Drama

• Deathwatch | DVD | (21/07/2003) from £6.75   |  Saving you £11.24 (62.50%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A refreshing take on a well-tried formula, The Banger Sisters proves that there is always room for a polished new "women's picture", particularly one with a high astringent content. The eponymous sisters are a couple of girlfriends with a groupie past who haven't seen each other for years. Suzette (an ebullient Goldie Hawn) has remained a confirmed rock chick. When she's sacked from her bar job, she goes in search of Vinnie (Susan Sarandon) who has excised her past from her life as a staid wife and mother. The performances are good and there are some cracking moments, not least as the initially resistant Sarandon seizes the memory of her youth and sheds her skin of respectability to the bewilderment of her husband and two daughters. Suzette's visit is the catharsis her old friend has long needed. (In many ways, of course, the most interesting aspect of the picture is the one we don't get to see: the long-term consequences of some pretty sleazy old revelations on a middle class family). But there's a pleasing poignancy in Hawn's decision to go home, her work done. And Geoffrey Rush, as usual, is outstanding as Harry, the neurotic writer she has picked up on the way and who could, just possibly, provide some stability in her itinerant life. On the DVD: The Banger Sisters is presented in widescreen with a throbbing Dolby soundtrack. There are no extras. --Piers Ford

• Trilogy Of Life | DVD | (27/04/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Trilogy Of Life

• King Solomon's Mines | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £6.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (42.92%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A group of daring explorers led by Allan Quartermain (Cedric Hardwicke) searches the African continent for the lost diamond mines of Solomon in this adaptation of the oft-filmed novel by H. Rider Haggard. Paul Robeson co-stars as the party's guide through the wilderness who occasionally bursts into song.

• Where Eskimos Live | DVD | (18/05/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In a gripping tale of moral and spiritual redemption a heartless crook picks up a street-wise orphan to sell in a black market adoption ring. Posing as a relief worker in war-torn Bosnia the callous Sharkey (Bob Hoskins) befriends Vlado a tough 9-year-old who mistakes the man for his meal-ticket out of the shattered region. As this unlikely pair struggles to escape a country where evil flourishes at every turn a crook becomes a hero and a discarded child finds a future. With the touching emotion of Welcome to Sarajevo discover how friendship and even family can be found in the most unexpected places.

• Guyana Tragedy | DVD | (31/12/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Based upon the true story of Jim Jones a self proclaimed prophet. Jim Jones had a loyal following of about 1000 people who had donated their entire life savings to him to join his commune. When possible illegal activities came to the attention of the authorities they started to investigate. Rather that faces the charges Jim Jones committed suicide and convinced virtually All of his followers to do the same.

• Astitva | DVD | (26/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  What is a woman's destiny? ....A man? In India what is a woman born with? A name followed by her father's and then the family name of whom she marries. 90 times out of a hundred her name is changed. Out goes her father's name only to be replaced by her husband's. The husband's family name replaces her own. She falls pregnant nurses the child for 9 months in her womb. The child is born gets a name which is followed by her father's and then by her husband's name. After going t

• The Early Films Of Peter Greenaway - Vol. 1 | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £18.61   |  Saving you £3.14 (18.64%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Before Peter Greenaway made his name with the international art-house hit 'The Draughtsman's Contract' he had established a reputation for highly innovative and witty short films. The subject matter varies widely but all the films are immensely playful and take pleasure in cataloguing the absurd. Includes: 'Intervals' (1969) 'Windows' (1975) 'H Is For House' (1973) 'Water Wrackets' (1975) 'Dear Phone' (1977) and 'Walk Through H' (1978).

• Cooks Country | DVD | (26/10/2009) from £6.95   |  Saving you £-0.96 (-16.00%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Cooks Country

• Mad Love | DVD | (24/06/2002) from £12.93   |  Saving you £7.06 (35.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Three silent films from the pioneering Russian film-maker Yevgeni Bauer. Includes newly composed music and video essay on Bauer. Twilight of a Woman's Soul (1913) his first surviving film already shows his masterful use of deep-focus photography. After Death (1915) is adapted from a story by Turgenev and is imbued with one of Bauer's favourite themes: the psychological hold of the dead over the living. The Dying Swan (1916) takes a sardonic view of the popular obsession with morb

• Campfire | DVD | (27/05/2002) from £9.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Enormously popular at lesbian and gay film festivals throughout the world Bavo Defurne's rich and beautiful short films examine gay love and loss and mark the emergence of one of Europe's most exciting young filmmakers. One of the many pleasures of Defurne's work is the playful and unforced way in which he references the work of other artists - from Dreyer and Eisenstein to photographers Herbert List and Pierre et Gilles. Most significantly Defurne and his regular team have creat

• Bone | DVD | (19/06/2006) from £11.30   |  Saving you £5.69 (33.50%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Welcome to Beverly Hills where upper class white married couples like Bill and Bernadette (Andrew Duggan and Joyce Van Patten) enjoy their happy life of wealth and privilege. But when a violently unstable black criminal (Yaphet Kotto) invades their home each will be forced to explore their own nightmares of lies and desire where every perverse secret is exposed and nothing is ever really black and white. This is the daring disturbing and still controversial directorial debut of one

• Partner | DVD | (08/06/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A Mumbai City "date doctor" tries to work his magic on the one woman he truly loves in this new comedy.

