Drama

• Atonement / The Age of Innocence / Pride and Prejudice / Sense and Sensibility | DVD | (13/09/2010) from £13.55   |  Saving you £11.44 (84.43%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Atonement: On the hottest day of the summer of 1935 thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her older sister Cecilia (Kiera Knightley) strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching Cecilia is their housekeeper's son Robbie Turner (James McAvoy) a childhood friend who along with Briony's sister has recently graduated from Cambridge. By the end of that day the lives of all three will have been changed forever. Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had never before dared to approach and will have become victims of the younger girl's scheming imagination and Briony will have committed a dreadful crime the guilt for which will colour her entire life. The Age of Innocence: Martin Scorsese one of the great directors of our time directs Oscar-winner Daniel Day-Lewis Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder in a brilliant adaptation of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. A ravishing romance about three wealthy New Yorkers caught in a tragic love triangle The Age Of Innocence chronicles the grandeur and hypocrisy of high society in the 1880's. Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis) is an upstanding lawyer who secretly longs for a more passionate life. Engaged to the lovely but ordinary socialite May Welland (Winona Ryder) Newland resigns himself to a life of quiet complacency. But when May's unconventional cousin Countess Ellen Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer) returns to New York amid social and sexual scandal Newland becomes captivated by her mysterious authority and outstanding beauty. Now he must choose between May and the world he knows and Ellen and the world he dreams of having. Pride & Prejudice: The five Bennet sisters - Elizabeth or Lizzie (Keira Knightley) Jane (Rosamund Pike) Lydia (Jena Malone) Mary (Talulah Riley) and Kitty (Carey Mulligan) - have been raised well aware of their mother's (Brenda Blethyn) fixation on finding them husbands and securing set futures. The spirited and intelligent Elizabeth however strives to live her life with a broader perspective as encouraged by her doting father (Donald Sutherland). When wealthy bachelor Mr. Bingley takes up residence in a nearby mansion the Bennets are abuzz. Amongst the man's sophisticated circle of London friends and the influx of young military officers surely there will be no shortage of suitors for the Bennet sisters. Eldest daughter Jane serene and beautiful seems poised to win Mr. Bingley's heart. For her part Lizzie meets with the handsome and it would seem snobbish Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen) and the battle of the sexes is joined. Sense & Sensibility: Sense and Sensibility is the story of two sisters; pragmatic Elinor (Emma Thompson) and passionate wilful Marianne (Kate Winslet). When their father Henry Dashwood dies by law his estate must pass to the eldest son from his first marriage. Suddenly homeless and impoverished his current wife and daughters find themselves living in a simple country cottage. The two sisters are soon accepted into their new society. Marianne becomes swept up in a passionate love affair with the dashing Willoughby (Greg Wise) while Elinor struggles to keep a tight rein on the family purse strings and to keep her feelings for Edward Ferrars (Hugh Grant) whom she left behind hidden from her family. Despite their different personalities they both experience great sorrow in their affairs but they learn to mix sense with sensibility in a society that is obsessed with both financial and social status.

• Say Anything | Blu Ray | (03/02/2014) from £59.99   |  Saving you £-47.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Seven years after he earned his first screen credit as the writer of Fast Times at Ridgemont High, former Rolling Stone writer Cameron Crowe made his directorial debut with this acclaimed romantic comedy starring John Cusack and Ione Skye as unlikely lovers on the cusp of adulthood. The casting is perfect and Crowe's rookie direction is appropriately unobtrusive, no doubt influenced by his actor-loving, Oscar-winning mentor, James L. Brooks. But the real strength of Crowe's work is his exceptional writing, his timely grasp of contemporary rhythms and language (he's frequently called "the voice of a generation"), and the rich humour and depth of his fully developed characters. In Say Anything, Cusack and Skye play recent high-school graduates enjoying one final summer before leaping into a lifetime of adult responsibilities. Lloyd (Cusack) is an aspiring kickboxer with no definite plans; Diane (Skye) is a valedictorian with plans to further her education in Europe. Together they find unlikely bliss, but there's also turbulence when Diane's father (John Mahoney)--who only wants what's best for his daughter--is charged with fraud and tax evasion. Favouring strong performances over obtrusive visual style, Crowe focuses on his unique characters and the ambitions and fears that define them; the movie's a treasure trove of quiet, often humorous revelations of personality. Lili Taylor and Eric Stoltz score high marks for memorable supporting roles, and Cusack's own sister Joan is perfect in scenes with her on- and offscreen brother. A rare romantic comedy that's as funny as it is dramatically honest, Say Anything marked the arrival of a gifted writer-director who followed up with the underrated Singles before scoring his first box-office smash with Jerry Maguire. --Jeff Shannon

