip Jackson) join the family to throw a surprise 70th birthday party for Mrs. Bender but, despite their best intentions, the event descends into disaster.

• Being There (1979) | Blu Ray | (06/01/2020) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In one of his most finely tuned performances, PETER SELLERS (The Pink Panther) plays the pure-hearted Chance, a gardener forced out of moneyed seclusion and into the urban wilds of Washington, D.C., after the death of his employer. Shocked to discover that the real world doesn't respond to the click of a remote, Chance stumbles haplessly into celebrity after being taken under the wing of a tycoon (Oscar winner MELVYN DOUGLAS), who mistakes his new protégé's mumbling about horticulture for sagacious pronouncements on life and politics, and whose wife (The Apartment's SHIRLEY MACLAINE) targets Chance as the object of her desire. Adapted from a novel by JERZY KOSINSKI, this hilarious, deeply melancholy satire marks the culmination a remarkable string of films by HAL ASHBY (Harold and Maude) in the 1970s, and serves as a carefully modulated examination of the ideals, anxieties, and media-fuelled delusions that shaped American culture during that decade. Special Edition Features New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by cinematographer Caleb Deschanel, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray New documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with members of the production team Excerpts from a 1980 American Film Institute seminar with director Hal Ashby Author Jerzy Kosinksi in a 1979 appearance on The Dick Cavett Show Appearances from 1980 by actor Peter Sellers on NBC's Today and The Don Lane Show Promo reel featuring Sellers and Ashby Trailer and TV spots Deleted scene, outtakes, and an alternate ending PLUS: An essay by critic Mark Harris

• Risky Business | Blu Ray | (29/07/2024) from £28.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A sly piece of pop subversion, this irresistible satire of Reagan-era materialism features Tom Cruise in his star-is-born breakthrough as a Chicago suburban prepster whose college-bound life spirals out of control when his parents go out of town for the week and an enterprising call girl (Rebecca De Mornay) invites him to walk on the wild side. While Cruise boogying in his briefs yielded one of the most iconic pop-cultural moments of the 1980s, it is the film's unexpected mix of tender romance (enhanced by a moody synth score by Tangerine Dream) and sharp-witted capitalist critique that remains fresh and daring.

• Danielle Steel - Safe Harbour | DVD | (04/02/2008) from £4.52   |  Saving you £10.47 (231.64%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Escape to Safe Harbour the gripping story of love loss and the powerful bonds that can heal a wounded heart. Ofelia is a grieving young widow. Matt is a heartbroken artist. Both feel as though they have lost everything until on a remote fog-shrouded California beach they find each other. But as their passion grows into something far more than either dares to dream the darkness of their pasts will threaten to destroy what could be their last chance for true love. Based on Danielle Steel's bestselling novel.

• ORLANDO 4K UHD Dolby Vision+Blu-ray | Limited Edition | Blu Ray | (02/06/2025) from £34.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Sally Potter's dazzling adaptation of Virginia Woolf's classic novel is now available on 4K UHD. The film tells the tale of the apparently immortal Orlando, who begins an epic quest for love and freedom in the court of Elizabeth I as a man and completes the search 400 years later as a woman. Tilda Swinton leads an outstanding international cast in this enchanting, witty, visually stunning and brilliantly original story of self-discovery, romance and adventure. Limited Edition Special Features include: - One 4K UHD disc with the new 4K restoration of the film presented in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) - One Blu-ray disc which includes the new 4K restoration, presented in HD, and special features - Presented in a rigid slipcase containing the digipak, booklets and poster - Booklet featuring an introduction by Sally Potter, new essays and archive materials - Fully annotated shooting script - Collectible poster - The London Story - a short film by Sally Potter - Thriller - a short film by Sally Potter - Audio Commentary with director Sally Potter and actress Tilda Swinton - 30th Anniversary of Orlando- a conversation between Tilda Swinton & Sally Potter - Orlando Goes to Russia - behind-the-scenes featurette - Orlando in Uzbekistan - behind-the-scenes featurette - Jimmy Was An Angel - behind-the-scenes featurette - Screen Test - Quentin Crisp reading Elizabeth I - Location scouting at Hatfield house with Sally Potter with Alexei Rodionov - Interview with Sally Potter - Selected scene commentary by Sally Potter - Venice Film Festival Press Conference - Theatrical trailer - English SDH subtitles

• Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai 4K UHD+BD | Blu Ray | (23/10/2023) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Jim Jarmuschs 90s classic GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI, gloriously restored in 4K and making its UHD debut, is a superbly sharp, unique thriller featuring a magnificent lead performance from Forest Whitaker (Bird) in an iconoclastic mix of hip-hop, gangster movie and martial arts, with influences from Kurosawa, Suzuki and Melville. Forest Whitaker (Ghost Dog) lives above the world, alongside a flock of birds, in a homemade shack on the roof of an abandoned building. Guided by the words of an ancient samurai text, Ghost Dog is a professional killer able to dissolve into the night and move through the city unnoticed. When Ghost Dogs code is dangerously betrayed by the dysfunctional mafia family that occasionally employs him, he reacts strictly in accordance with the Way of the Samurai. Featuring moody cinematography by the great Robby Muller (Paris, Texas), a sublime score by the Wu-Tang Clans RZA, and a host of colourful character actors (including a memorably stone-faced Henry Silva), GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI plays like a pop-culture-sampling cinematic mixtape built around a one-of-a-kind tragic hero. Described by Time Out as very funny, insightful and highly original, the film was nominated for the Palme dOr at Cannes, and remains one of Jarmuschs best-loved films. Product Features Ghost Dog - The Odyssey: A Journey into the Life of a Samurai Deleted Scenes Original Trailer

