Drama

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

  You Can't Tame What You Can't Satisfy A cop and his sexually frustrated wife are struggling to keep their failing marriage intact when by chance he finds that at heart he is a voyeuristic Peeping Tom. Joanne is caught by David in a compromising position with the cable television man. Only now she realises that the way to get her husbands interest is to let him watch her illicit liaisons. In order to satisfy him Joanne embarks on numerous affairs which her husband watches on closed-circuit television. David plunges deeper and deeper into prostitution and deception and soon the couple are involved in a scheme that could blow everything sky high. It's a hard lesson to learn but if you play with fire you'll always get burnt.

• The Adventures Of Prince Achmed | DVD | (23/07/2001) from £20.96   |  Saving you £-0.97 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  'The Adventures of Prince Achmed' premiered in Germany on 23rd September 1926 hailed as the first full-length animated film in the history of cinema. Seventy-five years on this enchanting film still stands as one of the great classics of animation - lively delicate inventive stirring and romantic. Taken from ""The Arabian Nights"" the story tells of a wicked sorcerer who lures Prince Achmed onto a magical flying horse and sends him off on a flight to his death. The Prince foil

• The Girlfriend Experience | DVD | (26/04/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Set in the weeks leading up to the 2008 presidential election, "The Girlfriend Experience" is five days in the life of Chelsea (adult film star Sasha Grey), an ultra high-end call girl who offers the full 'girlfriend package' to her clients.

• Cat and Mouse | DVD | (16/07/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The First Ever Release of This Classic British Film on DVD.Paul Rotha well known for his socialist documentaries. He wrote and directed this 1958 British suspenseful thriller, an Anvil production.Based on a book by Michael Halliday, Ann Coltby, (Ann Sears) the daughter of a convicted, and executed killer believes she has murdered blackmailer (Hilton Edwards) who wants some diamonds that her father stole. She is befriended by fellow victim of the blackmailer and army deserter Rod Fenner, (Lee Paterson) whom is really after the diamonds.

• War And Peace | DVD | (10/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Anthony Hopkins stars as Pierre in this mammoth 20 part BBC production of Leo Tolstoy's truly epic novel War and Peace. Back in 1972 this was the most expensive serial that the BBC had ever commissioned.

• Higher Love | DVD | (09/02/2004) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-8.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Ross a self-absorbed and determined young man plans to sell off his family's priceless wine collection to finance his purchase of a substantial mining interest which promises to make him rich. However standing in the way is his eccentric Uncle Cullen who has a very different and much more bizarre plan for the family estate.

• Jack Reed - One Of Our Own | DVD | (09/06/2008) from £6.73   |  Saving you £-1.74 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Golden Globe-winner Brian Dennehy is back as star director and co-writer of a hard-hitting crime-thriller featuring Jack Reed Chicago's toughest and most incorruptible cop. Reed's partner is slain protecting Sarah Landry a young woman who is the victim of attempted murder. Sarah is entrusted to Reed's care and he takes her into his own home where she lives as part of his family. Reed will stop at nothing to catch the person who is threatening Sarah's life and who killed his former partner.

• Inspirational True Story 6 DVD Box Set | DVD | (07/07/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Titles Comprise: Her Desperate Choice: When the courts fail to protect her daughter from her suspected paedophile husband a mother is forced to join an underground network that protects mothers and abused children in this alarming drama starring Faith Ford and Kyle Secor. Jody Murdock is convinced that her ex-husband has been molesting their daughter Samantha - but is unable to prove it. Now Jody feels she has no choice: she takes Samantha and heads 'underground' into a secret and well-run network that provides them with new identities and a safe place to live. But Jody's ex refuses to accept the loss of his daughter and sets off in relentless pursuit of the fugitives. Even if Jody now has a new love in her life will she and Samantha ever gain the peace and security they so desperately need? Two Small Voices: Sybil Goldrich and Kathleen Anneken could not be more different. Sybil is a wealthy Californian and Kathleen an ordinary housewife. But both have fallen gravely ill after undergoing silicone implant surgery and are ignored and mistreated when they try to sue. Sybil and Kathleen are 'two small voices' who refused to be silenced. They join forces to take their case to the FDA - but as the medical and big business communities close ranks against them Sybil and Kathleen realise they have an epic battle on their hands. Face Value: Marla Hanson's dreams of becoming a top New York model were shattered when she was attacked and slashed across the face sustaining wounds requiring nearly 150 stitches. Marla's modelling career was finished but her ordeal had only just begun. When her case came to court the defence attorney tore into her accusing her of being a prostitute and using sex to further her career. But Marla fought back against these accusations and her exceptional courage made her not only America's most famous victim but a champion for others who had suffered in the same way. Race Against The Harvest: This dramatic story tells of the fierce conflict that arises between a wheat farmer and a harvester when the harvester refuses to wait for the farmer's wheat to dry after rain. To complicate matters the two men were once in partnership and they still are brothers-in-law. Crossing The Line: Laura a former basketball star is forced to coach her local team when their coach suffers a heart attack. The team continue to lose under Laura's direction and the fans begin to become violently involved with the games. As the arguments and violence start to get out of hand the girls find themselves teaching everyone a lesson in sportsmanship... No One Could Protect Her: Just days after her papergirl is found murdered Jessica Rayner is raped and assaulted in her home by a crazed intruder who is forced to flee before he kill her. This is not the end of her ordeal. The clever killer repeatedly taunts and terrifies Jessica - though failing each time to kill off this vital witness to his crimes. But Jessica is determined to fight back and begins to piece together clues to work out when the killer might strike again. And this time she'll be ready for him...