• England, My England - The Story Of Henry Purcell | DVD | (31/08/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £23.99

• London Story | DVD | (28/12/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A collection of shorts including London Story from UK feminist director Sally Potter.

• Heathen | DVD | (16/11/2009) from £9.40   |  Saving you £1.59 (14.50%)   |  RRP £10.99

  The debut feature film from Ross Shepherd and the first title to be put onto the BritFilms 'New Director' label. In the vein of Christopher Nolan's first film The Following Ross Shepherd has crafted a dark tense mystery thriller. It has been a year since William's brother David went missing. The worst year of his life one that has left him a broken man. The day Chloe moves into his bleak apartment block it seems there is a chance for some happiness in his life she makes him feel different alive. When William suddenly starts receiving mysterious messages relating to his missing brother his fragile world is turned upside down. William must try and follow these strange clues regarding his brother to find out who is responsible for his disappearance. With Chloe at his side he embarks on a dangerous journey to discover the truth. Packed with hours of fantastic exclusive bonus features this DVD is a must have for any film fan.

• Every Woman Has A Secret | DVD | (24/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Heather is a young and very attractive attourney who is given the case of a lifetime when her firm's most prestigious client Harry Fletcher is charged with the murder of his wife Raquel. Harry is an extremely charming and handsome man but unfortunately all the evidence seems to point to him being the murderer. The only thing missing is the body. Heather cannot resist Harry's seductive charm and they engage in a torrid and passionate affair. Who says you shouldn't mix business and

• Grease | DVD | (22/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Grease was a phenomenal hit with its target teenage audience when it was released in 1977. The songs dominated the pop charts and brought heady success for its lead actors, John Travolta (Danny) and Olivia Newton-John (Sandy) despite the fact that--as with their energetic co-stars--their own teenage years were some way behind them. As they seize the chance to relive their schooldays, their verve and enthusiasm explodes from the screen. The real class, though, comes from Stockard Channing as feisty Rizzo and, in a couple of cameos, wisecracking silver screen actresses from yesteryear Eve Arden and Joan Blondel. Based on the 1972 stage show and adding several new numbers, Grease is at heart a rites-of-passage movie with plenty of feel-good moments and a euphoric buzz. "You're the One That I Want", "Hopelessly Devoted to You" and "Summer Nights" became the soundtrack for a generation of high-school students on the cusp of adulthood. Today, it looks like a pastiche of those 1950s Connie Francis rock & roll beach films. But the steady stream of double entendres and knowing body language render it more accessible to the less innocent late 1970s. It's overwhelming nostalgia for anyone in the vicinity of 40. On the DVD: The 25th anniversary special edition of Grease rolls back the years: the 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen presentation transports you instantly back to fifth-form heaven in the local fleapit. The Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound ensures that the songs--ever the staple of MOR radio--complete the nostalgia trip with real zip. The main extra is a short series of fond reminiscences from the actors and director Randal Kleiser, actually filmed for the 20th anniversary. --Piers Ford

• In the Cut | DVD | (22/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A New York writing professor, Frannie Avery (Ryan), has an erotic affair with a police detective (Ruffalo) investigating a murder in her neighborhood of a beautiful young woman.

• Les Enfants Du Siecle | DVD | (17/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An intimate 19th century-set story about the destructive relationship between French poet Alfred De Musset and the noted proto-feminist writer George Sand, played by Juliette Binoche.

• Kate And Leopold/Serendipity | DVD | (05/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Kate And Leopald: (Dir. James Mangold) (2001): Carried through time to modern-day Manhattan 18th century English aristocrat and inventor Leopold (Hugh Jackman) falls for independent and career-minded Kate (Meg Ryan). Initially skeptical of his royal charm she soon discovers that the Duke's power over her own heart is almost as strong as his influence over time itself... Serendipity: (Dir: Peter Chelsom) (2001): In one magical moment Jonathan Trager and Sara Thomas meet unexpectedly and spend a romantic winter day together although both are involved with other people. At the end of the night Sara decides they must let fate determine if they are meant to be together and disappears without giving Jonathan a way of reaching her. Years later they are both engaged to others but cannot give up the dream that they will meet again. And so begins their journey to find one another worlds apart!