Drama

• Three O'Clock High | DVD | (04/05/2009) from £16.28   |  Saving you £-6.29 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Jerry Mitchell just bumped into Buddy Revell. Now Jerry isn't thinking about math or english. Because at three o'clock he's history. Jerry Mitchell's having one of those days: he's late for high school his car has a flat and he's been sent to the dean's office. But worst of all he's just ticked off muscle-bound bully Buddy Revell who challenges him to a fight at 3 p.m. Jerry has just seven hours his lightning-quick wit and a savvy kid sister to find a way out of this mess

• Mossad | DVD | (17/01/2003) from £6.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (-74.90%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Alex a mossad agent on a secret mission meets Thea and is deeply affected by her. Though he has felt her presence throughout his life the prevailing circumstances fraught with violence and danger preclude the possibility of a relationship with her.

• Being Flynn | DVD | (29/04/2013) from £3.08   |  Saving you £9.91 (76.30%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Academy Award winner Robert De Niro, Paul Dano (There Will Be Blood) and Academy Award nominee Julianne Moore give powerhouse performances in this compelling exploration of the unbreakable yet fragile bonds between and child, written and directed by Paul Weitz (About a Boy). Nick Flynn (Dano) is a young writer seeking to define himself. His father Jonathan (De Niro), however, scrapes through life on his own terms and has not seen his son in 18 years. Taking a job at a homeless shelter, Nick finds purpose in his own life and work until one night Jonathan arrives seeking a bed. To give the two of them a shot at a real future, Nick wrestles with the notion of reaching out to his dad in this undeniably powerful (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone) adaptation of Nick Flynn's award-winning memoir 'Another Bull$%!* Night in Suck City'

• Son Of The Bride | DVD | (12/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A heartwarming tale of 42-year-old Rafael Belvedere, struggling to take control of his life and support his father to fulfill his ailing mother's dream: to get married in church.

• Factotum | DVD | (16/07/2007) from £6.54   |  Saving you £-0.55 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Charles Bukowski. The story of a man living on the edge of a writer who is willing to risk everything to make sure that his life is his poetry. 'Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must live'. Henry Chinaski (read Charles Bukowski) works in factories and warehouses to support what he really wants to do: drink bet on the horses take up with women as rootless as he is and above all write stories that no one wants to publish.

• Valmont | DVD | (25/02/2008) from £12.41   |  Saving you £-6.42 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Overshadowed by Stephen Frears' Dangerous Liaisons which used the same source of Choderlos de Laclos's epistolary novel 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' Forman's film has a lot going for it. In 18th-century France a cruel and calculating playboy Valmont makes a malicious wager with the equally wicked Madame de Merteuil: Valmont must dishonor the married Madame de Tourvel by sleeping with her. If Valmont succeeds he gets the privilege of Merteuil's bed as well. But when Valmont sets out on his task the unexpected happens - he falls in love with Tourvel! And now Merteuil will stop at nothing to destroy Valmont's newfound passion.

• CloClo | DVD | (03/09/2012) from £14.69   |  Saving you £3.30 (22.46%)   |  RRP £17.99

  While England was rocked by The Beatles, France was going crazy for Claude Francois aka CloClo.Directed by Florent-Emilio Siri (Hostage) and written by Julien Rappeneau (Burma Conspiracy, 36) Cloclo is, in the vein of La Vie en Rose, a powerful biopic of one of the most famous French singers. Starring Jeremie Rennier (In Bruges, Potiche) Cloclo draws the portrait of a complex character who became a legend in his country and reached international fame with the famous song 'My Way' composed for Frank Sinatra. Claude Francois was a much-loved star and shrewd businessman, great showman and marketing magician, hit machine and magazine publisher, but also a family man and ladies' man.Cloclo is the fascinating story of a man whose ambition drove him straight to the top, but ultimately led him to a tragic end.

