Drama

• Chase A Crooked Shadow | DVD | (05/11/2007) from £8.39   |  Saving you £4.60 (54.83%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A man shows up at Kimberley Prescott's villa claiming to be her brother Ward. But Ward died in a car accident a year ago. Despite Kim's protests that the stranger isn't her brother everyone else accepts him including their uncle. Kim begins to fear for her sanity and her life.

• The Road To Guantanamo | DVD | (27/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Road To Guantanamo is the story of four friends who set off from the Midlands in September 2001 for an innocent wedding and holiday in Pakistan. Two and a half years later only three of them returned home. Through their epic journey we hear the story of their misunderstandings ignorance confusions and friendships as step by step they go from the safety of their small-town teenage existence to the heart of the ""war on terror"". Through a series of interviews dramatised

• Dance Hall | DVD | (21/01/2013) from £10.35   |  Saving you £5.64 (54.49%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Digitally remastered, the first ever DVD release of this lost gem from Ealing Studios features a brand new Making of featurette. Story by Alexander Mackendrick (Ladykillers, The Man in the White Suit, Whisky Galore!) and from the director of The Lavender Hill Mob and The Titfield Thunderbolt, Dance Hall is a romantic melodrama centred round the life and loves of four working-class women who spend their Saturday nights at the Chiswick Palais dancing to the music of Ted Heath's Big Band. Natasha Parry (Romeo and Juliet, Oh, What a Lovely War!) stars as Eve, whose marriage to Phil (Donald Houston, The Longest Day, Room at the Top) is imperilled when she takes a different partner for an upcoming dance contest. Her reasoning is that Phil is a lousy dancer, but she loves him all the same; Phil, however, is the jealous type, who doesn't quite see things Eve's way. Petula Clark (Goodbye Mr Chips, Finian's Rainbow) plays Georgie, whose ambition is to become a dance champion with her partner, Peter (Douglas Barr, Hue and Cry). Among the other familiar faces floating by in Dance Hall are Bonar Colleano, Diana Dors, Sydney Tafler, Gladys Henson, Dandy Nichols and Jane Hylton. Special Features: Making of Featurette Restoration Comparison Trailer

• La Chinoise | Blu Ray | (23/04/2018) from £8.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Jean-Luc Godard's ferocious run of ground breaking 1960s commercial features neared a terminus point as the filmmaker turned his gaze onto the nascent left-wing student organisations coalescing on university campuses across France and environs. The resulting film was his searing masterpiece La Chinoise a mordant satire, pedagogical treatise, political tract, and pop-artwork-plus blood rolled into one. It's early '67 and Radio Peking's in the air for the Aden Arabie Cell, a Maoist collective holed up in a sprawling flat on Paris's rue de Miromesnil the newly purchased actual residence of Godard and then-wife and star Anne Wiazemsky. Véronique (Wiazemsky) and her comrades, including Jean-Pierre Léaud (The 400 Blows, Out 1) and Juliet Berto (Out 1, Céline and Julie Go Boating) lead a series of discussions and performative skits addressing matters of French colonialism, American imperialism, and the broader conflict raging in Vietnam. A meditation on the efficacy of violent protest and militant counteraction played out between Wiazemsky (conducted by Godard via radio-earpiece), and her then-tutor philosopher Francis Jeanson gives way to a plot to assassinate the Soviet minister of culture a red-handed point of no going-back on the path to complete radicalisation. A tour-de-force of the primary-palette images the ˜household images,' perhaps of Godard's early career, La Chinoise serves as both cautionary tale and early sign of fascination with the political currents that would soon lead to the next period of JLG's life and work. The revolution is not a dinner-party. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation Original LPCM Mono 2.0 audio Optional English subtitles Audio commentary by film historian James Quandt Interviews with actor Michel Semeniako, assistant director Charles L. Bitsch and second assistant director Jean-Claude Sussfeld Denitza Bantcheva on La Chinoise, the author discusses the film and its politics Behind-the-Scenes TV Report featuring footage with Godard and the cast Venice Film Festival press conference featuring Godard and scenes from the production Theatrical trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matthew Griffin FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet containing vintage writing by and discussions with Jean-Luc Godard and beyond: passing through the landmark Struggling on Two Fronts interview; the Two Hours with Jean-Luc Godard journal; notes on Anne Wiazemsky's 2012 memoir-novel Une année studieuse [A Studious Year]; a tribute to Wiazemsky, Léaud, and Berto; vintage archival imagery; newly translated material; and more.

• City of Men | DVD | (02/05/2011) from £3.99   |  Saving you £16.00 (401.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The struggle for survival amongst Rio's favelas continues, as "City Of Men" arrives on DVD on 23rd February 2009

• Edvard Munch | DVD | (22/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Famously described by Ingmar Bergman as ""a work of genius"" Peter Watkins' multi-faceted masterwork is more than just a biopic of the iconic Norwegian Expressionist painter it is one of the best films ever made about the artistic process. Focusing initially on Munch's formative years in late 19th Century Kristiana (now Oslo) Watkins uses his trademark style to create a vivid picture of the emotional political and social upheavals that would have such an effect on his art. The young artist (Geir Westby) has an affair with ""Mrs Heiberg"" (Gro Fraas) a devastating experience that will haunt him for the rest of his life. His work is viciously attacked by critics and public alike and he is forced to leave his home country for Berlin where along with the notorious Swedish playwright August Strindberg he becomes part of the cultural storm that is to sweep Europe. There have been countless film biographies of famous artists but only a handful can be considered major works in their own right. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Watkins' original extended 211-minute TV version of what is regarded by many as an extraordinary feat of filmmaking.

