Drama

• Things To Come | DVD | (07/11/2016) from £6.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (128.76%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Mia Hansen-Løve (Father of My Children; Goodbye, My Love; Eden) takes on late-life misdirection in this exquisite, resonant new drama with a beautiful central performance from Isabelle Huppert. Nathalie (Huppert) teaches philosophy at a high school in Paris. She's passionate about her job and particularly enjoys passing on the pleasure of thinking. Married with two children, she divides her time between her family, students and her possessive mother; until one day, her husband Heinz (Andre Marcon) drops a bombshell. With new freedoms unexpectedly thrust upon her late in life, Nathalie is forced to rethink her future.

• Cemetery Junction | DVD | (30/08/2010) from £4.20   |  Saving you £15.79 (375.95%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, Cemetery Junction, set in the 70's, follows the trials and misadventures of three twenty-somethings in the sleepy town of Reading.

• La Dolce Vita (1961) (Criterion Collection) UK Only | Blu Ray | (18/10/2021) from £21.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The biggest hit from the most popular Italian filmmaker of all time, La dolce vita rocketed FEDERICO FELLINI (8½) to international mainstream successironically, by offering a damning critique of the culture of stardom. A look at the darkness beneath the seductive lifestyles of Rome's rich and glamorous, the film follows a notorious celebrity journalistplayed by a sublimely cool MARCELLO MASTROIANNI (8½)during a hectic week spent on the peripheries of the spotlight. This mordant picture was an incisive commentary on the deepening decadence of the European 1960s, and it provided a prescient glimpse of just how gossip- and fame-obsessed our society would become. Special Features: New 4K digital restoration by the Film Foundation, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray New visual essay by : : kogonada New interview with filmmaker Lina Wertmüller, who worked as assistant director on the film Scholar David Forgacs discusses the period in Italy's history when the film was made New interview with Italian film journalist Antonello Sarno about the outlandish fashions seen in the film Audio interview with actor Marcello Mastroianni from the early 1960s, conducted by film historian Gideon Bachmann Felliniana, a presentation of ephemera related to La dolce vita from the collection of Don Young PLUS: An essay by critic Gary Giddins

• The Bay: Series 1-2 | DVD | (01/03/2021) from £28.33   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Starring Morven Christie and written by the award-winning Daragh Carville, The Bay is a beautifully crafted crime drama rooted in the families and communities of a distinctive coastal town. In the debut season, Family Liaison Officer Lisa Armstrong (Christie) is assigned to a missing persons investigation that, at first, seems like any other tragic, but all too familiar. But there's something very different about this particular case. With horror, Lisa realises she has a personal connection with this frightened family one that could compromise her and the investigation. Season two begins with Lisa at a low ebb, forced to do menial police work. However, when a new case involving a shocking murder within a loving family emerges, Lisa is called upon once again. Facing huge challenges at work and at home, Lisa must get under the skin of this new family and prove her worth to her colleagues, to her family and to herself.

• The Elephant Man | Blu Ray | (06/04/2020) from £34.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A stunning new 4K restoration of THE ELEPHANT MAN, with both picture and sound overseen by revered director David Lynch, this release is the perfect celebration of the films 40th anniversary. Starring Anthony Hopkins and John Hurt, THE ELEPHANT MAN is an extraordinary and intensely moving true story of bravery and humanity. John Merrick (John Hurt) is The Elephant Man, forced into circus sideshows and spurned by society because of the disfiguring disabilities he was born with. Rescued by a well meaning surgeon (Anthony Hopkins), he tries to escape a life of prejudice and cruelty as he tries to fit into a world ruled by Victorian sensibilities. Beautifully shot in black and white by the incomparable Freddie Francis, THE ELEPHANT MAN is an unforgettable story of human dignity and survival. A stunning new 40th anniversary restoration Extras: NEW - Interview with Frank Connor, Stills Photography NEW - BFI Q&A With Jonathan Sanger Interview With David Lynch Interview With John Hurt Mike Figgis Interviews David Lynch The Air Is On Fire: Interview With David Lynch at Cartier Foundation Joseph Merrick: The Real Elephant Man The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed

• Queer As Folk: Series 1 | DVD | (19/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From the mind of Russell T. Davis comes the highly successful show that spawned a US re-make and confirmed Davis as a talent to watch. Stuart Jones (Aidan Gillen) has got it all. He's rich drop-dead gorgeous and always the centre of attention. He can be forgiven the arrogance because he's pretty close to perfection. His best mate Vince Tyler (Craig Kelly) is funny adorable and definitely a babe but unlike his friend has zero confidence in himself. Since time began Vince has

• Rebel | DVD | (02/04/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Australia, 1942, World War II. Kathy (Debbie Byrne) is a performer in a Quonset hut saloon where she entertains the troops. One night after a performance, Kathy throws a party and meets Marine Sergeant Rebel (Matt Dillon).Injured in battle and recuperating in Australia, Rebel has gone AWOL, determined to leave the war far behind and escape via a cargo ship. Yet as he waits for the boat that will take him to freedom, the two begin to fall in love.A classic World War II heart-warming musical.

