Drama

• Annapolis | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £14.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.07%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When he won a coveted admission spot tothe Naval Academy at Annapolis local kid Jake Huard ( Franco) thought all his dreams had come true - but his battle to become the man he wants to be is only just the beginning. Now uncertain if a regular kid from a poor blue collar family can fit into the Academy's pressure-cooker atmosphere and barely making the grade as a Freshman ""plebe"" Jake has one last shot at proving he has what it takes to become an officer in an institution that boasts a venerable 137-year history of focused discipline and determined excellence. With nothing left to lose Jake decides to enter the notoriously fierce Navy boxing competition known as the Brigade Championships - and face off against his arch-nemesis Midshipman Lt. Cole (Gibson). Everything Jake has ever hoped for stands in the balance: the chance to make his father proud to validate his Lieutenant's faith in him to stand up for his fellow plebes and most of all to forge a different future....

• Human Trafficking | DVD | (11/05/2007) from £16.54   |  Saving you £-6.55 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A 16 year-old girl from the Ukraine joins a modeling agency seeking a better life in the United States; in South-East Asia a 12 year-old American girl is on holiday with her parents; in Prague a young mother is swept off her feet by a wealthy businessman. Soon all these women have disappeared. They are young vulnerable and have become prey to a dark criminal element specialising in human trafficking - a billion dollar industry where humans are bought and sold for the business of sexual gratification. It's the job of Kate Morozov (Oscar winner Mira Sorvino Mighty Aphrodite) a detective for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to help find the men responsible. From a torture chamber in the suburbs of New York to the flesh-peddlers of Russia the hunt is on as the fates of unyielding ICE agents defenseless victims and their soulless oppressors collide in a shocking conspiracy of global proportions.

• Anna Karenina / Pride & Prejudice / Atonement (Triple Pack) | DVD | (04/02/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £27.99

  Anna Karenina Anna Karenina is acclaimed director Joe Wright's bold, theatrical new vision of the epic story of love, stirringly adapted from Leo Tolstoy's great novel by Academy Award winner Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love). The film marks the third collaboration of the director with Academy Award-nominated actress Keira Knightley and Academy Award-nominated producers Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Paul Webster, following their award-winning box office successes Pride and Prejudice and Atonement. The timeless story powerfully explores the capacity for love that surges through the human heart, while illuminating the lavish society that was imperial Russia. The time is 1874. Vibrant and beautiful, Anna Karenina (Ms. Knightley) has what any of her contemporaries would aspire to; she is the wife of Karenin (Jude Law), a high-ranking government official to whom she has borne a son, and her social standing in St. Petersburg could scarcely be higher. She journeys to Moscow after a letter from her philandering brother Oblonsky (Matthew Macfadyen) arrives, asking for Anna to come and help save his marriage to Dolly (Kelly Macdonald). En route, Anna makes the acquaintance of Countess Vronsky (Olivia Williams), who is then met at the train station by her son, the dashing cavalry officer Vronsky (Aaron Taylor-Johnson). When Anna is introduced to Vronsky, there is a mutual spark of instant attraction that cannot - and will not - be ignored. Pride and Prejudice A romance ahead of its time... The five Bennet sisters - Elizabeth, or Lizzie (Keira Knightley), Jane (Rosamund Pike), Lydia (Jena Malone), Mary (Talulah Riley) and Kitty (Carey Mulligan) - have all been raised by their mother with one purpose in life - finding a husband. However, the second eldest Lizzie can think of 100 reasons not to marry. When Mrs Bennet hears the exciting news that a wealthy bachelor and his circle of sophisticated friends are to take up summer residence in a nearby mansion the Bennets are abuzz with the hope that potential suitors will be in full supply. Obligingly, the newcomer, Mr Charles Bingley, is immediately taken with the eldest Jane. However, when Lizzie meets up with the darkly handsome and snobbish Mr Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen), what seems like a match made in heaven quickly becomes divided by pride and prejudice. Can they get past this and can Lizzie finally find a reason to marry? Special Features: The Politics of Dating The Stately Homes of Pride and Prejudice The Bennets The Life and Times of Jane Austen On Set Diaries Galleries of the 19th Century Pride and Prejudice Family Tree Nanny McPhee Trailer Alternate US Ending Feature Commentary with Director Joe Wright Atonement The year is 1935 and on a hot summer's day a chain of events set in motion. Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan) is a young, imaginative preteen writer. She is the younger sister of Cecilia (Keira Knightley) who is an attractive, Cambridge graduate in an upper class family enjoying her life. On this hot summer's day she decides to take a swim in the family fountain. Robbie Turner (James McEvoy), the son of the housekeeper watches the beauty as she goes for a swim and little Briony's imagination runs rampant. It is not long until a few misconceptions and Briony's wild imagination starts rumours which lead to the arrest and conviction of Robbie; An event that will dramatically change the lives of all three people. Five years later in the madness of World War II appears Robbie, as a foot soldier in the army. He is preparing for an evacuation of Dunkirk. Meanwhile the two sisters train as nurses in London, all deeply affected by the events years before. Special Features: Feature Commentary with Director Joe Wright Bringing the Past to Life: The Making of Atonement From Novel to Screen: Adapting a Classic Deleted Scenes Deleted Scenes with Commentary by Director

