Drama

• Boomerang! (Masters of Cinema) (DUAL FORMAT Edition) | Blu Ray | (26/05/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  One of the early films by Method Actor's director Elia Kazan (A Streetcar Named Desire On the Waterfront) Boomerang! also marked one of the early American Hollywood entries into the Cannes Film Festival in 1947. Kazan's impactful noir drama stars a cast of stalwarts of the '40s and '50s hard-boiled streak and his own oeuvre including Dana Andrews Lee J. Cobb Jane Wyatt Arthur Kennedy and Karl Malden. When the murder of a piece results in a botched police investigation prosecutor Henry Harvey (Dana Andrews) leads an effort to bring the murderer to justice. Once blackmail creeps into the investigation all bets on an unclouded trial are off resulting in an explosive finale that remains one of the toughest in Kazan's work. With its documentary-like treatment of the procedural and generally authentic portrayal of an exurban Connecticut town Kazan's film was a success at the time of its release and garnered awards from both the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Board of review for Kazan's direction. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Boomerang! for the first time anywhere on Blu-ray in a special Dual Format (Blu-ray + DVD) edition. Special Features: Gorgeous 1080p transfer of the film on Blu-ray with a progressive encode on the DVD More on-disc extras to be announced closer to release! 36 page booklet with a new essay vintage interview material and more!

• La Religieuse | Blu Ray | (17/09/2018) from £12.56   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  1760s France. Suzanne is shocked when her bourgeois family sends her to a convent. There she faces oppression and torment, leading her to fight back and expose the dehumanizing effect of cloistered life.

• Lisbon Story | DVD | (09/11/2009) from £15.29   |  Saving you £0.70 (4.58%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When he receives a cryptic call from his filmmaker friend to come to Lisbon to help with a project a sound engineer sets off for the Portuguese capital. Upon arrival the confused sound man finds only an unfinished film and the splendors of the city... In this commentary on the contemporary state of filmmaking the German iconoclast Wim Wenders reunites with long-time collaborator R''diger Vogler reprising the role of Philip Winter (following 'Alice in the Cities' and 'Until the End of the World').

• Asterix And Obelix Take On Caesar (1999) | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £4.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (20.04%)   |  RRP £5.99

  'Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar' is France's second most successful film of all time and stars internationally renowned actor Gerard Depardieu as Gaulish warrior Obelix alongside Oscar winning Roberto Benigni as the wicked Detritus. Journey back 2000 years as Ancient France is on the brink of complete Roman invasion well almost complete... except for one small village of indomitable Gauls that still holds out against the invaders. It is here that Asterix and his friends are con

• Slacker | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Richard Linklater's Slacker presents a day in the life of a subculture of marginal eccentric and overeducated citizens in and around the University of Texas at Austin. Shooting the film on 16mm for a mere 000 writer/producer/director Linklater and his close-knit crew of friends eschewed a traditional plot choosing instead to employ long takes and fluid transitions to create a tapestry of over a hundred characters each as unique as the last culminating in an episodic portrait of a distinct vernacular culture and a tribute to bohemian cerebration. Slacker is a prescient look at an emerging generation of aggressive nonparticipants and one of the keynote films of the American independent film movement of the 1990s.

• Judy & Punch | DVD | (16/03/2020) from £5.97   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Famous puppeteers Judy (Mia Wasikowska) and her husband Punch (Damon Herriman) live in the town of Seaside. A strange place that is located nowhere near any sort of coastline, the town and its inhabitants are in thrall to a frenzy of witch hunts and superstition. But while the townspeople revel in the drama of the various trials and punishments, Judy and Punch provide welcome distraction with their magical puppet show. However, temptation can be found in every dark corner of Seaside, and the charismatic Punch succumbs to the women, the ale and adulation that await him at the local tavern. Despairing at her husband s weakness, Judy forces the hungover Punch to focus on his responsibilities and leaves him to mind their baby for a morning, the repercussions of which lead to an ill-fated turn of events that Judy must avenge...

• Footballers' Wives - The Complete Series 3 | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £9.95   |  Saving you £15.04 (151.16%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Marriage, sex, drugs, fast cars and fights and loads and loads of affairs – these are all the ingredients that make this one of the DVD and TV highlights this April.

