Drama

• The Split: Series 3 | DVD | (16/05/2022) from £9.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Entertaining drama set in the fast-paced world of London's high-end divorce circuit. From Emmy and Bafta winner Abi Morgan, the third season continues to follow the messy lives of the Defoe sisters, Hannah (Nicola Walker), Nina (Annabel Scholey) and Rose (Fiona Button) return alongside their formidable mother Ruth (Deborah Findley). Hannah and Nathan are facing their own divorce amicably, until shock revelations prompt a painful showdown. Meanwhile Ruth is spending more time with lover Prof Ronnie than being a helpful grandmother, Nina is juggling life as a single mum and an unexpected event turns Rose and James' lives upside down. Throughout it all this messy, blended, authentic family of lawyers and lovers prove that divorce doesn't have to mean failure, and that there is great hope after The Split.

• Detour (1945) | Blu Ray | (01/04/2019) from £12.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Edgar G. Ulmer's legendary B movie, the quintessence of film noir, newly restored and on Bluray for the first time. From Poverty Row came a movie that, perhaps more than any other, epitomizes the dark fatalism at the heart of film noir. As he hitchhikes his way from New York to Los Angeles, a downonhisluck nightclub pianist (Tom Neal) finds himself with a dead body on his hands and nowhere to runa waking nightmare that goes from bad to worse when he picks up the most vicious femme fatale in cinema history, Ann Savage's snarling, monstrously conniving drifter Vera. Working with noname stars on a bargain basement budget, B auteur Edgar G. Ulmer (People on Sunday) turned threadbare production values and seedy, lowrent atmosphere into indelible pulp poetry. Long unavailable in a format in which its hardboiled beauty could be fully appreciated, Detour haunts anew in its first major restoration. Special Edition Features: New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man OffScreen, a 2004 documentary featuring interviews with filmmakers Roger Corman, Joe Dante, and Wim Wenders and actor Ann Savage New interview with film scholar Noah Isenberg, author of Edgar G. Ulmer: A Filmmaker at the Margins New programme about the restoration of Detour Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic and poet Robert Polito

• Smashed | DVD | (03/06/2013) from £4.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (260.52%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Kate and Charlie are a young married couple whose bond is built on a mutual love of music, laughter and drinking...especially the drinking. When Kate decides to sober up, her new lifestyle brings to the surface a troubling relationship with her mother, facing the lies she's told her employer and calls into question whether or not her relationship with Charlie is built on love or just a boozy diversion from adulthood.

• The Calling | DVD | (16/08/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Joanna is about to graduate from University with her whole life set up for her but she has decided to face up to a truth she has been avoiding her whole life. Since she was small she has had the desire to become a Nun. She is set on joining a closed order of Benedictines. Her best friend cannot believe it her boyfriend is devastated and her mother feels it's just a phase. The only encouragement she gets is from the family's religious housekeeper Consuela When she finally gets to the convent the liberalism of a politically active Novice Sister Ignatious and a bunch of women with border-line mental illness including a psychotic Mother Superior an alcoholic football fan in charge of the vineyard an over-pious floor mopper Sister Hilda to name a few at first makes her wonder if she's following the right path after all but as she gets to know the Sisters and the enormous community bond they all share and the spiritual love that connects them she starts to see glimpses of her own spiritual fulfillment. Several weeks into her vocation she discovers something in herself which brings a whole new series of secrets out into the open until eventually the bond she has with Sister Ignatious dictates and assists in her destiny.

• The Pelican Brief | Blu Ray | (09/03/2009) from £10.35   |  Saving you £9.64 (93.14%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Two Supreme Court Justices have been murdered and a lone law student (Julia Roberts) turns her suspicions about the deaths into a speculative brief that sends shock waves into the highest levels of government. She and a determined investigative reporter (Denzel Washington) want to tell the world what they have uncovered...if they live to tell it. The race is in on and these two are more than runners they're moving targets.

• NYPD Blue - Series One | DVD | (19/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  First broadcast in 1993, NYPD Blue was created by Steven Bochco and David Milch, the team responsible for the magnificent, mould-breaking Hill Street Blues, which had featured both of NYPD's principal stars, David Caruso (Detective John Kelly) and Dennis Franz (Detective Andy Sipowicz). Here, their partnership takes up most of the screen time, a break from the ensemble feel of the earlier show (though he's the boss, James McDaniel's Lieutenant Fancy, for instance, is a peripheral figure). But there are familiar Bochco themes. Tough-but-put-upon cops struggle with their own problems as well as the criminal element: Kelly is going through a divorce, while Sipowicz is fighting alcoholism, though these are as nothing compared with officer Janice Licalsi's dramatic means of escaping her involvement with the Mob. Although fast-cut and street-sharp, NYPD Blue arguably betrays a right-wing bias: the villains are invariably irredeemable scum, too often let off the hook by a slack and excessively liberal judiciary, with victims of crime often forced to take desperate measures of their own. The fate of one 4B (a young David Schwimmer), however, acts as a warning against vigilantism. Unleavened by much of Hill Street's humour and with plots more designed to keep the pulse racing than reflect social realism, NYPD Blue is simmering, downbeat, compelling viewing that edged mainstream American TV nearer to the knuckle than it had previously dared to venture. On the DVD: NYPD Blue, Series 1 has a number of special features, including a making-of documentary in which creator Steven Bochco explains the lengthy negotiations he had to undertake with the network in order to get the show aired in anything like its original form. "Cast Blotters" is a feature about the characters and players. There's also a short piece on the love interest in NYPD Blue and biographies of the cast and programme makers. --David Stubbs

