Drama

• The Sopranos: Series 2 (Vols. 1-3) | DVD | (23/07/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £32.99

  The second series of The Sopranos, David Chase's ultra-cool and ultra-modern take on New Jersey gangster life, matches the brilliance of the first, although it's marginally less violent, with more emphasis given to the stories and obsessions of supporting characters. Sadly, the programme makers were forced to throttle back on the appalling struggle between gang boss Tony Soprano and his Gorgon-like Mother Livia, the very stuff of Greek theatre, following actress Nancy Marchand's unsuccessful battle against cancer. Taking up her slack, however, is Tony's big sister Janice, a New Age victim and arrant schemer and sponger, who takes up with the twitchy, Scarface-wannabe Richie Aprile, brother of former boss Jackie, out of prison and a minor pain in Tony's ass. Other running sub-plots include soldier Chris (Michael Imperioli) hapless efforts to sell his real-life Mafia story to Hollywood, the return and treachery of Big Pussy and Tony's wife Carmela's ruthlessness in placing daughter Meadow in the right college. Even with the action so dispersed, however, James Gandofini is still toweringly dominant as Tony. The genius of his performance, and of the programme makers, is that, despite Tony being a whoring, unscrupulous, sexist boor, a crime boss and a murderer, we somehow end up feeling and rooting for him, because he's also a family man with a bratty brood to feed, who's getting his balls busted on all sides, to say nothing of keeping the Government off his back. He's the kind of crime boss we'd like to feel we would be. Tony's decent Italian-American therapist Dr Melfi's (Loraine Bracco) perverse attraction with her gangster-patient reflects our own and, in her case, causes her to lose her first series cool and turn to drink this time around. Effortlessly multi-dimensional, funny and frightening, devoid of the sentimentality that afflicts even great American TV like The West Wing, The Sopranos is boss of bosses in its televisual era. --David Stubbs

• The Clash - Rude Boy | DVD | (06/05/2002) from £13.25   |  Saving you £-7.26 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Rude Boy traces the steps of Ray Grange who quits his dead end job as a shop clerk to become a roadie for legendary punk band The Clash. Set against a backdrop of the Brixton race riots and counter neo-nazi demonstrations Ray Grande's narrative of a man with no future makes compelling viewing. Intermixed with Ray's story is excellent concert footage of the band on the verge of stardom in America. Featured tracks include 'I Fought The Law' 'White Riot' 'Safe European Home' 'Garageland' 'London's Burning' and 'Complete Control'.

• Doctor Finlay - Series 2 | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Series Two of Doctor Finlay. Based on the characters created by A.J. Cronin and set in the 1940s the series chronicles life in the town of Tannochbrae as people come to terms with post-war problems and Doctor Finlay prepares to cope with upheaval in his personal and professional life.

• Erotic Collection - Showgirls/9 1/2 Weeks/Wild Orchid | DVD | (05/02/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Showgirls (Dir. Paul Verhoeven 1995): From the Director of Basic Instinct comes a daring new film that breaks all barriers. Leave your inhibitions at the door and experience the sensation of Showgirls Las Vegas the pleasure capital of the world where stardom can be found..at a price. Fuelled by naked ambition Nomi Malone (Elizabeth Berkley) is willing to pay that price working as a ""stripper"" and ""lap-dancer"" in the seedy back room of the Cheetah Club. She is soon discovered by Cristal (Gina Gershon) the seductive star of the biggest sexiest show in Vegas who together with her lover Zack (Kyle MacLachlan) gives her the chance to fulfil her wildest dreams. Behind the glamour lies the sordid side to the nightlife full of traps set with lust and jealousy. Enter the world of Showgirls it's hot it's wild it's wicked it's the ultimate fantasy! 9 1/2 Weeks: (Dir. Adrian Lyne 1986) Elizabeth (Academy Award winner Kim Basinger) is a Soho gallery worker romantically uninvolved since a painful divorce. John (Mickey Rourke) is a wealthy commodities broker emotionally alone no matter who he's with. A chance meeting draws them into each other's worlds. Obsession takes them further into a mutual world of eroticism and emotional awakenings. With visual flair director Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction 1998's Lolita) explores extremes of passion and surrender in 9 1/2 Weeks.Passion fades. But something John and Elizabeth will always carry inside is the impact of their 9 1/2 Weeks. Wild Orchid (Dir. Zalman King 1990): Set in the sultry splendor of Rio de Janeiro Wild Orchid stars Mickey Rourke Jacqueline Bisset and supermodel Carre Otis in a torrid adventure of the senses. Filled with exotic locations it is a hypnotic odyssey that will leave you breathless and spellbound. Beautiful young attorney Emily Reed (Otis) travels to Rio to work with international negotiator Claudia Lirones (Bisset) on a multimillion-dollar deal. But once exposed to the raw sensuality of her surroundings Emily is increasingly drawn into a world of erotic fantasy. Eager to guide Emily through this underworld is Claudia's old flame Wheeler (Rourke). Mysterious and seductive Wheeler unleashes Emily's most primitive desires - even as she threatens to unlock his world- weary heart.

