Drama

• Memoria | DVD | (25/07/2022) from £13.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From the extraordinary mind of Palme d'Or winning director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, ˜Memoria' stars Academy Award-winner Tilda Swinton as Jessica Holland, who, after hearing a loud ˜bang' at daybreak, begins experiencing a mysterious sensory syndrome while traversing the jungles of Colombia. She experiences auditory hallucinations and tries to find the sources of the sounds causing her insomnia. Soon, she begins to confront the unsettling sights and sounds that call her identity into question. Winner of the Jury Prize at last year's Cannes Film Festival, and nominated for the Palme d'Or, Memoria offers a unique meditative exploration of memory and the human condition. Product Features Q&A with Simon Field - Tilda Swinton talks with Simon Field at the ICA as they discuss Memoria, from the film's inception, how she became involved, filming in Colombia, and how audiences have received the film worldwide (duration 30m). Photo gallery - A special selection of stills going behind the scenes of Memoria Memoria UK Theatrical trailer

• Short Term 12 | DVD | (10/03/2014) from £8.45   |  Saving you £7.54 (89.23%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Told through the eyes of Grace (Brie Larson) a twenty-something supervisor at a foster-care facility for at-risk teenagers Short Term 12 is written and directed by Destin Cretton. Passionate and tough Grace is a formidable caretaker of the kids in her charge and in love with her long-term boyfriend and co-worker Mason (John Gallagher Jr). But Grace's own difficult past and the surprising future that suddenly presents itself throw her into unforeseen confusion made all the sharper with the arrival of a new intake at the facility: a gifted but troubled teenage girl with whom Grace has a charged connection. While the subject matter is complex and often dark Short Term 12 finds truth and humour in unexpected places.

• Jeune & Jolie (Young and Beautiful) | DVD | (24/03/2014) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Written and Directed by Francois Ozon (Swimming Pool In The House) Jeune and Jolie (or Young and Beautiful) is a unique look at adolescent development into maturity. Whilst on holiday with her family seventeen year old Isabelle (Marine Vacth) experiences her first sexual relationship with an attractive young man named Felix (Lucas Prisor). A few days later and for no apparent reason Isabelle casts him aside and cuts off all contact with him behaving as if their encounter never happened. When she returns home to Paris Isabelle begins a dangerous new career; she sets up a profile on an escort website and lies about her age in order to make appointments with older wealthy clients in chic expensive hotel rooms. On the one hand she is a cool professional catering to the sexual whims of the various men she encounters; on the other she is maintaining the illusion of being a regular school student for her parents and friends. Her double life spirals out of control however when the unthinkable happens with one of her regular clients and she is forced to deal with the consequences of what she has been doing.

• Andy McNab's Bravo Two Zero | DVD | (06/11/2000) from £15.88   |  Saving you £0.11 (0.69%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A made-for-TV adaptation of Andy McNab's best-selling Bravo Two Zero--his account of a covert SAS mission in the Gulf War gone wrong. Sean Bean plays McNab, part of an eight-man team dropped behind enemy lines to sever communications lines. Things inevitably go wrong, however, and the team are captured and tortured, before making a variety of daring and amazing escapes. The story on which this film is based is certainly stirring, but it suffers from being generically at odds with the production values of a TV adaptation. The acting is wooden and the budget cannot provide the pyrotechnics or thrilling action sequences which action or war junkies may demand. At some points there are even unsuccessful attempts to blend parts of the staged drama with real documentary news footage. One might argue that the presentation of the SAS team as everyday, emotionally stunted lads, and their mission as gritty, downbeat and devoid of glamour is perhaps quite true to real-life events. It is also a huge novelty to see cinematic acknowledgement of British forces' participation in any conflict occurring in the last century. On the other hand, Bravo Two Zero undoubtedly appears quite dour when placed alongside a more flashy, Hollywood offering such as Three Kings. Nevertheless, SAS aficionados and fans of the novel will enjoy it immensely, if only to look at the way in which McNab's account presents Chris Ryan--author of a drastically different film and novel version of this incident, The One That Got Away--as a posturing, image-conscious coward. The video also includes an exclusive 22-minute interview with the author, Andy McNab. --Paul Philpott

• Witchhammer | DVD | (13/11/2017) from £14.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The time is the seventeenth century. The beggar Maryna Schuchová hides the Host in her scarf at the Communion. She admits to the parish priest Schmidt that she intended to give it to the midwife Groerová to heal her ailing cow. The young priest declares her a witch and convinces the Sumperk countess De Galle to summon the inquisitor Boblig from Edelstadt. This failed student of law sees the offer as a great opportunity. He uses torture and threats to force the women from the to testify to their meetings with the devil and learn by heart the lies he has made up for the inquisition tribunal. Boblig accuses the wealthy burghers of witchcraft as well, and so wants to seize their possessions.

