Drama

• Tales Of The Unexpected - Vol. 1 | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £5.42   |  Saving you £4.57 (84.32%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A unique collection from the 1970's and 1980's cult tv series - the four classic episodes included are: The Vorpal Blade: A notorious duel to the death in Germany in the 1920's has scarred the lives of many who were involved - including elderly aristocrat Von Baden who recalls the deadly challenge and reveals a shocking secret. The Tribute: Three thrifty ex-colonial ladies are re-united when they learn of the death of a devoted servant who once served all their familie

• The Woman King | Blu Ray | (13/02/2023) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A historical epic inspired by the true events that happened in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.

• Cagney And Lacey - Vol. 1 | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Episodes from the multi-Emmy award winning TV show in which detectives Mary Beth Lacey and her partner Christine Cagney cop-operate in their personal and professional lives... Episodes Comprise: 1. Witness To An Incident 2. One Of Our Own 3. Beauty Burglars 4. High Steel 5. Hotline 6. Internal Affairs 7. Mr Lonelyhearts 8. Conduct Unbecoming 9. I'll Be Home For Christmas

• The Turin Horse | DVD | (10/09/2012) from £11.89   |  Saving you £4.10 (34.48%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Turin Horse recalls the whipping of a horse in the Italian city of Turin which is rumoured to have caused the mental breakdown of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.Filmed in black-and- white and shot in only 30 long takes, the film depicts the repetitive daily lives of the horse and it's owner.

• Paparazzi | DVD | (05/09/2005) from £5.98   |  Saving you £13.01 (217.56%)   |  RRP £18.99

  When a bunch of photographers almost kill him and his family, a Hollywood star sets out to exact revenge.

• The Informers | DVD | (11/06/2012) from £7.60   |  Saving you £5.39 (70.92%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A 1960's Crime/Drama filmed at Pinewood Studios and on location in London. The story concerns the somewhat uneasy relationship between a Scotland Yard Detective, Johnoe (Nigel Patrick) and the Squad Chief, Bestwick (Harry Andrews) over the use of paid informants. Despite orders not to use informants and to adopt more scientific principals of detection, Johnoe continues on until one of his informants is murdered. Immediately he finds himself in a frame for corruption and with few friends left on his own side of the law his only option is to enlist the help of the murdered man's brother (Colin Blakely).

• Somewhere | Blu Ray | (04/04/2011) from £20.00   |  Saving you £4.99 (24.95%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A hard-living Hollywood actor re-examines his life after his 11-year-old daughter surprises him with a visit.

• Citizen Kane - 75th Anniversary Edition | Blu Ray | (02/05/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £27.99

  New remastered collector's edition including extraordinary collectables. Orson Welles' masterwork (number 1 in the American Film Institute's list of Best American Movies) dazzles anew in a superb 75th-anniversary high-definition digital transfer. It's grand entertainment, sharply acted (starting many of Welles' Mercury Players on the road to thriving film careers) and directed with inspired visual flair. Chronicling the stormy life of an influential publishing tycoon, this Best Original Screenplay Academy Award winner (1941) is rooted in themes of power, corruption, vanity the American Dream lost in the mystery of a dying man's last word: Rosebud. Special Features: - Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich - Commentary by Roger Ebert - Opening: World Premiere of Citizen Kane [1941 Newsreel] - Interview with Ruth Warrick - Interview with Robert Wise - Production Stills Gallery (62 cnt.) - Still Photography Commentary by Roger Ebert - Gallery of rare photos, Alternate Ad Campaigns, Studio correspondence, call sheets and other memorabilia - Theatrical Trailer Collectables: - 5 x one sheet/Lobby card reproductions - 48-page book with photos, storyboards and behind the scenes information - 20-page 1941 souvenir programme reproduction - 10 x production memos and correspondence

• The Fast Lady | DVD | (24/02/2020) from £16.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A naive Scotsman buys a vintage sports car and learns to drive in order to impress the daughter of an arrogant aristocrat who despises him.

