Drama

• Capote/In Cold Blood | Blu Ray | (08/02/2010) from £24.28   |  Saving you £0.71 (2.92%)   |  RRP £24.99

  CapoteBolstered by an Oscar-caliber performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman in the title role, Capote ranked highly among the best films of 2005. Written by actor/screenwriter Dan Futterman and based on selected chapters from the biography by Gerald Clarke, this mercilessly perceptive drama shows how Truman Capote brought about his own self-destruction in the course of writing In Cold Blood, the "nonfiction novel" that was immediately acclaimed as a literary milestone. After learning of brutal killings in rural Holcomb, Kansas, in November 1959, Capote gained the confidence of captured killers Perry Smith (Clifton Collins, Jr.) and Dick Hickock (Mark Pellegrino) in an effort to tell their story, but he ultimately sacrificed his soul in the process of writing his greatest book. Hoffman transcends mere mimicry to create an utterly authentic, psychologically tormented portrait of an insincere artist who was not above lying and manipulation to get what he needed. Bennett Miller's intimate direction focuses on the consequences of Capote's literary ambition, tempered by an equally fine performance by Catherine Keener as Harper Lee, Capote's friend and the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, who served as Capote's quiet voice of conscience. Spanning the seven-year period between the Kansas murders and the publication of In Cold Blood in 1966, Capote reveals the many faces of a writer who grew too close to his subjects, losing his moral compass as they were fitted with a hangman's noose. --Jeff ShannonIn Cold BloodTruman Capote's extraordinary nonfiction book about the course of two killers in this world--their lives, their senseless slaughter of an entire family, their executions--was faithfully adapted for the screen in this 1967 film by Richard Brooks (Deadline USA, The Blackboard Jungle). Robert Blake and Scott Wilson are remarkable as the murderers, but what has kept this film special over the decades is Brooks's blunt, clearheaded, and nonsensational approach to the story. (The term "semidocumentary" has been applied to Brooks's style on this film, and it's an entirely fair description.) The experience of watching In Cold Blood is naturally unsettling, but the director--as with Capote--leaves final judgments about justice to the beholder. --Tom Keogh

• The Diamond Of Jeru | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A diamond hunter agrees to take an American couple deep into the jungles of Borneo in search of a raw diamond.

• Thursday's Child | DVD | (30/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Life is about to change for young Sam Alden. Home for a traditional Christmas celebration the usually robust young man worries his family with his drawn appearance and persistent coughing. Subsequent tests reveal the cause-degenerative heart disease. His condition rapidly deteriorates until his doctors determine that only a heart transplant can offer him any hope of survival. Putting aside their fears Sam's large and loving family rallies round him. Drawing strength from each other and from an optimistic Sam his parents keep watch over him-awaiting decisions that could give him the chance to fulfil the promise of Thursday's Child.

• Desirables - Such A Crime / Goodbye Emma Joe / Desire | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Such A Crime: It's not an easy life being a covert secret agent but it does have it advantages - the glamour the fast cars multi-national corporate espionage technological devices at your fingertips big guns and of course they're also girls! And that's Skip's problem - if only she could leave her libido and have more discretion with her sexual conquests she would be the best agent that 'the generation' could ever have. But libido can also be put to good use. Her boss is aware of that fact and this might just be the one situation where Skip's insatiable indiscreet appetite could pay dividends. Goodbye Emma Jo: An unabashed story of erotic love and passion. One year on Alex is still mourning the loss of her beautiful lover Emma Jo and she has never felt more angry or alone. The anniversary of Emma Jo's death turns into a nightmare for Alex and then she meets Haley the local dyke motor mechanic who knows only too well that rampant raunchy sex is the only way to mend a broken heart. Desire - An Erotic Fantasyplay: A slick and sensual erotic tale of three young women a diary a dream and a weekend of exploration. Three women and three different paths of exploration. Adrienne is the mystifying friend whose journey in time changes all their lives. Cori confronts her fears by embracing passion in an exotic dream. In the meantime Fiona delves into her intimate diary and begins to explore her own fantasies.

• The Promise Of Love | DVD | (12/04/2008) from £9.70   |  Saving you £-1.71 (-21.40%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Enjoy the lives loves and erotic shenanigans of four beautiful flight attendants. Jane Barbara Margie & Debbie's hot and hilarious antics both on and off the ground have propelled The Naughty Stewardesses to cult movie status. These girls really know how to have fun and keep their pilot happy whether it's at a cruising altitude of 40 000 feet or in the swingin' love pad that they all share together. Enjoying the highlife Debbie and Brewster who's a wealthy business man go off to visit his estate. Debbie and friend then get kidnapped and are held hostage. Brewster agrees to pay the ransom but instead of the money he takes a high powered rifle and rescues the girls and they all return to the fun filled airline. These girls earn their wings every day and air travel has never been so exciting or so naughty...

• Penny Serenade | DVD | (07/08/2000) from £16.16   |  Saving you £-6.17 (-61.80%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Penny Serenade is the story of Julie and Roger Adams. It is an honest look at a happy if not exactly peaceful period in the domestic life of a newspaperman and a former salesgirl in a music shop.

• The Man Next Door | DVD | (07/01/2002) from £5.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.17%)   |  RRP £5.99

  There is more to Clayton Davis than meets the eye.... Clayton Davis returns to the neighbourhood which he grew up but behind the good looks and charisma he is hiding a deadly secret...

