Drama

• Birdman | DVD | (04/05/2015) from £4.49   |  Saving you £15.50 (345.21%)   |  RRP £19.99

  BIRDMAN or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance is a black comedy that tells the story of an actor (Michael Keaton) - famous for portraying an iconic superhero - as he struggles to mount a Broadway play.

• The Mallen Curse | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £9.60   |  Saving you £0.39 (4.06%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Barbara has been rejected by her cousin Michael and enters into a loveless marriage with Dan whose family the Benshams have owned the Hall since her father Squire Mallen went bankrupt. The widowed Mr. Bensham proposes to Anna Brigmore fulfilling her ruthless ambition to be mistress of High Banks. But their happiness is soon shattered when they discover that Barbara and Michael have become lovers again...

• Inferno, Angels & Demons & Davinci Code Boxset | Blu Ray | (02/09/2019) from £14.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Inferno In this contemporary action thriller, the famous symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia and finds himself the target of a manhunt. Langdon teams up with Sienna Brooks (Felicity Jones), a doctor he hopes will help him recover his memories. Together, they race across Europe and against the clock to stop a virus that would wipe out half of the world's population. Angels & Demons In Ron Howard's thrilling follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, expert symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) pursues ancient clues on a heart-racing hunt through Rome to find the four Cardinals kidnapped by the deadly secret society, the Illuminati. With the Cardinals' lives on the line, and the Camerlengo (Ewan McGregor) desperate for help, Langdon embarks on a nonstop, action-packed race through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, and the most secretive vault on Earth! Da Vinci Code Dan Brown's international bestseller comes alive in the film The Da Vinci Code

• The Fabulous Baker Boys | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £4.45   |  Saving you £8.54 (191.91%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Steve Kloves' impressive highly entertaining directorial debut centres on the Baker Boys (played by real-life brothers Jeff and Beau Bridges) siblings who have a two-piano act that plays at Seattle's downbeat cocktail lounges. Jack (Jeff Bridges) is a bitter loner whose ambition is to be a jazz musician while Frank (Beau Bridges) is a family man content to spend his days giving piano lessons and playing pop tunes with his brother. Their act needs some new blood. Enter Susie Diamond (Michelle Pfeiffer) a tough cynical former hooker whose presence immediately revives the act. It also complicates matters when Jacks falls for her. Strong performances a great script wonderful music and Michelle Pfeiffer at her absolute sexiest.

• Dear John | Blu Ray | (23/08/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £20.99

  Dear John, from the author of The Notebook, sizzled at the UK box office earlier this year. Fall in love all over again with Channing Tatum (Step-Up, GI Joe) in this summer's hottest love story DEAR JOHN.

• Silkwood | DVD | (13/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Like most of the people in her town Karen Silkwood worked at the local nuclear plant producing highly radioactive plutonium. Exposed one day to a lethal dose of radiation Karen faces the blank walls of corporate indifference and denial whilst coming to terms that she will suffer a painful and lingering death as a result of company negligence. As her illness increases her protest grows louder and she becomes an obvious danger to the powers that be. But Karen is too spirited to be silenced and takes on the plant with devasting consequences. Written by Nora Ephorn and with a star studded cast including Oscar winners Meryl Streep Cher and Kurt Russell this is the remarkable and poignant true story of one woman's struggle to tell the truth at all costs.

• The Music Room (The Criterion Collection) | Blu Ray | (07/08/2017) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  SATYAJIT RAY'S POWERFUL TRAGIC DRAMA A CORNERSTONE OF THE MONUMENTAL DIRECTOR'S CAREER With The Music Room (Jalsaghar), SATYAJIT RAY (Pather Panchali) brilliantly evokes the crumbling opulence of the world of a fallen aristocrat (the beloved actor CHHABI BISWAS) desperately clinging to his way of life. His greatest joy is the music room in which he has hosted lavish concerts over the years now a shadow of its former vivid self. An incandescent depiction of the clash between tradition and modernity, and a showcase for some of India's most popular musicians of the day, The Music Room is a defining work by the great Bengali filmmaker. Special Features: New digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Satyajit Ray (1984), a feature documentary by Shyam Benegal that chronicles Ray's career and includes interviews with the filmmaker, family photographs, and extensive clips from his films New interview with filmmaker Mira Nair New interview in which Ray biographer Andrew Robinson discusses the making of The Music Room and the film's cultural significance Excerpt from a 1981 French roundtable discussion with Ray, film critic Michel Ciment, and filmmaker Claude Sautet New and improved English subtitle translation PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Philip Kemp as well as reprints of a 1963 essay by Ray and a 1986 interview with the director about the film's music

