Drama

• Maurice | DVD | (17/03/2008) from £17.14   |  Saving you £1.84 (13.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Set against the stifling conformity of pre-World War I English society E.M. Forster's Maurice is a story of coming to terms with one's sexuality and identity in the face of disapproval and misunderstanding. Maurice Hall and Clive Durham find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. In a time when homosexuality was punishable by imprisonment the two must keep their feelings for one another a complete secret. After a friend is arrested and disgraced for 'the unspeakable vice of the Greeks' Clive abandons his forbidden love and marries a young woman. Maurice however struggles with questions of his identity and self-confidence seeking the help of a hypnotist to rid himself of his undeniable urges. But while staying with Clive and his shallow wife Anne Maurice is seduced by the affectionate and yearning servant Alec Scudder an event that brings about profound changes in Maurice's life and outlook. Sparkling direction by James Ivory distinguished performances from the ensemble cast and a charged score by Richard Robbins all combine to create a film of immense power one that is romantic moving and a story of love and self-discovery for all audiences.

• Dog Problem | DVD | (18/02/2008) from £3.10   |  Saving you £14.15 (769.02%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In L.A. Solo has writer's block after a successful first book he's ashamed of. He's broke thanks to a year in analysis; in their final session his shrink suggests a pet. So Solo buys a scrawny terrier who adds to his problems: the dog isn't house-trained! At a dog park the dog is bitten and Solo begs a woman he's just met to pay the vet bill so now he owes her; and his friend Casper has introduced him to a persistent rich girl who decides she wants the dog. He could sell settle his debts and return to life with a clean carpet. Or he could figure out why he doesn't want to part with the dog.

• Ivansxtc | Blu Ray | (28/09/2020) from £9.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Danny Huston, Peter Weller and Lisa Enos star in this biting satire on the behind-the-scenes of the Hollywood film industry, with all its drink and drug-fuelled excess, from director Bernard Rose (Candyman, Paperhouse). Opening with the death of its titular protagonist, ivansxtc goes back in time to chart the final days of hot-shot Tinseltown agent Ivan Beckman Huston) and his fast-paced, wheeler-dealer lifestyle, which will ultimately lead him to an early grave after a shock cancer diagnosis. Loosely based on Leo Tolstoy's celebrated 1886 novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich, and featuring a searing performance by Danny Huston at its core and wonderfully sleazy turn from Peter Weller as Ivan's biggest client, ivansxtc is a powerful meditation on life, death and morality set against the glitzy backdrop of La La Land. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS High-Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Original uncompressed Stereo and 5.1 DTS-HD MA options Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Q&A with director Bernard Rose, actress/producer/co-writer Lisa Enos, actors Danny Huston, Peter Weller and Adam Krentzman from a 2018 screening at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles Original Theatrical Trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by Peter Strain FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector's booklet featuring new writing by Robert J Simpson

• Blue Collar (Blu-Ray) | Blu Ray | (22/01/2018) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Paul Schrader had established his reputation as a screenwriter (The Yakuza and Taxi Driver, among others) before embarking on his directorial debut. Blue Collar is the story of three working-class guys at the Checker auto plant who run their local union office. Richard Pryor delivers a funny, passionate, seething performance in one of his rare dramatic roles as a rabble-rousing union man. Trapped by family worries and crippling back taxes, he dreams up the robbery after scoping out the joint and enlists his coworker and buddies, family man Harvey Keitel and high-living bachelor Yaphet Kotto, who are in similar financial straits. This is a strictly amateur-hour heist, and their successful getaway is the last bit of good luck in store for the trio. The robbery turns up no cash, only incriminating files, and the inept thieves are soon blackmailing the powerful union, which fights back with force, seduction, and murder. Schrader's first film has little of the polish or style he developed by American Gigolo, but his portrait of lower middle class families in 1970s Detroit, interracial relations, and male camaraderie is sharp and insightful. His attention to detail shows in every frame and adds to the edgy material, which balances the thriller plot with social commentary about corruption, labour relations, and the lure of power. Schrader's later films show more subtlety and cinematic confidence, but time hasn't dimmed the power he unleashes in this angry working class drama.--Sean Axmaker

