Drama

• The Wire - Season 3 | DVD | (23/04/2013) from £15.20   |  Saving you £26.05 (186.87%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Corruption is rife throughout The Wire: The Complete Third Season, which picks up the further adventures of the Baltimore Major Crimes Unit as they continue to wage war on drugs. Only as this is The Wire, that’s just the beginnings of their problems. Once again, the show that’s rightly being acclaimed as one of America’s finest and most intelligent dramas covers the story from all areas. There’s the investigating cops on one hand, their targets on the other, and the small matter of heavy political influence both with the Police Department itself, and from the Mayor’s Office too.

• Cat On A Hot Tin Roof | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Cat on a Hot Tin Roof offers a smouldering, angry Elizabeth Taylor as Maggie, the feline in question. Paul Newman is her ex-athlete husband, Brick Pollitt, an alcoholic who frustrates and disappoints his wife and his overbearing father, Burl Ives, the vulgar patriarch of this positively Gothic Southern family whose children return to the nest like vultures when they learn he is dying of cancer. Infidelities, addictions, latent homosexuality, depression, unrequited love and mendacity are woven into this powerful adaptation of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Though it was somewhat whitewashed by Hollywood, the sentiment remains powerful due to the provocative performances. The film was nominated for several Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor and Actress for Newman and Taylor. --Rochelle O'Gorman, Amazon.com

• This Is England | DVD | (03/09/2007) from £7.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A young lad finds friendship with a gang of skinheads in this tough and gritty movie from director Shane Meadows.

• Road Warriors In Afghanistan | DVD | (08/03/2010) from £5.49   |  Saving you £14.50 (72.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Perhaps the most dangerous job in the world is that of a truck driver in war-torn Afghanistan... This extraordinary series uncovers the gritty reality of the heroic Road Warriors who must transport their potentially explosive cargo on a range of specially designed high-tech armoured trucks to the front line. With amazing access to the British armed forces see the Road Warriors tackle the most dangerous roads in the world and face landmines I.E.D.s rocket attacks suicide bombers snipers ambush or criminal gangs attempting to steal their load. The only certainty about each trip is that the Taliban will be out there. Road Warriors is an adrenalin-packed rollercoaster ride into the world of modern warfare.

• Emma. | Blu Ray | (24/03/2025) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Brother (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (21/04/2025) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Takeshi 'Beat' Kitano directs and stars in this brutal crime thriller about a Japanese yakuza forced to flee to Los Angeles after the death of his boss. In the wake of a failed gang war, Yamamoto ˜Aniki' (Kitano) arrives in Los Angeles with nothing but a new name and a bag of cash. Re-uniting with his younger brother, he uses his extensive experience as a hardened gangster, to grow a small-time drug operation into an far-reaching criminal brotherhood, attracting the attention of rival gangs with bloodthirsty consequences.Widely considered to be Japan's most important and influential director since Akira Kurosawa, Brother marks Takeshi Kitano's English language debut.Extras:Presented in High DefinitionThe Green Flash (1988, 23 mins): Adam Davis' short film about an encounter between a runaway and a gangster featuring a young Omar Epps in his first screen roleOther extras tbc**FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring new writing on the film

• Midsomer Murders Series 22 | DVD | (18/09/2023) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  All six episodes from the 22nd series of the ITV crime drama set in the picturesque Midsomer region. DCI John Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon) and his team investigate several more cases including a murder mystery weekend that turns deadly, a rising body count linked to the latest Midsomer Mummers charity production of 'The Pirates of Penzance' and a body found surrounded by occult symbols. The episodes are: 'The Wolf Hunter of Little Worthy', 'The Stitcher Society', 'Happy Families', 'The Scarecrow Murders', 'For Death Prepare' and 'The Witches of Angel's Rise'.

• The Way, Way Back | DVD | (26/12/2013) from £3.64   |  Saving you £17.61 (739.92%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Way, Way Back tells the funny and poignant coming of age story of 14-year-old Duncan's (Liam James) summer vacation with his mother, Pam (Toni Collette), her overbearing boyfriend, Trent (Steve Carell), and his daughter, Steph (Zoe Levin).

• The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe | DVD | (25/04/2022) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Suffocated by debts, prison officer John Darwin pretended to drown in a canoe accident so his wife could make fraudulent claims on their insurance. Anne Darwin played the grieving widow whilst police investigated his disappearance. Yet all along John Darwin was living in an apartment in the house next door to his wife, regularly visiting her through an interconnecting passage. Devastated by the loss of their father, neither of their sons had an inkling their parents had betrayed them. Tired of laying low in England, John Darwin assumed a fake identity and left the country to invest in money making schemes. After these schemes failed, John Darwin persuaded Anne to leave England and start a new life in Panama. 5 years after faking his death, John returned to England and walked into a police station pretending he had amnesia. Their secret was finally revealed following the discovery of a photo of them posing together in a real estate office years after his disappearance. This gripping and surprising true crime series is told through Anne Darwin's eyes. We delve deep into a woman who appears to be under her husband's control and who argued at trial she had been coerced to go along with it all. Was she to blame for her part in her husband's absurd scheme? Starring Monica Dolan and Eddie Marsan

• Messiah - Series 1 - 5 Box Set | DVD | (04/10/2010) from £21.96   |  Saving you £-4.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.00

  With a particularly gruesome body count fantastic twists and turns and everyone a suspect Messiah will not disappoint.

