Drama

• Takin' Over The Asylum | DVD | (09/06/2008) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  First screened in 1994 this engrossing six part drama took on the issues surrounding mental health with sensitivity and black humour. The series helped launch the careers of Ken Stott (Messiah and Rebus) and David Tennant (Doctor Who) and went on to win a BAFTA for Best Serial and an RTS Award for Best Writer. Eddie McKenna is a double-glazing salesman who moonlights as a DJ for hospital radio in a Scottish mental asylum - St Judes. He nurtures close friendships with the patients there including Francine a self-harmer schizophrenic Fergus OCD sufferer Rosaline and Campbell a manic depressive with whom he shares a dream to make it onto the commercial radio scene. As Campbell's inspired antics seem to bring the pair closer to their goal the pressures of work relationships and family begin to get to Eddie. With his life threatening to spin out of control it is Eddie's turn to look for help...

• The World According to Garp | Blu Ray | (07/07/2025) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Me And Earl And The Dying Girl | DVD | (11/01/2016) from £4.46   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The uniquely funny, moving story of Greg, a high school senior who is trying to blend in anonymously, avoiding deeper relationships as a survival strategy for navigating the social minefield that is teenage life. He even describes his constant companion Earl, with whom he makes short film parodies of classic movies, as more of a 'co-worker' than a best friend. But when Greg's mom insists he spend time with Rachel – a girl in his class who has just been diagnosed with cancer - he slowly discovers how worthwhile the true bonds of friendship can be.

• The Small Back Room (Vintage Classics) | Blu Ray | (03/06/2024) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From the legendary filmmaking duo Powell and Pressburger (A Matter of Life and Death, 1949The Red Shoes), The Small Back Room is the story of the troubled love affair between atormented back-room scientist and a secretary, told against a background ofministerial intrigue and Empire building.Sammy Rice (David Farrar) was the army's finest bomb disposal officer until he wasinjured in the war. Now part of a specialist ˜back room' team, he dismantles the boobytrappeddevices being dropped by Nazi bombers. He falls in love with Susan(Kathleen Byron), a colleague, and the two begin a secret affair. However,embittered by life, he feels inferior: inferior as a lover, inferior as a man unableto wear uniform, inferior in his work. Although a brilliant scientist, he allowshimself to be exploited by his power-hungry boss and haunted by his past,he drowns his sorrows in whiskey.Sammy's life is descending into disarray when the news comes; a bombhas exploded with catastrophic consequences, and another has beenfound. Faced with the biggest challenge of his career, Sammy mustface his demons and take his own life in his hands to solve the mystery of the bomb's lethal mechanism.

• The Wee Man | DVD | (08/07/2013) from £10.35   |  Saving you £7.64 (73.82%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Crime drama based on the life of Scottish gangster Paul Ferris. Martin Compston stars as Ferris, who was brought up on Glasgow's notorious Black Hill estate in the 1960s. As a young man Ferris starts out working for two rival gang bosses, The Godfather and The Snake, but after a brutal betrayal he decides to go it alone. Carving out a dangerous and bloody career defined by violence, corruption and murder, Paul 'The Wee Man' Ferris ends up becoming the most feared man in Glasgow.

• Crossroads | DVD | (19/05/2003) from £6.50   |  Saving you £13.49 (207.54%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Pop superstar Britney Spears makes her big screen debut in this tale of three childhood best friends, and a guy they just met, take a trip across the country, finding themselves and their friendship in the process.

• The Split: Series 1-3 | DVD | (16/05/2022) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Hannah Defoe (Nicola Walker) is a brilliant divorce lawyer who takes on cases for London's wealthy and well-known. When she splits from her family practice to begin a new job at a rival firm, Hannah unexpectedly finds herself working with an ex-lover (Barry Atsma) who pushes her to revaluate her own marriage to another barrister, Nathan (Stephen Mangan). And when Hannah's estranged father (Anthony Head) returns after 30 years, the toxic feud between her parents is re-ignited. As the Defoe family is forced to confront their fractured past, the pace and scope of her cases doesn't let up as she fights to help her volatile clients at their lowest ebb. Across three magnificent seasons of dramatic divorces, heated boardroom battles and chaotic love lives, Hannah learns the many forms that love and hate can take. With the world seemingly at her fingertips, how can she have it all?

• Secrets & Lies | DVD | (23/02/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  If a film fan had never heard of director Mike Leigh, one might explain him as a British Woody Allen. Not that Leigh's films are whimsical or neurotic; they are tough-love examinations of British life--funny, outlandish and biting. His films share a real immediacy with Allen's work: they feel as if they are happening now. Leigh works with actors--real actors--on ideas and language. There is no script at the start (and sometimes not at the end). Secrets and Lies involves Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), an elegant black woman wanting to learn her birth mother's identity. She will find it's Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn), who is one of the saddest creatures we've seen in film. She's also one of the most real and, ultimately, one of the most loveable. Timothy Spall is Cynthia's brother, a giant man full of love who is being slowly defeated by his fastidious wife (Phyllis Logan). There is a great exuberance of life in Secrets & Lies, winner of the Palme D'Or and best actress (Blethyn) at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival--not Zorba-type life but the little battles fought and won every day. Leigh's honest interpretation of daily life is usually found only on the stage. Secrets & Lies is more realistic than a stage production, however, especially when Leigh shows us uninterrupted scenes. Critic David Denby states that Leigh has "made an Ingmar Bergman film without an instant of heaviness or pretension." If that sounds like your cup of tea, see Secrets & Lies. --Doug Thomas

• Invictus | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £8.95   |  Saving you £11.04 (123.35%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Clint Eastwood's "Invictus" tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team to help unite their country.

