Drama

• Dunkirk | DVD | (20/03/2017) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Directed by Leslie Norman (The Long, The Short And The Tall), starring John Mills (Ice Cold In Alex, Goodbye Mr Chips, Great Expectations) Richard Attenborough (Brighton Rock, The Great Escape) and a cast featuring actual army officers, DUNKIRK is one of the most authentic representations of conflict during World War II. DUNKIRK follows the dramatic events leading up to Operation Dynamo, where upon the British Army attempted to rescue fellow soldiers and Allied troops from Nazi occupied France. Seen from the dual perspectives of a jaded journalist in search of propaganda and a weary soldier desperately trying to give his troop some hope, DUNKIRK never shies away from the brutality of war and the bravery of its soldiers.

• Secret Diary Of A Call Girl - Series 1-3 | DVD | (15/03/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Secret Diary Of A Call Girl: Seasons 1 - 3 Box Set

• Katyn | DVD | (05/10/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  "Katyn" is the story of Polish army officers murdered by the Russian secret police in the Katyn forest during the Second World War and the families who, unaware of the crime, were still waiting for their husbands, fathers, sons, and brothers to return.

• The Legend of Billie Jean | Blu Ray | (03/05/2021) from £14.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  First time on Blu-Ray in the UK. Average Texas teen, Billie Jean Davy (Helen Slater, Supergirl), is caught up in an odd fight for justice. She is usually followed and harassed around by local boys, who, one day, decide to trash her brother's scooter for fun. The boys' father refuses to pay them back the price of the scooter. The fight for fair is fair takes the teens around the state and produces an unlikely hero.

• The Aviator | Blu Ray | (19/09/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  When Howard Hughes was a child his father made a fortune by patenting a new cutting head for oil drilling. As an old man Hughes holed up in Las Vegas hotel and didn't wash. But it's the middle section of his life that's the foundation of Martin Scorsese's lavish bio-pic where we see the young Hughes become one of America's most famous men.... Nominated for 11 Oscars at the 2005 Academy Awards. * Please note: Martin Scorsese colour tinted some of his scenes to add authenticity to the era represented in the film and in keeping with Technicolor at that time. You may notice a lack of the colour green in some scenes as well. This was done deliberately and is not a fault of your DVD. Thank you.

• The Peasants | Blu Ray | (17/06/2024) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From the Academy Award nominated director and producers of Loving Vincent, comes a stunning and epic new animation based on the Nobel Prize winning novel. A young woman, Jagna, is determined to forge her own path within the confines of a late 19th century Polish village, rife with gossip, feuds and inequality. When Jagna finds herself caught between the conflicting desires of the village's richest farmer, his eldest son and other leading men of the community, her resistance puts her on a tragic collision course with the community around her.

• Jamaica Inn | DVD | (11/06/2007) from £4.49   |  Saving you £5.50 (122.49%)   |  RRP £9.99

  It's generally acknowledged that the Master of Suspense disliked costume dramas and Jamaica Inn--a rip-roaring melodrama drawn from a Daphne du Maurier pot-boiler, set in 1820s Cornwall--is about as costumed as they come. So what was he doing directing it? Killing time, essentially. In 1939 Hitchcock was due to leave Britain for Hollywood, but delays Stateside left him with time on his hands. Never one to sit idle, he agreed to make one picture for Mayflower Productions, a new outfit formed by actor Charles Laughton and émigré German producer Erich Pommer. An innocent young orphan (the 19-year-old Maureen O'Hara in her first starring role) arrives at her uncle's remote Cornish inn to find it a den of reprobates given to smuggling, wrecking and gross overacting. They're all out-hammed, though, by Laughton at his most corseted and outrageously self-indulgent as the local squire to whom Maureen runs for help. Since his star was also the co-producer, Hitch couldn't do much with the temperamental actor. He contented himself with adding a few characteristic touches--including a spot of bondage (always a Hitchcock favourite), and the chief villain's final spectacular plunge from a high place--and slyly sending up the melodramatic absurdities of the plot. Jamaica Inn hardly stands high in the Master's canon, but it trundles along divertingly enough. Hitchcock fanatics will have fun comparing it with his two subsequent--and far more accomplished--Du Maurier adaptations, Rebecca and The Birds. --Philip Kemp

• Love Happens | DVD | (08/02/2010) from £5.49   |  Saving you £15.76 (372.58%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Aaron Eckhart and Jennifer Aniston star in the romantic drama "Love Happens". When a self-help author arrives in Seattle to teach a sold-out seminar, he unexpectedly meets the one person who might finally be able to help him help himself.

