Drama

• Action in Arabia | DVD | (16/07/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  World War Two is raging, and the flames of conflict are spreading to the Middle East. When ace journalist Michael Gordon - George Sanders at his smoothest - lands in Damascus, he finds a city crackling with spies, double dealing and femmes fatales. Nazi agents are trying to ally the Arabs to their cause and Gordon must stop them. If he doesn't, the whole war could be lost...With a cast headed by the peerless Sanders (Man Hunt, Moonfleet) and featuring some of Hollywood's most beloved actors - Gene Lockhart (Hangmen Also Die), Alan Napier (Ministry of Fear) and Marcel Dalio (Casablanca) - Action in Arabia is a classic adventure from the Golden Age.

• Night Beat | DVD | (22/06/2015) from £10.98   |  Saving you £1.00 (11.12%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Featuring the film debut of British screen siren and post-war sex symbol Christine Norden this Soho-set Brit Noir tells the story of two wartime friends whose civilian lives take very different paths. Featuring Ben Frankel's excellent musical score Nightbeat is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Don and Andy two young commando sergeants are demobilised from the army. Unable to find jobs that suit they both join the police – where Don does well and is soon promoted but Andy's rebellious nature makes it hard for him to accept discipline. When he becomes involved with a "good-time girl" Andy finds himself on a downward slope which puts both his career and life in jeopardy.

• Play it Cool Limited Edition Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (03/03/2025) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Play it Cool is a chic and erotically charged drama starring popular Japanese singer of the day Mari Atsumi as a college girl negotiating her way through the male-dominated hierarchies of Tokyo's seductive but treacherous nightclub culture. Yumi (Mari Atsumi) is a pretty fashion student who shares a cramped home with her mother Tomi (Akemi Negishi, The Saga of Anatahan) and good-for-nothing stepfather Ryoichi. Tomi works at a local hostess bar and hopes for a better fate for Yumi. When Ryoichi violently forces himself upon her blossoming daughter, Tomi is not afraid to take action to protect her, an act which lands her in jail. Left to fend for herself, Yumi is taken in by her mother's former place of employment, where she finds herself fighting off the unwanted attentions of the men who swarm around her. Then one day, a rescue by handsome former lawyer Nozawa (Yusuke Kawazu, Cruel Story of Youth) from a vicious gangster seems to offer an escape into an altogether glitzier world, albeit one that turns out fraught with similar dangers. Arrow Films is proud to release this little-seen gem by one of Japan's most highly regarded directors of the 1960s, Yasuzō Masumura (Giants and Toys, Irezumi), a filmmaker known for his social satires and powerful portrayals of women, as Play it Cool is released for the very first time for the home video market outside of Japan in a brand new high-definition transfer. LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS ¢ High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation ¢ Original uncompressed mono audio ¢ Optional English subtitles ¢ Brand new audio commentary with critic and Japanese cinema specialist Jasper Sharp and professor and Japanese literature specialist Anne McKnight ¢ Too Cool for School, brand new video essay on Play it Cool and the career of writer-director Yasuzō Masumura by Japanese film scholar Mark Roberts ¢ Original theatrical trailer ¢ Image gallery ¢ Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella ¢ Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Earl Jackson

• Glengarry Glen Ross | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £10.39   |  Saving you £5.60 (53.90%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin star in this classic 1992 movie from director James Foley.

• Here Come The Munsters | DVD | (27/07/2015) from £6.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  All is not well for the Munsters. Their peaceful home in Transylvania is under siege from confused and bigoted local peasants. The Munsters are misunderstood and it's time to leave Europe and head to the land where anything goes. The great US of A! So Grandpa, Herman, Lily, Eddie and the adorable fire-breathing dragon Spot decide to pack their bags and head off to visit Aunt Elsa and Uncle Norman in America. Once they get there however, they find that all is not well with the relatives. Uncle Norman has mysteriously disappeared and Aunt Elsa has fallen into a catatonic state. Young cousin Marilyn (sadly a very ugly girl) has been left to cope alone. As if this wasn't enough, the nosy neighbours take offence at the tourists and the police are called.

• Breach | DVD | (31/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A young FBI agent enters into a power game with his boss, Robert Hanssen, an agent who was ultimately convicted of selling secrets to the Soviet Union.

