Drama

• Charters and Caldicott | DVD | (25/04/2016) from £49.95   |  Saving you £-24.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  It's more than 40 years since their classic crime capers in The Lady Vanishes, Night Train to Munich and It's Not Cricket. The gentlemen-sleuth duo may be retired but they still forgo their Friday lunch to investigate a new murder mystery. Caldicott (Michael Aldridge) lives in splendid luxury at Viceroy Court, Marylebone, while Charters (Robin Bailey) resides in leafy Reigate and as ever they meet at their posh Pall Mall club. When the body of an old friend's daughter is found in Caldicott's flat, the pair forgo their regular Friday lunch to solve the crime. The mystery deepens, though, when Charters receives a phone call from the supposedly dead girl! Over the six entertaining episodes the plot thickens as the case is linked to a cargo of gold on a sunken German WWII U-Boat. And from there the excitement builds to a thrilling climax at Lord's Cricket Ground both on and off the pitch!

• Joy | Blu Ray | (25/04/2016) from £6.96   |  Saving you £25.02 (630.23%)   |  RRP £28.99

  JOY is the wild story of a family across four generations centered on the girl who becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty and becomes a matriarch in her own right. Betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, pave the road in this intense emotional and human comedy about becoming a true boss of family and enterprise facing a world of unforgiving commerce. Allies become adversaries and adversaries become allies, both inside and outside the family, as Joy's inner life and fierce imagination carry her through the storm she faces. Jennifer Lawrence stars, with Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Edgar Ramirez, Isabella Rossellini, Diane Ladd, Virginia Madsen, Elisabeth Röhm and Dascha Polanco. Like David O. Russell's previous films, Joy defies genre to tell a story of family, loyalty, and love.

• King Lear | DVD | (06/06/2005) from £8.72   |  Saving you £-2.73 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  There have been a number of notable cinematic versions of King Lear and Peter Brook's depiction of Shakespeare's epic tragedy is no exception. The majesticl Paul Scofield tackles the role of Lear with such aplomb that it is clear to see why many of his contemporaries consider him to be the finest Shakespearian actor to emerge from the RSC (Royal Shakespeare Company).

• Baby Love | Blu Ray | (22/06/2020) from £20.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Charting the implosion of a middle-class family in the presence of an emotionally deprived, sexually provocative teenage girl, this controversial feature marks the big-screen debut of both future Hammer and Confessions... star Linda Hayden and BAFTA- and Emmy award-winning director Alastair Reid. Co-starring Diana Dors and Keith Barron, Baby Love is featured here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Brought up in slums, fifteen-year-old Luci becomes orphaned and is taken in by an old friend of her mother's. While she quickly develops a taste for her new comfortable life, her resentment grows and, little by little, Luci seduces everyone around her as she sets out to destroy her adoptive family...

• Cass | Blu Ray | (29/12/2008) from £6.81   |  Saving you £18.18 (266.96%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The incredible true story of how an orphaned Jamaican baby, adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London, became one of the most feared and respected men in Britain.

• Awaydays | DVD | (28/09/2009) from £6.30   |  Saving you £11.69 (185.56%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A gritty and hard-hitting coming-of-age story about one young man looking for answers in all the wrong places as he falls in with a violent gang

• The Sarah Jane Adventures - Invasion of the Bane | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £5.67   |  Saving you £-0.68 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Sarah Jane Smith is a truly remarkable woman. She inhabits a world of mystery danger and wonder. A world where aliens are commonplace and the Earth is constantly under threat. A world that Maria Jackson - a seemingly ordinary girl - can only dream of until she moves in next door. Nothing will ever be ordinary again. In the first adventure there's a new drink taking the world by storm - Bubbleshock! Everyone's drinking it. When Maria's dragged along to the factory tour by her new friend Kelsey - a girl with an opinion on everything - she's plunged into the sinister world of Bubbleshock and the mysterious Mrs Wormwood. There's something terrible behind the hype - something Sarah Jane's interested in too... The Sarah Jane Adventures are thrilling stories for children. Big adventures superb effects wicked comedy.

• The Color Purple | Blu Ray | (04/12/2023) from £19.97   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Steven Spielberg's 1985 cinematic adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple brings the unforgettable story and characters to life with a talented cast. Whoopi Goldberg delivers a remarkable debut performance as Celie, who defies cruelty with love and finds joy in a closed-off world. The film received 11 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, and features captivating performances by Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery, Adolph Caesar, Rae Dawn Chong, and Akosua Busia. This enduring classic remains beloved by fans worldwide. Product Features On-Disc Special Features Conversations with the Ancestors: The Color Purple from Book to Screen A Collaboration of Spirits: Casting and Acting The Color Purple Cultivating a Classic: The Making of The Color Purple, The Color Purple: The Musical Theatrical Trailers

• Tess Of The D'Urbervilles | DVD | (19/02/2007) from £9.98   |  Saving you £2.00 (25.03%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The powerful tale of a peasant girl whose life is torn apart by the love and jealousy of two men. Tess's journey from innocent country maiden to tragic ruined heroine is a story of love prejudice and hypocrisy in an era of Victorian values.

