Drama

• All That Heaven Allows (Criterion Collection) - UK Only | Blu Ray | (13/03/2023) from £26.55   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This heartbreakingly beautiful indictment of 1950s American mores by Douglas Sirk (Written on the Wind) follows the blossoming love between a well-off suburban widow (Magnificent Obsession's Jane Wyman) and her handsome and earthy younger gardener (Rock Hudson). After their romance prompts the scorn of her selfish children and snooty country club friends, she must decide whether to pursue her own happiness or carry on a lonely, hemmed-in existence for the sake of the approval of others. With the help of ace cinematographer Russell Metty (Spartacus), Sirk imbued nearly every shot with a vivid and distinct emotional tenor. a profoundly felt film about class and conformity in small-town America, All That Heaven Allows is a pinnacle of expressionistic Hollywood melodrama.Special Edition ContentNew 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrackAudio commentary featuring John Mercer, co-author of Melodrama: Genre, Style, Sensibility, and film scholar Tamar Jeffers-McdonaldRock Hudson's Home Movies (1992), a ground-breaking essay film about the actor by Mark RappaportFrench television interview with Sirk from 1982 excerpts from Behind the Mirror: A Profile of Douglas Sirk, a 1979 BBC documentary featuring rare interview footage with the directorContract Kid: William Reynolds on Douglas Sirk, a 2007 interview with the actor, who co-starred in three Sirk films, including All That Heaven Allows TrailerPlus: a booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Laura Mulvey and an excerpt from a 1971 essay by filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder on Sirk

• Freud | DVD | (23/04/2012) from £17.74   |  Saving you £-11.75 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This pseudo-biographical movie depicts 5 years from 1885 in the life of the Viennese psychologist Freud (Montgomery Clift). Disillusioned with the way his colleagues refuse to treat patients in a mental asylum, following a trip to Paris to visit Dr Charcot he sees how hysterical patients are treated by means of hypnosis. Experimenting with these new techniques, Freud concentrates on Cecily Koertner (Susannah York), a young woman suffering a nervous and physical breakdown upon the death of her father.

• Tokyo Story (Blu-ray + DVD) | Blu Ray | (19/07/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The film that made Ozu's reputation in the west (it was also a big hit in Japan) is plotted a little more schematically than most of his masterpieces but is nonetheless one of his most emotionally piercing films.

• Motherless Brooklyn | DVD | (13/04/2020) from £7.55   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Set against the backdrop of 1950s New York, Motherless Brooklyn follows Lionel Essrog (Edward Norton), a lonely private detective afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome, as he ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend, Frank Minna (Bruce Willis). Armed only with a few clues and the powerful engine of his obsessive mind, Lionel unravels closely-guarded secrets that hold the fate of the whole city in the balance. In a mystery that carries him from gin-soaked jazz clubs in Harlem to the hard-edged slums of Brooklyn and, finally, into the gilded halls of New York's power brokers, Lionel contends with thugs, corruption and the most dangerous man in the city to honour his friend and save the woman who might be his own salvation.

• Synecdoche New York (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Kaufman) | DVD | (12/10/2009) from £23.35   |  Saving you £-7.36 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Charlie Kaufman, the writer behind such brain melting, cult hits as "Being John Malkovich" and "Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind" steps behind the camera for this puzzling and inventive take on one man's life

• Mojave Moon | DVD | (09/02/2009) from £6.98   |  Saving you £-0.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Danny Aiello stars as Al McCord a nice guy who stumbles into a weekend of wacky intrigue when he impulsively gives Ellie (Angelina Jolie) a ride from Los Angeles to the Mojave Desert. Al never expects Ellie to fall in love with him nor does he expect to fall for her mother Julie (Anne Archer)! When Julie's lunatic boyfriend Boyd (Michael Biehn) shows up Al gets more action than he ever counted on. Caught in a hilarious web of bizarre events that can only be explained by the bewitching way of the Mojave Moon Al's life and loves will never be the same.

• Vivacious Lady | DVD | (15/08/2011) from £5.95   |  Saving you £7.04 (118.32%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Bringing together two of Hollywood's best-loved stars - James Stewart (It's A Wonderful Life Harvey) and Ginger Rogers (Kitty Foyle Top Hat) - and directed by the masterly George Stevens (Swing Time Gunga Din) Vivacious Lady is a genuine treat. Dispatched to the big city to recover his way-ward cousin straight-laced Peter Morgan (Stewart) falls for night-club chanteuse Francey (Rogers ) and invites her to come home with him. However back home in his quiet small town the exuberant Francey causes quite a scene; Peter gets cold feet about telling his conservative father that they are married...

