Drama

• Four Moons | DVD | (25/04/2016) from £8.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (43.80%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A young boy fights to suppress his growing attraction to his male cousin, a relationship between two reunited friends threatens devastating repercussions, the appearance of a third party throws off the balance of a committed gay relationship, and a family man gives into his obsession over a handsome male prostitute in this film featuring four stunning and personal tales of personal struggle.

• Strings | DVD | (05/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  "Strings" is a mythological story about the son of a king who sets out to revenge the death of his father.

• My Forbidden Past | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  My Forbidden Past

• Berberian Sound Studio | Blu Ray | (31/12/2012) from £8.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  1976: A timid sound engineer from rural Surrey arrives in Italy to work on a mysterious horror film, mixing bloodcurdling screams with the grotesque sounds of hacked vegetables. But as the onscreen violence seeps into his consciousness reality and fantasy become blurred and the nightmare starts to awake. Daringly original and masterfully constructed, this inspired homage to 70s Giallo horror is a devastating assault on the eyes, ears and brain, already being compared to the films of Ingmar Bergman and David Lynch.

• The Goob | DVD | (21/09/2015) from £4.59   |  Saving you £14.66 (440.24%)   |  RRP £17.99

  We’re in the middle of a heat wave in Fenland England. Goob Taylor has spent each of his sixteen summers helping his Mum run the transport cafe and harvest the surrounding pumpkin fields. When his Mum shacks up with untamed stock car driving supremo and ladies’ man Gene Womack Goob becomes an unwelcome side thought. However Goob’s world turns when exotic pumpkin picker Eva arrives. Fuelled by her flirtatious comments Goob dreams of better things.

• Hanging Garden (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (26/05/2025) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Before Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Tokyo Sonata, Kore'eda's Still Walking and Sion Sono's Noriko's Dinner Table, there was Toshiaki Toyoda's Hanging Garden, the film that started it all. Family as a nightmare and a fount of terror, discord and disquiet: that was his idea. A visually stunning and surreal tale of desperate times, in which we feel the pressure of things unspoken rippling through an unusual 20th-century Japanese family, Hanging Garden features an unforgettable gallery of neurotic portraits presided over by a camera that travels with unhindered calm, composure and Toyoda's incomparable mad auteur style. ¢ Director Toshiaki Toyoda audio commentary ¢ Making Of (29 mins) ¢ Deleted Scenes (30 mins)

• Out of the Blue | Blu Ray | (29/11/2021) from £18.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Responsible for a deadly accident whilst driving intoxicated, Don Barnes (Dennis Hopper) struggles to reconnect with his family after returning from a stretch in prison. With his wife (Sharon Farrell) a promiscuous drug addict and his disturbed daughter (Linda Manz) finding solace in punk rock and the music of Elvis Presley, the trauma of the past looms large as dark secrets slowly begin to emerge. Featuring an astonishing performance by Manz, as an angry and disillusioned victim of her circumstances, this punk-fueled drama chronicles the collapse of sixties idealism into the nihilistic haze of the 1980s. Despite only taking over directing duties 8 days into the shoot Out of the Blue arguably represents Hopper's strongest film as director and is a cult-classic ripe for rediscovery, it's presented here in a new 4K restoration and is on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK. Special Features Newly restored in 4K Limited edition2-disc set) Audio commentary with writer and director Dennis Hopper and producer Paul Lewis (2000) Montclair Film Festival Q&A with Elizabeth Karr and John Alan Simon (2020, 30 mins) Jack Nicholson radio spot (1982) Reconstructed original US trailer 40th Anniversary re-release trailer More extras TBC *All extras are subject to change

• Pretty In Pink | Blu Ray | (27/02/2023) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A newly remastered Blu-ray™, from a 4K film transfer supervised by director Howard Deutch, Pretty in Pink looks prettier than ever. Teen sensations Molly Ringwald (Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club) and Andrew McCarthy(St. Elmo's Fire) drew rave reviews for their starring performances in this hit love story produced and written by John Hughes (Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles).Andie is a high school girl from the other side of town. Blane's the wealthy heartthrob who asks her to the prom. But as fast as their romance builds, it's threatened by the painful reality of peer pressure. From its bittersweet story to its hip New Wave soundtrack, the film features great supporting performances from Harry Dean Stanton, Jon Cryer, James Spader and Annie Potts.Product Features Filmmaker focus: Director howard deutch on pretty in pink Isolated score Original Special Features The Lost Dance: The original ending Original theatrical trailer 1986