• Secret People | DVD | (13/05/2019) from £6.61   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Hollywood icon Audrey Hepburn stars in her first significant role as an ingenue whose sister becomes ensnared in a web of intrigue and political assassination in this classic Ealing drama from Oscar-nominated director Thorold Dickinson. Co-starring noted European actors Valentina Cortesa giving a sensitive, critically-acclaimed performance and Serge Reggiani, Secret People is presented here as a transfer from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Relocated due to increasing danger in their southern European homeland, sisters Maria and Nora settle in London with Maria leaving Louis, the young man she loves, to carry on the fight. In a chance meeting several years later Louis plays on Maria's love for him to involve her in a plot to bomb the man responsible for her father's death a plot that doesn't go to plan. Special Features: Theatrical trailer Image gallery PDF material

• Sordid Lives | DVD | (17/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This uproariously funny white trash campfest takes a wicked peek into an extended family of Texas rednecks who've come together for the funeral of their adulterous matriarch. Attending the funeral are her dueling big-haired daughters LaVonda (Ann Walker) and Latrelle (Bonnie Bedelia); sister Sissy (Beth Grant) who picked the wrong time to quit smoking; a revengeful neighbor (Delta Burke); brother Earl (Leslie Jordan) a Tammy Wynette-obsessed drag queen; hunky Ty (Kirk Geiger) Latrelle's estranged gay son; and Bitsy Mae (Olivia Newton-John) a country music-singing ex-con lesbian. The tantrums gossips and revelations spill all over the linoleum floor in this film that deliriously revels at its chitin-loving beer-guzzling gun-totting same sex-loving pill-popping eccentrics.

• Chef | Blu Ray | (03/11/2014) from £17.34   |  Saving you £8.64 (60.21%)   |  RRP £22.99

  When Chef Carl Casper (Jon Favreau; Iron Man) suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner (Dustin Hoffman; Rain Man ) he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami he teams up with his ex-wife (Sofia Vergara; TVs Modern Family) his friend (John Leguizamo; Kick-Ass 2) and his son (Emjay Anthony; It's Complicated) to launch a food truck. Taking to the road Chef Carl goes back to his roots to reignite his passion for the kitchen - and zest for life and love. Also starring Scarlett Johansson (The Avengers Assemble).

• No Man of God (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (25/10/2021) from £21.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Delve into the mind of notorious serial killer Ted Bundy in this gripping drama from director Amber Sealey. Written by C. Robert Cargill (Doctor Strange) based on actual interview transcripts, and starring Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings), Luke Kirby (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) and Aleksa Palladino (The Irishman), No Man of God recounts the final years of Bundy's life, as the FBI make one last attempt to secure the truth about his horrific crimes. Bill Hagmaier (Elijah Wood), an agent in the FBI's Behavioural Analysis Unit, is assigned to probe the dangerous mind of convicted serial killer Ted Bundy (Luke Kirby) prior to his execution. Considered by his superiors to have little chance of gaining insight into the motives and actions of the guarded and evasive Bundy, Hagmaier nonetheless establishes a rapport with the killer, but with time running out before Bundy is given the chair, can Hagmaier get the answers he's looking for and gain closure for the victims' families?

• So Little Time | DVD | (09/11/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Marius Goring and Maria Schell give intense performances in this poignant romantic drama set in Nazi-occupied Belgium. Based on Noelle Henry's novel Je ne suis pas une heroine, So Little Time's love story between a young Belgian woman and a German officer proved highly controversial on its release in 1952, ensuring that it has never been released on home video until now. It is featured here in a brand-new digital transfer, with its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. When war clouds burst over Europe for the second time in a generation, the Belgians again suffer the humiliation of occupation; Madam de Malvines and her daughter Nicole find their chateau outside Brussels partially requisitioned by Colonel von Hohensee, the local German commander. Despite their initial hostility, however, Nicole and Hohensee find they have something in common: a love of music. Nicole eventually begins to see Hohensee as an artist first and a soldier second and comes to realise that she is hopelessly in love with him and that he, too, deeply loves her... SPECIAL FEATURES: Original theatrical trailer Image gallery Promotional material PDF

• Tales From The Golden Age | DVD | (08/02/2010) from £14.49   |  Saving you £1.50 (10.35%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The final 15 years of the Ceausescu regime were the worst in Romania's history. Nonetheless, the propaganda machine of that time referred without fail to that period as "the golden age"...

