Drama

• The Whales of August | DVD | (08/07/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Two of the greatest motion picture actresses of all time Bette Davis and Lillian Gish unite their legendary talents in this beautifully photographed intensely emotional drama that offers 'unexpected and quite marvellous rewards'. (The New York Times) Libby (Davis) and Sarah (Gish) are widowed siblings who have vacationed since children at the seaside cottage in Maine. Now in their eighties and with their husbands and what children they had behind them they have only each other; Libby blind and resistantly dependent on her sister; Sarah still looking for new ways to see the world. Their relationship with their old friend Tisha and the arrival of a charming Russian gentleman will bring storms to the already turbulent ocean between them - an ocean which nevertheless runs deep. Starring Bette Davis and Lillian Gish in what would be her last appearance on the screen; The Whales of August is a superb film and a lasting tribute two of the finest actresses in the history of cinema. Special Features: Cast Filmographies Picture Gallery Subtitles

• Shadow Run | DVD | (29/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Shadow Run ought to be considerably more interesting than it is--Geoffrey Reeve is an efficient director and both Michael Caine and James Fox turn in icy performances as, respectively, an almost completely ruthless thief and the renegade intelligence man who hires him for that one last big job. Caine in particular is convincing in the half-hearted attacks of compunction that never stop him killing obstacles. Many of the bit-players--Lesley Grantham, for example--do a lot with almost nonexistent parts. The film counterpoints the planning of the heist with the social embarrassments of the fat schoolboy who becomes, by a series of coincidences, too informed about it and, ultimately, Caine's secret sharer. Reeve is rather too in love with the cathedral school background of the subplot and skimps too much on the complicated technical business of getting a computerised security van into a radio blackout zone. Still, the boy is excellent, and Caine's affair with the doomed hooker Rae Baker has some much-needed moments of wit. On the DVD: Disappointingly, the DVD, whose Dolby surround sound does miracles for the scenes of schoolboy choristers, is presented in pan and scan 1.33:1, and has no extra features except for chapter selection and trailers for other films.--Roz Kaveney

• Housekeeping (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (25/01/2021) from £10.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Director Bill Forsyth (That Sinking Feeling, Gregory's Girl, Local Hero, Comfort and Joy) made his American film debut with this moving and offbeat adaptation of Marilynne Robinson's acclaimed novel, about two young girls who are sent to live with their eccentric aunt (Christine Lahti). Extras High Definition remaster Original stereo audio Writer-Director Bill Forsyth on ˜Housekeeping' (2017, 42 mins) Author Marilynne Robinson on ˜Housekeeping' (2017, 14 mins) Director of Photography Michael Coulter on ˜Housekeeping' (2017, 13 mins) Editor Michael Ellis on ˜Housekeeping' (2017, 11 mins) BFI Interview with Bill Forsyth (1994, 36 mins): archival audio recording of an on-stage interview conducted by Nick James at the National Film Theatre, London Original theatrical trailer Image gallery: on-set and production materials from the personal collections of the filmmakers New English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

• Loving Glances | DVD | (25/06/2012) from £19.42   |  Saving you £-6.43 (-49.50%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The film tells the story of Labud, a young student set adrift on the tide of refugees created by the ethnic strife in the region, and Romana a beautiful girl from the wrong side of the ethnic divide who meet and fall in love as displaced people in Belgrade of the mid nineties. As they fall in love so the ghosts of their past visit them and try to keep them apart. After a series of hilarious events in which the incorporeal attempt to interfere with the lives of the corporeal - love conquers all.

