Drama

• Alice Darling | DVD | (23/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Cockney Casanova is back. From the bedrooms of Bordeaux to the boardrooms of magazine editors trucker Alfie travels across Europe driving the French girls wild..... until tragedy strikes.....

• Jim Jarmusch Collection Vol.1 | DVD | (12/05/2008) from £20.23   |  Saving you £14.76 (72.96%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Permanent Vacation (1980): In downtown Manhattan Allie a twenty-something guy (Chris Parker) whose Father is not around and whose Mother is institutionalized is a big Charlie Parker fan. He almost subconsciously searches for more meaning in his life and meets a few strange and surreal characters along the way. Stranger Than Paradise (1984): Winner of the Camera d'Or for Best First Feature at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival Stranger Than Paradise not only launched Jim Jarmusch's career but also earned him recognition from critics as one of today's more inventive and creative filmmakers. Lounge Lizard musician John Lurie stars as Willie a disenchanted New Yorker who along with his best friend Eddie (Richard Edson) and cousin Eva (Eszter Balint) decides it's time to leave behind their boring lives in search of ""paradise."" But as their unforgettable road trip to Florida unfolds they find that amidst the sunshine blue skies and palm trees their pursuit of happiness is constantly road-blocked by the very thing they can't run away from... themselves. Down By Law (1986): In one of the hippest comedies ever made three misfits find themselves thrown together in a New Orleans jail cell. There's Zach the unemployed DJ Jack the small-time pimp and Bob the crazy Italian tourist. Unavailable for many years this cult hit stars Tom Waits John Lurie and the Oscar-winning director and star of Life is Beautiful Roberto Benigni. A film that firmly established Jim Jarmusch as the coolest director on the American independent scene.

• Frankie | Blu Ray | (20/09/2021) from £7.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Unfolding over the course of a late summer's day in the stunningly beautiful Portuguese town of Sintra, the wonderful new film from acclaimed director Ira Sachs follows a family that has gathered for a holiday organised by family matriarch Frankie (Isabelle Huppert). In this fairy tale setting, husbands and wives, parents and children, friends and lovers - all stirred by their romantic impulses - discover both the cracks between them but also unexpected depths of feeling. With an outstanding cast that includes Brendan Gleeson, Greg Kinnear and Marisa Tomei, FRANKIE delivers a funny and utterly engaging cinematic treat.

• Love Story | Blu Ray | (28/05/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV (Ryan O'Neal) and music student Jennifer Cavilleri (Ali MacGraw) share a chemistry they cannot deny and a love they cannot ignore. Despite their opposite backgrounds, the young couple put their hearts on the line for each other. When they marry, Oliver's wealthy father threatens to disown him. Jenny tries to reconcile the Barrett men, but to no avail. Oliver and Jenny continue to build their life together. Relying only on each other, they believe love can fix anything. But fate has other plans. Soon, what began as a brutally honest friendship becomes the love story of their lives.For the first time on Blu-ray, this beloved film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including an Oscar-winning musical score that became the poignant theme of the timeless romance.1970 Academy Award nominations: Best Picture; Best Actor (Ryan O'Neal); Best Actress (Ali MacGraw); Best Supporting Actor (John Marley); Best Director (Arthur Hiller); Best Music - Original Score (Francis Lai); and Best Story and Screenplay - Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced (Erich Segal).

• Kotch | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £22.98   |  Saving you £-16.99 (-283.60%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Kotch is a gentle comedy that reunites Walter Matthau with Jack Lemmon (this time behind the camera) in a wry look at the alienation of the elderly. Matthau's character of the title is a retired man who lives with his son and increasingly stressed daughter-in-law, as well as the grandson he dotes on. Finding himself pushed more and more into the sidelines, Kotch sets off on a journey that brings him into contact with pregnant teenager Erica (Deborah Winters), a relationship that re-introduces purpose into his life. Matthau is perfect as the eccentric Kotch, stealing every scene with his rambling monologues, although Winters brings out the caring, paternal side perfectly. It is a little schmaltzy in parts (the opening credits are particularly off putting), but Koch is ultimately an effective work that makes you wonder just why Lemmon never took the director's chair again. On the DVD: Given the wealth of potential material, the half-hearted effort at providing some extra insight is pretty woeful. There are no visual images, just a few production and biographical notes--a huge opportunity missed. --Phil Udell

• The Assassination Of Richard Nixon | DVD | (09/10/2006) from £4.59   |  Saving you £1.40 (30.50%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Sean Penn and Don Cheadle star in this drama that follows the life of a disillusioned salesman who takes extraordinary measures to make his presence felt.

