Drama

• Deconstructing Harry | DVD | (07/07/2014) from £14.49   |  Saving you £0.50 (3.45%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Woody Allen roared back at his detractors with Deconstructing Harry, a bitterly funny treatise about the creative process. Known to mine his often tumultuous personal life for his movies, the embattled writer-director-star didn't bother to make his alter ego likable in this movie: Harry Block (Allen) pops pills, frequents prostitutes and cheats on the women in his life, then writes about their foibles in thinly disguised fiction. No wonder they're all furious with him. As Harry journeys to his alma mater with a hooker, ill pal and kidnapped son, a series of flashbacks unravel, juxtaposing Harry's relationships with their "slightly exaggerated" fictional counterparts. There are amusing cameos throughout, including a humorous turn by Demi Moore as a fictitious ex-wife who "became Jewish with a vengeance" and Billy Crystal as the devil who found Hollywood too nasty for his liking. The humour is dark and caustic but well worth it; Deconstructing Harry is a near-brilliant meditation on the sometimes queasy relationship between art, creator and critic.--Diane Garrett

• A Royal Affair | Blu Ray | (10/07/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician - and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.

• Stray Dogs | DVD | (04/12/2006) from £8.14   |  Saving you £11.85 (59.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In Marziyeh Meshkini's beautifully crafted and moving insight into post-Taliban Afghanistan two children a brother and sister rescue a stray dog on the streets of Kabul. That evening they visit the jail where their mother is a prisoner and since her children have nowhere to live they are permitted to stay with her at night. But the following morning they are thrown out: prison is for criminals not homeless orphans. Desperate to return to the jail brother and sister attempt a s

• Hush | DVD | (04/10/2010) from £5.38   |  Saving you £14.61 (73.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In the tradition of Die! Die! My Darling comes this tale of a young heroine made miserable by a lover's eccentric relations. Gwyneth Paltrow plays a New Yorker who marries a handsome boyfriend (Jonathon Schaech) and--following a confidence-shattering encounter with Manhattan crime--moves to his family's thoroughbred ranch. There, the young man's dominating mother (a hammy, Blanche DuBois-like role for Jessica Lange) goes to war with new bride's claim on mama's Oedipal turf. A stock thriller ensues and while one has a sense of déjà vu about the whole thing, the film is fun for its audacity, its underpinnings of dime-store psychology and some gothic stereotypes. (Hal Holbrook is perfect as one's fantasy of a country doctor.) --Tom Keogh

• Strike | DVD | (17/07/2000) from £19.65   |  Saving you £0.34 (1.73%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sergei Eisenstein's debut film is more than a landmark of Soviet cinema; it's easily one of the most thrilling and inventive films to emerge from the silent era of Russian film making. Eisenstein was a theatre director and stage designer with some very specific ideas about the cinema, and he put them into practice telling the story of a worker's strike in pre-Revolution Russia, portraying the struggle not of leader against leader, but of the proletariat against the factory owners, enlivened by a conspiratorial subplot involving a quartet of insidious spies sent to infiltrate the ranks of the workers. The subject matter is at times didactic and the acting often hammy and overwrought, but the technique is vibrant and the images striking. Eisenstein's compositions reflect the graphic boldness of contemporary poster art, mixing poetic realism with grotesque expressionism in a gripping style, and his famous montage editing style (to be perfected in his next film, Battleship Potemkin) is raw, experimental and energetic. Eisenstein's later films are more consistent and elegant, but none of them have the sheer cinematic invention and energy of this first film. The new score, composed and performed by the idiosyncratic Alloy Orchestra, combines a mix of martial and mood music on synthesiser with the driving percussion of drums, wood blocks, bells and wrecking yard of clanging metal objects--a dynamic soundtrack to one of the most auspicious directoral debuts ever. --Sean Axmaker

