Drama

• Gaolbreak/Danger By My Side | DVD | (21/10/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  GaolbreakA 1962 Butchers Production Crime Drama where The Wallis's are a family of burglars led by Ma Wallis (Avice Landone). Their plans for a safe cracking job are scuppered when one of the family is arrested and jailed. Her idea is to spring him and rob the safe as planned. Also stars Peter Reynolds David Kernan and features an early performance by Carol White who found fame in Ken Loach's television play 'Cathy Come Home' and his feature 'Poor Cow' in her too short life. Danger by my SideWith the help of the Met Police Lynne (Maureen Connell) tries to find the gang that killed her detective brother. The trail leads to a steamy club in Soho where she takes a job to help catch her brother's killer. Also stars Anthony Oliver Bill Nagy and Alan Tilvern. A 1962 Butchers Production filmed at Shepperton Studios.

• Grandma | DVD | (04/04/2016) from £4.85   |  Saving you £15.14 (312.16%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Elle Reid has just gotten through breaking up with her girlfriend when her granddaughter Sage unexpectedly shows up needing 600 dollars before sundown.

• Family Values: Three Films by Hirokazu Kore-eda | Blu Ray | (20/04/2020) from £22.91   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One of Japan's most internationally celebrated filmmakers working today, Hirokazu Kore-eda is feted by critics and audiences alike. His films often focus on family dynamics and recall the films of masters Yasujiro Ozu and Mikio Naruse. Collected here in a limited edition box set are some of his finest works. I Wish tells the story of a family literally separated as elder brother Koichi lives with his mother and grandparents, whilst younger Ryu lives with his deadbeat father. The boys hear a rumour that when two trains on the near completed Kyushu line pass each other a miracle will be granted and they hatch a plan to meet and bring their family back together. Like Father, Like Son finds two families in turmoil as they discover their six year old sons were swapped and they have been raising children who are not biologically their own. Worlds apart in many ways they question their roles and nature vs nurture. After the Storm once again focuses on a separated family; the father, Ryota, a struggling writer clutching at past glory is trying to reconnect with his family following the death of his father, causing him to evaluate his relationship with his son and his own role as a father. Featuring perfectly measured screenplays and astonishing, naturalistic performances, Kore-eda's films are moving portraits of family life that superbly demonstrate the fragility and profundity of familial bonds. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: High Definition transfers of all three films Original uncompressed PCM stereo and 5.1 DTS-HD MA audio options Optional English subtitles Introductions by noted critics Tony Rayns and Alexander Jacoby Family Ties career-spanning interviews with director Hirokazu Kore-eda looking in-depth at all three films What Would Your Wish Be? a documentary on I Wish Interviews with the Like Father, Like Son cast Feature-length documentary on making of After the Storm Promotional featurettes Music video for the main theme of After the Storm directed by Kore-eda Making-of the Music video Q&A footage featuring Kore-eda, Kiki Kiriin and Lily Frankie Wrap footage from Like Father, Like Son ¢ Select scene commentary by Kore-eda and Frankie I Wish composer Shigeru Kishida and Kore-eda in conversation Music video for the main theme of I Wish Original trailers, teasers, and TV spots Reversible sleeve featuring two artwork choices

• Murder In The First | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £6.47   |  Saving you £3.52 (54.40%)   |  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 £14.78   |  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 £7.05   |  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 £7.19   |  Saving you £12.80 (178.03%)   |  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 £4.74   |  Saving you £15.25 (321.73%)   |  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 £3.15   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

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

• Exodus | 4K UHD | (11/04/2016) from £24.99   |  Saving you £-5.00 (N/A%)   |  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 £4.00   |  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 £3.94   |  Saving you £26.05 (661.17%)   |  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 £5.03   |  Saving you £4.96 (98.61%)   |  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 £15.69   |  Saving you £0.30 (1.91%)   |  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