Drama

• Three Kings | Blu Ray | (01/11/2010) from £7.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (125.16%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Absurdly comic highly kinetic at times shockingly emotional Three Kings begins when the Gulf War is over. Amid the partying and confusion four American soldiers (George Clooney Mark Wahlberg Ice Cube and Spike Jonze) determined to take home more than sand fleas go off into the Iraqi desert to find millions in stolen Kuwaiti bullion. They are plunged into the heart of a democratic uprising that spins the day and their lives out of control.

• Children's Ward - The Complete First Series | DVD | (04/07/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  One of the major success stories of ITV's children's programming this BAFTA award-winning show ran for over a decade and detailed the trials and tribulations of staff and patients at a children's ward in a busy hospital. Co-written by award-winning writers Paul Abbott (Shameless) and Kay Mellor (The Chase) the series pulled no punches and was loved by adults and children alike for its realistic portrayal of mature themes in a sensitive manner. This set contains the complete first series as well as the original Dramarama pilot play - Blackbird Singing in the Dead of Night.

• Fateless | DVD | (21/08/2006) from £13.41   |  Saving you £2.58 (19.24%)   |  RRP £15.99

  "Fateless" is a deeply moving tale of a Hungarian Jewish boy and his quest for the meaning of his past.

• Coco Before Chanel | DVD | (23/11/2009) from £4.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (300.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Audrey Tautou stars in this biopic of Gabrielle Chanel, who began her life as a headstrong orphan, only to become the legendary couturier who embodied the modern woman and became a timeless symbol of success, freedom and style.

• Audrey Hepburn Collection | DVD | (14/09/2009) from £27.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (42.87%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Audrey Hepburn 80th Anniversary Collection

• Dogfight (Criterion Collection) UK Only | Blu Ray | (06/05/2024) from £22.30   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  An ineffably bittersweet portrait of youth in the 1960s, Nancy Savoca's funny, sensitive tale of love and war etches two vividly alive characters: aspiring San Francisco folk singer Rose (Lili Taylor) and hotheaded, Vietnam-bound marine Eddie (River Phoenix), who meet on the occasion of a cruelly misogynistic party where men compete to bring the most unattractive dates they can find. But what begins as a night to forget unexpectedly develops into something far more meaningful. Featuring music by folk legends Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, and Pete Seeger, Dogfight captures the miracle of human connection while gracefully subverting ideas surrounding machismo, patriotic duty, and the very meaning of America itself. DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 2K digital restoration, supervised by director Nancy Savoca, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack Audio commentary featuring Savoca and producer Richard Guay New interview with Savoca and actor Lili Taylor conducted by filmmaker Mary Harron New interviews with cinematographer Bobby Bukowski, production designer Lester Cohen, script supervisor Mary Cybulski, music supervisor Jeff Kimball, supervising sound editor Tim Squyres, and editor John Tintori Trailer English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by film critic Christina Newland New cover inspired by an original theatrical poster

• Diva | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £15.82   |  Saving you £4.17 (20.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jean-Jacques Beineix (Betty Blue) made a catchy debut as a director with this slick, defiantly superficial 1982 movie about a young mail carrier who illegally records a performance by an opera singer, then gets the tape mixed up with evidence that could incriminate gangsters. Wearing flashy commercialism like a badge, Beineix fills the screen with explosions of disposable pop kitsch. Yet he also tells a fairly compelling story in the process, one that only seems to get more interesting the closer one gets to the end. An unusual experience, Diva should be seen also for the influence it had on the look and feel of movies and music videos in the 1980s. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Sidney Poitier Collection - In The Heat Of The Night/Lilies Of The Field/The Organization/They Call Me Mr Tibbs! | DVD | (22/01/2007) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-2.97 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.03

