Drama

• Mr Turner | Blu Ray | (02/03/2015) from £8.49   |  Saving you £14.50 (170.79%)   |  RRP £22.99

  From acclaimed director Mike Leigh comes the beautiful and untold story of the great painter J.M.W Turner (Timothy Spall) who in the last 25 years of his life has to make his way through love loss and the struggles of being both celebrated and reviled by the British public and the royal family.

• Tudor Rose - Digitally Remastered | DVD | (20/03/2017) from £6.64   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A dramatization of Lady Jane Grey's short life, from her forced marriage (which she resisted) to her brief reign as monarch of England and finally to her beheading. The film portrays her as an innocent set up for the slaughter while the scheming courtiers and pretenders to the throne barely pay her mind, as they stab each other in the back in their attempts to gain power and influence.

• The Woody Allen Collection - Vol. 1 | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £34.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (42.87%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Annie Hall (1977): Starring Allen as New York comedian Alvy Singer and Diane Keaton (in a Best Actress Oscar-winning role) as Annie the film weaves flashbacks flash forwards monologues a parade of classic Allen one-liners and even animation into an alternately uproarious and wistful comedy about a witty and wacky on-again off-again romance. Manhattan (1979): 42-year-old Manhattan native Isaac Davis (Allen) has a job he hates a seventeen-year-old girlfriend (Mariel Hemingway) he doesn't love and a lesbian ex-wife Jill (Meryl Streep) who's writing a tell-all book about their marriage... and whom he'd like to strangle. But when he meets his best friend's sexy intellectual mistress Mary (Diane Keaton) Isaac falls head over heels in lust! Leaving Tracy bedding Mary and quitting his job are just the beginning of Isaac's quest for romance and fulfillment in a city where sex is as intimate as a handshake - and the gate to true love... is a revolving door. Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex (But Were Afraid To Ask) (1972): Woody Allen pushes the frontiers of comedy by consolidating his madcap sensibility and wickedly funny irreverence with his developing penchant for visually arresting humor. Giving complete indulgence to the zany eccentricity of his medium Allen revels himself as a filmmaker of wit sophistication and comic insight rising to the occasion with several hysterical vignettes that probe sexuality's stickiest issues! Aphrodisiacs prove effective for a court jester (Allen) who finds the key to the Queen's (Lynn Redgrave) heart but learns that the key to her chastity belt might be more useful... Sleeper (1973): When cryogenically preserved Miles Monroe (Allen) is awakened 200 years after a hospital mishap he discovers the future's not so bright: all women are frigid all men are impotent and the world is ruled by an evil dictator: a disembodied nose! Pursued by the secret police and recruited by anti-government rebels with a plan to kidnap the dictator's snout before it can be cloned Miles falls for the beautiful - but untalented - poet Luna (Diane Keaton). But when Miles is captured and reprogrammed by the government to believe he's Miss America it's up to Luna to save Miles lead the rebels and cut off the nose just to spite its face. Love And Death (1975): Woody Allen reinvents himself again with the epic historical satire Love and Death. A wonderfully funny and eclectic distillation of the Russian literary soul the film represents a bridge between Allen's early slapstick farces and his darker autobiographical comedies. One of his most visual philosophical and elaborately conceived films 'Love And Death' demonstrates again that Allen is an authentic comic genius. Bananas (1971): When bumbling product-tester Fielding Mellish (Allen) is jilted by his girlfriend Nancy (Louise Lasser) he heads to the tiny republic of San Marcos for a vacation only to become kidnapped by rebels!

• Barfly | Blu Ray | (02/12/2024) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Hollywood royalty Faye Dunaway and Mickey Rourke deliver career best performances in this semi-autobiographical movie based on the life of author and poet Charles Bukowski. Set in the seediest part of LA, impoverished writer Henry (Rourke) and kept woman Wanda (Dunaway) cross paths and discover they have one thing in common, alcohol. These desperate and disparate souls drown their sorrows each night, ignoring chances which will remove them from this empty lives. Dark with a bitter aftertaste, Barfly captures the worst moments of human existence and how it can be destroyed by the love of the (not so) good stuff.