• When Saturday Comes | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £7.04   |  Saving you £-1.05 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In an emotive performance Sheffield born Sean Bean stars as Jimmy Muir captain of the local football team within a gritty working class Sheffield community who sees life as a game both on and off the pitch. Though encouraged by his spirited girlfriend Annie (Emily Lloyd) it is not until he is spotted by local talent scout Ken Jackson (Pete Postlethwaite) that Jimmy starts to believe his dream to make it into professional football could be realised. When offered the chance to p

• Water For Elephants | DVD | (14/11/2011) from £3.59   |  Saving you £16.40 (456.82%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sara Gruen's bestselling novel comes to glossy life in this period romance. A sparkle-free Robert Pattinson plays Jacob Jankowski, who studies veterinary medicine during the Great Depression. After a family tragedy, he loses everything, including the chance to graduate from prestigious Cornell, so he hops a train, where he finds himself part of the struggling Benzini Brothers Circus. Ringleader August (Christoph Waltz, echoing his Oscar®-winning Inglourious Basterds performance) has doubts about the softhearted lad, but a fellow Pole smoothes the way, and Jacob becomes the company vet, which leads him to platinum-blonde equestrian Marlena (Reese Witherspoon), August's wife. The two make eyes at each other, but an affair would surely end badly, so they concentrate on their work. When Marlena's prize steed falls ill, August purchases an elephant, hoping Rosie will turn their fortunes around, and enlists Jacob to train her. Unfortunately, she's slow to respond to commands until Jankowski unlocks her secret--and after August has beaten the poor thing into submission. After that, things start to look up until Jacob steals a kiss from his dream girl. As in The Notebook, the film it most closely resembles, an elderly version of the central character (Hal Holbrook, touching) narrates in the present day (screenwriter Richard LaGravenese also adapted The Bridges of Madison County). He tells an interesting tale, so it's too bad the leads strike so few sparks. For those who find big-top classics like Nightmare Alley too dark, however, Francis Lawrence's feel-better variant may be just the ticket. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

• Good Will Hunting | Blu Ray | (19/09/2011) from £12.13   |  Saving you £12.86 (106.02%)   |  RRP £24.99

  For the first time on Blu-ray. From highly acclaimed director Gus Van Sant this triumphant story was nominated for 9 Academy Awards - winning Oscars for Robin Williams and hot newcomers Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and also features nominee Minnie Driver. Will Hunting (Damon) is a headstrong, working-class genius. After one too many run-ins with the law, Will's last chance is a psychology professor (Williams). Experience this powerful and unforgettable movie.

• Victoria And Albert | DVD | (05/08/2002) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  In revealing the strength of the marriage which left Queen Victoria so devastated as a widow, the colourful costume drama Victoria and Albert could almost serve as a prequel to the film Mrs Brown. In common with that dramatisation, this TV drama features performances (and cameos) from some of Britain's finest actors, this time including Jonathan Pryce, David Suchet, Penelope Wilton, Peter Ustinov, Richard Briers and the wonderful Nigel Hawthorne as Lord Melbourne. Victoria Hamilton and Jonathan Firth are the impressive leads who command the viewer's attention through the lengthy process of turning Albert and Victoria's arranged marriage into a love story, from their first inauspicious meetings, to Albert's dissatisfaction over the impotence of his position. Concentrating as it does on Victoria's early reign means the drama does tend to skip over the couples' later years with their children and disappointments over their heir, Bertie, but overall this story has all the romance, settings, make-up and wigs of a fine costume drama. On the DVD: Victoria and Albert comes as a two-disc set that features an informative 25-minute "making of" documentary presented by the producer, that includes contributions from the Screenwriter, Director, stars Jonathan Firth and Penelope Wilton, and the Director of Photography. The filmographies are somewhat abridged but the Victoria Timeline is interesting for those wanting to learn more about the authentic history of events. --Rachel Ediss

