Drama

• This Life - The Complete Series One | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Few would have guessed from its initial headline-grabbing shock tactics, but the BBC's This Life went on to become one of the most influential television dramas of the 1990s. The show's creators certainly went for the jugular with liberal smatterings of sex, drugs and general debauchery--not many television shows then or now come with an 18 certificate. But beneath all the surface gloss lay a drama of real substance. The first 11 episodes begin with the five individuals coming together in London's legal world and then take us through their shared experiences. This Life's great strength was that there was enough drama between the main protagonists to maintain the show's momentum, while introducing just the right amount of secondary characters (Delilah, Ferdy)--a trick that Queer as Folk, perhaps the show's natural successor, was also to employ. The chemistry between the leading players has rarely been bettered since and, all in all, This Life has aged not a jot. On the DVD: while there is little in the way of extra features, the DVD format suits This Life perfectly. And where 430 minutes of VHS would be too unwieldy, this two-disc collection is sharp and snappy. The menu layout is excellent, enabling easy access to those classic moments, and the hip soundtrack (The Prodigy, Iggy Pop, Dubstar) sounds crisp and clear. --Phil Udell

• Hiroshima | DVD | (06/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Beginning in the frenzied final months of World War II Hiroshima rockets backand forth between Truman Churchill and Hirohito to reach behind the headlines and tell the story of men and women both public and private whose lives and careers would be forever changed by this event creating a balanced portrait of the political moral and above all human cost of this historical decision. 'Hiroshima' weaves an unforgettable tapestry of those events which led to the decision which would indelibly change the course of human destiny.

• Fallen Angel | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £17.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (11.12%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Down on his luck Eric meets the wealthy June and formulates a plan to marry her then divorce her and steal her fortune that will enable him to live in comfort with Stella with whom he is in love. However when Stella is mysteriously murdered things start to go very wrong indeed...

• The Lady And The Duke | DVD | (12/08/2002) from £17.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (11.12%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Using ground-breaking digital technology director Eric Rohmer inserts his actors into painted backdrops to relay the story of the French Revolution as told by Grace Elliot a Scottish aristocrat and the Duc d'Orleans's former mistress...

• Juliet Bravo - Season 1 | DVD | (12/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Newly-promoted Inspector Jean Darblay takes charge of the police station in the Lancashire town of Hartley. As the first female Inspector to be placed in charge of the station there is initially considerable scepticism from the long-standing staff... Episodes comprise: 1. Shot Gun 2. Fraudulently Uttered 3. The Draughtsman 4. Coins 5. Trouble At T'Mill 6. The Runner 7. Coming Back 8. Cages 9. Rage 10. The One Who Got Away 11. Expectations 12. Home-Grown Or Imported

• Thugs Mugs and Dogs | DVD | (11/04/2011) from £4.82   |  Saving you £-0.83 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  It's the Mutt's Nuts! A dark yet humorous gangster film full of northern grit Thugs Mugs and Dogs centres on ruthless businessman Gordy Metcalf (ex-Underworld enforcer Dave Courtney) who owns the best greyhound in the country and is married to the lustiest and bustiest wife (Cathy Barry) on either side of the Watford Gap! Council estate lad Danny (Martin Owen) and his pals find their lives endangered by the decade-long feud between Gordy and an ex-greyhound trainer. The hapless trio find themselves trapped between both sides with all thoughts of escape futile. They can die tomorrow or stay alive for few more months the latter being the lesser of two evils. Thugs Mugs and Dogs is an intricate tale of collaboration between loyal friends and the dire consequences of planning their revenge against the Mr Big of dog racing. Like a game of high-stakes poker the man with the most money should win but in this tale the winner gets to keep his life! Set against the industrial back-drop of the North-East Thugs Mugs and Dogs is the most talked about northern crime film since the original 'Get Carter'. With a heart-stopping culmination filmed at Europe's richest greyhound race at Peterborough's Fengate Stadium Thugs Mugs and Dogs features an all-star cast led by Dave Courtney (The Krays Triads Yardies & Onion Bhajees) Paul Usher (Brookside The Bill) Cathy Barry (Diary of a Milf) Thomas Craig (Coronation Street) and Lisa Riley (Emmerdale).

