Drama

• Nightbirds (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (28/05/2012) from £18.98   |  Saving you £3.00 (17.66%)   |  RRP £19.99

  While living rough on the streets of London's East End, a young man, Dink (Milligan regular Berwick Kaler - Coronation Street, Red Riding), encounters the beautiful and mysterious Dee (Julie Shaw - The Big Switch). Concerned for Dink's welfare, she invites him to stay with her and get off the streets.The two soon develop a curious relationship which oscillates, often without warning, between sexual intimacy and raging jealousy. As tenderness gives way to cruelty, they become consumed by darkness and their relationship spirals out of control.

• Bound For Glory | DVD | (15/09/2003) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-7.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  By strumming his guitar with words of inspiration Woody Guthrie instilled hope in the hearts of downtrodden Americans everywhere during the 1930s Depression. The extraordinary life of this legendary balladeer and poet is captured in this elegantly crafted beautiful film directed by Hal Ashby that won two Oscars (Best Cinematography Best Original Song Score/Adaptation Score). It is 1936 and the Great Depression is forcing droves of people from the dust bowls of Texas to the allur

• The Castle | DVD | (12/11/2012) from £7.69   |  Saving you £8.30 (107.93%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Michael Haneke's masterful adaptation of Kafka's seminal novel is a chilling existential enquiry into alienation available here for the first time as a stand-alone DVD. A land surveyor is summoned to a remote village by the local government housed in 'The Castle'. But when he arrives he is unable to persuade the locals of his legitimacy and finds himself in an absurd spiral of provincial bureaucracy that soon becomes a surreal all-encompassing nightmare.

• The OC (Orange County) - The Complete First Season | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £61.99

  Surf, sand, sex and scandal...The rich and glamorous city of Newport Beach, California is the setting for The O.C., one of today's most hip and edgy television series making its way to DVD in a collectible seven-disc set featuring all 27 episodes from Season One. If you missed the first season, here is the chance to introduce yourselves to the hottest new show of the 2003-04 television season. The O.C. is a story of father/son and husband/wife relationships and the coming of age of three young people. When Ryan Atwood (Benjamin McKenzie), a tough, guarded fiercely intelligent teenager, plunges headlong into the wealthy, privileged community of Newport Beach, he soon discovers that the ruling families of Orange County are every bit as territorial as the tough crowd with which he ran on the streets of Chino. For Sandy Cohen (Peter Gallagher), the patient, pro-bono public defender who takes Ryan in; his wife, Kirsten (Kelly Rowan), the linchpin of O.C. society; their awkward adolescent son, Seth (Adam Brody) - Ryan's presence will forever change their lives. Meanwhile, Marissa Cooper (Mischa Barton), the heartbreakingly beautiful girl next door who is dating her classmate Luke Ward (Chris Carmack), seems to glide through life effortlessly--that is, until the indiscretions of her wealthy father, Jimmy (Tate Donovan) threaten to break her world apart, along with that of her mother, Julie (Melinda Clarke). DVD Special Features include Deleted Scenes with introductions by creator Josh Schwartz; Casting The O.C. featurette with creator Josh Schwartz and casting director Patrick Rush; The Music of The O.C. featurette with music supervisor Alexandra Pastavas; Inside The Real O.C. featurette with producer McG; Audio Commentary for The Pilot with creator Josh Schwartz and producer Stephanie Savage; The O.C. Music Guide for 6 episodes; Season 2 Sneak Peak with creator Josh Schwartz and the cast and the trailer for the ocinsider.com.

• Sin Nombre | DVD | (01/02/2010) from £3.74   |  Saving you £14.25 (381.02%)   |  RRP £17.99

  "Sin Nombre" - translated as 'without a name' - represents millions of anonymous immigrants all over the world treading the beaten path to what they hope will be a brighter world. Executive produced by Gael Garcia Bernal and directed by Cary Fukunaga.

• Manic | DVD | (30/04/2007) from £29.89   |  Saving you £-23.90 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A troubled young man (Gordon-Levitt) is committed to a juvenile mental institution where he's forced by his counselor (Cheadle) to confront the source of his rage or face the grim prospect of a life behind bars...

