Drama

• Lost And Delirious | DVD | (10/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Shy unassuming teenager Mary 'Mouse' Bedford (Mischa Barton) is enrolled at a prestigious private school hidden away amongst the flora and fauna of a lush countryside retreat. Upon arrival she is welcomed by her two roommates the carefree and impressionable Tori (Jessica Par'') and excitable temperamental Paulie (Piper Perabo). Mary soon discovers that her new roommates are embroiled in a passionate relationship one that soon gets the attention of schoolgirls across campus. Terrified that her conservative parents might find out Tori breaks away from the only person she ever truly loved. Mary is powerless to intervene as refusing to let go Paulie decides to do everything she can to get her girlfriend back even if it means risking her own life. Lost And Delirious is a cult youth classic with a young cast that have now rocketed to fame.

• Mundane History (Jao nok krajok) | DVD | (22/10/2012) from £14.49   |  Saving you £-1.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Widely praised one of the most startling and original feature debuts of recent years, Suwichakornpong's seemingly ordinary, astutely structured family drama is a movie with a cosmic aspiration: the story of a paralyzed son, his elusive father, and the male nurse hired to take care of the wheelchair-bound patient, slowly morphs and loops into a philosophical discussion of the human condition and the helplessness that every person - every civilisation - must face as a part of our evolutionary cycle.A film as impressive and mysterious as life itself.

• It's All So Quiet | DVD | (10/08/2015) from £12.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (15.40%)   |  RRP £14.99

• Crazy, Stupid, Love. | Blu Ray | (30/01/2012) from £8.22   |  Saving you £16.77 (204.01%)   |  RRP £24.99

  At fortysomething, straight-laced Cal Weaver is living the dream, good job, nice house, great kids and marriage to his high school sweetheart. But when Cal learns that his wife has cheated on him and wants a divorce, his 'perfect' life quickly unravels.

• Shadows Run Black | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £6.46   |  Saving you £-1.47 (-29.50%)   |  RRP £4.99

  A group of four close friends are being murdered one by one. Judy Cole the sole survivor begins to receive threatening phone calls and after the murder of more of her girlfriends she is kidnapped. Detective Rydall King is brought in to investigate.

• Legendary | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £4.98   |  Saving you £11.01 (221.08%)   |  RRP £15.99

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• Swamp Water | DVD | (17/04/2006) from £11.49   |  Saving you £1.50 (13.05%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When hunter Ben (Andrews) happens upon a fugitive (Brennan) and his daughter (Baxter) living in a Georgia swamp he falls in love with the girl. However for them to be together he must first somehow pursuade the fugitive to return to town... A little seen wartime gem from French maestro Jean Renoir.

• Maeve | Blu Ray | (24/05/2021) from £14.59   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Memories of a childhood shaped by the spectre of sectarianism come to the fore, as Maeve (Mary Jackson) returns as an adult to a Belfast still steeped in the politics of The Troubles. Presenting a feminist alternative to the conventional narrative of the conflict, filmmakers Pat Murphy and John Davis broke new ground with their experimental approach, which challenges many of the formal qualities of mainstream cinema. Previously unavailable on Bluray, Maeve is a powerful take on the issues of feminism and nationalism, a film rich in debate and disruption and an overlooked gem of 1980s independent film, ripe for rediscovery. Remastered in 2K by the BFI Being a Woman is a Nationality a Video Essay on Maeve (2021, 14 mins): filmmaker Chris O'Neill explores Maeve's themes of feminism, Republicanism and nationality in this new video essay Irish Cinema  Ourselves Alone? (1996, 51 mins): documentary by Donald Taylor Black asking why the most enduring images of Ireland have been made by foreign filmmakers, and showing the struggle to create an Irish cinema. Featuring interviews with major figures including Neil Jordan, Bob Quinn, Jim Sheridan, Pat Murphy and Roddy Doyle Limited edition with a booklet featuring a new discussion on the film between Pat Murphy, John Davies and Robert Smith and essays by Lizzie Borden, Emmie McFadden and Jack O'Dwyer

