Drama

• Nowhere In Africa | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £21.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the autobiographical novel by Stefanie Zweig this is the story of Walter Redlich a Jewish lawyer living in Germany during the Third Reich. He takes his family away from Germany to live on a farm in Kenya but finds that he is not made welcome by the British settlers who live there....

• Hetty Wainthropp Investigates - Series 4 | DVD | (10/09/2007) from £8.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The complete fourth series of the BBC detective drama based on the novels by David Cook starring Patricia Routledge as Hetty Wainthrope. Armed with little more than her pocketbook and her prodigious common-sense Hetty has proven that she can easily match wits with the best of them - even if she has to take the bus to get to the scene of a crime. Episodes are: 'Something to Treasure' 'Family Values' 'Digging for Dirt' 'Mind Over Muscle' 'Blood Relations' and 'For Love Nor Money'.

• Truman | DVD | (16/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  It Took A Farmer's Hands To Shape A Nation. A Simple Man. A Legendary President. He was a common man - a failed farmer shopkeeper and county politician - who became one of America's greatest presidents. A leader of men and a man whose decisions would change the world: Harry S. Truman. Gary Sinise is Give 'Em Hell Harry Truman a simple man of the people who led America and guided the world through the most troubled period in history. It was an era of tremendous unrest and a tough time to be President. Truman led a nation through the end of World War II the beginning of the Cold War the struggle for civil rights and the creation of the United Nations. But whatever decisions he shared with the world one decision had to be his alone. The buck stopped with Truman when America dropped the first atomic bomb ending the war with Japan. Through it all Harry Truman lived true to his aim to serve the people - not to control them. This is his remarkable story.

• The Lion Of The Desert | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The year is 1929 and dictator Benito Mussolini (Rod Steiger) is still faced with the 20 year long war waged by Bedouin patriots to combat Italian colonisation in Africa. Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani (Oliver Reed) governor of Libya confidant that he can crush the rebellion and restore the glories of Imperial Rome. Inspirational in the Bedouin resistance toward the oppressors is the leadership of one man - Omar Mukhtar (Anthony Quinn). A teacher by profession guerilla

• The Bostonians | DVD | (17/03/2008) from £17.62   |  Saving you £-1.63 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Vanessa Redgrave (in an Oscar-nominated performance) and Christopher Reeve are the stars of THE BOSTONIANS Merchant Ivory Productions' acclaimed 1984 screen adaptation of the Henry James classic which charts the struggle between two charismatic forces - feminist and a chauvinist - to gain control over the destiny of a spirited young woman. The story takes place in Boston in the aftermath of the American Civil War - a time of political and social turmoil. Verena Tarrant (Madeleine Potter Slaves Of New York) a gifted young orator has attracted the attention of Olive Chancellor (Redgrave) who wished to nurture Verena as an inspirational force for the Woman's Movement But ranged against her is Basil Ransom (Reeve) a handsome male chauvinist who wants Verena as his wife. Against a backdrop of luminous New England landscapes battle is joined and for Olive the struggle will prove an odyssey that forces her to acknowledge her true nature.

• A Touch of Frost: Series 6 | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £12.10   |  Saving you £12.89 (106.53%)   |  RRP £24.99

  David Jason is the gritty and dogged Detective Inspector Jack Frost a man who has little time for paperwork or the orthodox approach. Featuring the complete series 6 of A Touch Of Frost. Episodes include: Appendix Man One Man's Meat Private Lives Keys To The Car.

• Naseeb | DVD | (31/01/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Namdev receives a lottery ticket as payment for drinks that a punter cannot pay for. Namdev agrees to split any winnings between himself and his three friends; Jaggi Damu and Ragu. However when the ticket turns out to be a winner Damu and Ragu murder Jaggi and frame Namdev... 10 years later and the two criminals have built a magnificent hotel. Damu's son Vicky has been packed off to England to study and even Namdev's son Johnny works for the traiterous two as a waiter. Even

• The Natural | DVD | (28/05/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Director Barry Levinson treats The Natural as a kind of shrine to America's national pastime, baseball, complete with all the possible mythic resonance that can be gleaned from the subject. Fans of the Bernard Malamud novel may be dismayed, but anyone who fell for the similarly mythic Field of Dreams will be hooked. Levinson displays an unabashed devotion to the game, although the film could use more of the realities of chewing tobacco and pine tar. The story opens as a young man (Robert Redford, in soft lighting) emerges from the sun-dappled heartland as maybe the best baseball player anybody's ever seen. On his way to the majors, he is waylaid by an enigmatic black widow (Barbara Hershey) and vanishes for many years. When he re-emerges, a silent mystery, he lands a spot with a New York team and begins tearing up the league--he's still the natural. Redford is fine, and Kim Basinger and Oscar-nominated Glenn Close are effective as the women in his life. The crowning touch is the soaring, extraordinary music by Randy Newman, the singer-songwriter turned orchestral composer. --Robert Horton, Amazon.com

• The Good Shepherd | Blu Ray | (03/02/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  In the life of a young CIA agent during the Cold War his dedication to work costs him his innocence his soul and his connection to family particularly his young son.

• Onegin | DVD | (05/06/2000) from £11.26   |  Saving you £8.73 (77.53%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A romantic tragedy, adapted from Russian poet Alexander Pushkin's 19th century verse novel.