• The Razor's Edge | DVD | (15/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Story Of One Man's Search For Himself. Bill Murray makes an unforgettable dramatic debut as Larry Darrell the free-spirited seeker in this gripping adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's classic novel. When Larry returns from World War I disillusioned with Jazz Age values he undertakes a quest which leads him to reject his rich fiance (Catherine Hicks) and his superficial lifestyle to go search for truth in the Himalayas. But Larry learns that the path to enlightenment is as difficult as treading ""the sharp edge of a razor"" and returns to civilization where he tastes life's dark side when he tries to save a hometown girl turned prostitute (Theresa Russell).

• Animal Factory | Blu Ray | (20/11/2017) from £7.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Troubled youth Ron Decker (Edward Furlong, American History X) is sentenced to a ten-year stint in the notorious San Quentin State Prison for a drug-dealing conviction. Inexperienced in the ways of prison life, he's taken under the wing of Earl Copen (Willem Dafoe, To Live and Die in LA), an experienced con with the entire prison in the palm of his hand inmates and guards alike. But as Ron grows increasingly cocky in his privileged role as Earl's confidant, is he in danger of biting off more than he can chew with some of the jail's more volatile inhabitants? Based on the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Eddie Bunker (Reservoir Dogs), Animal Factory was Steve Buscemi (Lonesome Jim, Interview)'s second stint in the director's chair and sees him marshalling a formidable ensemble cast, including Bunker, Danny Trejo (Machete) and Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler), for a powerful and sincere account of the men caught up in the penal system and the deals they cut with each other, and themselves, in order to survive. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS High Definition digital transfer Lossless original 2.0 stereo audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Interview with critic Barry Forshaw covering Eddie Bunker's varied career Audio commentary by novelist/co-writer/actor Eddie Bunker and co-producer/actor Danny Trejo New bonus features TBC Theatrical trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Jacob Phillips FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector's booklet containing new writing on the film by Glenn Kenny

• Teachers - Series 4 | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £13.98   |  Saving you £8.00 (66.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Channel 4's most successful ever drama series returns to DVD for an unprecedented fourth series. Following the lives loves and timetables of a group of hapless teachers that no sane parent would want teaching their children this irreverent comedy drama continues to steer clear of anything remotely educational or politically correct! Starring Tamzin Malleson as the manipulative sex kitten Penny; Vicky Hall as lardy Lindsay the biology teacher with a healthy disregard for her pupils

• An Officer And A Gentleman (2 Disc Special Edition) | DVD | (05/03/2007) from £6.29   |  Saving you £13.70 (217.81%)   |  RRP £19.99

  It will lift you up where you belong. Richard Gere stars as Navy recruit Zack Mayo while the stunning Debra Winger is his love interest. Lou Gossett Jnr. won an Academy Award for his brilliant portrayal of a tough drill instructor. David Keith plays Zack's struggling fellow candidate. Zack Mayo is a young loner with a bad attitude. Tempted by the glamour and admiration of the life of a Navy pilot he decides to sign up for Officer Candidate School. After thirteen tortuous weeks under Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley (Gossett Jnr.) he slowly begins to learn the importance of discipline love and friendship. Foley warns Zack about the local girls who will do anything to catch themselves a pilot for a husband but despite this Zack finds himself falling in love with Paula (Winger). An Officer And A Gentleman is a rich and satisfying story with moving performances that will stay with you long after the film has ended.