• The Tim Burton Collection | DVD | (30/04/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Celebrate some of Tim Burtons best films with this 8 movie DVD collection! Title Comprise:Batman: After a young boy witnesses his parents' murder on the streets of Gotham City, he grows up to become Batman, a mysterious figure in the eyes of Gotham's citizens, who takes crime-fighting into his own hands. He first emerges out of the shadows when the Joker appears - a horribly disfigured individual who is out for revenge on his former employer and generally likes to have a good time, but the identity of the bat is unknown. Perhaps millionaire Bruce Wayne and photographer Vicki Vale have a good chance of finding out?Batman Returns: Gotham City faces two monstrous criminal menaces: the bizarre, sinister Penguin (Danny DeVito) and the slinky, mysterious Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer). Can Batman (Michael Keaton) battle two formidable foes at once? Like the Academy Award winning 1989 original, Batman Returns is directed by movie-making wizard Tim Burton. And like the first blockbuster, it’s a dazzling adventure that leaves you breathless.Charlie and the Chocolate factory: Acclaimed director Tim Burton brings his vividly imaginative style to the beloved Roald Dahl classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, about eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) and Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore), a good-hearted boy from a poor family who lives in the shadow of Wonka's extraordinary factory.Sweeney Todd: From the dark, gothic imagination of iconic director Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a bloody tale of music, murder, melodrama and meat pies. Laced with black humour and seasoned with beautiful musical ballads, Tim Burton serves up a sugarplum tale of serial-killing barber Sweeney Todd and his desperate desire for revenge.PeeWee's Big Adventure:Corpse Bride: Set in a 19th century European village, this stop-motion, animated feature follows the story of Victor (voiced by Johnny Depp), a young man who is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious Corpse Bride, while his real bride, Victoria, waits bereft in the land of the living. Though life in the Land of the Dead proves to be a lot more colourful than his strict Victorian upbringing, Victor learns that there is nothing in this world, or the next, that can keep him away from his one true love. It's a tale of optimism, romance and a very lively afterlife, told in classic Burton style.Mars Attacks: Stars that shine across the galaxy. Jack Nicholson (in a dual role), Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito and a dozen more. And mean, green invaders from the angry red planet! Armed with insta-fry ray guns, endowed with slimy, humungous brains - and enlivened with out-of-this-world but state-of-the-art special effects. As the U.S. legislature is overwhelmed. (Don't fear we still have 2 out of 3 branches of the government working for us, and that ain't bad!). As Earth fights back with an unexpected weapon. Take that, Martians!Beetlejuice: What's a young ghost couple to do when their quaint New England home is overturn by trendy New Yorkers? They hire a freelance bio-exorcist to spook the intruders. And everyone gets more than he, she or it bargained for!Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder and Sylvia Sidney share starring honours with the movie's wondrous production design, Harry Belafonte soundtrack tunes and Academy Award winning Best Makeup. So exorcise your right to fun. Say the word three times and have a wonderful Day-O!

• Mr. Majestyk | Blu Ray | (04/01/2016) from £18.75   |  Saving you £1.24 (6.61%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Mr Majestyk (Bronson) is an ex-con and Vietnam vet whose efforts to run a normal life as a farmer are thwarted by narrow-minded locals and corrupts cops. When a Mafia hitman destroys Majestyk's crop, the farmer snaps. Taking his rifle in hand, he goes after the syndicate assassin, refusing to stop until his work is done. Written for the screen by Elmore Leonard (Out of Sight, Get Shorty), directed by Richard Fleischer (10 Rillington Place, Soylent Green) and starring cinema tough guy Charles Bronson (The Dirty Dozen, Death Wish), Mr Majestyk is a gritty action film full of car chases, shoot-outs and bare-knuckle brawls. High Definition transfer Audio commentary with Bronson and Fleischer expert Paul Talbot, author of Bronson's Loose!: The Making of the Death Wish Films The Guardian Interview with Richard Fleischer (1981, audio only): archival recording of the acclaimed director discussing his career in film-making The Guardian Interview with Richard Fleischer (1994): the director returns to the NFT to speak further about his work in the cinema Original theatrical trailer

• Jesus Of Montreal | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jesus of Montreal is a surprising and dazzling tragi-comic satire on modern life based around a group of actors who gather together to perform a new interpretation of the Passion Play. Awarded the Grand Prix at Cannes in 1989 Denys Arcand's film has been a major success throughout the world combining wild comedy with the absurd dramas of life around us.