• Hoop Dreams | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This completely absorbing three-hour documentary follows the lives of two inner-city African American teenage basketball prodigies as they move through high school with long-shot dreams of the NBA, superstardom and an escape from the ghetto. Taking cues from such works as Michael Apted's 35 Up, director Steve James and associates shot more than 250 hours of footage, spanning more than six years, and their completed work actually moves like an edge-of-the-seat drama, so brimming with tension, plot twists, successes and tragedies that its length--170 minutes--is never an issue. Yet, what makes the film more impressive is how James moves his scope beyond a competitive sports drama (although the movie has plenty of terrific, nail-biting basketball footage) and addresses complex social issues, creating a scathing social commentary about class privilege and racial division. The film opens by introducing William Gates and Arthur Agee, two Chicago hopefuls, as they are being courted and recruited by various high schools to play ball, and continues until the pair are college freshmen. James allows the audience the experience of not only watching their journeys and daily routines (it's a sobering portrait of inner-city life), but also witnessing their maturation. Each takes a separate path along the way, stumbling over several obstacles (William suffers injuries, Arthur fails to meet his coach's high expectations); but James takes particular care to stress the importance and strong commitment of each character's family along the way, giving the film a essential centre. The parents and siblings emerge with as much depth and complexity as the two main "characters", and turn Hoop Dreams into an unforgettable film experience. --Dave McCoy

• Dangerous Sex Date | DVD | (05/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When a beautiful young librarian answers an S&M advertisement in an illicit newspaper her life changes forever. She soon assumes a new identity and her desire for new and exciting sex becomes more and more dangerous with each encounter...

• Wolf's Rain - Chapter 3: The Midnight Of The Wolves | DVD | (12/12/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In some distant future it's common knowledge that all wolves have been extinct for 200 years. However it seems this is false as wolves have not disappeared but rather have taken human form. Kiba a lone wolf wanders into a city trying to sniff out the Lunar Flowers that are supposed to lead whoever follows the scent to paradise. The source of the smell is Cheza a girl who sleeps in what appears to be suspended animation in a lab. She and the wolves are drawn to each other and Ki

• Call It Murder | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Edward Weldon (O.P. Heggie) is a foreman of a jury finding himself in the unenviable position of having the casting vote in a case that would send a young woman to the electric chair for murder. Before long however his daughter Stella (Sidney Fox) murders a gangster (played by Humphrey Bogart)...

• The Eel | DVD | (12/03/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  After an eight-year prison sentence for murder Tajuro chooses to start a new life as a barber in a small town which offers perfect isolation from his fears. As a favour to the town priest he agrees to help a young woman with a troubled past by offering her job as his assistant. However when he least expects it her past is about to colllide with his. Winner of the 1997 Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

• Come Home Charlie and Face Them | DVD | (06/08/2007) from £4.70   |  Saving you £13.55 (393.90%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Come Home Charlie and Face Them is based on the novel by R F Delderfield (To Serve Them All My Days). Charlie Pritchard thinks that the bank manager's daughter is his ideal woman as he works as a cashier in a dreary bank in a dreary Welsh town - that is until he meets Delphine. With Delphine and her sidekick Beppo a plan is hatched to rob Charlie's bank.

• Public Enemy | DVD | (23/02/2004) from £12.44   |  Saving you £5.54 (58.62%)   |  RRP £14.99

  During a stakeout a corrupt cop under investigation by Internal Affairs has his face slashed by a mysterious raincoat-clad character. A connection is made between the brutal murder of an elderly couple not far away from the previous incident and this unknown man. The cop under pressure to deliver vows to uncover the identity of the suspect at all costs...

• Jodhaa Akbar | DVD | (25/08/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jodhaa Akbar is a sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodhaa.