• L'Argent | DVD | (23/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  'A small transgression provokes a vertiginous avalanche of Evil - until the moment the forces of Good arrive' - Robert Bresson Bresson's classic film adapted from a story by Tolstoy tells of the tragic train of events which ensue when two schoolboys pass a forged banknote in a photography shop. The note is passed to the unwitting Yvon a delivery driver who is arrested for possessing it. Despite being let off by the court Yvon loses his job and becomes trapped in a disastrous sp

• The Escort | DVD | (25/02/2002) from £10.48   |  Saving you £5.50 (73.43%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A struggling French writer living alone in London joins a male escort agency and begins to push back the boundaries of his normal life, but with dangerous consequences.

• Disgrace | DVD | (08/02/2010) from £12.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.08%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A faithful and powerful adaptation of JM Coetzee's 1999 Booker-winning novel, this is a disquieting study of desire and its consequences, and an unblinking portrait of post-apartheid South Africa.

• Bullfighter and the Lady (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (01/08/2022) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Product Features American sportsman Johnny Regan (Robert Stack, Written on the Wind) goes to a bullfight while holidaying in Mexico and witnesses the great matador Manolo Estrada (Gilbert Roland, She Done Him Wrong) in action. The two men meet later that evening, and Johnny becomes entranced by Anita (Joy Page, Casablanca), a friend of Manolo's. Impressed by the world of bullfighting, and seeking to impress Anita, Johnny becomes Manolo's pupil so that he, too, may become a champion torero. Produced by John Wayne, and based in part on Budd Boetticher's experiences as a novice bullfighter, Bullfighter and the Lady was initially released in a shorter 87-minute cut, reputedly edited by John Ford. In 1986, with the aid of Boetticher and Stack, the complete 124-minute version was restored, revealing the film to be a true masterpiece. Both cuts are presented on this edition, alongside Boetticher's final work as a director, the 1985 documentary My Kingdom For which is part autobiography, part history of the bullfighting art of rejoneo. Product Features High Definition presentation Two presentations of the film: the complete 124-minute version, restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive; and the original 87-minute theatrical cut Original mono audio Audio commentary with critics and authors Glenn Kenny and Farran Smith Nehme (2022) My Kingdom For (1985): Boetticher's final film as director, a partly autobiographical documentary about bullfighting, featuring Bullfighter and the Lady actor Robert Stack Interview with Mary Boetticher (2022) An Evening with Budd Boetticher (2001): audio recording of the great director in conversation with film preservationist Robert Gitt New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Limited edition booklet featuring a new essay by Matthew Thrift, an archival letter from Budd Boetticher discussing his love of bullfighting, archival profiles of Katy Jurado, an overview of contemporary critical responses, new writing on My Kingdom For , and full film credits. UK premiere on Blu-ray Limited edition of 3,000 copies for the UK All extras subject to change

• The Triumph | DVD | (29/06/2009) from £55.39   |  Saving you £-50.40 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  The Triumph (aka The Ron Clark Story)

• Flack - Series 1 | DVD | (13/05/2019) from £8.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Robyn (Anna Paquin, True Blood) is a flack: a PR agent, who promotes, publicises and protects her clients in the maelstrom of a modern media-led society where problems can go viral in an instant. She keeps their secrets but Robyn has secrets of her own and while she's fixing her clients' lives she can avoid facing the fact that she's perhaps incapable of fixing her own. In a show that's both moving and hilarious, Robyn is joined by an exciting cast of characters which includes Sophie Okonedo (Chimerica) as her stylish but cynical boss and Lydia Wilson (Requiem) as her outspoken and provocative colleague and best friend as well as guest stars Max Beesley, Marc Warren, Alan Davies, Katherine Kelly and Bradley Whitford.