• No One Could Protect Her | DVD | (29/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A woman raped and assaulted in her own home is further terrorised by the assailant's intention of finishing 'the job'. No-one can protect her now... Based on a true story.

• All In | DVD | (21/07/2008) from £2.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (234.11%)   |  RRP £9.99

  As a young girl Alicia Ace Anderson had been taught the fine art and mathematical probabilities of Texas Hold-em poker by the father she adored. But that world came to an abrupt end when her father was taken from her in a fatal car accident. Years later as she enters medical school she will need to call upon the skills her fathe taught her as she struggles with the rigorous training mounting financial pressure and the seamier side of medicine. Her friends and fellow students combine their unique talents and skills to produce a team that may well be the ultimate poker machine. But as the stakes in both the casinos and the operating room continue to rise Ace comes to understand what her father taught her: in order to really live you need to go all in.

• Smile Orange - the Jamaican Experience | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This classic Jamaican comedy is a cult movie, available for the first time on DVD.This hilarious comedy is also a profound social comment on Jamaican tourism and culture.Whether you are watching it for the first time or the hundreth it is guaranteed to have you bowling 'til your belly bust.

• Fida | DVD | (08/11/2004) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-12.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Jai has a vision of the girl he is going to fall in love with and one day he sees her... Because of his sheer determination and willingness to do anything for Neha she also finally falls in love with him. Jai thinks theirs is the perfect love story but unfortunately it was being written by someone else. Even Vikram's love story is a passionate one but it did not go as planned. 'Fida' is two love stories.... but both do not go according to plan....

• Sugar, Sugar | DVD | (11/02/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Sugar (Sarah Manners) is a girl on the run from her family and a stranger who is intent on tracking her down. She meets an old friend who gets her a job as a stripper in London's West End and as the stalker closes in she turns to the underworld for protection...

• The Double Life Of Franz Schubert | DVD | (10/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This is a dramatic exploration of the life and works of Franz Schubert. Featuring excerpts from many of his compositions the central narrative occurs during Schubert''s hospitalization for syphilis the contraction of which was both a consequence of his darker inclinations and a spur to some of his greatest work. As the doctors diagnose Schubert''s symptoms identify their cause and administer treatment the composer conducts his own internal imaginative examination a sometimes delirious and dreamlike evocation of the moments and music from his past life. The characters he recalls are his maverick friend and 'Svengali'' Franz von Schober his authoritarian father his illustrious but conformist patron Michael Vogl and his unfulfilled love Karoline Esterhazy.

• Choices of the Heart | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  In 1914 nurse Margaret Sanger became a pioneering crusader for women's reproductive rights after she published a booklet on birth control techniques that flew in the face of the established law.

• Making A Case For Murder | DVD | (25/06/2001) from £12.23   |  Saving you £3.75 (40.58%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A courtroom drama based on a true story which exposes the horrors of racial violence. On a cold night in 1986 three black men struggled to repair their car in a middle-class neighbourhood of New York City. Unable to start the vehicle they sought refuge in a small restaurant nearby. What happened next sent shockwaves throughout the world.

• A Star Is Born | DVD | (21/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A classic which has been remade twice in 1954 with Judy Garland and in 1976 starring Barbara Streisand this the 1937 version is regarded by many to be the premier version of the tragic tale of a movie star declining in popularity who marries a shy girl and helps her become a star. Her fame eclipses his and tragic consequences follow. The stunning ending is based on the real life tragedy of silent film star Wallace Reid who died of a morphine overdose aged 31 in 1923.

• One Two Ka Four | DVD | (28/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  One 2 Ka 4 is an exciting drama with Bollywood's greatest stars in the leading roles; Shah Rukh Khan Jackie Shroff and Juhi Chawla. Javed (Jackie Shroff) and Ajay (Shah Rukh Khan) are members of a special task force that combats drug traffic. Their main target is a notorious drug lord called KKV (Nirmal Pandey). After a tense encounter they succeed in arresting him but KKV with his powerful connections manages to get acquitted in court. Here the drama begins the tragedies the fig

• Hoodlum And Son | DVD | (19/01/2003) from £3.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (50.13%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Set in 1933 when a naughty ten year old named Archie finds himself being looked after by his inattentive father Charlie who is in debt to mob bosses. The pair flee with a suitcase of money to a town where Charlie gets a job as a teacher but a beautiful widowed mother Ellen decides she wants Charlie to get out of town. Archi realises they are really in love and with the help of his new friends tries to bring them together and save them from the mob!

• Twinky | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  It must be love but it's definitely exhausting. Scott Warden A middle-aged American writer of pornographic novels meets and falls in love with sixteen-year old Twinky. This alone is cause for concern but when the couple gets married and moves to America the trouble (and fun) really begins...

• Love Ki Liye Kuch Be Kara Ga | DVD | (28/07/2003) from £10.78   |  Saving you £-2.79 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £7.99

  The normal lifestyle of a middle class Indian male/female today is full of tensions relating to every aspect of survival. Right from a brief discussion with the auto rickshaw driver to convince him to take you to your destination without overcharging you to getting the right house to live in (dream on as far as this is concerned). However as a race we Indians are a resilient lot as we smile through all our problems (including tolerating our political class) and dream constantly f