Drama

• Promised Land | Blu Ray | (13/01/2014) from £4.19   |  Saving you £15.80 (377.09%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In Promised Land Matt Damon stars as Steve Butler a corporate salesman whose journey from farm boy to big-time player takes an unexpected detour when he lands in a small town where he grapples with a surprising array of both open hearts and closed doors. Gus Van Sant helms the film from an original screenplay written by John Krasinski and Matt Damon from a story by Dave Eggers. Steve has been dispatched to the rural town of McKinley with his sales partner Sue Thomason (Academy Award winner Frances McDormand). The town has been hit hard by the economic decline of recent years and the two consummate sales executives see McKinley's citizens as likely to accept their company's offer - for drilling rights to their properties - as much-needed relief. What seems like an easy job and a short stay for the duo becomes complicated - professionally by calls for community-wide consideration of the offer by respected schoolteacher Frank Yates (Academy Award nominee Hal Holbrook) and personally by Steve's encounter with Alice (Rosemarie DeWitt). When Dustin Noble (John Krasinski) a slick environmental activist arrives suddenly the stakes both personal and professional rise to the boiling point. Special Features: Extended Scene The Making of

• Runaway Jury/Class Action/Family Business | DVD | (05/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Runaway Away Jury: The stakes are extremely high in an explosive trial when the widow of a gun massacre victim represented by attorney Wendell Rohr (Dustin Hoffman) sues the gun's powerful manufacturer. Now with millions of dollars in the balance 12 jurors must decide if the gun maker was negligent. However unscrupulous jury consultant Rankin Fitch (Gene Hackman) believes the verdict is too important to be left in the hands of a jury and will spare no expense to ensure the chosen jury remain sympathetic to his client. Tension mounts and tables are turned as it comes to light that the jury is being manipulated by one of its own Nicholas Easter (John Cusack) with the aid of a beautiful woman (Rachel Weisz) on the outside to swing the verdict in the direction of the highest bidder... Class Action: Lawyer Jebediah Ward devoted to defending victims of large corporations and the State is fighting for compensation for the victims of automobile accidents involving defective cars. However it turns out that the manufacturer in his latest case is being defended by none other than Ward's daughter... Family Business: Connery Hoffman and Broderick star as three generations of a family formerly linked to organized crime. Grandfather Jesse has been in and out of jail and his son Vito has decided to leave a life of crime in order to become a respectable family man but when grandson Adam comes up with a can't-miss heist plan the intergenerational sparks begin to fly.

• Kasaba / Clouds of May | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £33.73   |  Saving you £-8.74 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Kasaba (1998): Told from the perspective of two children and in four parts which run parallel to seasons KASABA describes relationships between members of a Turkish family in a small town. The first part is in a primary school where the family's 11 year old doughter is a pupil. It shows the social environment to which she has to adopt and its difficulties. She faces with her feeling of shame and some merciless clues of life... The second part is in spring. We see the girl with her brother who is four years younger and their journey to the corn field where their family are waiting for them. As they pass through the countryside they encounter the mysteries of nature and wildlife... In the third part the brother and sister witness the complexities and darkness of the adult world... The fourth part takes place at home. This is a tranquil sequence moving between reality and dream. Clouds Of May (1999): This May in the town seems to be warmer and gloomier than the previous years. Still everyone seems to be happy despite their small worries and lives closed for any surprises. However this happiness is a little disturbed by the arrival of Muzaffer who has made up his mind to shoot a film in this town where he had passed his childhood. ""Clouds of May"" tells the story of Muzaffer who returns to his native town to make a movie. His father Emin is bent on saving the small forest he cultivates on his property from confiscation by the authorities. His nephew nine year-old Ali who wants a musical watch. He has to carry an egg in his pocket for 40 days without cracking it according to terms of an agreement made with his aunt who has promised in return to convince Ali's father to purchase this much wanted item for his son. And Muzaffer's cousin Saffet who is a young town dweller whose affords are all doomed to failure by bad luck (or is it by his own rebelliousness) and who dreams of going to Istanbul.

