Drama

• Whitstable Pearl Series 1 | DVD | (14/11/2022) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Vivre Sa Vie (Criterion Collection) - UK Only | Blu Ray | (13/02/2023) from £15.19   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Vivre sa vie was a turning point for Jean-Luc Godard and remains one of his most dynamic films, combining brilliant visual design with a tragic character study. The lovely Anna Karina, Godard's greatest muse, plays Nana, a young Parisian who aspires to be an actress but instead ends up a prostitute; her downward spiral is depicted in a series of discrete tableaux of daydreams and dances. Featuring some of Karina and Godard's most iconic moments from her movie theatre vigil with The Passion of Joan of Arc to her seductive pool-hall strutVivre sa vie is a landmark of the French New Wave that still surprises at every turn. Special Features New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Audio commentary featuring film scholar Adrian Martin Video interview with film scholar Jean Narboni, conducted by historian Noël Simsolo Television interview from 1962 with actress Anna Karina Excerpts from a 1961 French television exposé on prostitution Illustrated essay on La prostitution, the book that served as inspiration for the film Stills gallery Director Jean-Luc Godard's original theatrical trailer New and improved English subtitle translation PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Atkinson, interviews with Godard, a reprint by critic Jean Collet on the film's soundtrack, and Godard's original scenario

• Pain and Glory DVD | DVD | (13/01/2020) from £8.16   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A film director reflects on the choices he's made in life as past and present come crashing down around him.

• Hannnah and Her Sisters | Blu Ray | (28/08/2023) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One of Woody Allen's best-loved films, this won three richly deserved Oscars* (for Michael Caine, Dianne West and the screenplay) and is a joy from start to perfectly-judged finish. Hannah (Mia Farrow) is a devoted wife, loving mother and successful actress. She's also the emotional backbone of the family, and her sisters Lee (Barbara Hershey) and Holly (Dianne West) depend on this stability while also resenting it because they can't help but compare Hannah's seemingly perfect life with theirs. But with her husband Elliott (Michael Caine) becoming increasingly interested in Lee, it's clear that Hannah might have problems of her own. An unusually strong supporting cast includes Allen himself as Hannah's existentially-conflicted ex-husband and Max von Sydow as a perfectionist artist, but it's Caine who practically steals the film as a middle-aged man behaving like a lovesick teenager. It also has some of Allen's greatest one- liners, with a philosophical discussion about the nature of good and evil getting shot down with How should I know why there were Nazi's, I don't even know how the can opener works *Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Caine) *Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Wiest) *Best Writing, Screenplay, Written Directly for the Screen Product Features Theatrical Trailer

• Dallas Buyers Club | DVD | (02/06/2014) from £4.41   |  Saving you £15.58 (353.29%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof (McConaughey) sees his free-wheeling life overturned when he's diagnosed as HIV-positive and given 30 days to live. Determined to survive, Woodroof decides to take matters in his own hands.

• Nicholas Sparks Triple: Dear John/Safe Haven/The Best of Me | DVD | (02/11/2015) from £10.37   |  Saving you £-2.38 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Collection of three films adapted from Nicholas Sparks novels featuring... Dear John Lasse Hallstrom directs this romantic drama based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks. While Special Forces Army Sergeant John Tyree (Channing Tatum) is home on leave, he meets beautiful college student Savannah Curtis (Amanda Seyfried) and the two fall in love. When the time comes for Savannah to return to college, she promises to write to John during his 12-month enlistment overseas. However, their budding love affair is put to the test when John decides to re-enlist in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. Safe Haven Romantic drama following the fortunes of a guarded young woman who unexpectedly finds love in a North Carolina town. Katie Feldman (Julianne Hough) stands out on arrival in Southport. Beautiful but highly reserved, she makes it clear that she expects to have little involvement in the social life of the town and its inhabitants. However, an unforeseen chain of events brings Katie close to Alex (Josh Duhamel), a widower who runs a store while also attempting to bring up his young children. As she inexorably falls in love with Alex and the children Katie begins to let down her guard, but doing so threatens to raise the dark secret she has been protecting. Will she find a way to reconcile the trauma of her past with the possibility of a brighter future? Best of Me Dawson (James Marsden) and Amanda (Michelle Monaghan) couldn t lead more different lives in a small Southern town and yet soon they are falling head over heels in love. However, they are soon separated by their families. Twenty years later they are reunited and soon both are forced into circumstances that test their love to its limit.