• Jaws 3 | Blu Ray | (29/07/2024) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A DEADLY NEW ATTRACTION! The most famous shark of all time is back bigger and more terrifying than ever in Jaws 3 starring Dennis Quaid,Bess Armstrong, Simon MacCorkindale and Louis Gossett Jr. Everyone at Florida's Sea World is thrilled with the newUndersea Kingdom, a maze of underwater plexiglass tunnels that permits visitors to get closer to marine life than everbefore. The opening ceremonies include many important guests and one uninvited baby shark who accidentally enters thepark's lagoon through a faulty sea gate and subsequently dies. The young shark's 35-foot mother soon follows her offspring,creating the most horrifying tale of terror ever filmed in the water. Directed by Joe Alves, the original Jaws designer, andco-written by Carl Gottlieb who penned the first two blockbusters, this action-packed adventure will have you screaming for your life.

• The Fallen Idol | DVD | (07/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A lonely young boy is caught up in a sinister and intriguing murder-mystery in this classic British film based on a short story by Graham Greene and directed with great style by Carol Reed both of who received Academy Award nominations. It was the first film on which Greene and Reed collaborated and remains both a moving portrayal of lost innocence and a genuine classic of British cinema.

• Catherine Cookson - The Dwelling Place | DVD | (23/07/2007) from £4.95   |  Saving you £0.04 (0.81%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Set in rural Northumberland during the 1830's this Catherine Cookson series tells of Cissie Brodie's struggle to keep the family intact when the sudden death of her parents causes them to be evicted from their cottage...

• The Rag Nymph | DVD | (29/10/2008) from £7.60   |  Saving you £-2.61 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Ten year old Millie is taken in by 'Raggie Aggie' after her mother dies in a Newcastle brothel. Aggie soon has to hide Millie in a convent after the brothel owner turns his attentions to Millie. Years later and a beautiful young woman she returns to her Aunt but after a desolate relationship she is abducted into the same brothel in which her mother died...

• Mona Lisa Smile/Tea With Mussolini/Legends of the Fall | DVD | (06/02/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Mona Lisa Smile: Set in 1953, Katherine Watson (Roberts) is a free-spirited graduate of UC Berkeley who accepts a teaching post at Wellesley College, a women-only school where the students are torn between the repressive mores of the time and their longing for intellectual freedom.Tea With Mussolini: Florence, 1934. A diverse group of cultured ladies meet for tea each afternoon: Lady Hester Random, widow of the British Ambassador to Italy, Arabella, an artist and singer, Georgie, the exuberant American archaeologist, and the brash and uninhibited Elsa. One of their fold, Mary, becomes surrogate mother to a young boy, Luca, and he is soon virtually adopted and brought up by the group of ladies. But the shifting political climate begins to have serious consequences for this unconventional community and the maturing Luca must face up to a personal challenge of independence.Legends Of The Fall: Colonel William Ludlow (Sir Anthony Hopkins) built a ranch in the remote foothills of the Montana Rockies where he brought up his three sons away from the carnage of the Indian wars. Alfred (Aidan Quinn) the eldest, is dutiful and reserved, Samuel (Henry Thomas) the beloved youngest, is compassionate and idealistic, while the middle brother Tristan (Brad Pitt) has a wild untameable spirit. Into this masculine world enters Susannah Finncannon (Julia Ormond), a beautiful intelligent woman who stirs a passion and rivalry in all three brothers that will change the course of their lives and shape their destinies forever. From the rugged prairie lands of 19th Century America to the trenches of World War I and the changing world beyond, 'Legends of the Fall' is a sweeping, star-studded epic - a passionate journey into the darkest secrets of love, betrayal and the unbreakable bonds of blood.

• Accidental Love | DVD | (20/07/2015) from £4.74   |  Saving you £8.25 (174.05%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A small town waitress gets a nail accidentally lodged in her head causing unpredictable behavior that leads her to Washington D.C. where sparks fly when she meets a clueless young senator who takes up her cause - but what happens when love interferes with what you stand for?