• Lark Rise To Candleford - Series 3 | Blu Ray | (26/04/2010) from £16.18   |  Saving you £8.81 (54.45%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The BBC's heart-warming adaptation of Flora Thompson's magical memoir of her Oxfordshire childhood returns for a third series. Set at the end of the 19th century Lark Rise To Candleford stars Julia Sawalha Olivia Hallinan Brendan Coyle Mark Heap and Ruby Bentall. As the residents of Lark Rise and Candleford return in this feel-good drama could the fortunes of the Timmins family be about to change? Daniel Parish a journalist arrives to deliver the news that Emma has been left some money. There's a substantial sum to be claimed if Emma can prove her right to the money and there's a rags to riches story in it for Daniel's newspaper. As Robert and Emma contemplate their change in fortunes Laura who is fascinated to meet a real writer shows Daniel around Lark Rise. Elsewhere the Pratt sisters are keeping secrets from one another; a visit from the Bishop coincides with Queenie's pagan ritual; the haunting words of Alf's song profoundly affect his guests; an epidemic - threatened harvest leaves Lark Rise desperate for help from the folk of Candleford and Minnie - in her attempt to live by Dorcas's advice of always telling the truth - ends up offending almost everyone who comes to the post office.

• World Trade Center Special Edition | DVD | (29/01/2007) from £4.98   |  Saving you £18.01 (361.65%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Oliver Stone's controversial movie about last two men who were pulled alive from the remains of the World Trade Center after September 11.

• Sunshine State | DVD | (27/01/2003) from £4.97   |  Saving you £15.02 (302.21%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This critically acclaimed film from the legendary American director John Sayles is an intelligent and thought provoking drama that follows two women who return to their Florida hometown and are forced to deal with a variety of personal and practical issues...

• Rome: The Complete HBO Season 2 (6 Disc Box Set) | DVD | (10/09/2007) from £29.99   |  Saving you £25.00 (83.36%)   |  RRP £54.99

  Unlike another certain celebrated HBO series, Rome's end will satisfy those swept up in its lavishly mounted spectacle and invested in the human dramas of the historical figures and fictional characters. Series 2 begins in the wake of Julius Caesar's assassination, and charts the power struggle to fill his sandals between "vulgar beast" Mark Antony (James Purefoy) and "clever boy" Octavian (Simon Woods), who is surprisingly named Caesar's sole heir. The series' most compelling relationship is between fellow soldiers and unlikely friends, the honorable Lucius Vorenus (Kevin McKidd) and Titus "Violence is the only trade I know" Pullo (Ray Stevenson), who somewhat reverse roles when Vorenus is overcome with grief in the wake of his wife's suicide. Series 2 considerably ups the ante in the rivalry between Atia (an Emmy-worthy Polly Walker), who is Antony's mistress, and Servilia (Lindsay Duncan) with attempted poisonings and sickening torture. Another gripping sub plot is Vorenus's estrangement from his children, who, at the climax of the season opener are presumed slaughtered, but whose true fate may be even more devastating to the father who cursed them. Rome's second season does not scrimp on the series' sex and violence, in both cases exceedingly brutal. But in this cauldron of treachery and betrayal, words, too, are vicious, as when a defiant Atia ominously tells Octavian's new wife, Livia, "Far better women that you have sworn to [destroy me]. Go look for them now." In writing Rome's epitaph, we come to praise this series, not to bury it. Although two seasons was not enough to establish a Rome empire, it stands as one of HBO's crowning achievements. --Donald Liebenson

• Care - Critically acclaimed BBC drama starring Sheridan Smith and Alison Steadman.) | DVD | (01/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From Emmy winner and multi BAFTA award-winning writer Jimmy McGovern (The Street, Broken) comes Care, starring International Emmy Award nominee Sheridan Smith (Cilla) as a single mother struggling to raise her two children in the aftermath of a family tragedy. After her husband's departure, Jenny (Smith) is fully reliant on the childcare her mother Mary (Alison Steadman - Hold the Sunset, Gavin & Stacey) provides. But when Mary suffers a devastating stroke and develops dementia, Jenny's world comes crashing down, as everything changes for her and her sister Claire (Sinead Keenan - Little Boy Blue, Being Human). Finding herself torn between her own life and the wellbeing of her mother, Jenny soon discovers that another way could be possible - but she'll have to fight for it.'Sheridan Smith has a rare gift' - The Independent; 'Stunningly heart breaking' - The Express; 'This film has BAFTA written all over it' - Metro.

• Sicario 2: Soldado UHD BD | Blu Ray | (29/10/2018) from £19.94   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The drug war on the U.S.-Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border. To fight the war, federal agent Matt Graver re-teams with the mercurial Alejandro.