• The Boys From Brazil | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £3.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (150.38%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Robustly entertaining and bracingly sinister, The Boys from Brazil stars Gregory Peck as the infamous Dr Josef Mengele, the former Nazi chief who intends to resurrect the Führer and create a Fourth Reich through genetic experiments that commence with the assassination of some 94 fathers. Elderly Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman (Laurence Olivier, in an Oscar-nominated performance) is tipped to the plot, but his efforts to expose Peck (fiendishly cast against type) are thwarted by a set of menacing triplets played by Jeremy Black. Back in 1978, The Boys from Brazil (adapted from Ira Levin's novel) was an incalculably tense, straight-faced entertainment whose lack of irony allowed the viewer to indulge the film's outrageous premise without moral offence. But in view of the scientific advancements made since the release of the film, it's now a cautionary tale, and all the more compelling for being so. Jerry Goldsmith's richly conceived, Oscar-nominated score--replete with echoes of Mahler and Strauss--reinforces this impression.--Kevin Mulhall

• Second Coming | DVD | (20/02/2012) from £6.73   |  Saving you £13.26 (66.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged father had a deep, dark and devastating connection to the saint's life.

• First Man (Blu-ray + Digital Copy) | Blu Ray | (18/02/2019) from £4.78   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  First Man Oscar®-winning director Damien Chazelle and star Ryan Gosling reteam for the riveting story behind the first manned mission to the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the decade leading to the historic Apollo 11 flight. A visceral, intimate account told from Armstrong's perspective and based on the book by James R. Hansen, the film explores the triumphs and the cost on Armstrong, his family, his colleagues, and the nation itself for one of the most dangerous missions in history. Bonus Features Include Deleted Scenes Giant Leap in One Small Step Recreating the Moon Landing Shooting at NASA Astronaut Training Feature Commentary and More!

• Jacques Tati Collection | Blu Ray | (21/07/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  A legendary filmmaker. 6 FEATURE FILMS. 7 SHORT FILMS. 1 TREMENDOUS ADVENTURE When we ask filmmakers across the world to name a French film director who has changed how they look at film and at t world, all or nearly all of them say with a smile, Jacques Tati. From short films to feature films, music hall to road-movie, Jacques Tati draws us into hisquirky and poetic universe. Step into the ring to face Roger in Soigne Ton Gauche (Keep Your Left Up), be invited into the festive Big Top in Parade, pedal faster and faster to deliver the post in L'Ecole des Facteurs (The School for Postmen) and Jour de Fête (The Big Day), embark ona journey across Europe in a revolutionary Renault in Trafic (Traffic), enjoy a well-deserved revitalising holiday with Monsieur Hulot, let Mon Oncle (My Uncle) guide you around the old neighbourhood of Saint-Maur and the ultramodern Arpel villa, and experience a virtual visitof Paris in the incredible PlayTime. Bon voyage! THE FILMS JOUR DE FÊTE LES VACANCES DE MONSIEUR HULOT MON ONCLE PLAYTIME TRAFIC PARADE THE SHORT FILMS ON DEMANDE UNE BRUTE - 1934 GAI DIMANCHE - 1935 SOIGNE TON GAUCHE - 1936 L'ÉCOLE DES FACTEURS - 1946 COURS DU SOIR - 1967 DÉGUSTATION MAISON - 1976 FORZA BASTIA - 1978

• Picnic (Eureka Classics) Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (18/02/2019) from £30.18   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eureka Entertainment to release PICNIC, one of the defining landmark films of 1950s Hollywood starring William Holden and Kim Novak, presented for the first time ever on Blu-ray in the UK as part of the Eureka Classics range from 18 February 2019. Picnic is a portrait of the desires and frustrations simmering under the surface on an ordinary Labor Day in a small Kansas town. Starring William Holden in one of his most iconic roles, and Kim Novak in the performance that made her a star, the film is one of the most fondly remembered American classics of that decade, adapted by director Joshua Logan from his own Broadway production (which won a Pulitzer for playwright William Inge) Drifter Hal (Holden) returns to his hometown, unemployed and with his college football glory days long behind him. Reunited with his old friend Alan (Cliff Robertson), Hal soon becomes acquainted with the Owens sisters, beautiful Madge (Novak) and budding poetess Millie (Susan Strasberg), along with the Owens family's boarder, schoolteacher Rosemary (Rosalind Russell). While Millie longs for Hal, his affections turn to Madge, and at the holiday picnic, passions ignite, jealousies erupt, accusations and rage explode, and Hal and Madge must decide if they can escape their small, stifling hometown. While its examination of middle American mores may seem quaint today, Picnic's torrid romances, erotically charged dancing, and Holden's torn shirt were considered bold and risqué in the conservative 50s, although now it can be viewed as an honest and moving study of a long-gone era. Featuring stunning Cinemascope photography by the legendary James Wong Howe, this much-beloved Oscar-winner is a grand, unforgettable 1950s American milestone, and is presented here on Blu-ray for the first time ever in the UK. Features: 1080p presentation on Blu-ray DTS-HD MA 5.1 or LPCM 2.0 audio options Optional English SDH subtitles Kim Novak's Hollywood Picnic [18 mins] an archival interview with the actress conducted by screenwriter and journalist, Stephen Rebello Original Theatrical Trailer PLUS: A Collector's booklet featuring a new essay on the film by Travis Crawford

