Drama

• The Astonished Heart | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £4.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (160.32%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Noel Coward writes and stars in this adaptation of his 1935 stage play originally written as part of the ten-part cycle 'Tonight at 8:30'. Middle-aged psychiatrist Dr Christian Faber (Coward) is happily married to Barbara (Celia Johnson) but when he is introduced to her childhood friend Leonora (Margaret Leighton) sparks fly and the two begin a passionate affair that ends in tragedy.

• Philomena | Blu Ray | (16/06/2014) from £7.59   |  Saving you £18.66 (294.79%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Falling pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952 Philomena (Judi Dench) was sent to the convent of Roscrea to be looked after as a 'fallen woman'. When her baby was only a toddler he was taken away by the nuns for adoption in America. Philomena spent the next fifty years searching for him but with no success. Then she met Martin Sixsmith (Steve Coogan) a world-weary political journalist who happened to be intrigued by her story. Together they set off to America on a journey that would not only reveal the extraordinary story of Philomena's son but also create an unexpectedly close bond between Philomena and Martin. The film is a compelling narrative of human love and loss that ultimately celebrates life showing that there is laughter even in the darkest places.

• Codebreaker | DVD | (16/09/2013) from £10.98   |  Saving you £7.00 (77.86%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Codebreaker: The remarkable and tragic story of one of the 20th century's most important people; Alan Turning. 100 years after his birth we rediscover the man and the mystery. Codebreaker re-counts the story of this maverick British genius who was crucial to founding three new fields of science as well as breaking the Nazis' naval Enigma code during World War II. Historians credit his codebreaking with helping to shorten the war by two years and saving millions of lives. As the founding father of computer science and artificial intelligence Alan Turing envisioned our digital world long before anyone else. Turing's visionary brilliance was overshadowed by his conviction for gross indecency with another man in 1952. He was forced to undergo so-called organo-therapy (chemical castration) to change his sexual orientation. In despair Turing committed suicide in 1954. He was only 41 years old. Codebreaker is an award-winning drama documentary that uses emotional and engaging reconstructions to bring Turing to life in intricate detail and high color. Documentary elements seamlessly interconnect with drama scenes in Codebreaker to offer a three dimensional picture of Turing his accomplishments his tragic end and his lasting legacy.

• Leviathan | DVD | (09/03/2015) from £8.95   |  Saving you £7.04 (78.66%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A man employs a lawyer to help claim the land he lives on from the corrupt grasp of the town Mayor. But this begins a series of events that throw him into a whirlwind of problems infusing every area of his life from his family to his home. Leviathan is a Russian critically acclaimed domestic drama with epic themes. Nominated for the Palme D or at Cannes and winner of their Best Screenplay competition. Also won Best International Film at the Munich Film Festival.

• Spies on Film 2 | DVD | (05/11/2018) from £13.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  THE IPCRESS FILE Harry Palmer, a stubbornly insolent sergeant, is seconded to an elite counter-intelligence unit. Palmer and his unit follow the trail of a missing scientist, but when he finds a piece of tape marked IPCRESS in an abandoned warehouse he suddenly becomes a marked man... HOT ENOUGH FOR JUNE Out-of-work author Nicholas Whistler is happy to accept the offer of an all-expenses-paid business trip behind the Iron Curtain. But on his arrival in Prague, everyone including his beautiful and seductive chauffeuse, Vlasta assumes the Czech-speaking Nicholas to be a spy! DEADLIER THAN THE MALE When insurance underwriter Hugh Drummond learns of the deaths of top oil executives at the hands of a pair of beautiful but brutal female assassins he is convinced that it is the work of an international crime syndicate. SOME GIRLS DO Drummond is on the trail of his nemesis, the devious Carl Petersen Peterson is hell-bent on stopping the British military from testing a new and improved fighter airplane and Drummond has to stop him!