• Hamlet | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £6.49   |  Saving you £3.50 (53.93%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In the opening scene of Hamlet, Laurence Olivier describes the play in a voice-over as "the tragedy of a man who couldn't make up his mind". But Olivier's screen adaptation is considerably more thoughtful and complex than this thesis would suggest. The contradictions and ambiguities of the title character, who prowls cavernous sets filled with vast, ancient corridors and winding staircases, emerge as if from a dream. The plethora of tracking shots--precise enough to impress Stanley Kubrick--encircle Olivier and his tightly constructed geometry of demise. Drawing on his experience playing the Prince on stage at Elsinore in 1937, the legendary thesp provides the film with the patina of greatness and shows how the constitution of the formerly cheerful Prince weakens increasingly under the burden of his own thoughts and inability to accept his mother's o'er-hasty marriage to uncle Claudius (Basil Sydney). Indeed, if emotions could possess ghosts, Olivier's Hamlet shows how they would manifest themselves. There is even a dollop of Freud, suggesting that Queen Gertrude (Eileen Herlie) has perhaps loved her offspring too closely--thus providing the fuel for Hamlet's actions. As Ophelia, Jeans Simmons captures the character's early spirit better than her gradual disintegration (Helena Bonham Carter fares better in Franco Zeffirelli's fine 1990 remake). Purists may bemoan the loss of Fortinbras, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, but these choices allow Olivier to focus more squarely on Hamlet's plight. His monologues, many held in secret enclaves, glow with the dramatic markedness of a Dostoevski novel, with all of the master's irony, allusions and witticisms in place. The winner of four Oscars (Best Picture, Actor, Art Direction, and Costumes), this is a Hamlet for the ages. The rest is silence. --Kevin Mulhall

• Fierce People | DVD | (18/02/2008) from £10.78   |  Saving you £5.21 (48.33%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Trapped in his mother's Lower East Side apartment sixteen-year-old Finn (Anton Yelchin) wants nothing more than to escape New York and spend the summer in South America studying the Iskanani Indians or Fierce People with the anthropologist father he's never met. But Finn's dreams are shattered when he is arrested in a desperate effort to help his drug-dependent mother Liz (Diane Lane) who scrapes by by working as a masseuse. Determined to get their lives back on track Liz moves the two of them into a guesthouse on the vast country estate of her ex-client the aging aristocratic billionaire Ogden C. Osbourne (Donald Sutherland). In Osbourne's close world of privilege and power Finn and Liz encounter a tribe fiercer and more mysterious than anything they might find in the South American jungle: the super rich. While Liz battles her substance abuse and struggles to win back her son's love and trust Finn falls in love with Osbourne's beautiful granddaughter Maya (Kristin Stewart) befriends her charismatic older brother Bryce (Chris Evans) and even wins the favor of Osbourne himself. But when a shocking act of violence shatters Finn's ascension within the Osbourne clan the golden promises of this lush world quickly sour. And both Finn and Liz caught in a harrowing struggle for their dignity discover that membership always comes at a price...

• The Full Monty - Limited Edition Steelbook | Blu Ray | (02/06/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Overtaking Jurassic Park as the UK's biggest box office attraction of 1998, and winning one of its four Academy Award nominations, The Full Monty was the surprise world-wide smash of the year, it's unexpected success reflecting the underdog inspiring message of the film itself. Leading a strong cast, it was Robert Carlyle's appearance here which propelled him to sex-symbol superstardom and brought him high-profile Hollywood roles in Angela's Ashes, The World is Not Enough and The Beach among others. The story revolves around the attempts of five unemployed grafters from the recession-hit industrial North to reclaim some of their dignity, which they attempt to do by the unlikely expedient of becoming male strippers. The film follows their struggle to become The Chippendales for real women, from their shambolic beginnings to their euphoric debut appearance in front of 300 hungry lasses! Saucy and spicy with a rocking soundtrack, The Full Monty tells of the triumph of spirit over adversity, reminding us that everyone can be special, no matter what their shape ... or size. This is British independent film making at its very best, exhibiting the heart-warming truthfulness captured by many UK directors, yet eschewing their often gloomy negativity for an altogether more optimistic outlook: it's a modern fairy tale in which all five Cinderellas get to go to the ball. --Paul Eisinger

• Danielle Steel's Zoya | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Zoya's journey begins in Russia at the turn of the 20th Century when her royal upbringing is brought to a tragic end as her parents are killed in the revolution. She escapes with her life and is forced to flee to Paris with her Grandmother. Penniless and alone Zoya finds life hard for many years until she meets a handsome American soldier. Against her grandmother's wishes she marries him and moves to New York...

