Drama

• Mr Jones | DVD | (08/03/2004) from £5.86   |  Saving you £0.13 (2.22%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Richard Gere is pretty convincing as a severe manic-depressive whose episodes of euphoria sometimes find him dancing on a two-by-four far above the street or climbing onstage during a symphony performance to "conduct" the orchestra. When the pendulum swings the other way, he is practically catatonic. As a character study, this film by Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas) has its truly compelling moments, but Mr. Jones isn't just a character study. Inexplicably, the film ushers in a preposterous romance between this poor fellow and his psychiatrist (Lena Olin). Delroy Lindo has a nice part as a sympathetic construction worker who tries to help Gere's character. --Tom Keogh

• Edward II | DVD | (01/03/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the play by Christopher Marlowe Edward II continues to bestow honours on Gaveston a commoner. Queen Isabella upset and mortified conspires to overthrow the King. Murder and civil war ensue...

• Heaven Can Wait | DVD | (24/12/2001) from £12.37   |  Saving you £-2.38 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The whimsical comedy-romance Heaven Can Wait is a delightful example of the small sub-genre of afterlife comedies. The film, which teams then lovers Warren Beatty and Julie Christie for a third time following McCabe and Mrs Miller (1971) and Shampoo (1975), is not a remake of the 1943 supernatural film of the same name, but of the Robert Montgomery classic Here Comes Mr Jordan (1941). Here Beatty is American football player Joe Pendleton, who accidentally dies, decades too early, and is incarnated in a new body which, until recently, was occupied by a ruthless multi-millionaire. James Mason is superb as a most authoritative angel (Mr Jordan), heading a fine cast including Charles Grodin, Buck Henry and Jack Warden. In a sub-plot paralleling The Shop Around the Corner (1940) and revisited in You've Got Mail (1998), Julie Christie plays an English woman outraged that one of the former millionaire's companies is destroying her village, while simultaneously falling in love with the man now occupying the hated millionaire's mortal coil. Much comic and romantic misunderstanding follows, as well as some appealing slapstick, courtesy of Dyan Cannon. Aided by a lovely musical score by Dave Grusin, this is a beautifully played and thoroughly charming bittersweet fantasy about the transcendent power of love. It is a joy for romantics everywhere. On the DVD: Heaven Can Wait comes to DVD in a good 1.77:1 ratio transfer which exhibits just a little grain in some darker scenes. The print shows some very minor, occasional damage, but nothing to complain about in a film of this vintage. The sound is the original mono mix, which is perfectly serviceable. The only extra is the theatrical trailer. --Gary S Dalkin

• Flawless | DVD | (04/06/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Robert DeNiro and Philip Seymour Hoffman star in this drama about a hardened cop who suffers a heart attack and undertakes singing lessons from his transvestite neighbour to aid his recovery.

• Nightwatching | DVD | (26/04/2010) from £19.78   |  Saving you £-3.79 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  From visionary writer/director Peter Greenaway, comes a thrilling period drama, told with irony and wit, exploring the romantic and professional life of Rembrandt, the greatest artist of his generation.

• Murder Rooms – The Patient's Eyes -  The Mysteries of the real Sherlock Holmes | DVD | (24/05/2021) from £8.06   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• God's Pocket | DVD | (12/01/2015) from £4.75   |  Saving you £10.24 (215.58%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Mickey (Philip Seymour-Hoffman) makes ends-meet by partaking in petty crime and gambling with his friend Arthur (John Turturro) and then spending most of it in the local flea-pit bar before stumbling home to his long-suffering wife Jeanie (Christina Hendricks). When his mentally unstable step-son Leon is killed by a co-worker on a construction site – a crime that is quickly covered up and explained away as an ‘accident’ nobody in the depressed blue collar neighbourhood of God’s Pocket is particularly sorry except of course his own mother. Mickey tries to bury the bad news along with the body but when Jeanie demands the truth Mickey finds himself stuck in a struggle between a body he can’t bury a wife he can’t please and a debt he can’t pay .

