Drama

• Happiness (Criterion Collection) - UK Only | Blu Ray | (30/09/2024) from £22.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  As disturbingly funny as it is audaciously empathetic, auteur of unease Todd Solondz's portrait of damaged souls reaching out for connection reveals the existential void underneath middle-class suburban normalcy. An extraordinary ensemble cast-including Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jane Adams, Lara Flynn Boyle, Ben Gazzara, and Dylan Baker-embodies an array of loosely connected New Jersey deviants, depressives, and misfits, among them a frustrated phone-sex pest, an all-American dad concealing his paedophilic urges, and a lonely woman with a grisly secret, all of whom want just one thing: to be loved. One of the most controversial films of the 1990s, the unflinching Happiness unnerves precisely because it dares to see the humanity in those most often denied it. FILM INFO- United States- 1998- 140 minutes- Colour- 1.85:1- English DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES- New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director of photography Maryse Alberti, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack- New conversation between director Todd Solondz and filmmaker Charlotte Wells- New interview with actor Dylan Baker- Trailer- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing- PLUS: An essay by novelist and screenwriter Bruce Wagner- New cover based on original poster art by Daniel Clowes

• Same Time, Next Year | DVD | (11/02/2008) from £8.65   |  Saving you £4.34 (50.17%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn and the ever-popular Alan Alda star in this sweet romantic comedy tracing the unique 26-year relationship between two people - who happen to be married to other people. When Doris (Burstyn) a young housewife from Oakland and George (Alda) an accountant from New Jersey meet by chance of a rural California inn they embark on an affair that brings them together on the same weekend in the same place from the next 26 years. As time passes events in their personal lives impact their special once-a-year romance in this heartwarming comedy.

• The Grace Card | DVD | (05/03/2012) from £5.96   |  Saving you £14.03 (235.40%)   |  RRP £19.99

  After police officer Mac McDonald loses his son in an accident, years of bitterness and pain erodes his love for his family and leaves him angry with God... and everyone else. Can Mac and his new patrol partner, Sgt. Sam Wright, somehow join forces to help one another when it's impossible to look past their differences-especially the most obvious one? Every day, we have the opportunity to rebuild relationships and heal wounds by extending and receiving God's grace. Offer The Grace Card... and never underestimate the power of God's love.

• The Quiet Man | Blu Ray | (30/11/2015) from £12.89   |  Saving you £3.10 (24.05%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Blarney and bliss, mixed in equal proportions. John Wayne plays an American boxer who returns to the Emerald Isle, his native land. What he finds there is a fiery prospective spouse (Maureen O'Hara) and a country greener than any Ireland seen before or since--it's no surprise The Quiet Man won an Oscar for cinematography. It also won an Oscar for John Ford's direction, his fourth such award. The film was a deeply personal project for Ford (whose birth name was Sean Aloysius O'Fearna), and he lavished all of his affection for the Irish landscape and Irish people on this film. He also stages perhaps the greatest donnybrook in the history of movies, an epic fistfight between Wayne and the truculent Victor McLaglen--that's Ford's brother, Francis, as the elderly man on his deathbed who miraculously revives when he hears word of the dustup. Barry Fitzgerald, the original Irish elf, gets the movie's biggest laugh when he walks into the newlyweds' bedroom the morning after their wedding and spots a broken bed. The look on his face says everything. The Quiet Man isn't the real Ireland but as a delicious never-never land of Ford's imagination, it will do very nicely. --Robert Horton

• Memoirs of a Geisha | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £5.28   |  Saving you £12.71 (240.72%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Ziyi Zhang stars in this lavish adaptation of Arthur Golden's best-selling novel.

• Moonlight | DVD | (19/06/2017) from £10.98   |  Saving you £-3.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A timeless story of human self-discovery and connection, Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.

