Drama

• The League Of Gentlemen | DVD | (26/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The League of Gentlemen is a sardonic crime drama in which Jack Hawkins plays an embittered retired army officer who recruits seven fellow ex-soldiers to carry out a bank raid with military precision. The film presents an England between post-war austerity and the more liberated 1960s where traditional moral certainties were rapidly being discarded; a London where ex-officers left on the scrapheap at war's end could justify turning their military experience to armed robbery. Unfortunately the tale is neither particularly amusing or thrilling, with an overlong central detour via an army camp prefacing the exciting heist and a largely anti-climactic ending. Nevertheless Hawkins effectively subverts his heroic officer type from The Cruel Sea (1953) and The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), and there's excellent support from a great cast including Nigel Patrick, Richard Attenborough and Roger Livesey. Bryan Forbes not only wrote the cynical screenplay but costarred with wife Nanette Newman in her first significant screen role. More influential than truly classic, The League of Gentlemen has lent its name to a modern BBC comedy, an "Extraordinary" comic strip-turned-movie, and proved the template for heist films ever since, including both versions of The Italian Job (1969 and 2003). On the DVD:The League of Gentlemen is presented in an anamorphically enhanced 16:9 transfer from an excellent condition print and mostly looks and sounds fine. There's minimal print damage, though sadly Philip Green's ironically patriotic main title music suffers from significant distortion. The only extra is the original trailer, which is now something of a period piece itself. --Gary S Dalkin

• La Belle Noiseuse | DVD | (21/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Frenhofer (Michel Piccoli) a renowned French artist hasn't lifted his brush in years. But when he meets the stunningly beautiful girlfriend (Emmanuelle Beart) of a young painter visiting his chateau she inspires him to return to work on an abandoned masterpiece known as La Belle Noiseuse. This 3 disc set presents both the full length film and the alternate 'Divertimento' version available together for the very first time on DVD in the UK.

• Love In Pawn | DVD | (17/08/2009) from £9.99   |  Saving you £5.99 (85.57%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Love In Pawn

• Hamlet | DVD | (10/08/2015) from £7.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Franco Zeffirelli's stripped-down, two-hour version of Shakespeare's play stars Mel Gibson as a rather robust version of the ambivalent Danish prince. Gibson is much better in the part than many critics have admitted, his powers of clarity doing much to make this particular Hamlet more accessible than several other filmed versions. The supporting cast is outstanding, including Glenn Close as Gertrude, Alan Bates as Claudius, Ian Holm as Polonius, and Helena Bonham Carter as Ophelia. Zeffirelli's vigorous direction employs a lively camera style that nicely alters the viewer's preconceptions about the way Hamlet should look. --Tom Keogh

• The Silver Darlings | DVD | (25/07/2016) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Set on the rugged north-east coast of Scotland during the 19thcentury when farmers were dispossessed of their land and forced to take to the seas as herring fishermen, Catrine (Helen Shingler) is the wife of a herring fisherman, who is press-ganged to join the Royal Navy whilst at sea. Struggling to come to terms with her sudden loss, Caterine meets the charming Roddie (Clifford Evans), a popular man in the fishing community and a favourite of Catrine's young son who also wants to become a fisherman. But having lost a husband to the Royal Navy will Catrine also lose a son?

• Mary Higgins Clark - All Around The Town | DVD | (03/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  World renowned actress Nastassja Kinski heads a talented cast in All Around The Town. Joining Kinski is Stargate's Michael Shanks Ron Lea of PAX's top-rated series Doe Andrea Roth and newcomer Kim Schraner. All Around the Town is the story of Laurie Kinmount (Schraner) a 21-year-old undergraduate student accused of murdering her English professor Allan Grant (Kevin Jubinville). Grant is the husband of travel agent Karen Grant (Kinski) but his popularity among co-eds has been t

• Kites | DVD | (17/01/2011) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-4.24 (-26.50%)   |  RRP £15.99

  KITES centres around two immigrants - one from India and one from Mexico - both navigating life in North America in pursuit of their dreams.

• Martin Scorsese?s World Cinema Project, No. 1 | Blu Ray | (10/12/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Henry - Portrait Of A Serial Killer | DVD | (25/05/2001) from £13.59   |  Saving you £-3.60 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Most horror films exist in a fantasy movie-world safely removed from our existence, populated by zombie-like killers and psychopathic madmen. The power of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is its chilling placement in the mundane existence of everyday life. Michael Rooker plays Henry not as a raving psychopath but as the frumpy guy next door, a drifter who takes out his frustrations on random victims and escalates his body count after teaming up with the violent ex-con Otis (Tom Towles). Though not exceedingly gory in light of the excesses of such fantasy horrors as the Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street series, director John McNaughton's straightforward presentation and documentary-like style creates a chilling realism that many viewers will find hard to watch. McNaughton neither comments on nor flinches at the brutal violence, which reaches its apex in a disturbing camcorder-eye view of a particularly sadistic murder of a middle-class couple, with Henry and Otis smiling through the deed as they record it for their continued pleasure. Henry straddles the line between True Crime (though fictional, the story was inspired by the confessions of real-life serial killer Henry Lee Lucas) and horror, a bleak, brutal kind of terror for a generation deadened by the escalating outrageousness of movie murders and nightly news crime scene clips. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• The Blind Side/Going the Distance Double Pack | Blu Ray | (17/09/2012) from £9.11   |  Saving you £12.14 (154.65%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Blind Side: Teenager Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) is surviving on his own, virtually homeless, when he is spotted on the street by Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock). Learning that the young man is one of her daughter's classmates, Leigh Anne insists that Michael-wearing shorts and a t-shirt in the dead of winter-come out of the cold. Without a moment's hesitation, she invites him to stay at the Tuohy home for the night. What starts out as a gesture of kindness turns into something ...

