Drama

• Limited Edition , Celebrating 200th Birthday Of Charles Dickens- A Dickens Classic Box Set Scrooge- A Christmas Carol & Pickwck Papers in Colour! | DVD | (05/11/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Titles Comprise: Scrooge: Classic British version of Charles dickens' Christmas tale, starring Alastair Sim. on Christmas eve, a tight-fisted businessman is visited by three ghosts who remind him of the true spirit of Christmas. Pickwick Papers: an exceedingly lively adaptation of this dickins' Classic. With a stellar cast of British actors playing some of dickens' most colourful characters. The Pickwick Club sends mr. Pickwick and a group ...

• Winston Churchill - The Wilderness Years - Vol. 3: The Flying Peril / His Own Funeral | DVD | (26/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  It’s easy to forget that before fronting the British war effort through most of World War II, Winston Churchill had spent the previous decade isolated in Parliament and in internal opposition to the Conservative party. Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years dramatises this period in which the growing menace of Nazism in Germany was met with indifference, even fear by governments of the day who were more concerned with their survival than in serving those who had elected them. Churchill is perceptively played by Robert Hardy, confirming the image without falling into caricature. Visionary and obstinate by turns, he galvanises his supporters and enrages his enemies with a passion borne of conviction. A seasoned British cast includes Peter Barkworth as the amiable but ineffectual Stanley Baldwin, Eric Porter as the truly "out of time" Neville Chamberlain, Edward Woodward as the scheming Samuel Hoare and Nigel Havers as the tragically flawed Randolph Churchill. Martin Gilbert has done a persuasive job transforming his novel into a TV script, the scenes in the House of Commons having a gritty reality that makes compulsive viewing. On the DVD: it’s a pity that the Southern Pictures production, first screened in 1981, has emerged so dimly in this incarnation. Has the master tape eroded so badly, or was it simply not available? However, it’s worth putting up with the technical defects to enjoy this historically informed and grippingly dramatic serial. --Richard Whitehouse

• The Search For Robert Johnson | DVD | (08/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The real story of the greatest folk blues guitar player that ever lived. Who was Robert Johnson? To three generations of true believers he was the king of the Mississippi Delta country blues but down more than 50 years ago at the age of 27 by poisoned whiskey at the hands of a jealous husband in a plantation juke joint. His most well-known songs were turned into R&B and rock standards over the years: ""Walkin' Blues"" (Muddy Waters) ""I Believe I'll Dust My Broom"" (Elmore James

• Tiger's Tale | DVD | (22/10/2007) from £10.78   |  Saving you £7.21 (66.88%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A black comedy on the streets of Dublin as identical twins, separated at birth, reunite with bizarre consequences.

• Out Of Bounds | DVD | (05/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Louise is an 18 year old staying in a girls' boarding school. Unbeknownst to Veronica the headmistress Louise is having an affair with Matthew Veronica's husband and the resident art teacher. With half-term looming Louise manages to convince Veronica to let her stay on secretly planning to spend more time with her lover. However Veronica discovers the affair and plots her revenge. What follows is a series of grisly events that culminate in something truly terrifying.

• The Lovejoy Collection - Vol. 24 | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £5.96   |  Saving you £7.03 (117.95%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Four episodes from the much loved series starring Ian McShane as rogue antiques dealer. Including Breaking The Broker Fruit Of The Desert Holding The Baby and Last Tango In Lavenham.

• Merci La Vie | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Camille a naive schoolgirl encounters the intriguing Joelle a girl slightly older but vastly more experienced in the ways of the world. Joelle leads Camille into a new a rather uncomfortable world through the discovery of sex and the darker side of life. Later in life as Camille discovers the paralysing fear of Aids she recalls her earlier encounters with Joelle and the fact she may have contracted the disease...

• The Milky Way | DVD | (24/04/2006) from £7.80   |  Saving you £-2.81 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Timid milkman Burleigh Sullivan somehow conspires to knock out middleweight champ Speed McFarland and is encouraged to swap his milk truck for the boxing ring. A series of fixed fights and press backing make 'Tiger' Sullivan one of the most feared boxers around, but it is all part of a plan to enable Speed McFarland to regain his title....

