Drama

• The Illusionist | DVD | (09/07/2007) from £5.95   |  Saving you £14.04 (235.97%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing.

• Soldier Soldier - The Complete Series 1 | DVD | (08/04/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The complete first series of the massively popular military drama. Episodes Comprise: 1.All The Kings Men 2.Fun And Games 3.Dirty Work 4.Fighting Spirit 5.Battlefields 6.Loyal To The Corps 7.Flying Colours

• Tom Jones (2-disc Blu-ray set) | Blu Ray | (20/08/2018) from £20.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Director (Tony Richardson), Best Adapted Screenplay (John Osbourne) and Best Picture, this raucous and innovative adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic novel is directed with a real sense of adventure. John Osbourne captures the spirit of the novel in his sophisticated screenplay and Albert Finney gives a dashing Oscar® nominated performance as the much sought-after Tom Jones, enjoying marvellous support from Joan Greenwood as Lady Bellaston and Susannah York as the wellborn Sophie Western. The BFI is proud to showcase the new 4K digital restorations of not just the theatrical cut but of Tony Richardson's preferred 1989 director's cut, both of which were supervised by director of photography Walter Lassally. Special features: Features both the director's cut (1989) and theatrical versions of the film The Guardian Interview: Albert Finney (1982, 35 mins audio only) Vanessa Redgrave on Tony Richardson (2017, 10mins): Vanessa Redgrave discusses Tony Richardson's career in this short interview by the Criterion Collection USSR Today: Meeting to Mark the 200th Anniversary of Henry Fielding (1954, 1 min) George Devine Memorial Play: Luther (Peter Whitehead, 1966, 7 mins) Walter Lassally on Tom Jones (2017, 25 mins): the Oscar® winning cinematographer discusses Tom Jones Stills galleries Original trailers Fully illustrated booklet with writing on the film and full film credits

• Travelling Man - The Complete Series | DVD | (01/03/2010) from £16.99   |  Saving you £23.00 (135.37%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Travelling Man: The Complete Series (4 Discs)

• Rebel Without A Cause | Blu Ray | (17/04/2023) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In one of the most influential performances in movie history, James Dean plays the new kid in town whose loneliness, frustration and anger mirrored those of postwar teens and still reverberate today. Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo were Academy Award® nominees* for their achingly true performances. Product Features Commentary by Douglas L. Rathgeb, Author of The Making of Rebel Without a Cause Trailer 50th-Anniversary Documentary Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents Vintage Documentary James Dean Remembered Additional Scenes (Without Sound) New: 3 Segments from the Warner Bros. Presents TV Series including Dean's Famous Drive Safely Commercial TV Spot Rare Screen Tests Wardrobe Tests

• Crossing Delancey (Criterion Collection) UK Only | Blu Ray | (24/02/2025) from £13.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Joan Micklin Silver's wonderfully affectionate spin on the romantic comedy infuses the genre with a fresh, personal perspective, following an unmarried Jewish woman's search for fulfillment in New York City.

• American History X | Blu Ray | (05/11/2012) from £9.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (80.08%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Perhaps the highest compliment you can pay to Edward Norton is that his Oscar-nominated performance in American History X nearly convinces you that there is a shred of logic in the tenets of white supremacy. If that statement doesn't horrify you, it should; Norton is so fully immersed in his role as a neo-Nazi skinhead that his character's eloquent defense of racism is disturbingly persuasive--at least on the surface. Looking lean and mean with a swastika tattoo and a mind full of hate, Derek Vinyard (Norton) has inherited racism from his father, and that learning has been intensified through his service to Cameron (Stacy Keach), a grown-up thug playing tyrant and teacher to a growing band of disenfranchised teens from Venice Beach, California, all hungry for an ideology that fuels their brooding alienation. The film's basic message--that hate is learned and can be unlearned--is expressed through Derek's kid brother, Danny (Edward Furlong), whose sibling hero-worship increases after Derek is imprisoned (or, in Danny's mind, martyred) for the killing of two black men. Lacking Derek's gift of rebel rhetoric, Danny is easily swayed into the violent, hateful lifestyle that Derek disowns during his thoughtful time in prison. Once released, Derek struggles to save his brother from a violent fate, and American History X partially suffers from a mix of intense emotions, awkward sentiment and predictably inevitable plotting. And yet British director Tony Kaye (who would later protest against Norton's creative intervention during post-production) manages to juggle these qualities--and a compelling clash of visual styles--to considerable effect. No matter how strained their collaboration may have been, both Kaye and Norton can be proud to have created a film that addresses the issue of racism with dramatically forceful impact. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Deadly Pursuits | DVD | (16/02/2002) from £12.99   |  Saving you £-7.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A woman helps a young boy to find his father but finds that the search could just turn deadly...