• The Turning Point | DVD | (06/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The generations change but the choices remain the same. As young dancers they were best friends and fierce rivals. Deedee (Shirley MacLaine) left the stage for marriage and motherhood while Emma (Anne Bancroft) would become an international ballet icon. When Deedee's teenage daughter (Leslie Browne) is invited to join Emma's dance company and begins an affair with a young Russian star (Mikhail Baryshnikov in his film debut) the two women are forced to confront the choices

• Three Coins in the Fountain | Blu Ray | (28/03/2022) from £15.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A charming romantic comedy about three American roommates working in Italy who wish for the men of their dreams after throwing coins into Rome's magnificent Trevi Fountain.

• Melvin And Howard | DVD | (04/07/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Featuring a star-studded cast boasting three Oscars and a Golden Globe between them, Melvin and Howard tells the delightful, laugh-out-loud and, most importantly, true story of one lucky man's brush with a billionaire. The meeting changed his life forever. Truckdriver, milkman and aspiring musician Melvin Dummar (Golden Globe-winner Paul Le Mat, American History X) has been down on his luck for what feels like his entire life. He can't keep a job. His wife is threatening to divorce him. And, try as he may, he can't write a hit song. Driving along the highway late one night, he spots an injured stranger on the side of the road. He offers the man a ride anywhere he'd like and the stranger asks to go to Las Vegas. Melvin obliges the man, and they wind up becoming fast friends. Just before he gets out of the car, the man reveals his identity: Howard Hughes (Oscar-winner Jason Robards, All the President's Men). While Melvin has reasons to doubt the man, big news comes on the day of Hughes' deathnews that, if true, will give Melvin the life he's always dreamed of Directed by Oscar-winner Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs) and written by two-time Oscar and Golden Globe-winner Bo Goldman (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), Melvin and Howard is one of the sharpest, funniest films you'll ever see.

• Dean Spanley | DVD | (27/04/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Set in Edwardian England, Horatio Fisk has little time or affection for his son, but when the pair visit an eccentric professor, they start an extraordinary journey that eventually allows the old man to find his heart.

• Red Desert (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (24/10/2011) from £16.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (17.66%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In Antonioni's first color feature, Giuliana (Vitti) is a woman who, on the verge of a nervous breakdown, struggles to discover meaning, peace and serenity within the desolate and industrialized town where she lives.Plagued by mental anguish as the result of a past automobile accident, Giuliana first seeks comfort by having an affair with one of her husband's close friends (Harris). Ultimately left dissatisfied by the affair, Giuliana returns to her wandering, forever seeking solace from her angst. Additionally burdened by the illness of her only child, Giuliana recedes further and further into neurotic isolation as the surrounding urban environment threatens to consume her.Critically acclaimed the world over for its brilliant cinematography, Red Desert presents and unforgettable story rich with saturated color and unsurpassed symbolic imagery.

• Warrior 4K | 4K UHD | (15/10/2018) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  An ex-Marine haunted by a tragic past, Tommy Riordan returns home and enlists his father, a recovering alcoholic and his former coach, to train him for an MMA tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport. Tommy's estranged brother Brendan, a former MMA fighter unable to provide for his family as a public school teacher, also enters the competition. Set on a collision course with each other, the two brothers must finally confront the forces that tore them apart, all the while waging the most intense winner-take-all battle of their lives. Disc 1 4K Ultra HD (Movie + Special Features) REDEMPTION: BRINGING WARRIOR TO LIFE DOCUMENTARY PHILOSOPHY IN COMBAT: MIXED MARTIAL ARTS STRATEGY SIMPLY BELIEVE: A TRIBUTE TO CHARLES MASK LEWIS, JR. CHEAP SHOTS: GAG REEL BROTHER VS. BROTHER: ANATOMY OF THE FIGHT Disc 2 Blu-Ray (Movie + Special Features) THE DINER: DELETED SCENE WITH TOM HARDY AND NICK NOLTE (WITH OPTIONAL COMMENTARY) AUDIO COMMENTARY WITH WRITER-DIRECTOR GAVIN O'CONNOR, COWRITER ANTHONY TAMBAKIS, EDITOR JOHN GILROY, AND ACTOR JOEL EDGERTON FULL CONTACT: BLU-RAY™ ENHANCED VIEWING MODE AN IN-DEPTH ORIGINAL AND PERSONAL LOOK AT WARRIOR WITH THE CAST AND CREW (BLU-RAY™ ONLY)

• The Keeper | Blu Ray | (09/09/2019) from £8.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Keeper tells the incredible true story of Bert Trautmann (David Kross), a German soldier and prisoner of war who, against a backdrop of British post-war protest and prejudice, secures the position of Goalkeeper at Manchester City, and in doing so becomes a footballing icon. Struggling for acceptance by those who dismiss him as the enemy, Bert's love for Margaret (Freya Mavor), an Englishwoman, carries him through and he wins over even his harshest opponents by winning the 1956 FA Cup Final, playing on with a broken neck to secure victory. But fate will soon twist the knife for Bert and Margaret, when their love and loyalty to each other is put to the ultimate test.