• The Governess | DVD | (19/02/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  It is 1840. The headstrong Rosina leaves behind her family and Jewish identity to take a governess position on the Isle of Skye. There she finds herself drawn to her mysterious employer the handsome and reclusive scientist Charles Cavendish. As Rosina helps him in his work the two begin an intense and sensuous affair. Starring Minnie Driver Tom Wilkinson and Jonathan Rhys Meyers The Governess is a captivating tale of a remarkable woman ahead of her time.

• Lullaby | DVD | (01/02/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When Jonathan (Garrett Hedlund, Tron: Legacy, Inside Llewyn Davis, Pan) learns his father Robert (Academy Award Nominee Richard Jenkins, Jack Reacher, Eat Pray Love) is terminally ill, he heads straight to his bedside and resolves to patch up a long-standing family feud. On his arrival, he realizes that Robert intends to take himself off life support in forty-eight hours. As the clock begins to tick, the family reconnects and reconciles their differences, coming together to finally understand both the power of life and the transformative moments which define what is important: love, laughter and forgiveness. With a star-studded cast including Jessica Brown Findlay (Winter's Tale and TV's Downton Abbey), Academy Award Nominees Terrence Howard (Iron Man, Prisoners), Amy Adams (American Hustle, Her, The Fighter), Anne Archer (Fatal Attraction) and Academy Award Winner Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls), Lullaby is an unexpected journey where the things which mean the most are often the hardest to say.

• The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael | DVD | (06/09/2010) from £8.45   |  Saving you £7.54 (89.23%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Three teenage boys are led into violence and temptation on a journey that will shock their sleepy community yet also express its deepest jealousies and divisions. The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael is a brutal and unflinchingly honest portrayal of life in a post-9/11 world. Filmed in long stylised takes the narrative is elliptical and poetic yet infused with a dark and ironic wit.

• Like Father Like Son | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Dee Stanton's life is on the up. At work she is being encouraged to study to become a solicitor and at home Dominic Milne has just proposed. But things take a turn for the worse when a fit of conscience Dee confesses that the father of her son Jamie whose memory he idolises is not actually dead but is the most heinous of criminals convicted of murdering four teenage girls.... When a female schoolmate of Jamie's is murdered an attempt is made on another girl's life and both Jam

• Silent Youth | DVD | (27/04/2015) from £4.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (68.80%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Marlo is visiting Berlin where he wanders silently through the city. Kirill crosses his path on a corner and Marlo soon meets him again on Warschauer Bridge. Great intimacy is immediately tangible between the two of them but neither of them dares take the first step.

• Frivolous Lola | Blu Ray | (10/02/2014) from £12.98   |  Saving you £9.00 (81.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  One of the sunniest of Tinto Brass’s erotic comedies this sets its breezy tone from the opening scene in which Lola (Anna Ammirati) cycles around a small Po Valley town in a flapping skirt that leaves nothing to the imagination.

• The Kill Point | DVD | (26/05/2008) from £13.48   |  Saving you £11.51 (85.39%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Award-winning actor John Leguizamo is ''Mr. Wolf '' an Iraq war veteran who leads his ex-platoon on a daring bank heist. But when the robbery goes tragically wrong the onetime soldier has no choice but to take hostages. Going head-to-head with Mr. Wolf is ''Horst Cali'' (Donnie Wahlberg) a no-nonsense hostage negotiator who refuses to back down. What follows is a thrilling match of wits and guts between two men who both have something to prove and everything to lose.

• Female on the Beach | DVD | (04/08/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Lynn Markham (Joan Crawford) a recent widow moves into a beach house where the former owner fell to her death. What seemed like an accident turns to suspicion of murder as Lynn finds herself drawn into a torrid affair with a handsome beachcomber (Jeff Chandler). A stylish noir showcase for Crawford's intense performance.