• Conduct Unbecoming | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Honor. Duty. Respect. These three military traditions are in jeopardy at a British regiment stationed in colonial India at the end of the nineteenth century. A new recruit is charged with dishonorable conduct when a beautiful widow (Susannah York) is attacked. In an attempt to prevent a public court-martial the superior officers (Richard Attenborough Stacy Keach and Christopher Plummer) set up an internal hearing. Can an idealistic young officer (Michael York) defend the a

• Marlene Dietrich - Small Goddess | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  The Lady Is Willing (Dir. Mitchell Leisen 1942): Bold eccentric Broadway performer Lisa Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a baby she picked up on the street. She wants to keep the baby but has to find a husband to make adoption viable. Why not her new obstetrician Dr. McBain? She offers him help with his research on rabbits in exchange for marriage - and he accepts. The marriage of convenience turns into a marriage of real love but when Dr. McBain's ex-wife comes looking for money matters get complicated... Shanghai Express (Dir. Josef von Sternberg 1932): Many passengers on the Shanghai Express are more concerned that the notorious Shanghai Lil is on board than the fact that a civil war is going on that may make the trip take more than three days. The British Army doctor Donald Harvey knew Lil before she became a famous ""coaster."" A fellow passenger defines a coaster as ""a woman who lives by her wits along the China coast."" When Chinese guerillas stop the train Dr. Harvey is selected as the hostage. Lil saves him but can she make him believe that she really hasn't changed from the woman he loved five years before? Destry Rides Again (Dir. George Marshall 1939): Kent the unscrupulous boss of Bottleneck has Sheriff Keogh killed when he asks one too many questions about a rigged poker game that gives Kent a stranglehold over the local cattle rangers. The mayor who is in cahoots with Kent appoints the town drunk Washington Dimsdale as the new sheriff assuming that he'll be easy to control. But what the mayor doesn't know is that Dimsdale was a deputy under famous lawman Tom Destry and is able to call upon the equally formidable Tom Destry Jr to be his deputy. Foreign Affair (Dir. Billy Wilder 1948): In occupied Berlin an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi cafe singer and the U.S. congresswoman investigating her. Blonde Venus (Dir. Josef von Sternberg): American chemist Ned Faraday marries a German entertainer and starts a family. However he becomes poisoned with Radium and needs an expensive treatment in Germany to have any chance of being cured. Wife Helen returns to night club work to attempt to raise the money and becomes popular as the Blonde Venus. In an effort to get enough money sooner she prostitutes herself to millionaire Nick Townsend. While Ned is away in Europe she continues with Nick but when Ned returns cured he discovers her infidelity. Now Ned despises Helen but she grabs son Johnny and lives on the run just one step ahead of the Missing Persons Bureau. When they do finally catch her she loses her son to Ned. Once again she returns to entertaining this time in Paris and her fame once again brings her and Townsend together. Helen and Nick return to America engaged but she is irresistibly drawn back to her son and Ned. In which life does she truly belong? Devil Is A Woman (Dir. Josef von Sternberg 1935): Told in flashbacks Devil Is A Woman is a tale of an older man's obsession for a woman who can belong to no-one but can frustrate everyone. The backdrop is Sternbergs surreal and fantastic Carnaval in Spain. In a cafe the older man details his encounters with the heartbreaker that his younger friend has only just met at the parade. Forewarned the young man swears he will avoid the fate of his friend but rushes all the same to his evening rendevous. A dreamlike story of frustrated lost romance spoken in the past tense never really resolved.

• Hotel | DVD | (04/11/2002) from £12.93   |  Saving you £-2.94 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Genius filmmaker Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas Timecode) brings together a dazzling all-star cast in this story of dark sexual intrigue where no one is quite what they seem and the staff are more in control than the guests. Figgis brings a fresh approach to film-making. Add this to the surplus of bizarre sexual activity and horrific cannibalistic images and Hotel becomes one place you will not want to check into alone...

• A Touch Of Frost - Endangered Species | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £8.29   |  Saving you £4.70 (56.69%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The BAFTA-award winning series starring David Jason is back for another installment of underhand dealings that Frost has to sift through...

• Kidnapped | DVD | (15/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This period drama is set during the Jacobite rebellion in Scotland. A young man David Balfour arrives to claim his inheritance but his wicked uncle attempts to kill him and then unduly ships him off to be sold as a slave. Michael Caine stars as Alan Breck in a spirited performance who befriends David and acts as gallant mentor and protector.