• Only You | DVD | (09/09/2019) from £6.17   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Elena and Jake meet by chance on New Year's Eve, arguing for the same taxi. However, instead of going their separate ways after sharing a taxi, they start a passionate relationship. Directed by Harry Wootliff and starring Laia Costa (Victoria) and Josh O Connor (God's Own Country and The Crown).

• The Love Of A Woman | Blu Ray | (21/08/2017) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Love of a Woman (L amour d une femme) was the final feature of the great French filmmaker Jean Grémillon, concluding a string of classics that included such greats as Remorques, Lumière d'été and Pattes blanches. Marie, a young doctor, arrives on the island of Ushant to replace its retiring physician. She experiences prejudice from the mostly male population, but also love in the form of engineer André. Starring Micheline Presle, whose impressive career has encompassed French, Italian and Hollywood cinema, and Massimo Girotti, best-known for his performance in Luchino Visconti s Ossessione, The Love of a Woman is a sad, beautiful, romantic masterpiece. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition presentations of the feature, from materials supplied by Gaumont Original French mono audio (uncompressed LPCM on the Blu-ray) Optional English subtitles In Search of Jean Grémillon, a feature-length documentary on the filmmaker from 1969, containing interviews with director René Clair, archivist Henri Langlois, actors Micheline Presle and Pierre Brasseur, and others Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Jennifer Dionisio FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic Ginette Vincendeau

• Romeo | DVD | (03/02/2010) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-11.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The powerfully explicit account of a savage dictatorship that massacred and tortured hundreds of thousands. He spoke the truth in a country torn apart by social injustice. He stood for human rights during an era of shocking violence and torture. But the brutal dictatorship chose not to listen and he was assassinated for his beliefs. His name was Oscar Romero Archbishop of El Salvador. And this is his courageous - and true - story.

• Bamboozled | DVD | (16/07/2001) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Spike Lee's latest is a biting comedy about a black US TV writer whose plans to get sacked by creating a TV show reviving old time minstrel shows doesn't go at all as planned!

• Sympathy For Mr Vengeance | Blu Ray | (25/01/2010) from £22.02   |  Saving you £4.73 (23.35%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A deaf mute worker saves all his money for his sister who requires a kidney transplant. He has the wrong blood type to be able to donate one of his kidneys so he arranges a trade with a group of organ dealers: one of his kidneys and 10 million won in return for their finding a kidney for his sister. They renege but a legitimate kidney becomes available for transplant. Unfortunately he no longer has the 10 million won required for the hospital to perform the operation. He and his girlfriend a terrorist seeking to change how the poor are treated in Korea kidnap his former boss's daughter. But events spiral quickly out of control...

• The White Sheik | Blu Ray | (06/04/2020) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The 1952 directorial debut of Italian legend Federico Fellini featuring his future wife, Giulietta Masina. The White Sheik tells the story of a newlywed couple's honeymoon that turns into disaster when the virginal bride runs away in search of the eponymous hero, a soap-opera actor who fulfils her naïve romantic ideals. A light hearted, timeless comedy, and satire on glamour and illusion, The White Sheik is one of Fellini's most accessible films, yet contains hints of the surrealist elements he was to develop in his later work. Extras: Fellini's The White Sheik and Other Stories - 16 minute featurette compiled of Interviews with Fellini experts Peter Bondanella and Charlotte Chandler discussing The White Sheik and other Fellini classics Fellini's Collection at The Lilly Library - A 5 minute featurette showcasing artefacts from the Fellini collection at The Lilly Library, including scripts and sketches.

• Yardie | Blu Ray | (26/12/2018) from £8.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Yardie is the fresh, compelling and remarkable directorial debut from Idris Elba. Set in '70s Kingston and '80s Hackney, D (Aml Ameen, The Maze Runner, Kidulthood), has never fully recovered from the murder of his older brother Jerry Dread. D grows up under the wing of a Kingston Don and music producer named King Fox (Sheldon Shepherd). When Fox dispatches him to London, D reconnects with his childhood sweetheart, Yvonne (Shantol Jackson), and his daughter who he's not seen since she was a baby. He also hooks up with a soundclash crew, called High Noon. But before he can be convinced to abandon his life of crime and follow the righteous path, he encounters the man who shot his brother 10 years earlier, and embarks on a bloody, explosive quest for retribution a quest which brings him into conflict with vicious London gangster Rico (Stephen Graham, This is England).

• Daddy | DVD | (09/05/2016) from £10.98   |  Saving you £7.00 (77.86%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Colin McCormack thinks he has it all a great job, a stream of hot young guys, and a best friend whose devotion he takes for granted. When a charming intern sweeps Colin off his feet, his lifelong friendship is put to the test. In the intern, Colin sees his chance to start a family, but what he comes to discover may cost Colin everyone and everything he holds dear.

• Abhimaan | DVD | (01/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  A popular singer marries the daughter of a retired teacher but when her singing becomes more popular than his he becomes filled with anger and jealously that spiral out of control.

• Helen Of Troy | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The abduction of beautiful Helen wife of Spartan King Menelaus by Paris of Troy triggers a long war faithfully recreated in this lavish TV miniseries.

• Grey's Anatomy Season 18 | DVD | (21/11/2022) from £13.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A