• Film Noir Collection | DVD | (27/03/2017) from £15.27   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  4 Movies Film Noir Collection Includes: Double Indemnity One of the finest films the noir genre has to offer. Double Indemnity has a bona fide Hollywood cast: Fred MacMurry is the insurance salesman led astray by Barbara Stanwyck's definitive femme fatale, Edward G Robinson investigates them. The Blue Dahlia Raymond Chandler's one and only screenplay (nominated for an Oscar®*). Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake are the leads: He is the returning GI who may or may not have been framed for murder, she is the femme fatale aiding him. The Glass Key This masterful adaption of Dasheill Hammett's tale of intrigue sees Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake positively smouldering as a henchman and politician's daughter drawn to each other. This Gun for Hire An early example of the noir genre and the first time pairing of Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd, here making his screen debut. Based on a Graham Greene novel.

• Zulu (50th Anniversary Edition) | Blu Ray | (05/05/2014) from £7.99   |  Saving you £19.00 (237.80%)   |  RRP £26.99

  It’s a sad fact that many older films are shovelled onto the Blu-ray format, without a great deal of work put into improving their presentation. That’s an accusation that absolutely can’t be levelled at the outstanding transfer that Zulu has benefited from. It’s truly a template for other studios to follow, and a stunning high-definition upgrade. It’s a superb restoration job that’s been done here, and it’s fair to suggest that Zulu has never looked better. The sheer level of detail is amazing, particularly given the age of the material, and it’s presented in an utterly pristine fashion. It’s both a delight and a surprise to see the film fare so well. The audio side of things hasn’t benefited to quite the same degree, sadly, but it copes with the demands of the film perfectly well. The visuals, however, are dazzling. As for the movie? Zulu remains a classic. With a cast led by Michael Caine, the story centres around the seemingly impossible job of defending Rourke’s Drift in 1879. In a battle that’s stunningly brought to life, the British forces face insurmountable odds, something the film vividly gets across. It’s balanced film making too, and while it takes liberties with its recollection of history, it nonetheless sticks firmly in the mind long after the end credits have rolled. This surprisingly superb Blu-ray release is easily the best way to enjoy it, too. --Jon Foster

• Mr Rice's Secret | DVD | (22/09/2003) from £9.95   |  Saving you £-6.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Twelve year old Owen is not only suffering from Hodgkinson's disease but is also plagued by nightmares. All this is made bearable by his special friend the enigmatic Mr. Rice (David Bowie) but when he disappears Owen is devastated. However Mr. Rice has left Owen a bizarre legacy: a letter written in code a treasure map and a series of clues about the 'Potion of Life'... As Owen embarks on an amazing treasure hunt each clue will lead him a little closer to his destiny and reveal a little more about the reclusive Mr. Rice. Owen is about to discover that great men can come in small packages and there is much to learn if one has the courage to embrace life's challenges: even one as daring as Mr. Rice's secret...

• In This World | DVD | (21/09/2009) from £9.98   |  Saving you £5.00 (62.58%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Torn straight from the headlines Michael Winterbottom's compelling and prescient In This World follows young Afghan Jamal (impressive newcomer Jamal Udin Torabi)and his older cousin Enayat (Enayatullah)as they embark on a hazardous overland trip from their refugee camp at Peshawar north-west Pakistan. Entering Turkey on foot through a snowy Kurdish controlled pass the pair again take their lives into their hands and face suffocation when they are locked in a freight container on a ship bound for Italy. From there they plan to travel on to Paris the Sangatte refugee centre and ultimately asylum in London. Re-affirming his status as one of Britain's most accomplished and diverse film making talents Winterbottom and his hugely gifted writer Tony Grisoni have struck a poignant searing and remarkable balance between the fictional and documentary elements of the narrative to perceptively and indeed objectively examine the plight of Jamal and the countless thousands like him. Digitally shot to fully explore and incorporate the full possibilities of the medium the timely In This World is an exciting at times harrowing and undeniably remarkable achievement that deservedly bought it's maker the coveted Golden Bear Award at the 2002 Berlin Film Festival.

• A Royal Affair | Blu Ray | (29/10/2012) from £20.25   |  Saving you £-0.26 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the true story of Caroline Mathilda, the English princess who married King Christian VII of Denmark in the early 1770s, A Royal Affair is a bold, sumptuous tale of illicit love and political passion on a sweeping, epic scale. Keen to be a dutiful wife and Queen, Caroline's hopes are soon dashed when she discovers the King's true madness. Turning away from the King she finds herself in the arms of the King's physician - a radical libertarian - with whom she embarks upon a passi...

