Drama

• The Hate U Give | DVD | (18/02/2019) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Starr Carter is constantly switching between two worlds: the poor, mostly black, neighbourhood where she lives and the rich, mostly white, prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressures from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right. THE HATE U GIVE is based on the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller by Angie Thomas and stars Amandla Stenberg as Starr, with Russell Hornsby, Regina Hall, Common, Anthony Mackie, Issa Rae, KJ Apa, and Algee Smith.

• Xanadu Blu-Ray | Blu Ray | (25/01/2021) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Step into a magical world with superstars Olivia Newton-John (Grease) and Gene Kelly (Singin in the Rain) as they take Xanadu! A beautiful muse is sent from up above to inspire a struggling artist and help motivate him to open a roller-disco. The dazzling soundtrack includes the hit songs Magic, Im Alive, All Over The World, Suddenly and the title song Xanadu. Throw on your roller-skates, turn up the volume and enjoy this out-of-this-world fantasy! Bonus Features Going Back to Xanadu: A retrospective documentary featuring the cast and crew discussing the making of Xanadu and its lasting legacy Theatrical Trailer

• An American In Paris | DVD | (27/01/2020) from £6.17   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Sopranos: Complete Series 3 | DVD | (24/11/2003) from £12.99   |  Saving you £49.00 (377.21%)   |  RRP £61.99

  The Sopranos is more than just a suburban Godfather, it's a modern-day I, Claudius with all the consanguineous conflict of the Caesars translated to New Jersey. At the beginning of the third series--just as brilliant and compelling as the first two--the Soprano clan are under close surveillance from the FBI; but, as ever, that's the least of their problems. Anthony Jnr is getting into trouble at school, Meadow's romantic liaisons at college are a cause of friction, Carmela is having a crisis of conscience and Tony trades one dangerously neurotic mistress for another. Livia's death does nothing to help Tony's psychological problems, and his relationship with therapist Dr Melfi is increasingly strained, especially after she undergoes a shocking ordeal of her own. There's tension in Tony's other "family", too, as Christopher finally gets made but then chafes at the extra responsibility, much to Paulie's disgust. In one magnificent episode (directed by Steve Buscemi) the two become stranded in the snow-filled woods overnight where all their mutual resentment boils over even as they both freeze. But Tony's real problems emerge from the Aprile family: Jackie Jnr is becoming a dangerous loose cannon, actively encouraged by his borderline psychotic stepfather Ralphie (a marvellous Joe Pantoliano), whose erratic behaviour threatens to ignite a deadly feud ("He disrespected the Bing", says Tony after punching him). When Jackie Jnr and Meadow become an item, both of Tony's dysfunctional families collide with devastating consequences. On the DVD: The Sopranos, Series 3 arrives in a neat fold-out four-disc set, with four episodes on a double-sided first disc and three each on the remainder. The contents are an improvement on previous releases, with three separate episode commentaries, which are all informative and worthwhile: costar and sometime writer Michael Imperioli (Christopher) talks us through his own script for "The Telltale Moozadell"; Steve Buscemi appears on his directorial effort, "Pine Barrens"; and series creator David Chase chooses the penultimate episode, "Amour Fou". In addition there's a tiny three-minute backstage featurette. Picture and sound are up to par as ever. --Mark Walker

• ORLANDO 4K UHD Dolby Vision+Blu-ray | Limited Edition | Blu Ray | (23/06/2025) from £30.08   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Sally Potter's dazzling adaptation of Virginia Woolf's classic novel is now available on 4K UHD. The film tells the tale of the apparently immortal Orlando, who begins an epic quest for love and freedom in the court of Elizabeth I as a man and completes the search 400 years later as a woman. Tilda Swinton leads an outstanding international cast in this enchanting, witty, visually stunning and brilliantly original story of self-discovery, romance and adventure. Limited Edition Special Features include: - One 4K UHD disc with the new 4K restoration of the film presented in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) - One Blu-ray disc which includes the new 4K restoration, presented in HD, and special features - Presented in a rigid slipcase containing the digipak, booklets and poster - Booklet featuring an introduction by Sally Potter, new essays and archive materials - Fully annotated shooting script - Collectible poster - The London Story - a short film by Sally Potter - Thriller - a short film by Sally Potter - Audio Commentary with director Sally Potter and actress Tilda Swinton - 30th Anniversary of Orlando- a conversation between Tilda Swinton & Sally Potter - Orlando Goes to Russia - behind-the-scenes featurette - Orlando in Uzbekistan - behind-the-scenes featurette - Jimmy Was An Angel - behind-the-scenes featurette - Screen Test - Quentin Crisp reading Elizabeth I - Location scouting at Hatfield house with Sally Potter with Alexei Rodionov - Interview with Sally Potter - Selected scene commentary by Sally Potter - Venice Film Festival Press Conference - Theatrical trailer - English SDH subtitles