• First Love | DVD | (07/03/2011) from £4.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (160.32%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In this reworking of Cinderella orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school....

• Ben Hur | DVD | (13/02/2006) from £24.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £23.99

  Having swept the board at the Academy awards Ben Hur achieved an outstanding feat in film history winning eleven oscars in 1959 including Best Picture Best Actor and Best Director. After a ten month production schedule and a then massive $15 million budget this 1950s epic movie has always represented a cinematographic feat that has rarely been bettered.

• Mesrine - Killer Instinct (Complete) | Blu Ray | (25/01/2010) from £19.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (35.02%)   |  RRP £26.99

  Jacques Mesrine, last of the great French gangsters, was declared Public Enemy Number One during his lifetime. He regularly finished atop the list of newsmakers in opinion polls.

• Freud's Last Session | Blu Ray | (28/10/2024) from £13.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Set at the brink of World War II, this gripping British drama from the producers of Gosford Park, The Bucket List, and Hacksaw Ridge, stars Academy Award winner Sir Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs, Nixon) and Emmy nominee Matthew Goode (The Imitation Game, Stoker) as two of the greatest minds of the 20th century, clashing over the biggest question of all: Does God Exist?It's September 1939, and England has declared war on Germany. The father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, a recent escapee with his daughter from the Nazi regime, receives a visit from the formidable Oxford Don C.S. Lewis (The Chronicles of Narnia), a former atheist who is now a devout Christian. Sparking a debate with the younger man about the damage that unquestioned belief may bring, Freud's mortality, and what Lewis believes comes after death, fuels their discussion, as the two men clash and question each other about science, faith, love, the human condition, and what divides - and could possibly unite - the aspirations of the mind and the needs of the soul, interweaving the lives of Freud and Lewis, past, present, and fantasy in a story that bursts from the confines of Freud's study, and delves into the deeper realms of both men's psyche.

• Mean Streets (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (15/01/2024) from £51.55   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A low-level mafioso battles with his guilty conscience as he tries to save his misfit friend from the same world of crime that he was born into. Product Features Dual format edition including both UHD and Blu-ray with main feature and bonus features on both discs New 4K restoration supervised and approved by Director Martin Scorsese and Collaborator Thelma Schoonmaker UHD presented in Dolby Vision HDR Restored original mono audio New audio commentary by Demetrios Matheou (author of BFI Classics Mean Streets) and David Thompson (Co-Editor of Scorsese on Scorsese) Scene specific audio commentary with Martin Scorsese and Actor Amy Robinson Keep Moving Forward: a new interview with Producer Jonathan T Taplin Saints and Sinners: Dr Catherine Wheatley on Mean Streets 2011 Film at Lincoln Center screening introduction, interview and Q&A with Martin Scorsese Mardik: Baghdad to Hollywood feature-length documentary Archive featurette: Back on the Block Archive featurette: Home Movies Trailer Limited Edition Contents Rigid slipcase with original artwork 178-page book with new essays by Mark Asch, Daniel Bird, Charles Bramesco, Lillian Crawford, Extract from Scorsese on Scorsese, Elena Lazic, Manuela Lazić and Christina Newland 8 collectors' art cards

• Through the Shadowlands | DVD | (19/08/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Island at War | DVD | (10/09/2007) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Island at War is set in Saint Gregory a fictitious island in the Channel Islands during the Second World War. It tells the harrowing story of how three families are affected by the German occupation and how they managed to live and work alongside the enemy for five years. The three families are; the Dorrs whose son is at war but unexpectedly returns the Mahys shopkeepers recovering from both the loss of the head of their family Mr Mahy and their shop. The third family is the simple fishing famly called the Jonases who are very tight-knit and endeavour to make the best of a bad situation. Heart-stopping suspense and an unexpected romance unfold in an atmosphere steeped in the ambiguity and senselessness of war.

• The Ghost And Mrs Muir | DVD | (09/05/2005) from £14.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Determined to make a life for herself and her daughter Lucy Muir (Gene Tierney) a young widow moves into a cottage overlooking the windswept English coast. She soon learns that it's haunted by the ghost of its former owner a salty sea captain (Rex Harrison). But the Captain's effort to scare off his new tenant soon develops into a most unlikely love affair. When Lucy runs out of money the Captain ""ghost writes"" a book for her based on his life story. Their publishing success h