• Mockingbird Don't Sing | DVD | (30/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  She was the modern day 'Wild Child' and her shocking but true heartbreaking story is told here. Katie has been imprisoned and brutalised by her mentally deluded parents for her entire life - locked in a room and unable to communicate. Even after her release psychiatrists swoop on her to provide the miracle 'cure' but only a young language student can see beyond the abused girl who behaves like a wild animal...

• Gunga Jumna | DVD | (01/08/2006) from £39.99   |  Saving you £-34.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The rambunctious but honest Ganga and the somber Jamuna are brothers united by a close bond of love. Their mother struggles to raise her sons. Trouble vcomes when she is framed for theft and dies heartbroken. Ganga then takes it upon himself to bring up his brother. Ganga is in love with a fiery young washerwoman Dhanno and though they squabble endlessly they share a deep relationship. Dhanno is attacked by an evil landlord Ganga rescues her and murders the attacker. Jamuna is the cop assigned to arrest him. Ganga's wife is left to unravel it all.....

• Survival On The Mountain | DVD | (26/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Based on a true story this film documents the terrifying experience of an American couple trapped in an avalanche in the Himalayas as they struggle to survive. Ron (Dennis Boutsikaris) and Debbie Plotkin (Markie Post) plan a fortieth birthday trip to go hiking in Nepal leaving their children at home with Debbie's mother and step-father. When Debbie's mother Judy expresses concern about the dangerous nature of this adventure Debbie reassures her that they will be hiking well b

• A Family At War - The Breach In The Dyke | DVD | (09/02/2004) from £6.63   |  Saving you £13.36 (201.51%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A Family At War is the classic ITV series chronicling the fortunes of the Ashton family living in Liverpool during the Second World War. This DVD contains four episodes of what happens to them as the war progresses: The Breach In The Dyke The War Office Regrets For Strategic Reasons The Night They Hit Number 8.

• Closer/Mona Lisa Smile/Erin Brockovich | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Mona Lisa Smile (Dir. Mike Newell 2003): Set in 1953 Katherine Watson (Roberts) is a free-spirited graduate of UC Berkeley who accepts a teaching post at Wellesley College a women-only school where the students are torn between the repressive mores of the time and their longing for intellectual freedom. Erin Brockovich (Dir. Steven Soderbergh 2003): She brought a small town to its feet and a huge corporation to its knees. A research assistant (Roberts) helps an attorney (Finney) in a lawsuit against a large utility company blamed for causing an outbreak of cancer and other illnesses in a small community. Closer (Dir. Mike Nichols 2004): If you believe in love at first sight you'll never stop looking... Writer Patrick Marber adapted the screenplay from his own scathing stageplay in which a chance meeting between Englishman Dan (Jude Law) and American visitor Alice blossoms into a troubled relationship bringing together and then affecting a second couple involving Larry (Clive Owen) and Anna (Julia Roberts). Sex and love are explored capturing all the vulnerability and brutality of people falling in and out of love...

• The Pavilion | DVD | (01/12/2009) from £3.98   |  Saving you £8.00 (402.01%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The war is over. The battle has just begun. Based on the novel The Pavilion On The Links written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Estranged friends Frank Cassilis and Northmour are fatefully reunited after six years and drawn together in an uneasy union. The two men play out old scores and suspicions as they struggle in their separate ways to protect an evil decrepit embezzler Huddlestone and his hardened but beautiful daughter Clara from vengeful former associates. Both men desire

• Field of Honour | DVD | (25/11/2002) from £8.86   |  Saving you £0.13 (1.47%)   |  RRP £8.99

  They followed their dreams and on their way against all odds they changed history forever. In 1945 three of the greatest baseball players met on a playing field where the professional scouts were watching. This is the story of how and when Jackie Robinson came along thus paving the way for black players to take their rightful place in the top leagues.

