Drama

• Cinema Collection - Vol. 7 | DVD | (27/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Features eight fantastic movies in one box: 'Open Window' 'Contact' 'Beware Of Dog' 'They Haven't Seen This' 'Ray's Hetrosexual Dance Hall' 'Little Feet' 'Homesick' and 'Duke of Groove'.

• Doing Life/Long Way From Home | DVD | (04/06/2007) from £3.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (25.38%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Doing Life: Convicted of cop-killing Jerry Rosenberg seemed destined to die in the electric chair. The remarkable and inspirational story of how he turned his life around and fought a very personal battle to get his sentence commuted is told in this compelling drama starring Tony Danza of Taxi fame. A Long Way Home: Having inflicted deep psychological damage on his entire family Jack must now struggle to win back their hearts. But if the father himself was abused as a child does this at least explain though not excuse his crime? And if deep beneath their wounds Jack and his family still love each other can that love prove powerful enough to withstand the sins of the past?

• Born To Be Sold | DVD | (22/10/2012) from £5.49   |  Saving you £-3.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Social worker Kate Carlin discovers that new born babies born to teen-aged mothers are being sold to childless couples. Further investigation reveals it is a lucrative business and although Kate puts her life in danger, she determines to call a halt to the operation.

• Pier Paolo Pasolini Vol.2 | DVD | (23/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Hawks And Sparrows (1966): The Hawks and the Sparrows a wildly comic fable stars the beloved stone-faced clown Toto as an Italian everyman the Ninetto Davoli as his good-natured but empty-headed son. Pasolini uses a comic crow which philosophizes amusingly and pointedly about the passing scene as a counterpoint to the performers representing humanity as they progress down the road of life. Pasolini presents a tragic fable which shows two delightful innocents caught like many Italians between Church and Marxism. Oedipus Rex (1967): A dark and riveting retelling of the classic Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex. Unknown to himself Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother. When the truth is discovered he puts out his eyes and Oedipus wanders the streets until he is found by his daughter Antigone a common blind beggar. Set in Morocco the film is a visual wonder of desert landscapes and powerful Moorish architecture. The interesting cast include avant garde film and theater director Carmelo Bene Julian Beck from New York's Living theater and Pasolini himself as the High Priest. This remastered version is a must for any serious video collector. Pigsty (1969): Porcile (Pigsty) the story of a cannibal in a medieval wasteland is interwoven with that of the son of an ex-Nazi industrialist in modern day Germany. The young German who is more attracted to pigs than his fiance and the cannibal become sacrificial victims of their different societies. This strange grotesque and thought provoking parable is filmed with such a calm beauty and underlying disgust that it gains a deep significance as an attack on the middle classes of the 20th century.

• Underdog Double | DVD | (31/12/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Underdog is the super canine alter identity of Shoeshine Boy, who is called into action by his girlfriend, ace TV reporter Sweet Polly Purebred. When Underdog hears Polly's singing Oh where, oh where has my Underdog gone?. The humble, loveable shoeshine Boy slips into a phone booth and emerges as Underdog, the champion of justice, to protect sweet Polly Purebred and the citizens of Washington DC.

• The World Unseen | DVD | (12/10/2009) from £12.90   |  Saving you £0.09 (0.70%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Using the stunning South African landscape and jazz tunes of the time, "The World Unseen" explores a system that divides white from black and women from men, but one that might just allow an unexpected love to survive.

• Morning Raga | DVD | (23/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A story of three lives. Struck by tragedy. United by destiny. Redefined by music... People from a small village in South India are on a bus journey to the city, filled with varied aspirations and oblivious to the tragedy that is about to befall them. An accident on the bridge connecting the village with the city leaves many coping with the loss of their loved ones. Swarnalatha was a talented singer with a burning ambition to perform in the city. She lost her child and her best friend ...

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

  Soldier is the saga of man's tryst with destiny. A charged emotional interlacing of anger frustration despair victory and suspense where the protagonist commits a murder and flees his motherland. He becomes an undercover agent of the antagonists. For his ulterior motives he befriends a girl with his oozing charm and besots her with his pulsating charisma. He then murders the girl's father as per his plan. This adds an irreversible twist to the story and the plot thickens as the pr

• At Home With The Braithwaites: Series 1 & 2 - Eps 1 & 3 | DVD | (15/01/2007) from £6.74   |  Saving you £-4.75 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Selected episodes from the hit TV show.

• Joey / Crocodile Hunter / Good Boy | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £11.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (66.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Joey: A young boy's friendship with a playful kangaroo leads him on the ultimate adventure in this fun-filled story for all ages. 12 year-old Billy McGregor lives on a ranch in the wild rugged Australian Outback with a loving mom and lots and lots of great animal friends - especially a baby kangaroo named Joey. But when Joey's parents are kidnapped by poachers Billy knows he must do whatever it takes to help them and reunite Joey with his rightful family. Boarding a train for the big city the two pals embark on a fantastic adventure discovering tons of excitement and fun new friends along the way. But when they learn that Joey's parents' lives are in danger they come up with a daring plan to rescue them - with the entire nation cheering them on! Crocodile Hunter: Good Boy: Thousands of years ago a group of dogs who are actually aliens landed on Earth. They are sent as spies for their home planet Canid 3942 but as the years pass they forget all about their mission. When 12 year old Owen finally gets to have a dog of his own he discovers his new dog Hubble is actually an interplanetary scout from the Dog Star Sirius... Based on the story 'Dogs From Outer Space' by Zeke Richardson.

• Poochho Mere Dil Se | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  The illegitimate son of an underworld Don becomes a police inspector intent on bringing the criminal empire of his father down.