• Hidden City | Blu Ray | (13/05/2024) from £16.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  After establishing a fine reputation in British television drama, Stephen Poliakoff directed his first feature film in 1987. A mystery wrapped in conspiracy and secrets, Hidden City tells the story of James Richards (Charles Dance), a writer sucked into a search for a lost piece of film by Sharon Newton (Cassie Stewart), a video librarian. What they stumble upon are cover-ups, tense searches, and possible danger. With the help of Witold Stoks' excellent cinematography, Poliakoff has crafted a rich look into London's dark history, with disused tram-tunnels and long-forgotten subterranean chambers serving as the backdrop to explore the depths of the British pre-occupation with secrecy. Featuring a sensational cast of stellar British talent including Charles Dance, Richard E. Grant and Bill Paterson, Stephen Poliakoff's rarely seen directorial debut is a stylish thriller ripe for rediscovery.Product FeaturesExtras Presented in High Definition Other extras TBC

• The Chorus | DVD | (11/07/2005) from £10.18   |  Saving you £9.81 (96.37%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A music teacher inspires his unruly young charges in this runaway French hit.

• Murdoch Mysteries Season 16 | DVD | (10/07/2023) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Season sixteen of the internationally acclaimed series continues to explore the personal and professional developments in the lives of Detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson), Dr. Julia Ogden (Helene Joy), Inspector Thomas Brackenreid (Thomas Craig), Constables George Crabtree (Jonny Harris) and Henry Higgins-Newsome (Lachlan Murdoch), and Detective Llewelyn Watts (Daniel Maslany) as they tackle Toronto's toughest mysteries, from the serious and historic to the comical and unusual.

• Born On The Fourth Of July | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £6.09   |  Saving you £9.90 (162.56%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A story of innocence lost and courage found. Tom Cruise delivers a riveting and unforgettable portrayal of Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic in Oliver Stone's Academy Award winning masterpiece. Based on a true story the acclaimed film follows the young Kovic from a zealous teen who eagerly volunteers for the Vietnam War to an embittered veteran paralysed from the mid-chest down. Deeply in love with his country Kovic returned to an environment vastly different from the one he le

• Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Series 1/2/3/4 | DVD | (14/11/2022) from £39.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Loving Vincent | Blu Ray | (12/02/2018) from £8.99   |  Saving you £-0.10 (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.89

  Loving Vincent is a biographical drama film about the life of painter Vincent van Gogh. It is the world's first fully oil painted animated film and brings his artwork to life in an exploration of the death of one of history's most celebrated artists. A true labour of love, written and directed by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman, each of the film's 65,000 frames is an oil painting on canvas, using the same technique as Van Gogh, created by a team of 115 painters.

• Schindler's List - 25th Anniversary Bonus Edition (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (25/02/2019) from £9.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Commemorate the 25th Anniversary of Steven Spielberg's cinematic masterpiece, Schindler's List, one of the most historically significant films of all time. Winner°° of seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director, this incredible true story follows the enigmatic Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson), who saved the lives of more than 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust. It is the triumph of one man who made a difference and the drama of those who survived one of the darkest chapters in human history because of what he did. Meticulously restored from the original film negative in pristine 4K resolution and supervised by Steven Spielberg, Schindler's List is a powerful story whose lessons of courage and faith continue to inspire generations. "1. SCHINDLER'S LIST : 25 YEARS LATER: Director Steven Spielberg joins actors Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Embeth Davidtz and Caroline Goodall at the Tribeca Film Festival to reflect on the making of the film and its legacy. 2. VOICES FROM THE LIST: A feature-length documentary with testimonies from Holocaust survivors and archival footage. 3. USC SHOAH FOUNDATION STORY WITH STEVEN SPIELBERG 4. Let Their Testimonies Speak - Stronger Than Hate 5. About iWitness "

• East is East | DVD | (22/07/2019) from £12.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  For the seven kids of George Khan - proud Pakistani and chip shop owner - life is one long compromise. Tomboy Meenah prefers playing footie to wearing a sari, hippie Saleem pretends to be studying engineering when he's really at art school, heart-throb Tariq has got a reputation as a local Casanova, and Sajid hasn't even been circumcised yet. For George Khan ('Genghis' to his kids), life is an uphill battle to get his family to conform to traditional Pakistani values. But this is Salford in the 1970's. George's English wife Ella is Lancashire born, and his kids have got minds of their own. In the Khan's cramped terraced house with it's scant indoor plumbing, anarchy erupts on a daily basis. When the Khan kids begin to oppose their father's petty tyrannies, Ella is forced to make a choice between her love for her husband and the right of her children to make their own way in the world.

• The Monuments Men | DVD | (09/06/2014) from £4.02   |  Saving you £15.97 (397.26%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men focuses on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves.

• Dreamer | DVD | (13/02/2006) from £8.51   |  Saving you £12.74 (175.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Kurt Russell and Dakota Fanning star in this equestrian family drama.

• The Painted Veil | DVD | (03/09/2007) from £5.88   |  Saving you £13.37 (289.39%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Edward Norton and Naomi Watts star in this lavish adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's romantic novel.