• Firebird (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (02/09/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Seekers | DVD | (15/08/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Famous for being the first ever colour film to be made in New Zealand this Rank 1954 feature is overflowing with beautiful scenery colour and set pieces. It is 1821 and adventuring seafarer Philip Wayne (Jack Hawkins) and Paddy Clarke (Noel Purcell) have set ashore to explore the Bay of Plenty. Stumbling upon a Mori burial cave they are captured and sentenced to death by the Mori for desecrating the resting place of their ancestors. Wayne's prowess impresses the Mori chief Hongi Tepe (Inia Te Wiata) and he offers Wayne a chance to save his life by enduring a trial by challenge. When Wayne succeeds the chief adopts him as his honorary son but Wayne has to return to his ship and back to England. When skullduggery breaks out on board ship Wayne finds himself at the mercy of the British authorities and decides to return to the Pacific with his new wife Marion (Glynis Johns) and a crew that includes the sexually charged Wishart (Kenneth Williams). With a tense standoff emerging between the indigenous Moris and the colonial British the situation rises to boiling point when the beautiful Mori girl Maona (Laya Raki) rejects the advances of Wishart.

• Pride And Prejudice/Sense And Sensibility/Shakespeare In Love | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £18.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (5.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Pride And Prejudice: A romance ahead of its time... The five Bennet sisters - Elizabeth or Lizzie (Keira Knightley) Jane (Rosamund Pike) Lydia (Jena Malone) Mary (Talulah Riley) and Kitty (Carey Mulligan) - have been raised well aware of their mother's (Brenda Blethyn) fixation on finding them husbands and securing set futures. The spirited and intelligent Elizabeth however strives to live her life with a broader perspective as encouraged by her doting father (Donald Sutherland). When wealthy bachelor Mr. Bingley takes up residence in a nearby mansion the Bennets are abuzz. Amongst the man's sophisticated circle of London friends and the influx of young military officers surely there will be no shortage of suitors for the Bennet sisters. Eldest daughter Jane serene and beautiful seems poised to win Mr. Bingley's heart. For her part Lizzie meets with the handsome and it would seem snobbish Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen) and the battle of the sexes is joined. Their encounters are frequent and spirited yet far from encouraging. Lizzie finds herself even less inclined to accept a marriage proposal from a distant cousin Mr. Collins (Tom Hollander) and supported by her father stuns her mother and Mr. Collins by declining. When the previously good-natured Mr. Bingley abruptly departs for London leaving a devastated Jane Lizzie holds Mr. Darcy culpable for contributing to the heartbreak. But a crisis involving youngest sister Lydia soon opens Lizzie's eyes to the true nature of her relationship with Mr. Darcy... (Dir. Joe Wright 2005) Sense And Sensibility: Sense and Sensibility is the story of two sisters: pragmatic Elinor (Emma Thompson) and passionately wilful Marianne (Kate Winslet). When their father Henry Dashwood dies by law his estate must pass to his eldest son from his first marriage. Suddenly homeless and impoverished his current wife and daughters find themselves living in a simple country cottage. The two sisters are soon accepted into their new society. Marianne becomes swept up in a passionate love affair with the dashing Willoughby (Greg Wise) while Elinor struggles to keep a tight rein on the family purse strings and to keep her feelings for Edward Ferrars (Hugh Grant) whom she left behind hidden from her family. Despite their different personalities they both experience great sorrow in their affairs but they learn to mix sense with sensibility in a society that is obsessed with both financial and social status. (Dir. Ang Lee 1995) Shakespeare In Love: Triumphant winner of 7 Academy Awards - including Best Picture - this witty sexy smash features Oscar-winning Best Actress Gwyneth Paltrow and an amazing cast that includes Academy Award winners Judi Dench Geoffrey Rush and Ben Affleck! When Will Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) needs passionate inspiration to break a bad case of writer's block a secret romance with the beautiful Lady Viola (Paltrow) starts the words flowing like never before! There are just two things he'll have to learn about his new love: not only is she promised to marry someone else she's successfully impersonating a man in order to play the lead in Will's latest production! A truly can't-miss motion picture event with outstanding critical acclaim to match its impressive collection of major awards - everyone will love this funny behind-the-scenes look at the writing of the greatest love story ever told! (Dir. John Madden 1998)