• The Holdovers (4K UHD + Blu-Ray) | Blu Ray | (22/04/2024) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Golden Globe®-winner Paul Giamatti leads this powerful story of a rebellious student, a notoriously disliked professor, and the school's head chef forming an unlikely bond, as they are the only ones left on-campus for Christmas break, helping one another understand that they are not beholden to their past.Directed by Alexander Payne & Starring Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dustin Tucker, Bill Mootos.

• Prime Suspect 7 | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £5.93   |  Saving you £7.06 (119.06%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This tense uncompromising drama by distinguished dramatist and novelist Lynda La Plante has received critically acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic; winning 14 international awards including a BAFTA for Best Drama Serial and Best TV Actress (Helen Mirren). Retirement loom large for Detective Inspector Tennison but as her exemplary career draws towards its inevitable conclusion Jane is paying dearly for 35 years of repressed rage and loneliness. When the body of a missing schoolgirl is discovered the hunt for her killer begins. However as Jane and her team struggle to track down the brutal child murderer the world-weary Detective Tennison begins to unravel.

• Sarah's Key | DVD | (28/11/2011) from £5.92   |  Saving you £12.07 (203.89%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Captivating and emotionally powerful, SARAH'S KEY tells the remarkable story of one woman's journey into the past to unveil the truth behind her family's secret. Based on Tatiana de Rosnay's best-selling novel.

• The Doors | DVD | (22/07/2019) from £6.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Oliver Stone captures the hedonistic chaos of the late 60s, following the life and times of The Doors' enigmatic and magnetic front man, Jim Morrison. We are taken on a sonic journey from the cradle to grave, charting Morrison's turbulent relationship with his muse Pamela Courson, forming the band in Southern California, his experimentation with hallucinogens and dabbling in the occult, until his tragic death at the age of 27, in Paris. a thrilling spectacle - the King Kong of rock movies. Rolling Stone - Peter Travers, 1991

• One Day - Triple Play (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy) | Blu Ray | (06/02/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £26.99

  Based on the bestselling novel by David Nicholls, One Day is brought to life on screen by the director of An Education, Lone Scherfig. After one day together - 15th July 1988, their university graduation - Emma Morley (Academy Award Nominee Anne Hathaway) and Dexter Mayhew (Jim Sturgess - Across the Line) begin a friendship that will last a lifetime. She is a working-class girl of principle and ambition who dreams of making the world a better place. He is a wealthy charmer who dreams that the world will be his playground. Experience this box office smash in your own home on DVD and Blu-Ray. Special Features: Em and Dex, Through the Years The Look of One Day: Making a 20 Year Love Story Anny Hathaway: Bringing Emma to Life The Look of One Day: Creating Emma with Anne The Look of One Day: Dexter's Transformation Feature Commentary with Director Lone Scherfig

• Help | DVD | (11/10/2021) from £14.09   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Television drama starring Stephen Graham and Jodie Comer. Set in Liverpool, Sarah (Comer) is a care home assistant still working her six-week probation period when the Covid-19 pandemic hits. Adept at her new role Sarah strikes up a rapport with Tony (Graham), who has early-onset Alzheimer's. But as restrictions come into place Sarah and the care home she works in struggle to cope with the new demands and is sorely in need of adequate PPE despite the best efforts of manager Steve (Ian Hart). As the situation continues to deteriorate Sarah takes matters into her owns hands and does all she can to protect Tony.

