Drama

• High Heels And Low Lifes | DVD | (13/05/2002) from £4.96   |  Saving you £11.03 (222.38%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Minnie Driver and Mary McCormack star in this London action comedy as friends, a nurse and a teacher, who overhear a conversation on a mobile phone about a robbery and decide to try and con the money from the thieves.

• King Cobra | DVD | (20/02/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on a stranger than fiction true story, King Cobra is a deliciously dark, twisted plunge into the behind-the-scenes world of the pornography industry. It's 2006, Youtube is in its infancy and internet porn is still behind a paywall. Taking the stage name Brett Corrigan, a fresh faced wannabe adult video performer (Garret Clayton) is molded into a star by Stephen (Christian Slater), a closeted gay porn mogul who runs the skin flick empire Cobra Video from his seemingly ordinary suburban home. But as Brent's rise and demands for money put him at odds with his boss, he also attracts the attention of a rival producer (James Franco) and his unstable lover (Keegan Allen)who will stop at nothing to squash Cobra Video and steal its number one star INDIE WIRE - 4 STARS MOVIES DON'T GET MUCH JUICIER, FUNNIER OR CREEPIER THAN KING COBRA - THE WRAP

• Before Night Falls | DVD | (05/08/2002) from £6.04   |  Saving you £6.95 (115.07%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This biopic follows the memoirs of Cuban poet Reynaldo Arenas (played by Javier Bardem), who was driven to homelessness and cruel persecution both by his art and his sexuality.

• Lawn Dogs | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  No review of Lawn Dogs can adequately describe this extraordinary movie, nor can the title or any simple synopsis. In fact, there's no way of knowing what Lawn Dogs is really about until the very end when the last 90-minutes takes on a whole new significance. The basic story follows the formation and fruition of a simple friendship. Devon (astounding newcomer Mischa Barton) is a 10-year-old girl born to glamour magazine identikit parents who live in the plush US suburban Camelot Gardens Estate. Trent (Sam Rockwell) is a 20-something lawnmower man whom everyone considers trash and who lives in a forest trailer. As secret friends they fill the holes in one another's lives. She has no other friends because she thinks "other kids smell like TV". It's all perfectly sweet and innocent. But naturally there's no way the uptight neighbourhood would perceive it that way. A creeping sense of doom begins to overtake events; but it is where this seemingly obvious tale twists at the end that makes the community's darker quirks a revelation. On the DVD: Lawn Dogs on disc comes in a 16:9 transfer that retains the superb cinematography of endlessly stretching flat horizons. The three-channel sound is equally of benefit to a subtle bluesy score. Regrettably the only extra is a trailer. As a winner at numerous International Film Festivals, this picture really deserved something more. --Paul Tonks

• Dheepan | DVD | (08/08/2016) from £7.55   |  Saving you £12.44 (164.77%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From acclaimed director Jacques Audiard (A Prophet, Rust and Bone) comes the powerful story of Dheepan, a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who is forced to flee to France to escape the civil war, posing as a family with a woman and young girl he has never previously met. Finding work as a caretaker of a housing block in the suburbs of Paris, Dheepan works to build a new life and home for his ˜wife' and ˜daughter', but the daily violence he confronts quickly reopens the violence from his past, and he is left fighting for their livelihood, and eventually their lives.

• The Sherlock Holmes Catalogue - Wisteria Lodge / The Bruce Partington Plans | DVD | (28/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Two episodes from Granada TV's Sherlock Holmes series, starring Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke. "The Bruce Partington Plans": A junior clerk working for Britain's defence planning dashes off in the middle of a date with his fiancée, and turns up dead along some railroad tracks--apparently having been pushed from a train while carrying several secret documents related to England's development of a submarine warship. Was he a traitor? If so, who killed him? The case is brought to the attention of Sherlock Holmes and his Dr. Watson, by none other than Mycroft Holmes (Charles Gray), brother of the Great Detective and indispensable repository of government business. Sherlock's conclusions, however, prove there is more to the truth than meets the eye. Brett, as always, is the perfect Holmes while Hardwicke is the ideal Watson for the latter years of their crime-fighting career. "Wisteria Lodge": Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are drawn into the investigation of the murder of Garcia (Arturo Venegas), for which Scott Eccles (Donald Churchill), a guest of Garcia's at Wisteria Lodge, has been arrested--possibly mistakenly. An extreme rarity in the Holmes canon, a policeman of real competence named Inspector Baynes (Freddie Jones), is also on the case, making this tale all the more interesting for Holmes fans interested in comparing and contrasting investigative styles. Brett and Hardwicke, as always, are exceptionally good as the Great Detective and his famous ally. --Tom Keogh

