Drama

• 3 Film Box Set: American Tail 1-3 (Lenticular) | DVD | (17/10/2011) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Titles Comprise:An American Tail In Don Bluth's animated fable An American Tail, when a mouse family leaves Russia and emigrates to America, they believe the New World is a land without cats. The film, a heartfelt homage to the countless real stories of immigrants who came to the United States at the turn of the 20th century, follows the humorous and dramatic adventures of Fievel (Phillip Glasser), the family's innocent son who ends up arriving alone in New York only to have to stay clear of the cats he thought he'd never see again.An American Tail 2: Fieval Goes WestLook out pardners, there's a new mouse in town!Some time after the Mousekewitz's have settled in America, they find that they are still having problems with the threat of cats. That makes them eager to try another home out in the west, where they are promised that mice and cats live in peace. Unfortunately, the one making this claim is an oily con artist named Cat R. Waul who is intent on his own sinister plan. Unaware of this, the Mousekewitz's begin their journey west, while their true cat friend, Tiger, follows intent on following his girlfriend gone in the same direction.An American Tail 3: The Treasure Of Manhattan Island:Fievel the Mouse returns in the third installment in the An American Tail series. Fievel (voice of Thomas Dekker) and his friend Tony Toponi find a map that they believe points to a treasure buried somewhere beneath Old New York, and the plucky rodent is determined to find it. However, what he discovers under the city is a tribe of Native American mice who were driven underground by prejudiced European immigrants. Fievel makes new friends with the outcasts, and he comes to realize that they have the same right to live freely in America as anyone else.

• Paperhouse | DVD | (24/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  To define the 1988 fantasy flick Paperhouse as a mere horror film would be an injustice--although this intelligent and thought-provoking British film is certainly scary in parts. In exploring the world of dreams, director Bernard Rose (Candyman) offers a far more elegant exposition of the subject than the Nightmare on Elm Street school of horror. Based on the novel Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr, Paperhouse offers a believable cause for its intensified dreamworld: Anna (Charlotte Burke) falls ill with glandular fever--a fever which will blur her understanding of reality and dreams. It is clear from the start that Anna has an overzealous imagination, holding onto her childhood games while her best friend becomes more interested in boys. Before her descent into illness Anna draws the Paperhouse of the title, and it is this house that dominates her dream world. Although the acting is rather hammy and the scenes set in reality are tedious, the true beauty of the film comes from Production Designer Gemma Jackson and Cinematographer Mike Southon, whose talents emerge in the dream sequences. Clearly taking inspiration from the Surrealist movement, Jackson recreates a chilling version of Anna's drawing of the house, full of dark shadows and terrifying noises, that perhaps has more in common with Jan Svankmajer's macabre adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice than the innocent childhood offerings of Disney. Ultimately Paperhouse is an exploration of the traumatic transition into adulthood of a young girl on the cusp of her teenage years: at the start of the film Anna "hates boys", but by the end she is sharing her first kiss with Mark, her playmate in the dream world.On the DVD With a 1.66:1 ratio format and Dolby Digital sound the stylistic brilliance of this movie is much easier to see and enjoy than in its previous incarnations on television and video. The special features leave a lot to be desired, though, offering only an unexciting original trailer and four filmographies for the director and the three main adult actresses. --Nikki Disney

• The Power Game - Series 1 | DVD | (14/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  ITV's famous boardroom drama from the 1960's starring Patrick Wymark Barbara Murray Clifford Evans Rosemary Leach Peter Barkworth Ian Holm and George Sewell. A spin-off from the earlier 'The Plane Makers' 'The Power Game' made a star of Patrick Wymark as the now knighted Sir John Wilder the ruthless and power hungry executive who everybody loved to hate. The series captivated the viewing public in 1965 when first aired (one of the five most watched programme of 1966 when this f

• The Lady Gambles | DVD | (06/06/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  One woman's gambling addiction puts her marriage and her life in grave danger. A gritty, classic piece of film noir starring four-time Oscar nominee and Emmy-winner Barbara Stanwyck. In a dark Chicago back alley, among a crowd of seedy characters, Joan Boothe (Barbara Stanwyck, Double Indemnity) tosses a pair of dice and wins a few dirty dollars. She rolls once more, and wins again and again, and again, and again. Soon, the street thugs Joan runs with discover she's cheating, and decide to administer their own harsh form of justice. With her body beaten and spirit broken, Joan finds herself in the hospital, where her estranged husband (Robert Preston, The Music Man) struggles to come to grips with how Joan once a sophisticated, vivacious, loving wife spiraled into such a desperate state. Elegantly shot and intricately constructed, The Lady Gambles is a shocking story of temptation, addiction, and betrayal as thrilling to watch today as it was when it debuted more than 60 years ago.

