Drama

• Bergerac - The Complete Collection | DVD | (14/12/2009) from £129.90   |  Saving you £-89.90 (N/A%)   |  RRP £40.00

  Jim Bergerac (Nettles) is a recovering alcoholic divorcee and father to a young daughter. He is a Detective Sergeant with the Bureau des Etrangers a department for non-residents on the Channel Island of Jersey. Jim a true maverick likes doing things his own way and consequently doesn't always carry out his investigations in the traditional manner the way his boss might like... Now you can own every episode from every series of the Jersey-based detective series on DVD!

• Can You Ever Forgive Me? | DVD | (03/06/2019) from £3.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Melissa McCarthy is masterful in the captivating account based on a true story of Lee Israel, a best-selling celebrity biographer in the 1970s and '80s. When Lee (McCarthy) comes to the realisation that she's no longer en vogue, she spins her art form into a perilous web of lies, deceit and outright crime to get back on top.

• Love Is All You Need | DVD | (02/09/2013) from £5.24   |  Saving you £12.75 (243.32%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Love Is All You Need is a warm, funny, heartfelt meditation on the birth pangs of starting a new life. Set at a picture-perfect summer wedding in Sorrento, the film stars Pierce Brosnan as Philip, a lonely, middle-aged English widower and estranged single father living in Denmark, and Trine Dyrholm as Ida, a Danish hairdresser recuperating from chemotherapy, who has just learned that her husband is leaving her for a woman half his age from his accounts department. The fates of these tw...

• Far From The Madding Crowd | DVD | (31/08/2015) from £6.45   |  Saving you £13.54 (209.92%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play.  Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd is the story of independent, beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan), who attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak (Matthias Schoenaerts), a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching willfulness; Frank Troy (Tom Sturridge), a handsome and reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood (Michael Sheen), a prosperous and mature bachelor. This timeless story of Bathsheba’s choices and passions explores the nature of relationships and love – as well as the human ability to overcome hardships through resilience and perseverance.

• The Blue Dahlia | Blu Ray | (19/09/2016) from £54.99   |  Saving you £-35.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Hollywood legends Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake (The Glass Key, This Gun For Hire) team up for a masterfully told tale of suspense and intrigue in the classic noir tradition. When discharged navy officer Johnny Morrison (Ladd) comes home from war to his old stomping ground in the Hollywood Hills, he is shocked to discover his wife Helen (Doris Dowling) having an affair with the proprietor of the glamorous Blue Dahlia nightclub. But when Helen is murdered and Johnny is fingered as the prime suspect, he is forced to prove his innocence, aided by a woman harbouring a dark secret, the beautiful and enigmatic Joyce (Lake). Directed by George Marshall (Destry Rides Again, How the West Was Won) from a script by acclaimed hard-boiled novelist Raymond Chandler his only produced original screenplay The Blue Dahlia sparkles with wit and old Hollywood glamour, showcasing some of the most celebrated talent of the golden age of the silver screen at their iconic best, making its high definition debut in this feature-packed release from Arrow Academy. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Original uncompressed PCM mono audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Selected scene commentary by Frank Krutnik, author of In a Lonely Street: Film Noir, Genre, Masculinity Introduction to the film by Frank Krutnik Rare 1949 half-hour radio dramatization of The Blue Dahlia by The Screen Guild Theater, starring Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd Original theatrical trailer Extensive gallery of vintage stills and promotional materials Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tonci Zonjic

• The Madame Blanc Mysteries: Series 4 | DVD | (22/12/2025) from £16.15   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Wanderers | DVD | (29/06/2015) from £7.55   |  Saving you £-1.56 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Wanderers are an Italian-American teenage gang living in the Bronx in 1963, clashing with their rivals The Baldies and the Duckie Boys. Director Philip Kaufman soundtracks the turf battles and rites of passage narrative with plenty of rock'n'roll.