• The Savages | DVD | (26/05/2008) from £6.50   |  Saving you £13.49 (207.54%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A sister (Linney) and brother (Hoffman) face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.

• The Science Of Sleep | DVD | (28/06/2013) from £3.38   |  Saving you £13.37 (825.31%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A man held captive by the people in his dreams tries to wake himself up and take control of his own imaginings.

• Mud | Blu Ray | (02/09/2013) from £7.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Mud tells the story of a dangerous but charismatic fugitive (Matthew McConaughey) hiding out from bounty hunters on a remote island on the Mississippi.

• Goodbye Bafana | DVD | (15/10/2007) from £4.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (75.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This is the true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.

• The Lady | DVD | (23/04/2012) from £3.89   |  Saving you £16.10 (413.88%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The story of Aung San Suu Kyi as she becomes the core of Burma's democracy movement, and her relationship with her husband, writer Michael Aris.

• The Rockford Files - Series 4 | DVD | (30/07/2007) from £17.53   |  Saving you £17.46 (99.60%)   |  RRP £34.99

  In the spirit of James Garner's other famous small-screen character Bret Maverick Rockford is the kind of guy who'd rather avoid the fight and go fishing instead. An ex-con pardoned for an armed robbery he didn't commit Jim usually finds that the cases he takes on turn out to be must more serious than he first thought... Episodes Comprise: 1. Beamer's Last Case 2. Trouble in Chapter 3. The Battle of Canoga Park 4. Second Chance 5. The Dog and Pony Show 6. Requiem for a Funny Box 7. Quickie Nirvana 8. Irving the Explainer 9. The Mayor's Committee From Deer Lick Falls 10. Hotel of Fear 11. Forced Retirement 12. The Queen of Peru 13. A Deadly Maze 14. The Attractive Nuisance 15. The Gang at Don's Drive-In 16. The Paper Palace 17. Dwarf in a Helium Hat 18. South by Southeast 19. The Competitive Edge 20. The Prisoner of Rosemont Hall 21. The House on Willis Avenue (1) 22. The House on Willis Avenue (2)

• Never Look Away | Blu Ray | (10/12/2021) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Never Look Away (2018) is the newest title entry into Umbrella's sub-label 'World Cinema'. This volume includes exclusive extra features and limited O-Ring packaging. Inspired by real events and spanning three eras of German history, NEVER LOOK AWAY tells the story of a young art student, Kurt (Tom Schilling), who falls in love with fellow student Ellie (Paula Beer). Ellie's father and famous doctor, Professor Seeband (Sebastian Koch), is dismayed at his daughter's choice of boyfriend and vows to destroy the relationship. What neither Kurt nor Ellie knows is that their lives are already connected through a terrible crime Seeband committed decades ago.Trailer

• This England | Blu Ray | (20/02/2023) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This England, based on Boris Johnson's tumultuous first months as Prime Minister, traces the impact on the country of the first wave of the Coronavirus pandemic. The drama takes us inside the halls of power, as Johnson (Branagh) grapples with Covid-19, Brexit, and a controversial personal and political life. The events in government are interwoven with stories from around the country, from the experts and scientists racing against time to understand the virus; the doctors, nurses and care-home workers on the frontline working tirelessly and heroically to contain and overcome it; and ordinary people whose lives were thrown into turmoil.