• The Man in Grey | DVD | (20/07/2020) from £12.18   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The definitive Gainsborough Melodrama, The Man in Grey stars James Mason in a career-defining role as the despicable Lord Rohan, alongside memorable performances from co-stars Phyllis Calvert, Margaret Lockwood and Stewart Granger. This quintessential bodice ripper is featured here as a remaster from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Forced into an arranged marriage with the sadistic Marquis of Rohan, Clarissa Richmond is caught in a loveless relationship in order to provide Rohan with the heir he craves. When Clarissa's friend Hesther takes Rohan's fancy, things take a turn for the worse.

• Parked | DVD | (06/04/2012) from £13.75   |  Saving you £2.24 (14.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Fred (Colm Meaney, The Van, Star Trek) lives a quiet, isolated life in his car, having lost all hope of improving his situation. That all changes when he forms an unlikely friendship with Cathal (Colin Morgan, Merlin), a dope-smoking 21-year-old with a positive attitude, who becomes his 'neighbour'. Sharing laughs, and the hard times too, Fred and Cathal find the simple, free pleasures of life.Cathal is determined to make Fred sort his life out, and it works. Fred modifies his car, beats the welfare system and makes a friend in Jules, an attractive music teacher who lives alone nearby. But Fred struggles with his pride to tell Jules about his 'home', and Cathal's life is threatened by his escalating drug habit. As they grow closer, the influence of these three outsiders on each other will change their lives.Parked is a triumphant story of friendship, hope, and perseverance.

• The Poseidon Adventure - Limited Edition Steelbook | Blu Ray | (14/04/2014) from £39.99   |  Saving you £-18.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  The Poseidon Adventure Limited Edition Steelbook. One of the most gripping disaster films of all time follows ten survivors as they struggle to escape from an ocean liner capsized by a tidal wave. Suspenseful terror - combined with the victims' intimate and personal stories - results in compelling and heart-stopping drama. Nine Academy Award Nominations and a Win for Best Visual Effects make this film a true classic.

• Princess From The Moon | DVD | (13/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Toshiro Mifune stars in this enchanting film based on the traditional Japanese fairytale 'Kaguya' as the male half of a country couple who find a baby girl in the bamboo and raise her as their own until the truth is revealed when she is taken back...

• Privates On Parade | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  1947: the members of SADUSEA (Song And Dance Unit South East Asia) fall in and out of love while trying to dodge Malayan Communist bullets...

• The Patience Stone | DVD | (03/03/2014) from £15.29   |  Saving you £0.70 (4.58%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Based on the best-selling novel by Afghan-born Atiq Rahimi (Winner of France s prestigious Prix Goncourt) and co-adapted for the screen by the legendary Jean-Claude Carriere, The Patience Stone is a bold, powerful and ultimately uplifting story of one woman s resolve to break free from silence and oppression, featuring a breath-taking performance from Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani (Asghar Farhadi s About Elly, Ridley Scott s Body of Lies). In a country torn apart by a war, in Afg...

• If Not Us, Who? | DVD | (13/08/2012) from £9.87   |  Saving you £6.12 (38.30%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Bern (August Diehl; Inglourious Basterds, Salt) and Gudrun begin a passionate love affair set against the backdrop of West Germany in the 1960's. Following the war there has been a stifling atmosphere of provincialism but a new mood has captured the imagination of the young. Setting out to challenge the establishment Bern and Gudrun become part of a global uprising joining forces with leftist writers and political activists but Gudrun's passion makes her join the infamous German terrorist Baader Meinhoff Gang and their paths are set to take very different courses.

• Elvis | Blu Ray | (16/08/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Just two years after Elvis Presley passed away Kurt Russell brought him back to life in the original biopic about the King of Rock n Roll. Released through ABC in 1979 Elvis marked the first time director John Carpenter and actor Kurt Russell would work together in what would become a legendary pairing in film history (Escape From New York Big Trouble In Little China The Thing and Escape From L.A.). Tracing Presleys life from his impoverished childhood to his meteoric rise to stardom to his triumphant return to Las Vegas Elvis features Shelley Winters (Gladys Presley) Season Hubley (Priscilla Presley) Bing Russell (Kurts real-life father as Vernon Presley) Pat Hingle (Colonel Tom Parker) Joe Mantegna (Memphis Mafia member Joe Esposito) and Ed Begley Jr. (drummer D.J. Fontana) in an all-star supporting cast for an effort that garnered numerous Emmy nominations including Outstanding Lead Actor for Russell. Restored From The Original Film Elements.