• Last Year At Marienbad | DVD | (23/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Considered by many to be Renais' magnum opus L'Anne Dernire Marienbad is a work of fantasy and experiment in line with the French New Wave films of the 50's and 60's. Renais and co-writer Alain Robbe-Grillet seem less concerned with the conventional use of character and more interested in the intellectual preoccupations of man. The film consists of a series of memories from a man holidaying at an enchanting European hotel. When a woman seems not to recognize him he reveals th

• Ever After: A Cinderella Story | Blu Ray | (27/05/2013) from £6.95   |  Saving you £9.03 (228.03%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A 'modern' young woman of the sixteenth century Danielle (Drew Barrymore) is as independent and wise as she is beautiful and kind. Standing up to her scheming stepmother (Anjelica Huston) she works miracles on the lives of everyone around her including the crown prince of France (Dougray Scott). Relive this captivating contemporary retelling of the classic fairy tale - 'a dazzling rendering of the Cinderella story' (The Washington Post). Special Features: Theatrical Trailer

• It's A Wonderful Life (Colourised) | DVD | (02/11/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Hollywood's best-loved star teams up with America's favourite director to create one of the world's most popular films.

• Victoria the Great | Blu Ray | (25/03/2019) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Anna Neagle takes the title role in Herbert Wilcox's sumptuous, award-winning biography of Queen Victoria marking both King George VI's coronation and the centenary of Victoria's own accession to the throne. Victoria the Great is an opulent yet engagingly human drama tracing the monarch's life from childhood through to her Diamond Jubilee and in particular her relationship with her beloved Prince Albert, played by Anton Walbrook. Shot in black and white with a spectacular Technicolor finale, the film was enormously popular and Neagle won huge acclaim for her sympathetic portrayal of Victoria. This classic feature is presented here in a brand-new High Definition transfer from the best available film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.

• The Amsterdam Kill | DVD | (15/08/2005) from £8.98   |  Saving you £7.00 (100.14%)   |  RRP £13.99

  In a world gone soft there's still one tough guy! Former DEA Agent Quinlan removed from the force some years earlier for stealing confiscated drug money is hired by Chung Wei a leader in the Amsterdam drug cartel who wants out of the business. Quinlan's job is to use Chung's information to tip DEA agents to drug busts thereby destroying the cartel. But when the first two ""tips"" go awry resulting in murdered DEA officers the feds must decide whether to trust Quinlan fur

• Town Without Pity | DVD | (16/03/2015) from £14.83   |  Saving you £-1.84 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Gottfried Reinhardt directs this grim courtroom drama set in West Germany. Four American GIs are accused of raping a German girl, but their wily defence lawyers seek to get them all acquitted. The cast includes Kirk Douglas, Robert Blake, Frank Sutton and Christine Kaufmann.

• Valley of the Bees | DVD | (22/03/2010) from £14.49   |  Saving you £-1.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Ondrej a young boy who loves bees and bats is introduced to his new mother a woman much younger than his father...

• Hetty Wainthropp Investigates - Series 2 | DVD | (06/03/2006) from £33.73   |  Saving you £-8.74 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Patricia Routledge stars as Hetty Wainthrope in the second series of the BBC detective drama. Armed with little more than her pocketbook and her prodigious common-sense Hetty has proven that she can easily match wits with the best of them; even if she has to take the bus to get to the scene of a crime! Episodes Comprise: 1.Poison Pen 2.Lost Chords 3.Runaways 4.The Astral Plane 5.A Rose By Any Other Name 6.Woman Of The Year

• I Wish (Kiseki) | DVD | (27/05/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  12-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, begins to believe that the new bullet train service will create a miracle when the first trains pass each other at top speed.

• The Old Curiosity Shop | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £6.91   |  Saving you £6.08 (87.99%)   |  RRP £12.99

  One of Charles Dickens' most beloved stories this enchanting adaptation of The Old Curiosity Shop is brought brilliantly to life by an all star cast.

• Man In The Shadow | DVD | (24/02/2014) from £4.49   |  Saving you £8.50 (189.31%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In effect modern cow town Spurline is run by Virgil Renchler owner of the Golden Empire Ranch. One night two of Virgil's henchmen go a little too far and beat a 'bracero' ranch hand to death. Faced with an obvious cover-up and opposition on every hand Sheriff Ben Sadler is goaded into investigating and finds an unlikely ally in Renchler's lovely self-willed and overprotected daughter. Will Ben survive Renchler's wrath?

• Zina | DVD | (12/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A twentieth century Antigone Zina evokes the life of Zina Bronstein daughter of Leon Trotsky. In 1930's Berlin Zina is being treated by Professor Kronfeld and during this psychoanalysis which includes some hypnosis she recalls incidents from both her own life and that of her father as a leader of the revolution as the holder of state power and later in exile. Against the background of the progressive deterioration of the situation in Europe threatened by the rise of fascism

• On The Beach | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £23.24   |  Saving you £-10.25 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The war is over. Nobody won. Only the inhabitants of Australia and the men of the U.S. submarine Sawfish have escaped the nuclear destruction. Captain Dwight Towers (Gregory Peck) takes the Sawfish on a mission to see if an approaching radiation cloud has weakened but returns with grim news: the cloud is lethal. With the days and hours dwindling each person confronts the grim situation in his or her own way as the final chapter of human history is coming to a close...