Drama

• Murder In The First | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £9.96   |  Saving you £0.03 (0.30%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Christian Slater and Kevin Bacon star in this inspiring true story about two men who formed an unlikely friendship and fought against all odds to break an inhumane and unjust system. Alcatraz - the most feared prison in the world where no man has ever escaped with his life. Henri Young is caught attempting this impossible task and is condemned to the ""hole"" - a six by nine foot dungeon with no light or heat for ""rehabilition"". For three long years he is left naked to rot in solitary

• The Trouble with Maggie Cole | DVD | (13/04/2020) from £14.08   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  It follows the stories and fall out for Maggie Cole, played by French, who doesn't pay attention to the cautionary adage that 'those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones'.

• Don't Worry Darling | Blu Ray | (26/12/2022) from £11.89   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  ! Don't Worry Darling is a twisted and visually stunning psychological thriller from director Olivia Wilde with intoxicating performances from Florence Pugh and Harry Styles. Alice (Pugh) and Jack (Styles) live in the idealized community of Victory, the experimental company housing the men working for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. The husbands spend every day inside the Headquarters, whilst their wives enjoy the beauty and luxury of their community. Life is perfect, in return, the company ask for discretion and unquestioning commitment. But when cracks appear in their life, exposing something more sinister, Alice questions exactly what they're doing in Victory, and why.

• Pandora's Box | DVD | (24/06/2002) from £17.68   |  Saving you £2.31 (13.07%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Made at the very end of the silent era, Pandora's Box is one of the last flowerings of German cinema's greatest decade. It also marked the highpoint of two careers: Austrian director GW Pabst and American actress Louise Brooks. A merge of two linked plays by the decadent German playwright Frank Wedekind, it's the story of Lulu, the archetypal femme fatale (the same plays served as source for Alban Berg's masterly 1935 opera). At once sensual and innocent, a force of uninhibited sexuality, Lulu brings ruin on all her lovers both male and female, and ultimately upon herself. Hollywood never knew what to do with Brooks who, with her fierce intelligence and her open delight in sex, refused to play the coy flappers then in fashion. In Pabst, whose genius, she wrote, "lay in getting to the heart of a person", she found the director she needed, and he brought out her a screen persona with a depth of eroticism that's still breathtaking to see. The film features some of the finest German acting talent of the period--Fritz Kortner, Franz Lederer--but it's Brooks' luminous performance that rivets the eye and makes her a great screen icon. Though the action is nominally set in the late-19th century--Lulu ends up in a shadowy London where she encounters Jack the Ripper--Pandora's Box breathes the gamey air of the Weimar Republic, vividly captured by Günther Krampf's pungent photography. This release runs well over two hours and includes, for the first time in decades, over 30 minutes of cut footage, restoring the film to something very close to Pabst's original masterpiece. On the DVD: Pandora's Box on DVD is a clean, crisp transfer in the classic 4:3 ratio, and the mono soundtrack brings out all the detail of Peer Rubens' Kurt Weill-inflected score, stylishly performed by the Kontraste Ensemble. Dialogue intertitles can be read in either English or German. We also get an outstanding 60-minute documentary, Looking for Lulu, about Brooks' life and career: warmly narrated by Shirley MacLaine, it features excerpts from an interview with Brooks from 1976. --Philip Kemp

• The Stag | DVD | (21/07/2014) from £3.31   |  Saving you £12.68 (79.30%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Self-confessed metrosexual Fionnan doesn t want a stag do, but would happily attend the Hen. Ruth, the now concerned bride-to-be (Amy Huberman), promptly persuades the, marginally more-macho, best man (Andrew Scott) to organise one. Reluctantly, he agrees but proceeds to do everything he can to stop Ruth s wildly infamous brother, known only as The Machine (Peter McDonald), coming along for their sober, walking-weekend, excuse for a stag party. But The Machine, not so easily foxed, tracks the.

• Thieves Highway Dual Format | Blu Ray | (19/10/2015) from £21.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Thieves' Highway was made during a remarkable run of noir pictures that confirmed its director, Jules Dassin, as one of the genre's major forces. Following on from Brute Force and The Naked City, with Night and the City and Rififi soon to follow, it more than deserves its place in such hallowed company. Returning from the war to discover his father has been crippled in an altercation with a brutish mob-connected kingpin, Nick Garcos puts aside thoughts of settling down and instead focuses them on revenge. He buys an old army surplus truck and hits the road a 36-hour non-stop to San Francisco and, he hopes, a little justice Starring Richard Conte as Garcos and Lee J. Cobb as the object of his hate-filled intentions, Thieves' Highway is as tough as film noir gets. Adapting his own novel, A.I. Bezzerides (who would later bring Kiss Me Deadly to the big screen) created a slice of pure pulp poetry.