• Hideous Kinky | DVD | (29/04/2002) from £12.97   |  Saving you £-3.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Hideous Kinky journeys back to the early 1970s to Marrakesh, that hippy mecca for everyone from Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix to Gillies MacKinnon, the director of this movie. Here you'll find one nice but confused middle-class young woman escaping the daily grind of a drab London with her two young daughters in tow. Whereas Esther Freud's book was told from the younger girl's perspective, the film-script places Julia centre-stage as she searches for what she describes wistfully as "the annihilation of the ego". Though fresh from her Titanic experience, Kate Winslet is no drippy hippy, bringing a refreshing feistiness to her role and looking fetching swathed in diaphanous layers. As her two daughters, Bella Riza (Bea, the wide-eyed younger one) and Carrie Mullan (Lucy, the sensible one) are brilliant discoveries--unselfconscious, charmingly quirky and enjoying a camaraderie that belies their difference in characters. Completing the family unit is Julia's lover, the endearingly unreliable Bilal (a fiery performance from Saïd Taghmaoui). When the money runs out, their adventures begin and the resilience and practicality of the girls is contrasted throughout with the dreaminess of their mother, her sense of duty vying with her quest for self-discovery. Visually, it's a veritable feast as we're pitched from the colour and cacophony of the market-place to the dusty harshness of the mountains. And that elusive title--which is never explained in the film--is in fact a phrase coined by the girls as a term of approbation. On the DVD: Hideous Kinky is presented in widescreen 16:9 with a Dolby Digital soundtrack. Additional features are disappointing minimal. As well as the usual theatrical trailer, there are brief interviews with the main players (though no marks for imagination as they're all asked the same questions) and approximately eight minutes of behind-the-scenes footage. There are no subtitles. --Harriet Smith

• Frost/Nixon | DVD | (18/05/2009) from £4.89   |  Saving you £15.10 (308.79%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Oscar-winning director Ron Howard brings to the screen writer Peter Morgan's electrifying battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with a name to make.

• Music From Another Room | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £6.39   |  Saving you £6.60 (50.80%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When five year old Danny helps deliver a family friend's baby Anna he tells his father that he will one day marry her. But it's not until he moves back to America- twenty five years later- that fate steps in and literally knocks him off his bike- and into the arms of a beautiful grown up Anna (Mol)! And while destiny might be on his side Danny (Law) discovers that time is not... because Anna is not only sure of her feelings for Danny but she's also engaged to be married to someone

• Paris, 13th District | DVD | (16/05/2022) from £9.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Jacques Audiard returns to Paris with an adaptation of Adrian Tomine's 2015 collection of graphic short stories Killing and Dying. Written in collaboration with Portrait of a Lady on Fire writer-director Céline Sciamma, and Léa Mysius, Paris, 13th District is set in the French capital's 13th arrondissement, on the left bank of the Seine, and charts the interwoven relationships between four twenty-somethings. Capturing a very different Paris to the one that appeared in his previous films, which were dominated by the city's underworld, Paris, 13th District is a modern story of love and life, reflecting shifting attitudes towards identity and fidelity in today's Paris.

• The Color Purple Steelbook | Blu Ray | (04/12/2023) from £24.99   |  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

• The Passion | DVD | (16/03/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Passion re tells the last week of Jesus' life putting the viewer at the heart of the action with the story being told from three different viewpoints: the religious authorities the Romans and Jesus. Compelling visually arresting drama of the greatest story ever told...

• Bloody Kids | DVD | (27/11/2006) from £9.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (37.75%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Two restless teens from Southend go on a Saturday night spree of girls boozing and vandalism; however when even this heady concoction loses its appeal they add murder to their itinerary...

• Jane Eyre | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £8.51   |  Saving you £4.48 (52.64%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Jane Eyre is a poor orphan brought up by a wealthy Aunt who is determined she should never forget her impoverished background. Surviving the cruelty of an oppressive boarding school she becomes the governess of Thornfield Hall owned by the enigmatic and rarely seen Mr Rochester. When Jane finally meets Mr Rochester in the flesh she is consumed by an overwhelming attraction towards him that soon becomes mutual.

• Billions: Season Five | DVD | (17/01/2022) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Bobby Axelrod (Emmy® Award and Golden Globe® Award winner Damian Lewis) and Chuck Rhoades (Oscar® nominee* and Emmy® Award winner Paul Giamatti) are back. The devilishly fun (IndieWire) fifth season of BILLIONS sees their vicious rivalry reignited, while new enemies rise and take aim. Social impact pioneer Mike Prince (Corey Stoll) poses a true threat to Axe's dominance.Taylor Mason (Asia Kate Dillon) is forced back to Axe Capital, where Taylor must fight to protect their employees and their assets. Wendy Rhoades (Maggie Siff) reevaluates her loyalties and forges surprising new alliances that put her at odds with both Chuck and Axe. The stakes have no ceiling, the cutthroat rivalries no end in this 12-episode season, which features Emmy® Award winner Julianna Margulies as guest star.

• Wuthering Heights | DVD | (26/03/2012) from £8.69   |  Saving you £8.56 (115.21%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A poor young English boy named Heathcliff is taken in by the wealthy Earnshaw family where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster sister, Cathy.Based on the classic novel by Emily Bronte.

• The Guinea Pig (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (20/07/2020) from £9.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Richard Attenborough (Brighton Rock) is Jack Read, a workingclass boy and the guinea pig of the title, who is given a scholarship to Saintbury, an exclusive public school. Faced with the snobbery of his new classmates, he tries to gain acceptance from not only them, but also some of his teachers. Also known as The Outsider, The Guinea Pig was made in 1948, four years after the publication of The Fleming Report. Costarring Sheila Sim, Bernard Miles and Joan Hickson the film has been newly remastered in 2K by the BFI. Special Features: Newly remastered in 2K by the BFI and presented in High Definition and Standard Definition ***FIRST PRESSING ONLY*** Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the film and full film credits Extras TBC

• The Assassin | Blu Ray | (23/05/2016) from £10.35   |  Saving you £14.64 (141.45%)   |  RRP £24.99

  9th century China.¨10-year-old general's daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised - a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings. A slave to the orders of her mistress, Nie Yinniang must choose: sacrifice the man she loves or break forever with the sacred way of the righteous assassins.

• The Comedy Man (Vintage Classics) | Blu Ray | (18/03/2024) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A