• All Night Long | Blu Ray | (04/07/2016) from £10.18   |  Saving you £6.07 (68.05%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Patrick McGoohan and Richard Attenborough star in this powerful psychological drama which deftly re-interprets Shakespeare's Othello via the beating, syncopated heart of East London's early-sixties jazz scene. Directed by Basil Dearden, All Night Long features outstanding performances from jazz legends Charlie Mingus, Dave Brubeck, Johnny Dankworth and Tubby Hayes. It is presented here in a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its original, as-exhibited aspect ratio. Wealthy music promoter Rod Hamilton throws an anniversary party for a famous jazzman, Aurelius Rex, and his wife and musical partner, Delia. Music and goodwill flow freely until the arrival of an ambitious musical rival, Johnny Cousin, who intent on poaching Delia to join his own band plans to destroy the couple's relationship over the course of a single night... SPECIAL FEATURES: Original theatrical trailer Image gallery Commemorative booklet

• The Astonished Heart | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £5.64   |  Saving you £7.35 (130.32%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Noel Coward writes and stars in this adaptation of his 1935 stage play originally written as part of the ten-part cycle 'Tonight at 8:30'. Middle-aged psychiatrist Dr Christian Faber (Coward) is happily married to Barbara (Celia Johnson) but when he is introduced to her childhood friend Leonora (Margaret Leighton) sparks fly and the two begin a passionate affair that ends in tragedy.

• Philomena | Blu Ray | (16/06/2014) from £8.95   |  Saving you £16.04 (179.22%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Falling pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952 Philomena (Judi Dench) was sent to the convent of Roscrea to be looked after as a 'fallen woman'. When her baby was only a toddler he was taken away by the nuns for adoption in America. Philomena spent the next fifty years searching for him but with no success. Then she met Martin Sixsmith (Steve Coogan) a world-weary political journalist who happened to be intrigued by her story. Together they set off to America on a journey that would not only reveal the extraordinary story of Philomena's son but also create an unexpectedly close bond between Philomena and Martin. The film is a compelling narrative of human love and loss that ultimately celebrates life showing that there is laughter even in the darkest places.

• Codebreaker | DVD | (16/09/2013) from £5.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.95%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Codebreaker: The remarkable and tragic story of one of the 20th century's most important people; Alan Turning. 100 years after his birth we rediscover the man and the mystery. Codebreaker re-counts the story of this maverick British genius who was crucial to founding three new fields of science as well as breaking the Nazis' naval Enigma code during World War II. Historians credit his codebreaking with helping to shorten the war by two years and saving millions of lives. As the founding father of computer science and artificial intelligence Alan Turing envisioned our digital world long before anyone else. Turing's visionary brilliance was overshadowed by his conviction for gross indecency with another man in 1952. He was forced to undergo so-called organo-therapy (chemical castration) to change his sexual orientation. In despair Turing committed suicide in 1954. He was only 41 years old. Codebreaker is an award-winning drama documentary that uses emotional and engaging reconstructions to bring Turing to life in intricate detail and high color. Documentary elements seamlessly interconnect with drama scenes in Codebreaker to offer a three dimensional picture of Turing his accomplishments his tragic end and his lasting legacy.

• Leviathan | DVD | (09/03/2015) from £7.69   |  Saving you £8.30 (107.93%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A man employs a lawyer to help claim the land he lives on from the corrupt grasp of the town Mayor. But this begins a series of events that throw him into a whirlwind of problems infusing every area of his life from his family to his home. Leviathan is a Russian critically acclaimed domestic drama with epic themes. Nominated for the Palme D or at Cannes and winner of their Best Screenplay competition. Also won Best International Film at the Munich Film Festival.