• Shock Corridor | Blu Ray | (02/09/2019) from £21.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In Shock Corridor, the great American writer-director-producer Samuel Fuller (The Naked Kiss, The Big Red One) masterfully charts the uneasy terrain between sanity and dementia. Seeking a Pulitzer Prize, reporter Johnny Barrett (Peter Breck) has himself committed to a mental hospital to investigate a murder. As he closes in on the killer, madness closes in on him. Constance Towers (The Naked Kiss) co-stars as Johnny's coolheaded stripper girlfriend. With its startling commentary on r.ace in sixties America and daring photography by Stanley Cortez (The Night of the Hunter), Shock Corridor is now recognized for its far-reaching influence. Special Edition Features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack) New video interview with star Constance Towers by film historian and filmmaker Charles Dennis Excerpts from The Typewriter, the Rifle and the Movie Camera, Adam Simon's 1996 documentary on director Samuel Fuller Original theatrical trailer PLUS: Illustrations by cartoonist Daniel Clowes (Eightba/1, Ghost World) and a booklet featuring an essay by critic and poet Robert Polito and excerpts from Fuller's autobiography, A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting, and Filmmaking.

• Interview With The Vampire -- Special Edition | DVD | (28/10/2002) from £7.90   |  Saving you £7.35 (110.69%)   |  RRP £13.99

  When it was announced that Tom Cruise would play the vampire Lestat in Interview with a Vampire, the film adaptation of Anne Rice's bestselling novel, even Rice chimed in with a highly publicised objection. The author wisely and justifiably recanted her negative opinion when she saw Cruise's excellent performance, which perceptively addresses the pain and chronic melancholy that plagues anyone cursed with immortal blood lust. Brad Pitt and Kirsten Dunst are equally good at maintaining the dark and brooding tone of Rice's novel. And in this rare mainstream project for a major studio, director Neil Jordan compensates for a lumbering plot by honouring the literate, Romantic qualities of Rice's screenplay. Considered a disappointment while being embraced by Rice's loyal followers, Interview is too slow to be a satisfying thriller, but it is definitely one of the most lavish, intelligent horror films ever made. --Jeff Shannon

• The Long Good Friday | Blu Ray | (16/07/2018) from £16.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  WHO LIT THE FUSE THAT TORE HAROLD'S WORLD APART? Harold Shand (Bob Hoskins) is a businessman with great ambitions. Spotting the development potential of London s derelict Docklands area years before the Thatcher government, he tries to broker a deal with his American counterpart (Eddie Constantine) that will make them both millions. But who is killing Harold s other associates and blowing up his businesses and why? Universally regarded as one of the greatest British gangster films ever made, The Long Good Friday rocketed Hoskins to international stardom. He s given sterling support from Helen Mirren (as his upper-crust mistress), Paul Freeman (Raiders of the Lost Ark) and Derek Thompson (Casualty), and there s even an early appearance from future James Bond Pierce Brosnan. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of the film, in a brand new restoration sourced from the original camera negatives and approved by cinematographer Phil Méheux Original uncompressed PCM mono 1.0 sound Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Audio commentary by director John Mackenzie Bloody Business, a documentary about the making of The Long Good Friday, including interviews with John Mackenzie, stars Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, producer Barry Hanson and Phil Méheux Brand new interviews with Barry Hanson, Phil Méheux and writer Barrie Keeffe Hands Across the Ocean A comparison of the differences between the UK and US soundtracks Original trailers Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matthew Griffin

• Peterloo | DVD | (11/03/2019) from £7.55   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From acclaimed director Mike Leigh, Peterloo is an epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter's Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. The massacre saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000 that had gathered to demand political reform and protest against rising levels of poverty. Many protesters were killed and hundreds more injured, sparking a nationwide outcry but also further government suppression. The Peterloo Massacre was a defining moment in British democracy which also played a significant role in the founding of The Guardian newspaper.

• Steel Magnolias | DVD | (29/01/2001) from £5.47   |  Saving you £14.52 (265.45%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on Robert Harling's play and directed by Herbert Ross, Steel Magnolias is a comedy-drama that follows several years in the lives of women who regularly see one another at a beauty shop in their small Louisiana hometown. The story deepens as Julia Roberts, playing a serious diabetic and the daughter of Sally Field, goes downhill healthwise. But as an ensemble piece, this is one of those enjoyably lumpy tearjerkers with many years' worth of stored truths suddenly being shared between the characters, lots of grievances aired, that sort of thing. Daryl Hannah and Shirley MacLaine assume the most eccentric roles, Dolly Parton the most fun and Olympia Dukakis the most dignified, while Sally Field essentially provides the moral and emotional centre of the movie. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• The Duke | DVD | (13/06/2022) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60 year old taxi driver, stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery's history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government invested more in care for the elderly - he had long campaigned for pensioners to receive free television. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only 50 years later did the full story emerge - Kempton had spun a web of lies. The only truth was that he was a good man, determined to change the world and save his marriage - how and why he used the Duke to achieve that is a wonderfully uplifting tale.

