Drama

• Meantime | DVD | (03/09/2007) from £6.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (42.92%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Meantime centres on a East End family the Pollacks - Mavis Frank and their sons Mark and Colin - and their experience of unemployment poverty and life in early 1980s Britain. When Colin comes under the influence of skinhead Coxy and when Mavis's better off sister Barbara offers Colin work family tensions erupt into conflict. Mike Leigh's first independent film for five years has a superb cast of rising stars including Gary Oldman Alfred Molina Tim Roth and Phil Daniels. First shown on television it is a memorable and closely observed account of life in Thatcher's Britain.

• La Confusion | DVD | (17/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Laurence wants Alain. So does Christophe. Alain doesn't know what he wants. Men women commitment and freedom are luring him in every direction but he is incapable of choosing. Or unwilling. When he encounters sexy dangerous Marc the only way to get close to him is to become the messenger of Marc's passion for Babette an entrancing woman whose charms Alain also cannot resist. By this time Christophe has moved into Alain's flat and Laurence is expecting his child and his hand in marriage. Will Alain find a compromise that will be acceptable to all?

• The Divided Heart (Vintage Classics) | DVD | (04/07/2022) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This 1954 drama directed by Charles Crichton (The Lavender Hill Mob, The Avengers, A Fish Called Wanda) starring Cornell Borchers (Never Say Goodbye), Yvonne Mitchell (Woman in a Dressing Gown, The Queen of Spades) and Armin Dahlen has been newly restored. Franz and Inga Hartl have brought up Toni, who they believe to be a war orphan, as their own child; he is ten years old when two officials from the International Refugee Organization visit them with the news that his actual mother, a Yugoslavian woman, is alive and desperately wants him back. A heart-breaking drama between two women that both call Toni their son that can only be decided in court... Product Features NEW Interview with actor Michel Ray NEW Interview with author Quentin Falk Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery

• Inside | Blu Ray | (11/08/2025) from £6.53   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Transferred from juvenile to adult prison, young offender Mel is taken under the wing of Australia's most despised criminal, Mark Shepard, and Warren Murfett, a soon-to-be paroled inmate. When Murfett is forced into murdering Shepard to pay his debts, he finds a surprising accomplice in Mel. However the transformative paternal love triangle that blossoms between them may be their undoing.A fantastic character study that uniquely subverts prison movie tropes, and a profound exploration of the Australian incarceration system, this superbly crafted drama stars Guy Pearce (Memento, The Hurt Locker), Cosmo Jarvis (Shogun, Persuasion), and Toby Wallace (Babyteeth).★★★★★ Perfection Energetically fresh SCREENHUB★★★★★ Brutal brilliance Unforgettable THE CURB★★★★ Captivating THE GUARDIAN Filled with astounding performances FILMINK

• Narrow Margin | DVD | (12/04/2010) from £21.60   |  Saving you £-8.61 (-66.30%)   |  RRP £12.99

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• Romulus My Father | DVD | (08/03/2010) from £3.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (150.38%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The story of Romulus his beautiful wife Christina and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son Raimond. A story of impossible love that ultimately celebrates the unbreakable bond between father and son.

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Season 1 Part 1 | DVD | (01/07/2002) from £5.88   |  Saving you £34.11 (580.10%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The latest in a long line of successful US police dramas, the forensic cop show Crime Scene Investigation varies the formula by focusing on a team of civilian scientists who work the night shift in Las Vegas, poring over crime scenes for fingerprints, blood spatters, DNA-laced mucus and (especially) maggots. Star William Petersen plays a variation of his role from Manhunter, the cool puzzle-solving genius who can rattle off mystifying speeches with aplomb, while his contrasting partner is Marg Helgenberger, cast as a single mother/ex-stripper who is as concerned with the emotional as well as the physical mess left by crime. While most US cop shows (witness NYPD Blue) tend towards soap, neglecting the cases in favour of personal crises, CSI gives its regulars enough life to make them human but is essentially puzzle-based, with individual episodes following two or three cases à la Homicide: Life on the Street. The occasional special focuses on a major job with the team investigating the slaughter of a whole family ("Blood Drops") or a death in first class on a plane over Vegas ("Unfriendly Skies"). A few continuing threads are laid down, with a recurrent villain who gets away, but will inevitably return, but on the whole these shows play pretty well as one-offs. Very high-tech in style, with lots of zooms into microscopic examinations of hair follicles or stomach contents and distinctive visualisations of the different stories told by witnesses and evidence, this is one of the best shows currently airing. On the DVD: CSI's first DVD box set contains the show's first 12 episodes: the pilot followed by "Cool Change", "Crate & Burial", "Pledging Mr Johnson"; "Friends and Lovers", "Who Are You?", "Blood Drops"; "Anonymous", "Unfriendly Skies", "Sex Lies and Larvae"; "The I-15 Murders" and "Fahrenheit 932". In addition to inventive menus, the three-disc set offers character profiles, a trailer, some B-roll on-set footage, a subtitle option, and snippet-like interviews with the cast and creatives. --Kim Newman

