Drama

• Ray | DVD | (06/06/2005) from £6.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (128.76%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A biopic telling the life story of legendary music performer Ray Charles, as played by Jamie Foxx.

• Three Colours Trilogy | A Curzon Collection 4K Ultra HD + Blu-Ray | Blu Ray | (17/04/2023) from £71.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Available for the first time in the UK in 4K Ultra HD, this crisp restoration of Krzysztof Kieślowski's award-winning trilogy explores the French Revolutionary ideals of freedom, equality and brotherhood, and their relevance to the contemporary world. It is a snapshot of European life at a time of reconstruction after the Cold War, reflected through the filmmaker's moralist view of human nature and illuminated by each title's palette colour. Three Colours Trilogy | 7-disc 4K Ultra HD & Blu-Ray set One 4K Ultra HD disc of each film: New 4K restoration presented in Dolby Vision HDR, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD sound, English & optional English SDH subtitles One Blu-Ray disc of each film with 5.1 surround DTS-HD sound and Special Features. Bonus Blu-Ray disc including 12 short films and more 5 Art cards each illustrated by a different artist 32 pages booklet including new interview with Julie Delpy Digipack and hardcover slipcase in a canvas Curzon Collection slipcase Design by Andrew Bannister Product Features Three Colours Blu-Ray discs: Three cinema lessons with Krzysztof Kieślowski Interviews with Juliette Binoche, Julie Delpy, Irène Jacob, editor Jacques Witta & producer Marin Karmitz Making of & Cannes Featurette Theatrical Trailers Bonus Blu-Ray Disc: 10 short films by Kieślowski: The Office (1966), The Tram (1966), Concert of Requests (1967), I Was a Soldier (1971), Factory (1971), Hospital (1977), Seven Women of Different Ages (1979), From a Night Porter's Point of View (1979), Railway Station (1980), Talking Heads (1980) 2 Additional short films: The Musicians (1958), by Kieślowski's teacher and mentor | The Face (1966), starring Kieślowski Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieślowski (Documentary, 2005) Slavoj Žižek on Krzysztof Kieślowski (extract from The Pervert's Guide to Cinema, 2005) In Search of Kieślowski: A Restoration Project (2021)

• Schindler's List - 20th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray + Digital Copy + UV Copy) | Blu Ray | (08/04/2013) from £11.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (66.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Adapted from the novel by Thomas Keneally, Steven Spielberg's masterful film tells the incredible true story of the courageous Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson). Initially a member of the Nazi party, the Catholic Schindler risks his career and life, and ultimately goes bankrupt, to employ 1,100 Jews in his crockery factory during the Holocaust. Schindler's Jewish accountant (Ben Kingsley) serves as his conscience, as Schindler conducts business with an obstinate and cruel Nazi commander (Ralph Fiennes), who viciously kills Jewish prisoners from the balcony of his villa overlooking a prison camp. Filmed entirely in black-and-white on location in Poland, Schindler's List does not downplay the faults of its magnanimous and unlikely hero, but relates a story of the triumph of the human spirit in the face of horrific devastation and tragedy. This newly reissued 20th Anniversary Edition is the first time this film has been available on Blu-ray - as well as the meticulously restored high definition film with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 sound on Blu-ray, the package also includes a second DVD disc, with only 1 hour of Special Features, plus a 16 page collector's booklet, digital copy and UltraViolet. Special Features: Voices from The List The Shoah Foundation Story with Steven Spielberg

• Scott Of The Antarctic | Blu Ray | (06/06/2016) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  John Mills stars as Captain Robert Scott in this film of the explorer's ill-fated expedition to be the first man to discover the South Pole, following every twist and turn on the great British explorer's perilous journey. Directed by Charles Frend, who went on to direct The Magnet, the film was nominated for both the Golden Lion in Venice and the BAFTA® for Best British Film.

• Rams | Blu Ray | (30/05/2016) from £9.23   |  Saving you £12.76 (58.00%)   |  RRP £21.99

  In a secluded valley in Iceland, brothers Gummi and Kiddi live side by side, tending to their prized ancestral sheep. But a long-term grudge means that they haven't spoken to each other for four decades, passing messages via the sheep dog. When a lethal ovine disease suddenly appears in the valley, the authorities move in to cull all of the livestock. But Gummi and Kiddi don't give up easily and each brother tries to stave off the disaster in his own fashion: Kiddi by using his rifle and Gummi by using his wits. As the authorities close in the brothers will need to come together to save the special breed of sheep passed down for generations - and themselves - from extinction.

• Howard's Way - Series 2 | DVD | (19/06/2006) from £19.22   |  Saving you £10.77 (56.04%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Maurice Colborne (Gangsters) stars as Tom Howard recently made redundant as an aircraft designer who decides to ply his trade in the world of boats instead; taking the reigns at a run-down local construction yard. A family of considerable wealth and prestige the Howards struggle to come to terms with Tom's decision and the changing circumstances of their lives. Featuring all the episodes from Series 2.