• Vicky Cristina Barcelona | DVD | (22/06/2009) from £4.79   |  Saving you £13.20 (275.57%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Two friends (Scarlett Johansson and Rebecca Hall) on a summer holiday in Spain become involved with the same painter (Javier Bardem), unaware that his fiery and volatile ex-wife (Penelope Cruz) is about to re-enter the picture.

• Love Story | DVD | (04/02/2002) from £5.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (116.86%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Strife-torn America wanted a meat-and-potatoes romance in the late 1960s, and the country embraced Erich Segal's slim, generic-sounding novel in a big way. It did so again for the film adaptation of Love Story in 1970, starring Ryan O'Neal as a law student who defies his rich and powerful father (Ray Milland) on every issue, including the former's love for a music student (Ali MacGraw). The two marry, start life together ... and then the Grim Reaper turns up at the door. Directed by Arthur Hiller (The In-Laws), the film ends up lacking the kind of stylistic boost that might have made it a must-see for the ages. But its faithfulness to the book's uncomplicated and, yes, moving intentions is pretty solid. O'Neal is convincing as a nice guy who's as bullheaded in his own way as his steely father (a nice job by Milland), and MacGraw has a way of getting under one's skin. A viewer just has to try not laughing at the refrain, "Love means never having to say you're sorry". --Tom Keogh

• William Shakespeare: The Tempest | DVD | (28/07/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Snuff Box | DVD | (16/06/2008) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-14.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In 2004 a fine art graduate from Bedford near London met a law principal from Chicago America. Together they produced one of the most stunning best kept secrets in British Comedy. Shown only once back in early 2006 and due to the nature of the material the programme couldn't air until 11pm at night. In spite of this word spread and the cult was born. Matt berry and Rich Fulcher star as two hangmen. The pair spend their days hanging condemned souls for cash chasing women and sitting in their rather posh gentleman's club sipping whiskey.

• The Next Best Thing | DVD | (09/04/2001) from £6.93   |  Saving you £9.06 (130.74%)   |  RRP £15.99

  He was smart, handsome and single. When her biological clock was running out, he was... the next best thing

• Jeff Who Lives At Home | DVD | (17/09/2012) from £4.96   |  Saving you £8.03 (161.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  On his way to the store to buy wood glue, Jeff looks for signs from the universe to determine his path. However, a series of comedic and unexpected events leads him to cross paths with his family in the strangest of locations and circumstances.

• The Deer Hunter: Special Edition (2 discs) | DVD | (04/08/2003) from £5.79   |  Saving you £11.20 (193.44%)   |  RRP £16.99

  The Deer Hunter is an expansive portrait of friendship in a Pennsylvania steel town, and of the effects of the Vietnam War. Led by the trio of Robert De Niro, John Savage and Christopher Walken (who won a supporting actor Oscar), the first hour is dominated by an engrossing Russian Orthodox wedding and reception. When the drama moves overseas it switches from anthropologically realistic documentation of a community's rituals to highly controversial and still shocking Russian Roulette scenes, symbolising the random horror of war. Unforgettable as they are, the Vietnam sequences occupy less than a third of the three-hour running time; defying movie convention The Deer Hunter is fundamentally a before-and-after ensemble character study anchored by De Niro's great performance. Although it was the first serious Hollywood feature to address the Vietnam War, the plausibility of some of the later plot developments raises awkward questions. But the film remains powerfully effective, its deliberate pace, naturalistic overlapping dialogue and unflinching seriousness marking it very much a product of the 1970s. With nine Oscar nominations and five wins, including Best Picture and Director, it's a cinematic landmark that stands the test time, almost incidentally setting Meryl Streep on the road to superstardom in her first leading role. On the DVD: The Deer Hunter: Special Edition has the film on the first disc with a serious yet amiable Region 2 exclusive discussion track between director Michael Cimino and critic SX Finnie. The picture is anamorphically enhanced at 2.35:1, and perfectly reproduces Vilmos Zsigmond's deliberately desaturated, necessarily grainy cinematography. The Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack clearly reveals the mono original, being largely focused on the centre speaker and while it does a good job, some of the choral music does sound harsh. Dialogue is sometimes indecipherable, but that's due to the naturalistic nature of the original sound recording and mixing. Disc 2 offers excellent new interviews with Jon Savage (15 mins), Vilmos Zsigmond (15 mins) and Michael Cimino (23 mins). Also included is the original trailer (anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1), a routine photo gallery and a DVD version of the original press brochure. There's no trace of the 40 minutes of deleted material referred to by Cimino, but this presentation is still an object lesson in how quality of extras triumphs over quantity. --Gary S Dalkin