• Spike Lee Box Set | DVD | (18/09/2006) from £25.63   |  Saving you £-13.13 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.50

  A collection of Spike Lee films comprising: 1. Do The Right Thing 2. Mo' Better Blues 3. Jungle Fever 4. Crooklyn 5. Clockers

• The Cooler - Limited Edition | Blu Ray | (24/12/2018) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  101 Films presents Wayne Kramer's The Cooler, title number 006 in the 101 Films Black Label range. This Limited Edition version is limited to 3000 copies and includes a slipcase and a booklet. Extras include a brand new feature-length documentary on the making of the film. Bernie Lootz (William H. Macy) is an unlucky guy. Everything he touches turns bad. However, his ill fortune is actually the one thing he depends upon to do his job to the best of his abilities; Bernie Lootz is the best 'cooler' in town. Working in one of Las Vegas' few remaining golden-era casinos, Bernie is employed by the ruthless Shelly (Alec Baldwin in an Oscar® nominated role) to end the winning streak of anyone whose luck is on the up. But life in the bad luck lane has taken its toll and, after working for Shelly for years, Bernie has decided to move on. He then meets the hard-bitten Natalie (Maria Bello) and life takes a turn for the better. But as his fortunes change, so does his ability to 'cool' a winning streak, and soon an unhappy Shelly decides to make sure that Bernie never feels happiness again... Brand New Extras Lady Luck: The Making of The Cooler, a feature length (100 min) documentary on the making of the film, featuring director and writer Wayne Kramer, writer Frank Hannah, actors Alec Baldwin, Arthur Nascarella and Shawn Hatosy, producers Michael A. Pierce and Elliot Lewis Rosenblatt, composer Mark Isham and costume designer Kristin M. Burke. Limited edition booklet: includes ˜In the Shadow of Negativity' by director Wayne Kramer and ˜Heaven and Hell: The Cooler and Hollywood's Vegas' by Scott Harrison. Additional Extras Commentary with director Wayne Kramer and composer Mark Isham Commentary with director Wayne Kramer and cinematographer Jim Whitaker Deleted scenes (SD) Anatomy of a Scene featurette (SD) Storyboard comparisons (SD)

• The Killing Fields | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £14.69   |  Saving you £5.30 (36.08%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When the Khmer Rouge captured the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh in 1975 many thought the killing would end. Instead it started a long nightmare in which three million Cambodians would lose their lives in the killing fields... 'The Killing Fields' is an epic true story of friendship and survival produced by David Puttnam (Chariots of Fire) and directed by Roland Joffe (The Mission). Sam Waterston plays Sydney Schanberg whose war coverage entraps him and other journalists in Cambodia'

• Brigsby Bear | DVD | (16/04/2018) from £11.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Brigsby Bear Adventures is a children's TV show produced for an audience of one: James. When the show abruptly ends, James's life changes forever, and he sets out to finish the story himself.

• Frankie Go Boom | DVD | (25/03/2013) from £9.19   |  Saving you £3.80 (41.35%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An insane comedy about two brothers, a girl with a broken heart, a sex tape, an angel. And a pig... For his whole life, Frank (Charlie Hunnam) has been tortured, embarrassed and humiliated on film by his horrible brother Bruce (Chris O'Dowd). When Bruce makes and uploads a video of a disastrous one-night stand of Frank's, it goes viral with a bullet and then things really hit the fan. Will Jack (Chris Noth), Bruce's violent drug-fiend rehab buddy find out it's his daughter (Lizzy Caplan) in the video? Can Phyllis (Ron Perlman), Bruce's transexxual computer hacker prison buddy get them out of trouble..? Special Features: Making of Deleted Scenes Pig in the Pool Trailer

• Burn Notice - Season 3 | DVD | (07/03/2011) from £9.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (150.15%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Burn Notice stars Jeffrey Donovan (Changeling) as Michael Westen everyone's favorite blacklisted spy. Stranded in sun-soaked Miami he continues to use the only tools he has at his disposal: his wits his charm his special ops training and his friends - Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar) a beautiful ex-IRA operative who also happens to be Michael's ex-girlfriend Sam (Bruce Campbell) a washed-up military intelligence contact who works as Michael's sidekick and his mother (Emmy Award winner Sharon Gless) who Michael has spent most of his adult life trying to avoid. This season opens with Michael emerging from the water completely free from interference by the organization that burned him but now under investigation by the police. Michael faces a new foe in Miami Police Detective Michelle Paxson (recurring guest star Moon Bloodgood - Terminator: Salvation) who becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth about Michael. Also in the upcoming season we see Michael and team help a kidnapped child take on Latin American thugs and deal with some familiar faces while Michael works to get back into the CIA. Ben Shenkman (Grey's Anatomy) also recurs as Stickler a freelance spy broker who makes a living by contracting current and former spies to do work on the side. This season we also see the return of some of the most popular characters from the first two seasons including Jay Karnes as weapons dealer Brennen and Seth Peterson as Michael's brother Nate.