• McCallum - Complete Series One & Two | DVD | (28/06/2010) from £13.05   |  Saving you £16.94 (129.81%)   |  RRP £29.99

  ...Most doctors heal bodies. They cure the sick. By the time they reach McCallum it's too late... Too late perhaps for a cure. Too late for an early diagnosis to save the life of the poor wretch on the cold steel slab. But not too late to solve the puzzle to right a wrong... to make a bit of difference in this bad hard world. Titles Include: Key To My Heart: Forensic pathologist Dr Iain McCallum examines the body of a Vietnamese banker that has washed ashore. Later he has a sexual encounter with a female police officer. When she is found murdered McCallum performs her autopsy and begins investigating her death. His involvement with the police investigation becomes problematic when he becomes the prime suspect. Sacrifice: When the body of a well-known baker and supposed loving family man turns up at the bottom of a flight of stairs inside his shop it looks like an accident. McCallum carries out a post mortem and discovers that the family has lied about the circumstances leading to the man's death. Touch: McCallum carries out a post mortem on a young Brazilian prostitute found dead with signs of having been scalded. McCallum finds that she died from a 'superbug' bacterial infection and that she had previously suffered from two drug-induced heart attacks. Dead But Still Breathing: A killer with a grudge against McCallum attempts to exact revenge with a combination of poison and threatening telephone calls. City Of The Dead: McCallum's absence from a crime scene results in Maloney working an extra shift even though it means she will have gone without sleep for more than 48 hours. When she attempts to drive to the crime scene Maloney strikes an elderly man with her car. Believing herself guilty of death by dangerous driving Maloney does not try to defend herself against the charge. McCallum however works feverishly to find evidence indicating Maloney was not responsible for the man's death. Harvest: A mutilated body is found in a sewer and then more turn up all with graze marks and organs missing. McCallum is soon convinced that a serial killer is at work. Dead Men's Fingers: Clare Gilmour has moved on from her stint in pathology and into hospital work. However when Clare dies suddenly it is revealed that she is pregnant McCallum finds himself under suspicion when Clare names him as the father of the child in her diary. Running On Empty: Two bodies are sent to pathology. Although both victims suffered from anorexia nothing more suspicious is found. McCallum though looks more closely after they are broken into and vital samples are stolen. Beyond Good & Evil: Dr. Gallagher goes on the hunt for the necrophilia-like murderers of two women who have kidnapped his girlfriend. Will he get to her in time or will she become their latest victim?

• Human Stain | DVD | (25/04/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  How far would you go to escape the past? Coleman Silk (Hopkins) is a respectable college professor whose life is thrown into turmoil when his affair with a janitor (Kidman) is discovered...

• Crazy Heart | Blu Ray | (14/06/2010) from £14.05   |  Saving you £10.94 (77.86%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Four-time Academy Award nominee Jeff Bridges stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film Crazy Heart from writer-director Scott Cooper. In London cinemas from 19 February, nationwide from 5 March.

• Hoop Dreams | DVD | (26/07/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Two ordinary inner-city kids dare to dream the impossible-professional basketball glory-in this epic chronicle of hope and faith. Filmed over a five-year period Hoop Dreams follows young Arthur Agee and William Gates as they navigate the complex competitive world of scholastic athletics while striving to overcome the intense pressures of family life and the realities of their Chicago streets.

• Human Traffic | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £14.68   |  Saving you £-8.69 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Five friends spend one lost weekend in a mix of music, love and club culture.

• Cursed | DVD | (04/08/2014) from £4.53   |  Saving you £8.46 (186.75%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Trevor and Holly are newlyweds enjoying their honeymoon. On a visit to a tarot reader Holly is told she is pregnant and that her unborn baby is in great danger. When they return home they discover she actually is pregnant but something is very wrong with her. Determined to understand Holly s violent behaviour they discover secrets about her dark past and a curse that could endanger not just the baby but their own lives.

• Rockers | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  It's dangerous! This is the 25th Anniversary DVD edition of the classic reggae film Rockers. Rockers tells the beautiful story of Leroy 'Horsemouth' Wallace and his struggle to succeed in Jamaica. Horsey lives in a Kingston ghetto with his wife and three children. Although considered the best drummer in Jamaica Horsey remains in poverty because of the structure of the music business. When Horsey takes steps to improve his social standing the establishment s