• The Blue Lagoon (1980) Dual Format (Blu-ray & DVD) edition | Blu Ray | (10/04/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In 1980, Randal Kleiser's remake of The Blue Lagoon had its critics well and truly divided. On the one hand adolescent nudity, however tasteful, was enough to give the censors the vapours. On the other, the story--essentially a reworking of Robinson Crusoe based on Stacpoole's Edwardian adventure novel with two young children as the castaways growing up on a desert island--seemed just too removed from reality. Kleiser set out to make "the ultimate South Seas film", and indeed the location shooting is a richly beautiful complement to the intimate tale of two young people coming to terms with their own adulthood. He teases out touching performances from Brooke Shields (Emmeline) and Christopher Atkins (Richard) as the marooned pair, and a nicely ambivalent cameo from Leo McKern as Paddy, the ship's cook who gets them set up on the island before rum gets the better of him. A stilted script helps none of them. But the moments of awkward self-discovery and dawning sexuality are handled with a tenderness which ultimately triumphs over some of the more implausible elements: Shields' perpetually manicured nails, for example, or the fact that she unexpectedly gives birth without breaking sweat. To say nothing of the pair's extraordinary home-building skills, which would have been beyond the remit of the average Edwardian governess to teach. Today, for all its efforts to be taken seriously as a tale of preserved innocence and discovery, it succeeds best as a good old-fashioned adventure. On the DVD: This widescreen presentation positively bulges with extras. A choice of director's commentaries means that you can hear Randal Kaiser (who had previously directed Grease) reminiscing in fine detail with writer Douglas Day Stewart, and both Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins. Some might think this overkill for a non-landmark film, but the discussions are genuinely interesting. The film was clearly a formative experience in Shields' adolescent career --she has also provided an album of personal snapshots as another extra--and it is fascinating to hear her talk about it from her current position as a star of sophisticated television sitcom. The crystal-clear digital remastering and anamorphic stereo picture and sound quality of the main film don't extend to this scratchy, sometimes inaudible documentary. --Piers Ford

• The Accused | Blu Ray | (14/03/2022) from £8.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  After a young woman suffers a brutal assault in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.

• Good Luck to You, Leo Grande Blu Ray | Blu Ray | (12/09/2022) from £8.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE, two-time Academy Award® winner Emma Thompson (Love, Actually) plays Nancy Stokes, a retired school teacher yearning for some adventure, and some sex. And she has a plan, which involves hiring a young sex worker named Leo Grande (Daryl McCormack). As Nancy embarks on a post-marital sexual awakening and Leo draws on his skills and charm, together they find a surprising human connection.

• The Pete Walker Sexploitation Collection - Deluxe Edition | Blu Ray | (22/05/2023) from £41.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Years before he became revered as the 'Gentleman of British Horror', prolific filmmaker Pete Walker started his cinema career making hugely popular sexploitation movies and gangland thrillers. Walker's films didn't shy away from controversial subjects - prostitution, underage sex, pornography and the criminal underworld - and proved irresistible to audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. 'X'-rated productions like School for Sex (which played solidly in London's West End for over a year) display the exceptional early talents of Britain's most celebrated and commercially successful director of his generation. Now for the very first time, Walker's finest non-horror movies are brought together for this spectacular new box-set, starring a host of famous faces: Robin Askwith (Confessions of a Window Cleaner), Francoise Pascal (Mind Your Language), James Aubrey (Bouquet of Barbed Wire) and David Kernan (Carry On Abroad). The Pete Walker Sexploitation Collection collects For Men Only (1967), School for Sex (1968), Cool It Carol! (1970) and Home Before Midnight (1978), all presented here in brand new HD restorations, and featuring an arresting array of exclusive extras, including brand-new interviews with Walker himself. Product Features Rigid Slipcase featuring Artwork by Thomas Walker Booklet Notes by Author and Film-maker Simon Sheridan Cheeky Post Cards Cool it Carol New 2K Restoration From Original Vault Materials High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray™ presentation in 1.66:1 Aspect Ratio Lossless 2.0 English Mono Optional English Subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Audio Commentary with Critics Kim Newman and Sean Hogan When Robin Met Janet - An Interview with Director Pete Walker Jess Conrad - The Playboy - An Interview with Actor Jess Conrad Step to Drama - Archive Interview with Director Pete Walker Cool Operator - An Interview with Cinematographer Peter Sinclair Cutting It - An Interview with 1st Assistant Editor Glenn Hyde Theatrical Trailer School For Sex High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray™ presentation in 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio Lossless 2.0 English Mono Optional English Subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Audio Commentary with Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby (UK Version) Continental Version Scenes From Continental Version Bad Education - Making School for Sex Francoise Pascal - Skool's Out School for Sex 8mm version (b/w cut-down version) Tricky Treats 8mm (Pete Walker early striptease film) Theatrical Trailer For Men Only High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray™ presentation in 1.37:1 Aspect Ratio Lossless 2.0 English Mono Optional English Subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Select Scenes From the Continental Version Continental Version Trailer Home Before Midnight Remastered Transfer, Extensive Dust and Damage Repair and Removal High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray™ presentation in 1.66:1 Aspect Ratio Lossless 2.0 English Mono Optional English Subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Michael Armstrong - The Midnight Man Pete Walker's A Star Is Dead: Sex Pistols '77 Working For Walker Theatrical Trailer