• Goodbye, Dragon Inn | DVD | (23/11/2020) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In Taipei City, a cavernous old picture palace is about to close its doors forever. A meagre audience, the remaining few staff, and perhaps even a ghost or two, watch King Hu's wuxia classic Dragon Inn - each haunted by memories and desires evoked by cinema itself. An exquisite, wryly funny and tender tribute to the experience of movie-going, Tsai Ming-Liang's poignant love letter to cinema is one of the most beguiling and beloved dramas of modern times and is now widely regarded as a classic. Presented here in a new 4K restoration, the film is more ravishing and hypnotic than ever. DVD SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Bú sàn, 2003) presented from a brand new 4K restoration of the film. A new and exclusive filmed interview with director Tsai Ming-Liang. Madam Butterfly (2009, 35 mins): world home-video premiere of Tsai s remarkable modern-day interpretation of the classic story. Booklet featuring new essays by curator and critic Tony Rayns, plus a personal appreciation by filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul. New and improved English subtitle translation. Original soundtrack in 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo Region free DVD (0)

• Bartleby (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (21/02/2022) from £16.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on Herman Melville's celebrated short story ˜Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street', Anthony Friedmann's unduly neglected film relocates the action to 1970s London and stars Oscar-winner Paul Scofield (A Man for All Seasons), John McEnery (Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet), and Thorley Walters (Hammer's The Phantom of the Opera). When a young office clerk, Bartleby (McEnery), becomes increasingly defeated by the pressures of modern life, he gradually opts out of all forms of social engagement and his frustrated employer (Scofield) does all he can to stop him from withdrawing entirely into his own world. Superbly acted and exquisitely photographed, Bartleby is a rare gem of 1970s British cinema. Presented in a brand new restoration from a 4K scan of the original negative, this wry and complex drama makes its worldwide debut on Blu-ray accompanied by a range of new and archival extra features. Extras New restoration from a 4K scan of the original negative by Powerhouse Films Original mono audio Interview with writer-director Anthony Friedmann (2022) Beat the Bomber (1975): anti-terrorism documentary short directed by Friedmann Bartleby's London (2022): an exploration of Bartleby's locations Bartleby (2017): stop-motion animation version of the Melville story, directed by Kristen Kee and Laura Naylor Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of Bartleby (2017) Trailers for Bartleby (2017) Image galleries: promotional and publicity material English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Limited edition exclusive booklet featuring a new essay by Jeff Billington, archival interviews with star Paul Scofield and director Anthony Friedmann, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits World premiere on Blu-ray Limited edition of 2,000 copies for the UK All extras subject to change

• The West Wing - Complete Season 5 | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £11.25   |  Saving you £52.00 (520.52%)   |  RRP £61.99

  Features the complete episodes from the fifth series of the drama. President Bartlet must tackle, amongst other things: terrorist threats, the devastation caused by a tornado, a hostage situation, and a Christmas family gathering...

• Cry Freedom Blu-Ray | Blu Ray | (15/03/2021) from £8.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The unforgettable friendship of two unforgettable men on Blu-Ray for the very first time. The tension and the terror that was a recent South Africa is powerfully portrayed in director Richard Attenborough's sweeping store of black activist Stephen Biko (Denzel Washington - Malcom X), head of the 'Black Conciousness' movement and a liberal white newspaper editor who risks his own life to bring Biko's message to the world. After learning of apartheid's true horrors through Biko's eyes, editor Donald Woods (Kevin Kline - Wild Wild West) discovers that his friend has been silenced by the police. Detemined not to let Biko's message go unheard, Woods undertakes a perilous quest to escape South Africa and bring Biko's tale of courage to the world. This riveting, true story offers a stirring account of a man at his most evil and most heroic.

• The Illusionist | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £7.05   |  Saving you £12.94 (183.55%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From director Sylvain Chomet, the man who brought us the beguiling Belleville Rendezvou, comes another slice of whimsy and magic, The Illusionist.