Drama

• Fear Eats The Soul | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Rainer Werner Fassbinder already the director of almost twenty films by the age of twenty-nine paid homage to his cinematic hero Douglas Sirk with this updated version of Sirk's All That Heaven Allows. Lonely widow Emmi Kurowsky (Brigitte Mira) meets Arab worker Ali (El Hedi ben Salem) in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love - to their own surprise - and to the shock of family colleagues and drinking buddies. Fassbinder expertly uses the emotional power of the melodrama to underscore the racial tensions threatening German culture at the time.

• Changeling | Blu Ray | (22/04/2019) from £9.69   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Clint Eastwood directs Oscar Winner Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich in a riveting and unforgettable true story. Los Angeles, 1928. When a single mother Christine Collins (Jolie) leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mother and son; but he isn't her boy. Driven by one woman's relentless quest for the truth, the case exposes a world of corruption, captivates the public and changes LA forever. This emotionally gripping story illustrates the profound power of a mother's love.

• I Accuse | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £12.58   |  Saving you £-6.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  After a well-respected small town doctor (John Hannah) drugs and sexually assaults a beautiful longtime patient (Estella Warren) she attempts to press charges. But given her promiscuous past no one will believe her story especially when a series of DNA tests conclusively prove the doctor's innocence. Determined to have justice she sets out to expose the doctor's lies leading to the discovery of bizarre and damaging new evidence in this gripping psychological thriller based on actual events.

• Koktebel | DVD | (23/05/2005) from £12.95   |  Saving you £7.04 (54.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  'Koktebel' is the award winning first feature by two Russian film makers Boris Khlebnikov and Alexei Popogrebsky. They are part of the Russian New Wave of young directors and their script won the European Pitch Point Event in Berlin in 2001. After his wife's death and the loss of his job an aerodynamics engineer sets off from Moscow with his 11 year old son for his sister's house in Koktebel by the Black Sea. With no money nor means of transport they drift through the expansive a

• Transylvania | DVD | (11/02/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When impulsive dervish Zingarina (Asia Argento) arrives in the mysterious backwaters of Transylvania, she has but one thing on her mind: to find her long-lost lover and travelling musician, Milan (Marco Castoldi, singer in Italian glam rock group Bluvertigo). After trawling the various clubs and bars with her friend Marie (Amira Casar, The Last Mistress), she eventually finds him, only for Milan to reject her. Totally distraught, Zingarina cuts herself loose from Marie, her belongings and everything she holds dear before stumbling into a series of events and encounters that threaten to send her spiralling over the edge of sanity. Plunged into the confetti, drunken revelry and thrumming festivities of a Romany carnival, she emerges in a daze only to be lured ever deeper into the rolling hills of the Romanian countryside. It is here that she meets the enigmatic Tchangalo (Birol Unel), a travelling trader who takes Zingarina under his wing. Together they embark on a chaotic road trip upon which they indulge in wild bouts of gypsy folk dance, cutthroat roadside bartering and long nights of heady passion.

• A Family At War - One Of Ours | DVD | (15/03/2004) from £9.86   |  Saving you £10.13 (102.74%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The classic television series which tells the powerful story of the Ashton family during the Second World War. Living in Liverpool during the Second World War they struggle to deal with the harsh realities of life as their sons are sent abroad to fight children are evacuated and those who remain at home live in constant fear - either of the War Office telegram or the Luftwaffe.

• Gabriel And Me | DVD | (09/09/2002) from £6.15   |  Saving you £6.84 (111.22%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When a young boy's father becomes seriously ill the youngster comes to the conclusion that the only way that he can save him is to become an angel...