• The Specialist | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Londa is a beautiful blonde gifted with sex appeal and the power of manipulation. She is planted on the jury of a major lawsuit trial to intimidate and distract the opposing attorney Jerry Bounds. She eventually entices the married attorney into a trap and he is framed for fraternising with a juror. A bizzare twist of seduction blackmail murder and revenge where no one wins except... 'The Specialist'.

• Notebook/August Rush/Hairspray | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Notebook (Dir. Nick Cassavetes) (2004): A sweeping love story told by a man reading from his faded notebook (James Garner) to a woman in a nursing home (Gena Rowlands - real-life mother of Nick Cassavetes). 'The Notebook' follows the lives of two North Carolina teens from very different worlds (Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams). Though her upbringing takes place in an antebellum mansion and he grew up in the kind of house where musicians strum on the porch that doesn't stop Noah and Allie from spending one incredible summer together before they are separated first by her parents and then by WWII. After the war is over everything is different. Allie is engaged to a successful businessman and Noah lives alone with his 200-year-old house that he lovingly restores. But when Allie reads a newspaper article about Noah's handiwork. She knows that she's got to find him and make a decision once and for all about the path her life - and her love - must take... August Rush (Dir. Kirsten Sheridan) (2007): August Rush tells the story of a charismatic young Irish guitarist (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and a sheltered young cellist (Keri Russell) who have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square but are soon torn apart leaving in their wake an infant August Rush orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York and cared for by a mysterious stranger (Robin Williams) August (Freddie Highmore) uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth. Hairspray (Dir. John Waters) (1987): It's 1962 and Tracy Turnblad has the largest bouffant on the block. She also has all the right moves to be on the local dance show and win the crown of Miss Auto Show as well as the ex-steady of Amber the snooty reigning princess. But Amber is not too happy and has other plans for Tracy.

• Zanjeer | DVD | (04/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £30.99

• Midnight Healing | DVD | (02/07/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

• A Sense Of Freedom | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A Sense Of Freedom

• Wu Tang Clan Presents Kung Fu Master | DVD | (22/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Wu-Tang Clan present this kung-fu classic starring Sammo Hung and Ching-Stephen Tung with great fight choreography from Yuen Biao. Sammo Hung stars as The Incredible Kung Fu Master who trains a young student to become a master and puts his pupils through some of the most demanding training ever seen to put right wrongs done him by his former classmates.

• Power Of Attorney | DVD | (04/03/2002) from £4.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

• Tenet (UHD/ BD) | Blu Ray | (14/12/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real-time. Special Features Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet - An Exploration Of The Development And Production Of The Film As Told By The Cast And Crew. Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet: I. The Principle Of Belief - Christopher Nolan Talks About Why He Wanted To Make This Film And The Twists He Wanted To Bring To The Spy Genre. Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet: Ii. Mobilizing The Troupe - The Filmmakers To Talk About Casting And What The Actors Brought To Their Roles. Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet: Iii. The Approach - The Company Discusses How Nolan&Rsquo;S Filmmaking Philosophies And In-Camera Approach Applied To The Challenges In This Film. Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet: Iv. The Proving Window - A Look At The Cinematography And The Unique Ways They Shot The Movie. Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet: V. The Roadmap - Examining The Ways The Cast And Crew Kept Track Of The Continuity Across Multiple Perspectives And Timelines. Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet: Vi. Entropy In Action - Breaking Down The Complex Action In The Film And The Stunt Requirements For The Actors. Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet: Vii. Traversing The Globe - Exploring The Logistics Of Travelling And Shooting In Real Locations As Well As Capturing The Epic Marine Sequences In Different Countries Around The World. Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet: Viii. How Big A Plane? - The Story Of The Dramatic Crashing Of A Real 747. Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet: Ix. The Dress Code - Costume Designer Jeffrey Kurland Takes Us Through Some Of The Iconic Costumes From The Film. Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet: X. Constructing The Twilight World - A Look At The Practical Sets Designed And Built By Nathan Crowley & Team And The Techniques They Used To Enhance The Scope And Scale Of The Film. Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet: Xi. The Final Battle - Inside The Epic Sequence Which Had The Cast And Crew Using Everything That They Had Learned On The Film To Pull It Off. Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet: Xii. Cohesion - Nolan Discusses His Approach Of Involving The Composer And The Editor Early On In The Pre-Production And All The Way Through The Completion Of The Film To Truly Integrate Them Into The Creative Process. Looking At The World In A New Way: The Making Of Tenet: Xiii. Doesn't Us Being Here Now Mean It Never Happened? - The Cast And Crew Discuss The Unique Experience Of Working On The Film.

• 20,000 Years in Sing Sing | DVD | (05/05/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A