  In The Heat Of The Night (Dir. Norman Jewison 1967): The winner of the 1967 Oscar for Best Picture ""In the Heat of the Night"" is set in a small Mississippi town where an unusual murder has been committed. Rod Steiger plays sheriff Bill Gillespie a good lawman despite his racial prejudices. When Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) a well-dressed African-American and Philadelphia police detective comes to town the two must betray culturally dictated conclusions of the other to grudgingly work together to solve the murder case. Lilies Of The Field (Dir. Ralph Nelson 1963): Homer Smith an itinerant handyman is driving through the Arizona desert when he meets five impoverished nuns. Stopping to fix their leaky farmhouse roof Homer discovers that not only will the Mother Superior not pay him for the job but she also wants him to build their chapel - for free! Hesitant at first Homer soon finds himself single-handedly raising the chapel and the financing. But although he will not receive monetary reward Homer knows that when his work is done he'll leave that dusty desert town a much better place than when he found it. The Organization (Dir. Don Medford 1971): Sidney Poitier reprises his role as Lt. Virgil Tibbs in this taut drama that exposes the ruthless high-stakes world of international drug trafficking. Co-starring Raul Julia this action-packed crime thriller delivers edge-of-the-seat entertainment. Under the cover of darkness six masked figures raid a seemingly respectable furniture factory - and steal a multimillion-dollar cache of heroin! But these are no ordinary crooks. They're a passionate band of former users-turned-vigilantes whose frustration with the law's inability to combat the city's drug problem spurs them to take on a powerful narcotics ring. After contacting Tibbs they confess to the break-in beg him to keep silent and ask for his help. But once he reluctantly agrees to operate outside the law Tibbs soon finds himself at odds with the police and a ruthless drug syndicate that will stop at nothing to silence him! They Call Me Mr. Tibbs (Dir. Gordon Douglas 1970): In this suspenseful sequel to In The Heat Of The Night Sidney Poitier reprises his role as the intrepid investigator who this time must solve a puzzling murder in the City by the Bay. Featuring an original score by Quincy Jones and co-starring Martin Landau and Edward Asner They Call Me Mister Tibbs! is an absorbing mystery that ranks as one of the best. When a prostitute is murdered in San Francisco's ritzy Nob Hill district an anonymous tip implicates minister and political crusader Reverand Logan Sharpe (Landau). Lt. Virgil Tibbs (Poitier) who has known Sharpe for many years asks to be assigned to the case in hopes of clearing his friend's name. So begins the detective's journey through a twisted maze of baffling evidence frantic chases deadly gunfire and bad alibis. Before long Tibbs finds himself bitterly torn between his duty as a cop... and his loyalty to a friend.

• Snow White And The Huntsman/ The Huntsman: Winter's War | DVD | (15/08/2016) from £10.99   |  Saving you £-3.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.00

  Definitely not your average retelling of the classic Snow White fairy tale, Snow White and the Huntsman is a dark, action-fantasy film that's based more on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale than the well-known Disney version of the story. It features intriguing concepts, impressive special effects, and some disappointingly lackluster acting. The essence of the "Snow White" story is preserved in this recounting: the queen's beautiful daughter Snow White, who is heir to the throne, is displaced and persecuted by an evil stepmother after her mother dies. Here, the evil stepmother Ravenna possesses a disturbing power to maintain her own perpetual youth by stealing youthfulness from the hearts of the young and beautiful, but her magic mirror warns that Snow White's innocence and purity as she comes of age will destroy Ravenna's chance at immortality. When Snow White escapes from the castle prison, Ravenna hires a downtrodden Huntsman to bring her back so that Ravenna can steal her youth and achieve personal immortality. But Snow White runs into a dark and sinister forest where mushrooms disperse hallucinogenic spores, trees come to life, flocks of bats spring from inanimate objects, and dwarves lurk in the shadows. The roles of the seven dwarves and the Huntsman in this version of the story prove to be quite different from the original, but what remain steadfast are Snow White's inner strength and absolute goodness, and her stepmother's innate evilness. This film is full of fascinating imagery that's brought to life through powerful special effects, great costuming, and captivating cinematography--the scenes in the dark forest and the fairy-filled wilderness beyond are reason enough to see it. Unfortunately, the story moves a bit slowly and the acting by Kristen Stewart (Snow White) and Chris Hemsworth (Huntsman) is rather stoical and passionless and lacks chemistry, though Charlize Theron does stand out as a particularly disturbing Ravenna. --Tami Horiuchi

• Mr Smith Goes To Washington | DVD | (26/02/2001) from £7.03   |  Saving you £12.96 (184.35%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In Frank Capra's bright, funny and beautifully paced satire Mr Smith Goes to Washington political heavyweights decide that Jefferson Smith (James Stewart), an obscure scoutmaster in a small town, would be the perfect dupe to fill a vacant US Senate chair. Surely this naïve bumpkin can be easily controlled by the senior senator (Claude Rains) from his state, a respectable yet corrupted career politician. Capra fills the film with Smith's wide-eyed wonder at the glories of Washington, all of which ring false for his cynical secretary (Jean Arthur) who doesn't believe for a minute this rube could be for real. But he is. Capra was repeating the formula of a previous film, Mr Deeds Goes to Town, but this one is even sharper. Stewart and Arthur are brilliant, and the former cowboy-star Harry Carey lends a warm presence to the role of the vice-president. Mr Smith Goes to Washington is Capra's ode to the power of innocence--an idea so potent that present-day audiences may find themselves wishing for a new Mr Smith in the halls of power. The 1939 US Congress was none too thrilled about the film's depiction of their august body, denouncing it as a caricature; but even today, Capra's jibes about vested interests and political machines look as accurate as ever. --Robert Horton, Amazon.com

• Blind Flight | DVD | (13/09/2004) from £9.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the true-life best-selling memoirs of Brian Keenan and John McCarthy Blind Flight tells the harrowing but ultimately uplifting story of the Irish teacher and the English journalist who were kidnapped and held together as hostages in Beirut during the mid-1980s. Despite their different backgrounds and political perspectives the two men form an unlikely friendship one that gives them the strength to survive through four-and-a-half years of torture and soul-destroying adve