• James Cagney Collection | DVD | (05/10/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Titles Comprise: 1. The Public Enemy: Tom's bad way of life is constantly set up against his brother Mike's who has a job during the day and goes to night school. Mike will enroll in the Marines to fight in WWI. He will come back and will constantly try to put Tom back on the right path. 2. The Roaring Twenties: After the WWI Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere. 3. The Fighting 69th: A classic propagandist war film set in the trenches of World War I following the famous 69th Irish regiment of Rainbow Division. James Cagney plays a brash new recruit whose rebelliousness causes tragedy. He discovers his patriotism after being given a second chance. 4. Torrid Zone: Fruit company executive Steve Case (Pat O'Brien) is being harrassed by revolutionaries in the banana republic that hosts his plantation. He tries to convince his ex-colleague and old nemesis Nick Butler (Cagney) to come back to work to save his profits. Ann Sheridan provides the glamour and delivers the zingers with customary sass. 5. The Bride Came C.O.D: Cagney plays charter pilot Steve Collins a man in need of a fast buck in order to stop his plane being repossessed. His latest charter is heiress Joan Winfield (Bette Davis) who is eloping to Las Vegas with her boyfriend Allen Brice (Jack Carson). When Steve finds out that her millionaire dad is mightily opposed to the marriage he negotiates with him to kidnap his daughter and deliver her to him in return for a financial bail-out. When the plane goes down unexpectedly in a desert ghost town an unlikely attraction develops between Steve and Joan. 6. The West Point Story: Cagney is Broadway director Bix Bixby fallen on hard times due to his gambling habit who reluctantly agrees to go to West Point military academy to help the students put on a show. Bixby of course has an ulterior motive - he wants to poach student star Tom Fletcher (Gordon MacRae) for his uncle's new production... 7. White Heat: Cody Jarrett is the sadistic leader of a ruthless gang of thieves. Afflicted by terrible headaches and fiercely devoted to his 'Ma ' Cody is a volatile violent and eccentric leader. Cody's top henchman wants to lead the gang and attempts to have an 'accident' happen to Cody while he is running the gang from in jail. But Cody is saved by an undercover cop who thereby befriends him and infiltrates the gang. Finally the stage is set for Cody's ultimate betrayal and downfall during a big heist at a chemical plant.

• Girl Stroke Boy (UK Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (17/01/2022) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on David Percival's acclaimed play Girlfriend, Girl Stroke Boy is a one-of-a-kind comedy which tells of two everyday, middle-class parents who are confounded when their son brings home his new partner: an elegant, confusingly androgynous West Indian (actor and pop star Peter Straker in a pioneering performance). Directed with an affectionate, light touch by Bob Kellet (Up Pompeii, Space: 1999) and featuring a superb cast, including Joan Greenwood (Mysterious Island, Kind Hearts and Coronets), Michael Hordern (The Missionary, Barry Lyndon), Patricia Routledge (To Sir, with Love), and Clive Francis (A Clockwork Orange), Girl Stroke Boy still packs a punch today thanks to Straker's flamboyant performance (British cinema's first gay leading role to be played by a black actor) and the prescient subject matter. Long out of circulation, this new, restored edition marks the film's worldwide Blu-ray premiere.

• Airport Collection - Airport/Airport 1975/Airport 1977 | DVD | (07/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Airport (Dir. George Seaton 1970): Take a non-stop flight with an all-star cast to a world of tension-filled human drama in this trend-setting box office blockbuster. Based on Arthur Hailey's runaway best seller the emotion-charged adventure stars Burt Lancaster as the manager of a glamorous international airport who must juggle personal crisis with professional responsibilities as he attempts to keep his blizzard torn facility open to rescue a bomb-damaged jetliner. The lavish Ross Hunter production co-stars a veritable Who's Who of Hollywood's most glittering personalities. The often imitated but never duplicated movie milestone remains a gripping trip from suspenseful take-off to sense-shattering landing. Airport 1975 (Dir. Jack Smight 1974): En route from Washington D.C. to Los Angeles Columbia Airlines Flight 409 is struck by a small plane leaving its pilot Capt. Stacy blinded and its co-pilot dead. Can chief stewardess Nancy Pryor keep the giant aircraft aloft while her lover former jet pilot Alan Murdock is lowered by helicopter through the gaping hole in its nose? Airport '77 (Dir. Jerry Jameson 1977): Full of VIP's and art treasures owned by a millionaire (Stewart) the plane goes down during a hijack attempt and courageous Captain Gallagher (Lemmon) must keep the passengers alive until they are rescued.

• The House Of Eliott - Part 1 | DVD | (13/09/2004) from £8.33   |  Saving you £11.66 (139.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The first four episodes of the BBC drama series set in 1920's London. When the philandering Eliott dies penniless there is no inheritance for his daughters Beatrice and Evangeline to survive on. Forced to go into business their London dressmakiing enterprise grows into an industrial force to be reckoned with...

• The Color Purple | Blu Ray | (31/01/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Steven Spielberg, proving he's one of the few modern filmmakers who has the visual fluency to be capable of making a great silent film, took a melodramatic, DW Griffith-inspired approach to filming Alice Walker's novel. His tactics made the film controversial, but also a popular hit. You can argue with the appropriateness of Spielberg's decision, but his astonishing facility with images is undeniable--from the exhilarating and eye-popping opening shots of children playing in paradisiacal purple fields to the way he conveys the brutality of a rape by showing hanging leather belts banging against the head of the shaking bed. In a way it's a shame that Whoopi Goldberg, a stage monologist who made her screen debut in this movie, went on to become so famous, because it was, in part, her unfamiliarity that made her understated performance as Celie so effective. (This may be the first and last time that the adjective understated can be applied to Goldberg.) Nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including best picture and actress (supporting players Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Avery were also nominated), it was quite a scandal--and a crushing blow to Spielberg--when The Color Purple won none. --Jim Emerson

• Untamed Love | DVD | (02/04/2001) from £4.44   |  Saving you £1.55 (34.91%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Based on real events this story follows a special needs teacher's efforts to break down the barriers of silent aggression in a highly-disturbed child.

