Drama

• PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC, THE | Blu Ray | (26/11/2012) from £21.58   |  Saving you £8.41 (28.00%)   |  RRP £29.99

  One of the most emotional film experiences of any era, Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 The Passion of Joan of Arc is a miracle of the cinema, an enigmatic and profoundly moving work that merges the worlds of the viewer and of saintly Joan herself into one shared experience of hushed delirium.Dreyer's film charts the final days of Joan of Arc as she undergoes the degradation that accompanies her trial for charges of heresy - through her imprisonment and execution at the stake.The portrayal of Joan by Rene Maria Falconetti is frequently heralded as the all-time finest performance in the history of film, and Dreyer's unusual and virtuosic method, in seeming to render the very soul of his actress, vaulted the director decisively into the ranks of the art form's supreme geniuses.

• Sins - Complete | DVD | (25/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Helene Junot is rich beautiful powerful and envied for her success but is surrounded by enemies who seek to destroy her. As a young girl Helene witnessed the murder of her mother was seperated from her brother and sister and was herself both beaten and raped by the Nazi's in Paris. Helene now a fully grown woman meets a photographer who puts her on the road to fame as the hottest model in Paris until she turns her hand to design and becomes a director of a top fashion house. Helene attracts many men both good and bad especially in the case of Count De Ville but she meets an American Officer on his way to Vietnam and falls madly in love but happiness eludes her as she is forced to borrow money to pay a famed Nazi hunter to track down her long lost brother who has spent 15 years in a mental institution. Helene's empire flourishes but the ruthlessness and calculative ambition in business and her quest for revenge costs her dear as she has to deal with her many enemies as her life enters a new dimension when she has to fight for her own survival and that of her empire.

• Kitty Foyle | DVD | (18/07/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Though Ginger Rogers' starring vehicles always turned a profit for RKO Radio, many filmgoers thought of Rogers only in terms of "Fred Astaire's partner." Others considered her a delightful comedienne, but no great shakes as a dramatic actress. Thus it was both a personal and professional triumph when Ms. Rogers walked home with an Oscar for her performance in Kitty Foyle. Based on Christopher Morley's Story of an American Girl, the film, told in flashback, relates the progress of working-girl Kitty Foyle (Ginger Rogers) as she pursues her Cinderella dreams.

• DV8 - The Cost Of Living | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £19.75   |  Saving you £-4.76 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  ""The Cost of Living"" was shot on location in Cromer on the Norfolk Coast in England: a typical old-fashioned and faded seaside resort. The summer season has petered to an end and an air of desertion hangs over the town. Eddie and David are disillusioned street performers. Eddie is tough confrontational and not afraid to defend his belief in justice and honesty. David is a dancer who has no legs; watching him makes you reconsider accepted notions of perfection. He is quietly determin

• Learners | DVD | (12/11/2007) from £6.38   |  Saving you £8.61 (134.95%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Bev (Jessica Hynes) is a downtrodden wife who's failed her driving test eight times. Desperate to pass she feels frustrated by her husband Ian's (Shaun Dingwall) approach in teaching her to drive. Inspired by glamorous driving school owner Fiona (Sarah Hadland) Bev is determined to succeed along with a group of other learner drivers. Chris (David Tennant) a devout Christian with the patience of a saint is assigned as her instructor - and it's not long before Bev develops a crush on him despite his geeky appearance.

• A Date For Mad Mary | DVD | (06/02/2017) from £7.55   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Irish drama that follows 'Mad' Mary McArdle (Seána Kerslake) as she returns to her home town of Drogheda after a short stint in prison. Following her release, Mary returns to Drogheda for her best friend Charlene (Charleigh Bailey)'s wedding. As she prepares for her big role as the maid of honour, Mary tends to her duties and prepares her speech while dealing with the social repercussions of her time behind bars for a violent assault and trying to find a date for the big day.

