Drama

• Life Size / Get A Clue | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Life Size: Sad and lonely after the death of her mother Casey (Lohan) would do anything to see her again. But when a series of mystic mishaps mistakenly brings her fashion doll ""Eve"" (Banks) to life instead it changes Casey's world forever! Heartwarming and lots of fun the magical story of this happy accident captures a spirit your family will want to relive again and again! Get A Clue: Lindsay Lohan stars as Lexy Gold budding journalist and fashion queen of Millington Preparatory School in Manhattan. Together with her best pal Jennifer (Brenda Song) Lexy's always on the lookout for the latest scoop and the latest style. When one of her teachers mysteriously disappears Lexy goes from school advice columnist to determined investigative reporter. And with a little help from her friends Jennifer and Gabe and her street-smart editor Jack Lexy vows to get to the bottom of the mystery. Before they know it they find themselves hot on the trail of a story bigger than they could have ever imagined!

• The True Story Collection - Six Adaptations From Real Life Stories | DVD | (18/04/2011) from £12.55   |  Saving you £12.44 (99.12%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Death Falls A superb mix of comedy and drama in this story of a terminally ill man Halstead Johnson (Roberts Blossom) who gets his buddy Dub Farley (Rip Torn) to bust him out of the hospital and in the process antagonises a city policeman, who trails them to the mountains surrounding their hometown. The local sheriff and their lady friend Mae Baxter (Beverly Garland) who both think more kindly of the pair, strive to find the fugitives before the less-compassionate posse, which includes a deranged, rifle toting enemy of the two who's clearly out for revenge. Children of Rage A war story set amidst the bloody conflict in the Middle East, following the lives of both Israelis and Palestinians caughtup in this tragic battle - the Israelis in defence of their homeland, the Palestinians in a brutal struggle to create one. Blunt, honest and courageous this film combines gripping action and bravery alongside the violence, brutality and human tragedy of war. Walking Accross Egypt Jonathan Taylor Thomas is Wesley, a juvenile delinquent who's been in and out of trouble for most of his young life. In detention for stealing cars he desperately wants to get out any way that he can. Ellen Burstyn is Mattie, a lonely old widow who buries herself in local church activities and her spoiled grown up children (Judge Reinhold and Gail O'Grady). Mattie sees some good in the boy and allows him into her home for a second chance. At first, Wesley sees this as an easy opportunity but soon the harsh reality sets in and he has to make a decision between his former deadend lifestyle or the new life that Mattie offers him. Anatomy of an Illness Norman Cousins (Edward Asner) was a success in all aspects of life - the Dean of New York editors, married to a beautifulwife and father to doting daughters. Fate deals him a terrible blow when he is struck down with a debilitating illness that has the medical experts stumped; all agree on one thing however, that his condition is irreversible. Not accepting this prognosis, Norman takes matters into his own hands and prescribes himself a regime of a positive attitude, with lots of laughter (often at other people's expense) an attitude which helps overcome his illness and ultimately saves his life. Hustling A New York investigative reporter Fran Morrison (Lee Remick) is put on an assignment to infiltrate the secret world of prostitution and expose the people behind it. Her investigation leads to a friendship with a hardnosed hooker (Jill Clayburgh) who spills her guts and tells Fran everything she wants to know as she herself has been a victim of abuse at the hands of the people being investigated. Fran soon discovers that some of the city's richest and most powerful families benefit directly from prostitution, causing a storm of controversy for those exposed for their involvement when the report appears in a national magazine. Silence of the Heart A 17-year-old boy (Chad Lowe) is killed in an automobile accident. As the facts come to light, the indications are that the boy has actually taken his own life. His mother (Mariette Hartley) and sister (Dana Hill) don't agree and try to search for the truth. Even the father (Howard Hesseman) digs in his heels and refuses to face the probability of a suicide. As the story unravels, the boy's best friend (Charlie Sheen) is tormented by the possibility that perhaps he could have prevented the tragedy.

• Cuckoo | Blu Ray | (28/02/2011) from £4.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (75.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In one of his darkest roles Richard E. Grant plays an ageing professor obsessed with his star student Polly (Fraser). Polly is trapped in a dead-end job working for intrusive Professor Julius Greengrass (Grant). Her relationship with boyfriend Chapman (Adam Fenton) is falling apart and jealous sister Jimi (Antonia Bernath) rarely leaves her side. When Polly has the chance to escape her nearest and dearest have other ideas. Alone in her flat Polly struggles to keep her grip on reality. Mysterious sounds surround her voices in the darkness whispers of deceit. Polly knows she's not cuckoo but why won't the noises go away? She turns to the one person she can trust - her boss. But Julius has a dark secret of his own. He wants Polly and he'll do anything to get her. Using oppressive cinematography and a haunting soundtrack from BAFTA nominee Andrew Hewitt writer/director Richard Bracewell whose first film was the acclaimed low-budget comedy The Gigolos carefully builds Polly's world echoing her stressed and anxious state. Expertly played by Fraser we feel Polly's sense of isolation as events unfold around her in this darkly atmospheric and compelling story of deception and intrigue.