• Fraternity Vacation | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  It's summer vacation and like all good frat house boys Bruce Tucker and Joe Gillespie are off to Palm Springs to sample the local delicacies and view the native wildlife. Their only problem comes in the form of travelling partner and nerd-extraordinaire Wendell Tvedt. In return for teaching his astronomy major son 'the ways of the world' Wendell's father has agreed to let the boys use his summer apartment. The fun starts when two members of a rival fraternity Charles Lawlor III an

• Here Come The Girls 2 | DVD | (28/06/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Hot on the high heels of runaway success Here Come The Girls this second compilation of lesbian short films raises the stakes and delivers more bang for your pink buck. Featuring short films from established lesbian film directors from the USA and the UK a wide selection of themes and narratives focusing on lesbian romance and women in love are touched upon from controversial encounters such as sleeping with Dad's new girlfriend first-time follies at the local dyke bar vampire fist-fights and gun-totin' schoolgirls! A sugar rush of a lesbian movie... funny campy and wildly imaginative - AfterEllen.com

• The Saint In Palm Spings | DVD | (23/05/2011) from £9.48   |  Saving you £3.51 (37.03%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Simon Templar (George Sanders) is hired to protect Peter Johnson (Edmund Elton), the owner of a valuable stamp collection, after two attempts are made on his life. But as Johnson prepares to visit Palm Springs and hand over the stamps to his daughter Elna (Wendy Barrie), he is shot in the back whilst putting the stamps in his safe. Keen to catch the murderer, The Saint decides to take Johnson’s place and deliver the stamps to Palm Springs himself. Seduced by the mysterious but dangerous Margaret Forbes (Linda Hayes), The Saint decides to enlist the help of one-time criminal now turned detective Clarence ‘Pearly’ Gates (Paul Gilfoyle). But the murderer has followed The Saint to Palm Springs and death is only one step behind Simon Templar.

• Be My Baby | DVD | (25/05/2015) from £13.79   |  Saving you £-0.80 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Nine men and women gather at a house party. The men are disappointed with a woman's appearance. People try to lighten the mood, but there is an awkwardness. The house party ends. Dates among the nine men and women begin.

• Cruel Intentions 2 - Manchester Prep | DVD | (09/10/2003) from £4.96   |  Saving you £1.03 (20.77%)   |  RRP £5.99

  There's a reason you haven't heard of Cruel Intentions 2, a straight-to-video "sequel" to the seamy teen romp that had Ryan Phillippe baring his polished behind: it's twice as bad as the first one and is only worth a look to see just how embarrassingly trivial it can get. Writer-director Roger Kumble's original was no classic, but at least the game, nubile cast knew how to smack its lips--his follow-up (which, in tamer form, was to be the pilot for a proposed series called Manchester Prep) can't even pout properly. Phillippe's Sebastian character (here played by a bland, doughy Robin Dunne) is carted back out to be reintroduced to scheming stepsister Kathryn, enacted by a woefully unsexy Amy Adams (Sarah Michelle Gellar played Sebastian's ripe cousin in the first film). The two don't hit it off, and Sebastian--far more sentimental than his big-screen counterpart--immediately decides he's all for love, in the form of pristine deb Danielle (Sarah Thompson). It all amounts to a ponderously cartoonish nothing, and includes a twist ending that renders everything proceeding it completely incomprehensible. Kumble has the film spouting homilies on love and self-esteem, then randomly throws in bare breasts; it's like a horny Saved by the Bell, without the kick or pace of good camp. --Steve Wiecking, Amazon.com

• Tigerland Steelbook | Blu Ray | (02/06/2014) from £18.62   |  Saving you £4.37 (23.47%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Just released from the base stockade recruit Roland Bozz (Colin Farrell) joins a platoon of young soldiers preparing to ship out to Vietnam. Bozz's independence and outright defiance draws fire from his own men as well as commanding officers. But when the platoon is sent to Tigerland a hellish training ground that is the last stop before Vietnam Bozz's leadership and loyalty bring his men together triggering extraordinary consequences.

• Jaded | DVD | (01/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A woman called Meg Harris finds herself cast into the spotlight when she is the victim of a female rape. Meg is threatened by her husband when she decides to go to court. Meanwhile the accused two regulars from a local bar are protected when the bar owner Jack chooses to lie under oath. This taut thriller was nominated for best feature at the International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.