• The Celestine Prophecy | DVD | (07/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Based on James Redfield's worldwide best-selling novel The Celestine Prophecy is a spiritual adventure film chronicling the discovery of ancient scrolls in the rainforests of Peru. The prophecy and its nine key insights predict a worldwide awakening arising within all religious traditions that moves humanity toward a deeper experience of spirituality.

• The Dark Eyes of London | Blu Ray | (11/10/2021) from £20.73   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The definitive British horror film and a worthy successor to his work on the Universal Monsters movies, screen icon Bela Lugosi takes centre stage as a demented scientist on a killing spree in The Dark Eyes of London the first British film to receive the H censor rating for being Horrific for Public Exhibition . Adapted from a novel by Edgar Wallace, this landmark British film is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio.

• Fast Girls | DVD | (08/10/2012) from £7.05   |  Saving you £10.94 (155.18%)   |  RRP £17.99

  When sassy streetwise Shania (Lenora Crichlow) meets ambitious, middle class Lisa (Lily James), their two worlds collide on the athletics track with explosive results.

• Danielle Steel's Vanished | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £7.91   |  Saving you £-1.92 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Marielle Delauney (Lisa Rinna) and her adoring husband Charles are enjoying the romance of Paris when suddenly a tragic accident claims the life of their young son. Their marriage cannot survive their misery and Marielle plagued by guilt and despair is hospitalised.Eighteen months later she moves back to New York to forget her past and start her life over. A wealthy steel magnate Malcolm Patterson (George Hamilton) hires Marielle as curator of his art collection and it's not long before business leads to pleasure. They marry and very soon they are blessed with a beautiful baby boy. But then just as Marielle is sure her future is finally coming together her son goes missing and memories of her past flood back with a vengeance.To her horror Marielle's ex-husband is charged with kidnapping and in disbelief she searches for another possible answer. With the help of FBI Agent John Taylor Marielle is about to discover the unexpected true fate of her son.

• Perfect Understanding | DVD | (25/05/2015) from £7.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Gloria Swanson and Laurence Olivier star in this 1930s comedy drama directed by Cyril Gardner. Newlyweds Judy and Nicholas Randall (Swanson and Olivier) seem to have the ideal marriage based on perfect understanding and mutual respect. While away on their honeymoon Nicholas gets drunk and sleeps with his former mistress Stephanie (Nora Swinburne). Overcome with guilt Nicholas confesses to Judy who promptly forgives him although deep down she conceals feelings of anger and betrayal. When Nicholas suspects Judy of having an affair he confronts her and the pair realise that maybe their marriage isn't perfect after all.

• Random Hearts | DVD | (23/01/2006) from £11.79   |  Saving you £-5.80 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Random Hearts, starring Harrison Ford and Kristen Scott Thomas, is a compelling love story about two people who never would have met in a perfect world.

• Boomerang! (Masters of Cinema) (DUAL FORMAT Edition) | Blu Ray | (26/05/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  One of the early films by Method Actor's director Elia Kazan (A Streetcar Named Desire On the Waterfront) Boomerang! also marked one of the early American Hollywood entries into the Cannes Film Festival in 1947. Kazan's impactful noir drama stars a cast of stalwarts of the '40s and '50s hard-boiled streak and his own oeuvre including Dana Andrews Lee J. Cobb Jane Wyatt Arthur Kennedy and Karl Malden. When the murder of a piece results in a botched police investigation prosecutor Henry Harvey (Dana Andrews) leads an effort to bring the murderer to justice. Once blackmail creeps into the investigation all bets on an unclouded trial are off resulting in an explosive finale that remains one of the toughest in Kazan's work. With its documentary-like treatment of the procedural and generally authentic portrayal of an exurban Connecticut town Kazan's film was a success at the time of its release and garnered awards from both the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Board of review for Kazan's direction. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Boomerang! for the first time anywhere on Blu-ray in a special Dual Format (Blu-ray + DVD) edition. Special Features: Gorgeous 1080p transfer of the film on Blu-ray with a progressive encode on the DVD More on-disc extras to be announced closer to release! 36 page booklet with a new essay vintage interview material and more!