• Night Crossing | DVD | (20/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  In the fall of 1979 one of history's most ingenious and courageous flights to freedom took place when two families fled from Communist East Germany to the West in their own handcrafted hot air balloon. Starring John Hurt (HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE) Jane Alexander (THE CIDER HOUSE RULES) and Beau Bridges Walt Disney Pictures brings to the screen this remarkable true story of the Strelzyk and Wetzel families and their daring death-defying escape.

• The Beat That My Heart Skipped | Blu Ray | (14/03/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Beat That My Heart Skipped could single-handedly give remakes a good name. Based on the 1978 American movie Fingers, The Beat , it stars Romain Duris (L'Auberge Espagnole) as Tom, a hoodlum who works the shady side of real estate--evicting poor families from slums, cutting quick and dirty deals in the middle of the night--following in the footsteps of his sleazy father. But clearly Tom loathes both himself and everything he does. One night he accidentally runs into the man who managed Tom's mother, who was a pianist; the manager asks Tom himself to audition, as Tom once showed promise. All at once Tom hires a tutor and neglects his "duties," raising the ire of his cohorts but starting to make himself happy. This could be hokum about the power of art, but Duris' performance is so visceral, so emotionally vivid and engaging, that The Beat That My Heart Skippedbecomes a remarkable parable about the danger of betraying yourself--all the more powerful because Tom's life doesn't simply get better, it grows dangerously more complicated. A superb movie with excellent performances throughout, making Duris' standout work all the more impressive. --Bret Fetzer

• Cleopatra | Blu Ray | (24/09/2012) from £31.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  A pre-code film that sneaked onto screens just as the censorious Hays Office began cracking down on Hollywood's racier propositions, Cleopatra is a libertine paean to decadence and depravity that can still send a viewer's mind reeling and pulse thumping – all courtesy of the Golden Age's swampiest psychosexual auteur, Cecil B. DeMille (The Ten Commandments; The Greatest Show on Earth; The King of Kings). Claudette Colbert (It Happened One Night; The Palm Beach Story; Drums Along the Mohawk) presides over the most outrageous spectacle this side of The Scarlet Empress as the eponymous pharaoh queen who speeds from Julius Caesar (Warren William) to Marc Antony (Henry Wilcoxon), from Egypt to Rome, from war-room to bedroom… The whiff of incense permeates every scene, with each connected to the next in a veritable matrix of whips, blindfolds, and bindings – the crazed arrangement laying bare all the fetish inklings of the moving-picture dream.

• One Night In Miami... (2020) (Criterion Collection) UK Only | DVD | (20/12/2021) from £19.65   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Adapted by Kemp Powers (Soul) from his acclaimed play, the feature directorial debut of Academy Awardwinning actor Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk) puts viewers in a room with four icons at the forefront of Black American culture as they carouse, clash, bare their souls, and grapple with their places within the sweeping change of the civil rights movement. February 25, 1964, has gone down in history as the day that the brash young boxer Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) defeated Sonny Liston, but what happened after the fight was perhaps even more incredible: Ali (Race's Eli Goree), civil rights leader Malcolm X (High Fidelity's Kingsley Ben-Adir), NFL great Jim Brown (Hidden Figures' Aldis Hodge), and King of Soul Sam Cooke (Hamilton's Leslie Odom Jr.) all came together at a Miami motel. Electric with big ideas and activist spirit, One Night in Miami plunges us into the midst of an intimate, ongoing conversation - and a defining moment in American history. Special Edition Features New 4K digital transfer, approved by director Regina King, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio New conversation between King and filmmaker Kasi Lemmons New conversation among King, screenwriter Kemp Powers, and critic Gil Robertson Conversation between King and filmmaker Barry Jenkins from a 2021 episode of The Director's Cut A DGA Podcast New program featuring King and actors Kingsley BenAdir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, and Leslie Odom Jr. New program on the making of the film, featuring King, Powers, director of photography Tami Reiker, editor Tariq Anwar, producer Jody Klein, costume designer Francine Jamison-Tanchuck, and set decorator Janessa Hitsman New program on the film's sound design, featuring sound editor and mixer Andy Hay, sound mixer Paul Ledford, and music producer Nick Baxter English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing English descriptive audio PLUS: An essay by critic Gene Seymour