• Role/Play | DVD | (07/02/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The murky world of closeted Hollywood stars is blown wide open as soap opera heart-throb Graham Windsor is outed as the result of a gay sex tape scandal. The all-American star seeks refuge at an exclusive Palm Springs resort but quiet anonymity eludes him when handsome gay-equality activist Trey Reed checks in to escape the fallout from his own bitter divorce. As an undeniable passion begins to sizzle between Graham and Trey they force each other to confront their professional controversies while fanning the flames of a burning sexual attraction. Thoughtful witty and sexy Role/Play shines a spotlight on controversial issues and hidden desires.

• The Imposter | Blu Ray | (07/01/2013) from £29.14   |  Saving you £-11.15 (-62.00%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A kidnapped young boy is returned to his family after two years, but when the family notices strange differences they begin to question things...

• Far and Away/Steel Magnolias/Stepmom | DVD | (26/12/2006) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-15.00 (-100.10%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Far And Away (Dir. Ron Howard 1992): Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman star in this critically acclaimed romantic adventure from director Ron Howard. This breathtaking epic opens on the West Coast of Ireland 1892. Joseph Donelly (Cruise) a poor tenant farmer is determined to bring justice to an oppressive landlord. Instead he finds himself accompanying the landlord's daughter Shannon (Kidman) to America in a quest for land. Arriving in Boston Joseph finds a place for them to live while proving a natural at bare-fisted boxing. But his triumph is short-lived as he and Shannon are thrown out into the bitter cold. Joseph sets off for work on the railroad until a passing wagon train reminds him of his original goal to possess his own land. Preparing to stake his claim in the new territory he runs into Shannon who is unhappily reunited with her former fiance. In the excitement of the Oklahoma land rush they realise their dreams of land and life together. Steel Magnolias (Dir. Herbert Ross 1989): A beautiful bittersweet comedy set in deep south Louisiana Steel Magnolias unites talents of America's finest actresses as six very special friends bonded together by mutual triumphs and tragedies. Despite their differences beautiful Shelby (Julia Roberts) her strong-willed mother M'Lynn (Sally Field) beauty parlour owner Truvy (Dolly Parton) elegant wealthy widow Clairee (Olympia Dukakis) sharp tongued Ouiser (Shirley MacLaine) and mousey newcomer Anelle (Daryl Hannah) enjoy a friendship that spans the boundaries of age and status. Sharing each other's strength and loyalty they face their greatest fears and highest hopes with dry wit and a self-deprecating style... Stepmom (Dir. Chris Columbus 1998): Jackie (Susan Sarandon) is a divorced mother of two. Isabel (Julia Roberts) is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie's ex-husband Luke (Ed Harris) forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. It is the universal dilemma of the 'non-traditional family' they all love the children but the complex interplay between parents step-parents step-children ex-spouses and significant others is decidedly tricky. But when Jackie discovers she is ill both women realise they must put aside their differences to find a common ground and celebrate life to the fullest while they have the chance.

• Old Gringo | DVD | (12/08/2002) from £5.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (53.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An American spinster (Fonda) travels to Mexico to teach the children of a wealthy landowner and to find a new life for herself. What she finds is a general in Pancho Villa's army who is the bastard son of the landowner and a journalist out for adventure...

• The Importance Of Being Earnest | Blu Ray | (04/06/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Starring Rupert Everett and Academy Award winners Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line) and Colin Firth (The Kings Speech), here is the hilarious adventure of two dashing young bachelors and the outrageous deceptions they find themselves in over love. Whenever Worthing (Firth) wants to leave his dull country life behind, he makes visits to the city posing as his fictitious brother Ernest. There he becomes smitten with the ravishing Gwendolen (Frances O' Connor - A.I.). But when Worthing is in town, his playboy pal Algy (Everett) is in the country and falling for Worthing's young and beautiful ward, Cecily Witherspoon) - while also impersonating Ernest.Pandemonium ensues when these two would-be Ernests find themselves face-to-face and in the predicament of explaining who they really are!

• Acts Of Love | DVD | (10/01/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Available for the first time on DVD! No love is safe from desire. Joseph (Dennis Hopper) is a small town teacher who has given up on both life and his tentative relationship with his childhood sweetheart Rosealee (Amy Irving). That is until he becomes caught up in a passionate affair with Catherine (Amy Locane) the vivacious 17 year old daughter of a gruff retired major (Gary Busey) and an alcoholic mother. As his steamy liasion with Catherine develops Joseph begins to realise tha