• The Mallen Saga | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  A collection of four Catherine Cookson classics: The Mallen Streak: The story of Thomas the Squire of High Banks Hall who wasted his fortune and fathered many illegitimate children each marked with a flash of snowy white hair. Part 1 in the series. The Mallen Girls: The Squire of High Banks Hall has to move to a cottage with his two wards Barbara and Constance. The Squire's two bastards become regular visitors there and eventually Constance agrees to marry Donald. Then one night Barbara is savagely raped. Part 2 in the series. The Mallen Secret: Before the late Squire Thomas Mallen killed himself he left a trail of illegitimate children all over the hills of 19th Century Northumberland. One of them Miss Barbara is deaf and has been kept from the truth by her governess. Now a beautiful and wilful young woman she falls in love with her cousin Michael whose mother is also obsessed with keeping him ignorant of his own illegitimacy. Part 3 in the series. The Mallen Curse: Barbara has been rejected by her cousin Michael and enters into a loveless marriage with Dan whose family the Benshams have owned the Hall since her father Squire Mallen went bankrupt. The widowed Mr. Bensham proposes to Anna Brigmore fulfilling her ruthless ambition to be mistress of High Banks. But their happiness is soon shattered when they discover that Barbara and Michael have become lovers again. Part 4 in the series.

• Wise Blood | Blu Ray | (12/09/2016) from £24.28   |  Saving you £-6.29 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Legendary film director John Huston creates one of his most cerebral films that will stay with the viewer for a long time. Set in the American Deep South during the post-war era, Wise Blood stars Brad Dourif as Hazel Motes, an unhinged and aimless war-veteran, who decides to become a Bible-thumping preacher for a quasi-religious cult called ˜The Church Without Christ'. Linking up with a fraudulent hustler from hellfire-and-brimstone preaching circuit - who pretends to be blind for the assembled believers - Motes is put under pressure by the fraudster to blind himself for real so that he can truly ˜see the light'. A dark satire on religious movements that, beautifully acted by Dourif, Huston and William Hickey

• Sex Traffic | DVD | (04/09/2006) from £10.78   |  Saving you £5.21 (32.60%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Elena and Vara believe they are leaving their home in Moldova one of the poorest countries in Europe for a better life in London. However they soon realise that they have in fact been sold to traffickers and are being taken to the dark and seedy side of the capital to work as sex slaves. Daniel Appleton (Simm) is a researcher and investigator for London-based charity Speak For Freedom investigating the plight of girls sold into sexual slavery. A chance meeting with Elena changes Daniel's life forever as he uncovers a potentially explosive corruption scandal involving Kernwell a private US contractor supplying troops to the international peacekeeping mission in Bosnia. When the girls' story reaches Madeleine Harlsburgh (Wendy Crewson) the wife of Kernwell's chief she starts to suspect that Kernwell employees may themselves be trafficking women. As she seeks out the truth she finds herself forced to choose between her husband's reputation and her family's happiness. The interweaving strands of this story combine in a single explosive narrative that exposes the shocking and all too real network of sex trafficking. Winner of 8 BAFTAs including Best Drama Serial and Best Actress for Anamaria Marinca.