• My Own Private Idaho | DVD | (27/06/2005) from £12.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (76.98%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Mapping the spaces between fortune and degeneracy, Shakespeare and street cant, Europe and the Pacific Northwest, and gay and straight, My Own Private Idaho is the 1991 masterpiece by director Gus Van Sant. River Phoenix gave the most generous and memory-searing performance of his tragically shortened career as Mike Waters, a narcoleptic street hustler in search of his mother. His best friend, Scott, played by Keanu Reeves, is a son of privilege who fosters plans of rejoining the moneyed world of his father after gallivanting with assorted urchins and ne'er-do-wells. The beautifully symmetrical story that emerges between the two is one of friendship, yearning for lost time, and sexual identity conveyed with a poet's eye for landscape. The camera lingers on abandoned houses in golden fields and time-lapse clouds, providing what T.S. Eliot called "the objective correlative"--external representations of interior emotional states. We're treated to striking iconic sequences like a barn falling from the sky and still-life scenes of carnal entanglement. The supporting cast is a rogues' gallery that includes Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Udo Kier, director William Richert, and a variety of "nonactors" pulled literally off the street to provide documentary veracity to a film that gleefully careens into riffs on Henry IV. It's beautiful. What's also beautiful is the Criterion Collection's treatment of the film's DVD debut. The director-approved transfer successfully conveys the warmth of the film's palette of oranges and browns, and preserves the whimsical atmospherics of the yodeling country music soundtrack. Many members of the original crew contribute their fond memories to the documentary features, which include a conversation between Phoenix's sister Rain and producer Laurie Parker. There are also two lengthy audio-only conversations--one between Van Sant and Velvet Goldmine director Todd Haynes, and another between author J.T. Leroy and filmmaker Jonathan Caouette about their experiences on the street. The deleted scenes mostly suggest alternate endings that Van Sant wisely left on the cutting room floor. A superb example of a beloved film on DVD. --Ryan Boudinot, Amazon.com

• LIFE OF RILEY (2014) (Masters of Cinema) Dual Format (Blu-ray & DVD) | Blu Ray | (25/05/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Premièred at the 2014 Berlin Film Festival mere weeks before its director's sudden death at 92 the final film by master filmmaker Alain Resnais (Hiroshima mon amour Last Year at Marienbad Muriel Mélo Providence) marks his third adaptation penned by Laurent Herbiet and Alex Reval of a work by the English playwright Alan Ayckbourn (following Smoking / No Smoking and Private Fears in Public Places). When the eponymous George Riley never seen on-screen discovers he's been diagnosed with a terminal illness a circle of friends (played by such powerhouses as Sabine Azéma André Dussollier and Hippolyte Girardot) rally and spur him to take part in a play (another Ayckbourn work: Relatively Speaking) with the hope of enriching his final months. Soon after however George regains his life-force with full verve and reattracts the women in his group threatening their own domestic stability. With hyper-stylised sets nominally located in a fantastical Yorkshire; scene changes announced by cartoons by the French illustrator Blutch; and even an animatronic mole which critic Cristina Álvarez López describes in her accompanying essay as "not just a merciless metaphor of George winning over death and returning victoriously to life not only a sharp comment on the general patronising attitude toward those who are ill [but] also the best example of how fearlessly Resnais approaches the issues of life and death: as a matter of serious playfulness of charged lightness." It is that charged lightness ever-present throughout Resnais's body of work that makes Life of Riley (Aimer boire et chanter or To Love Drink and Sing) such a thrilling testament. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to release Alain Resnais's (unintentional) swan song in a Dual Format special edition. Bonus Features: 1080p presentation of the film on the Blu-ray New and exclusive video interview about the film with critic and scholar Geoffrey O'Brien Original theatrical trailer Interviews with the cast 36-PAGE BOOKLET featuring a new essay by critic Cristina Álvarez López; a new note on his collaborations with Alain Resnais by playwright Alan Ayckbourn; and production imagery

• Man At The Top | DVD | (18/01/2010) from £24.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (20.01%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Man At The Top (3 Discs)

• Salaam Bombay! | DVD | (16/06/2003) from £10.79   |  Saving you £-0.80 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Meera Nair's Salaam Bombay was her first film, and one of only three Indian films nominated for an Oscar (the others being Mother India and Lagaan). The deceptively simple documentary style hides a meticulously planned feature in which nothing is left to chance. Real street kids play the leads alongside veteran actors, such as Nana Patekar and Shaukat Azmi, as we follow Chaipau, the urchin who wants to save his 500 rupees to "go home", and his encounters with prostitutes, thugs and drug addicts among whom he finds love and companionship. The story avoids sentimentality by endowing the characters with humanity while never romanticising their plight. Nair eschews the obvious "city of contrasts" theme, presenting only the view from the street, shooting in real locations of Grant Road and its environs. This is one of the greatest presentations of Bombay to date, comparable across genres to Raghu Rai's photography or Vikram Chandra's fiction. On the DVD: Salaam Bombay on DVD includes a compelling scene-by-scene commentary, in which Nair discusses the problems of location shooting, training the children and the impact of the film on the lives of so many of its characters. The film is in Hindi with English subtitles. --Rachel Dwyer