• Rumpole Of The Bailey - The Specials | DVD | (07/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Two special episodes from the much loved legal series including the first ever episode which was originally shown on BBC1 in 1975 as part of the Play For Today series.

• Tokyo Fist | DVD | (29/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Director Shinya Tsukamoto plays insurance salesman Tsuda whose placid life with his fiancee Hizuru is turned upside down when his old high-school classmate Takuji appears. Now a professional boxer with serious emotional problems Takuji's arrival sparks the attention of Hizuru who becomes fixated with the disturbed boxer. Profoundly jealous of Takuji Tsuda begins vigorous training at a local gym to acquire the skills and strength needed to destroy Takuji's hold on Hizuru. What w

• The Emperor Jones | DVD | (31/10/2011) from £5.98   |  Saving you £9.00 (225.56%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Brutus Jones (Paul Robeson) is a handsome, ambitious and devout churchgoer from the backwoods who leaves to become a Pullman porter in New York City. Once there, he gives in to his newfound world of fast money and loose women falling for Undine (Fredi Washington), the girl of his friend Jeff (Frank H. Wilson). Having failed to pull a quick-buck money deal, Jones shoots craps against Jeff before discovering that the dice are crooked. When Jeff lies dead after a fight, Jones is found guilty of murder and sentenced to life on a chain gang. Desperate to escape, Jones stages a breakout and kills a warder. Making good his escape to a Caribbean island, Jones eventually becomes the Island's ruler: The Emperor Jones. But will his sins catch up with him?This was the film that made a star of Paul Robeson and its significance was that it was the first film to have an African American as its leading man.

• Blowback | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £12.99   |  Saving you £-7.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The terror has never been so intense in the most twisted tale since Seven! When Inspector Don Morell (Mario Van Peebles Highlander III New Jack City) witnesses the state execution of serial killer Claude Whitman (James Remar Mortal Kombat: The Annihilation) he thinks he can finally close the case that has almost destroyed his marriage sanity and life. But when former jury members begin to be brutally murdered one by one Morell recognises Whitman in the cryptic Biblical messages at the crime scenes. Could he be back to fulfill his demonic agenda? Don't miss a second!

• Winstanley | DVD | (03/08/2009) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  1649. With poverty and unrest sweeping England a group of impoverished men and women the Diggers form a settlement on St George's Hill Surrey. Inspired by the visionary leadership of Gerrard Winstanley they attempt to assert their right to cultivate and share the wealth of the common land. Brownlow and Mollo (the creators of It Happened Here) have produced an astonishingly authentic historical film and a powerful moving story of one extraordinary man's vision. This is a new new restoration by the BFI National Archive and comes complete w2ith over 90 minutes of extras.

• Scarred City | DVD | (21/10/2002) from £34.99   |  Saving you £-31.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Cop John Trace (Baldwin) walks a beat while his third on-the-job shooting is being investigated. He spots a drug dealer selling and gives chase. When the dealer reaches into his pocket John assumes he is going for a gun and shoots him dead. A quick patdown reveals he was only trying to dispose of the drugs...

• Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega | DVD | (04/12/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A lonely orphan boy who arrives in Mumbai from Goa to fulfil his dreams of becoming a top singer. As he achieves his dreams after a long struggle and frustrtaion he realizes that his long awaited dream has nothing but a dark end until destiny takes a new turn...

• Echo of Diana & Shadow of Fear | DVD | (31/01/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Titles Comprise: Echo Of Diana: After learning that her husband Philip has been killed in an air crash in Eastern Europe Joan Scott is disturbed to read a mysterious 'in memoriam' notice inserted in a newspaper under the signature 'Diana'... Shadow Of Fear: Waiting for his flight home Bill (Paul Maxwell) takes a message from a British secret agent. On arrival two men posing as police officers take him to a hotel where he delivers the message. During the night he is attacked and kills his assailant. Later in the country with his girl friend Barbara he tells her uncle the story and is introduced to the real contact. On learning that he has given away vital information Bill agrees to act as decoy.