• Lost - Series 2 - Part 1 | DVD | (17/07/2006) from £12.59   |  Saving you £18.40 (59.40%)   |  RRP £30.99

  If you were one of the many complaining that the ending of the first series of Lost was something of a damp squib, that fear not.

• The Bucket List/Space Cowboys/Something's Gotta Give Triple Pack | DVD | (10/09/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Bucket List Two terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and head off on a road trip with a wish list of to-dos before they die. Space Cowboys When a retired engineer is called upon to rescue a failing satellite, he insists that his equally old teammates accompany him into space. Something's Gotta Give A swinger on the cusp of being a senior citizen with a taste for young women falls in love with an accomplished woman closer to his age.

• Tenko - Series 3 - Part 1 | DVD | (13/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The women are still imprisoned and this camp is on the site of a former prison. Many of the group have died morale is low and rumours abound. Christina sees a disturbing document in Yamauchi's office and the women arm themselves in case of attack... Featurng Episodes 1-5 of the third series.

• Rosamunde Pilcher: Four Seasons (Summer/Autumn) | DVD | (07/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Four feature length episodes of Rosamunde Pilcher featuring Summer Autumn Winter and Spring.

• Smash-Up | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £7.43   |  Saving you £-2.44 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Nightclub singer Angie Evans (Susan Hayward) marries struggling songwriter Ken Conway (Lee Bowman) and retires to raise a family. He has a change of luck and his star begins to rise but is tempered by her growing dependence on alcohol. The role earned Susan Hayward her first Oscar nomination.

• The Last Temptation Of Christ | DVD | (29/01/2001) from £16.70   |  Saving you £-6.71 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  It isn't difficult to imagine why this 1988 retelling of the Crucifixion story was picketed so vociferously on its release in the US--this Jesus bears little resemblance to the classical Christ, who was not, upon careful review of the Gospels, ever reported to have had sex with Barbara Hershey. Heavily informed by Gnostic reinterpretations of the Passion, The Last Temptation of Christ (based rather strictly on Nikos Kazantzakis's novel of the same name) is surely worth seeing for the controversy and blasphemous content alone. But the "last temptation" of the title is nothing overtly naughty--rather, it's the seduction of the commonplace; the desire to forgo following a "calling" in exchange for domestic security. Willem Dafoe interprets Jesus as spacey, indecisive and none too charismatic (though maybe that's just Dafoe himself), but his Sermon on the Mount is radiant with visionary fire; a bit less successful is method actor Harvey Keitel, who gives the internally conflicted Judas a noticeable Brooklyn accent, and doesn't bring much imagination to a role that demands a revisionist's approach. Despite director Martin Scorsese's penchant for stupid camera tricks, much of the desert footage is simply breathtaking, even on small screen. Ultimately, Last Temptation is not much more historically illuminating than Monty Python's Life of Brian, but hey, if it's authenticity you're after, try Gibbon's. --Miles Bethany

• Love (Szerelem) | DVD | (15/08/2005) from £35.12   |  Saving you £-22.13 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This tender black-and-white Hungarian drama takes place in the '50s. A woman's (Mari Torcsik) husband has been arrested by the Hungarian secret police and imprisoned as a dissident. The young wife lives with her mother-in-law (Lili Darvas) a sweet and magnetic woman appears to believe that her son has emigrated to America. Unable to do anything about her husband's imprisonment the daughter-in-law keeps the old woman's good cheer alive by concocting a series of letters from her husb

• Around The Bend | DVD | (02/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Jason Lair is a simple man with a simple wish: a normal life. But families have a way of messing wishes up.

• Juliet Bravo - Series 2 | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Newly-promoted Inspector Jean Darblay takes charge of the police station in the Lancashire town of Hartley. As the first female Inspector to be placed in charge of the station there is initially considerable scepticism from the long-standing staff... Episodes comprise: 1. New Arrivals 2. Arlene 3. Party Fun 4. Lies and Liars 5. A Private Place 6. Unpicking the Stitches 7. Clever Boy 8. Aunt Sally 9. Gorgeous 10. Whispers 11. Barriers 12. Journeys 13. Cat