• Kyun! Ho Gaya Na... | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An idealistic country girl meets a spirited city guy in this colourful Bollywood film starring Indian superstar Aishwarya Rai.

• Coldfire | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £12.99   |  Saving you £-7.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  New cops...a new drug...and a new way to die...

• Bandhan | DVD | (17/11/2003) from £24.65   |  Saving you £-4.66 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  'Bandhan' is an eternal Bond. A film on human relationships which binds us. 'Bandhan' is a bond between brother & sister. 'Bandhan' is a bond between husband & wife. 'Bandhan' is a bond between a young boy & a girl. 'Bandhan' is a film that covers the entire gamut of human relationship.

• Aerial Britain: The South West Coast Path | DVD | (11/09/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  DVD-R: This title is manufactured-on-demand when ordered from The Canny Store using the highest quality DVD-R discs.

• The Hawk Is Dying | DVD | (19/08/2013) from £11.39   |  Saving you £4.60 (28.80%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Forty something George Gattling (Paul Giamatti) is an emotionally stunted man who makes his living as an upholsterer while living with his sister Precious (Rusty Schwimmer) and her autistic son Fred (Michael Pitt). George loves to capture and train birds so when Fred tragically dies in a drowning accident George channels his grief into his new obsession a striking red-tailed hawk. As George struggles to keep the magnificent hawk in captivity and keep it safe while trying to ensure that it obeys his commands he's finally able to connect with the sense of loss that has haunted him since the death of Fred.

• The Parade | DVD | (02/08/2004) from £6.58   |  Saving you £-2.59 (-64.90%)   |  RRP £3.99

  It's an eventful time of year for Halstead Kansas. The small town is preparing for the annual Independence Day Parade... and a not-so favourite son's release from prison. Matt Kirby has just served seven years on a 'bum rap' for protecting a friend. But instead of celebrating his freedom Matt faces a new set of challenges. His wife Rachel and his family struggle to accept Matt's past and attempt to deal with their own future.

• The Meeksville Ghost | DVD | (28/04/2003) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

• Ajnabee | DVD | (20/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Raj and his Wife leave for Switzerland to work. They befriend their neighbours Vicky and Sonia another married couple. When Vicky suggests wife swapping Raj is apposed to the idea and the two fall out. However one drunken evening vicky again suggests the idea to Raj and he agrees. Raj goes into Sonias' bedroom and the next thing Vicky learns is that Sonia is dead...did Raj kill Sonia?

• Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke | DVD | (24/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

• Cracker - Brotherly Love | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £6.54   |  Saving you £3.45 (34.50%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The police believe they have solved the brutal murder of a prostitute when they arrest father of four David Harvey on strong circumstantial evidence. However an identical murder while David is in custody means the team have to decide if they have the wrong man or whether they are dealing with a copycat killer. Meanwhile the death of Fitz's mother drives him into the arms of his wife while Jimmy Beck recently returned from sick leave finally breaks under the strain of work and his own guilt. When he takes the law to the limits he finds Penhaligon staring at him across an unbridgeable gap. Something has to give ...

• Dead Bolt Dead | DVD | (25/02/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Dead Bolt Dead' takes a twisted look at the dark world of organised crime at its assasins its bosses its drivers and its sharply suited paid thugs. It adds a dose of country and western a couple of spliffs and a Mexican cook with a meat cleaver. It's a dark thriller with a wry sense of humour that focuses on the need to keep talking when staring down the barrel of a gun. Set in 2 locations in and outside London it charts the night after a bold attempt to take out a rival gang fails. Two hostage situations emerge - one with a wounded thug desperate to secure his safety the other with a hired gun and his crime lord target. The claustrophobic confines of the 2 situations sporadically burst into violence - these characters simply too big for the corner they've got themselves into and they will do ANYTHING to get themselves out of it!

