Drama

• It's a Wonderful Life (BD Remastered) | Blu Ray | (04/11/2019) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Digitally restored and remastered Frank Capra's heart-warming masterpiece has been embraced as a cherished holiday tradition by families around the world! George Bailey (James Stewart) sets aside his dreams of world travel to run his father's small community bank, and protect the people of Bedford Falls from greedy businessman Mr. Potter (Lionel Barrymore). When a costly mistake pushes George to the brink of despair, a visit from a kindly angel (Henry Travers) will show George how the life of one good man can change the world forever. Now you can watch the holiday classic like never before, newly remastered from the original fi lm negatives and more vibrant than ever with stunning clarity! Blu-Ray Feature Film: Remastered Black & White Version Special Features: Restoring a Beloved Classic Original Cast Party Home Movies and More!

• The L-Word - Season 2 | DVD | (21/08/2006) from £14.27   |  Saving you £25.72 (64.30%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The second season of the L Word takes off with 13 hotter-than-ever sexy episodes filled with sizzling new characters. Episodes comprise: 1. Life Loss Leaving 2. Lap Dance 3. Loneliest Number 4. Lynch Pin 5. Labyrinth 6. Lagrimas de Oro 7. Luminous 8. Loyal 9. Late Later Latent 10. Land Ahoy 11. Loud And Proud 12. L'Chaim 13. Lacuna

• Infinitely Polar Bear | DVD | (25/01/2016) from £4.19   |  Saving you £13.80 (329.36%)   |  RRP £17.99

  While most fathers spend their days at work, Cam (Mark Ruffalo) is more likely to be found working on one of his many half-completed projects. As he recovers from a manic breakdown, his wife Maggie (Zoe Saldana) starts a graduate school program in another city, with the hope of building a better life for her family. Cam agrees to look after his spirited young daughters full time and quickly finds himself in over his head. Based on a true story, INFINITELY POLAR BEAR is a touching and entertaining portrait of the many unexpected ways in which parents and children save each other. Click Images to Enlarge

• Educating Rita | DVD | (21/05/2018) from £6.34   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Remains Of The Day | DVD | (22/10/2001) from £6.98   |  Saving you £6.01 (86.10%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Remains of the Day is one of Merchant-Ivory's most thought-provoking films. Anthony Hopkins is a model of restraint and propriety as Stevens, the butler who "knows his place"; Emma Thompson is the animated and sympathetic Miss Kenton, the housekeeper whose attraction to Stevens is doomed to disappointment. As Nazi appeaser Lord Darlington, James Fox clings to the notion of a gentleman's agreement in the ruthless political climate before World War Two. Hugh Grant is his journalist nephew all too aware of reality, while Christopher Reeves gives a spirited portrayal of an American senator, whose purchase of Darlington Hall 20 years on sends Stevens on a journey to right the mistake he made out of loyalty. As a period drama with an ever-relevant message, this 1993 film is absorbing viewing all the way. On the DVD: the letterbox widescreen format reproduces the 2.35:1 aspect ratio with absolute clarity. Subtitles are in French and German, with audio subtitles also in English, Italian and Spanish, and with 28 separate chapter selections. The "making-of" featurette and retrospective documentary complement each other with their "during and after" perspectives, while "Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honour" is an interesting short on the question of appeasement and war. The running commentary from Thompson, Merchant and Ivory is more of a once-only diversion. --Richard Whitehouse

• Vienna Blood Season 4 | DVD | (16/09/2024) from £13.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Lady Macbeth | DVD | (21/08/2017) from £5.95   |  Saving you £0.04 (0.67%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Inspired by Nikolai Leskov's 'Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District', this is a film noir in the guise of a Victorian costume drama with EE Rising Star Florence Pugh (The Falling) starring in this dark and stormy period drama from director William Oldroyd. When a young woman is bought, married off and oppressed by an older man, her sanity slowly starts to unwind. Taking comfort in the arms of the stable boy sets off a chain of events as unstoppable as they are tragic.

• Killer Joe | Blu Ray | (05/11/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  When drug dealer Chris (Emile Hirsch) has his stash stolen by his mother, he plans to dispatch of her and cash in on her $50,000 life insurance to repay his debts. He hires Detective Joe Cooper (Matthew McConaughey), a dirty cop who moonlights as a contract killer, who sets his sight on Chris' innocent sister Dottie (Juno Temple) as collateral for the job. But the agreement turns complicated when Dottie forms a bond with Killer Joe and everything begins to unravel. Killer Joe is a controversial and shocking black comedy thriller from director William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection).

• Sully: Miracle on the Hudson | Blu Ray | (17/04/2017) from £9.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed the Miracle on the Hudson when Captain Sully Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and his career.Click Images to Enlarge

• A River Runs Through It | DVD | (23/04/2001) from £5.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (116.86%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A River Runs Through It is a lyrical and nostalgic film from director Robert Redford (Quiz Show, Ordinary People), based on the popular autobiographical novel by Norman MacLean. The film chronicles two brothers' coming of age in early 20th-century Missoula, Montana, under the stern tutelage of their minister father (Tom Skerritt). He instils in them a love of fly fishing, which for one brother (Brad Pitt) becomes a lifelong passion even as he sets out to become a newspaperman and struggles with his addiction to gambling. The other brother, Norman (Craig Sheffer), dreams of exploring the world outside Missoula as he falls in love with a local girl (Emily Lloyd) who also dreams of broader horizons. Soon one brother must discover the true meaning of family loyalty when the other finds himself in deeper trouble than ever before. Redford, who also narrates the film, does a masterful job in re-creating the period and in drawing out affecting performances from his young cast. An Oscar winner for Philippe Rousselot's luminescent cinematography, this is a poignant and special film. --Robert Lane, Amazon.com

• American Psycho | DVD | (06/07/2015) from £5.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.95%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Christian Bale stars as Patrick Bateman, a dismembering-obsessed lunatic hiding in plain sight on Wall Street.