• Song for Marion | DVD | (24/06/2013) from £4.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (220.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Song for Marion is a heartwarming comedic drama following shy grumpy pensioner Arthur as he is reluctantly inspired by his beloved wife Marion to join a highly unconventional local choir. At odds with his son James it is left to charismatic choir director Elizabeth to try and persuade Arthur that he can learn to embrace life. London-set the story follows Arthur as he embarks on a hilarious life-affirming journey of musical self-discovery. The superb British cast in Song For Marion is made up of Academy Award Winner Vanessa Redgrave (Julia Atonement Howard's End) cinema legend Terence Stamp (Billy Budd The Limey The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert) Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace Prince of Persia Tamara Drewe) and Christopher Eccleston (Shallow Grave Elizabeth Doctor Who).

• Whiplash | Blu Ray | (08/07/2019) from £6.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Andrew Neiman (Miles Teller) is an ambitious young jazz drummer, in his pursuit of rising to the top of his elite music conservatory. Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), an instructor known for his terrifying teaching methods, discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer into the top jazz ensemble, forever changing the young man's life. But Andrew's passion to achieve perfection quickly spirals into obsession, as his ruthless teacher pushes him to the brink of his ability and his sanity. Special Features: Timekeepers Featurette (Exclusive to Blu-ray) Whiplash Original Short Film with Optional Commentary (Exclusive to Blu-ray) Deleted Scene (Exclusive to Blu-ray) Commentary with Writer/Director Damien Chazelle and J.K. Simmons An Evening at the Toronto International Film Festival with Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons and Damien Chazelle

• Passion Of The Christ Special Edition | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £12.13   |  Saving you £3.86 (31.82%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Director Mel Gibson's controversial retelling of the last twelve hours in the life of Jesus Christ.

• Tornado | Unknown | (31/12/2030) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Set in 1790, Tornado follows the journey of a young woman who must confront the violent thieves who are chasing her. From the director of Slow West, John Maclean, and starring Tim Roth, Jack Lowden, Takeiro Hira, and Kōki, this gripping action drama is coming soon to cinemas.

• High Rise | DVD | (18/07/2016) from £4.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (300.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.

• Wim Wenders | A Curzon Collection | Blu Ray | (12/12/2022) from £179.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This authoritative 22-disc collection encompasses the 50-year career of award-winning filmmaker Wim Wenders. Alongside his masterpieces Paris, Texas and Wings of Desire, the collection features his electrifying debut The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty, his classic road movie trilogy (Alice in the Cities, Wrong Move and Kings of the Road), the director's cut of Until the End of the World and the acclaimed documentaries Buena Vista Social Club, Pina and The Salt of the Earth. The collection also features a wealth of extras, an illustrated booklet, film posters and four Polaroid images shot by the filmmaker. Product Features Hardcover lay flat book in a canvas slipcase New 4K digital restorations of Wings of Desire, Kings of the Road, The American Friend, The State of Things, Tokyo-Ga, Notebook on Cities and Clothes, Until the End of the World, Lisbon Story, The Million Dollar Hotel, Wrong Move and The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty approved by director Wim Wenders. New 2K digital restorations of Paris, Texas and Alice in the Cities. New masterclasses and interviews with Wim Wenders filmed in London in summer 2022. 7 short films by Wim Wenders: Same Player Shoots Again, Silver City Revisited, From the Family of Reptiles, The Island, Room 666, Reverse Angle, Arisha, the Bear and the Stone Ring Over 50 Special Features including exclusive interviews, deleted scenes, commentaries, behind-the-scenes footage, music videos, original and restored theatrical trailers. PLUS: 22-page booklet, five collectible polaroids by Wim Wenders, three A3 theatrical posters.

• Le Crime De Monsieur Lange | Blu Ray | (27/08/2018) from £12.56   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One of Jean Renoir's lesser known films, Le Crime de Monsieur Lange is truly a hidden gem. This brand new restoration showcases the brilliance of the great French Director's social commentary, heavily influenced by the French political spirit of the 1930s. Monsieur Lange is a publishing house clerk who writes cheap Western novels in his spare time. When his untrustworthy boss, Batala avoids his debt collectors by pretending to be dead, Lange and his co-workers take over the business themselves and thrive on the popularity of Lange's pulp stories until Batala returns to demand his share of the profits. Features: LANGE, OR THE SPIRIT OF THE POPULAR FRONT