• Othello (1952) | Blu Ray | (10/12/2018) from £25.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A visionary adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy, one of Orson Welles's greatest films, presented in two versions. Gloriously cinematic despite its tiny budget, Othello, directed by Orson Welles (Citizen Kane), is a testament to the filmmaker's stubborn willingness to pursue his vision to the ends of the earth. Unmatched in his passionate identification with Shakespeare's imagination, Welles brings his inventive visual approach to this enduring tragedy of jealousy, bigotry, and rage, and also gives a towering performance as the Moor of Venice, alongside Suzanne Cloutier (Juliette, or Key of Dreams) as the innocent Desdemona, and Micháel Macliammóir (Tom Jones) as the scheming Iago. Shot over the course of three years in Italy and Morocco and plagued by many logistical problems, this fiercely independent film joins Macbeth and Chimes at Midnight in making the case for Welles as the cinema's most audacious interpreter of the Bard. SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New, restored 4K digital transfers of two versions of the film, the 1952 European one and the 1955 U.S. and UK one, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks Audio commentary from 1995 featuring filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich and Orson Welles scholar Myron Meisel Filming Othello, Welles's last completed film, a 1979 essay-documentary Return to Glennascaul, a 1953 short film made by actors Micheál MacLiammóir and Hilton Edwards during a hiatus from shooting Othello New interview with Welles biographer Simon Callow Souvenirs d' Othello, a 1995 documentary about actor Suzanne Cloutier by François Girard New interview with Welles scholar François Thomas on the two versions New interview with Ayanna Thompson, author of Passing Strange: Shakespeare, Race and Contemporary America Interview from 2014 with scholar Joseph McBride PLUS: An essay by film critic Geoffrey O'Brien

• Chaplin | Blu Ray | (16/11/2026) from £23.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Escape From Alcatraz | DVD | (07/05/2001) from £5.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (116.86%)   |  RRP £12.99

  One of Clint Eastwood's two most important filmmaking mentors was Don Siegel (the other was Sergio Leone), who directed Eastwood in Dirty Harry, Coogan's Bluff, Two Mules for Sister Sara and this enigmatic, 1979 drama based on a true story about an escape from the island prison of Alcatraz. Eastwood plays a new convict who enters into a kind of mind game with the chilly warden (Patrick McGoohan) and organises a break leading into the treacherous waters off San Francisco. As jailbird movies go, this isn't just a grotty, unpleasant experience but a character-driven work with some haunting twists. --Tom Keogh

• Yellowstone Season 1 | DVD | (23/11/2020) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From the brilliant creative mind of Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water and Sicario) and starring Academy Award® Winner* Kevin Costner, Yellowstone revolves around the Dutton family, led by John Dutton (Costner), who controls the largest ranch in the U.S. that is under constant attack by those it borders: land developers, an Indian reservation and America's first National Park. This is a world where land grabs make developers billions, and politicians are bought and sold by the world's largest oil and lumber corporations. It is the best and worst of America seen through the eyes of a family that represents both. The impressive cast also includes Wes Bentley, Kelly Reilly, Luke Grimes, Cole Hauser, Kelsey Asbille, Danny Huston, Gil Birmingham, Brecken Merrill, Jefferson White, David Annable, and many more. SPECIAL FEATURES Inside Yellowstone Costner On Yellowstone Cowboy Camp Character Spots Behind The Story Working The Yellowstone: Production Design Working The Yellowstone: Special Effects ˜Yellowstone' Official Theme Music Composed By Brian Tyler Taylor Sheridan & Kevin Costner on Yellowstone

• Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy Blu-Ray | Blu Ray | (02/06/2025) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Two-time Academy Award winner Renée Zellweger returns to the role that established a romantic-comedy heroine for the ages, a woman whose inimitable approach to life and love redefined an entire film genre

• The English | DVD | (19/12/2022) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eli Whipp, a retired Pawnee scout out to claim his birthright, meets Cornelia Locke, an Englishwoman hell-bent on revenge. Their paths fated to cross, they travel north together. Emily Blunt stars in an indelible revisionist Western written and directed by Hugo Blick, the mind behind Black Earth Rising, The Honourable Woman and The Shadow Line.

• Calamity Jane | DVD | (27/01/2020) from £10.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Kinds Of Kindness | Blu Ray | (03/02/2025) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  KINDS OF KINDNESS is a triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.

• Mary Magdalene | DVD | (23/07/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Mary Magdalene is an authentic and humanistic portrait of one of the most enigmatic and misunderstood spiritual figures in history. The biblical biopic tells the story of Mary (Rooney Mara), a young woman in search of a new way of living. Constricted by the hierarchies of the day, Mary defies her traditional family to join a new social movement led by the charismatic Jesus of Nazareth (Joaquin Phoenix). She soon finds a place for herself within the movement and at the heart of a journey that will lead to Jerusalem. Written by Helen Edmundson and Philippa Goslett, Mary Magdalene also stars Chiwetel Ejiofor and Tahar Rahim.