• Spies on Film 2 | DVD | (05/11/2018) from £13.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  THE IPCRESS FILE Harry Palmer, a stubbornly insolent sergeant, is seconded to an elite counter-intelligence unit. Palmer and his unit follow the trail of a missing scientist, but when he finds a piece of tape marked IPCRESS in an abandoned warehouse he suddenly becomes a marked man... HOT ENOUGH FOR JUNE Out-of-work author Nicholas Whistler is happy to accept the offer of an all-expenses-paid business trip behind the Iron Curtain. But on his arrival in Prague, everyone including his beautiful and seductive chauffeuse, Vlasta assumes the Czech-speaking Nicholas to be a spy! DEADLIER THAN THE MALE When insurance underwriter Hugh Drummond learns of the deaths of top oil executives at the hands of a pair of beautiful but brutal female assassins he is convinced that it is the work of an international crime syndicate. SOME GIRLS DO Drummond is on the trail of his nemesis, the devious Carl Petersen Peterson is hell-bent on stopping the British military from testing a new and improved fighter airplane and Drummond has to stop him!

• The Celestine Prophecy | DVD | (07/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Based on James Redfield's worldwide best-selling novel The Celestine Prophecy is a spiritual adventure film chronicling the discovery of ancient scrolls in the rainforests of Peru. The prophecy and its nine key insights predict a worldwide awakening arising within all religious traditions that moves humanity toward a deeper experience of spirituality.

• The Dark Eyes of London | Blu Ray | (11/10/2021) from £19.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The definitive British horror film and a worthy successor to his work on the Universal Monsters movies, screen icon Bela Lugosi takes centre stage as a demented scientist on a killing spree in The Dark Eyes of London the first British film to receive the H censor rating for being Horrific for Public Exhibition . Adapted from a novel by Edgar Wallace, this landmark British film is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio.

• Fast Girls | DVD | (08/10/2012) from £5.59   |  Saving you £12.40 (221.82%)   |  RRP £17.99

  When sassy streetwise Shania (Lenora Crichlow) meets ambitious, middle class Lisa (Lily James), their two worlds collide on the athletics track with explosive results.

• Danielle Steel's Vanished | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £12.17   |  Saving you £-6.18 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Marielle Delauney (Lisa Rinna) and her adoring husband Charles are enjoying the romance of Paris when suddenly a tragic accident claims the life of their young son. Their marriage cannot survive their misery and Marielle plagued by guilt and despair is hospitalised.Eighteen months later she moves back to New York to forget her past and start her life over. A wealthy steel magnate Malcolm Patterson (George Hamilton) hires Marielle as curator of his art collection and it's not long before business leads to pleasure. They marry and very soon they are blessed with a beautiful baby boy. But then just as Marielle is sure her future is finally coming together her son goes missing and memories of her past flood back with a vengeance.To her horror Marielle's ex-husband is charged with kidnapping and in disbelief she searches for another possible answer. With the help of FBI Agent John Taylor Marielle is about to discover the unexpected true fate of her son.

• Perfect Understanding | DVD | (25/05/2015) from £7.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Gloria Swanson and Laurence Olivier star in this 1930s comedy drama directed by Cyril Gardner. Newlyweds Judy and Nicholas Randall (Swanson and Olivier) seem to have the ideal marriage based on perfect understanding and mutual respect. While away on their honeymoon Nicholas gets drunk and sleeps with his former mistress Stephanie (Nora Swinburne). Overcome with guilt Nicholas confesses to Judy who promptly forgives him although deep down she conceals feelings of anger and betrayal. When Nicholas suspects Judy of having an affair he confronts her and the pair realise that maybe their marriage isn't perfect after all.

• Random Hearts | DVD | (23/01/2006) from £11.09   |  Saving you £-5.10 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Random Hearts, starring Harrison Ford and Kristen Scott Thomas, is a compelling love story about two people who never would have met in a perfect world.