Drama

• Accident / The Family Way | DVD | (23/06/2003) from £12.98   |  Saving you £4.01 (30.89%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Accident: (WS 1.66:1) Following their destructive foray into English class hatreds in 'The Servant' director Joseph Losey and screen writer Harold Pinter turn their attention to the Dons of Oxford. Pinter examines the motivations of several men in a brusque study of love and jealousy centred around one woman. The 'Accidental' death of one of them springs a trap of guilt remorse and thwarted sexual ambition on all concerned. Each scene brings more prickly revelations in a complex and thought provoking masterpiece. The Family Way: (FS 4:3) Based on Bill Naughton's warm hearted play 'The Family Way' is a thought-provoking exploration of the emotional impact of the 1960s sexual revolution. Hayley Mills stars in her first 'X' rated film with Hywel Bennett as two sensitive youngsters who fail to consummate their marriage following the vulgar ribaldry of their typically working class Lancashire wedding.

• Tin | DVD | (12/09/2016) from £7.98   |  Saving you £7.01 (46.80%)   |  RRP £14.99

  West Cornwall in 1895: a once-glorious tin mine is now in its final death throes. A weather-beaten opera company arrives in town and finds itself tangled up in a scam to offload the mine's worthless shares. But when the mine unexpectedly yields up new treasures, upstanding, Victorian reputations begin to crumble and any notion of fair play is abandoned! The fate of the whole community rests on the courage of one feisty young maid Stars Jenny Agutter.

• Fit | DVD | (29/11/2010) from £23.54   |  Saving you £-7.55 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Skins meets Glee when a last chance dance class becomes a therapeutic encounter between adolescents struggling with their ideas about sexuality and adulthood in a very British romantic comedy directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair (Metrosexualirty) and with the support of gay lesbian and bisexual charity Stonewall.

• Shanghai | DVD | (23/07/2012) from £8.75   |  Saving you £11.24 (128.46%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From director Mikael Hafstrom (1408) comes the epic espionage thriller Shanghai staring John Cusack (1408) and international superstars Gong Li (Miami Vice Memoirs of a Geisha) and Ken Watanabe (Letters from Iwo Jima The Last Samurai.) Nothing is what it seems in this Casablanca-style international thriller set in the ancient Chinese city a week before the attack on Pearl Harbor. U.S. secret agent Paul Soames (Cusack) has just arrived to investigate the murder of his best friend only to become quickly immersed in a web of conspiracy and lies that beset the city. Shadowed by a Japanese intelligence officer Tanaka (Watanabe) Soames’ investigation quickly centers on a charismatic local gangster Anthony Lanting – and Lanting’s beautiful wife Anna (Li). Before long Soames and Anna are involved in an affair that will put everything they have at stake. As national loyalties are traded fastand- loose for those of the heart Soames and Annamust race to solve the mystery and make it out of occupied China before the city’s collapse.

• Haven | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £4.90   |  Saving you £-2.91 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  For 1000 survivors of the Holocaust Ruth Gruber was their only hope. During WW2 in Nazi occupied Europe Ruth risked her life to help the Jewish victims escape to the United States. Based on a true story.

• In a Better World | Blu Ray | (09/01/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  2011 Oscar & Golden Globe Winner for Best Foreign Language Film, In A Better World is a gripping and beautifully constructed human drama about revenge and the power of forgiveness from acclaimed director Susanne Bier (After The Wedding).From the confines of a refugee camp in Africa, to the deceptively idyllic suburban life of two families in Denmark, Susanne Bier expertly paints a portrait of two fragile worlds inextricably linked by conflict and violence and the hard choices struggling to be made for life in a better world.Anton is a doctor who commutes between his home in an idyllic town in Denmark, and his work at an African refugee camp. In these two very different worlds, he and his family are faced with conflicts that lead them to difficult choices between revenge and forgiveness.Anton and his wife Marianne, who have two young sons, are separated and struggling with the possibility of divorce. Their older, ten-year-old son Elias is being bullied at school, until he is defended by Christian, a new boy who has just moved from London with his father, Claus. Christian's mother recently lost her battle with cancer, and Christian is greatly troubled by her death.Elias and Christian quickly form a strong bond, but when Christian involves Elias in a dangerous act of revenge with potentially tragic consequences, their friendship is tested and lives are put in danger. Ultimately, it is their parents who are left to help them come to terms with the complexity of human emotions, pain and empathy.