• The Crow | Blu Ray | (06/05/2024) from £16.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Before SIN CITY and THE DARK KNIGHT rose, there was THE CROW - the dark, lurid revenge fantasy (The New York Times) from director Alex Proyas (DARK CITY) that entranced audiences and critics alike. Featuring Brandon Lee in his final performance, THE CROW is the tale of young musician Eric Draven (Lee) who, along with his fiancee, is murdered on the eve of their Halloween wedding. Exactly one year after their deaths, Eric is risen from the grave by a mysterious crow to seek out his killers and force them to answer for their crimes.

• Mississippi Burning | DVD | (17/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe star in Mississippi Burning, a well-intentioned and largely successful civil-rights-era thriller. Using the real-life 1964 disappearance of three civil rights workers as its inspiration, the film tells the story of two FBI men (Hackman and Dafoe, entertainingly called "Hoover Boys" by the locals) who come in to try to solve the crime. Hackman is a former small-town Mississippi sheriff himself, while Dafoe is a by-the-numbers young hotshot. (Yes, there is some tension between the two.) The movie has an interesting fatalism, as all the FBI's best efforts simply incite more and more violence--the film's message, perhaps inadvertently, seems to be that vigilantism is the only real way to get things done. The brilliant Frances McDormand, here early in her career, is not given enough to do but still does it well enough to have racked up an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. (Hackman also received a nomination for Best Actor, and the film won an Academy Award for Cinematography). Mississippi Burning is ultimately unsatisfying--it is, after all, the story of white men coming in to rescue poor blacks--but it is beautifully shot and very watchable, featuring a terrific cast playing at the top of their games. --Ali Davis, Amazon.com

• Desperate Romantics | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £8.47   |  Saving you £-1.55 (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.92

  Set in and among the alleys galleries and flesh-houses of 19th-century industrial London Desperate Romantics follows the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood a vagabond group of English painters poets and critics. A relationship drama from the perspective of this iconoclastic group of dysfunctional male romantics the series follows their lives and relationships as they shamelessly scheme and strive to find fame fortune and success as well as love and sex along the way.

• The Couple Next Door | DVD | (31/12/2028) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Above Suspicion One and Two Boxed Set | DVD | (07/02/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £32.99

  Under the watchful eye of DCI James Langton (Ciar'n Hinds) DC Anna Travis joins a team investigating a series of brutal and shocking murders.

• The Sopranos: HBO Season 6 (Part 2) | DVD | (19/11/2007) from £9.61   |  Saving you £35.38 (368.16%)   |  RRP £44.99

  Critically hailed as 'a modern masterpiece' (The Observer) the series is a darkly humorous and often violent look at a New Jersey family whose patriarch happens to be a mob boss. The pace is fast the conflict fierce and the humour bitterly dark The Sopranos takes hold and doesn't let go.

• Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In Russ Meyer's BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS all-girl rock band the Kelly Affair moves to Los Angeles in pursuit of fame and fortune. Upon meeting wealthy rock scenester Ronnie ""Z-Man"" Barzell (John Lazar) at one of his lavish parties they believe they've met the man who can bring them fame. Changing their name to The Carry Nations they navigate their way through a maze of sexual misadventures drugs and brushes with some very unpleasant characters only to find that fame comes a

• The Good German | DVD | (05/11/2007) from £8.98   |  Saving you £8.01 (89.20%)   |  RRP £16.99

  George Clooney stars in this post-WW2 thriller based on the novel by Joseph Kanon.

• The Glass Key | Blu Ray | (19/09/2016) from £13.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (42.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Twists, double-crosses and political intrigue abound in this classic thriller starring the golden couple of film noir, Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd (The Blue Dahlia, This Gun For Hire). A crooked political boss, Paul Madvig (Brian Donlevy), falls for Janet Henry (Lake), daughter of a prospective Baltimore governor, and decides to mend his ways. However, when Janet s no-good brother turns up dead, Madvig s colourful past returns to haunt him as he is fingered as the likely suspect. Which of his many enemies conspired to frame him? And can he, with the assistance of right-hand man Ed Beaumont (Ladd), prove his innocence before he is sent down for murder? The earliest collaboration between Lake and Ladd, The Glass Key boasts a screenplay adapted from the novel by Dashiell Hammett (The Maltese Falcon), father of hard-boiled crime. Now appearing for the first time ever on Blu-ray in the UK, this timeless noir thriller shines like never before. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Original uncompressed PCM mono audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Audio commentary by crime fiction and film expert Barry Forshaw New visual essay on the film by Alastair Phillips, co-author of 100 Film Noirs Rare 1946 half-hour radio dramatization of The Glass Key by The Screen Guild Theater, starring Alan Ladd, Marjorie Reynolds and Gene Kelly Original theatrical trailer Extensive gallery of vintage stills and promotional materials Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tonci Zonjic

• Easy Rider (1969) | Blu Ray | (02/12/2019) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Experience the real '60s counterculture in this compelling mixture of drugs, sex and armchair politics. Academy Award®-winner Jack Nicholson (Best Actor, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1975; Best Supporting Actor, Terms of Endearment, 1983; Best Actor, As Good As It Gets, 1997) stars with Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper (who also directs) in this unconventional classic which Time Magazine hails as one of the ten most important pictures of the decade. Nominated for an Academy Award® (1969) for Best Original Screenplay (written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Terry Southern), EASY RIDER continues to touch a chord with fans everywhere.