• Metropolitan | Blu Ray | (07/05/2018) from £21.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  THE WITTY, Oscar-nominated BREAKTHROUGH FROM WHIT STILLMAN One of the great American independent films of the 1990s, the surprise hit Metropolitan by writerdirector WHIT STILLMAN (Damsels in Distress) is a sparkling comedic chronicle of a middleclass young man's romantic misadventures in New York City's debutante society. Stillman's deft, literate dialogue and hilariously highbrow observations earned this first film an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay. Alongside the wit and sophistication, though, lies a tender tale of adolescent anxiety. Features: Restored highdefinition digital transfer, supervised by director Whit Stillman and cinematographer John Thomas, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Audio commentary by Stillman, editor Christopher Tellefsen, and actors Chris Eigeman and Taylor Nichols Rare outtakes and alternate casting, with commentary by Stillman

• The Informer (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (24/04/2017) from £11.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  ased on Liam O'Flaherty's popular novel this gripping thriller is set amongst a group of revolutionaries in the newly independent Ireland of 1922. When one of their number, Francis, kills the chief of police he goes on the run. But when he returns to say goodbye to his mother and former lover he is cruelly betrayed by his one-time friend, Gypo. Newly restored by the BFI National Archive, with a new score from acclaimed violist/composer Garth Knox and premiered at the 2016 BFI London Film Festival, The Informer is one of the finest British films of the 1920s and deserves a place alongside other silent greats such as Blackmail, A Cottage on Dartmoor and Piccadilly. This Dual Format Edition includes the silent version alongside the rare sound version which was produced at the same time Special Features: A new restoration presented in High Definition and Standard Definition The sound version of The Informer (1929, 84 mins) Restoration Demonstration (2016, 5 mins) Shaping the Silence (2017, 10 secs) A selection of Topical Budget films from newly independent Ireland: I Want Peace (1921) Is It The Dawn? (1921) Historic Unionist Conference At Liverpool (1921) Irish Peace Imperilled By Extremists (1921) Further Pictures Of The Irish Peace (1921) Surrender of Dublin Castle (1922) British Evacuate Ireland after Hundreds of Years of Occupation (1922) Dublin's Civil War (1922) Illustrated booklet with full film credits and essays by Bryony Dixon, Garth Knox and Michael Brooke

• Layer Cake / Snatch | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £12.93   |  Saving you £15.06 (53.80%)   |  RRP £27.99

  Layer Cake: Matthew Vaughn the producer of 'Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels' and 'Snatch' steps into the director's chair for the first time with 'Layer Cake'. Based upon JJ Connelly's London crime novel 'Layer Cake' is about a successful cocaine dealer (Daniel Craig) who has earned a respected place among England's Mafia elite and plans an early retirement from the business. However big boss Jimmy Price (Cranham) hands down a tough assignment: find Charlotte Ryder the

• When The Boat Comes In - Series 2 | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £24.98   |  Saving you £37.00 (160.94%)   |  RRP £59.99

  James Bolam stars as the lovable rogue Jack Ford in this classic series set in Tyneside at the end of the First World War.

• Cracker Complete Collection Box Set | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £124.99

  All 11 feature length 'Cracker' adventures in one box set! Robbie Coltrane leads an all-star cast in Jimmy McGovern's groundbreaking gritty drama as the uncompromising idiosyncratic Fitz a man whose psychological insight extends to everyone but himself. This DVD box set contains all eleven Cracker storylines. Episodes Comprise: 1. The Mad Woman In The Attic 2. To Say I Love You 3. One Day A Lemming Will Fly 4. To Be A Somebody 5. The Big Crunch 6. Men Should Weep 7. Brotherly Love 8. Best Boys 9. True Romance 10. White Ghost 11. Cracker

• Sling Blade | DVD | (02/05/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A simple man. A difficult choice. 25 years after commiting an unthinkable crime quiet Karl is finally returning home. Once there the mentally disabled man is befriended by a fatherless boy and his mother. But when his newfound peace is shattered by the mother's abusive boyfriend Karl is suddenly placed on a collision course with his past... Winner of the 1997 Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Billy Bob Thornton who was also nominated for the Best Actor award.

• 360 | Blu Ray | (14/01/2013) from £12.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (53.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  360 is a kaleidoscope of interconnected love and relationships linking characters from different cities and countries in a vivid, suspenseful and deeply moving tale of romantic life in the 21st century. Starting in Vienna, the film beautifully weaves through Paris, London, Bratislava, Rio, Denver and Phoenix into a single, mesmerizing narrative.