• Girls' Night In Collection (Sunshine Cleaning/Paper Heart/Table For Three) | DVD | (04/10/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Sunshine Cleaning: Once the high school cheerleading captain who dated the quarterback Rose Lorkowski (Amy Adams) now finds herself a thirty-something single mother working as a maid. Her sister Norah (Emily Blunt) is still living at home with their dad Joe (Alan Arkin) a salesman with a lifelong history of ill-fated get-rich-quick schemes. Desperate to get her son into a better school Rose persuades Norah to go into the crime scheme clean-up business with her to make some quick cash. In no time the girls are up to their elbows in murders suicides and other... specialised situations. As they climb the ranks in a very dirty job the sisters find new respect for one another and the closeness they have always craved finally blossoms. By building their own improbable business Rose and Norah open the door to joys and challenges of being there for one another - no matter what - while discovering personal healing in the most unexpected way. Paper Heart: Paper Heart follows Charlyne Yi as she embarks on a quest across America to make a documentary about the one subject she doesn't understand: Love. As she and her friend and director Nicholas Jasenovec together search for answers and advice you get the idea that this new generation's cynicism isn't the whole story. On their journey Charlyne talks with an eclectic array of friends and acquaintances including scientists bikers romance novelists and children. They offer diverse views on modern romance as well as various answers to the age-old question: does love really exist? Shortly after filming begins Charlyne meets a man after own heart Michael Cera. As their relationship develops on camera the pursuit to discover the nature of love takes on a new urgency when she risks losing the person closest to her heart. Combining elements of storytelling reality and fantasy Paper Heart brings a fresh perspective to the modern romance and redefines the classic love story. Table For Three: Brandon Routh of Superman Returns stars as Scott who is suddenly single and alone after his girlfriend dumps him during his marriage proposal and his roommate moves thousands of miles away. But when he invites super-nice strangers Ryan and Mary (Sophia Bush of One Tree Hill and Jesse Bradford of Bring It On) to share his apartment they soon begin to intrude on every aspect of his life including his new relationship with the girl of his dreams (Jennifer Morrison of House M.D.). Is Scott just being paranoid or does this seemingly 'perfect couple' need a third wheel to keep them rolling? Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory) and Liza Lapira (NCIS 21) co-stars in this twisted romantic comedy about bad dates worse friends and the madness that waits at a Table For Three.

• The Atom Egoyan Collection | Blu Ray | (14/04/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £70.99

  Collection of seven films from Canadian writer/director Atom Egoyan. Includes EXOTICA, THE ADJUSTER, FAMILY VIEWING, THE SWEET HEREAFTER, CALENDAR, NEXT OF KIN and SPEAKING PARTS.

• Great Expectations | Blu Ray | (25/03/2013) from £13.95   |  Saving you £11.04 (79.14%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Get swept away with this beautiful adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel starring Helena Bonham Carter (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2), Ralph Fiennes (Skyfall), Jeremy Irvine (War Horse), Holliday Grainger (Anna Karenina), Robbie Coltrane (Arthur Christmas) and David Walliams (Little Britain). Directed by BAFTA Award-winning Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), this is a stunning re-telling of the classic tale. Young orphan Pip (Jeremy Irvine) is given a chance to rise from his humble beginnings thanks to a mysterious benefactor. Moving through London's class ridden world as a gentleman, Pip uses his new found position to pursue the beautiful Estella (Holliday Grainger); a spoilt heiress he's loved since childhood. Yet the shocking truth behind his great fortune will have devastating consequences for everything he holds dear.

• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel/We Bought A Zoo/The Descendants | DVD | (02/09/2013) from £4.96   |  Saving you £13.03 (262.70%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: A group of British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, they are forever transformed by their shared experiences, discovering that life and love can begin again when you begin let go of the past. We Bought A Zoo: The funny, inspiring and true story about the magical power of family to persevere in the face of extraordinary challenges. ...

• Fruit of Paradise (Ovoce strom rajských jíme) | DVD | (13/04/2015) from £14.49   |  Saving you £-1.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The late, great Czech filmmaker V ra Chytilová, followed the success of her ground-breaking exercise in anarchic cinema DAISIES (1966) with the even more extraordinary FRUIT OF PARADISE. An experimental, densely symbolic retelling of the Adam and Eve story, Chytilová utilizes every cinematic tool to create a ravishing tapestry of ideas, textures, and visual tropes. Cementing Chytilová s reputation as cine-anarchist, FRUIT OF PARADISE was condemned by the authorities, banned from export and the funds withheld from Chytilová so that she would be powerless to realise her vehicles of nihilism . Unseen for many years outside of its native Czechoslovakia the film is a cornerstone of the Czech New Wave and remains a stunning tour-de-force of colour, technique and formalism. Released for the first time ever in the UK, the FRUIT OF PARADISE is presented from a new HD digital transfer with restored picture and sound, and also includes a new HD restoration of V ra Chytilová s renowned 1961 short film CEILING (Strop) - plus an accompanying Booklet featuring a new essay by author, Czech cinema expert and film programmer Peter Hames Chytilová's film is as visually stunning and thrillingly experimental as her previous work DAISIES All Movie Guide Luridly subversive... impossible to summarize and hard to resist Village Voice Chytilova's wild, extravagant, and ravishing romp... intoxicating on a sensual level Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader An audacious combination of allegorical narrative and the avant-garde... a brilliantly executed aesthetic exercise. It is formalism at its most beautiful Daniel Bird, Central Europe Review. Extras: All new HD digital transfer + short film Ceiling (Strop) Special Features: Booklet essay by Peter Hames