• Prison | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £9.00   |  Saving you £10.99 (122.11%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A maths teacher approaches a former pupil now a film director with an idea for a film: the Devil declares that the Earth is hell. Upon considering the idea for his next project the director shares his memories with a journalist while filming an ill-fated passage from his past... Based in and around a movie studio this experimental and intriguing film is essentially a film within a film and is notable for being the first Bergman film in which Death a key leitmotif makes an appea

• Passages | DVD | (11/12/2023) from £8.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Celebrated filmmaker Ira Sachs (Love is Strange) makes a breathtaking return with PASSAGES, a fresh, honest and brutally funny take on messy, modern relationships, starring Franz Rogowski (Great Freedom), Ben Whishaw (Women Talking) and Adele Exarchopoulos (Blue Is the Warmest Colour). Set in Paris, this seductive drama tells the story of Tomas (Rogowski) and Martin (Whishaw), a gay couple whose marriage is thrown into crisis when Tomas begins a passionate affair with Agathe (Exarchopoulos), a younger woman he meets after completing his latest film. Perceptive, intimate and unashamedly sexy, PASSAGES sees Sachs bridge his usually tender style with a uniquely European sensibility, providing an insightful and authentic take on the complexities, contradictions and cruelties of love and desire.

• One From the Heart: Reprise | Blu Ray | (04/03/2024) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  ONE FROM THE HEART: REPRISE is a spectacular 4K restoration and reimagining of the 1982 cult classic from Francis Ford Coppola. Six minutes of footage have been added to replace the original negative, previously thought to be destroyed, resulting in a brand-new REPRISE version, approved by Coppola himself. ONE FROM THE HEART: REPRISE tells the story of a Las Vegas couple (Teri Garr, Frederic Forrest) whose break-up on the 4th of July leads them both to a night on the strip in pursuit of their romantic fantasies (Raul Julia, Nastassja Kinski). But in this town of gamblers and dreamers should they bet it all on dreams, or give true love another roll of the dice? Featuring breathtaking design, show-stopping set pieces, the stunning photography of Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now, The Last Emperor) and accompanied by the wonderful Oscar nominated* music of the one and only Tom Waits, this neon explosion of colour, sound and innovation is a cinematic valentine for all movie loversProduct FeaturesBlu-Ray Disc 1: One From The Heart: Reprise ¢ NEW The Look of One From The Heart ¢ NEW The Cast of One From The Heart ¢ NEW Reinventing the Musical: Baz Luhrmann on One From The Heart¢ NEW The Choreography of One From The Heart ¢ NEW One From The Heart: Reprise, Restoration Comparison ¢ NEW 2024 Trailer ¢ Francis Ford Coppola feature commentary Blu-Ray Disc 2: One From The Heart: 1982 Cut ¢ The Making Of One From The Heart ¢ The Dream Studio ¢ The Electronic Cinema ¢ Tom Waits and the Music From One From The Heart ¢ Deleted Scenes ¢ Videotaped Rehearsals ¢ Francis Ford Coppola speaks to the Exhibitors ¢ Press Conference at the Studio ¢ This Ones From The Heart Music Video ¢ Stop Motion Demo ¢ Tom Waits Score - Alternate Tracks ¢ 2003 Theatrical trailer ¢ 1982 Theatrical trailer

• Brotherhood | DVD | (26/12/2016) from £3.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  'Brotherhood' is the third instalment of the trilogy from BAFTA award-winning actor, writer and director Noel Clarke.

