Drama

• The Caine Mutiny | DVD | (27/09/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Humphrey Bogart is heartbreaking as the tragic Captain Queeg in this 1954 film, based on a novel by Herman Wouk, about a mutiny aboard a navy ship during World War II. Stripped of his authority by two officers under his command (played by Van Johnson and Robert Francis) during a devastating storm, Queeg becomes a crucial witness at a court martial that reveals as much about the invisible injuries of war as anything. Edward Dmytryk (Murder My Sweet, Raintree County) directs the action scenes with a sure hand and nudges his all-male cast toward some of the most well-defined characters of 1950s cinema. The courtroom scenes alone have become the basis for a stage play (and a television movie in 1988), but it is a more satisfying experience to see the entire story in context. --Tom Keogh

• Rank 70 Years | DVD | (18/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  During the 1940s the Rank Organisation was a phenomenal success in the film world boasting five studios two newsreels a great many production companies a staff of 31 000 650 cinemas and an incredible turnover of 45 million. To celebrate 70 years of Britain's most acclaimed film studio this fantastic collection encompasses some of Ranks most prestigious and successful films. The Red Shoes The tragic and romantic story of Vicky Page the brilliant young dancer who must giv

• The Reckoning | DVD | (27/09/2004) from £8.01   |  Saving you £11.98 (149.56%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A fugitive priest joins forces with a troupe of travelling actors to save an innocent woman from execution in this medieval murder mystery.

• Rumble Fish | Blu Ray | (27/08/2012) from £12.72   |  Saving you £4.03 (36.77%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The second of Francis Ford Coppola's films based on the popular juvenile novels of S.E. Hinton (the first being The Outsiders), Rumble Fish split critics into opposite camps: those who admired the film for its heavily stylised indulgence, and those who hated it for the very same reason. Whatever the response, it's clearly the work of a maverick director who isn't afraid to push the limits of his innovative talent. Filmed almost entirely in black and white with an occasional dash of color for symbolic effect, this tale of alienated youth centers on gang leader Rusty James (Matt Dillon) and his band of punk pals. Rusty's got a girlfriend (Diane Lane), an older brother named Motorcycle Boy (Mickey Rourke), and a drunken father (Dennis Hopper) who've all given up trying to straighten him out. He's best at making trouble, and he pursues that skill with an enthusiastic flair that eventually catches up with him. But it's not the whacked-out story here that matters--it's the uninhibited verve of Coppola's visual approach, which includes everything from time-lapse clouds to the kind of smoky streets and alleyways that could only exist in the movies. The supporting cast includes a host of fresh faces who went on to thriving careers, including Nicolas Cage, Christopher Penn, Vincent Spano, Laurence Fishburne, and musician Tom Waits. --Jeff Shannon

• Man In The Sky | DVD | (29/03/2010) from £9.88   |  Saving you £6.11 (61.84%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When an engine catches fire on the experimental rocket-propulsion plane that he is flying test pilot John Mitchell (Jack Hawkins) defies an order to jettison the vehicle into the sea.

• Vera Series 1-9 | DVD | (25/02/2019) from £70.27   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  All the episodes from the first nine series of the ITV crime thriller based on the novels by Ann Cleeves. Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope (Brenda Blethyn) along with Detective Sergeant Joe Ashworth (David Leon) and their team, carry out various murder investigations. Series 1 episodes are: 'Hidden Depths', 'Telling Tales', 'The Crow Trap' and 'Little Lazarus'. Series 2 episodes are: 'The Ghost Position', 'Silent Voices', 'A Certain Samaritan' and 'Sandancers'. Series 3 episodes are: 'Castles in the Air', 'Poster Child', 'Young Gods' and 'Prodigal Son'. Series 4 episodes are: 'On Harbour Street', 'Protected', 'The Deer Hunters' and 'Death of a Family Man'. Series 5 episodes are: 'Changing Tides', 'Old Wound', 'Muddy Waters' and 'Shadows in the Sky'. Series 6 episodes are: 'Dark Road', 'Tuesday's Child', 'The Moth Catcher' and 'The Sea Glass'. Series 7 episodes are: 'Natural Selection', 'Dark Angel', 'Broken Promise' and 'The Blanket Mire'. Series 8 episodes are: 'Blood and Bone', 'Black Ice', 'Home' and 'Darkwater'. Series 9 episodes are: 'Blind Spot', 'Cuckoo', 'Cold River' and 'The Seagull'.