• Straight Story | DVD | (22/07/2019) from £12.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Alvin's eyesight is poor, he has little money and he can't stand the thought of being driven anywhere. So when he discovers his estranged brother has suffered a stroke he decides to make the journey by the only means of transport available to him . By lawn mower. Hundreds of miles, six weeks and several breakdowns later Alvin Straight finally pulls up to his destination, where the fate of his brother awaits him.

• Wish You Were Here | DVD | (22/07/2019) from £12.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Set in austere post-war Britain Wish You Were Here tumbles though the hilarious and outrageous sexual adventures of 15 year old Linda. It is a story of an irrepressible human spirit that refuses to be crushed by her colourless surroundings. Showered with awards together with critical and public acclaim since its first triumphant showing at the Canned Film Festival, Wish You Were Here was honoured with 3 BAFTA naminations, 2 best Actress awards for Emily Lloyd and Peter Sellars Award for Comedy for director David Leland.

• The Bill - Vol.4 | DVD | (15/03/2010) from £13.98   |  Saving you £8.00 (66.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Bill: Volume 4 (2 Discs)

• The Defiant Ones | DVD | (15/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This 1958 variation on Huck Finn's adventures with Jim finds a white convict (Tony Curtis) chained to a black convict (Sidney Poitier) as they both escape their captors. With each man literally stuck with the other, racial conflicts take a back seat to survival. Directed by Stanley Kramer (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), the film's obvious consciousness-raising is mitigated by a pair of raw performances from the stars, memorable appearances by Lon Chaney Jr. and Cara Williams, and Kramer's strong storytelling abilities. The Defiant Ones' award-winning script was cowritten by blacklisted writer-actor Nedrick Young. --Tom Keogh

• The Kid (1921) (Criterion Collection) - UK Only | Blu Ray | (26/06/2023) from £22.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Charlie Chaplin was already an international star when he decided to break out of the short-film format and make his first full-length feature. The Kid doesn't merely show Chaplin at a turning point, when he proved that he was a serious film director-it remains an expressive masterwork of silent cinema. In it, he stars as his lovable Tramp character, this time raising an orphan (a remarkable young Jackie Coogan) he has rescued from the streets. Chaplin and Coogan make a miraculous pair in this nimble marriage of sentiment and slapstick, a film that is, as its opening title card states, a picture with a smile-and perhaps, a tear.Special Edition FeaturesNew 4K digital restoration of Charlie Chaplin's 1972 rerelease version of the film, featuring an original score by Chaplin, with uncompressed monaural soundtrackNew audio commentary featuring Chaplin historian Charles MalandJackie Coogan: The First Child Star, a new video essay by Chaplin historian Lisa HavenA Study in Undercranking, a new program featuring silent-film specialist Ben ModelInterviews with Coogan and actor Lita Grey ChaplinExcerpted audio interviews with cinematographer Rollie Totheroh and film distributor Mo RothmanDeleted scenes and titles from the original 1921 version of The Kid Charlie on the Ocean, a 1921 newsreel documenting Chaplin's first return trip to EuropeFootage of Chaplin conducting his score for The KidNice and Friendly, a 1922 silent short featuring Chaplin and Coogan, presented with a new score by composer Timothy BrockTrailersPLUS: An essay by film scholar Tom Gunning

• The Legend Of Bagger Vance | DVD | (11/02/2002) from £6.44   |  Saving you £6.55 (101.71%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The mystical tale of a World War One veteran (Matt Damon) and championship golfer who returns to his sport with the aid of his caddy (Will Smith) who teaches him how to master any challenge in life.