• Paris, Texas | Blu Ray | (22/08/2022) from £14.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Both a road movie and a mystery, and featuring a sublime score by Ry Cooder, Wim Wenders' Cannes winner is the pinnacle of the filmmaker's career. Harry Dean Stanton plays Travis Henderson, who walks out of the desert after disappearing for four years. He is picked up by his brother Walt (Dean Stockwell), who with his wife Anne (Aurore Clément) have been looking after Travis' son Hunter (Hunter Carson). A man ill at ease in everyday life, Travis feels the need to search for his ex, Jane (Nastassja Kinski), who left him some years before. In doing so, he attempts to bring his family back together, with unexpected results. Paris, Texas is the summation of Wenders' fascination with the American West its landscape and the people who populate it. Stanton's grizzled face says more than any words could convey, his silence accentuating his feelings of dislocation from the modern world. Instead, Ry Cooder's music, heavily influenced by Blind Willie Johnson's blues standard ˜Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground', along with Robby Müller's stunning cinematography, transpose Travis' emotional and physical journey upon the vast sights and sounds of the American landscape. The script, co-written by L.M. Kit Carson and acclaimed playwright Sam Shepard, plays with the notion of myth, country and character a place always out of reach or a relationship consigned to the past. It's a potent idea that Wenders' film brilliantly embraces.

• East of Eden | Blu Ray | (27/11/2023) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on John Steinbeck's novel and directed by Elia Kazan, East of Eden was James Dean's breakout big-screen performance, one that will forever be remembered in Hollywood history. The emotionally charged film tells the story of lonely youth Cal (Dean), who view for the affection of his hardened father (Raymond Massey) and favored brother, Aron (Richard Davalos). The film received four Academy Award nominations, and Jo Van Fleet won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Cal's wayward mother. Product Features On-Disc Special Features 4K: Commentary by Richard Schickel BD: Documentary Forever James Dean Featurette East of Eden: Art in Search of Life 1955 New York City Premiere Actors' Screen Tests Wardrobe Tests Deleted Tests Theatrical Trailer

• Danielle Steel's Message From Nam | DVD | (17/04/2006) from £4.03   |  Saving you £1.96 (48.64%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In this compelling feature length movie from bestselling author Danielle Steel Paxton Andrews a young idealistic woman faces love loss and the harsh realities of war. Thrown into the radical 1960's campus life at Berkley she believes she has found a true soulmate in a bright idealistic law student called Peter. But when fate gets him drafted and killed in Vietnam grief motivates Paxton to become a war correspondent for a San Francisco newspaper. In a career move that will event

• Waiting To Exhale | DVD | (01/03/2004) from £5.13   |  Saving you £7.86 (153.22%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Savannah Bernadine Robin and Gloria are all searching for the real thing: true love. Bernadine thought she had it until her husband left her for another woman. Savannah and Robin are successful in business but their love lives are bankrupt. Divorcee Gloria is getting back in the game by flirting with her new very eligible neighbour! Based on Terry McMillan's best-selling novel and featuring the #1 smash Hit ""Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"" this is the film you and your friends have bee

• The Deep End Of The Ocean | DVD | (28/02/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Beth Cappadora (Michelle Pfeiffer) is at her high school reunion when her three-year-old son disappears from his brother's care. The little boy never turns up, and the family has to deal with the devastating guilt and grief that goes along with it. Nine years later, the family has relocated to Chicago. By a sheer fluke, the kid turns up, living no more than two blocks away. The authorities swoop down and return the kid to his biological parents, but things are far from being that simple. The boy grew up around what he has called his father, while his new family are strangers to him; the older son, now a teenager, has brushes with the law and behavioural problems. His adjustment to his lost brother is complicated by normal teenage churlishness, and the dad (Treat Williams) seems to expect everything to fall into place as though the family had been intact all along. It's a tightrope routine for actors in a story like this, being careful not to chew the scenery while at the same time not being too flaccid or understated. For the most part, the members of the cast deal well with the emotional complexity of their roles. Though the story stretches credulity, weirder things do happen in the real world. The family's pain for the first half of the film is certainly credible, though the second half almost seems like a different movie. Whoopi Goldberg plays the detective assigned to the case; casting her is a bit of a stretch, but she makes it work. All in all, a decent three-hanky movie in the vein of Ordinary People. --Jerry Renshaw, Amazon.com