• The Go-Between | DVD | (22/01/2007) from £12.27   |  Saving you £3.72 (30.32%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Summer 1900: Queen Victoria's last and the summer Leo turns 13. He's the guest of Marcus a wealthy classmate at a grand home in rural Norfolk. Leo is befriended by Marian Marcus's twenty-something sister a beauty about to be engaged to Hugh a viscount and good fellow. Marian buys Leo a forest-green suit takes him on walks and asks him to carry messages to and from their neighbor Ted Burgess a bit of a rake. Leo is soon dissembling realizes he's betraying Hugh but continues as the go-between nonetheless asking adults naive questions about the attractions of men and women. Can an affair between neighbors stay secret for long? And how does innocence end?

• Hound of the Baskervilles | DVD | (17/02/2003) from £20.57   |  Saving you £-4.58 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  With 17 previous screen adaptations behind it, this 2002 BBC version of The Hound of the Baskervilles might have been inhibited by the sheer weight of expectation. But in this production--marking the centenary of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel--director David Attwood rings the changes subtly and strikingly, helped by Allan Cubitt's tautly argued script and Christopher Hall's vivid production: the viewer feels the "presence" of the moors as never before. Richard Roxburgh is a thoughtful, understated Sherlock Holmes--self-absorbed yet observant of life around him. There's nothing bumbling or ineffectual about Ian Hart's Dr Watson--a resourceful thinker who, often sceptical of Holmes, complements him in human awareness. Richard E Grant dons a plausibly sociopathic manner as Stapleton, and there's a touching portrayal of his put-upon sister from Neve McIntosh. John Nettles and Geraldine James contribute sterling character parts as Dr and Mrs Mortimer, and Matt Day is a suave, not too sophisticated Sir Henry Baskerville. It adds up to a convincing rethink of a hallowed tale. On the DVD: The Hound of the Baskervilles on disc comes with a 16:9 picture that reproduces the sombre atmosphere of Baskerville Hall--shot at a variety of English locations--with real immediacy, and the Dolby Digital sound has 5.1 surround enhancement. Subtitles are in 11 languages, with 10 scene selections--framed in a stylishly- presented main menu. Special Features include a 12-minute making of documentary and interviews with the cast members, as well as a running commentary from Attwood and Hall. --Richard Whitehouse

• Pinter at the BBC (5-DVD Set) | DVD | (28/01/2019) from £38.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Harold Pinter (1930-2008) was one of the most important and influential British playwrights of the last century. Whilst best-known for his work for the stage, this collection celebrates Pinter's significant contribution to television. His work for the screen shares many of the qualities of that for the stage, from a fascination with the private roots of power and an abiding preoccupation with memory, to a belief in the agency of women. Featuring 10 plays made for the BBC between 1965 and 1988, and previously unavailable on DVD, highlights include Tea Party (1965), Old Times (1975) and 1987's The Birthday Party which sees a rare example of Pinter acting in his own work. A dazzling array of British acting talent is on display, including Michael Gambon, Julie Walters, Leo McKern, Vivian Merchant, John Le Mesurier and Miranda Richardson. THE PLAYS: The Tea Party (Charles Jarrot, 1965) A Slight Ache (Christopher Morahan, 1967) A Night Out (Christopher Morahan, 1967) The Basement (Charles Jarrot, 1967) Monologue (Christopher Morahan, 1973) Old Times (Christopher Morahan, 1975) The Hothouse (Harold Pinter, 1982) Landscape (Kenneth Ives, 1983) The Birthday Party (Kenneth Ives, 1987) Mountain Language (Harold Pinter, 1988) Special Features: Writers in Conversation: Harold Pinter (1984, 47 mins): an ICA interview with Harold Pinter by Benedict Nightingale Pinter People (1969, 16 mins): a series of four animated films written by Harold Pinter Face to Face: Harold Pinter (1997, 39 mins): Sir Jeremy Isaacs interviews Harold Pinter, who discusses the images and events which have inspired some of his most powerful dramas Harold Pinter Guardian Interview (1996, 73 mins, audio only): an extensive interview with the legendary playwright by critic Michael Billington, recorded at the National Film Theatre Illustrated booklet with new writing by Michael Billington, John Wyver, Billy Smart, Amanda Wrigley, David Rolinson and Lez Cooke, and full film credits UK | 1965 1988 | black and white, and colour | 628 minutes | English language with optional hard-of-hearing subtitles | original aspect ratio 1.33:1 | 5 x DVD9, PAL, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio (192kbps) | cert 15 (strong language, moderate violence, threat, sex references | region 2