Drama

• The Son's Room | DVD | (27/01/2003) from £6.29   |  Saving you £13.70 (217.81%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Son's Room, which picked up the 2001 Palme d'Or at Cannes, marks a departure for writer-director Nanni Moretti. The films that made his name outside Italy, Dear Diary and Aprile, were both highly personal and politicised semi-documentaries, and a strong political sense underlies the half-dozen or so features he made before them. By contrast, The Son's Room is a subtle, intense study of a family cracking apart under the impact of grief, with no overt political element. For all that, it's the most moving film that Moretti's yet made. "It captured me" he says "more than any other [story] I'd worked on previously. It's a film in which the director shares his emotions with the audience, without imposing his own feelings." As usual, the director plays his own lead character. Here he's Giovanni, a successful psychiatrist in a provincial Italian city (Ancona on the Adriatic coast). He has a beautiful wife, happy in her own career, and two bright, good-looking teenage children, a son and a daughter. Then, out of nowhere, tragedy strikes and in its aftermath, the fissures begin to show in the idyllic façade. Giovanni in particular reveals the insecurities and neuroses lurking behind his tolerant, easy-going demeanour. Moretti homes in on his characters with clear-eyed compassion, never milking the tragedy for facile sentiment but sparing us nothing of the gut-wrenching grief they feel. Nor does he succumb to the temptation of a feel-good happy ending: we are left with a hint of hope for the future, but no more. This is intelligent, mature filmmaking that respects its audience. On the DVD: The Son's Room comes to disc with just the trailer--and the flabby US trailer at that. A commentary from Moretti would have been more than welcome. Still, the transfer, in the original 1.66:1 ratio, is impeccable, with Dolby Digital 2.0 sound to match. --Philip Kemp

• Blow Out | DVD | (29/04/2002) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-17.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  ""A great movie!"" -Pauline Kael The New Yorker. John Travolta (Pulp Fiction Face/Off) stars in this riveting mystery/thriller filled with powerful performances intense action and an ""engrossing web of suspense and intrigue"" (Blockbuster Entertainment Guide). Written and directed by master filmmaker Brian De Palma (Mission: Impossible) Blow Out is a heart-stopping adventure hailed by Rolling Stone as ""an American moviemaking triumph!"" Jack Terri (Travolta) is a talented audio tech

• The Conformist | DVD | (01/10/2012) from £7.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (100.12%)   |  RRP £15.99

  To impress his Fascist friends Marcello plans to assassinate his former professor now considered a subversive. A blend of thriller psychological portrait and political parable The Conformist found Bertolucci on peak form and the resulting stylistic tour de force paved the way for the likes of Scorsese Schrader and Michael Mann.

• Now And Then | DVD | (28/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  It's all for one and one for all in this heartwarming comedy about the childhood mischief of four best friends who reunite after twenty years. Roberta Teeny Samantha and Chrissy have been busy growing up but they always remembered the promise they made to be there for each other. Now they're together again to relive the greatest summer of their lives.

• Marilyn Monroe: The Collection (Vol. 2) | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £14.95   |  Saving you £25.04 (167.49%)   |  RRP £39.99

  How To Marry A Millionaire (1953) Marilyn delivers one of the finest comedic performances of her career in this outrageously funny film co-starring Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall! Three beautiful models plan to snag rich husbands by pooling their funds and renting a posh Manhattan penthouse in which to lure their victims. What follows is a series of near-marital mishaps where love prevails over money proving that even gold-diggers sometimes have hearts of gold! There's N

• You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | DVD | (11/07/2011) from £12.98   |  Saving you £7.01 (54.01%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Follows a pair of married couples, Alfie (Hopkins) and Helena (Jones), and their daughter Sally (Watts) and husband Roy (Brolin), as their passions, ambitions, and anxieties lead them into trouble and out of their minds.

• The Firemens Ball | Blu Ray | (12/10/2015) from £15.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Fireman s Ball (DVD & BD)

• Eye For An Eye | DVD | (02/09/2002) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-7.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Karen McCann's orderly life is shattered when a stranger breaks into her home and murders her 17-year-old daughter. But shock and grief turn into rage and disbelief when the killer is released on a legal technicality. When he commits another murder and is set free once again Karen is determined to make him pay for his crimes.

• Almodovar - Vol. 2 | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £39.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  A collection of inimitably uproarious comedies from Spanish icon Pedro Almodovar! Flower Of My Secret (1995): Leo (Paredes) leads a secret double life as an author of romantic fiction. However despite her success as the best-selling Amanda Gris her husband doesn't love her her best friend is strangely distracted and her mother and sister are too busy bickering to notice that anything's wrong. Abandoned by her muse and seeking solace in the bottle since the collapse of her ma

• Three Men In A Boat (Vintage Classics) | Blu Ray | (19/08/2024) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way.Tracing the Source: An interview with Jeremy NicholasMessing Around on the River: An interview with Matthew SweetB&W Stills GalleryOriginal Trailer

