Drama

• American Buffalo | DVD | (12/05/2008) from £13.50   |  Saving you £2.49 (15.60%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Conning Stealing And Lying Are All In A Day's Work. Two-time Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman and two-time Emmy winner Dennis Franz deliver tour-de-force performances as volatile small-time hustlers in this edgy electrifying story of trust betrayal and loyalty gone dangerously awry. American Buffalo is a riveting study in human virtue and vulnerability from Pulitzer-Prize-winning writer David Mamet and director Michael Corrente. For down-and-out junk dealer Don (Franz) life goes from unlucky to unbearable when he discovers that the rare buffalo head nickel he just sold for $90 is worth ten times as much! Refusing to let himself be out-swindled Don enlists the help of a young protege (Nelson) in a scheme to steal the coin back. But their plans are suddenly altered by the intrusion of Teach (Hoffman) a disturbingly aggressive would-be thief who badgers Don into cutting him in on the heist --a decision that carries explosive consequences for everyone involved.

• The Ricky Nelson Story | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £11.40   |  Saving you £-5.41 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In `50s America he grew up in front of millions as TV's most famous child star as his family dramatised their picture-perfect world for the enjoyment of millions. But acting and singing sensation Ricky Nelson was destined to battle with love loss and redemption before falling from grace in one of Hollywood's most compelling and tragic tales.

• Slash | DVD | (30/01/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  It's Harvest Time! Meet Slash a rock'n' roll band on the edge - the edge of fame fortune and now death itself. They've got the looks the attitude and the music. Slash would kill to make it big. But they might just get killed in the process. At the moment they're on a road to nowhere. They're playing dingy clubs and smelly venues. One night a stranger appears with a letter from Mac's father Jeremiah MacDonald. Jeremiah wants Mac to return to the family farm to attend the f

• Whisper Kill | DVD | (02/08/2004) from £4.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Ambitious reporter Liz Bartlett secretly wishes that Jerry Caper her business associate were dead. Yet her hidden desire soon becomes a reality when he is brutally murdered. Investigative reporter Dan Walker is assigned to the murder case and becomes intrigued by the pretty reporter. They begin a passionate affair but Dan can't dispel his suspicion of Liz's guilt. When a second murder is commited Dan probes deeper looking for clues in Liz's past. But just as the pieces of the puzzle begin to fall into plac Dan follows a lead bringing him face to face with the killer in a shocking ending filled with suspense.....

• Reign Over Me | DVD | (07/06/2010) from £4.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (100.60%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Adam Sandler takes on a rare straight role which him trying to cope as a man who lost his family in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

• Joy Of Man's Desiring | DVD | (25/04/2016) from £8.98   |  Saving you £9.00 (128.76%)   |  RRP £15.99

  An open-ended exploration of the energies and rituals of various workplaces. From one worker to another and one machine to the next; hands, faces, breaks, toil: what kind of absurdist, abstract dialogue can be started between human beings and their need to work? What is the value of the time we spend multiplying and repeating the same motions that ultimately lead to a rest - a state of repose whose quality defies definition.

• Devotion | DVD | (05/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  The beautiful owner of a vintage clothing shop is troubled by inexplicable visions in her dreams. When she asks a mystic for help she learns that she is experiencing past lives and loves. This is an adult drama....

• Lena - My 100 Children | DVD | (02/08/2004) from £5.50   |  Saving you £-1.51 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  The end of World War II has come but for many in Poland the suffering has not ceased. Lena Kuchler has come to the Jewish Refugee Centre in search of missing relatives. But she finds 100 starving children - all without families or homes. Kuchlar is determined to help the children.

• My Sister's Keeper | DVD | (01/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Two sister's lifelong struggle with mental illness daily hardships and their own conflicted relationship evolves into mutual respect and understanding in this poignant and emotional real life story. Throughout their life Christine and Judy's stern but dutiful devoted mother tries to hide the fact that Christine is not like other girls. Suffering from Schizoaffective Disorder Christine is in and out of hospital for most of her teenage years leaving her younger sister Judy confu

• Another Time, Another Place | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Set during World War II a young Scottish woman married to a rancher falls in love with a passionate Italian prisoner-of-war...

• Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha | DVD | (29/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  At a party celebrating Rahul's promotion his fiance Sanjana (Kajol) is distraught that she cannot join him on this trip to India - despite her fears of flying. Despite this everything seems to be running smoothly in her life especially as she is about to realize her dream of moving in to her own house. However Sanjana's concerns are raised by the fact that Rahul has not called her since flying down to India. After four days Sanjana receives a drunken phone call from him he has

• Nada | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Claude Chabrol master of suspense tales set in domestic bourgeois surroundings departs into the arena of political terrorism and violence. Nada is the name of a small terrorist group who plans and executes the kidnapping of the American ambassador to Paris from a brothel secreting him away in an isolated farmhouse while they wait for a response to their demands. As the police close in on the kidnappers it becomes apparent that the French authorities are less concerned with the safe return of the ambassador and more with turning the incident against the Nada leading to an explosive and violent confrontation between the police and the terrorists.

• Man Who Lived At The Ritz | DVD | (31/05/2004) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-9.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Paris under the Nazis. Our hero is an American art student living at The Ritz Hotel. Suddenly he is trapped by the German occupation and finds The Ritz over-run by Nazis. Torn between his desire to keep his room at this elegant hotel but at the price of helping a morphine crazed Goering requisition France's priceless art treasures and his desire to help his friends fight against the brutality of the Nazi regime Phillip Webber is caught ever deeper into a web of intrigue romance gl

• Doctor Finlay - Series 3 | DVD | (27/03/2006) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-5.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Series Three 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.

• Shootdown | DVD | (02/08/2004) from £3.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  At 32 000 feet a Korean 747 passenger jet is blown open by a Soviet missile. The mangled aircraft manages to stay airborne for a few minutes but then plummets into the frigid Japanese sea with no survivors. Officials try to keep the story out of the press but soon the entire world knows. Nan Moore the mother of a passenger from the aircraft begins to search out the answers to her son's meaningless death and she finds that her own government may even be responsible. Nan Moore will stop at nothing not even the law to face the frightening questions and to find the vital answers that are raised through her determination.

• Zubeidaa | DVD | (07/05/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Palaces, princesses and politics--on the face of it Indian art cinema doyen Shyam Benegal's maiden foray into Bollywood, Zubeidaa, appears to have all the ingredients of a mainstream success. However, the film is at best an uneasy blend of art-house sensibilities with the full-on spectacle that is commercial Hindi cinema. This is the latest in a series of semi-autobiographical stories by writer Khalid Mohamed that have been directed by Benegal. Here the director charts the story of Zubeidaa, a young aristocratic Muslim woman, whose promising film career is cut short. She is married off young, has a son, is divorced and finally finds love with the married ruler of a princely state in newly independent India. Told in flashback, the film's structure and some key scenes are very similar to the director's masterpiece Bhumika ("The Role", 1976). Karisma Kapoor, hitherto known for her scantily clad raunchy roles, makes her bid for artistic credentials as the eponymous heroine. But much like the film itself, her performance falls between two stools. Veteran actress Rekha who plays her paramour's first wife easily outclasses her in a graceful yet forceful performance. AR Rahman's music is haunting, dreamy and helps create a mood and ambience that the visuals fail to produce. On the DVD: Zubeidaa is presented in a pleasing anamorphic transfer with 5.1 Dolby Digital sound. While the menus are easy enough to navigate, the extras are disappointing, consisting of a faded theatrical trailer and a few television promos complete with dropouts. The subtitling, though largely accurate, makes quite a few errors. For example "cemetery" appears as "symmetry" while the word "diary" consistently appears as "dairy". --Naman Ramachandran

• Coming Of Sin | DVD | (16/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Directed by Jose Ramon Larraz (Vampyres) this is Eurotrash cinema at its best. Lorna is a beautiful woman living all alone with only her books and paintings for company. Then one day Triana a wild dark haired gypsy girl comes to stay with her. Soon the pair are lovers. But Triana has a dark secret that manifests itself in frightening dreams of domination and humiliation. Unable to resist the strange passions that consume her Lorna finds herself sucked deeper and deeper into the whirlpool that surrounds her strange lover. A stunning tale of lust and licence from cult director Jose 'Vampyres' Larraz.

• Saraswati Chandra | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Sarawati Chandra is a stirring saga of two made-for-each-other lovers who are repeatedly denied the joys of physical intimacy by destiny and tradition but cannot be kept emotinally and spiritually distant. To appreciate the finer qualities of the film one has to consider the fact that the story was set in the nineteenth century and subsequently some of the morals and values pertain to that era.

• Devdas | DVD | (20/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Devdas (Dilip Kumar) and Parvati (Vyjayantimala) had been inseperable as children and as they grew older love blossomed. Devdas is sent away for studies by his parents - he and Parvati are separated. Devdas is a film about how hearts and lives are crushed under parental and social pressures.

• King Lear | DVD | (04/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Adaptation of the Shakespeare drama with Blessed taking the lead role as well as directing the production.