• Jesse Stone - The Complete Collection (Stone Cold / Night Passage / Death In Paradise / Sea Change / Thin Ice / No Remorse / Innocents Lost / Benefit Of The Doubt / Lost In Paradise) | DVD | (20/05/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Postcards From The Edge | DVD | (08/03/2004) from £4.19   |  Saving you £1.80 (30.10%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A film by Mike Nichols of Carrie Fisher's semi-autobiographical novel, Postcards from the Edge is an intermittently hilarious, occasionally tear-stained account of an actress' struggle with addiction and with her competitive star mother. Meryl Streep turns in yet another flawlessly perfect performance as Suzanne, who is coping with cleaning up while making yet another idiot cop film. Shirley Maclaine is effective and overpowering as her hard-drinking Old Hollywood star mother perpetually trying to remould her daughter, singing Sondheim songs at parties, showing off her still-perfect legs and occasionally driving into trees. Among the many guest stars, Dennis Quaid is self-effacingly unpleasant as an unreliable boyfriend, Gene Hackman charismatic as a fatherly director and Annette Benning impressive in a cameo as a starlet rival. Nichols' standard slickness is very much on display here; this is perhaps too obviously manipulative a film in which the emotional detail is never quite as impressive as the central performances and script deserve. On the DVD: The DVD takes the rather subversive risk of giving the commentary role to Carrie Fisher, who discusses entertainingly how the screenplay evolved from her original novel, occasionally making clear that certain sentimentalisations of the characters were not her idea; she argues coherently that the film makes Meryl Streep's character a little too much the martyr. She also gives us a lot of faintly scurrilous Hollywood and family gossip. It also provides the theatrical trailer and filmographies for the director and major players. --Roz Kaveney

• Therese Desqueyroux | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £6.98   |  Saving you £9.01 (129.08%)   |  RRP £15.99

  1926: In the French region of Landes near Bordeaux marriages are arranged to merge property and unite neighbouring families. Thus young Thérèse Larroque becomes Madame Desqueyroux. However her avant-garde ideas soon clash with local conventions and her domineering husband and in order to break free from the fate imposed upon her she will resort to tragically extreme measures...

• Body Double | DVD | (09/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Director Brian De Palma pits sexuality against physical violence in a roller coaster of a thriller starring Craig Wasson and Melanie Griffith. A beautiful young woman performs a seductive striptease at the window of her fabulous Hollywood home. A struggling young actor watches entranced from a house nearby drawn into her obsession. Suddenly he becomes a helpless witness to her savage murder. Compelled to track down the psychopath responsible his investigations lead him into the stark and perverted world of the body double.

• Looking For Eric | DVD | (12/10/2009) from £7.05   |  Saving you £12.94 (183.55%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In desperate times it takes a spliff and a special friend to help a lost postman find his way, so Eric turns to his hero: footballing genius, philosopher and poster boy, Eric Cantona.

• A Single Man | DVD | (07/06/2010) from £7.05   |  Saving you £12.94 (183.55%)   |  RRP £19.99

  "A Single Man" is a romantic tale of love interrupted, the isolation that is an inherent part of the human condition, and ultimately the importance of the seemingly smaller moments in life.

• Mystery Train (Criterion Collection) - UK Only | Blu Ray | (24/04/2023) from £22.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Aloof teenage Japanese tourists, a frazzled Italian widow, and a disgruntled British immigrant all converge in the city of dreams-which, in Mystery Train, from Jim Jarmusch (Stranger Than Paradise, Night on Earth), is Memphis. Made with its director's customary precision and wit, Mystery Train is a triptych of stories that pay playful tribute to the home of Stax Records, Sun Studio, Graceland, Carl Perkins, and, of course, the King himself, who presides over the film like a spirit. Mystery Train is one of Jarmusch's very best movies, a boozy and beautiful pilgrimage to an iconic American ghost town and a paean to the music it gave the world. Product Features New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Jim Jarmusch, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Q&A with Jarmusch in which he responds to questions sent in by fans Excerpts from the 2001 documentary Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put a Spell on Me Original documentary on the film's locations and the rich social and musical history of Memphis On-set photos by Masayoshi Sukita and behind-the-scenes photos English subtitle translation PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by writers Dennis Lim and Peter Guralnick

• Clocking Off - Series 1 | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £14.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (33.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This double-disc includes all 6 episodes of the first series. Set in the Mackintosh Textiles factory each episode of Clocking Off focuses on different members of the workforce from Mack (Philip Glenister) the charismatic owner and his indispensable secretary Trudy (Lesley Sharp) to KT (Andrew Sheridan) the lowliest worker on the shop floor and Mack's stunning young wife Katherine (Christine Tremarco) who holds the key to both his happiness and his downfall. Full of the la

• The Blind Side | Blu Ray | (09/08/2010) from £9.75   |  Saving you £13.24 (135.79%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Sandra Bullock ("The Proposal") and Tim McGraw ("Friday Night Lights") star in "The Blind Side," which depicts the remarkable true story of All-American football star Michael Oher.

• The Brothers | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £7.44   |  Saving you £2.55 (34.27%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Four African-American men - a banker, a doctor, a lawyer and a playboy - tackle love, sex, and commitment in this comedy drama.

• No Trees in the Street | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £8.29   |  Saving you £1.70 (20.51%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Sylvia Syms and Herbert Lom star in this hard-hitting drama set in the slums of pre-war London. Directed by Oscar nominee J. Lee-Thompson and adapted by Dixon of Dock Green creator Ted Willis from his own play No Trees in the Street earned BAFTA nominations for Best British Actress for Syms and Best British Screenplay for Willis. It is presented here in a brand-new digital transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Encouraged by his mother Jess Tommy opts to earn money the easy way by working for Wilkie a local racketeer who preys on the families of Kennedy Street; Jess also tries to force daughter Hetty to marry Wilkie. Unable to bear her squalid existence any longer Hetty tries to leave home... Bonus Features: Original theatrical trailer Image gallery Promotional material PDFs