• Catherine Cookson - Rags To Riches | DVD | (21/08/2006) from £31.47   |  Saving you £8.52 (27.07%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Catherine Cookson was born Catherine McMullen in 1906. Her life began in poverty and she grew up believing her real mother was her sister. In a life that could have been taken from any of her own novels Catherine aspired to achieve more than many of her time. From poverty to wealth she left the sadness behind to start a new life in Hastings where she was to meet her husband Tom Cookson. As a form of therapy Catherine began to write and never stopped and became one of the world's be

• Mary and Martha | DVD | (18/03/2013) from £9.43   |  Saving you £10.56 (111.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Written by Richard Curtis and directed by Phillip Noyce Mary and Martha stars Hilary Swank as Mary and Brenda Blethyn as Martha an American and an Englishwoman who have little in common apart from a tragedy that unexpectedly brings them together. Empowered by their friendship they form an alliance that takes them from their meeting in a remote part of Mozambique all the way to Washington - two ordinary mothers doing something extraordinary.

• Spies on Film 1 | DVD | (05/11/2018) from £14.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  COUNTERSPY Fastidious auditor Frank Manning encounters rum goings on when he is approached by a woman who claims she is being blackmailed. Of course, he agrees to help but even he could not have foreseen that he'd end up finding a man, fully clothed, dead in a bath... LITTLE RED MONKEY A mysterious assassin targets eminent British atomic scientists, leading to fears for the safety of Leon Dushenko a Russian defector and missile expert who is passing through London en route to the United States. Will he be the assassin's next victim? THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T TALK Dr Frank Smith and Eve arrive from America, apparently on honeymoon but actually on an undercover assignment from Washington. They are instructed to rendezvous with a Hungarian scientist who has vital information about biological warfare! RING OF SPIES A bookseller and his wife; a disgruntled naval clerk; an undercover Soviet agent with a false identity... all members of a secret spy cell working from a bungalow in suburban Ruislip, hidden for years from unsuspecting neighbours and British spycatchers!

• Food Of Love | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Paul a handsome and talented music student is employed as the page-turner at one of the world famous pianist Kennington's concerts in San Francisco only to find the best way to make it to the top is to sleep his way there with older gentlemen who can assist him...

• Frank Capra - It's A Wonderful Life/Mr Smith Goes To Washington/You Can't Take It With You/It Happened One Night | DVD | (20/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Titles Comprise: It's A Wonderful Life (1946) This collectors edition of Frank Capra's masterpiece is the ultimate feel good film. Starring the unforgettable James Stewart as George Bailey the man who receives the greatest Christmas gift of all. A superb ensemble cast includes Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore this high spirited Christmas tale is directed by the immortal Frank Capra and ranks as an all-time favourite of fans and critics alike. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939) James Stewart Jean Arthur and Claude Rains star in this award-winning 1939 classic about an idealistic small-town politician who heads to Washington and suddenly finds himself single-handedly battling ruthless politicians out to destroy him... You Can't Take It With You (1938) James Stewart Jean Arthur Lionel Barrymore and Edward Arnold star in this screwball comedy. Arthur stars as Alice Sycamore the stable family member of an offbeat clan of free spirits who falls for Stewart the down-to-earth son of a snooty wealthy family. Amidst a backdrop of confusion the two very different families rediscover the simple joys of life... It Happened One Night (1934) Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert team up for laughs as mismatched lovers in this 1934 screwball comedy classic. Spoiled Ellie Andrews (Colbert) escapes from her millionaire father (Walter Connolly) who wants to stop her from marrying a worthless playboy. En route to New York Ellie gets involved with an out-of-work newsman Peter Warne (Gable). When their bus breaks down the bickering couple set off on a madcap hitchhiking expedition. Peter hopes to parlay the inside story of their misadventures into a job. But complications fly when the runaway heiress and brash reporter fall in love.