• Fear Eats The Soul Blu-Ray | Blu Ray | (28/03/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  In March 1974 Rainer Werner Fassbinder released what would become arguably his most loved work. Fresh from the Cannes Film Festival, where it had earned its director two prizes, Fear Eats the Soul would soon delight audiences the world over with its tale of romance and racial prejudice in present-day Munich. Emmi (Brigitte Mira), a widowed cleaning lady in her sixties, meets Ali (El Hedi ben Salem), a Moroccan immigrant in his thirties. Seeking companionship, the pair marry to the outrage Emmi's family (including Fassbinder himself as her aggressive son-in-law), her friends and her colleagues. Paying homage to the classic melodramas of Douglas Sirk, in particular All That Heaven Allows, Fear Eats the Soul is a beautifully performed look at intolerance and hypocrisy, and a key film for both Fassbinder and the New German Cinema. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS Brand new 4K restoration from original camera negatives High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Original uncompressed PCM mono audio Optional English subtitles Audio commentary by critic and lecturer Mark Freeman My Name is Not Ali, Viola Shafik's 2011 feature-length documentary on the life and death of El Hedi ben Salem, star of Fear Eats the Soul Newly-filmed interviews with director of photography Jürgen Jürges Theatrical trailer

• The Invisible Man | DVD | (08/07/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £32.99

  Starring David McCallum hot off his cult-starring role in the TV classic The Man from Uncle this hit 1970s series launched with a feature length pilot followed by twelve exciting episodes all of which are featured here. McCallum is Daniel Westin an employee of the Klae Corporation working on experiments in molecular disintegration with his wife Kate (Melinda Fee). When Westin discovers a method of rendering animals and then himself invisible the threat of this discovery's abuse leads him to destroy the equipment becoming permanently invisible in the process. While Westin seeks to restore his visibility he is assigned the codename Klae Resource and is put out to tender for highly secret specialised missions. From uncovering corruption in a small town to exposing political hijinks on a national scale; from saving defecting scientists to protecting aging dictators undercover; from rescuing kidnap victims to uncovering crime at the heart of the Klae Corporation these are the adventures of the Klae Resource a.k.a The Invisible Man. Special Features: Cast Filmographies Picture Gallery Subtitles

• Amistad | DVD | (29/01/2001) from £6.77   |  Saving you £13.22 (195.27%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Steven Spielberg's most simplistic, sanitised history lesson, Amistad, explores the symbolic 1840s trials of 53 West Africans following their bloody rebellion aboard a slave ship. For most of Schindler's List (and, later, Saving Private Ryan) Spielberg restrains himself from the sweeping narrative and technical flourishes that make him one of our most entertaining and manipulative directors. Here, he doesn't even bother trying, succumbing to his driving need to entertain with beautiful images and contrived emotion. He cheapens his grandiose motives and simplifies slavery, treating it as cut- and-dry genre piece. Characters are easy Hollywood stereotypes--"villains" like the Spanish sailors or zealous abolitionists are drawn one-dimensionally and sneered upon. And Spielberg can't suppress his gifted eye, undercutting normally ugly sequences, such as the terrifying slave passage, which is shot as a gorgeous, well-lit composition. At its core, Amistad is a traditional courtroom drama, centred by a tired, clichéd narrative: a struggling, idealistic young lawyer (Matthew McConaughey) fighting the crooked political system and saving helpless victims. Worse yet, Spielberg actually takes the underlying premise of his childhood fantasy, E.T. and repackages it for slavery. Cinque (Djimon Hounsou), the leader of the West African rebellion, is presented much like the adorable alien: lost, lacking a common language, and trying to find his way home. McConaughey is a grown-up Elliot who tries communicating complicated ideas such as geography by drawing pictures in the sand or language by having Cinque mimic his facial expressions. Such stuff was effective for a sci-fi fantasy about the communication barriers between a boy and a lost alien; here, it seems like a naive view of real, complex history. --Dave McCoy, Amazon.com

• The Brave One | DVD | (11/02/2008) from £5.32   |  Saving you £15.67 (294.55%)   |  RRP £20.99

  Jodie Foster stars as a grieving woman determined to track down the men behind her fiance's murder, whatever the cost.