• Tess of the D'urbervilles | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £6.87   |  Saving you £18.12 (263.76%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A passionate sensual and very modern version of Thomas Hardy's infamous novel combining young upcoming acting talent with recognisable and much-loved faces. When the beautiful and innocent Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune meeting the manipulative Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man Angel Clare seems to offer her love and salvation but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent... Whilst unstintingly gorgeous and romantic this new adaptation is an intense moving and provocative depiction of the tragically beautiful story.

• The Penguin | Blu Ray | (17/03/2025) from £22.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Starring Colin Farrell in the title role, the DC Studios drama THE PENGUIN continues The Batman epic crime saga that filmmaker Matt Reeves began with Warner Bros. Pictures' global blockbuster and centers on the character played by Farrell in the film.

• Crazy, Stupid, Love | DVD | (30/01/2012) from £8.95   |  Saving you £11.04 (123.35%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling lead an all-star cast in Crazy Stupid Love. Fortysomething straight-laced Cal Weaver (Carell) is living the dream-good job nice house great kids and marriage to his high school sweetheart Emily (Julianne Moore). So when Cal learns that his wife has cheated on him and wants a divorce his 'perfect' life quickly unravels. Cal who hasn't dated in decades stands out as the epitome of un-smooth so handsome player Jacob Palmer (Gosling) takes him on as wingman and protégé opening Cal's eyes to the many options before him: flirty women manly drinks and a sense of style. Despite Cal's makeover and his many new conquests the one thing that can't be made over is his heart which seems to keep leading Cal back to where he began. Brimming with inspired performances critics are calling this gem of a romantic comedy 'a movie that understands love' (Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly).

• Mr Nice | DVD | (31/01/2011) from £8.05   |  Saving you £11.94 (148.32%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Most wanted. Most wasted. During the mid 1980s Howard Marks (Rhys Ifans) had forty-three aliases eighty-nine phone lines and owned twenty-five companies throughout the world. Whether bars recording studios or offshore banks all were money laundering vehicles serving the core activity: dope dealing. At the height of his career he was smuggling consignments of up to thirty tonnes of marijuana from Pakistan and Thailand to America and Canada and had contact with organisations as diverse as MI6 the CIA the IRA and the Mafia.

• How I Won the War (DVD+Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (20/05/2019) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Hapless British commander Lieutenant Goodbody (Michael Crawford) enthusiastically leads his troops on a series of debacles on the battlefields of World War Two - including the calamitous installation of a cricket pitch behind enemy lines... Featuring John Lennon in his only non-musical screen performance, How I Won the War is a biting satire not just on war, but also the concept of the war movie. A surreal farce fantastically brought to life by Richard Lester's stylised direction, it remains a unique and innovative cult comedy, which is presented here on Blu-ray for the very first time in the UK. Special Features: Original theatrical trailer **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the film and full film credits

• Silas Marner - The Weaver Of Raveloe | DVD | (01/02/2010) from £7.39   |  Saving you £8.60 (116.37%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Set it the early 19th century linen weaver Silas Marner is driven from his religious community after he is falsely accused of theft his fortune is then stolen and Silas if left lonely and poor. An abandoned baby gives a chance to be happy again.

• As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me | DVD | (06/06/2011) from £29.93   |  Saving you £-13.94 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Incredible true story of an epic bid for freedom. For one soldier the end of the war was just the beginning. Based on the bestselling novel this powerful epic tells the incredible true story of Clemens Forell a German soldier imprisoned in a Siberian labour camp at the end of World War Two. Following four years of brutal treatment he escapes but beyond the barbed wire of the camp lies one of the most hostile environments on earth. Across 8000 miles of unforgiving terrain freezing temperatures and constant danger he battles on. The years continue to pass and he fights to survive digging deep within his soul in the hope of finally one day being reunited with his wife and child. As Far As Me Feet Will Carry Me grips from beginning to end never letting up as it takes the viewer on an incredible journey celebrating the power of the human spirit.

• The Name Of The Rose | DVD | (30/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Unavailable for years 'The Name Of The Rose' finally arrives on DVD. Sean Connery stars as a detective monk who sets about solving murders a chilling tale of dark deeds and murderous mayhem within the shadowy cloisters and forbidding battlements of a 14th-century Italian medieval monastery...