• Antwone Fisher / Men Of Honour | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £13.93   |  Saving you £6.06 (43.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Autobiographical movies rarely get more truthfully moving than Antwone Fisher. The title is also the name of this fine drama's first-time screenwriter, a former Navy seaman who was working as a film-studio security guard when his life-inspired script was developed as Denzel Washington's directorial debut. This Hollywood dream gets better: unbeknown to the filmmakers, Derek Luke--a newcomer who won the title role over a throng of famous contenders--was also a friend of Fisher's, and the whole film seems blessed by this fortunate coincidence. Washington's sharp instincts as an actor serve him well, as both a subtle-handed director and Luke's costar playing Jerome Davenport, a Navy psychologist assigned to assess Fisher's chronic violent temper. Their therapy sessions prove mutually beneficial, as this touching true story addresses painful memories, broken desires, and heartfelt reunions without resorting to a contrived happy ending. Fisher's good life is worth celebrating, and Washington brings a delicate touch to the party. --Jeff Shannon Originally, Men of Honour was simply called Navy Diver and no doubt all involved held high hopes that it would be an award-winning biopic. Unfortunately, Carl Brashear's life as the first African-American Master Diver went through that vaguely distasteful contemporary Hollywood Marketing makeover and the result is not quite so worthy of its subject and intentions. The film's hopelessly clichéd tagline reads, "History is made by those who break the rules"; the direction is shot through with sunsets 'n' slow-mo; and the script is peppered with foreshadowing dialogue ("don't end up like me, son"). The plot devices follow a predictable arc: family poverty, a swiftly sweet romance, a shock accident, court hearing and, naturally, a grisly antagonist. It's with the last of these that the movie comes to life. We may have seen DeNiro spit nails countless times before, but his saltily intractable Master Chief is a terrific screen creation. Next to him, Cuba Gooding Jr really does shine as the endlessly persecuted Brashear. All-too brief cameos from Charlise Theron and Michael Rapaport lend sparkle too. But the film's message about how social attitudes toward race have changed is lost in a murky haze of Hollywoodisation. As one character declares, "some things just don't mix". --Paul Tonks

• Rumpole Of The Bailey - Series 5 | DVD | (29/12/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Leo McKern stars as the eccentric bibulous Old Bailey defence lawyer Horace Rumpole in the magnificent and hugely popular series written by the barrister/playwright John Mortimer. In this fifth series that first aired in 1988 Rumpole finds himself called in to assist a wide variety of defendants. Episodes comprise: 'Rumpole And The Bubble Reputation' 'Rumpole And The Barrow Boy' 'Rumpole And The Age Of Miracles' 'Rumpole And The Tap End' 'Rumpole And Portia' and 'Rumpole And The Quality Of Life'.

• Tim | DVD | (26/06/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  All actors have to try a mental-impairment role at some point in their careers (don't they?), and Mel Gibson took his best shot with this sweet film about a young retarded man and his gentle relationship with an older woman (Piper Laurie) who teaches him to read and to adjust to the real world. Tim's parents come to trust the woman's honourable intentions, but the movie still gives Mel's female fans a lot to swoon over; it's a platonic romance with plenty of temptation that is never acted upon. Add to that the fact that Gibson is really quite good in the title role--after Mad Max, this was Mel's first widely seen opportunity to prove himself in a dramatic role before his higher-profile roles in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior and Gallipoli. Tim is a bit too schmaltzy and sentimental, but this 1979 release has gained a loyal audience over the years, and the film has a lot more than just a young Mel Gibson to recommend it. --Jeff Shannon

• The Miracle Of Our Lady Of Fatima | DVD | (03/02/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The miracle that stunned the world.The faith that inspired millions. As three children play in a meadowland near Fatima they see a vision a woman in a cloud of light who brings prophesies and words of faith. Local officials hear of the vision and threaten the children with torture if they don't recant. But the youthful believers cling to their convictions inspiring the faith of the community.. and far beyond. Seventy thousand people pour into Fatima after the children report the vision will perform a miracle. A beautiful breathtaking tale in the tradition of Song of Bernadette and Keys to the Kingdom The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima is a glorious tribute to the triumph of human faith - and a memorable movie recreation of events which changed the world.