• Jerry Maguire | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £4.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (100.20%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) is a man who knows the score. As a top agent at Sports Management International Jerry is unquestionably master of his universe - until that is he gets a sudden attack of morals and is unceremoniously fired! Hanging on by a thread Jerry is forced to start from scratch supported only be three very unlikely allies- single mother Dorothy Boyd (Renee Zellweger ) her cheeky young son Ray and Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.) a second rank player for the Arizona Cardinals and Jerry's sole remaining client.

• Emma / Mansfield Park | DVD | (10/10/2005) from £15.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (12.51%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Emma (Dir. Douglas McGrath 1996): In the lush countryside of 19th century England there's a young woman so devoted to meddling in the affairs of others that she fails to recognise the longings of her own heart. Her name is Emma (Gwyneth Paltrow) and although she's ""never one to interfere "" Emma manages to make a mess out of every romance she sets up. But her biggest blunder may lie ahead when she discovers her own feelings for her handsome brother-in-law a man she can't d

• La Belle Et La Bete | DVD | (25/08/2008) from £18.75   |  Saving you £1.24 (6.61%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Cocteau's surrealist vision of the classic fairytale moving from the sparse settings of Belle's village home to the enchanted castle of the Beast.

• Belgravia The Next Chapter - Season 1 | DVD | (16/09/2024) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Oxford Murders | DVD | (01/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  After the mysterious death of his landlady, Martin (Elijah Wood), a young American graduate studying in Oxford, is drawn into a complex murder mystery.

• Time Out of Mind | DVD | (14/03/2016) from £3.94   |  Saving you £9.05 (229.70%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An increasingly desperate man, George (Richard Gere), finds himself homeless on the unforgiving streets of New York City. When he seeks refuge at Bellevue Hospital, Manhattan's largest intake center for homeless men, he befriends a seasoned shelter-dweller (Ben Vereen) and begins to find hope of repairing his relationship with his estranged daughter (Jena Malone). With a successful career spanning four decades, TIME OUT OF MIND sees Gere immerse himself in the role of George - navigating the bureaucratic troubles of shelters in New York City, providing additional insight into urban poverty, challenging our perception of the homeless and bringing compassion to a group of people who are often neglected by society.

• Taking Woodstock | DVD | (06/09/2010) from £8.62   |  Saving you £11.37 (131.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In the heady summer of 1969 the young, broke and trapped Elliot Tiber finds himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life, and popular culture, forever. "Taking Woodstock" is released 13th November.

• Jakob The Liar | DVD | (08/03/2004) from £11.93   |  Saving you £-5.94 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II, poor Jewish cafe owner Jakob Heym (Oscar winner Robin Williams) accidentally overhears a forbidden radio news bulletin signaling Soviet military successes against German forces.

• The New Land/ The Emigrants | Blu Ray | (10/10/2016) from £25.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This monumental mid-nineteenth-century epic from JAN TROELL (Here Is Your Life) charts, over the course of two films, a poor Swedish farming family's voyage to America and their efforts to put down roots in this beautiful but forbidding new world. Movie legends MAX VON SYDOW (The Seventh Seal) and LIV ULLMANN (Persona) give remarkably authentic performances as Karl-Oskar and Kristina, a couple who meet with one physical and emotional trial after another on their arduous journey. The precise, minute detail with which Troell depicts the couple's storywhich is also the story of countless other people who sought better lives across the Atlanticis a wonder to behold. Engrossing every step of the way, the duo of The Emigrants and The New Land makes for perhaps the greatest screen drama about the settling of America. Bonus Features: New high-definition digital restorations of both films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks New introduction by critic and Swedish-film expert John Simon New conversation between film scholar Peter Cowie and director Jan Troell New interview with actor Liv Ullmann To Paint with Pictures, a 2005 documentary on the making of the films, featuring archival footage as well as interviews with Troell, Ullmann, producer and co-screenwriter Bengt Forslund, and actor Eddie Axberg Trailers New English subtitle translations PLUS: An essay by critic Terrence Rafferty Click Images to Enlarge