• North and South | DVD | (08/07/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Margaret Hale 19 has her life turned upside down when her father the pastor leaves the Church of England and settles with his wife and daughter in the Black Country. A textile-producing region it is engaged in cotton-manufacturing and is smack in the middle of the industrial revolution where masters and workers clash in the first organized strikes. Margaret finds the bustling smoky town of Milton harsh and strange and she is upset by the poverty all around and by her meetings with a Mr Thornton (Patrick Stewart). From the outset Margaret and Thornton are at odds with each other: she sees him as coarse and unfeeling; he sees her as haughty. But he is attracted to her beauty and self-assurance and she begins to admire how he has lifted himself out of poverty. This classic four part BBC series is based on the novel by Elizabeth Gaskell and stars Patrick Stewart and Rosalie Shanks. Special Features: Patrick Stewart Filmography Picture Gallery Subtitles

• My Life As A Dog | DVD | (06/06/2005) from £12.96   |  Saving you £10.02 (100.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From the director of 'The Cider House Rules' and 'Chocolat' this internationally acclaimed film is a tender portrayal of the wisdom and resilience of a young boy set in 1959. Shipped off to live with his uncle for the summer when his mother falls ill 12 year old Ingemar is on the verge of puberty and grasping to understand his sexuality while searching for acceptance. He finds both with the help of the town's warm-hearted eccentrics... Oscar-nominated for Best Director and Best Ad

• Tom Of Finland | Blu Ray | (20/11/2017) from £5.97   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Finnish biographical drama directed by Dome Karukoski and starring Pekka Strang, Taisto Oksanen and Lauri Tilkanen. Touko Laaksonen (Strang), who would come to be known as Tom of Finland, serves in the Second World War and defends his homeland from invasion, becoming a decorated lieutenant in the process; this is not what he is remembered for however. Touko is homosexual and in the years after the war he encounters some of his old comrades again and forges a lifelong relationship with one of them, but he also suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and relies heavily on his sister for support. Touko is a skilled draughtsman and his homoerotic drawings gain him notoriety as part of an increasingly open gay community, despite the continued persecution of homosexuality in Finland and beyond. His art soon makes Tom of Finland a gay icon and a symbol for the emergent social movement for years to come.

• Interview | DVD | (25/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  After falling out with his editor, a fading political journalist is forced to interview America's most popular soap actress.

• The Killing Of A Sacred Deer | Blu Ray | (05/03/2018) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Steven (Colin Farrell), an eminent cardiothoracic surgeon is married to Anna (Nicole Kidman), a respected ophthalmologist. They are well off and live a happy and healthy family life with their two children, Kim, 14 (Raffey Cassidy) and Bob, 12 (Sunny Suljic). Steven has formed a friendship with Martin (Barry Keoghan), a fatherless 16-year-old boy whom he has taken under his wing. Things take a sinister turn when Steven introduces Martin to his family, gradually throwing their world into turmoil and forcing Steven to make a shocking sacrifice or run the risk of losing everything.

• Man Upstairs, The | DVD | (10/01/2011) from £11.98   |  Saving you £7.00 (77.86%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Richard Attenborough stars as Peter Watson The Man Upstairs. A man plagued by guilt. A man haunted by the past. A man tormented by the tragic events that have driven him to change his identity and take refuge in a rundown border house. But as the night draws on his mind slowly begins to unravel.

• Beauty And The Beast | DVD | (10/03/2014) from £10.91   |  Saving you £22.07 (278.66%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Modern reimagining of the traditional French fairy tale starring Kristin Kreuk and Jay Ryan. After a seemingly unmotivated attack left her mother dead and herself in grave danger ten years previously, Cat Chandler (Kreuk) now works as a New York City police detective where she continues the investigation. When a number of cases begin showing a connection to her mother's death, evidence found at the crime scenes lead her to Vincent Keller (Ryan), a man long believed to be dead. Through talking...