• It Was Always You | DVD | (03/08/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Babymother | Blu Ray | (26/07/2021) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Babymother follows young black woman Anita (Anjela Lauren Smith), who dreams of becoming a successful dancehall deejay, whilst juggling the difficulties of raising her two children on a Harlesden housing estate. Her ambitious babyfather Byron (Wil Johnson, Outlander) forges his own music career, unashamedly stealing lyrics from Anita in the process. Supported by her rude girl friends Anita is determined to make her mark, culminating in a dancehall battle against Byron. Widely considered to be the first truly black British musical, director Julian Henriques uses music to uncover the energetic culture beating at the heart of Harlesden's streets and estates. Featuring music by Beres Hammond and Carroll Thompson this 90's gem stars familiar faces from stage and screen including Corinne Skinner-Carter (Burning an Illusion, Pressure) as Anita's mum and Don Warrington (Rising Damp, Death in Paradise) as ruthless promoter Luther. Babymother is released here for the first time on Blu-ray, newly remastered by the BFI. Newly remastered in 2K by the BFI We the Ragamuffin (1992, 26 mins): Julian Henriques' urban musical showcases the style, vernacular and vibrancy of British Caribbean Dancehall culture Other extras TBC **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Fully illustrated booklet featuring new writing on the film

• The River | DVD | (23/04/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Starring Mel Gibson in his second Hollywood film, The River celebrates traditional American values through the Garvey family's determination to hold onto their farm against all odds. The drama opens with the threat of flooding from the river that adjoins the Garvey's land, then depicts their struggles through ailing livestock, accident and risk of crop failure. Add to these a local businessman, Scott Glenn, planning to turn the valley into a dam, a subplot echoing Deliverance (1972), also filmed in Eastern Tennessee, and all the elements are in place for an emotional triumph-over-adversity movie. Much of The River has a realistic tone, unflinchingly depicting numerous hardships, especially when Gibson has to earn extra money as a strike-breaking hired hand in a steel mill. Against this, and a surprisingly left-wing tone advocating cooperation over competition, the more upbeat moments resort to feel-good cliché with John Williams' lilting score seemingly wandered in from a Spielberg fantasy. Nevertheless the cast, including Sissy Spacek as Gibson's wife, deliver first-rate performances and cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond expertly captures the harshness and the beauty of the land. The River was one of a trio of major US farming movies in 1984, the others being Country and Places in the Heart. On the DVD: The 1.85:1 anamorphically enhanced image is virtually flawless, capturing the many subtle effects of light on water throughout the film. Released theatrically in stereo, the opening and closing sequences demonstrate the power of a Dolby Digital 5.1 remix in generating atmosphere through natural sound. Elsewhere the audio is less striking, but always clean and powerful. Extras are routine: the US trailer, four brief biographies, and interesting though short production notes. --Gary S. Dalkin

• Savior | DVD | (29/05/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  After losing his beautiful wife and young son in a terrorist bombing Joshua Rose (Dennis Quaid) avenges their death in a murderous rampage. To escape his crime he joins the Foreign Legion and assumes the name of Guy. But as a mercenary for the Serbs Guy is still possessed by his mission of vengeance until he meets Vera (Ninkovic) a young Serb girl pregnant with her Muslim rapist's child. Together they embark on an unforgettable journey of survival through a war-shredded world. He is her only hope for survival. She is his only chance for redemption.