• CHAMPION (Masters of Cinema) Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (06/12/2021) from £11.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The brutal and uncompromising Champion earned Kirk Douglas his first ever Oscar nomination and was a huge success for director Mark Robson (Von Ryan's Express, Valley of the Dolls). Michael Midge Kelly (Douglas) is a boxer whose fight to the top is unhampered by ethics or gratitude. A hero to his fans, his friends know him to be a selfish egomaniac who allows nothing to stand in his way. After winning a fight he was supposed to throw, Mike's life is threatened by the mob, and he is only saved through the intervention of a woman who becomes yet another pawn in his climb up the ladder. Ultimately, he is forced to re-enter the ring and confront his biggest opponent... himself. Fully restored and featuring gorgeous black and white cinematography by Franz Planer (Breakfast at Tiffany's), the Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Champion on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK. Special Features 1080p presentation on Blu-ray Optional English SDH Subtitles Brand new audio commentary by professor and film scholar Jason A. Ney Stills Gallery PLUS: A collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic Richard Combs; and a piece on boxing in cinema by author / screenwriter S. B. Caves *All extras subject to change

• Law And Order Criminal Intent - Series 1 | DVD | (28/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £44.99

  All the episodes from Season 1 of Law And Order: Criminal Intent. Episodes Comprise: 1. One 2. Art 3. Smothered 4. The Faithful 5. Jones 6. The Extra Man 7. Poison 8. The Pardoner's Tale 9. The Good Doctor 10. Enemy Within 11. The Third Horseman 12. Crazy 13. The Insider 14. Homo Homini Lupus 15. Semi-Professional 16. Phantom 17. Seizure 18. Yesterday 19. Maledictus 20. Badge 21. Faith 22. Tuxedo Hill

• Waterloo Road: Series 12 | DVD | (11/09/2023) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When the old collides with the new, a perfect storm strikes the school. Clashes with the arrival of a new pupil causes fireworks, while the students continue to rebel. As the school is rocked by a blast from the past, student and teacher alike find themself trapped in a dangerous situation.

• The Perks of Being a Wallflower | DVD | (11/02/2013) from £7.05   |  Saving you £8.94 (126.81%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A funny and touching coming-of-age story based on the beloved best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER is a modern classic that captures the dizzying highs and crushing lows of growing up.

• Grace: Series 1 & 2 | DVD | (30/05/2022) from £26.97   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Brighton-based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, a hard-working police officer who has given his life to the job.

• Rabbit-Proof-Fence | DVD | (09/05/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Molly Daisy and Gracie are all born of an Aboriginal mother and a white father. Forcibly removed from their family by the Australian government the girls are taken 1 500 miles to a severe Anglican education camp. There they are trained as domestic servants in order to be 'assimilated' into white society. Molly Craig the oldest of the three leads her younger sister and cousin in a daring escape back to their home and family. The film follows the trio on an epic journey across the breathtaking Australian Outback. A government built rabbit proof fence that stretches from the north to the south of Australia ironically provides the girls with something that they can follow all the way home away from the cruelty of their oppressors.

• What To Expect When You're Expecting Fitness DVD | DVD | (26/12/2012) from £4.49   |  Saving you £13.50 (75.00%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Staying fit when you're expecting has never been easier. Hey there mama-to-be! What To Expect When You're Expecting: The Workout is the ultimate pregnancy exercise program designed to help you fit fitness into all nine months of your pregnancy. With six 10-minute mix-and-match routines, you can customize your workout to fit your fitness level, your mood and your growing body from day to day, week to week and trimester to trimester. Workouts include: 3 Cardio, 2 Strength, and 1 Stretch and Relax - plus bonus workouts you can do anywhere, anytime. Staying healthy, fit, and sexy when you're expecting has never been so easy! Cardio: Barefoot and Pregnant: Enjoy this gentle Pilates-based workout that focuses on balance, muscle strength and circulation. Baby Bump Boot Camp: Back-to-basics training to build stamina and strength for a healthier pregnancy. Baby Steps: Bust some baby moves with this sexy, fun, easy-to-follow dance routine. Strength: Cute to the Core: Fight aches, pains, and flab while keeping your abs and hips strong and toned with Pilates-based moves. Buns in the Oven: Target-tone your buns with this total-body workout designed to firm up your legs, buns and thighs. Stretch and Relax: Mind, Body and Baby: Practice gentle yoga moves to help rejuvenate your aching body and tight muscles.

• Logan Lucky | DVD | (26/12/2017) from £7.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Jimmy Logan (Channing Tatum) is from a blue-collar family from the hills of West Virginia, whose clan has been famous for its bad luck for nearly 90 years. After being fired from his job, and with his ex-wife (Katie Holmes) threatening to move out of State taking their daughter with her, Jimmy decides he has to do something to get his family's life back on track. With a little help from his brother Clyde Logan (Adam Driver), his sister Mellie (Riley Keough) and an incarcerated explosive expert, the aptly named Joe Bang (Daniel Craig), he plans to steal $14 million from the Charlotte Motor Speedway on the busiest race day of the year. Directed by Academy Award-winner Steven Soderbergh (Ocean's Eleven, Magic Mike, Traffic), Logan Lucky also stars Hilary Swank, Seth MacFarlane, Katherine Waterston, Sebastian Stan, and Brian Gleeson.