• Ship of Fools (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (29/08/2022) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Stanley Kramer's star-studded, Oscar-winning adaptation of Katherine Anne Porter's novel about passengers aboard an ocean liner bound to Germany from Mexico in 1933 forms a potent allegory of a world drifting inexorably towards war. With its incredible cast including Vivien Leigh (in her last screen role), Simone Signoret, Lee Marvin, George Segal, Oskar Werner and Jose Ferrer Ship of Fools is a powerful drama and a compelling viewing experience. It remains one of the finest ensemble pieces of the period. Product Features High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with Nick Redman, Lem Dobbs and Julie Kirgo Karen Kramer Introduction (2007, 2 mins) On Board the Ship of Fools (2007, 28 mins) Voyage on a Soundstage (2007, 11 mins) Original theatrical trailer Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• The Hidden Blade | DVD | (24/04/2006) from £24.89   |  Saving you £-4.90 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A low-ranking Samurai finds himself caught up in the nostalgic end to the feudal epoch of Japan.

• Paradise: Faith/Paradise: Hope/Paradise: Love | DVD | (30/09/2013) from £19.49   |  Saving you £5.50 (22.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Trilogy from provocateur director Ulrich Siedl...Love / Faith / Hope.

• Childhood's End | DVD | (16/05/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.57

  Omnipotent aliens arrive to save humanity from self-destruction. Under their benign gaze, war, famine and injustice become things of the past. But a small group of people are beginning to question whether this Golden Age of Man comes at a secret and terrible price. And when the Supervisor for Earth, Karellen, finally reveals his true form to the world, the sight is as profound as it is disturbing.

• Overcomer | DVD | (17/12/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Calvary | Blu Ray | (11/08/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  After being told he will be murdered in one week's time Father James Lavelle (Brendan Gleeson) finds himself with seven days to determine his would be killer and put his affairs in order.

• How To Be A Woman And Not Die In The Attempt | DVD | (23/02/2004) from £32.37   |  Saving you £-12.38 (-61.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A year in the life of feisty journalist Carmen (Maura) wife and mother of two as she attempts to overcome the chores and responsibilities associated with being married to an alcoholic...

• Pocket Money | DVD | (04/08/2003) from £10.95   |  Saving you £5.04 (46.03%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Francois Truffaut brings his love of kids and cinema seamlessly together in this tribute to the joys yearnings pains and wonders of childhood. A kaleidoscopic rhapsody in Trauffaut's classic humanist style Small Change is a lyrically funny tribute to children. In the quaint French town of Thiers the streets abound with the sounds of children laughing and playing. While most of them deal with such simple issues as puppy love and starting school for the first time some don't find l

• 8 Mile | Blu Ray | (13/02/2023) from £17.61   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eminem wins by a knockout! raves Rolling Stone, as the Grammy Award®-winning phenomenon makes his feature film debut in this gripping story about the boundaries that hold us back-and the courage that can set us free. Featuring the Academy Award®-winning song, Lose Yourself, Eminem stars as Jimmy Smith, Jr. whose life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice-and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment...is another chance. From Academy Award® winners Curtis Hanson (L.A. Confidential) and Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind), 8 Mile is the triumphant film Time Magazine hails as Powerful! and Entertainment Weekly applauds as Electrifying and Mesmerizing ! Special Features The Making of 8 Mile - Exclusive Rap battles - Superman Music Video Please note: Blu-ray disc may be restricted to Region B.