• Before Sunrise | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £7.04   |  Saving you £6.95 (98.72%)   |  RRP £13.99

  When a young American (Ethan Hawke) traveling through Europe by train meets a beautiful French student (Julie Delpy) he convinces her to spend the day with him in Vienna so the two can get to know each other better. They spend their day exploring the city and before they know it they find themselves falling in love. Richard Linklater's romantic daydream is a warm and witty comedy that uses the beautiful streets of Vienna as a perfect backdrop for the characters' youthful budding ro

• Anatomy Of A Murder | DVD | (20/08/2001) from £18.40   |  Saving you £1.59 (8.64%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Anatomy of a Murder, Otto Preminger's 1959 film of the novel by Robert Traver (a pen name for a Michigan Supreme Court Justice), was controversial in its day for making frank on-screen use of then-unheard words such as "panties", "rape" and "spermatogenesis"--and it remains a trenchant, bitter, tough, witty dissection of the American legal system. With its striking Saul Bass title design and jazzy Duke Ellington score, Anatomy of a Murder takes a sophisticated approach unusual for a Hollywood film of its vintage. Most radically, it refuses to show the murder or any of the private scenes recounted in court, leaving it up to us to decide along with the jury whether the grumpy and unconcerned Lieutenant Frederick Manion (Ben Gazzara) was or was not subject to an "irresistible impulse" tantamount to insanity when he shot dead Barney Quill, the bear-like bar owner alleged to have raped Manion's teasing trailer-trash wife Laura (Lee Remick in unfeasibly tight trousers). James Stewart plays Paul "Polly" Biegler a former District Attorney keen to get back into court to clash with the political dullard who replaced him in office. Biegler is supported by the skills of his snide secretary (Eve Arden) and boozy-but-brilliant research partner (Arthur O'Connell). For the prosecution, the befuddled local DA hauls in Dancer (George C Scott), a prissy legal eagle from the local big city whose sharp-suited, sly elegance makes an interesting clash with Biegler's "aw-shucks" jimmy-stewartian conniving. This is simply the best trial movie ever made, with a real understanding of the way lawyers have to be not only great actors but stars, assuming personalities that exaggerate their inner selves and weighing every outburst and objection for the effect it has on the poor saps in the jury box. On the DVD: The print is letterboxed to 1.85:1, but it's a bit of a cheat since that seems to involve trimming the top and bottom of the image (losing the steps under and the clouds above the Columbia lady in the opening titles), though the film isn't seriously hurt by a tighter look at the action. Also included are: an Ellington-scored photo montage, soundtracks in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish with subtitles in ten languages, filmographies for director and principal cast, original advertising (highlighting Saul Bass' poster designs, a trailer and more trailers for more Columbia Jimmy Stewart or courtroom films. --Kim Newman

• Raging Bull (Wide Screen) | DVD | (01/02/2000) from £4.43   |  Saving you £11.56 (260.95%)   |  RRP £15.99

  "Raging Bull" is arguably the finest work from the Scorsese and De Niro partnership. De Niro gives an amazing portrayal of a man whose animal side lurks just beneath the surface, ever ready to erupt.

• Our Man In Havana | DVD | (26/12/2005) from £7.33   |  Saving you £5.66 (77.22%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Jim Wormold (Alec Guinness) a vacuum cleaner salesman is short of money. His 17-year old daughter Milly (Jo Morrow) has reached an expensive age - so he accepts Hawthorne's (Noel Coward) offer of 0-plus a month and becomes Agent 59200/5 MI6's man in Havana. To keep the job Wormold pretends to recruit sub-agents and sends fake stories. Then the stories start becoming disturbingly true... Based on the novel by Graham Greene this was the final collaboration between Greene and director Carol Reed who had previously worked together on The Third Man and Fallen Idol.

• Gia | DVD | (21/07/2008) from £7.97   |  Saving you £1.28 (19.08%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Too Beautiful To Die. Too Wild To Live. It's late '70s New York. Studio 54 designer jeans drugs and disco. One girl is living life in the fast lane. She can have any man -- or any woman -- she wants. Sex money glamour fame it's all within her reach. She walks toward you across the dance floor struts toward you down the runway stares at you from the cover of a magazine. She's a goddess. She's a star. Her name is Gia.