• Royal Triple Boxset (Downton Abbey/Emma/Mary Queen of Scots) | DVD | (19/10/2020) from £5.62   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Includes: Downton Abbey - The Movie Emma Mary Queen of Scots

• Duchess Of Duke Street, The Series 1 - Part 1 | DVD | (07/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Gemma Jones stars as Louisa Trotter a cook for the upperclass at a fancy hotel. Very similar in style to 'Upstairs Downstairs' this classic British TV series first aired in 1976.

• Eisenstein In Guanajuato | Blu Ray | (23/01/2017) from £8.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• To The Wonder | Blu Ray | (17/06/2013) from £7.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (187.73%)   |  RRP £22.99

  To the Wonder is the beautiful and acclaimed latest offering from Terrence Malick the legendary director of The Tree of Life Badlands and Days of Heaven. The film is centered on Neil (Ben Affleck Argo) a man who is torn between two loves: Marina (Olga Kurylenko Quantum of Solace) the European woman who comes to United States to be with him and Jane (Rachel McAdams Midnight in Paris) the old flame he reconnects with from his hometown. Neil's doubts about his life and loves are reflected in the crisis of faith experienced by Father Quintana (Javier Bardem Skyfall) who only sees pain and the loss of hope in the world. In To the Wonder Malick explores how love and its many phases and seasons - passion sympathy obligation sorrow and indecision - can transform destroy and reinvent lives. Special Features: 'Making Of' Interview with Olga Kurylenko

• My Blueberry Nights | DVD | (23/06/2008) from £3.49   |  Saving you £14.50 (415.47%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A beautiful young woman on the treacherous road to love.... In Wong War Kai's debut English language feature My Blueberry Nights the internationally acclaimed director takes his audience on a dramatic journey across the distance between heartbreak and a new beginning. After a rough break-up Elizabeth (Norah Jones) sets out on a journey across America leaving behind a life of memories a dream and a soulful new friend - a caf owner (Jude Law) - all while in search of something to mend her broken heart. Waitressing her way through the country Elizabeth befriends others whose yearnings are greater than hers including a troubled cop (David Strathairn) and his estranged wife (Rachel Weisz) and a down-on-her luck gambler (Natalie Portman) with a score to settle. Through these individuals Elizabeth witnesses the true depths of loneliness and emptiness and begins to understand that her own journey is part of a greater exploration within herself.

• The Singing Ringing Tree | Blu Ray | (18/10/2021) from £18.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A surreal fairytale featuring the world's first communist princess, a bizarre fish and a malevolent dwarf that haunted the nightmares of generations of children from the mid-'60s onwards, The Singing Ringing Tree is presented here in High Definition for the first time.

• Rumpole Of The Bailey - Series One - Complete | DVD | (30/04/2007) from £12.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (38.49%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Horace Rumploe (Leo McKern) is a down-at-heel yet brilliant barrister. Fond of quoting Wordsworth he comes to the defence of shoplifting vicars overly amorous teachers and many others who pass through the doors of the Old Bailey. He is famed for always winning his cases but there is one person who he has never beaten - his wife ""She Who Must Be Obeyed""! This 2 DVD disc set contains all 6 episodes from Series 1 and for the first time is fully sub-titled.

• Steeltown Murders | Blu Ray | (19/06/2023) from £14.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When two best friends are found murdered, a local policeman Paul Bethell suspects there is more to the case than meets the eye. Could this be linked to other unsolved murders? In a case that has haunted him for 30 years, will new DNA evidence finally let him bring the killer to justice?

• Fallen Angel | DVD | (19/03/2007) from £15.92   |  Saving you £4.07 (20.40%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Part family saga part crime drama this is an investigation without policemen based on the trilogy of novels (Requiem for an Angel) by award-winning crime writer Andrew Taylor. It is the story of the making of a murderer told in reverse starting with the modern day! Like an archaeological dig each of the psychological thrillers strips away the layers of a sociopaths history hurtling backwards to show us how and when the mind became twisted and the soul sick.