• A Touch of Frost Series 15 | DVD | (12/04/2010) from £7.43   |  Saving you £12.56 (169.04%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sir David Jason has reprised his iconic role as the legendary Detective Inspector Jack Frost for the last time ever in a two-part finale of A Touch of Frost. The two-part film entitled If Dogs Run Free follows Frost's battle to convict Gerry Berland (Adrian Dunbar) a dangerous criminal masquerading as a successful businessman.

• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Blu Ray | (21/05/2018) from £11.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Award-winning actress Frances McDormand (Fargo) delivers a stunningly powerful performance in this darkly comic drama that has been hailed as one of the year's best films. A murdered girl's defiant mother (McDormand) boldly paints three local signs with a controversial message, igniting a furious battle with a volatile cop (Sam Rockwell) and the town's revered chief of police (Woody Harrelson.)

• Carmen: The Restored Edition (2 discs) | DVD | (18/07/2011) from £31.25   |  Saving you £-11.26 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This movie version of Bizet's popular opera Carmen was filmed on location, conveying a kind of atmosphere, a sense of space, movement, and presence that's hard to achieve in a staged performance. It takes the action out of doors for many scenes, with the opening titles superimposed on the bloody conclusion of a bullfight. Elsewhere the changing of the guard, the crowd scenes, the dance number that opens Act 2, and the panoramic scenery of the smugglers' mountain hideout all benefit from the freedom granted by movie cameras. It's an exciting Carmen, too, with a young-looking Placido Domingo in top form for a role he has sung hundreds of times. For Julia Migenes, though, it was her first performance in a role she would have trouble performing in an opera house. Her voice does not fit easily into Carmen's range, and she spent months training it, very successfully, before singing the role in a recording studio where the soundtrack was taped before the film was shot. Casting her in the role was a gamble, but it worked; she is a convincing actress. Unlike most opera-house performances this movie version uses the opera's original opera comique form with some spoken dialogue rather than recitatives.--Joe McLellan, Amazon.com

• Blow Up | DVD | (12/04/2004) from £10.35   |  Saving you £3.64 (35.17%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Michelangelo Antonioni's close-up of Swinging Sixties London. David Hemmings plays a master photographer who explores the city twenty-four hours a day focusing in on the world's most beautiful models. One day he takes some photographs of a couple embracing in a park and suspects he has stumbled across a murder. Antonioni received Academy Award nominations for Best Writer and Best Director in 1966 for this his first English Language film.

• From Here To Eternity | DVD | (14/01/2002) from £5.00   |  Saving you £14.99 (299.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From Here to Eternity offers a much more heartfelt interpretation of the event that propelled the United States into World War II than any film made in recent years. Here there are no angst-ridden scenes where "true love" returns from the dead, no costly CGI and definitely no Hallmark happy ending. This is a film about illicit sex, military machismo and tragic loss of love, friendship and ultimately life. The filmmakers did, however, have to make some compromises when adapting James Jones's novel: Alma becomes a "hostess" rather than a prostitute and the very downbeat ending, where Captain Holmes is essentially rewarded for his brutality by the military, was replaced with the morally acceptable punishment of his actions by a more self-aware army. Although Private Robert E Lee Pruitt's story provides the meat of the film, there are other subplots woven into the narrative, including a couple of doomed love affairs, which explore themes of adultery and social acceptance. Sergeant Warden (Burt Lancaster) begins a torrid affair with the commander's wife Karen (Deborah Kerr) leading to one of the most famous moments in movie history--the "clinch in the surf". From then on everything is challenged. Love, honour and eventually whether you should conform or stand up for what you believe in. At the end the couples are left wondering about the future of their relationship, but fate decides for them as the Japanese launch their attack on Pearl Harbor, leaving us with one of the most dramatic and moving endings of any war film. On the DVD: The black and white film is not anamorphically enhanced but presented full frame in its original aspect ratio of 1.37:1, although the transfer is well done and the picture is pretty sharp. Sound is 2.0 mono rather than the standard 5.1 reworking of the audio track, and it works. The dialogue is clear without any noticeable hiss. There's a 22-minute "making of" documentary, which doesn't really do justice to the film and contains very little information of interest. Along with this is Fred Zinnemann's As I See It, an extract from the director's home video footage from the shoot. You also get the theatrical trailer, but the best feature is the audio commentary, by Fred Zinnemann's son Tim and screenwriter Alvin Sargent, which has some fantastic detail about the struggle between director and studio-head Harry Cohn over casting, along with the run-ins with the censor and US military over the "inflammatory nature" of the film.--Kristen Bowditch

• And Then There Were None | DVD | (11/01/2010) from £7.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (100.13%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians has been turned into a film more than once but none can compare with Rene Clair's version. The film begins as eight strangers find themselves on a small boat heading to the island retreat of their mysterious host. The guests have diverse backgrounds but all harbour a dark secret. When they are joined by the cook and a maid they become ten. The host fails to materialize and when the maid plays a recording that accuses each of the guests of murder each deny their involvement but this doesn't stop them being murdered one by one. Can the remaining guests find the murderer before it is their turn to die?