Drama

• Drunken Angel | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £13.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (42.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Post-war Japan anatomised in the combative relationship between an alcoholic doctor (Takeshi Shimura) and his patient (Toshiro Mifune) a wounded young gangster. This is the film that was considered to be Kurosawa's breakthrough movie illuminating themes that would go on to dominate his succeeding work. 'Drunken Angel' also marked his first - of many - collaborations with Toshiro Mifune here playing the tubercular Yakuza hoodlum.

• In Deep The Complete Series | DVD | (09/07/2012) from £11.98   |  Saving you £15.00 (150.15%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Life as an undercover detective is demanding. One slip-up can result in disaster, something that Liam Ketman (Nick Berry) and Garth O'Hanlon (Stephen Tompkinson) know only too well. The pressure of leading complicated double lives means that sacrifices must be made for the job and the impact on their personal lives is immense.All three series of hard-hitting BBC crime drama In Deep come to DVD in this fantastic complete box set for the very first time.Featuring appearances by some of Britain's greatest talent including Ian McShane, Lisa Maxwell, Fiona Allen, Meera Syal and Kevin Bishop.

• Wild Style: 25th Anniversary Special Edition | DVD | (16/11/2009) from £15.89   |  Saving you £2.10 (13.22%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Wild Style captured the hard core South Bronx scene with its pantheon of hip-hop pioneers: Grand Master Flash, The Cold Crush Bros, The Chief Rocker Busy Bee, and The Rock Steady Crew. Wild Style tells the story of Zoro (graffiti legend Lee Quinones), in his subway art romance with Ladybug (another graffiti legend Sandra Pink Fabara). Fab Five Freddy stars as the smooth impresario Phade. Following the outlaw artists through the train yards to the clubs, Wild Style climaxes at a massive outdoor jam, definitely the most famous hip-hop party in history!

• Moonshot - The Flight of Apollo 11 ( Starring Andrew Lincoln and Anna Maxwell Martin ) | DVD | (01/10/2018) from £3.90   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The story leading up to the July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 moon landing launch.

• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | Blu Ray | (03/12/2012) from £12.98   |  Saving you £12.01 (92.53%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Adapted from the acclaimed bestseller by Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is a story that unfolds from inside the young mind of Oskar Schell, an inventive eleven year-old New Yorker whose discovery of a key in his deceased father's belongings sets him off on an urgent search across the city for the lock it will open. A year after his father died in the World Trade Center on what Oskar calls 'The Worst Day,' he is determined to keep his vital connection to the ma...

• Woman In A Dressing Gown | DVD | (13/08/2012) from £7.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (100.13%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A middle aged women who is content with her marriage is shocked when she finds out her husband has fallen in love with a beautiful younger woman and plans to leave their marriage to continue his passionate romance with her. Special Features: Interview with Sylvia Syms Introduction by Author Restoration comparison Stills gallery

• Unfaithfully Yours | DVD | (23/04/2018) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Comedy starring Rex Harrison as orchestra conductor Alfred De Carter who believes his wife Daphne (Linda Darnell) has been having an affair. While carrying out his conducting duties Alfred plans various forms of revenge, each played out with the greatest of precision and skill. When it comes to putting his plan into action however, things run a little less smoothly.

• La Separation | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £4.20   |  Saving you £11.79 (280.71%)   |  RRP £15.99

  One night at the cinema Pierre (Daniel Auteuil) reaches out to take Anne's (Isabelle Huppert) hand. She is annoyed and rebuffs him. He feels rejected. This small moment begins the story of the disintegration of a marriage. Over the course of several years they have slowly started to grow apart. One night after a party Anne tells Pierre that she is in love with another man. Although her admission is not surprising Pierre's reaction is. He seems to accept this as a fact of life and r

• Monster | Blu Ray | (09/12/2024) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A down-on-her-luck sex worker unexpectedly finds love and is determined to get her life back on track, however she soon finds out that going straight is never simple and is soon embroiled in a spiral of violent crime as she escalates from petty theft to serial murder.