• Johnny Mad Dog | DVD | (15/03/2010) from £10.81   |  Saving you £5.18 (47.92%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A child soldier armed with weapons of death and willing to use them at the slightest provocation serves as the focal point for this drama highlighting the need for greater humanity in a country ravaged by absurd wars. Johnny is a fifteen year old soldier with a small commando unit and together this team robs pillages and kills everyone and everything in their path. Laokole is a sixteen year old girl who spirits her disabled father around on a ramshackle wheelbarrow and looks after her eight year old brother Fofo while dreaming of ways to leave the city and build a better future. As Johnny advances and Laokole falls back miniature warlords leading diminutive armies kill each other over such trivialities as misplaced words or television sets. What will it take to ensure that no more childhoods are cut tragically short?

• Jane Hall | DVD | (04/09/2006) from £13.22   |  Saving you £6.77 (51.21%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jane Hall - shy hapless and chronically unemployed - has spent so much time convinced she's an idiot that she's got no idea how loveable gorgeous and funny she actually is. So when after a massive row with her parents she finally decides to move away from home it's a radical life-change: she heads straight for the bright lights of the big smoke - London. The last place she expects to find sex fun and adventure is in driving a bright red London bus. But she does. Features all s

• Short Term 12 | Blu Ray | (10/03/2014) from £9.79   |  Saving you £10.20 (104.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Told through the eyes of Grace (Brie Larson) a twenty-something supervisor at a foster-care facility for at-risk teenagers Short Term 12 is written and directed by Destin Cretton. Passionate and tough Grace is a formidable caretaker of the kids in her charge and in love with her long-term boyfriend and co-worker Mason (John Gallagher Jr). But Grace's own difficult past and the surprising future that suddenly presents itself throw her into unforeseen confusion made all the sharper with the arrival of a new intake at the facility: a gifted but troubled teenage girl with whom Grace has a charged connection. While the subject matter is complex and often dark Short Term 12 finds truth and humour in unexpected places.

• A Kid For Two Farthings (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (19/08/2019) from £10.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A Kid For Two Farthings (DVD + Blu-ray) Directed by Carol Reed Carol Reed's last film for the legendary Alexander Korda and his first in colour is the whimsical tale of a young boy, Joe, who buys a small goat in the belief it's a magical unicorn that will grant him and his friends wishes. Counter-balancing this is the equally childlike romance of Sonia (Diana Dors) and her body-building boyfriend Sam (Joe Robinson), and the latter's misguided involvement with crooked wrestling promoter Blackie Isaacs (Lou Jacobi). A very rare example of an Anglo-Jewish film, it was partly shot on location in Petticoat Lane in London's East End, at the heart of what was still a thriving Jewish community. Special features: Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition ***FIRST PRESSING ONLY*** fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the film and full film credits Other extras TBC

• The Holly And The Ivy | Blu Ray | (02/12/2019) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Christmas Eve, Norfolk, 1952. The Gregory family descend on the home of their recently widowed patriarch Martin (Ralph Richardson), the local Parson, as per their usual Christmas tradition. This year though, family tensions and misunderstandings threaten to ruin the holiday, as his three children (Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton and Denholm Elliot) battle with personal issues and are unable to confide in a father that they consider unapproachable, judgemental and out of touch. Director George O'Ferrall had a background in theatre and was the first ever producer of drama at the BBC. The Holly and the Ivy poignantly and perfectly captures an England on the cusp of dramatic socal, economic and cultural change, and deftly examines the generational gap in a family at odds over matters of faith, family and what the future may hold. Extras: Interview with Melanie Williams Audio Commentary with Jeremy Arnold, the author of Turner Classic Movies' CHRISTMAS IN THE MOVIES Interview with Professor Mark Connelly Stills gallery

• The Famous Five Blu-Ray | Blu Ray | (17/06/2024) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This modern-day, adventure-packed series re-imagines Enid Blyton's iconic children's novels, which have sold 600 million copies around the world. From the team behind the award-winning drama, Peaky Blinders. George, Julian, Dick, Anne and Timmy are young and fearless. Together the intrepid gang unlock remarkable mysteries, face down eccentric foes and unearth extraordinary treasures. The young explorers are trapped by a cunning treasure hunter on an eerie deserted island; caught up in a fiendishly complicated secret service mission; and race to find a mysterious manuscript as the threat of war looms large. Friendship, fantasy and good old-fashioned fun combine in this dazzling take on the classic novels.