• Betty Blue | Blu Ray | (25/11/2013) from £14.59   |  Saving you £5.40 (37.01%)   |  RRP £19.99

  One of the most iconic films int he history of French cinema arrives on DVD and Blu-Ray in a deluxe box set. A landmark in French Cinema Jean-Jacques Beineix's erotically charged and visually intoxicating film also heralded the arrival of a new screen icon Beatrice Dalle. Laid-back handyman Zorg spends his time doing odd jobs on beach-front chalets making chilli and harbouring dreams of becoming a writer. His life is turned upside down with the arrival of a beautiful but volatile Betty. They begin a romance fuelled by intense passion but as Betty turns increasingly violent and self-destructive Zorg tries desperately to halt her slide into insanity. Special Features: 'The Making of Betty Blue' - A Second Sight Produced Documentary Featuring new Interviews with Jean-Jacques Beineix Beatrice Dalle Jean Hughes Anglade Claudie Ossard Gabriel Yared Jean-Francois Robin Beatrice Dalle Screen Tests

• Human Traffic | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Five friends spend one lost weekend in a mix of music, love and club culture.

• A Voyage Round My Father | DVD | (28/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  From the Award Winning writer of 'Rumpole of the Bailey' comes this critically acclaimed autobiographical story of an unforgettable journey of an abusive father and his son. John Mortimer's autobiographical play 'A Voyage Round My Father' was given this spectacular film adaptation in 1981. Mortimer best known for his 'Rumpole of the Bailey' stories has fashioned an unexpurgated but affectionate portrait of his highly eccentric lawyer father Clifford Mortimer played by Sir Laur

• Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (25/05/2020) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Stanley Kramer's landmark study of racial prejudice stars the ace comic duo of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn as perplexed parents. When Joanna (Katharine Houghton) returns home with her new fiancé John Prentice (Sidney Poitier), a distinguished black doctor, her mother accepts her daughter's decision, but her father is shocked by the prospect of the interracial union. With the doctor's parents equally dismayed, both families must meet to explore the limits of their intolerance. Extras High Definition restoration Original mono audio Multichannel surround sound option Four Introductions (2007): Karen Kramer (3 mins); Steven Spielberg (1 min); Tom Brokaw (3 mins); Quincy Jones (3 mins) A Love Story for Today (2007, 30 mins): production retrospective A Special Kind of Love (2007, 17 mins): documentary featuring archival recordings of Katharine Hepburn Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth (2007, 17 mins): a look at Kramer's vision Stanley Kramer Accepts the Irving Thalberg Award (1961, 2 mins) 2007 Producers Guild Stanley Kramer Award Presentation to An Inconvenient Truth (5 mins) Isolated score: experience Frank DeVol's original soundtrack music Image gallery: promotional photography Original theatrical trailer Teaser trailer New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

• Ghost World | DVD | (19/11/2007) from £5.89   |  Saving you £0.10 (1.70%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Based on the succesful alternative graphic novel this tells the story of two girlfriends spending the summer after high school graduation together.

• Half Nelson | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £5.65   |  Saving you £10.34 (183.01%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A troubled teacher and his equally troubled student form an unlikely friendship in this Oscar-nominated drama.

• Perfect Sense | DVD | (30/01/2012) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Falling in love, as the world falls apart. David McKenzie's Glasgow-set tale of love in a time of apocalypse sees a welcome reteaming of Young Adam's director and star, Ewan McGregor.

• MOONRISE KINGDOM (2012) (CRITERION COLLECTION) | Blu Ray | (18/11/2019) from £32.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Set on an island off the coast of New England in the 1960s, as a young boy and girl fall in love they are moved to run away together. Various factions of the town mobilize to search for them and the town is turned upside down.

• Dead Man Walking | DVD | (17/09/2001) from £7.73   |  Saving you £8.26 (106.86%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A serious film on a serious subject, Dead Man Walking (1995) is enriched by two excellent performances: Sean Penn as a murderer and rapist facing execution on Death Row, and Susan Sarandon as a nun who visits and befriends him. Tim Robbins, the writer and director of the film (and Sarandon's husband), based the film on a true story, and there's not much narrative tension since it's obvious Penn will not escape his fate. But the film is a clear-eyed look at the realities of capital punishment and its grisly rituals, which at the same time never sentimentalises the people or the issues. There is no shying away from the evil of the murderer's acts and their effects on the victims' families, but this is balanced against the heartlessness and cynicism of those in the prison system and their political masters. It's hard to say whether the film is ultimately against capital punishment; it certainly encourages you to think for yourself. On the DVD: The image and sound quality is excellent, in widescreen ratio 16:9. There's a theatrical trailer and a TV commercial for the film, which also has language tracks in English, French and Spanish and subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Dutch and Hungarian. There's also an audio commentary on the film by director Tim Robbins which gives valuable insights into the political background of the film and the shooting process. --Ed Buscombe