• Paul Newman Collection Vol.2 - Silver Chalice/The Helen Morgan Story/The Outrage/Rachel Rachel/When Time Ran Out | DVD | (21/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  The Silver Chalice (1954): He looks like Marlon Brando some reviewers said of this movie's 29-year-old star but those comparisons would soon end. Soon to impress with his own intense brilliance Paul Newman made his movie debut in this Biblical saga in the mode of Quo Vadis and The Robe. Set in Rome during the early Christian era it focuses on an ill-fated sculptor sold into slavery and torn between his adoring wife (Pier Angeli) and a wily temptress (Virginia Mayo) - and threatened in his work by a power-mad sorcerer (Jack Palance) bent on overturning Christianity and becoming his own true messiah. The Silver Chalice's cast also includes Lorne Greene E.G. Marshall and a blonde Natalie Wood. But Newman is the movie's heart. This young man director Victor Saville predicted is destined for great things. The Helen Morgan Story (1957): Helen Morgan has beauty talent success. Yet they mean nothing to her without the love of Larry Maddox the bootlegger who leads Helen on and drops her so often she finally hits bottom. Set in the roaring '20s The Helen Morgan Story is also Maddox's story. In his fifth film Paul Newman plays the mobster with slick assuredness. In her final movie Ann Blyth portrays the troubled songstress (and Show Boat original cast member) with Gogi Grant performing vocals on signature Morgan tunes. Appearances by '20s icons Rudy Vallee Walter Winchell and Morgan's real-life accompanist Jimmy McHugh bring bracing authenticity to this tale of a legend whose songs could heal any heart but her own. The Outrage (1964): A notorious bandit confesses to rape and murder and justice is sure to be swift. But wait. Witnesses to the outrage come forward each offering different versions of the events. Does truth lie in the eyes of the beholder? A year after Hud star Paul Newman and director Martin Ritt teamed again and gave the Japanese classic Rashomon an Old West setting crafting a brisk and challenging drama far removed from the norm in film fare (A.H. Weiler The New York Times). Newman drawing deep into his talent reservoir portrays the brazen desperado at the center of conflicting events. Laurence Harvey Claire Bloom Edward G. Robinson and William Shatner offer luminous support in this tale of a quest for truth. And of the humanity or inhumanity behind it. Rachel Rachel (1968): New England schoolteacher Rachel Cameron's life is small and safe. Too small and too safe for a warmhearted woman who wants to do something - anything - to keep from slipping into spinsterhood. Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward joined their stellar talents on this powerfully human movie he debuting as a director and she giving one of her hallmark screen performances. Both won New York Film Critics and Golden Globe awards for their work and the film garnered four Academy Award nominations including Best Picture. The Newmans teamed afterward on other masterful films (The Glass Menagerie Mr. & Mrs. Bridge Empire Falls). But for tenderness insight and artistry none surpasses Rachel Rachel. When Time Ran Out (1980): Enough stars to light five marquees. Enough subplots of passion power and greed to fill 10 movies. Plus fiery special effects galore. A South Pacific island's dormant volcano unexpectedly erupts in fury. Among those imperiled are wildcat oil driller Paul Newman hotel baron William Holden and Jacqueline Bisset as a PR executive who must choose between them. Which familiar faces will survive when there's no such thing as safe ground? Watch - and watch out - for yourself. As the lava flows so also flows rare and rousing screen excitement!

• A Letter From Death Row | DVD | (20/08/2007) from £9.70   |  Saving you £-3.71 (-61.90%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A gritty suspense thriller 'A Letter from Death Row' takes you through the mind of convicted murderer found guilty of killing his girlfriend Michael Raine (Bret Michaels lead singer of rock group Poison) as he writes his memoirs whilst on Death Row telling his side of the story. Whilst on Death Row Raine is befriended by the Governor's assistant Jessica Foster who claims to be writing a book about Death Row inmates. As she gains Raine's trust he realises that she is the onl

• Bridget Jones's Diary | DVD | (31/01/2011) from £12.93   |  Saving you £5.06 (28.10%)   |  RRP £17.99

  In the screen adaptation of 'Bridget Jones Diary' Helen Fielding's international best-selling phenomenon documentary filmmaker Sharon Maguire has managed a rare feat: a film as captivating as the novel! Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is a pretty and neurotic thirtysomething singleton (in her vernacular) who vows to take control of her life after being humiliated by handsome standoffish barrister Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) at her parents' New Year's party. Determined to lose weight and cut back on vices like wine cigarettes and workaholic-alcoholic-misogynistic men Bridget begins a diary to chart her progress. Unfortunately the P.R. executive hits a snag when her boss gorgeous cad Daniel (Hugh Grant) instigates a sexy e-mail flirtation. Despite her tendency to bungle book launch parties and any situation involving the ever-disapproving Mark Darcy Bridget's winning combination of charm vulnerability and wit intrigues not only the seductively dangerous Daniel but also the arrogant barrister. Featuring a note-perfect performance by Zellweger a devilish one by Grant and the inspired casting of Firth (the object of Bridget's lusty fantasies in the book) Bridget Jones Diary is a clever delightful romantic comedy guaranteed to please old fans and win new ones.

• The Rape Of Richard Beck | DVD | (31/08/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Cop Beck (Crenna) thinks rape victims bring it upon themselves to be raped but has a mind-changing experience when he himself is raped by a couple of white trash felons one of whom actually says he's going to make him squeal like pig.

• Penny Serenade | DVD | (01/12/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  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.

• Easier with practice | DVD | (14/02/2011) from £7.78   |  Saving you £9.47 (145.24%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In an effort to promote his unpublished novel Davy Mitchell sets out on a road trip with his younger brother. However the idealism of being on the road wears off and it quickly proves to be a lonely and unfulfilling experience for Davy. One night in a motel room he gets a random phone call from a mysterious woman named Nicole. They start a funny and intimate long distance relationship that leaves Davy happier than he has been in years. Hoping there is more to the relationship then a voice and a phone bill Davy decides he wants to meet Nicole. Ultimately he will have to face not only the truth about their relationship but also about himself.