• Les Choses Secrets | DVD | (26/09/2005) from £9.07   |  Saving you £10.92 (120.40%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Two young women discover the power of sex to get what they want in the male-dominated business world. Nathalie a performance artist-stripper instructs her new friend the beautiful but inexperienced Sandrine on the art of seduction. Without delay they put their skills to the test at a Parisian bank where both rise to the top. But they meet their match in the ruthless son the bank's president - a vain unbridled power-hungry monster. Chosen by France's seminal critial publicati

• Step Up 2 The Streets | DVD | (14/07/2008) from £4.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (300.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Set at the Maryland School of the Arts Step Up 2 The Streets| revolves around dance student Patrick (Robert Hoffman) and rebellious new student Andie (Briana Evigan). When rebellious street dancer Andie lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the school's hottest dancer Chase to form a crew of classmate outcasts to compete in Baltimore's underground dance battle The Streets she ultimately finds a way to live her dream while building a bridge between her two separate worlds.

• McQueen | DVD | (28/11/2016) from £3.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Inspired by the life of British icon, artist, genius and fashion legend Alexander McQueen.

• Red Sun (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (19/06/2023) from £18.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Thomas (Marquard Bohm, Kings of the Road) gets a ride to Munich where he finds his ex-girlfriend Peggy (counter culture activist and model Uschi Obermaier) who takes him in. In her flat he finds Peggy and her roommates have a commune-like lifestyle where they kill the men in their lives after five days, but will Thomas realise in time? A pop fantasy focused on the post-'68 and women's liberation movements, Red Sun was compared to a comic strip by Wim Wenders and is a beautiful art-genre collision that is both brilliantly bizarre and provocative. Director Rudolf Thome was an emerging talent in the New German Cinema alongside Wenders, Fassbinder and Herzog, but received little international distribution and fell into obscurity despite a consistent career covering six decades. Radiance Films is proud to present Red Sun to English-speaking audiences for the first time in a restoration overseen by Thome. Limited Edition Features High-definition digital transfer overseen by director Rudolf Thome Select scene commentary with Thome and Rainer Langhans, Obermaier's boyfriend and Kommune 1 member who served as inspiration for the film and was on set for the shoot Rote Sonne between Pop Sensibility and Social Critique - A newly produced visual essay by scholar Johannes von Moltke on Red Sun, which looks at the social and cultural influences on the film and provides context for the era in which it was made (2022, 21 mins) From Oberhausen to the Fall of the Wall: A visual essay by academic and programmer Margaret Deriaz tracing the development of the New German Cinema from the Oberhausen Manifesto to the fall of the Berlin wall (2023, 50 mins) Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters Limited edition 52-page booklet featuring new writing on the film by Samm Deighan, newly translated archival letters by Wim Wenders, critic Enno Patalas and the German Film Evaluation Office on the film's official submission, newly translated archival interview with Rudolf Thome and an overview reviews Limited edition of 2000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

• Exodus | 4K UHD | (11/04/2016) from £16.88   |  Saving you £3.11 (18.42%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Introducing Ultra HD. 4 Times Sharper than HD. Offers Brilliant Brights and Deepest Darks with HDR (High Dynamic Range) and Wider Colour Spectrum adding Dazzling Colours to your viewing experience. Exodus is now available in this new format. From acclaimed director Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Prometheus) comes Exodus: Gods and Kings, the epic tale of one man's daring courage to take on the might of an empire. Using state-of-the-art visual effects, this spectacular adventure brings new life to the story of Moses(Christian Bale) as he defies the Pharaoh Ramses (Joel Edgerton), setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.

• American Pastoral | DVD | (06/03/2017) from £7.94   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Phillip Roth, 'American Pastoral' follows a family whose seemingly idyllic existence is shattered by the social and political turmoil of the 1960s.