• The Seventh Victim | DVD | (25/10/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Mary (Kim Hunter) travels to New York to discover the reason for her sister Jacqueline's sudden disappearance. The cosmetics shop that Jacqueline (Jean Brooks) owned has been sold and her rented room is empty save for a solitary chair and a noose. Suspecting that her sister is under the influence of Satanists Mary hires a private detective to stakeout the shop at night but she then discovers that he has been murdered. Dr Louis Judd (Tom Conway) contacts Mary to explain that he is a psychiatrist and that Jacqueline is under his care because she is mentally ill. But when Jacqueline vanishes again it becomes clear to Mary that she in the clutches of a satanic cult whose penalty for revealing anything about themselves is death. Six people have already been murdered...will Jacqueline become the seventh victim?

• F. Scott Fitzgerald And The Last Of The Belles | DVD | (21/06/2004) from £15.98   |  Saving you £-11.99 (-300.50%)   |  RRP £3.99

• A River Called Titas | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the celebrated Bengali novel 'A River Called Titus' was filmed in director Ritwik Ghatak's childhood home of East Bengal soon after the independence of Bangaladesh. Ghatak's most ambitious project this raw and powerful film unfolds a tragic tale of a couple separated by a kidnapping.

• My Husband's Double Life | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £9.98   |  Saving you £-5.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  As a teenager Patrick was everyone's favourite kid. As an adult he was a loving husband and doting father but beneath was a criminal who betrayed trusts and stole dreams without conscience. She married the man of her dreams and found herself in the nightmare of her life...

• The Last Sentinel | DVD | (01/06/2009) from £8.95   |  Saving you £7.04 (44.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Future Is Riding On One Woman No emotion. No fear. No pain. They were the perfect soldiers to protect civilization - until the drone police became the perfect enemy. With little hope left for mankind Tallis (Don Wilson; Stealing Harvard Batman Forever) an electronically enhanced soldier rescues a rebel beauty (Katee Sackhoff TV's Battlestar Galactica) from a failed resistance mission. A force to be reckoned with she will learn to fight and think like a machine for the final battle to save the human race.

• Duel Of Hearts | DVD | (29/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  A rather jarring mix of period drama, trashy romance and all-star blockbuster, Duel of Hearts is a swashbuckling, bodice-ripping tale of slightly dubious quality. Based on a novel by Barbara Cartland, it provides the usual dollops of intrigue and love, although its choice of a female protagonist does at least give it some twist. The splendidly named Lady Caroline Faye (Alison Doody) is the story's plucky heroine, fighting to prove the innocence of her beau Lord Vane Brecon and discover his troubling inner turmoil. Donning a disguise that seems to consist largely of wearing her hair in a different manner, Lady Caroline places herself among the very people that would seek Brecon's undoing. Those looking for high quality drama should probably go elsewhere, but this is an entertaining enough piece of silliness, combining the history of Regency England with the production values of a daytime American soap opera. On the DVD: Duel of Hearts on DVD has had very little effort put into it, which is perhaps no surprise given the rather slapdash nature of the main feature. The sound has been digitally remastered but the picture quality hasn't, and has that dubious made-for-television look. The interactive menu is unattractive and unimaginative and there are no extras. --Phil Udell

• Unmade Beds | DVD | (29/03/2010) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Fernando Tielve (The Devil's Backbone) and Deborah Francois (The Child) star in this film from director Alexis Dos Santos (Glue). In Unmade Beds two immigrants find their paths crossing whilst squatting in a hip building in London's East End: in search of his roots Axl (Tielve) is scouring the city for his long-lost father while broken-hearted Vera (Francois) attempts to recover from a failed love affair by striking up a playful romance with a sexy and mysterious stranger.