• East Of Eden | DVD | (02/08/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Bringing to life the bestselling novel by Nobel Prize winning author John Steinbeck this TV adaptation faithfully follows the history of the Trask family from the Civil War to World War II. A recreation of the biblical story of Cain and Abel East Of Eden follows estranged half-brothers Adam and Charles (Timothy Bottoms and Bruce Boxleitner) as they reunite after the death of their father Cyrus (Warren Oates). They live together on their father's land constantly quarreling when they meet the manipulative and beautiful Cathy Ames (Jane Seymour) a prostitute with a dark past. The theme of good versus evil runs rampant throughout and entangles itself in the Trask family legacy through each generation. Jane Seymour's brilliant portrayal of Cathy through three decades from young runaway to aging mother earned her a Golden Globe. Fans of Steinbeck and Seymour alike will be pleased with this retelling which won an Emmy for best art direction and Golden Globe for best miniseries

• White Island | DVD | (21/11/2016) from £6.61   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  An ex-DJ who is trying to live a normal life in London is dragged back into the seductive drug-fuelled world of Ibiza nightclubs. This breezy comedy thriller stars Lyndon Ogbourne (Emmerdale) as Connor who, after a series of mix ups which include an angry girlfriend and her drug dealer father (Darren Day) finds himself back on Ibiza with his best friend, caught up in the plans of a violent drug gang, with the only possible support coming from his old mentor Leo (Billy Zane). Amongst the mayhem of a party island, underwater drops and a gorgeous diving instructor, Connor's journey teaches Leo that every day is precious; whereas Connor learns that life in London is not as perfect as it seems. If he can deal with his past, there is only one place he'll ever be truly happy...Ibiza.

• Mr Jerico | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £7.09   |  Saving you £2.90 (40.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This TV pilot stars Patrick Macnee as the charming con-man Dudley Jerico.

• Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter | DVD | (29/06/2015) from £6.69   |  Saving you £11.30 (168.91%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The haunting and funny story of a young woman set on fulfilling the wildest of dreams. A lonely woman (Oscar-nominee Rinko Kikuchi) becomes convinced that a satchel of money buried in a cult Hollywood film is in fact real. Abandoning her structured life in Tokyo she heads for the frozen Minnesota wilderness armed with only a hand-embroidered map. Ill prepared but determined she encounters unexpected help along the way as she searches for her lost mythical fortune.