• Midnight Sun | Blu Ray | (05/06/2017) from £14.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Kahina Zadi (Leila Bekhti, The Prophet, All That Glitters), a French police officer, travels to Kiruna, a small mining community in remote northern Sweden, to investigate a brutal murder of a French citizen. With the help of Anders Harnesk (Gustaf Hammarsten, Bruno, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), a Swedish DNA and a member of the Sami, an ancient, mysterious indigenous tribe of Scandinavia, they are faced with new killings and the initial murder turns out to be the tip of the iceberg. Kahina and Anders come to realise that behind the killings is a ten-year-old secret conspiracy involving many of the town's inhabitants. Kahina finds herself confronting a ruthless serial killer, always one step ahead, a macabre plan, and her own painful past.

• Tom Brown's Schooldays | DVD | (20/02/2006) from £21.93   |  Saving you £-8.94 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This is the classic 1951 adaptation of Thomas Hughes's novel set at Rugby school in Victorian times. It tells the story of new boy Tom Brown his friednship with 'Scud' East and their battles with the school bully Flashman

• Golden Door | DVD | (29/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  This modern fable captures the spirit of the immigrant experience as one family sheds the comfort of the Old World for the opportunities of the New.

• My Life As A Dog | Blu Ray | (08/05/2017) from £16.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Simultaneously elegiac and raw, My Life as a Dog is an uneven--but unforgettable--tearjerker which tells the story of Ingemar, a 12-year-old working-class Swedish boy sent to live with his childless aunt and uncle in a country village when his mother falls ill. Beginning with several representations of the most savage, unsentimental domestic intensity imaginable (interplay between a sick parent and loving child has never looked anywhere near as explosive), My Life as a Dog wisely doesn't attempt to maintain that level of danger; rather, the change in locale to rural Sweden is accompanied by a slackening of pace and a whimsical breeziness. Nevertheless, the tragic condition of Ingemar's mother (and later, the indeterminate fate of Sickan, his beloved dog, consigned to a kennel) hovers over the narrative with a gripping portentousness. At times, director Lasse Hallström misplaces the rhythm, and the film threatens to degenerate into a series of rustic vignettes; luckily, Ingemar's relationship with Gunnar, the jocular yet somewhat sinister uncle who essentially adopts him, carries a fascinating charge. This was later rewritten, whether intentionally or not, by Spike Lee, who changed the gender of the child, set the story in New York City, added a 1970s soul soundtrack, and called it Crooklyn. Swedish, with subtitles --Miles Bethany, Amazon.com

• The Bible - Jacob | DVD | (29/11/2010) from £6.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (14.31%)   |  RRP £7.99

  The Bible - Jacob stars Matthew Modine as the eponymous hero who sired the family that would eventually create Israel. Lara Flynn Boyle appears as Rachel the woman he loves. After Jacob succeeds in getting the parental blessing that should have gone to Esau his elder twin he earns his brother's eternal hatred. Jacob flees to his Uncle Laban's in order to avoid Esau's wrath but finds Laban equally dangerous...

• Into The Abyss | Blu Ray | (30/04/2012) from £8.75   |  Saving you £9.24 (105.60%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Werner Herzog's latest documentary focuses on the bleak yet fascinating subject of capital punishment, following the moving story of Michael Perry and Jason Burkett, two young men who were found guilty of three murders.Perry was executed eight days after filming commenced whilst Burkett was sentenced to life in prison. Unravelling the crime and trial from separate viewpoints, including the victim's families and prison staff, Herzog's masterful exploration of life on Death Row shows the devastating effects on all involved.Winner of the Grierson Award for Best Documentary at this year's London Film Festival, Into The Abyss ranks among the director's finest works to date.

• Batman Begins | Blu Ray | (14/09/2020) from £17.67   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  ACCLAIMED DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER NOLAN explores the origins of the legendary Dark Knight. After his parents' murders, disillusioned heir Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels the world seeking the means to fight injustice. With the help of his trusted butler Alfred (Michael Caine), Detective Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and his ally Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman), Wayne returns to Gotham and unleashes his alter ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses strength, intellect and high-tech weaponry to fight evil. Special Features: The Dark Knight IMAX® Prologue Tankman Begins: A Batman Begins spoof. Batman The Journey Begins: Concept, design and development of the  lm as well as the casting of Batman himself. Shaping Mind and Body: Observe Christian Bale's transformation into Batman. Gotham City Rises: Witness the creation of Gotham City, the Batcave, Wayne Manor and more Cape and Cowl: The development of the Batsuit. Batman The Tumbler: The reinvention of the Batmobile. Path to Discovery: A look at the first week filming on rugged and remote Iceland locations. Saving Gotham City: The development of miniatures, CGI and effects for the monorail chase scene. Genesis of the Bat: A look at the Dark Knight's incarnation and in sequences on the film. Reflections on Writing Batman Begins with David S. Goyer. Digital Batman: The effects you may have missed. Batman Begins Stunts Theatrical Trailer

• The Brown Bunny | DVD | (22/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Vincent Gallo's infamously controversial road movie details the empty existence of motorcycle racer Bud Clay (Gallo) as he drives seemingly endlessly cross-country before a chance encounter with similarly emotionally suffocated Daisy (Sevigny) leads to an explosion of sexual violence...

• Dynasty - Series 4 | DVD | (08/03/2010) from £19.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (25.01%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The fourth season of classic American soap opera Dynasty.

• The Irish R.M. | DVD | (10/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  This cracking box set contains every episode from all three series of the comedy drama The Irish RM. Peter Bowles stars in this comic drama series about a retired English army officer who becomes a resident magistrate in turn-of-the-century West Ireland. Living in a ramshackle house surrounded by the community's eccentric inhabitants Major Sinclair Yates struggles to apply judicial logic in a country where in the words of a former Lord Chief Justice ""The inevitable never ha