• Modigliani | DVD | (27/07/2009) from £8.94   |  Saving you £1.05 (11.74%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Paris 1919. Two men - artists Amedeo Modigliani (Andy Garcia) and Pablo Picasso (Omid Djalili) have a bitter rivalry fuelled by brilliance arrogance and passion. But Modigliani also has another passion in his life Jeanne Hebuterne (Elsa Zlyberstein) a beautiful Catholic girl whose only fault in her father's eyes was to fall in love with Modigliani a Jew. This is the remarkable story of Modigliani's brilliant but tortured genius and the great conflicts of passion he had to face. This is the true story of one amazing man and one of the greatest love tragedies in art history.

• Underground | Blu Ray | (17/06/2013) from £17.98   |  Saving you £2.01 (11.18%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The BFI Archive's acclaimed restoration of Anthony Asquith's subterranean tale of love, jealousy and murder is finally made available in this stunning Dual Format Edition. This classic British film from the silent era features Neil Brand's new orchestral score, recorded live in 2012, which perfectly complements the film's richly detailed evocation of 1920s London. From his own screenplay Anthony Asquith balances the light and dark sides of London life, aided by a superb cast of Brian Aherne and Elissa Landi as the nice young lovers and Norah Baring and Cyril McLaglen as their unhappy counterparts. More than any other film from Britain's silent canon, Underground evokes the life of the ordinary Londoner with its scenes of the bustling underground and the capital's parks, double-decker buses, pubs and shabby bedsits. Special Features: New score by celebrated silent film composer Neil Brand Alternative audio track by the UK's leading sound recordist Chris Watson A selection of early transport films from the Archive

• Reservation Road | DVD | (28/07/2008) from £7.83   |  Saving you £8.16 (104.21%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A compelling account of loss and vengeance, "Reservation Road" follows the dramatic events that see the lives of two families forever changed by a tragic accident.

• Driving Lessons | DVD | (26/12/2006) from £5.73   |  Saving you £12.26 (213.96%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A coming of age story about a shy teenage boy trying to escape from the influence of his domineering mother.

• Maitresse (DVD & Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (05/11/2012) from £14.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (33.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  World premiere on Blu-ray (as part of this BFI Dual Format Edition), this controversial film from director Barbet Schroeder (Barfly, Single White Female, The Valley) is both a conventional love story and a dark study of fetishism. Starring Gerard Depardieu as Olivier, the young innocent who falls for the mysterious maitresse Ariane (Bulle Ogier), a leather clad dominatrix. Based on an encounter with a real-life dominatrix, this story of a Paris prostitute specialising in bondage and sado-masochism was refused a certificate by the BBFC on its original release. The film features graphic scenes of torture and fetishism which the Board described as 'miles in excess of anything we have ever passed in this field in 1976.' Only released at the time in a handful of club cinemas in 1981, the film was cut by almost five minutes and finally awarded an X certificate. This fully uncut version was first passed in 2003 and is presented in new High Definition transfer for the very first time.

• The Aki Kaurismaki Collection - Vol. 3 | DVD | (22/10/2007) from £10.00   |  Saving you £19.99 (199.90%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Aki Kaurism''ki s deadpan ironic and idiosyncratic films have established him as one of modern European cinema's most accomplished filmmakers. This box set presents three of his remarkable and highly acclaimed features. Crime and Punishment: Kaurism''ki s first feature follows the descent into crime of Rahikainen a slaughterhouse worker and former law student who murders a businessman and then begins a tense game of cat and mouse with the police. Effectively updating Dostoevsky s great novel to 1980s Helsinki this remarkably assured debut offers a sharp critique of Finnish society. Calamari Union: A group of men all bar one called Frank abandon their downtrodden neighbourhood in search of Eira a near mythical district across town that promises a better life. Kaurism''ki s second features details their misadventures along the way with deadpan humour and rock and roll attitude. Hamlet Goes Buisness: In this wicked and hilarious satire of the corporate world Kaurism''ki liberally updates Shakespeare s tragedy as a hard-boiled noir B-movie. Finnish comic Pirkka-Pekka Petelius plays an irresponsible playboy who finds himself involved in a vicious boardroom power struggle with his uncle who plans to sell off his company s assets in order to corner the market on Swedish rubber ducks. La Vie de Boh''me: Freely adapted from Henri Murger s 1851 novel this is Kaurism''ki s highly individual take on the story of three bohemian artists a poet a painter and a composer set in a timeless Paris. Shifting between heartbreaking drama and black humour the fine cast features cameos from Jean-Pierre L''aud Sam Fuller and Louis Malle.