• Sophia Loren | DVD | (17/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  A bumper box set of classic films featuring the voluptuous sex-siren Sophia Loren! Pride And The Passion (Dir. Stanley Kramer 1957): Napoleonic forces are sweeping across Europe and Spain is on the brink of falling to the mighty invasion. Standing alone against the onslaught is one brave fighter and his ragtag band of guerillas. Seizing a gigantic cannon Spanish fighter Miguel (Sinatra) plans to attack Napoleon's army by battering the walls of French-occupied Avila. But because he's untrained in complex weaponry he must rely on the expertise of Captain Trumbell (Grant) a British naval officer. Allies on the battlefield Trumbell and Miguel soon find themselves in a bitter struggle over Miguel's mistress (Loren) a sultry beauty drawn to the captain's refined ways even as they race toward the most harrowing battle of their lives... El Cid (Dir. Anthony Mann 1961): El Cid is an epic movie masterpiece a tribute to one of history's greatest legends. This dazzling spectacle with a cast of thousands fills the screen with action and romance - from knights in armour jousting on horseback to massive battles on sea and land where columns of warriors stretch across the horizon. At the centre of this powerful motion picture is Charlton Heston in the role he was born to play... the immortal El Cid. Heston is the Spanish warrior battling to drive the Moors from Spain with the vision to be just and the courage to be merciful whose love and devotion to the radiant Chimene (Sophia Loren) knows no bounds... Anthony Mann's epic was nominated for three Oscars but surprisingly returned home empty-handed. The Fall Of The Roman Empire (Dir. Anthony Mann 1964): This classic film re-enacts the spectacular collapse of perhaps the greatest dominion the world has ever known. Pestilence greed and corruption bring a once-proud empire to its knees. Now restored with stunning scenes and a cast of thousands - in battles gladiatorial and otherwise; martyrs burning at the stake; chariot races in the midst of which is the romance between two people.... White Sister (Dir. Alberto Lattuada 1972): The Key (Dir. Carol Reed 1958): In wartime England circa 1941 poorly-armed tugs are sent into U-Boat Alley to rescue damaged Allied ships. An American named David Ross arrives to captain one of these tugs. He's given a key by a fellow tugboat-man -- a key to an apartment and its pretty female resident. Should something happen to the friend Ross can use the key. Countess From Hong Kong (Dir. Charlie Chaplin 1966): Charlie Chaplin's final film is a delightful romantic comedy filled with the clever touches for which he's famous. Written directed and composed by Chaplin it revolves around Russian ''migr'' countess Natascha (Sophia Loren) forced into prostitution in Hong Kong who stows away in wealthy American Ogden's (Marlon Brando's) stateroom to blackmail her way to the States. Since Ogden has a mind of his own and can even resist Natascha's charms what follows is one of the funniest tugs of war ever devised! A wealth of talent supports these stars. There's Chaplin's son Sydney as Brando's cruise companion Tippi Hedren as his icy wife Patrick Cargill as the ultimate gentleman's gentleman and Margaret Rutherford as a dotty old dame. Chaplin himself tops it off with a cameo as the ship's steward! The gags are pure Charlie and his actors make the most of them sailing in and out of slamming doors and outrageous situations with ease!

• Private Peaceful | DVD | (05/11/2012) from £24.28   |  Saving you £-9.29 (-62.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Adapted from the best-selling novel by children's laureate and writer of 'War Horse' Michael Morpurgo, 'Private Peaceful' is an emotional and uplifting film about the journey of two devoted brothers through their childhood and adolescence in rural Devon to enlisting in the military for the First World War. On the home front, 'Private Peaceful' is a story of fierce family loyalties and brothers divided by their love for the same girl. At war, it encompasses heroism, cowardice, brutality and th...

• XIII - The Conspiracy | DVD | (25/01/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Stephen Dorff (Blade World Trade Centre) and Val Kilmer (D''j'' Vu Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) star in this gripping high-speed action thriller to uncover the shocking secrets of an undercover government operation. The first female US President Sally Sheridan is shot dead by a sniper during her Independence Day speech. Her assassin narrowly escapes the scene with his life national security hot on his heels - or so it seems. Three months later a wounded man is found. The young man (Stephen Dorff) cannot remember the slightest thing about his own identity. The only clue is a tattoo on his neck XIII. Could his lightning reflexes and killer instincts betray him?

• The Adjuster | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £9.98   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sex... Power... Obsession. Another offbeat film from director Atom Egoyan that explores the theme of voyeurism. Noah Render is an insurance company adjuster who routinely cheats on his wife and takes advantage of his vulnerable female clients whose homes have been destroyed by fires. His wife Hera works as a film censor but - unknown to her bosses - she videotapes scenes from the pornographic films she watches to give to her mixed-up sister Sete. Into their lives step Bub

• An American Affair | DVD | (31/05/2010) from £3.07   |  Saving you £4.18 (230.94%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Washington DC 1963: the Cuban Missile Crisis is over and JFK's young administration is starting to hit its stride. Into this swirl of 60's glamour power and political intrigue steps Adam a teenager whose adolescent yearnings spring to life when he spies a beautiful naked woman in the house across the street. His mysterious new neighbour is Catherine Caswell (Gretchen Mol) a stunning thirty-something blonde who he is determined to get to know. Together they strike up an unlikely friendship but innocent young Adam soon finds himself party to a scandalous affair that goes right to the very top of government and when Catherine's past catches up with her the pair find themselves unwittingly immersed in a covert CIA plot to assassinate the President.