• Whisky | DVD | (05/12/2005) from £32.37   |  Saving you £-12.38 (-61.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Internationally acclaimed by critics and audiences alike Whisky is an intoxicating deadpan comedy reminiscent of the films of Aki Kaurismaki and Jim Jarmusch. Jacobo is a man of dull routine who arrives each day at his run-down sock factory at the same early hour as his faithful assistant Marta. When his socially adept brother Herman pays an unexpected visit the introverted Jacobo prefers to lie rather than admit his bachelor status asking the dour but obliging Ma

• A Kiss Before Dying | DVD | (21/03/2016) from £4.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (160.32%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Matt Dillon (Crash) and Sean Young (Blade Runner) lead an all-star cast in James Dearden's visceral tale of lust and treachery. Dillion stars as Jonathan Corllis, a handsome, sinister student from Philadelphia. Hungry for money and status, Jonathan begins a secret relationship with Dorothy (Sean Young), the daughter of a wealthy business magnate (Max von Sydow The Exorcist, Shutter Island). Dorothy falls pregnant and confides in Jonathan, telling him that her father will likely cut off her inheritance when he finds out. In a blind rage, Jonathan murders Dorothy and masks her death as a suicide. The killer moves to New York City, and a twist of fate he meets with Dorothy's twin sister, Ellen. Driven by greed, Jonathan sets out to seduce her. When Ellen slowly begins to harbour suspicions about her sister's death, a string of killings unfolds an unthinkable truth. Also stars Golden Globe winner Diane Ladd (Alice).

• Cloud 9 | DVD | (25/01/2010) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Cloud 9 explores fidelity, desire and love in the twilight years and subverts convention to present a brave account of young love in old age.

• Trial and Retribution (Complete) | DVD | (01/03/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £99.99

  From acclaimed thriller writer Lynda La Plante featuring a powerhouse cast this is the complete Trial & Retribution - 22 gut-wrenching investigative thrillers that will keep you on the edge of your seat from compelling opening to shocking conclusion. Detective Superintendent Walker (David Hayman) teamed with Detective Inspector North (Kate Buffery) and DCI Connor (Victoria Smurfit) follow each case from crime committed through the pursuit of justice to the law courts where the efforts of the force will be tested - sometimes to breaking point. Murder abduction blackmail and assault; from the psychotic to the deranged from the cold-hearted to the cold-blooded these are 22 unforgettable cases that will take you on a journey - a journey of Trial & Retribution.

• All Quiet On The Preston Front - Series 2 | DVD | (03/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Hodge Eric Spock (now played by Alistair McGowan) and the gang return to DVD in the follow-up series to All Quiet on the Preston Front. Written by Tim Firth (Calendar Girls Kinky Boots). Episodes Comprise: 1. Dawn's Ball 2. Laura's Mousse 3. Spock's Leg 4. Polson's Lilo 5. Diesel's Out Of Body Experience 6. Lloydy's Ark

• Prince Of Bel Air | DVD | (05/07/2005) from £6.54   |  Saving you £-2.55 (-63.90%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Robin is forced to choose between two conflicting selves: the perpetual playboy or the man in love when he meets a lonely woman in a wealthy LA suburb.

• Norma Jean And Marilyn | DVD | (20/04/2004) from £6.73   |  Saving you £8.26 (122.73%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Mira Sorvino and Ashley Judd deliver stunning performances in this acclaimed psychological drama that takes a revealing look at the two personalities of Marilyn Monroe.

• Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam | DVD | (09/12/2002) from £19.71   |  Saving you £0.28 (1.42%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Devnarayan takes responsibility for the children of his friend after their father dies, but gets o involved in their upbringing he starts to neglect his own daughter and grandchildren.

