Crime Thriller

• Inspector Morse - Disc 29 And 30 - The Way Through The Woods / The Daughters Of Cain | DVD | (30/09/2002) from £3.72   |  Saving you £11.27 (302.96%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When Inspector Morse first appeared on television in 1987, nobody could have predicted that it would run into the next century, maintaining throughout a quality of scripts and storylines that raised the genre of the detective series to a new level. Much of its success can be attributed to John Thaw's total immersion in the role. Morse is a prickly character and not obviously easy to like. As a detective in Oxford with unfulfilled academic propensities, he is permanently excluded from a world of which he would dearly love to be a part. He is at odds with that world--and with his colleagues in the police force--most of the time. Passionate about opera and "proper beer", he is a cultural snob for whom vulgarity causes almost physical pain. As a result, he lives from one disillusionment to another. And he is scarred--more deeply than he would ever admit--by past relationships. But he also has a naïve streak and, deep down, sensitivity, which makes him a fascinating challenge for women. At the heart of Morse's professional life is his awkward partnership with Detective Sergeant Lewis, the resolutely ordinary, worldly sidekick who manages to keep his boss in an almost permanent state of exasperation while retaining his grudging respect. It's a testament to Kevin Whately's consistently excellent performance that from such unpromising material, Lewis becomes as indispensable to the series as Barrington Pheloung's hypnotic, classic theme music. Morse's investigations do occasionally take him abroad to more exotic locations, but throughout 14 successful years of often gruesome murders, the city of Oxford itself became a central character in these brooding two-hour dramas: creator Colin Dexter said he finally had to kill Morse off because he was giving Oxford a bad reputation as a dangerous place! --Piers Ford

• Smokin' Aces | Blu Ray | (26/04/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A Vegas magician turned gangster must be protected when he agrees to rat on the mob in this high octane dark action comedy.

• Rosemary And Thyme | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £14.23   |  Saving you £10.76 (43.10%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme meet when Rosemary leaves her position as a lecturer in horticulture and Laura who is recently divorced is looking for a challenge in life. Both women are keen gardeners although they are from different ends of the horticultural spectrum. Laura adheres to gardening folklore while Rosemary likes to take a more scientific approach. Rosemary is used to being in charge although Laura is determined to have her say and do what she wants. However their garde

• Corleone - The Complete Series (6 DVD Box Set) | DVD | (07/10/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  As seen on Sky Arts and based on a true story. ´Corleone´ narrates the life of Totò Riina between 1943 and 1993. From a difficult adolescence to his rise to power within 'Cosa Nostra' passing via the many bloody episodes which saw his ascent. A story which starts when as an adolescent the future boss powerlessly witnesses the death of his father and younger brother in the explosion of a bomb leftover from the war. From that moment on he becomes the head of the family and will have to fight poverty. He creates a small group of extremely trusted followers with Provenzano and Bagarella he joins up with the most powerful criminals of Corleone who climbs the ladder towards mafia power first dominating Corleone then Palermo. These are extremely bloody events which see the conquering of power by means of unprecedented violence and hundreds of deaths. Only a childhood friend Biagio Schirò chooses another destiny that of becoming a police officer and undertaking the mission of routing his ex-companion in an extremely delicate role which will make him persecutor and pursued and will lead him to run enormous risks. Corleone´ is also the story of Riina's great enemies the martyrs who have fought the mafia to extreme consequences from the head of Police Mangano to Boris Giuliano the general Dalla Chiesa the judges Terranova Costa Falcone and Borsellino and the group of Captain Ultimo who on January 15 1993 will succeed in finding and arresting Totò Riina.

• The Parallax View - Paramount Originals (includes Limited Edition reproduction film poster) | DVD | (23/07/2007) from £17.55   |  Saving you £-7.56 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  There is no conspiracy. Just twelve people dead. Alan J. Pakula's The Parallax View a superb conspiracy thriller about one man's paranoia that turns out to be total incredible fact ranks among the best movies of its kind. Warren Beatty is a news reporter who aong with seven others witnesses the assassination of a political candidate. When the other seven die in ""accidents"" the newsman begins to doubt the offiical position: that the lone madman was respons

• Copland | DVD | (27/06/2005) from £7.33   |  Saving you £7.66 (104.50%)   |  RRP £14.99

  No One Is Above The Law. Freddy Heflin (Stallone in a critically acclaimed performance) is a simple small-town Sheriff who had big dreams of becoming a New York City cop before a heroic deed left him deaf in one ear. Though he saved the life of the woman he loves (Annabella Sciorra) she went on to marry someone else. But everything in Freddy's life is about to change! After he uncovers evidence of a murder fakes suicide and police tampering Freddy must choose between th

• A Killer Next Door | DVD | (15/03/2021) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on the true story of John List, who killed his wife, mother and three children in their home in New Jersey then disappeared without trace. Eighteen years later, in a small town in Virginia, Stephanie Hancock is confined to her home recovering from a broken leg. To pass the time she spies on her neighbours and begins to suspect that one of them, Bob Clark, is actually John List.

• Pathology | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £8.75   |  Saving you £9.24 (105.60%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A group of medical students devise a deadly game: to see which one of them can commit the perfect murder.

• The Blood on Satan's Claw (Remastered) | DVD | (22/02/2021) from £13.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One of the greatest British horror films of all time! A human skull is unearthed in a small, isolated 18th century English village and the children of the village form themselves into a secret, murderous coven. Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden and Wendy Padbury star.

• The Town | Blu Ray | (31/01/2011) from £9.26   |  Saving you £15.73 (169.87%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Ben Affleck plays a professional thief who falls for a bank manager (Hall) after a dangerous heist. He struggles with this newfound relationship whilst evading a tenacious FBI agent (Hamm) looking to catch him and his crew before they rob another bank.