• Frida | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £11.95   |  Saving you £7.03 (78.46%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The true life story of artist Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek), her marriage to Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina),her illicit and controversial affair with Leon Trotsky, and her provocative and romantic entanglements with women.

• Southbound | DVD | (08/08/2016) from £3.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (300.75%)   |  RRP £15.99

  On a desolate stretch of desert highway, weary travellerstwo men on the run from their past, a band on their way to the next gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacationare forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in these interwoven tales of terror and remorse on the open road.

• Final Cut | DVD | (24/04/2000) from £9.97   |  Saving you £10.02 (50.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Eleven friends gather at the wake of a successful writer Jude. His grieving wife reveals that he has been making a film of their lives and forces them to watch as stories emerge of secrets lies and disloyalty. Husbands are turned against wives and friends against friends as the true colours of their lives are revealed. But the biggest revelation is yet to come. Little by little the truth comes out about the circumstances of Jude's death his own part in it and the parts played by

• Sid And Nancy | DVD | (26/02/2001) from £11.98   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Love Kills. Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb execute performances that are 'nothing short of phenomenal' (Los Angeles Times) as Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his unforgettable junkie girlfriend - social misfits who literally love each other to death. In this 'riveting biography of burnt-out icons (The Washington Post) award-winning writer/director Alex Cox creates 'a great film' ('Siskel & Ebert') about the destructive lives of two 1970s punk legends. Their love affair is on

• Flood | Blu Ray | (02/11/2009) from £5.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.95%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When a raging storm coincides with high tide it threatens the very heart of London and the millions who live there.

• Stephen | Blu Ray | (18/10/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Stephen portrays events from 2006, thirteen years after Stephen's death on the evening of 22 April 1993 in a racially motivated attack whilst waiting for a bus in Well Hall Road, Eltham. Even though Doreen and Neville Lawrence knew the identity of their son's killers, the original investigation had failed to convict those responsible, and their extraordinary campaign for justice led to a public inquiry that branded Metropolitan Police institutionally racist and brought about sweeping changes in the law and police practices and transformed thinking and understanding of racial inequality in the UK. Yet six years on from the Inquiry no progress had been made into the case. The drama tells the story of the ongoing struggle by Doreen and Neville Lawrence to achieve justice and how a detective, DCI Clive Driscoll working closely with the Lawrences puts together an investigation that finally more than 18 years after his death secures the convictions of two of the gang who committed the murder of Stephen.

• La Pointe Courte | DVD | (26/09/2011) from £8.79   |  Saving you £7.20 (81.91%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In Agnes Varda's directorial debut she faithfully portrays the complicated relatioship between a married couple (exceptiionally played by Sylvia Monfort and Philippe Noiret) set against the backdrop of a small Mediterranean town. Shot with a documentary feel the film also focuses on the daily struggles of the locals and was radical enough to later be considered as one of the progenitors of the French New Wave.

• 21 Grams | DVD | (07/06/2010) from £3.59   |  Saving you £7.40 (206.13%)   |  RRP £10.99

  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.

• J.M. Barrie and the Lost Boys | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £8.00   |  Saving you £4.99 (62.38%)   |  RRP £12.99

  J.M. Barrie novelist playwright and author of 'Peter Pan' or 'The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up' led a life almost as magical and interesting as his famous creation. Childless in his marriage Barrie grew close to the five young boys of the Llewelyn Davies family ultimately becoming their guardian and devoted surrogate father when they were orphaned. This dramatisation tells the story of this remarkable man.

• Homicide - The Complete Series | DVD | (29/03/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £79.99

  Homicide: The Complete Series (33 Discs)