• Man Of A Thousand Faces | Blu Ray | (28/10/2019) from £27.31   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One screen legend pays homage to another in Man of a Thousand Faces, an enthralling biopic which sees Oscar-winning tough guy James Cagney give a multifaceted portrayal of silent cinema legend Lon Chaney. In early horror classics such as The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Phantom of The Opera, Lon Chaney captivated audiences with his vivid personifications of grotesque and afflicted characters. His extraordinary make-up skills, and miraculous ability to completely transform into grisly yet sympathetic and tragic monsters, garnered him international acclaim and the famous moniker of this film's title. Yet, despite his talent and success, Chaney led a life plagued by hardship and heartache. This insightful film-portrait traces the trajectory of the actors's career: from impoverished vaudeville clown to Hollywood stardom, whilst also capturing the drama that surrounded his private life. The film is presented here for the first time in dazzling High Definition, with a selection of revealing extras. Special Edition Contents: Brand new restoration from the original negative by Arrow Films High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Uncompressed Mono 1.0 PCM audio soundtrack Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing New audio commentary by film scholar Tim Lucas The Man Behind a Thousand Faces, a newly filmed look at Lon Chaney and his legacy by the critic Kim Newman Image gallery Original trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Fully Illustrated booklet with a newly commisioned essay by Vic Pratt of the BFI

• Paper Mask | DVD | (07/02/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When a young doctor is killed in a car accident Matthew Harris a hospital porter sees his chance to escape a mundane existence. He steals the dead mans papers and successfully applies for the post of casualty officer at the Royal Clifton Hospital in Bristol. As Dr Simon Hennessey he starts a new life in the town but after the gory nightmare of his first shift Matthew realises he has embarked upon a gamble he has little chance of winning. The disaster strikes when one of Matthew's patients dies. The medical profession closes ranks to protect one of their own kind and Matthew is saved from justice. Yet now the stakes in Matthew's outrageous bluff have been dramatically raised and when his past finally catches up with him it seems as if one more death on his conscience will hardly matter...

• Dulcima | Blu Ray | (24/08/2020) from £9.68   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  An acclaimed and memorable drama, Dulcima stars Cathy Come Home's Carol White as a young woman whose determined efforts to escape a life of rural poverty lead to complications and worse. Co-starring Oscar winner John Mills as a lonely, ageing farmer, this earthy, award-winning adaptation of H.E. Bates' classic novel is presented here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Dulcima, a pretty girl treated as a drudge by her family, becomes a housekeeper to Parker, a curmudgeonly widower living in drunken disarray on a neighbouring farm. When she sees the amount of money he has stashed around the place, Dulcima is happy enough to indulge his growing desire for her, and a strange, yet mutually beneficial, relationship develops. But a handsome young gamekeeper, newly arrived on a nearby estate, also catches Dulcima's eye... SPECIAL FEATURES: Original Theatrical Trailers Image Gallery

• Kika | DVD | (04/12/2006) from £11.98   |  Saving you £6.01 (50.17%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Young cosmetic artist Kika (Forque) is called to the mansion of rich American Nicholas (Coyote) in order to make up the corpse of his stepson Ramon. As it turns out Ramon is not actually dead and he begins an affair with Kika. However the path of true love never did run smooth and the pair must survive the threats of Kika's previous affair with Nicholas the mystery surrounding the all-too suspicious death of Ramon's mother and Ramon's former psychologist...

• God's Little Acre | DVD | (23/07/2012) from £8.00   |  Saving you £4.99 (62.38%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This rollicking look inside the rural Deep South brings to life the primitive, ribald rustics of Erskine Caldwell's steamy bestselling novel. Both humorous and heartrending, this critically acclaimed film reveals the hidden passions and violent impulses heating up beneath the hot Southern sun, as well as the warmth and humour of every day life. A poor sharecropper's family struggling to survive is nearly torn apart as the patriarch stubbornly pursues his belief that gold is buried somewhere on his land. Nothing will stop him as he goes to outrageous lengths in his efforts to find the treasure.

• Early Summer | Blu Ray | (19/07/2010) from £18.75   |  Saving you £1.24 (6.61%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When family friends and colleagues pressure Noriko - played with enigmatic brilliance by Setsuko Hara (Tokyo Story Late Spring) - to marry they provoke a surprising decision with wide-reaching consequences. Available for the first time on Blu-ray Yasujiro Ozu's Early Summer is wonderfully poised ensemble work which presents the intricacies and contradictions of three generations who have lived through the end of an era and are looking towards the new.