• Le Week-End | Blu Ray | (10/02/2014) from £8.95   |  Saving you £11.04 (55.20%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Le Week-End is a beautifully observed and poignant story of a long-married British couple (Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan) who return to Paris for the first time since their honeymoon to revitalize their marriage. While there they run into an old friend (Goldblum) who transforms their thoughts on life and their love for one another. Directed by Roger Michell (Notting Hill).

• Mistaken Identity | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  It was the nightmare that every parent thinks imppssible: two new-born babies accidentally switched at birth through a hospital blunder. Although they gave birth at the same hospital same time Linda Wells (Rosanna Arquette) and Sarah Barlow (Melissa Gilbert) could not be more different. Linda is a hard-working single mother Sarah the wealthy wife of a successful business man. But their lives collide again two years later when a chance blood test reveals the shattering truth: they are raising each other's natural-born children. The emotional impact is devestating the legal ramifications a minefield. But Linda and Sarah share a strength that will help them face this ordeal: they are both devoted mothers - and a mother must always listen to her heart.

• Breaking Fast,DVD, | DVD | (24/06/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Hollywood Legends | DVD | (21/05/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This nostalgic collection features 5 men and women who without doubt are true Hollywood legends. CARY GRANT From the English stage to the Hollywood lights, debonair demeanor and dashing, Grant became one of Hollywood s leading men.AUDREY HEPBURN British actress and fashion icon, Hepburn was active during Hollywood s golden age.MARLON BRANDO actor, film director, and activist. He is hailed for bringing a gripping realism to film acting, and is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential actors of all time.MARILYN MONROE, American actress, model, and singer, who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful films during the 1950s and early 1960s. JOHN WAYNE The Duke was among the top box office draws for three decades starring in some of the greatest ever Westerns.

• In The Dark Half | DVD | (22/10/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Set half in gossipy, shallow suburbia and half in the mystical, eerie woods, the film explores the nature of depression and delusion whilst maintaining a chilling edge. 15-year old Marie and 6-year old Shaun are neighbours. Whilst Shaun goes on hunting trips with his father Filthy, a secret den in the hill has become Marie's refuge from a world she is finding increasingly difficult to cope with. One night, while Marie is babysitting for Filthy, Shaun suddenly dies in her care. As Filthy's gr...

• For Love's Sake | Blu Ray | (10/06/2013) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Takashi Miike, the director of '13 Assassins', 'Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai' and 'Audition' brings us as Bollywood-style musical action/comedy/love story!

• Kings of the Road | Blu Ray | (26/03/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  New, restored 4K digital transfer, commissioned by the Wim Wenders Foundation and supervised by director Wim Wenders; New introduction to Kings of the Road by Wim Wenders; Conversations on Kings of the Road featurette; Deleted Scenes; Documentary Restoring Time ; Exclusive limited edition booklet; New English subtitles translation approved by Wim Wenders

• James Dean | DVD | (19/09/2011) from £7.99   |  Saving you £-6.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  A dramatization of the life of legendary actor James Dean, as told from the perspective of former room mate William Bast at a time when both men were trying to break into the acting profession.

• May I Kill U? (DVD) | DVD | (15/04/2013) from £3.98   |  Saving you £11.00 (552.76%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Baz (Barry Vartis) is one of Britain's new breed of police, a cycle cop. Although he appears to be a figure of fun, a freak accident turns him into a psychopath... As riots break out in London, a head injury changes Baz from an everyday police officer into a mad vigilante, offering no-hope criminals a stark choice, arrest or death. Baz sees this campaign as 'lawful killing'. Criminals too stunned, confused, or drunk to argue are politely asked, May I kill you? and merrily dispatched on their final journey. All these exchanges are recorded on Baz' helmet-cam and posted anonymously on social networks. Using the alter ego '@N4cethelaw' Baz acquires an increasing number of fans with each killing, dispensing justice to scumbags, cleaning up society like some bizarre and deadly 'Robin Hood', ridding society of its' ills. But, in a sudden reversal, Baz is captured by an enraged relative of one of his presumed kills and faces slaughter or even worse... exposure. Special Features: Commentary with Writer/Director Stuart Urban and Actor Kevin Bishop The making of... Interview with Stuart Urban Psychoanalysing Baz - An interview with Dr. David Holmes Behind the scenes clips Outtakes

• Privates On Parade | DVD | (25/01/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  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...