• Rectuma | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  The terror lurking behind you could be your own behind! Returning from his vacation in Tijuana Waldo Williams finds that his ass has been infected by the Mexican Butthumping Bullfrog causing him plenty of pain and a whole lot more gas. After visiting a whacky scientist Waldo finds that his ass has started glowing green with radiation. It's not long before his rear end takes on a life of its own detaching itself from the rest of his body to go on a killing spree leaving fecal tracks wherever it goes incriminating Waldo in the murders. But being framed as a murderer is the least of Waldo's problems as his ass grows Godzilla big and wages full out war against Los Angeles

• Keizoko - Unsolved Cases | DVD | (27/11/2006) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-5.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The trail of an unsolved murder case involving internal police corruption leads the new young female police chief Jun Shibata to a remote island. Here the daughter of a couple who were murdered under mysterious circumstances on a passenger boat executes her revenge on the remaining survivors. Official selection for the Milan International Film Festival.

• Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Basil Rathbone Collection (14-disc Box Set)--Amazon.co.uk Exclusive | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £129.99

  These 14 classic Sherlock Holmes adventures dating from 1939-46 star Basil Rathbone as the great detective and Nigel Bruce as Dr Watson. Rathbone had made his name in Hollywood playing villains (memorably against Errol Flynn in 1938's The Adventures of Robin Hood) but his aquiline features and effortlessly haughty demeanour made him the ideal candidate to don Holmes's deerstalker. Bruce's "incorrigible bungler" is a bumbling comedy sidekick, unlike Conan Doyle's conception of the rather unimaginative but nevertheless astute Doctor. However, the pairing deservedly became the stuff of screen legend, a cinematic double act as memorable and enduring as Laurel and Hardy or Rogers and Astaire. The investigations began in 1939 with The Hound of the Baskervilles, a relatively faithful screen adaptation of the original story, but thereafter the series moves ever further from its source material, with only intermittent success. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes introduces Professor Moriarty (George Zucco, the first of several actors to portray Holmes's nemesis) in an enjoyably convoluted story derived from an Edwardian-era stage play. Then, in 1942's The Voice of Terror, Holmes and Watson leave fog-shrouded Victorian London behind to battle Nazis intent on destroying beleaguered England. The wartime propaganda element in this and subsequent pictures--intended to foster American sympathy with the British war effort--don't get in the way of the cases too much, and at least the spirit of Conan Doyle is preserved. Holmes remained in the present day thereafter, along with Moriarty, Inspector Lestrade and Mrs Hudson, right up to the rather disappointing! final instalment in 1946's Dressed to Kill. Jeremy Brett created a far more authentic Holmes in Granada TV's long-running series, but Rathbone deserves credit for making the character all his own. Purists may baulk at the many liberties taken (such as shipping Holmes off to the States or Canada whenever an excuse offered), as well as occasionally jarring elements (such as Dick Van Dyke-style American "Cockneys"), but taken as a whole these films deserve their reputation, and Holmes fans will surely treasure them. On the DVD:This 14-disc set has one film per disc, which is a bit of a waste given that the longest runs only 82 minutes, and some are less then 60 minutes each. Picture quality is poor at best, fuzzy and lacking clarity, with no sign of any cleaning up of the prints. It's a shame that such a classic series has not been accorded more careful treatment. Another indication of the lacklustre presentation is the single extra feature: a rather prosaic documentary hosted by Christopher Lee about the various versions of Holmes down the years, which is repeated on four of the discs, and which has nothing specific to say about the Rathbone era. --Mark Walker

• Without A Father | DVD | (26/09/2011) from £9.29   |  Saving you £8.70 (48.40%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Joshua Taylor and Christopher Bauman are two young boys from separate worlds whose lives are thrust together and forever altered in an unexpected tragedy. As Lucille Bauman raises the boys, major problems arise in the family. A devastating decision is made that changes the course of the family forever. Years later, torn apart by anger, bitterness and resentment, Joshua and Christopher begin seeking to fill the empty, fatherless voids in their unfulfilled lives. Can reconciliation restore this family now? Or will it be too late?

• Police Force | DVD | (16/08/2004) from £8.08   |  Saving you £11.91 (147.40%)   |  RRP £19.99

• To Live For | DVD | (18/02/2013) from £5.65   |  Saving you £-0.66 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

• Charro | DVD | (04/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In his twenty-ninth movie role Elvis Presley stars as outlaw Jess Wade who tries to break free from the clutches of a notorious gang. His former partners-in-crime seek payback as well as a cannon which everyone seems to want to get their hands on. Elvis sings the title song Charro.

• Shakespeare Trilogy | DVD | (23/10/2006) from £13.14   |  Saving you £6.84 (67.39%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Macbeth (Dir. Jeremy Freeston 1997): The first major film production for quarter of a century Macbeth is authentically set in Eleventh Century Scotland this epic award-winning production conjures a world of grim battlefields desolate moors forbidding castles and haunted caverns. Macbeth moves at a breathtaking pace through tales of war murder intrigue and revenge. Winner of the Silver Screen Award 30th US International Film Festival. King Lear (Dir. Brian Blessed 1999): The dark and brooding world inhabited by Lear and his three daughters must rank as one of the greatest works of invention in the Shakespearean canon. Blessed is magnificent in the title role in this powerful new cinema version of the bard's great tragic work. Hamlet (Dir. Michael Mundell 2003): This vibrant new cinema version of Shakespeare's most popular tragedy features a powerful performance in the lead role by rising star William Houston.

• Joyful Partaking | DVD | (05/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Walter Majeski a former TV weatherman lost his young son in a freak snowstorm that Walter failed to forecast. On this day Walter decides it is time to end his life but his own ineptitude keeps getting in the way... A darkly comic Altmanesque look at a day in the life of a suburban American neighbourhood. Joyful Partaking reveals how seemingly small acts of kindness or carelessness can change a life forever.