• Marlowe | Blu Ray | (18/09/2023) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Godland | Blu Ray | (03/07/2023) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In the late 19th century, Denmark regards Iceland as its territory, which extends beyond matters of geography and governance to the spiritual health of the population. So Lucas, a Lutheran priest, is sent by the Church of Denmark to establish a parish. Ever an optimist, Lucas believes his faith will guide him, even when he is warned of the obstacles, including a people who may be less than welcoming. Godland makes the most of a breathtakingly austere Icelandic landscape in its story of a man on a singular mission.

• Cutting It - Complete Series 4 | DVD | (18/07/2005) from £9.84   |  Saving you £15.15 (153.96%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Salon's thriving and Allie wants to expand and open her own hairdressing academy bringing on a new generation of hairdressers. The venture has financial backing from Liam Carney (James Murray) an ex-boy-band member who's trying to shake off the trappings of his past life with mixed success. Allie's dreams are the least of her concern when she finds out that she has Ovarian cancer but how will Gavin react? Featuring all the episodes of series 4.

• Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody | Blu Ray | (13/03/2023) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From New Jersey choir girl to one of the best-selling and most awarded recording artists of all time, this triumphant celebration of the incomparable Whitney Houston is a no-holds-barred portrait of the complex and multifaceted woman behind the voice of a generation. Follow the inspirational, poignant-and so emotional-journey through Houston's trailblazing life and career, with show-stopping performances and a soundtrack of the icon's most beloved hits as you've never heard them before.

• Dance to the Music of Time | DVD | (19/07/2010) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-10.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Anthony Powell's 12 volume novel sequence A Dance to the Music of Time dramatised for television.

• Take Shelter (Blu-Ray) | Blu Ray | (03/09/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Curtis LaForche lives a happy family life in a small Ohio town with his wife Samantha and six-year-old daughter Hannah. When he begins to have nightmares of an impending apocalyptic storm he questions his sanity but prepares for the worst by building a storm shelter. As he becomes increasingly plagued by visions his behaviour grows ever more erratic, alienating friends and putting his livelihood and marriage in jeopardy. Is Curtis losing his mind or are the visions that plague him a forewarning? A haunting and powerful film by Jeff Nichols that features an intense and mesmerising performance by Michael Shannon. Features: An exclusive new interview with Jeff Nichols Jeff Nichols and Michael Shannon on-stage Q&A at Ebertfest 2012 DP/30 round table interview with Jeff Nichols, Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain Archive interviews with Jeff Nichols, Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain Jeff Nichols ˜Semaine de la Critique' interview 2011 Behind-the-scenes Deleted scenes English subtitles for the hearing impaired

• Cottage to Let | Blu Ray | (16/03/2020) from £19.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Leslie Banks stars alongside Alastair Sim, John Mills and a very young George Cole in this thrilling wartime espionage drama from award-winning director Anthony Asquith. Adapted from Geoffrey Kerr's smash West End play (which also starred Banks, Sim and Cole), Cottage to Let is presented here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Working in secret for the Air Ministry at his remote country house laboratory, John Barrington is key to the ongoing war effort against the Nazis. Barrington's household, however, has been infiltrated by enemy agents - who plan to take him back to Berlin as prisoner. Special Features: Image gallery

• The Two Jakes | Blu Ray | (27/02/2023) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Jack Nicholson returns as private eye Jake Gittes in this atmospheric Chinatown follow-up that's hit upon the elusive sequel formula for somehow enhancing a great original (Mike Clark, USA Today ). Much has changed since we last saw Jake. The war has come and gone; 1948 Los Angeles teems with optimism and fast bucks. But there's one thing Jake knows hasn't changed:Nine times out of ten, if you follow the money you will get to the truth. And that's the trail he follows when a routine case of marital hanky panky explodes into a murder that's tied to a grab for oil and to Jake's own past.