• I Don't Know How She Does It | Blu Ray | (06/02/2012) from £8.98   |  Saving you £18.00 (257.51%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The archetypal single gal from Sex and the City dives into family life in I Don't Know How She Does It. Kate Reddy, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, could easily be Carrie Bradshaw's alternate life: a rising finance analyst, Kate feels guilty for short-changing her husband (Greg Kinnear) and two children. When she gets the opportunity to work with a high-powered exec (Pierce Brosnan), the already tense family relationship gets stretched to the breaking point and Kate has to make some hard choices. I Don't Know How She Does It is pure formula, but executed well. The entire cast (also including Christina Hendricks as a single-mum best friend, Kelsey Grammer as an overbearing boss, Seth Meyers as a sniping rival, and a scene-stealing Olivia Munn as Kate's assistant) play their parts with skill, while Parker's rapport with Kinnear is particularly warm and persuasive. Moreover, you have to admire the sheer chutzpah of hammering home political points about double standards in the workplace and then delivering a fairy-tale ending. Men have realised the importance of family over work in dozens upon dozens of cookie-cutter heartwarming flicks; apparently it's time that women got the opportunity to do the same. No doubt this signifies some important cultural shift; college theses are waiting to be written about it. --Bret Fetzer

• Rain Man | Blu Ray | (01/09/2014) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Rain Man is the kind of touching drama that Oscars are made for--and, sure enough, the film took Academy honours for best picture, director, screenplay and actor (Dustin Hoffman) in 1988. Hoffman plays Raymond, an autistic savant whose late father has left him $3 million in a trust. This gets the attention of his materialistic younger brother, a hot-shot LA car dealer named Charlie (Tom Cruise) who wasn't even aware of Raymond's existence until he read his estranged father's will. Charlie picks up Raymond and takes him on a cross-country journey that becomes a voyage of discovery for Charlie, and, perhaps, for Raymond too. Rain Man will either captivate or irritate you (Raymond's sputtering of repetitious phrases is enough to drive anyone crazy), but it is obviously a labour of love for those involved. Hoffman had been attached to the film for many years, as various directors and writers came and went, but his persistence eventually paid off--kind of like Raymond in Las Vegas. Look for director Barry Levinson in a cameo as a psychiatrist near the end of the film. --Jim Emerson, Amazon.com

• Coupling: Complete Series 2 | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £6.15   |  Saving you £13.84 (225.04%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Steven Moffat's second series of Coupling, first broadcast in 2001, is a brilliant consolidation of all those neuroses, small deceits, obsessions and personality tics that struck such a resonant chord when Steve, Susan and their four friends were first unleashed on us. Comparisons with Friends itself are tiresome and lazy: Coupling is an intrinsically British comedy that picks apart the trivial and the mundane in everyday relationships and takes them on surreal journeys, leaving the participants hilariously bemused and rarely any wiser. Its success is due to the magical combination of Moffat's very funny scripts and the talents of six extremely likable actors, including Jack Davenport (Steve) and Sarah Alexander (Susan). But it's Richard Coyle's Jeff, whose sexual fantasies and putting-your-his-in-it propensities exert a compelling fascination, who really keeps you watching through your fingers as you hold your hands to your face in disbelief. Breasts, bottoms and pants are the basis for most of the conversational analysis when these friends get together as a group, as couples, as girlfriends or as mates, invariably becoming metaphors for the state of a relationship or situation. Individual viewpoints and terrors are explored through respective memories of the same event and what-if scenarios. Chain reactions inevitably ensue, fuelling comedy that is based almost entirely on misunderstanding. On the DVD: Coupling, Series 2 on disc is presented in 16:9 anamorphic video aspect ratio, together with a crisp Dolby Digital stereo soundtrack; Mari Wilson's sensuous version of "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" for the theme tune deserves a special mention. Extras include disappointing interviews with writer Steven Moffat and Jack Davenport, which are mainly an excuse to repeat several major scenes from the series in full. The "Behind the scenes" feature is also a let-down: it's just a not very funny record of a cast photo shoot. --Piers Ford

• David Holzman's Diary | DVD | (30/01/2006) from £11.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (8.34%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A young filmmaker attempts to understand his life by recording it on film only to have his experiment turn into an alienating voyeuristic obsession. One of the neglected milestones in contemporary film history this legendary independent classic captures the state of mind and the state of the art in late 1960s America.

• La La Land | 4K UHD | (15/05/2017) from £21.83   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Written and directed by Academy Award® nominee Damien Chazelle, LA LA LAND tells the story of Mia [Emma Stone], an aspiring actress, and Sebastian [Ryan Gosling], a dedicated jazz musician, who are struggling to make ends meet in a city known for crushing hopes and breaking hearts. Set in modern day Los Angeles, this original musical about everyday life explores the joy and pain of pursuing your dreams.

• Three Outlaw Samurai (1964) (Criterion Collection) UK Only | Blu Ray | (20/07/2020) from £20.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This first film by the legendary HIDEO GOSHA (Sword of the Beast) is among the most canonized chambara (sword-fighting) films. An origin-story offshoot of a Japanese television series phenomenon of the same name, Three Outlaw Samurai is a classic in its own right. In it, a wandering, seen-it-all ronin (TETSURO TAMBA) becomes entangled in the dangerous business of two other samurai (ISAMU NAGATO and MIKIJIRO HIRA), hired to execute a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of a corrupt magistrate. With remarkable storytelling economy and thrilling action scenes, this is an expertly mounted tale of revenge and loyalty. Special Features: High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition Trailer New English subtitle translation PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Bilge Ebiri