• Mad Men - Season 3 | DVD | (26/04/2010) from £9.79   |  Saving you £20.20 (206.33%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Set in 1960s New York the sexy stylized and provocative Golden Globe-winning AMC drama Mad Men follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising an ego-driven world where key players make an art of the sell. The series revolves around the conflicted world of Don Draper (Hamm) the biggest ad man (and ladies man) in the business and his colleagues at the Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency. As Don makes the plays in the boardroom and the bedroom he struggles to stay a step ahead of the rapidly changing times and the young executives nipping at his heels. The series also depicts authentically the roles of men and women in this era while exploring the true human nature beneath the guise of 1960s traditional family values. Following the takeover of Sterling Cooper Season 3 begins in the spring of 1963. With corporate changes afoot and the changing times presenting the characters with some tough choices and some interesting opportunities Madison Avenue will never be quite the same again. Episodes Comprise: 1. Out of Town 2. Love Among the Ruins 3. My Old Kentucky Home 4. The Arrangements 5. The Fog 6. Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency 7. Seven Twenty Three 8. Souvenir 9. Wee Small Hours 10. The Color Blue 11. The Gypsy and the Hobo 12. The Grown-Ups 13. Shut the Door. Have a Seat

• The L-Word | DVD | (20/06/2005) from £26.98   |  Saving you £13.01 (48.22%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Same sex. Different city. Set in the chic world of Los Angeles this humor laced dramatic series explores the lives of a group of lesbians their friends family and neighbours. The series takes a smart sexy and fun look at the hopes dreams and lives of these individuals as they deal with things like career struggles relationship issues and the pressures of trying to start a family. The stellar cast features Pam Grier (Jackie Brown Foxy Brown) Jennifer Beals (Flashda

• Courage Under Fire | DVD | (18/02/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  January 1991: The world is watching the Gulf War. Day and night, millions tune into CNN-TV to see a real life and death drama played out in the cities and deserts of Iraq. As the US Forces take a starring role, the PR department at the White House is working overtime. What they're looking for is a hero. What they find is a scandal. What a troubled officer must now uncover is the truth...

• Georgia Rule | DVD | (25/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Exasperated with her rebellious daughter, a woman sends the teen to Idaho to live with her own stern mother.

• The Midnight Story | DVD | (06/06/2016) from £5.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (116.86%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Superb 1957 film noir starring Tony Curtis. When catholic priest, Father Tomasino is brutally stabbed to death in an alleyway, San Francisco traffic cop, Joe Martini (Tony Curtis), vows to help catch his murderer because the priest had been like a father to him. But when the homicide detective in charge of the case, Lieutenant Kilrain (Ted de Corsia), refuses to let him interfere on their turf, Martini turns in his badge in order to hunt down the killer on his own...

• Ally McBeal - Season 1 | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Meet Ally McBeal she over-analyses her relationships (and sometimes lack of) to the point of becoming emotionally neurotic. Sounds annoying? It can be. Sounds so-American? It can be. Sounds addictive? It will be... They are young successful lawyers some of them could even be called beautiful a lot of them could be called eccentric and they all work and play together. In this first season we are introduced to the Unisex (the bathroom they all share). Ally is living with Renee st

• Maeve Binchy: Echoes | DVD | (12/05/2008) from £16.48   |  Saving you £3.51 (21.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Adapted from the novel by Maeve Binchy this is a story of love friendship and obsession set in the Irish town of Castlebay between 1952 and 1962. A young woman wins a scholarship and leaves her small town to pursue her dreams in Dublin. There she falls in love with the son of the local doctor...

• The Holiday | DVD | (14/03/2022) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Four families gather for a dream luxury holiday but a dark secret triggers fears of betrayal and ends in murder. It was supposed to be the perfect holiday - a group of families enjoying a week together in the sun. Four women who have been best friends for as long as they can remember making the most of a luxurious villa in the south of France. But on the day they arrive, Kate uncovers a secret: her husband is having an affair. The dream holiday quickly becomes a nightmare when she suspects the other woman is one of her best friends, working against Kate to destroy her family. But which one is it? As Kate closes in on the truth in the stifling Mediterranean heat, she realises too late that the stakes are far higher than she ever imagined Because someone in the villa may be prepared to kill to keep their secret hidden. Jill Halfpenny (The Drowning, Liar) and Owen McDonnell (Killing Eve, The Bay) lead the cast. Based on The Sunday Times' Top Ten Bestseller