• Darling | DVD | (05/03/2007) from £9.94   |  Saving you £6.05 (60.87%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A beautiful but amoral model sleeps her way to the top of the London fashion scene at the height of the Swinging Sixties

• The Admirable Crichton | Blu Ray | (30/10/2023) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

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• The Kingdom Of Dreams And Madness | DVD | (01/12/2014) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

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• Rosamunde Pilcher's Winter Solstice | DVD | (11/04/2005) from £6.79   |  Saving you £10.20 (150.22%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Winter Solstice is the entrancing story of shattered lives and broken hearts and a Christmas retreat which brings healing and happy endings.When recently bereaved Elfrida Phipps moves into a tiny cottage she soon makes friends with her new neighbours the Blundells.Elfrida's favourite niece Carrie returns from Austria heartbroken and briefly meets businessman Sam on her flight home.A tragic accident befalls the Blundells and with everyone's lives in ruins

• Anatomy Of Hell | DVD | (21/03/2005) from £23.95   |  Saving you £-3.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  French auteur Catherine Breillat's taxing deconstruction of supposed male attitudes ranging from bafflement to disgust to female anatomy... Wanting to explore the outer limits of her physicality a woman (Amira Cesar) walks into a gay bar and slashing her wrists in the toilet picks up a gay man (Rocco Siffredi) and takes him home. Over four days they explore a sexual relationship which takes on an increasingly extreme urgency. Adapting her own poetic-polemic novel for the screen

• Soulboy | DVD | (03/01/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Soulboy

• Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky | DVD | (07/11/2005) from £7.77   |  Saving you £12.22 (157.27%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on Patrick Hamilton's classic trilogy Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Skyhas been brought to the small-screen courtesy of the award-winning playwright Kevin Elyot. Revolving around The Midnight Bell a public house off the Euston Road this trilogy follows the pursuit of love from three different perspectives: barman Bob who yearns for a penniless prostitute Jenny; Ella who harbours a secret passion for Bob and Jenny who is struggling to survive on the stree

• When The Legends Die | DVD | (12/05/2014) from £8.98   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When The Legends Die

• John Hughes 5 Movie Collection | Blu Ray | (08/03/2021) from £28.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  PRETTY IN PINK - Andie is a high school girl from the other side of town. Blane's the wealthy heartthrob who asks her to the prom. As fast as their romance builds, it's threatened by the painful reality of peer pressure. Written and produced by John Hughes, this essential ˜80s movie comes newly remastered for Blu-ray by director Howard Deutch. FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF - High-schooler Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick), his girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara), and his best bud Cameron (Alan Ruck) are skipping school by taking a wild romp through Chicago, in one of the greatest comedy films of all time. So, barf up a lung, forge a sick note from the parents, and tag along on the infinitely quotable, always entertaining classic written and directed by John Hughes. PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES - Turning from coming-of-age teens to the adult peril of making it home for the holidays, filmmaker John Hughes creates one of his most outrageous, and heartfelt, comedies in this tale of an uptight advertising executive (Steve Martin) reluctantly partnered with an obnoxious yet lovable salesman (John Candy). Their adventure, which includes various modes of transportation, is a non-stop series of hilarious mishaps and mistakes. SHE'S HAVING A BABY - FIRST TIME ON BLU-RAY! It seems only yesterday that Jake and Kristi were two crazy single kids in love. Now they're two crazy married adults in transition, balancing work, parental expectations, and tuna casserole. But Kristi just got some news that really ought to make things interesting she's having a baby. It's an irresistible John Hughes comedy about the labor of life. SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL - FIRST TIME ON BLU-RAY! Before they could stand together, they had to stand alone. Writer/Producer John Hughes and director Howard Deutch (PRETTY IN PINK) reteam for another unforgettable romantic comedy of unconditional, but sometimes unclaimed, love in the time of teen angst.

• Journey To Italy | DVD | (17/11/2003) from £19.76   |  Saving you £0.23 (1.16%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman scandalised the world by falling in love while both married to others and setting up home together. The early 1950s are often referred to as Rossellini's 'Bergman' period and Journey to Italy is now regarded as one of his finest works. Catherine and Alexander a wealthy and sophisticated couple on the verge of dissolution drive to Naples to dispose of a deceased uncle's villa: will they find insight and direction in Italy?

• Childhood's End | Blu Ray | (16/05/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.21

  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.

• Detective (1985) | DVD | (16/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Available on DVD for the first time! This little-seen French drama chronicles the intertwining paths of lowlifes and criminals living in a Paris hotel telling the story in two overlapping narratives. In the first strand an unhappily married couple Franoise and Emile Chenal (Nathalie Baye and Claude Brasseur) tries to collect a debt from a boxing manager who has ties to the mob. In the second story a hotel detective and his nephew Inspector Neveu (Jean-Pierre Laud) spend thei

• Jack The Bear | DVD | (15/08/2005) from £11.30   |  Saving you £1.69 (13.00%)   |  RRP £12.99

  As the monster-host of a late night horror show John (Danny DeVito) delights the neighborhood kids with his silly ghoulish antics - but his embarrassed 12-year-old son Jack the Bear is not amused. The other dysfunctional lunatics on the block - and his monster crush on the cute girl at school (Reese Witherspoon) - don't make things any easier for Jack. But when a family crisis hits will Jack's dad be able to lift the grownup burden from his young son's shoulders? Oscar nominee G

• Night Listener | DVD | (16/04/2007) from £4.90   |  Saving you £1.09 (22.24%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A radio show host's life is thrown into chaos after a conversation with his biggest fan.