• DENZEL WASHINGTON 5-FILM COLL. BD | Blu Ray | (03/10/2022) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  ! The Little Things Kern County Deputy Sheriff Joe Deke Deaon (washington) is sent to Los Angeles for what should be a quick evidence-gathering assignment. Instead, he becomes embroiled in the search for a serial killer who is terrorising the city. Leading the hunt, L.A. Sheriff's Department Sergeant Jim Baxter (Malek), impressed with Deke's cop instincts, unofficially engages in his help. But as they track a suspect (Leto), Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke's past, uncovering distrubing secrets that could threaten more than his case. Training Day Detective Alonzo Harris is a veteran narcotics officer who has the task of training rookie Jake Hoyt. His methods of enforcing the law are, at times, questionable but his job is to rid the streets of South Central Los Angeles of drugs. Are his methods right or wrong? The Pelican Brief A New Orleans law student finds herself embroiled in a terrifying web of intrigue extending to the highest levels of government after she writes a speculative legal brief exposing the activities of a powerful oil magnate. Fallen A pair of Chicago detectives apprehend a serial killer. However, after t he killer is convicted and executed, a new series of murders carried out in the late killers peculiar style begin to turn up, potentially implicating one of the detectives. American Gangster Oscar®* winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe face off against each other in a relentless confrontation, directed by Ridley Scott (Gladiator). Ruthless and endowed with a very strict sense of honour, crime boss Frank Lucas (Washington) reigns over the drug world in the streets of Harlem. When cop Richie Roberts (Crowe) sets out to destroy Lucas' colossal empire, a merciless showdown takes place in the streets of New York. Bonus Features American Gangster: Feature Commentary with Ridley Scott and Steven Zaillian Deleted scenes including an alternate opening Undercovering the past: The Real Frank Lucas and Richie Roberts Fallen Empire: Making American Gangster Case File The BET Special: The Making of American Gangster Dateline NBC: American Gangster first look Hip-Hop infusion featuring Common and T.I Music Videos Theatrical Trailer The Little Things: The Little Things: Four Shades of Blue: An overview of Denzel Washington's roles in four Warner Bros. cop films: The Little Things, Training Day, Ricochet and Fallen. A contrast of styles: Discover how Denzel Washington, Rami Malek and Jared Leto created three polar opposite characters Training Day: Audio commentary by director Antoine Fuqua Additional scenes Alternate ending The Making Of 2 video clips: No. 1 by Nelly and Got You by Pharoahe Monch Trailer Fallen: Feature-Length Audio Commentary by Director Gregory Hoblit, Screenwriter Nicholas Kazan and Producer Charles Roven Theatrical Trailer The Pelican Brief: Cinematic trailer

• Desert Hearts | Blu Ray | (20/11/2017) from £21.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Donna Deitch's tender, ground-breaking debut, a landmark in queer cinema and a triumph of independent filmmaking The swooning and sensual first narrative feature by DONNA DEITCH, Desert Hearts was ground breaking upon its 1985 release: a love story about two women, made entirely independently, on a self-financed shoestring budget, by a woman. In the 1959-set film, an adaptation of a beloved novel by Jane Rule, straitlaced East Coast professor Vivian Bell (The Colour of Money's HELEN SHAVER) arrives in Reno to file for divorce but winds up catching the eye of someone new, the younger free spirit Cay (Manhunter's PATRICIA CHARBONNEAU), touching off a slow seduction that unfolds against a breath-taking desert landscape. With undeniable chemistry between its two leads, an evocative jukebox soundtrack, and vivid cinematography by ROBERT ELSWIT (Punch-Drunk Love), Desert Hearts beautifully exudes a sense of tender yearning and emotional candour. BONUS FEATURES DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by cinematographer Robert Elswit, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Audio commentary from 2007 featuring director Donna Deitch New conversation between Deitch and actor Jane Lynch New conversation between Deitch, Elswit, and production designer Jeannine Oppewall about the film's visual style New interviews with actors Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau Excerpt from Fiction and Other Truths: A Film About Jane Rule, a 1995 documentary about the author of Desert of the Heart, the 1964 novel on which the film is based PLUS: An essay by critic B. Ruby Rich

• Jaws: The Revenge | Blu Ray | (26/08/2024) from £19.97   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  THIS TIME IT'S PERSONAL Once again the peace of Amity and the lives of the Brody family are shattered by a bloodthirsty shark inJaws: The Revenge. Lorraine Gary reprises her role as the now widowed Ellen Brody who finds herselfreliving the horrors of the past when a mammoth shark kills her son. Grief-stricken, she travels to theBahamas to be with her other son, a marine biologist (Lance Guest), and his family. There she meets andfalls for a carefree airplane pilot (Academy Award® winner° Michael Caine). Just as she is starting to put herlife back together, the nightmare of the past returns when her granddaughter is attacked by an all-too-familiargreat white shark. Determined to end the terror once and for all, Ellen sets out for a showdown to the death.