• Kelly + Victor | Blu Ray | (13/01/2014) from £6.01   |  Saving you £13.98 (232.61%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Kelly and Victor is a haunting candid depiction of a young couple embarking on a passionate and transgressive love affair from the acclaimed novel by Niall Griffiths. When Kelly (Antonia Campbell-Hughes - 'Bright Star') meets Victor (Julian Morris - '24' 'Once Upon a Time') on the dance floor of a Liverpool nightclub the attraction is instant. After wandering through the night they find themselves at her flat making love with a passion and urgency that neither had experienced before. Both Kelly and Victor are struggling to get by as best they can while the people around them are choosing illegal lifestyles; she is escaping a brutish former lover while he is being dragged into a world of drugs. It's when they make love that their darker instincts take over. Directed by Kieran Evans Kelly and Victor is a devastating story of obsessive love anchored by two complex but tender performances. Special Features: Q&A with Kieran Evans Trailer

• Days of the Bagnold Summer | Blu Ray | (25/04/2022) from £10.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on the critically acclaimed graphic novel, DAYS OF THE BAGNOLD SUMMER is a funny yet sweet coming-of-age story about single motherhood and Metallica. Daniel was supposed to spend the summer with his dad and his dad's new wife in Florida, but when his dad cancels the trip Daniel and his mom suddenly face the prospect of six long weeks together.An epic war of wills ensues in their suburban home as Daniel just wants to listen to heavy metal and start a band while his mom hopes to rekindle the fun times they used to have together. Featuring original songs by Belle and Sebastian.Product FeaturesHigh Definition feature with 5.1 soundExclusive 'Making of' FeaturetteDeleted ScenesInfluences & Inspirations - A Video Essay by director Simon BirdMonica Dolan & Earl Cave Screen Test3 Shorts by Joff WinterhartLimited edition 24 page exclusive page booklet featuring a written introduction by director Simon Bird & essays by Lisa Owens & Leigh SingerUnseen StillsExclusive Interview with Joff WinterhartLimited to 3000 copies

• Dark River | Blu Ray | (25/06/2018) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Clio Barnard, one of Britain's most distinctive contemporary filmmakers, follows The Selfish Giant and The Arbor with Dark River, a searing Yorkshire-set drama inspired by Rose Tremain's acclaimed rural novel Trespass. Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson, Saving Mr. Banks) returns home for the first time in 15 years, to claim the tenancy of the family farm she believes is rightfully hers. Once there she encounters her older brother Joe (Mark Stanley, Game of Thrones), a man she barely recognizes, worn down by years of struggling to keep the farm going whilst caring for their sick father (Sean Bean, Lord of the Rings). Joe is thrown by Alice's sudden arrival, angered by her claim and finds her presence increasingly difficult to deal with. Battling to regain control in a fraught situation, Alice must confront traumatic memories and family betrayals to find a way to restore the farm and salvage the bond with her brother before both are irrevocably lost. Combining the poetic realism of The Selfish Giant with a heightened strain of tragedy, Dark River is a dark folk tale of family secrets which has impressed critics and is set to become a modern classic of British drama. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Original 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Audio description track Interviews with director Clio Barnard, and stars Ruth Willson, Mark Stanley, Sean Bean and Esme Creed-Miles Behind the scenes Stills gallery Original trailer Reversible sleeve featuring two artwork options FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the films by Will Massa, curator of contemporary cinema at the BFI.

• Tanamera - Lion of Singapore | DVD | (08/02/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Tanamera is best-selling author Noel Barber's epic story of passion, war and forbidden love set in the twilight years of the British Empire in Singapore and Malaya. John Dexter (Christopher Bowen) is a dashing young Englishman from Singapore's wealthiest merchant family. Julie Soong (Khym Lam) is a breathtakingly beautiful young girl from one of the island's most respected Chinese families. Their love is forbidden - but nothing is as tempting a Banished fruit...

• The Atom Egoyan Collection | DVD | (14/04/2014) from £33.99   |  Saving you £16.00 (47.07%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Smart sharp witty and always devilishly unpredictable the rich multi-layered films of Canadian-Armenian director Atom Egoyan have shown him to be one of the world’s most enticing and engrossing post-modern auteurs. Investigating the complex nature of social and psychological disintegration through black humour fantasy tragedy and the pervasive yet intangible presence of the filmic medium itself his labyrinthine body of work has provided an inexhaustible supply of riches for viewers across the world. Here in this extensive box set some of his most celebrated films have been brought together to celebrate his unique cinematic vision and extend its reach to new audiences.

• Fool For Love | DVD | (02/08/2004) from £4.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (61.60%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Cowboy drifter Eddie reconnects with May the love of his life in a seedy desert motel even though she's taken up with a new boyfriend. But that's not the only threat to their rekindled passion. A mysterious old man also harbours a secret so dark and forbidden it could destroy Eddie and May's love forever...

• Manhattan Night | DVD | (05/03/2018) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Academy Award ® winner Adrien Brody (Houdini) stars as a New York tabloid writer drawn into a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a seductive killer.

• In Your Hands | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A woman trying to conceive finds herself pregnant in a very strange way in this spooky Danish outing.