Drama

• White Material | DVD | (06/12/2010) from £6.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (128.76%)   |  RRP £15.99

  White Material

• Water | DVD | (09/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  England wants the Island dumped.France wants it bombed America wants it wholesale And Michael Caine wants it.... on the rocks!

• I Never Cry (Montage Pictures) Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (11/10/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Seventeen-year-old Ola (Zofia Stafiej) travels to Ireland to bring her father's body back to Poland after he died working on a construction site. But never mind her dad, Ola wants to know if he saved money for the car he had promised. In a foreign country all by herself, Ola will have the trip of her lifetime, a journey into the unknown, on which she will try to reconnect with her estranged father. In Ireland, she will come to know a different world and meet people who will change her approach to life. From director Piotr Domalewski (winner of numerous festival awards for his short films, as well as his 2017 feature debut, Silent Night [Cicha noc]), I Never Cry is a touching comedy about a rebellious teenage girl with a grudge against her father, who was only ever present in her life through regular money transfers. It is also a piercing, realistic look at the difficulties faced by families separated by emigration, told against the backdrop of the life of Polish workers abroad.

• Charmed - Season 1 | DVD | (06/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  Charmed: The Complete First Season recaptures a period when television's WB network was particularly keen on series about the supernatural and specially powered characters. The original home of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and future launch pad for Angel and Smallville, the WB debuted Charmed in 1998 with many of the same intriguing ironies that made those other shows click. Specifically, the greater a character's powers, the more vulnerable he or she becomes; the more superhuman, the more painfully obvious one's lonely, fragile humanity. The Halliwells, a trio of witch heroines and siblings at the center of Charmed, is a case in point. Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) returns to her San Francisco family home after losing her job, and moves in with her older sisters Prue (Shannen Doherty) and Piper (Holly Marie Combs). On her first night back, Phoebe finds the Book of Shadows in the attic and recites a spell giving all three women unique powers they were always meant to have: Prue suddenly has the gift of telekinesis, Piper can make time stand still, and Phoebe can see into the future. All well and good, but along with those extraordinary abilities is a new awareness of dark forces in the world from which mortals need protection. In some cases, those forces have been plotting a long time to steal the Halliwell's magical legacy once they awakened to it--and now they will never let up. Evil warlocks, demons, ancient curses, Grimlocks, and Wendigos (the last two are best left explained by their respective episodes), however, are only half the battle on this sexy dramedy, in which more ordinary matters of emotional and real-world survival also preoccupy the Halliwells. An important ally, Inspector Andy Trudeau (Ted King), is Prue's ex-lover, a delicate detail that mixes pain with duty as the couple rekindles their troubled relationship while solving otherworldly crimes. In "Dead Man Dating," Piper falls for the ghost of a murdered man who needs help, and later competes with Phoebe for the attention of a handyman, Leo (Brian Krause). Jobs and money are always an issue, too. At one time or another, Phoebe works as a psychic, Piper as a caterer, and Prue finds a job at an auction house. As with Buffy, the engine of Charmed is the seamless, sometimes-comic, sometimes-tender way in which all these dynamics in the magic and non-magic worlds blend together, presenting young adult challenges that are both unique and somehow terribly familiar. It is particularly fun to watch this series grow, deepen, and experiment during its first year. The season's true highlight is probably "That 70s Episode," in which the Halliwells go back in time to meet their younger selves. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• At The Height Of Summer | DVD | (25/03/2002) from £15.23   |  Saving you £4.76 (31.25%)   |  RRP £19.99

  At the Height of Summer is a film by Vietnam's most prominent director, Tran Anh Hung. It's the story of three sisters in present-day Hanoi: the youngest is just discovering sexuality, the middle one is about to have a baby but suspects her husband is having an affair, and the oldest discovers her husband has a child by a woman who lives in the country. In the course of preparing an elaborate meal on the anniversary of their mother's death, the three women discuss their lives and problems. This is a film of great beauty and sensitivity, immaculately shot and owing nothing to stereotyped Western images of Vietnam. The radiant Tran Nu Yen Khe, star of Tran's first two films, The Scent of Green Papaya and Cyclo offers another great performance. One of the director's trademarks is a virtual obsession with food and its preparation. If you aren't hungry when you start this film, you will be at the end. --Ed Buscombe

• Timecode | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £6.58   |  Saving you £13.41 (203.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Director Mike Figgis' experimental movie was shot on digital video and uses a screen split in four to show us the events of the film happening simultaneously in four different locations.