• Stay Cool | DVD | (30/01/2012) from £4.92   |  Saving you £11.07 (225.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  An author who returns to his hometown to deliver a commencement address to a class of graduating high school students has to deal with his feelings for an old flame as well as the advances of a student who has the hots for him.

• Pauline A La Plage | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £32.37   |  Saving you £-16.38 (-102.40%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Recently divorced Marion decides to spend the end of summer in the family beach house on the Normandy coast. She takes her young cousin Pauline who is delighted to prolong her holidays along with her. At the beach they meet up with Pierre Marion's ex-lover who introduces his friend Henri. While at the local casion Pierre confesses his love to Marion but she is now attracted to Henri. Meanwhile Pauline has met Sylvain...

• The Brothers Bloom | Blu Ray | (04/10/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Adrien Brody (Predators, The Pianist) and Mark Ruffalo (Where The Wild Things Are, Zodiac) star as The Brothers Bloom, two notorious and enigmatic conmen.

• The Scarlet Pimpernel | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £5.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.17%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Richard E. Grant stars as the foppish English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney who has a secret identity as the daring and swashbuckling Scarlet Pimpernel rescuing noblemen from the clutches of the guillotine during the height of the French Revolution...

• Three Veils | DVD | (30/07/2012) from £24.28   |  Saving you £-8.29 (-51.80%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Three Veils is a poignant film about three young Middle-Eastern women living in the U.S, each with her own personal story.Leila is arranged to be married, however as the wedding night approaches, she becomes less and less sure of how her life is playing out. When she finally makes a desperate attempt to get out of this arrangement, things take a different turn.Amira is a very devout Muslim struggling with deep repressed feelings toward women, but when these feelings start surfacing, she finds herself in a battle between her faith and her love for Nikki.Nikki is a lost soul who spirals downward on a self destructive path while battling her own demons that have haunted her since a tragic death in the familyAs the three stories unfold, the lives of these three women intertwine as they each struggle to defy tradition and create their own realities.Written and directed by Rolla Selbak, an Arab-American woman, and starring, Sheetal Sheth (Nip/Tuck, I Can't Think Straight) and British-born Angela Zahra, Three Veils carries a unique social message that any woman can relate to while delicately tackling some of the issues Middle Eastern women are confronted with today. It is also the first film to daringly portray the struggle of an Arab Muslim Lesbian, marking a new chapter in cinema.

• Treacle Junior | DVD | (26/09/2011) from £8.25   |  Saving you £7.74 (93.82%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Aiden Gillen (The Wire) gives an electric performance in this blackly funny British drama mixing the tender treatment of dysfunction in Rain Man with the bleak urban redemption of The Fisher King. For reasons known only to himself architect Tom (Tom Fisher) has abandoned his young family and taken to the streets of south London where he forms a halting relationship with Gillen. As their bond deepens - thanks in part to a kitten named Treacle Jr - the story gravitates toward a conclusion that's as hard won as it is inescapable. Funny touching and gritty.

• Rendez-Vous | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £18.75   |  Saving you £1.24 (6.61%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This stylish erotic drama sees Binoche give an electrifying performance in her first major film role starring alongside the prolific French leading man Lambert Wilson and the enigmatic Jean-Louis Trintignant. Available on DVD for the first time. Free-spirited actress Nina (Binoche) has moved to Paris and following a string of sexual encounters meets timid estate-agent Paulot. He is smitten but she is more interested in his flatmate Quentin (Wilson) an aggressive emotionally distur

• The Weight Of Water | DVD | (02/02/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Hell hath no fury... A century-old double murder haunts Jean (Catherine McCormack) a photographer who travels to Smuttyhouse Island the scene of the crime to investigate. Attempting to save her troubled marriage to renown poet Thomas (Sean Penn) she invites him along with his brother Rich (Josh Lucas) and his girlfriend Adaline (Elizabeth Hurley). As Jean delves deeper into the old case files she finds evidence that the man convicted and put to death for the killings may not have been the murderer. The sole survivor of the slaughter was a woman (Sarah Polley) whose unhappy marriage mirrors Jean's. Past and present collide when a cataclysmic storm burgeons into jealousy and suddenly it becomes clear to Jean who the real killer is...

