Drama

• The Conformist | DVD | (01/10/2012) from £7.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (100.12%)   |  RRP £15.99

  To impress his Fascist friends Marcello plans to assassinate his former professor now considered a subversive. A blend of thriller psychological portrait and political parable The Conformist found Bertolucci on peak form and the resulting stylistic tour de force paved the way for the likes of Scorsese Schrader and Michael Mann.

• Priscilla 4K Ultra HD | Blu Ray | (22/04/2024) from £23.69   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a gentle best friend. Through Priscilla's eyes, Sofia Coppola tells the unseen side of a great American myth in Elvis and Priscilla's long courtship and turbulent marriage, from a German army base to his dream-world estate at Graceland, in this deeply felt and ravishingly detailed portrait of love, fantasy, and fame.

• Now And Then | DVD | (28/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  It's all for one and one for all in this heartwarming comedy about the childhood mischief of four best friends who reunite after twenty years. Roberta Teeny Samantha and Chrissy have been busy growing up but they always remembered the promise they made to be there for each other. Now they're together again to relive the greatest summer of their lives.

• Marilyn Monroe: The Collection (Vol. 2) | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £14.95   |  Saving you £25.04 (167.49%)   |  RRP £39.99

  How To Marry A Millionaire (1953) Marilyn delivers one of the finest comedic performances of her career in this outrageously funny film co-starring Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall! Three beautiful models plan to snag rich husbands by pooling their funds and renting a posh Manhattan penthouse in which to lure their victims. What follows is a series of near-marital mishaps where love prevails over money proving that even gold-diggers sometimes have hearts of gold! There's N

• You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | DVD | (11/07/2011) from £16.31   |  Saving you £3.68 (22.56%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Follows a pair of married couples, Alfie (Hopkins) and Helena (Jones), and their daughter Sally (Watts) and husband Roy (Brolin), as their passions, ambitions, and anxieties lead them into trouble and out of their minds.

• The Firemens Ball | Blu Ray | (12/10/2015) from £15.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Fireman s Ball (DVD & BD)

• Eye For An Eye | DVD | (02/09/2002) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-7.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Karen McCann's orderly life is shattered when a stranger breaks into her home and murders her 17-year-old daughter. But shock and grief turn into rage and disbelief when the killer is released on a legal technicality. When he commits another murder and is set free once again Karen is determined to make him pay for his crimes.

• Almodovar - Vol. 2 | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £39.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  A collection of inimitably uproarious comedies from Spanish icon Pedro Almodovar! Flower Of My Secret (1995): Leo (Paredes) leads a secret double life as an author of romantic fiction. However despite her success as the best-selling Amanda Gris her husband doesn't love her her best friend is strangely distracted and her mother and sister are too busy bickering to notice that anything's wrong. Abandoned by her muse and seeking solace in the bottle since the collapse of her ma

• The Raven | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £15.66   |  Saving you £-2.67 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  One of the most sublimely silly products to emanate from Roger Corman's studio, The Raven has the very loosest of connections with the Edgar Allen Poe poem that gives it its title and which Vincent Price intones sepulchrally at the beginning. A retiring magician, Craven (Price) has opted out of the power struggles of peers such as Dr Scarabus (Boris Karloff) to brood on his dead wife and bring up his daughter. The arrival of Bledlo (Peter Lorre), an incompetent drunk whom Scarabus has turned into the raven of the title, involves him in everything he had renounced--life is complicated further by the arrival of Bledlo's son Rexford, played by a staggeringly young Jack Nicholson. The special effects are almost perfunctory, yet the culminating magical duel between Price and Karloff is inventive and charming; this is one of those films that looks as if the actors enjoyed making it; while the script by Richard Matheson has a blithe awareness of its own shortcomings that makes it hard to dislike. On the DVD: The Raven comes to DVD with very boxy remastered mono sound, but is presented in its original widescreen 2.35:1 ratio, formatted for 16:9 TVs. The only extra is the original theatrical trailer. --Roz Kaveney

• 21 Grams | DVD | (13/09/2004) from £5.00   |  Saving you £14.99 (299.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  21 grams is the weight we lose when we die, and this moving drama tells of three very different people brought together by the common bond of death.