• Gloria | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £6.73   |  Saving you £6.26 (93.02%)   |  RRP £12.99

  She's tough...but she sides with the little guy. Jack Dawn and his family were eliminated by the mob because he was their accountant feeding information to the FBI. However his six year old son Phil escaped with neighbour - and former gangster's girlfriend - Gloria. Now in his possession Phil has his father's black book containing account details of the mobsters. They want it back and the pair dead... Winner of the Best Picture at the Venice Film Festival the film also s

• Song For Raggy Boy | DVD | (30/04/2007) from £8.45   |  Saving you £-2.46 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A tale of a disillusioned teacher's struggle against the brutal regime of an Irish Reformatory School in 1939.

• The Road Home | DVD | (16/04/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The latest film by Chinese director Zhang Yimou, The Road Home (1999) is a story of past and present. In black and white we see a young businessman return to a rural village where his father has died. His mother wants a traditional funeral, which involves carrying the coffin several miles in the depths of winter. Then, in flashback and brilliant colour, we are told the story of his parents' courtship. His father had come as the local schoolteacher and had fallen in love with his mother, a local girl. Political complications ensue and they are separated for two years, but at last reunited. This apparently simply tale is told with great insight and dazzlingly beautiful camerawork, in a style which echoes the Italian neo-realist films of the 1940s. Perhaps it doesn't have the complexity of the director's earlier film, Raise the Red Lantern (1991), which starred the luminous Gong Li, but The Road Home has her match in Zhang Ziyi, who also starred in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). On the DVD: The quality of the sound and picture (in 2.35:1 ratio) are excellent. There are no additional features except for subtitles in English and 15 other languages. --Ed Buscombe

• Cops vs Thugs | DVD | (01/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  It is 1963 and the police of Kurashima City have spent the past seven years eradicating the Yakuza gangs which have caused so much strife in the city. The last two remaining gangs Ohara and Kawade are in tatters with the Ohara Boss in prison. But with the police force full of corrupt officers the gangs begin to flourish once again. The Kawade gang sensing the opportunity to strike their enemies while their leader is incarcerated decide to stage a raid on a club owned by their rivals but the attention of the police is drawn to both gangs again. Ken Hirotani is running the Ohara gang while the Boss is in jail and he soon discovers that a childhood friend Kuno is now a police detective assigned to clean up the underworld. But Kuno's loyalties lay more with his friend than his career and his honour is tested time and time again. When a major property deal goes bad the police are able to persuade the two gangs to come to a truce but there are elements of both sides who don't like what their superiors are negotiating. Soon it's not only Cops vs Cops as loyalties are strained and honour pushes the boundaries of the law with an epic showdown looming.

• Three Of Hearts | DVD | (03/01/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Three wild hearts. One sexy romantic comedy. When Connie is dumped by her girlfriend Ellen she hires a handsome charismatic escort named Joe to break Ellen's heart. Joe is a smooth-talking Don Juan who goes by the motto ""any woman any time guaranteed."" Once Joe rejects Ellen Connie is certain she'll come running back into her loving arms. But sometimes even the best-laid plans don't work out quite the way you expect...

• Sherlock Holmes - The Priory School / The Second Stain | DVD | (09/06/2003) from £9.70   |  Saving you £3.28 (48.88%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Priory School: The son of the Duke Of Holderness is abducted and the school's German teacher disappears in a taxing case for Holmes and Watson. The Second Stain: Holmes is called in to investigate a missing letter stolen from the home of the secretary for European Affairs...

• Ted | Blu Ray | (26/10/2020) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane brings his boundary-pushing brand of humour to his first ever feature film , Ted.Ted tells the story of John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) a grown man who must deal with the cherished teddy bear who came to life as the result of a childhood wish and has refused to leave his side ever since!

• What Price Hollywood | DVD | (19/02/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Race Against the Harvest | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £12.98   |  Saving you £-7.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  A dramatic story of hatred, friendship and survival.When you're a dirt-poor farmer trying to eke out a living, you need good neighbours. But there's little love lost between Walter Duncan (Wayne Rogers, M*A*S*H*) and his neighbour, Krab Hogan (Earl Holliman, The Rainmaker).Now Walter need's Krab's combine to harvest his wheat before a storm destroys the crop. Krab refuses to help, and in revenge Walter sets up a rival harvesting business. The men's bitter feud escalates to the point where they might kill each other until Walter learns the truth about the secret that has poisoned their relationship for so many years.