• Portrait Of A Marriage | DVD | (30/06/2008) from £8.85   |  Saving you £7.14 (80.68%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Set in 1918 Vita and Harold are a golden couple who socialised in high society literary circles and who friends included Virginia Woolf and TS Elliot. Starring Janet McTeer (Songcather The Govenor) David Haig (Keeping mum Campion) and Cathryn Harrison (Original Sin Wuthering Heights) This adaptation of 'Portrait of a Marriage' won 3 Bafta Awards.

• The Invisible Woman | DVD | (16/06/2014) from £7.05   |  Saving you £10.94 (155.18%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Nelly (Felicity Jones), a happily-married mother and schoolteacher, is haunted by her past. Her memories, provoked by remorse and guilt, take us back in time to follow the story of her relationship with Charles Dickens (Ralph Fiennes).

• Ordinary People | DVD | (02/12/2002) from £7.05   |  Saving you £5.94 (84.26%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Robert Redford made his Oscar-winning directorial debut with this highly acclaimed, poignantly observant drama (based on the novel by Judith Guest) about a well-to-do family's painful adjustment to tragedy. Mary Tyler Moore and Donald Sutherland play a seemingly happy couple who lose the elder of their two sons to a boating accident; Timothy Hutton plays the surviving teenage son, who blames himself for his brother's death and has attempted suicide to end his pain. They live in a meticulously kept home in an affluent Chicago suburb, never allowing themselves to speak openly of the grief that threatens to tear them apart. Only when the son begins to see a psychiatrist (Judd Hirsch) does the veneer of denial begin to crack, and Ordinary People thenceforth directly examines the broken family ties and the complexity of repressed emotions that have festered under the pretence of coping. Superior performances and an Oscar-winning script by Alvin Sargent make this one of the most uncompromising dramas ever made about the psychology of dysfunctional families. There are moments--particularly related to Mary Tyler Moore's anguished performance as a woman incapable of expressing her deepest emotions--when this film is both intensely involving and heartbreakingly real. No matter how happy and healthy your upbringing was, there's something in this excellent film that everyone can relate to. --Jeff Shannon

• Facing the Giants | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £5.38   |  Saving you £14.61 (271.56%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Never give up. Never back down. Never lose faith. In six years of high school football coach Grant Taylor has never led his Shiloh Eagles to a winning season. When faced with seemingly insurmountable professional and personal crises the idea of giving up has never come easier. It's only after an unexpected visitor challenges him to trust in the power of faith that he discovers the strength to persevere.

• My House In Umbria | DVD | (21/03/2005) from £5.97   |  Saving you £12.02 (201.34%)   |  RRP £17.99

  An unlikely group of people find solace and friendship after being thrown together in the wake of a terrorist attack.

• Pay It Forward | DVD | (30/07/2001) from £8.95   |  Saving you £5.04 (56.31%)   |  RRP £13.99

  A high school kid comes up with a simple idea that could change the world; instead of paying back an act of kindness he suggests everyone simply pay it forward by helping a stranger in return. Starring Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt and Haley Joel Osmet.

• Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody | DVD | (13/03/2023) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From New Jersey choir girl to one of the best-selling and most awarded recording artists of all time, this triumphant celebration of the incomparable Whitney Houston is a no-holds-barred portrait of the complex and multifaceted woman behind the voice of a generation. Follow the inspirational, poignant-and so emotional-journey through Houston's trailblazing life and career, with show-stopping performances and a soundtrack of the icon's most beloved hits as you've never heard them before.

• The Aviator | Blu Ray | (01/02/2021) from £11.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Howard Hughes was a wily industrialist, glamorous movie producer and unstoppable American innovator but thought of himself first and foremost as an aviator. In this spectacular epic, director Martin Scorsese focuses on the most prolific period in the life of Hughes: the mid-1920s through the 1940s. It was a time of brilliant aeronautical invention, turbulent love affairs and savage corporate battles. Prepare yourself for the ride of a visionary lifetime. Extras: Deleted Scenes The Making Of The Role Of Howard Hughes Modern Marvels Documentary The Affliction Of Howard Hughes Visual Effects Constructing The Aviator Costuming The Aviator The Age Of Glamour Scoring The Aviator Still Gallery And Much More