• Jet Storm | DVD | (17/08/2015) from £10.89   |  Saving you £2.10 (19.28%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When Ernest Tilley’s (Richard Attenborough) daughter is killed in a hit-and-run he vows he’ll do what it takes to avenge her death. Armed with a homemade bomb he tracks down the killer to an airport and boards the same flight. Once in the air he threatens to blow up the plane. As they desperately try to find the bomb the dramatic story of each of the other passengers unfolds. Emotions run high as they confront the reality of their situation. A husband confesses to cheating on his wife. Romance blossoms between two flight attendants. A divorced couple realise that they’re still very much in love and a widow admits that she never loved her wealthy husband. Up in the air their fate now lies in their hands. Can Ernest a man who has lost everything be stopped in time? Also starring Stanley Baker Hermione Baddeley Paul Eddington and Diane Cilento and Time Out called this star studded aviation drama “a British prototype for the Airport disaster movies of the 60s and 70s.”

• Paranoid Park | DVD | (28/04/2008) from £5.49   |  Saving you £14.50 (72.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When a security guard is killed outside Portland's notorious skate park, the titular "Paranoid Park", it's clear that 16 year old skateboarder Alex knows more than he's letting on.

• Confidence | DVD | (01/03/2004) from £6.44   |  Saving you £11.55 (179.35%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A consumate con-man, Jake Vig (Edward Burns) has just pulled his biggest trick yet. But then he finds out he's conned an eccentric crime boss Winston King (Dustin Hoffman) and there'll be more than hell to pay.

• The Falcon's Alibi | DVD | (23/04/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  For wealthy society lady Gloria Peabody (Esther Howard), life is one long round of glamorous parties. She has no idea that someone in her entourage has been stealing her jewels and replacing them with cheap fakes! Her beautiful young secretary Joan (Rita Corday) suspects something is wrong - and enlists the help of the Falcon (Tom Conway) to uncover the thief.As the Falcon and his sidekick Goldie (Vince Barnett) investigate, there is a sudden and brutal murder. Is it connected to the jewel thief - or has the Falcon stumbled across an altogether different - and deadly - criminal with a passion for killing?

• Hidden Agenda | Blu Ray | (16/10/2015) from £18.75   |  Saving you £1.24 (6.61%)   |  RRP £19.99

  American activists Paul Sullivan (Brad Dourif) and his fiancée Ingrid Jessner (Frances McDormand) journey to Belfast to probe allegations of human rights abuses by the British military in Northern Ireland. But when Paul is killed in mysterious circumstances and denounced as an IRA accomplice, Jessner teams up with Peter Kerrigan (Brian Cox), a British investigator acting against the will of his own government, to uncover a high-level conspiracy with far-reaching consequences. This daring political thriller, from one of Britain's most celebrated filmmakers, features unforgettable performances from McDormand and Cox, and ranks as a true classic of modern cinema.

• The Wicker Man | Blu Ray | (21/09/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Last Heist Blu-Ray | Blu Ray | (06/02/2023) from £5.50   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Four old school villains, Waldorf (Terry Stone, Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins, Once Upon A Time In London), Prozac (Sam Gittins), Fisherman (Ricky London), and Slips (Michael Head) plan one 'Last Heist' to liberate the key to the stashed fortune of the (recently passed away) head of South London crime family, Mick (Perry Benson). Unfortunately, in carrying out the heist, the gang encounters significant obstacles, and violence is the inevitable outcome. Is there really honour amongst thieves, and how far will they go to protect each other, especially as the main threat seems to come from within the gang.

• Fear In The Night | DVD | (15/01/2007) from £8.98   |  Saving you £4.01 (44.65%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Cliff Herlihy (Paul Kelly) has a terrible nightmare in which he sees himself killing a complete stranger. When Cliff awakens he discovers evidence that his nightmare was no dream at all. Whilst sheltering from a storm in a remote mansion Vince and Cliff discover a mirrored room - just like the one in Cliff's nightmare. When the mansion's owner reveals himself to be a hypnotist Grayson has to unravel the strange happenings before his friend is driven to suicide.

• White Teeth | DVD | (09/05/2011) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-0.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the best-selling and multi-award-winning novel by Zadie Smith White Teeth is superbly adapted to the screen in this outstanding drama which features a compulsively watchable cast including Robert Bathurst Phil Davis Geraldine James James McAvoy Om Puri and more. Set in the far from glamorous Willesden Green London from the 1970s to the 1990s White Teeth finds Archie Jones interracially married to the post-Jehovah's Witness Clara meeting up with an old colleague Samad Iqbal who with his family has just arrived in England. The secrets they share from the past and the secrets they will share in the future are tossed and tumbled in a rich stew that bubbles with racial and sexual tension new-found freedoms old school politics genetic science animal liberation and the end of the world as we know it. It all adds up to a feast to be relished from start to finish.

• The Grifters | Blu Ray | (20/07/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Grifters is Stephen Frears' darkly modern noir tale of a small-time grifter Roy Dillon (John Cusack) torn between his new girlfriend (Annette Benning) and his estranged mother (Angelica Huston): both con-artistes with their own angles to play. When small-time cheat Roy Dillon winds up in hospital following an unsuccessful scam it sets up a confrontation between his mother Lilly and sexy girlfriend Myra. Both Myra and Lilly are ruthless at playing the con game in a league far above Roy... and always looking for their next victim. The question soon becomes who's conning who as Roy finds himself caught in a complicated web of passion and mistrust.