• Jerry Maguire / Rain Man / Few Good Men | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jerry Maguire (Dir. Barry Levinson 1996): Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) is a man who knows the score. As a top agent at Sports Management International Jerry is unquestionably master of his universe - until that is he gets a sudden attack of morals and is unceremoniously fired! Hanging on by a thread Jerry is forced to start from scratch supported only be three very unlikely allies- single mother Dorothy Boyd (Renee Zellweger ) her cheeky young son Ray and Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.) a second rank player for the Arizona Cardinals - and Jerry's sole remaining client. Rain Man (Dir. Cameron Crowe 1988): Dustin Hoffman joins Tom Cruise to bring a funny and moving tale of brotherly love to the screen. Heartless Charlie Babbitt expects a vast inheritance after his estranged father dies. But Raymond his institutionalised older brother someone he's been totally unaware of is willed the entire fortune instead. Raymond is an 'autistic Savant' with severely limited mental abilities in some areas but with genius gifts in others. When Charlie kidnaps Raymond the crazy cross-country drive back to Los Angeles teaches them both a few lessons in life. For as they overcome their mutual distrust of each other a deep bond is forged as they painfully share past memories present problems and a possible shining future together. A Few Good Men (Dir. Rob Reiner 1992): One man is dead. Two men are accused of his murder. The entire Marines Corps is on trial. And 'A Few Good Men' are about to ignite the most explosive episode in US military history. Universally acclaimed A Few Good Men unites the big screen's biggest stars as Hollywood heavyweights Jack Nicholson Tom Cruise and Demi Moore lead an all star cast in director Rob Reiner's powerful account of corruption cover-up and a relentless quest for justice within the sacred corridors of the US Navy. With powerful performances from Kevin Bacon and Kiefer Sutherland A Few Good Men makes its mark as one of the best courtroom dramas of the '90s..

• Lady Chatterley | DVD | (26/07/2010) from £8.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (11.12%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Adapted from the novels by DH Lawrence Lady Chatterley is a passionate love story which portrays the tempestuous and scandalous affair between an aristocratic young woman and her husband's gamekeeper. Joey Richardson plays one of fiction's most famous and passionate characters Lady Chatterley and Sean Bean is Mellors the moody and intense gamekeeper with whom she falls in love.

• Safe | DVD | (14/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A typically bored affluent Californian housewife's world of domestic oblivion careers off its axis when she develops a mystery illness that puts her at odds with every aspect of the world around her - cars dry cleaners hair perms and even the new couch! Gradually she develops nosebleeds vomiting and breathing problems and finally collapses. In a desperate search for what is 'safe' she opts for virtual isolation in a porcelain igloo in the Texas desert where the inhabitants drag round oxygen cylinders and the therapists act like evangelical preachers. Injected with horror comic touches and psychological suspense Safe is a visionary tale of the future. Has Carol brought her sickness upon herself or is she made vulnerable by a world that is more dangerous than we or she understands?

• A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints | DVD | (02/07/2007) from £4.95   |  Saving you £11.04 (223.03%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Robert Downey Jr stars in this coming-of-age drama about a boy growing up in Astoria, N.Y., during the 1980s.

• Shuffle | DVD | (16/03/2015) from £5.66   |  Saving you £5.59 (127.05%)   |  RRP £9.99

• Asphalt | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £28.00   |  Saving you £-8.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A well-dressed lady thief (Betty Amann) steals a precious stone from a jewellery shop. The aged jeweller prefers to let the young woman go but the policeman who catches her explains he is obliged to pursue the case further. She tries to seduce the policeman (Gustav Frohlich) and he gradually succumbs to her charms but her criminal background dooms their relationship when an argument leads to murder... One of the last great German Expressionist films of the silent era Joe May's 'A