• Parkland | Blu Ray | (31/03/2014) from £15.48   |  Saving you £4.51 (29.13%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Dramatic retelling of former US President John F. Kennedy's assassination directed by Peter Landesman. Captured on camera by amateur film-maker and photographer Abraham Zapruder (Paul Giamatti), Kennedy (Brett Stimely)'s assassination was an event which shocked the whole world. A firm believer in the need for a transparent government, Kennedy had made as many friends as he had enemies which led to speculation on the identity of his killer, widely thought to have been a lone gunman. Following ...

• The Bruce | DVD | (14/06/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Standing Still | DVD | (12/05/2008) from £5.53   |  Saving you £7.46 (134.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Michael and Elise are two twenty somethings who are about to take the plunge and get married. To celebrate their forthcoming union several old friends from their past turn up for the engagement party. With many dark secrets about to be uncovered the event of their lives will become more than they ever expected.

• Threads | DVD | (10/07/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Hideously plausible when first broadcast in 1984, this BBC TV docu-drama now seems like a terrifying might-have-been, although a great deal of what it says about the probable aftermath of a nuclear attack remains horribly pertinent. Scripted by Barry Hines (author of the novel on which Ken Loach's Kes was based) and directed by Mick Jackson (who later went to Hollywood with The Bodyguard and Volcano), at the time Threads seemed like a response to the American TV movie The Day After although it stands nobly on its own. Showing the after-effects of World War III on the United Kingdom by concentrating on two Sheffield families linked by an unplanned pregnancy, it illustrates the scientific, political, medical and social consequences of the severing of the many vital connective "threads" that support a Western society. Grim in a particularly 1980s way, this is a compulsive if uncomfortable watch and accomplishes a great deal without the distraction of spectacle, picking through all the melted milk bottles and firing squad traffic wardens to find the human horror at the heart of it all. --Kim Newman

• Curse Of The Golden Flower/Fearless/Crouching Tiger, Hidden... | Blu Ray | (05/11/2013) from £40.48   |  Saving you £-10.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

• Mirror Images | DVD | (19/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Two beautiful women Kaitlin who is desperately seeking to get away from her boring wealthy life with her control freak husband Jeffrey... and Shauna Kaitlins twin sister who is lively and outgoing and who lives a very different lifestyle. Passionate and wild Shauna lives off a variety of lovers including Joey (a rich boy playing rock star) when she receives a mysterious phone call and suddenly leaves town. Kaitlin assumes Shaunas identity and becomes embroiled with a psychotic serial killer who is stalking her twin. Engulfed in the fantasy and still posing as Shauna Kaitlin allows herself to be seduced by Joey who one day appears unannounced. Fear is to follow when the next night Kaitlin is forced to confront the masked sadist who has been terrorising her twin sister.

• The Unspoken Truth | DVD | (22/04/2002) from £4.97   |  Saving you £-2.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Despite her parents' disapproval Brianne is determined to marry Clay. At first the marriage is a success but gradually Clay becomes more and more physically and emotionally abusive to his family. One night in a bar a man tries to chat up Brianne and Clay shoots him dead. To try and deceive the authorities Brianne admits to shooting the man by accident. This plan misfires and the couple are both imprisoned for life. When Brianne's father dies Brianne is faced with the possibility of losing custody of their only child Lily. Is her love for Clay strong enough?.. Based on a true story.

• To Live For | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £6.54   |  Saving you £-0.55 (-9.20%)   |  RRP £5.99

  It's only when you're life is truely on edge that you appreciate how precious and important everyday every moment is. After finding she has a life-threatening illness Susan Allen decides to spend what time is left to the fullest with her young daughter Carson. Tortured between her own terrible plight and what will happen to Carson she then crosses paths with an irresistable stranger. Although reluctantto get too involved as any future together seems impossible she soon finds out

• Author, Author | DVD | (03/01/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  They share the laughter the love the frustration... and the bathroom. Al Pacino stars as a playwright who's on the cusp of success. As opening night approaches his wife runs off leaving him with the 5 kids; 4 of which aren't his!