• The Raven | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £15.66   |  Saving you £-2.67 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  One of the most sublimely silly products to emanate from Roger Corman's studio, The Raven has the very loosest of connections with the Edgar Allen Poe poem that gives it its title and which Vincent Price intones sepulchrally at the beginning. A retiring magician, Craven (Price) has opted out of the power struggles of peers such as Dr Scarabus (Boris Karloff) to brood on his dead wife and bring up his daughter. The arrival of Bledlo (Peter Lorre), an incompetent drunk whom Scarabus has turned into the raven of the title, involves him in everything he had renounced--life is complicated further by the arrival of Bledlo's son Rexford, played by a staggeringly young Jack Nicholson. The special effects are almost perfunctory, yet the culminating magical duel between Price and Karloff is inventive and charming; this is one of those films that looks as if the actors enjoyed making it; while the script by Richard Matheson has a blithe awareness of its own shortcomings that makes it hard to dislike. On the DVD: The Raven comes to DVD with very boxy remastered mono sound, but is presented in its original widescreen 2.35:1 ratio, formatted for 16:9 TVs. The only extra is the original theatrical trailer. --Roz Kaveney

• 21 Grams | DVD | (13/09/2004) from £5.00   |  Saving you £14.99 (299.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  21 grams is the weight we lose when we die, and this moving drama tells of three very different people brought together by the common bond of death.

• Secret Ceremony (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (24/10/2022) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Joseph Losey's lurid and often misunderstood drama stars the great Elizabeth Taylor (Suddenly, Last Summer) as an ageing London prostitute who befriends a young woman (Mia Farrow, See No Evil) that reminds her of her long-dead daughter. As the bizarre relationship between the two evolves, the appearance of Robert Mitchum (Cape Fear), as Farrow's abusive stepfather, ignites deep emotions and dark passions. With its exquisite production design, stylish cinematography and elegant score, Joseph Losey's lost masterpiece finally makes its long-overdue premiere on Blu-ray. Product Features High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with authors and critics Dean Brandum and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (2019) Archival Interview with Joseph Losey (1969, 15 mins): extract from the French television programme Cinéma critique, featuring the celebrated director promoting the release of Secret Ceremony and an appreciation by critic Michel Mourlet The Beholder's Share (2019, 25 mins): interview with Gavrik Losey, son of Joseph Losey TV version: additional scenes (1971, 18 mins): unique epilogue and prologue produced for US television screenings, with Robert Douglas and Michael Strong Original theatrical trailer Larry Karaszewski trailer commentary (2015, 3 mins): short critical appreciation Image gallery: promotional and publicity material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Kings of the Road (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (24/09/2018) from £9.91   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  German drama written and directed by Wim Wenders. The film follows Bruno Winter (Rüdiger Vogler) as he travels around the country fixing projection equipment. One day on the road, he meets Robert Lander (Hanns Zischler) who, suffering from depression after splitting up with his wife, tries to kill himself by driving his car into the River Elbe. Bruno invites him into his car to dry off in some clean clothes and, after Robert accepts his kind invitation, the pair set off along the West German border as Bruno travels from one old cinema to the next, discussing their lives, thoughts and hopes as they go.

• Lark Rise to Candleford: Series 2 | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £6.56   |  Saving you £28.43 (433.38%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The residents of Lark Rise and Candleford return to the screen in this warm-hearted adaptation of Flora Thompson's novel. It's Christmas and the residents of both Lark Rise and Candleford come together to celebrate this special time of year...but the arrival of a dashing stranger is set to cause a stir. Who is he and what is his business in Candleford? Furthermore will his head be turned by any of the ladies?

• Raging Moon | DVD | (04/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Bruce Pritchard is paralysed in a soccer game and is confined to a wheelchair in a convalescence home.

• Down In The Valley | DVD | (05/03/2007) from £5.55   |  Saving you £0.44 (7.93%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A delusional man - who believes he's a cowboy -starts a relationship with a rebellious young woman.

• Heaven Knows Mr Alison | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £11.34   |  Saving you £1.65 (12.70%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Stranded on a Pacific Island an Irish nun (Kerr) and a heroic Marine sergeant live a life of constant peril hiding from Japanese troops. Eventually the sergeant falls deeply in love with the religious woman which compels her to question her vows... With its surprising blend of suspense and humor excellent performances (Deborah Kerr earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination in 1957) and acclaimed direction by John Huston this film is a true classic.

• Asteroid City - Junior Stargazer's Edition | Blu Ray | (25/09/2023) from £21.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Following a writer on his world famous fictional play about a grieving father, who travels with his tech-obsessed family to small rural Asteroid City, to compete in a stargazing event. Only to have his world view disrupted forever. Product Features One-time-only run, highly limited. This Collector's Edition includes: Rigid Slipcase 8 x Collectible Character Cards 5 x Art Cards (double-sided) showcasing x10 iconic stills from the film

• How Green Was My Valley | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £30.39   |  Saving you £-10.40 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village the Morgans raise coal mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life. Huw is the youngest in a family of 6 brothers and 1 sister and the film centers on his struggle toward manhood amid conflicting demands of faith economics education and family loyalty in a Wales caught in an irreversible shift from a pastoral to an industrialized society.