• Beach, The / Titanic / Romeo And Juliet | DVD | (15/09/2003) from £6.88   |  Saving you £13.11 (190.55%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Titanic: Leonardo DiCaprio and Oscar nominee Kate Winslet light up the screen as Jack and Rose the young lovers who find one another on the maiden voyage of the unsinkable R.M.S. Titanic. But when the doomed luxury liner collides with an iceberg in the frigid North Atlantic their passionate love affair becomes a thrilling race for survival. Romeo And Juliet: Baz Luhrmann's dazzling and unconventional adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic love story is spellbinding. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes portray Romeo and Juliet the youthful star-crossed lovers of the past. But the setting has been moved from its Elizabethan origins to the futuristic urban backdrop of Verona beach. This brilliant and contemporary retelling of the world's most tragic love affair makes this wildly inventive Romeo & Juliet unforgettable. The Beach: Richard (DiCaprio) a young American backpacker is willing to risk his life for just one thing: that mind-blowing rush you can only get from braving the ultimate adventure. But on a secret deceptively perfect beach Richard will discover that heaven on earth can instantly change into a jungle of seduction and danger...

• Nowhere To Hide | DVD | (26/12/2001) from £7.79   |  Saving you £7.20 (92.43%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This Sundance Film Festival Hit tells of a maverick, rule breaking cop who leads a murder investigation into the brutal and violent underground drugs world of Korea.

• Affliction | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £8.28   |  Saving you £-2.29 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Wade Whitehouse is frightened to death of following in his father's footsteps. Wade Whitehouse (Nick Nolte) is at a turning point in his life. People order him around everywhere he turns from his demanding boss to his ex-wife who won't let him see his daughter to his ageing violent alcoholic father (Academy Award winner James Coburn). For Wade the future looks bleak until his quiet New Hampshire town is shattered by the death of a Boston union official in a deer hunt led by Wade's friend Jack. The incident is written off as an accident but Wade suspects that Jack is guilty of murder. Solving the crime becomes Wade's obsession and his last opportunity to redeem himself in the eyes of the town his ex-wife his father and - most of all - himself. Featuring an impressive star cast 'Affliction' is a tense and compelling psycho-drama from Paul Schrader screenwriter of 'Taxi Driver' and 'Raging Bull' and director of 'American Gigolo'.

• Births, Marriages And Deaths | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £8.93   |  Saving you £5.32 (69.36%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Alan Graham and Terry have been best mates since primary school. Now pushing forty the three friends are still inseparable. Naturally Alan and Graham are going to give Terry a stag night to remember. A big fry-up breakfast bubbly down the dogs for a flutter ten-pin bowling...fantastic. But when the boys pay a late night revenge visit to their despised former headmaster things begin to go disastrously wrong. A tragic accident sets off an unforeseen chain of events revealing te

• Anna Karenina | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Cutting straight to the heart of Tolstoy's classic novel this innovative Channel 4 adaptation draws on the realism and raw emotion that defines this unique masterpiece. Set in 19th century Russia from the decadent social surroundings of the St Petersburg palaces to the simplest of rural life Anna Karenina is the story of three contrasting couples whose dilemmas strike a contemporary chord in another century.

• Everest | DVD | (02/03/2009) from £7.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

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• Michael Caine Box Set: Alfie/The Italian Job/Zulu | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Zulu The year: 1879. The place: Natal Africa. One British garrison has already fallen to a huge army of Zulu tribesmen. The fearless native warriors are now heading for the isolated colonial outpost of Rorke's Drift which is manned by no more than a hundred South Wales Borderers. Alfie Alfie is a good-looking charmer who finds that the Swinging Sixties are a great time to be around in. He's always able to sweet-talk women into bed and he just doesn't care about t

• Table For Free | DVD | (13/07/2009) from £7.37   |  Saving you £5.62 (76.26%)   |  RRP £12.99

  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.

• Rome, Open City | DVD | (15/03/2010) from £9.43   |  Saving you £6.56 (41.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Based on real events that took place in Nazi-occupied Italy in 1944 Rome Open City examines the choices that people are forced to make in wartime. Centering on the Resistance and its members this is a tragic and emotional exploration of human spirit and the effects of war. One of the greatest foreign language films in cinema history Roberto Rossellini's Rome Open City was filmed in the aftermath of World War II on the ravaged streets of Italy. Due to the scarcities of War scraps of film from photographers were added to hand held camerawork natural lighting and a cast of non-actors to create this frank and gritty tale of war torn Italy in a perfect example of a neo-realist film.