• Homicide - Series 1 | DVD | (26/02/2007) from £16.98   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  One of the most critically acclaimed shows in TV history Homicide: Life On The Street re-invigorated a tired genre by focusing on the grueling work of solving murders instead of an endless succession of bloody crimes and car chases. Inspired by David Simon's Edgar Award-winning account of Baltimore homicide detectives and brought to television by director Barry Levinson (Rain Man Oz) and writer Paul Attanasio (Gideon's Crossing) Homicide boasted a powerhouse cast featuring Ned Beatty (Deliverance) Yaphet Kotto (Alien) Richard Belzer (Law & Order: SVU) and breakout star Andre Braugher (Frequency). The critical response was overwhelming: Homicide won multiple Emmy and Writer's Guild of America Awards and is one of just two shows in history to claim three Peabody Awards. Now Homicide debuts on DVD with this collector's set featuring all 13 episodes from the first two seasons. Episodes Comprise: 1. Gone For Goode 2. A Ghost Of a Chance 3. Son Of A Gun 4. A Shot In The Dark 5. Three Men And Adena 6. Dog And Pony Show 7. And The Rockets' Dead Glare 8. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 9. The NIght Of The Living Dead

• Sanditon | DVD | (18/11/2019) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Jane Austen's Sanditon, brought to life by Andrew Davies Brand new ITV drama starring Rose Williams (Curfew, Medici), Theo James (The Divergent series), Anne Reid (Last Tango in Halifax) & Kris Marshall (Death in Paradise, Love Actually). An absolute joy, with wonderful characters and wicked intrigue Daily Mail A chance accident brings Charlotte Heywood to Sanditon, a seaside resort on the cusp of dramatic change. Spirited and unconventional, Charlotte is initially keen to experience everything the town has to offer but is then shocked by its scheming and ambitious inhabitants and intrigued by the secrets they share. When Charlotte is tactlessly forthright about the family of enthusiastic entrepreneur Tom Parker, she immediately clashes with his handsome but wild younger brother Sidney. Amidst the rival suitors and unexpected danger, can Charlotte and Sidney see past each other's flaws and find love? Special Features: Sanditon: A First Look The Adaptation: With Andrew Davies Sanditon: Regency Style and Production Design

• Beautiful Mind, A | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £4.71   |  Saving you £15.28 (324.42%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Russell Crowe stars as the mathematical genius John Forbes Nash Jr, a man who made a great discovery early in his life before descending into a notorious life of depravity and self discovery.

• Journeyman | DVD | (30/07/2018) from £7.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Journeyman is Paddy Considine's much-anticipated second feature as writer/director following his BAFTA-winning debut Tyrannosaur. Produced by Diarmid Scrimshaw (Tyrannosaur, God's Own Country) and featuring stand-out performances from Paddy Considine (Dead Man's Shoes) and Jodie Whittaker (2018's Doctor Who), Journeyman is a remarkable love story full of raw determination and courage set against the exhilarating backdrop of a Boxing Championship. After winning a punishing title defense on points, world middleweight boxing champion Matty Burton (Considine) collapses. The journey towards regaining his speech, movement and memory will be the toughest fight he'll ever face, and the prize could not be greater, for his relationship with his wife Emma (Whittaker) and baby daughter Mia hangs in the balance.

• Anne Frank | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £6.53   |  Saving you £8.46 (129.56%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When the war began she was only a little girl. When it ended she was the voice of a generation... A compassionate and sensitive televisual portrait of the Holocaust's greatest diarist.

• Whisper Of The Heart | DVD | (10/04/2006) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-10.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Shizuku is spending her last summer vacation in junior high school reading and translating lyrics of popular foreign music into Japanese daydreaming of becoming a writer. Lately she finds that all the books she chooses in the library have been previously checked out by the same boy Seiji Amasawa - Shizuku wonders what kind of guy he is... Could it be that the obnoxious boy she stumbles into could be the guy who's been reading all those books? A touching love story with wonderful