• Les Enfants Du Paradis | DVD | (25/09/2000) from £16.96   |  Saving you £3.03 (17.87%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A film which regularly charts high in critics' polls of the best films of all time, director Marcel Carné and screenwriter Jacques Prévert's masterpiece Les Enfants du Paradis is as solid a landmark in French film history as the Eiffel Tower is on the Parisian landscape. And at 187 minutes running time, it's a massy edifice indeed, built from a rambunctious cast of characters--ranging from pickpockets and prostitutes to aristocrats and actors--whose lives intersect around the Theatre des Funambules, a popular Parisian theatre on the Boulevard du Crime, during the 1840s. (The title refers to the poor who can only afford seats in the upper galleries of the theatre.) The heart of the plot is a love story between mime artiste Baptiste (Jean-Louis Barrault) and streetwalker Garance (the magnificent, sand-paper-voiced Arletty). When Garance is falsely accused of pickpocketing, Baptiste provides a mimed alibi for her to the police (one of the film's most famous set pieces). The rose she later throws him in gratitude sets off a romantic obsession, one of several that structure the film, as do love triangles, duels, and tortured confessions of feeling. Thematically, Les Enfant du Paradis gnaws over typically French cinematic preoccupations: illusion and reality, the nature of performance, the indomitable spirit of the proletariat and so on, all made the more charged and poignant when you know the film was shot during the Nazi occupation. (One actor, Robert Le Vigan, was reportedly a Nazi collaborator and disappeared during the filming under mysterious circumstances and so had to be replaced by Pierre Renoir.) --Leslie Felperin

• Trainwreck | Blu Ray | (07/12/2015) from £7.22   |  Saving you £17.77 (246.12%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Since she was a little girl, it's been drilled into Amy's head by her rascal of a dad that monogamy isn't realistic. Now a magazine writer, Amy lives by that credo - enjoying what she feels is an uninhibited life free from stifling, boring romantic commitment - but in actuality, she's kind of in a rut. When she finds herself starting to fall for the subject of the new article she's writing, a charming and successful sports doctor named Aaron Conners, Amy starts to wonder if other grown-ups, including this guy who really seems to like her, might be on to something.

• Paul Newman Box Set | DVD | (20/01/2014) from £27.47   |  Saving you £-9.40 (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.81

  Collection of four films starring Paul Newman. In 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (1969), outlaws Butch (Newman) and Sundance (Robert Redford) are finding it increasingly difficult to make a living in the Wild West. Eventually deciding to cut their losses, the pair head for a new life in Bolivia in the company of their friend Etta Place (Katharine Ross). However, when they reach their destination, it seems their problems are only beginning - especially when they discover they now have to rob banks speaking Spanish. In 'The Hustler' (1961), low-life pool player Fast Eddie Felson (Newman) begins a downhill slide after losing to Minnesota Fats (Jackie Gleason). However, gambler Bert Gordon (George C. Scott) sees the potential in the boy, takes him in, teaches him the art of the hustle, and sets him on the road to another thrilling pool hall confrontation with the unbeatable Fats. In courtroom drama 'The Verdict' (1982) Newman plays Frank Galvin, a failed lawyer battling to regain his dignity and give up his dependence on alcohol. He takes on a case of medical misconduct in which a woman has lapsed into a coma after being given too much anaesthetic in childbirth, and in so doing is forced to take on a prominent and powerful Boston Catholic hospital. Finally, 'Hombre' (1967) is an adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel about a cowboy who has been raised by Apache Indians. John Russell (Newman)'s multi-cultural roots make him the natural leader of a mixed bag of passengers when they are ambushed by outlaws on a trek across the desert.

• Gossip Girl | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £7.18   |  Saving you £22.81 (317.69%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Based on Cecily Von Ziegesar's teen novels Gossip Girl follows the lives of the teenagers who attend an elite private school in New York City. The privileged prep school teens discover the latest on friendships relationships and jealousy in their complex world of Manhattan's Upper East Side from the blog of the all-knowing yet utterly secretive Gossip Girl.

• Dawson's Creek: The Finale | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £5.90   |  Saving you £10.09 (171.02%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Bringing the sixth and final season of 'Dawson's Creek' to a close this disc features the two-part finale aptly titled 'All Good Things Must Come To An End'. Dawson Joey Pacey Jen and Jack are reunited in Capeside after five years to celebrate Dawson's mum's wedding. But the celebratory mood comes to an end when they receive some heartbreaking news. As the gang faces a future more uncertain than ever before Joey struggles to come to terms with her true feelings for Dawson Pa