• Sons And Lovers | DVD | (14/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This television adaptation of D H Lawrence's 'Sons and Lovers' stars Sarah Lancashire as Gertrude Morel who is trapped in an unhappy marriage to Walter (Hugo Speer) a heavy-drinking brutish uneducated miner. As Gertrude becomes estranged from Walter she channels her love and life expectations into her sons- particularly Paul (Rupert Evans). As Paul matures tension develops in his relationship with Gertrude and his love for two other women causes a fatal battle of strangulating po

• The Jennifer Aniston Collection | DVD | (04/09/2006) from £14.97   |  Saving you £20.02 (133.73%)   |  RRP £34.99

  An excellent collection of 5 films featuring Jennifer Aniston. The Object of My Affection (Dir. Nicholas Hytner 1998): A romantic comedy-drama that pushes the very tender line between love sex and friendship! Nina a social worker shares a cozy flat with her dear friend George who happens to be gay. When Nina becomes pregnant by her overbearing boyfriend she begs George to step into the breach - but is he ready to be a surrogate dad? Picture Perfect (Dir. Glenn Gordon Caron 1997): As adorable as she is ambitious Kate is determined to turn her mid-level advertising job into an executive position - and equally determined to snare Sam the agency's ultra-suave Romeo who prefers illicit affairs with attached women. She achieves both goals by pretending she's getting married to Nick a man she met at a wedding and barely knows. But her carefully constructed fictional life comes face to face with reality when her boss wants to meet Nick sending Kate's personal and professional worlds spinning out of control... She's The One (Dir. Edward Burns 1996): Filmmaker and star Edward Burns follows his acclaimed debut The Brothers McMullen with this equally fresh funny and wry romantic comedy about two brothers wrestling their preposterous approaches to life and love. Mickey (Burns) a free-spirited New York cabbie and Francis (Mike McGlone) a materialistic Wall Street stockbroker are extremely competitive and confused about women as a result of their father's (John Mahoney) influence. Though they disagree about nearly everything they have one thing in common: Mickey's ex-fianc Heather (Cameron Diaz) is Francis' secret lover. Though the brothers have beautiful wives (Maxine Bahns and Jennifer Aniston) Heather triggers their longtime sibling rivalry with uproarious and unexpected results. Office Space (Dir. Mike Judge 1999): Fasten your ergonomic seat belt you're in for a hilarious ride through the inner workings of Office Space the outrageous hit comedy that will strike fear into the little hearts of bosses everywhere! Unable to endure another mind-numbing day at Initech Corporation cubicle slave Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston) gets fired up and decides to get fired. Armed with a leisurely new attitude and a sexy new girlfriend (Jennifer Aniston) he soon masters the art of neglecting his job which quickly propels him into the ranks of upper management! The Good Girl (Dir. Miguel Arteta 2002): Thirty-year-old Justine Last longs for a life more fulfilling than the one she leads with her boring husband and dead-end job at the Retail Rodeo. But when a passionate young co-worker catches her eye and steals her heart Justine's good-girl existence takes a turn for the worse...

• Ray & Liz | Blu Ray | (22/07/2019) from £10.07   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Renowned photographer Richard Billingham makes his feature-film debut with this intricate family portrait, inspired by his own memories of growing up in the West Midlands in the late 70s and early 80s, and then his father and mother in the late 90s. Billingham revisits the figures of his earlier photographs his alcoholic father Ray; his mother Liz; and his younger brother Jason with a series of family vignettes where life, lived on the margins of society and societal taboos, can spiral out of control.

• Bloody Sunday | DVD | (16/06/2003) from £28.95   |  Saving you £-18.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  If it was a piece of fiction, they'd say that it could never happen. Bloody Sunday is a dramatisation of one of the most shameful episodes in recent British history. Released to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Derry civil rights march and also the re-opening of enquiries into what really happened, the film is one of the most incisive, explosive works ever to emerge from British cinema. The premise is simple--to follow what took place in the city on 30th January 1972, when an anti-internment march descended into violence and left 13 unarmed civilians dead at the hands of the British army. Abandoning traditional filmmaking methods in favour of a more documentary style, Bloody Sunday is frighteningly realistic, especially when detailing the chaos into which the peaceful demonstration descended. Those who are only familiar with James Nesbitt through his lighter work (Cold Feet for example) may find this something of a shock, but he excels in the role of local politician Ivan Cooper. Admittedly there is a danger in presenting historical facts in a dramatic manner, no matter how painstaking the research, even though much of the dialogue here is taken straight from testimony and actual military transcripts. But if any question of bias arises, it’s worth remembering that this film was written and directed by an Englishman, stars a Derry protestant as well as a young man whose uncle was killed during the march, and was produced as an Anglo-Irish project. The result is an unforgettable and unflinching piece of cinema not to be missed. On the DVD: Bloody Sunday absolutely has to be seen on DVD. The slew of extra features not only complement the film, but place it in the overall context of the past, present and future of Northern Ireland. The various interviews with cast, director and producers paint a picture of a film that sets out to heal wounds and build bridges on all sides and to break the cinematic mould. Thus the majority of the cast were not actors but ordinary people from the Derry area, with the majority of the British soldiers played by ex-military personnel, some of whom had served in Northern Ireland themselves. As more and more of the story behind this remarkable film is revealed, so its impact becomes more intense and its aims and purpose more successful.--Phil Udell

• Bel Ami (Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (23/07/2012) from £19.98   |  Saving you £7.00 (38.91%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Based on the novel by Guy de Maupassant, BEL AMI (March 2) chronicles the rise of penniless ex-soldier Georges Duroy (Robert Pattinson) through the echelons of the 1890s Parisian elite and is a tale of ambition, power and seduction.

• 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 £7.01   |  Saving you £17.98 (256.49%)   |  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

  Legendary

• 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 £10.35   |  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.