• Croupier | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £5.41   |  Saving you £4.58 (84.66%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Croupier sees Clive Owen suffering from a bad case of writer's block as author Jack Manfred. Sitting in his London flat staring at an empty computer screen, trying to find the words to narrate his meandering life, he reluctantly accepts a job from his absentee father (Nicholas Ball) in a second rate casino as a dealer, or croupier, a job he once held in South Africa. His immersion back into this world is intoxicating, thanks primarily to the power he holds over his nightly clientele. Jack is a straight arrow on the floor (unlike his co-workers) but the whisper of an inside-job robbery makes his life suddenly more intriguing, as do the women who begin to drift into his life: a fellow croupier (Kate Hardie) and an alluring gambler (Alex Kingston). Suddenly, Jack finds his own life is his best book material. There's something visceral about watching the world of gambling, and director Mike Hodges (the original Get Carter) taps into this allure; Jack's simple croupier tryout--handling cards and chips with skill and grace--is as captivating as most action scenes in big popcorn films. In the end, this little film, which went on to become an art-house hit, is as unpredictable as a roll of the dice. --Doug Thomas, Amazon.com

• Katharine Hepburn | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £9.99   |  Saving you £40.00 (400.40%)   |  RRP £49.99

  A bumper box set of classic films featuring 'The First Lady of Cinema' Katharine Hepburn! State Of The Union (Dir. Frank Capra 1948): The Flamboyant businessman Grant Matthews (Spencer Tracy) is persuaded by his mistress the powerful publishing heiress Kay Thorndyke (Angela Lansbury) to seek the Republican nomination in the forthcoming elections. Mary Matthews (Katharine Hepburn) joins her estranged husband to present a public portrait of a happy family for the voters

• Hanging Garden (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (26/05/2025) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Before Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Tokyo Sonata, Kore'eda's Still Walking and Sion Sono's Noriko's Dinner Table, there was Toshiaki Toyoda's Hanging Garden, the film that started it all. Family as a nightmare and a fount of terror, discord and disquiet: that was his idea. A visually stunning and surreal tale of desperate times, in which we feel the pressure of things unspoken rippling through an unusual 20th-century Japanese family, Hanging Garden features an unforgettable gallery of neurotic portraits presided over by a camera that travels with unhindered calm, composure and Toyoda's incomparable mad auteur style. ¢ Director Toshiaki Toyoda audio commentary ¢ Making Of (29 mins) ¢ Deleted Scenes (30 mins)

• A Touch Of Class | DVD | (01/10/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  George Segal plays married insurance executive Steve Blackburn, who can't seem to avoid bumping into divorced fashion designer Vicki Allessio (Glenda Jackson) wherever he goes. Finally bowing to the inevitable, Steve and Vicki fall in love. He suggests a romantic rendezvous in Spain...but nothing, absolutely nothing, goes as planned. A brilliant comedy of errors, A Touch of Class was nominated for four Academy Awards, and earned Glenda Jackson a Best Actress Oscar.

• The Arsenal Stadium Mystery | Blu Ray | (07/09/2020) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Featuring Arsenal's 1938/39 team line-up and an arguably career-best performance from Leslie Banks as an impeccably eccentric detective, The Arsenal Stadium Mystery remains both a classic whodunit and a high-water mark for pre-war British film. Directed by Oscar-nominated Thorold Dickinson, it is featured here as a High Definition remaster from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Amateur football team The Trojans face their toughest challenge: a charity match against Arsenal in front of a capacity crowd. During the game their star player collapses and dies of poison. Inspector Slade of Scotland Yard is assigned to catch the murderer and he has only three days to solve the case before it interferes with his theatre performance! SPECIAL FEATURE Image gallery

• Love Can Build A Bridge | DVD | (19/03/2012) from £5.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Our life-story is odd and strange – more pain than joy Wynonna Judd Every song tells a story, yet few are as incredible as the story of Naomi and Wynonna Judd, the mother-and-daughter duo who became country music's most honoured and successful female singers. Wynonna's sister, Hollywood star Ashley Judd (Kiss The Girls, Heat), narrates The Judds' extraordinary story, which charts both their rise to stardom and the heartbreak behind it. It stars Kathleen York (Crash), Viveka Davis (Castaway), Bruce Greenwood (Star Trek, iRobot), Travis Fine (Thin Red Line) and double-Academy Award nominee Melinda Dillon (Close Encounters of the Third Kind).