• The Big Knife | Blu Ray | (28/08/2017) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Mere months after delivering one of the definitive examples of film noir with Kiss Me Deadly, Robert Aldrich brought a noir flavour to Hollywood with his classic adaptation of Clifford Odets stage play, The Big Knife. Charles Castle, one of Hollywood s biggest stars, looks like he has it all. But his marriage is falling apart and his wife is threatening to leave him if he renews his contract. Studio boss Stanley Shriner Hoff isn t taking the news too well, and he ll do anything he can to get his man to sign on the dotted line even if means exposing dark secrets... Winner of the Silver Lion at the 1955 Venice Film Festival, The Big Knife also boasts a remarkable cast list including Jack Palance (Shane) as Castle and Rod Steiger (On the Waterfront) as Hoff, plus Shelley Winters (The Night of the Hunter), Ida Lupino (On Dangerous Ground), Jean Hagen (Singin in the Rain) and Everett Sloane (Citizen Kane). SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS Brand-new 2K restoration from original film elements produced by Arrow Films exclusively for this release High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Original uncompressed LPCM mono audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Commentary by film critics Glenn Kenny and Nick Pinkerton, recorded exclusively for this release Bass on Titles Saul Bass, responsible for The Big Knife s credit sequence, discusses some of his classic work in this self-directed documentary from 1972 Theatrical trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sean Phillips FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Nathalie Morris

• Joker Ultimate Collector's Edition | Blu Ray | (26/10/2020) from £34.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Failed comedian Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) encounters violent thugs while wandering the streets of Gotham City dressed as a clown. Disregarded by society, Fleck begins a slow descent into madness as he transforms into the criminal mastermind known as Joker in director Todd Phillips' thrilling origin story. This Ultimate Collector's Edition includes: 4k & Blu-ray Steelbook Vinyl Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Poster Collectable Photocards Special Features: The Making Of: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Creation of the Film, Joaquin Phoenix Alternate Takes, Costume Tests and More!

• Sword Of Freedom - The Complete Series | DVD | (14/06/2010) from £20.32   |  Saving you £29.67 (146.01%)   |  RRP £49.99

  In Sixteenth Century Florence, Marco del Monte, a dashing Robin Hood-like figure, leads the Republicans against the tyrannical Duke of de Medici and his minions. Episodes Comprise: Francesca The Sicillian A Choice Of Weapons Caterina The Hero A Portrait In Emerald Green The Duke The Eye Of The Artist The Tower Alessandro The Ship The Bracelet The Princess And The Slave The Bell The Suspects A Serenade In Red A Marriage Of Convenience The Value Of Paper The Pagan Venus A Forgery In Red Chalk Vespucci The School The Chart Of Gold The Ambassador The Lion And The Mouse Angelica's Past The Beseiged Duchess Cristina< The Strange Intruder The Primavera A Game Of Chance The Marionettes The Reluctant Duke The Vendetta Who Is Felicia? Violetta Adrianna The Assassin The Woman In The Picture

• The Catherine Cookson Collection | DVD | (01/09/2008) from £88.00   |  Saving you £31.99 (36.35%)   |  RRP £119.99

  Catherine Cookson was born Catherine McMullen in 1906. Her life began in poverty and she grew up believing her real mother was her sister. In a life that could have been taken from any of her own novels Catherine aspired to achieve more than many of her time. From poverty to wealth she left the sadness behind to start a new life in Hastings where she was to meet her husband Tom Cookson. As a form of therapy Catherine began to write and never stopped and became one of the world's best selling authors. This box set includes: 1. The Moth 2. The Black Velvet Gown 3. The Black Candle 4. The Secret 5. The Mallen Secret 6. The Mallen Streak 7. The Mallen Curse 8. The Mallen Girls 9. The Girl 10. The Fifteen Streets 11. The Rag Nymph 12. The Wingless Bird 13. The Dwelling Place 14. The Glass Virgin 15. Tilly Trotter 16. The Storyteller 17. The Cinder Path 18. The Man Who Cried 19. The Round Tower 20. The Tide Of Life 21. Colour Blind 22. A Dinner Of Herbs 23. The Gambling Man