• Tim Burton 4 Movie Collection | Blu Ray | (26/10/2015) from £9.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (70.07%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Collection of four Tim Burton films. The stop-motion animated musical 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' (1993), produced and visualised by Tim Burton, is set in a parallel world where different lands represent different holiday periods. Skeleton Jack (voice of Chris Sarandon) from Halloween Town becomes converted to Christmas and sets out to spread joy in the world. However, when Jack's mission leads him to kidnap Santa (voice of Edward Ivory) it becomes clear that he is not really in tune with the Yuletide spirit. In 'Alice in Wonderland' (2010), based on the characters from the Lewis Carroll classics 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking Glass', the 19-year-old Alice (Mia Wasikowska) returns to the magical world of her childhood adventure to reunite with her friends the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp), the White Rabbit (Michael Sheen), Tweedledum and Tweedledee (both played by Matt Lucas), the Dormouse (Barbara Windsor), the Caterpillar (Alan Rickman) and the Cheshire Cat (Stephen Fry). Alice discovers her true destiny as she joins forces with the colourful denizens of Wonderland to overthrow the wicked Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter). 'Frankenweenie' (2012), Burton's black and white stop-motion homage to Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein', is a remake of his 1984 short of the same name. The story follows a young boy called Victor (voice of Charlie Tahan), who harnesses the powers of science to bring his beloved pet dog Sparky back to life - with unexpected and alarming consequences. 'Ed Wood' (1994) is a biopic of one of Hollywood's worst film directors. Setting up shop in Tinseltown with plenty of enthusiasm but no discernible talent, Ed Wood (Depp) is undeterred when his debut feature, cross-dressing drama 'Glen Or Glenda' (in which he also stars) is a flop. He goes on to make 'Bride of the Monster', also a commercial and creative disaster, with ailing horror star Bela Lugosi (Martin Landau), before embarking on his most grandiose scheme yet: 'Plan 9 from Outer Space'...

• Catherine Cookson - The Gambling Man | DVD | (23/07/2007) from £4.90   |  Saving you £0.09 (1.84%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Robson Green takes stars as a rent collector in this acclaimed TV minseries adaptation of the Catherine Cookson drama.

• Smithereens | Blu Ray | (27/08/2018) from £21.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Susan Seidelman's electrifying debut, a vivid dispatch from eighties New York and a benchmark for independent film SUSAN SEIDELMAN (Desperately Seeking Susan) established her distinctive vision of 1980s New York with this debut feature, the lofi original for her vibrant portraits of women reinventing themselves. After escaping New Jersey, the quintessentially punk Wren (SUSAN BERMAN)a sparkplug in fishnets who lives dangerously downtownmoves to the city with the mission of becoming famous. When not pasting up flyers for herself or hanging at the Peppermint Lounge, she's getting involved with Paul (BRAD RIJN), the nicest guy to ever live in a van next to the highway, and Eric (RICHARD HELL), an aloof rocker. Shot on 16mm film that captures the grit and glam of the setting, with an alternately moody and frenetic soundtrack by the Feelies and others, Smithereens the first independent American film to compete for the Palme d'Oris an unfaded snapshot of a bygone era. Features: New 2K digital restoration, approved by director Susan Seidelman, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Audio commentary from 2004 featuring Seidelman New interviews with Seidelman and actor Susan Berman And You Act Like One Too (1976) and Yours Truly, Andrea G. Stern (1979), two early shorts by Seidelman, with new introductions by the director PLUS: An essay by critic Rebecca Bengal

• The Red Shoes - Plus Documentary | DVD | (06/07/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  One of Powell and Pressburger's most famous films, "The Red Shoes" is the tragic and romantic story of Vicky Page, the brilliant young dancer who must give up everything if she is to become a great ballerina.

• The Winter Guest | DVD | (03/12/2001) from £17.98   |  Saving you £-7.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Set during the brief hours of light one day in February when the sea has frozen, The Winter Guest is about how four pairs of people at different stages of life attempt to fill the emptiness in their hearts. While that sounds bleak--and the setting in a small town on the East coast of Scotland is certainly stark--there is considerable human warmth in Alan Rickman's directorial debut. Without a conventional story, Rickman simply cuts between four strands, spending most of the time with the difficult relationship between a mother and daughter, played by real-life parent and offspring Phyllida Law and Emma Thomson. Strong dialogue, with a dash of Samuel's Beckett's existential squabbling angst and outstanding performances make this both funny and touching. Meanwhile Thomson's teenage son begins a tentative romance with the new girl in town, two younger boys bunk off school to the icy beach and a pair of elderly ladies attends a funeral. Ultimately the ice-locked sea and Michael Kamen's crystalline piano score become additional characters, the film offering a pseudo-mysticism akin to Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) while echoing with the spare dramas of Krzysztof Kieslowski; especially Three Colours: White (1994). A beautiful drama that demands attention throughout. --Gary S Dalkin

• The Longest Yard | DVD | (05/09/2005) from £8.08   |  Saving you £7.91 (97.90%)   |  RRP £15.99

  First Down...And Ten Years To Go. In this rough-and-tumble yarn actually filmed on-location at the Georgia State Prison the cons are the heroes and the guards are the heavies. Eddie Albert is the sadistic warden who'll gladly make any sacrifice to push his guards' semi-pro football team to a national championship. Reynolds plays one time pro quarterback Paul Crewe now behind bars for leading State Police on a wild chase in a ""borrowed"" car. He agrees to organize a prisoners' team