• Love and Peace | Blu Ray | (11/07/2016) from £19.35   |  Saving you £0.64 (3.31%)   |  RRP £19.99

  For shy and awkward Ryoichi, dreams of musical superstardom have long since faded and he's resigned himself to a lifetime of unrewarding office work for a company that barely acknowledges his existence. But when he randomly buys a pet turtle named Pikadon, a series of events are put into place that not only give Ryoichi the chance to fulfil his rock and roll fantasies, they might just bring about the end of the world. With more imagination in the first ten minutes than most films can boast in their entire running time, Love and Peace is pure Sono: a bonkers and uproarious one-of-a-kind that simply has to be seen to be believed.

• The Man in Grey | Blu Ray | (20/07/2020) from £17.19   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The definitive Gainsborough Melodrama, The Man in Grey stars James Mason in a career-defining role as the despicable Lord Rohan, alongside memorable performances from co-stars Phyllis Calvert, Margaret Lockwood and Stewart Granger. This quintessential bodice ripper is featured here as a High Definition remaster from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Forced into an arranged marriage with the sadistic Marquis of Rohan, Clarissa Richmond is caught in a loveless relationship in order to provide Rohan with the heir he craves. When Clarissa's friend Hesther takes Rohan's fancy, things take a turn for the worse. Special Features: Theatrical Trailer Image gallery James Mason: The Man they Loved to Hate

• Things To Do Before You're 30 | DVD | (18/09/2006) from £4.27   |  Saving you £12.98 (431.23%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A smart, sexy and poignantly accurate comedy drama about a group of twenty-something friends desperately resisting the inevitable - adulthood and responsibility.

• Night My Number Came Up | DVD | (29/03/2010) from £7.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (100.13%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A pilot recounts a dream in which a plane carrying eight passengers crashes in the mountains of Japan. An Air Marshal due to fly to Tokyo the next day overhears the dream but thinks nothing of it until a series of events manages to convince him that the premonition might actually become a reality.

• Ginger Rogers - Screen Goddess Collection | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £19.06   |  Saving you £30.93 (162.28%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Major And The Minor (Dir. Billy Wilder 1942): A woman disguises herself as a child to save on a train fare and is taken in charge by an army man who doesn't notice the truth. Bachelor Mother (Dir. Garson Kanin 1939): Ginger Rogers stars as a department store salesclerk about to be laid off after the Christmas holiday who happens to be passing an orphanage when a woman leaves a baby on the doorstep. The orphanage assumes that Rogers is the mother despite her protests; when they contact the department store the owner's son (David Niven) decides to restore her job so that she can take care of the child. Before long rumors are flying that Niven is the child's father... Top Hat (Mark Sandrich 1935): Following a case of mistaken identity dancer Jerry (Astaire) follows Dale (Rogers) the girl of his dreams to Europe and tries to win her heart through song and dance routines... This most lavish of musicals from Hollywood's golden era features lyrics and music by Irving Berlin. Gay Divorcee (Mark Sandrich 1934): In one of their best loved most charming song-and-dance comedies Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers demonstrate just how they became best known as America's greatest dance team. It Had To Be You (Dir. Don Hartman Rudloph Mate 1947): Victoria Stafford (Ginger Rogers) is a wealthy young woman who has been engaged three times and who has changed her mind at the last second at all three weddings. She is engaged again and is determined to wed her fourth fiance Oliver H.P. Harrington (Ron Randell) when she has a dream in which a man dressed like an Indian (Cornel Wilde) breaks up her fourth wedding. Upon awakening she is startled to find that the ""Indian"" from her dream is real... Tight Spot (Dir. Phil Karson 1955): Sherry Conley a street tough and cynical woman with an unhappy family background is taken from prison to a hotel where the DA tries to convince her to testify against a mobster. Sherry is reluctant because the last witness was murdered before he made it to the stand and why should she stick her neck out? At the hotel several attempts are made on her life and she falls for Vince the policemen guarding her...

• Mademoiselle Chambon | DVD | (05/12/2011) from £3.98   |  Saving you £12.01 (301.76%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Stphane Briz directs this French romantic drama. Bricklayer Jean (Vincent Lindon) is a devoted husband and father with a simple yet contented life. But when he volunteers as a classroom assistant at his young son's school, Jean finds himself inexorably drawn to teacher Vronique Chambon (Sandrine Kiberlain) - and the threads that hold his home and family life together gradually begin to unravel.

• Uncle Vanya | DVD | (22/08/2011) from £13.29   |  Saving you £3.70 (27.84%)   |  RRP £16.99

  A classic production of Chekhov's classic tale of boredom and frustration set on a Russian country estate in the late 19th century. Produced as part of the inaugural season at the new Chichester Festival Theatre Laurence Olivier directed the play and also performed the role of Dr Astrov.