• The Colour Of Pomegranates Limited Edition (Blu-Ray) | Blu Ray | (19/02/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Sergei Parajanov's celebrated masterpiece paints an astonishing portrait of the 18th century Armenian poet Sayat Nova, the ˜King of Song'. Parajanov's aim was not a conventional biography but a cinematic expression of his work, resulting in an extraordinary visual poem. Key moments in his subject's life are illustrated through a series of exquisitely orchestrated tableaux filled with rich colour and stunning iconography, each scene a celluloid painting alive with stylised movement. One of cinema's most revered and beautiful films, now presented in a stunning new restoration by Martin Scorsese's The Film Foundation. SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION FEATURES: Disc 1 Martin Scorsese's The Film Foundation restoration of the the Armenian version (˜The Parajanov Cut') The Russian version (˜The Yutkevich Cut') prepared using The Film Foundation's restored material Optional annotated commentary on the ˜Armenian Cut' by James Steffen, author of ˜The Cinema of Sergei Parajanov' and advisor on the new restoration Optional audio commentary on the ˜Yutkevich Cut' by Levon Abrahamyan Disc 2 New 2K restoration of Sergei Parajanov's short film ˜Kiev Frescoes' with optional annotated commentary by Daniel Bird ˜Poetry, Pomegranates and Parajanov: A new appreciation' by Daniel Bird ˜Pomegranates Rediscovered': Cecilia Cenciarelli of Bologna Cineteca on the multi-national effort to save ˜The Colour of Pomegranates' ˜Free Parajanov!' Tony Rayns on the campaign to free Parajanov The World is a Window: The Making of the Colour of Pomegranates' Memories About Sayat Nova: Levon Grigoryan's 2006 documentary featuring extracts from the rushes Parajanov: A Requiem 112 page limited edition book featuring Martin Scorsese introduction, archive material, new writings, costume designs and storyboards

• Anna Karenina | DVD | (16/07/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £25.99

  BBC adaptation of Tolstoy's tragic love chronicle of a married Russian woman madly in love with a military officer.

• Ransom | DVD | (25/09/1998) from £11.03   |  Saving you £1.96 (17.77%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When it comes to ramping up to vein-bursting levels of tormented anxiety , Mel Gibson has a kind of mainstream intensity that makes him perfect for his heroic-father role in director Ron Howard's child-kidnapping thriller. When you think of Ransom, you automatically think of the scene in which Mel reaches his boiling point and yells, "Give me back my son!" to the kidnapper on the other end of a phone. Trapped in the middle of any parent's nightmare, Mel plays a self-made airline mogul whose son (played by Brawley Nolte, son of actor Nick Nolte) is abducted by a close-knit group of uptight kidnappers. But when a king's ransom is demanded for the child's safe return, Mel turns the tables and offers the ransom as reward money for anyone who provides information leading to the kidnappers' arrest. Thus begins a nerve-racking battle of wills and a test of the father's conviction to carry out a plan that could cost his son's life. The boy's mother (played by Rene Russo, reunited with Gibson after Lethal Weapon 3) disapproves of her husband's life-threatening gamble, and a seasoned FBI negotiator (Delroy Lindo) is equally fearful of disaster as the search for the kidnappers intensifies. Through it all, Howard maintains a level of nail-biting tension to match Gibson's desperate ploy, and the plot twists are just clever enough to cancel out the overwrought performances and manipulative screenplay. Ransom may not be as sophisticated as its glossy production design would suggest, but it's a thriller with above-average intelligence and an emotion-driven plot that couldn't be more urgent. Adding to the intensity is a superior supporting cast including Gary Sinise, Lili Taylor and Liev Schreiber as the kidnappers, who demonstrate that even the tightest scheme can unravel under unexpected stress. Remade from a 1956 film starring Glenn Ford, Ransom is diluted by a few too many subplots, but as a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, it's a slick and satisfying example of Hollywood entertainment. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Taming Andrew | DVD | (19/01/2004) from £11.24   |  Saving you £-5.25 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When her abducted son finally returns home after 5 years Gail Carlson feels as if her prayers have been answered. However her nightmare is far from over when she is confronted with the emotional and mental trauma her son has endured.