• Da | DVD | (11/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  The Da in 'Da' is the recently deceased foster father of 40 year old Irish playwright Charlie who now lives in New York and has returned to Ireland for his father's funeral. Da in typical Irish style can't bear to miss his own funeral! As Charlie sorts through the old man's papers burning most of them who strolls in but Da himself. Shocked Charlie reminds him that he is dead and tells him to 'get out of my head'... Most of the action takes place in Charlie's mind and memory moving from present reality to the past and back again as the two struggle to understand each other. In the process other significant and colourful characters of Charlie's early life are resurrected including his mother the family dog and his tyrannical employer. His reverie is interrupted by Mr. Drumm who was entrusted with Da's will which much to Charlie's dismay bequeaths everything to him including all of the money Charlie ever sent his Da. Charlie learns that he cannot exorcise the past. Like all mankind he is part of a human chain and to reject his father even in memory is to deny himself... Based on the highly acclaimed Broadway play and written by Hugh Leonard Da features Barnard Hughes recreating his Tony award winning performance for the screen Martin Sheen as Charlie and William Hickey as Drumm.

• Christmas At Maxwell's | DVD | (01/12/2008) from £9.70   |  Saving you £-3.71 (-61.90%)   |  RRP £5.99

  An inspirational love story about the power of forgiveness and faith in the beauty of life. This Christmas will change the Austin family for ever. With a successful career two fantastic children and the love of his life at his side Andrew Austin had everything. But an unseen diagnosis and unresolved regrets bring change and in an instant life no longer has the order and expectations it once held. As Suzie falls further into illness Andrew and family quietly search for meaning and hope. Facing a hectic Christmas in the city the family retreats to a beloved lake house to share possibly their final Christmas. Away from the distractions their world opens up to an unforgettable moment in time. As the small community as the Lake brings them its own wonderments hearts open in unseen ways. This Christmas they will lean to love and forgive renewing their faith in the beauty of life.

• Two Or Three Things I Know About Her | DVD | (14/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Juliette (Marina Vlady) is a chic bored housewife and young married mother who chooses to supplement her income by spending one day a week in central Paris engaged in prostitution. Hoping she will somehow be able to escape the high-rise suburban drudgery in which she lives with her family Juliette embarks on a desperate search for happiness and a sense of meaning to her life...

• Morning Glory | DVD | (07/03/2011) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  From producer J.J. Abrams comes a comedy drama about the ongoing struggles of the once-popular 'Daybreak' morning news programme. Starring Harrison Ford and Rachel McAdams.

• Neverending Story - Vol. 3 | DVD | (26/12/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Bastian Balthazar Bux (Mark Rendall) is an average twelve year old boy whose life revolves around going to school watching TV and playing video games. That is until he discovers a magical book `The Neverending Story' in a fascinating curiosity shop owned by the mysterious Carl Coreander (John Dunn Hill). Bastian's imagination is inspired by the book's tale of an enchanted world called Fantasia; a world ruled by the Childlike Empress (Audrey Gardiner) and inhabited by an assortment o

• Five Fingers | DVD | (16/06/2008) from £5.95   |  Saving you £4.04 (67.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Laurence Fishburne delivers an explosive performance in this career enhancing role as an Islamic terrorist who captures a Dutch civilian setting off a thrilling game of one-upsmanship punctuated by riveting suspense and a dynamite shocker ending you'll watch twice - to make sure you got it right. Martijn (Ryan Phillipe) is on a goodwill mission in Morocco when he is stabbed with a syringe and wakes up blindfolded and shackled in a hideout. His captors (Fishburne) want information - and they'll do anything to get it. So Martijn had better come up with a plan of action because he's running out of time..money.. and fingers.

• Straight Outta Compton | DVD | (19/05/2003) from £5.00   |  Saving you £7.99 (159.80%)   |  RRP £12.99

  He's got his homies a gun and a plan. Small time gangsta and tough Compton local Henry ""Hen"" Alabaster (writer-director Ryan Combs) is fresh out of the pen and looking to go legit by starting his own record company and producing rap records. His only problem is he needs some serious bills to bankroll the operation. Enlisting the help of three of his homies - Hump (Sean Epps) Johnny (Johnny DeaRenzo) and K.K. (Jules Dupree) - Hen hatches a plan to set up and then blackmail a corrupt