• La Religieuse | Blu Ray | (17/09/2018) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  1760s France. Suzanne is shocked when her bourgeois family sends her to a convent. There she faces oppression and torment, leading her to fight back and expose the dehumanizing effect of cloistered life.

• Lisbon Story | DVD | (09/11/2009) from £15.29   |  Saving you £0.70 (4.58%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When he receives a cryptic call from his filmmaker friend to come to Lisbon to help with a project a sound engineer sets off for the Portuguese capital. Upon arrival the confused sound man finds only an unfinished film and the splendors of the city... In this commentary on the contemporary state of filmmaking the German iconoclast Wim Wenders reunites with long-time collaborator R''diger Vogler reprising the role of Philip Winter (following 'Alice in the Cities' and 'Until the End of the World').

• Asterix And Obelix Take On Caesar (1999) | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £4.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (20.04%)   |  RRP £5.99

  'Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar' is France's second most successful film of all time and stars internationally renowned actor Gerard Depardieu as Gaulish warrior Obelix alongside Oscar winning Roberto Benigni as the wicked Detritus. Journey back 2000 years as Ancient France is on the brink of complete Roman invasion well almost complete... except for one small village of indomitable Gauls that still holds out against the invaders. It is here that Asterix and his friends are con

• Slacker | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Richard Linklater's Slacker presents a day in the life of a subculture of marginal eccentric and overeducated citizens in and around the University of Texas at Austin. Shooting the film on 16mm for a mere 000 writer/producer/director Linklater and his close-knit crew of friends eschewed a traditional plot choosing instead to employ long takes and fluid transitions to create a tapestry of over a hundred characters each as unique as the last culminating in an episodic portrait of a distinct vernacular culture and a tribute to bohemian cerebration. Slacker is a prescient look at an emerging generation of aggressive nonparticipants and one of the keynote films of the American independent film movement of the 1990s.

• Judy & Punch | DVD | (16/03/2020) from £6.93   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Famous puppeteers Judy (Mia Wasikowska) and her husband Punch (Damon Herriman) live in the town of Seaside. A strange place that is located nowhere near any sort of coastline, the town and its inhabitants are in thrall to a frenzy of witch hunts and superstition. But while the townspeople revel in the drama of the various trials and punishments, Judy and Punch provide welcome distraction with their magical puppet show. However, temptation can be found in every dark corner of Seaside, and the charismatic Punch succumbs to the women, the ale and adulation that await him at the local tavern. Despairing at her husband s weakness, Judy forces the hungover Punch to focus on his responsibilities and leaves him to mind their baby for a morning, the repercussions of which lead to an ill-fated turn of events that Judy must avenge...

• Footballers' Wives - The Complete Series 3 | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £9.04   |  Saving you £15.95 (176.44%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Marriage, sex, drugs, fast cars and fights and loads and loads of affairs – these are all the ingredients that make this one of the DVD and TV highlights this April.

• Last Year At Marienbad | DVD | (23/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Considered by many to be Renais' magnum opus L'Anne Dernire Marienbad is a work of fantasy and experiment in line with the French New Wave films of the 50's and 60's. Renais and co-writer Alain Robbe-Grillet seem less concerned with the conventional use of character and more interested in the intellectual preoccupations of man. The film consists of a series of memories from a man holidaying at an enchanting European hotel. When a woman seems not to recognize him he reveals th

• Ever After: A Cinderella Story | Blu Ray | (27/05/2013) from £6.95   |  Saving you £9.03 (228.03%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A 'modern' young woman of the sixteenth century Danielle (Drew Barrymore) is as independent and wise as she is beautiful and kind. Standing up to her scheming stepmother (Anjelica Huston) she works miracles on the lives of everyone around her including the crown prince of France (Dougray Scott). Relive this captivating contemporary retelling of the classic fairy tale - 'a dazzling rendering of the Cinderella story' (The Washington Post). Special Features: Theatrical Trailer