• P.O.W. | DVD | (12/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Germany 1940. Flight Sergeant James Caddon is captured when his plane is shot down on a bombing raid over Normandy. He is taken to the Prisoner of War camp Stalag 39 where he discovers that a daring escape is already being planned. There will also be a widespread PR campaign. EPISODE 1: Germany 1940. Flight Sergeant James Caddon is captured when his plane is shot down on a bombing raid over Normandy. He is taken to the Prisoner of War camp Stalag 39 where he discovers that a daring es

• The Outsiders - The Complete Novel | Blu Ray | (16/06/2025) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 coming-of-age classic, THE OUTSIDERS THE COMPLETE NOVEL - based on the 1967 novel by S.E. Hinton - has been stunningly restored in 4K, overseen and approved by Coppola himself. This edition also includes the original theatrical version.In 1966 Tulsa, teenagers come two ways. If you're a Soc, you've got money, cars, a future. But if you're a Greaser, you're an outsider with only your friends and a dream that someday you'll finally belong. Francis Ford Coppola's powerful film THE OUTSIDERS THE COMPLETE NOVEL captures how it feels to be caught between childhood's innocence and adulthood's disillusionment. The ensemble is a Who's Who of young talents of the past two decades: Matt Dillon, Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez, C. Thomas Howell, Diane Lane, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe and Ralph Macchio. Moving and in an intensely visual style, Coppola has made these street rats and their struggle heroic - and unforgettable.DISC 1The Outsiders The Complete Novel (2021 Restoration)Audio Commentary with Francis Ford Coppola Audio Commentary with Matt Dillon, C. Thomas Howell, Diane Lane, Rob Lowe, Ralph Macchio and Patrick SwayzeNEW Francis Ford Coppola IntroductionNEW Restoration Story with Zoetrope Head of Archives and Restorations James Mockoski and Colourist Gregg GarvinNEW Interview with Cinematographer Stephen Burum NEW Deleted ScenesNEW Outsider Looking In - Looking at key scenes of a cult classic with Francis Ford CoppolaNEW Old House New Home featuretteNEW TrailerDISC 2THE OUTSIDERS (2021 Restoration)Staying Gold: A Look Back at The Outsiders NBC's News Today from 1983 The Outsiders Started by School Petition 7 Cast Members read extracts from the novelS.E. Hinton on Location in TulsaThe Casting of The Outsiders Deleted and Extended ScenesTrailer from 1983

• Armchair Theatre - Vol.1 | DVD | (18/01/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Armchair Theatre: Volume 1

• Titanic | Blu Ray | (10/09/2012) from £9.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (150.15%)   |  RRP £24.99

  When the theatrical release of James Cameron's Titanic was delayed from July to December of 1997, media pundits speculated that Cameron's $200 million disaster epic would cause the director's downfall, signal the end of the blockbuster era and sink Paramount Studios as quickly as the ill-fated luxury liner had sunk on that fateful night of April 14, 1912. Some studio executives were confident, others horrified, but the clarity of hindsight turned Cameron into an Oscar-winning genius, a shrewd businessman and one of the most successful directors in the history of motion pictures. Titanic would surpass the $1 billion mark in global box-office receipts (largely due to multiple viewings, the majority by teenage girls), win 11 Academy Awards including best picture and director, produce the bestselling movie soundtrack of all time and make a global superstar of Leonardo DiCaprio. A bona fide pop-cultural phenomenon, the film has all the ingredients of a blockbuster (romance, passion, luxury, grand scale, a snidely villain and an epic, life-threatening crisis), but Cameron's alchemy of these ingredients proved more popular than anyone could have predicted. His stroke of genius was to combine absolute authenticity with a pair of fictional lovers whose tragic fate would draw viewers into the heart-wrenching reality of the Titanic disaster. As starving artist Jack Dawson and soon-to-be-married socialite Rose DeWitt Bukater, DiCaprio and Kate Winslet won the hearts of viewers around the world and their brief but never-forgotten love affair provides the humanity that Cameron needed to turn Titanic into an emotional experience. Present-day framing scenes (featuring Gloria Stuart as the 101-year-old Rose) add additional resonance to the story and, although some viewers proved vehemently immune to Cameron's manipulations, few can deny the production's impressive achievements. Although some of the computer-generated visual effects look artificial, others--such as the sunset silhouette of Titanic during its first evening at sea, or the climactic splitting of the ship's sinking hull--are state-of-the-art marvels. In terms of sets and costumes alone, the film is never less than astounding. More than anything else, however, the film's overwhelming popularity speaks for itself. Titanic is an event film and a monument to Cameron's risk-taking audacity, blending the tragic irony of the Titanic disaster with just enough narrative invention to give the historical event its fullest and most timeless dramatic impact. Titanic is an epic love story on par with Gone with the Wind, and, like that earlier box-office phenomenon, it's a film for the ages. --Jeff Shannon