• The Upper Hand - Series 1 | DVD | (18/01/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Upper Hand: Series 1 (2 Discs)

• Freud's Last Session | Blu Ray | (28/10/2024) from £13.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Set at the brink of World War II, this gripping British drama from the producers of Gosford Park, The Bucket List, and Hacksaw Ridge, stars Academy Award winner Sir Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs, Nixon) and Emmy nominee Matthew Goode (The Imitation Game, Stoker) as two of the greatest minds of the 20th century, clashing over the biggest question of all: Does God Exist?It's September 1939, and England has declared war on Germany. The father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, a recent escapee with his daughter from the Nazi regime, receives a visit from the formidable Oxford Don C.S. Lewis (The Chronicles of Narnia), a former atheist who is now a devout Christian. Sparking a debate with the younger man about the damage that unquestioned belief may bring, Freud's mortality, and what Lewis believes comes after death, fuels their discussion, as the two men clash and question each other about science, faith, love, the human condition, and what divides - and could possibly unite - the aspirations of the mind and the needs of the soul, interweaving the lives of Freud and Lewis, past, present, and fantasy in a story that bursts from the confines of Freud's study, and delves into the deeper realms of both men's psyche.

• Limbo | Blu Ray | (25/10/2021) from £12.26   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Ben Sharrock's critically adored Limbo is a wry, funny and poignant cross-cultural satire that subtly sews together the hardship and hope of the refugee experience. Set on a fictional remote Scottish island, it follows a group of new arrivals as they await the results of their asylum claims. Among them is Omar (Amir El-Masry), a young Syrian musician struggling with the guilt, regret and grief that comes with leaving his former life behind. This deadpan comedy-drama from a bold new voice in British cinema shines a light on the hearts and lives of those at the centre of a crisis that is mostly only experienced through the headlines.

• Long Day's Journey Into Night | DVD | (19/09/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The world's foremost actor Laurence Olivier and one of America's greatest playwrights Eugene O'Neill are brought together in this acclaimed stage production by the National Theatre Company of O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece. Long Day s Journey into Night gives an autobiographical account of Eugene O'Neill s claustrophobic and explosive home life fused by a drug-addicted mother a father who wallows in drink after realising he is no longer a famous actor and an older brother who is an emotionally unstable misfit. Laurence Olivier won an Emmy Award and a BAFTA nomination for his performance in this production which also marks one of his rare appearances on television.

• Nell | DVD | (23/06/2003) from £9.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (37.75%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A young woman (Foster) is found hiding in the rafters of her Blue Ridge Mountain home after the death of her mother. She has been totally cut off from the outside world and has developed her own impenetrable language. A local doctor (Neeson) attempts to hide her from the outside world's prying eyes but she may have to be locked up in an institution for her own safety from hostile locals...

• An Angel At My Table | DVD | (18/11/2002) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Originally produced as a three-part miniseries for New Zealand television, this extraordinary film is based on the life of Janet Frame, an introverted, sensitive girl who was later misdiagnosed as schizophrenic and spent eight years in a psychiatric hospital. She would later become one of New Zealand's most celebrated poets and novelists, publishing her first books while she was still confined to a mental ward. She had endured over 200 electroshock treatments and had almost been lobotomized by careless physicians who took no time to understand that she was merely awkward and shy and suffered from little more than routine depression. From a solid screenplayby Laura Jones, director Jane Campion (The Piano) tells this story without soapy melodrama but rather as anexploration of a challenged creative spirit--a journey into a writer's mind, exploring the power of imagination as a mechanism of survival and self-defense. Three talented actors play Janet Frame at different ages throughout the film, with Kerry Fox giving a powerful performance as the young-adult Janet, whose own skill and creative tenacity would prove to be her salvation. Frightening, harrowing and ultimately a source of humanistic enlightenment, An Angel at My Table (titled after Frame's autobiography) is a film you won't soon forget.--Jeff Shannon

• 3 Leading Ladies Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 3 - Bigamist / Hell's House / High Voltage | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £3.98   |  Saving you £2.27 (83.46%)   |  RRP £4.99

  The Bigamist: A salesman marries a wealthy woman from a blue-blooded L.A. family (Fontaine) and a street-smart waitress in a San Francisco Chinese restaurant. Driven to this agonizing extreme more by his big heart than lust the bigamist strains to keep his double life a secret from the women he truly loves. Hell's House: A naive child takes the rap for a bootlegger and is sent to an appalling reformatory. High Voltage: A bus full of passengers gets stranded in