• 8 Mile Blu-Ray | Blu Ray | (15/02/2021) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  8 Mile explores a week in the lives of a group of young people struggling to find their way in urban decay of 1995 Detroit. For people like Jimmy Rabbit Smith, Jr (EMINEM) and his friends, hip-hop is the only things standing between them and the void. Rabbit knows his ticketout out is through his rhymes, but to succeed, he has to channel his anger into his lyrics and face the showdown of his life. From Academy Award winning producer/director Curtis Lanson (L.A CONFIDENTIAL) and Academy Award winning producer Brian Grazer, 8 Mile is one of the most critically acclaimed movies of its year. Featuring outstanding performances from Eminem Academy Award winner Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy and Mekhi Phifer the critically acclaimed 8 Mile is one of the most talked about movies of its year. Bonus Features Making of 8 Mile, Battle Rhyme for Reel Time- Detroit MCs Take on Eminem. Never before seen freestyle battle footage Exclusive never seen before Eminem Superman music video

• Bob Marley: One Love 4K UHD | Blu Ray | (27/05/2024) from £17.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The story of how reggae icon Bob Marley overcame adversity, and the journey behind his revolutionary music. Buy on phsical media now, the best way to watch and own.

• Jane Got A Gun | DVD | (22/08/2016) from £3.99   |  Saving you £16.00 (401.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Young mother Jane Hammond (Natalie Portman) finds herself in a gang's cross-hairs once again when her husband, Bill Ham Hammond (Noah Emmerich) stumbles home riddled with bullets after duelling with the ˜Bishop Boys' and their malicious leader, Colin (Ewan McGregor). With the vengeful crew hot on Ham's trail, Jane has nowhere to turn but to her former fiancée Dan Frost (Joel Edgerton) for help in defending her home against invasion. Jane's survival depends on the man she once loved, but soon she must discover her own inner strength to defend her family.

• Cry of the City (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (22/08/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A masterpiece of law and disorder, Robert Siodmak's film noir classic depicts a timeless battle of good versus evil on the streets of New York. Childhood friends Martin Rome (Richard Conte), a charismatic and ruthless criminal, and Lieutenant Candella (Victor Mature), a dogged and tireless cop, go head-to-head as Rome attempts to forge an alibi through intimidation and menace. Seductively callous and threatening, Rome's travails reveal an underworld of corruption and criminality at the heart of the Big Apple. Candella's persistence and resourcefulness keeps his nemesis looking over his shoulder as a tense game of cat and mouse plays out to an inevitably dramatic climax. Offering a vivid depiction of life in Little Italy, Siodmak's fast-paced crime thriller is beautifully shot and is a key work in the genre. Extras Original theatrical trailer Audio commentary with Adrian Martin Fully illustrated booklet Other extras TBC

• The Pledge | DVD | (15/04/2002) from £12.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (7.70%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Jack Nicholson plays a retiring police officer who promises to track down a murderer.

• Third Person | DVD | (23/03/2015) from £3.29   |  Saving you £14.70 (446.81%)   |  RRP £17.99

  From Academy Award winning director Paul Haggis (Crash) comes a star studded drama about three interlocking love stories played out across Rome Paris and New York.

• Backbeat | Blu Ray | (06/05/2024) from £21.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Directed by Iain Softley, Backbeat is an energetic, musical drama chronicling the pre-fame Beatles as they head to Hamburg in search of success. As they gain popularity, the fifth Beatle bass guitarist Stuart Sutcliffe (Stephen Dorff), falls in love and ultimately must choose between his best friend John Lennon, and his new love (Sheryl Lee) and the greatest rock and roll band in the world. Full of vitality and heart, with a soundtrack that includes rock and roll classics, including music from Dave Grohl ( Nirvana, Foo Fighters), David Pirner (Soul Asylum), and Mike Mills (R.E.M). Blu-ray Bonus Features: AUDIO COMMENTARY WITH IAIN SOFTLEY, IAN HART AND STEPHEN DORFF A CONVERSATION WITH ASTRID KIRCHHERR DELETED SCENES INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR IAIN SOFTLEY AND ACTOR IAN HART IAIN SOFTLEY INTERVIEW FOR THE SUNDANCE CHANNEL TV FEATURETTE CASTING SESSIONS STILLS GALLERY TRAILER

• Evening | DVD | (18/02/2008) from £4.61   |  Saving you £1.38 (29.93%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A dying woman remembers her romantic past while her daughters face their emotional present.

• Charade | Blu Ray | (20/02/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Audrey Hepburn plays a Parisienne whose husband is murdered and who finds she is being followed by four men seeking the fortune her late spouse had hidden away. Cary Grant is the stranger who comes to her aid but his real motives aren't entirely clear--could he even be the killer? The 1963 film is directed by Stanley Donen but it has been called "Hitchcockian" for good reason: the possible duplicities between lovers, the unspoken agendas between a man and woman sharing secrets. Charade is nowhere as significant as a Hitchcock film but suspense-wise it holds its own; and Donen's glossy production lends itself to the welcome experience of stargazing. One wants Cary Grant to be Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn to be no one but Audrey Hepburn in a Hollywood product such as this, and they certainly don't let us down.--Tom Keogh