• Secret Ceremony (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (24/10/2022) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Joseph Losey's lurid and often misunderstood drama stars the great Elizabeth Taylor (Suddenly, Last Summer) as an ageing London prostitute who befriends a young woman (Mia Farrow, See No Evil) that reminds her of her long-dead daughter. As the bizarre relationship between the two evolves, the appearance of Robert Mitchum (Cape Fear), as Farrow's abusive stepfather, ignites deep emotions and dark passions. With its exquisite production design, stylish cinematography and elegant score, Joseph Losey's lost masterpiece finally makes its long-overdue premiere on Blu-ray. Product Features High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with authors and critics Dean Brandum and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (2019) Archival Interview with Joseph Losey (1969, 15 mins): extract from the French television programme Cinéma critique, featuring the celebrated director promoting the release of Secret Ceremony and an appreciation by critic Michel Mourlet The Beholder's Share (2019, 25 mins): interview with Gavrik Losey, son of Joseph Losey TV version: additional scenes (1971, 18 mins): unique epilogue and prologue produced for US television screenings, with Robert Douglas and Michael Strong Original theatrical trailer Larry Karaszewski trailer commentary (2015, 3 mins): short critical appreciation Image gallery: promotional and publicity material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Kings of the Road (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (24/09/2018) from £9.91   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  German drama written and directed by Wim Wenders. The film follows Bruno Winter (Rüdiger Vogler) as he travels around the country fixing projection equipment. One day on the road, he meets Robert Lander (Hanns Zischler) who, suffering from depression after splitting up with his wife, tries to kill himself by driving his car into the River Elbe. Bruno invites him into his car to dry off in some clean clothes and, after Robert accepts his kind invitation, the pair set off along the West German border as Bruno travels from one old cinema to the next, discussing their lives, thoughts and hopes as they go.

• Lark Rise to Candleford: Series 2 | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £9.20   |  Saving you £27.05 (340.68%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The residents of Lark Rise and Candleford return to the screen in this warm-hearted adaptation of Flora Thompson's novel. It's Christmas and the residents of both Lark Rise and Candleford come together to celebrate this special time of year...but the arrival of a dashing stranger is set to cause a stir. Who is he and what is his business in Candleford? Furthermore will his head be turned by any of the ladies?

• Raging Moon | DVD | (04/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Bruce Pritchard is paralysed in a soccer game and is confined to a wheelchair in a convalescence home.

• Down In The Valley | DVD | (05/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A delusional man - who believes he's a cowboy -starts a relationship with a rebellious young woman.

• Heaven Knows Mr Alison | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £13.49   |  Saving you £-0.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Stranded on a Pacific Island an Irish nun (Kerr) and a heroic Marine sergeant live a life of constant peril hiding from Japanese troops. Eventually the sergeant falls deeply in love with the religious woman which compels her to question her vows... With its surprising blend of suspense and humor excellent performances (Deborah Kerr earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination in 1957) and acclaimed direction by John Huston this film is a true classic.

• How Green Was My Valley | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £30.39   |  Saving you £-10.40 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village the Morgans raise coal mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life. Huw is the youngest in a family of 6 brothers and 1 sister and the film centers on his struggle toward manhood amid conflicting demands of faith economics education and family loyalty in a Wales caught in an irreversible shift from a pastoral to an industrialized society.

• The Fisher King | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £9.73   |  Saving you £3.26 (33.50%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Arthurian mythology and modern-day decay seem perfect complements to each other in Terry Gilliam's drama/comedy/fantasy The Fisher King. Shock jock Jack Lucas (Jeff Bridges) makes an off-handed radio remark that causes a man to go on a killing spree, leaving Lucas unhinged with guilt. His later, chance meeting with Parry (Robin Williams), a homeless man suffering from dementia, gets him involved in the unlikely quest for the Holy Grail. The rickety and patently unrealistic stand that insanity is just a wonderful place to be and that the homeless are all errant knights wears awfully thin, but, there are numerous moments of sad grace and violent beauty in this film. The screenplay by Richard LaGravenese launched his successful career and his smart wordplay helped garner Mercedes Ruehl an Oscar as Lucas' girlfriend. --Keith Simanton

• Soldier Soldier | DVD | (10/10/2005) from £149.10   |  Saving you £-38.11 (N/A%)   |  RRP £110.99

  This amazing box set features all seven series of the classic ITV military drama Soldier Soldier spread over 23 discs. For individual episode listings please see the individual series.

• Compartment No. 6 | DVD | (11/07/2022) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Winner of the Grand Prix at last year's Cannes Film Festival, Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen's Compartment No. 6 is a warming and unexpected tale of adventure, self-discovery and human connection. Young Finnish archaeology student Laura (Seidi Haarla) is convinced by her lecturer - and lover - to take a trip to an ancient site of petroglyphs near the Arctic Circle. However, when she boards the long-distance train to take her there, she finds that she has to share her carriage with the boorish and belligerent Ljoha (Yuriy Borisov), a foul-mouthed, misogynistic drunk travelling to his new job as a miner. Initially, they seem to have nothing in common, but, like the landscape they're travelling through, the more time Laura spends with Ljoha the more he thaws, revealing an unforeseen kindness beneath the macho façade. This chance meeting between the two occupants of compartment no. 6 brings about an awakening within them, forming a bond they will never forget. There are echoes of Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise (1995), but Kuosmanen's film, which was Finland's entry for the Academy Awards last year, has its own distinct sensibility, and his two leads bring charm and warmth to their characters as their journey progresses.