Drama

• Escape to Victory | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £5.97   |  Saving you £1.02 (17.09%)   |  RRP £6.99

  This is no ordinary soccer match: this is war! The battlefield: a stadium in occupied Paris. The armies: German all-stars vs. ragtag Allied POWs. The objective: demonstrate another proof of Aryan superiority. Guess who wins? Better yet guess who cleverly uses the match as a means of escape? Sylvester Stallone Michael Caine and Max von Sydow star in this rouser directed by the legendary John Huston. The climatic match is a heart-in-the-throat hat-in-the-air exhibition of brute force and balletic grace featuring soccer legends Pele Bobby Moore Osvaldo Ardiles Co Prins Mike Summerbee and more. Score a splendid entertainment goal for 'Victory'!

• A Piece Of Cake - The Complete Series | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £14.98   |  Saving you £7.00 (53.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A Piece Of Cake: The Complete Series (2 Discs)

• The Nanny Diaries | DVD | (18/02/2008) from £5.50   |  Saving you £10.49 (190.73%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A college student goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, her studies, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.

• Twelve Angry Men | DVD | (19/03/2001) from £5.82   |  Saving you £7.17 (123.20%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Sidney Lumet's directorial debut Twelve Angry Men remains a tense, atmospheric (though slightly manipulative and stagey) courtroom thriller, in which the viewer never sees a trial and the only action is verbal. As he does in his later corruption commentaries such as Serpico or Q & A, Lumet focuses on the lonely one-man battles of a protagonist whose ethics alienate him from the rest of jaded society. As the film opens, the seemingly open-and-shut trial of a young Puerto Rican accused of murdering his father with a knife has just concluded and the 12-man jury retires to their microscopic, sweltering quarters to decide the verdict. When the votes are counted, 11 men rule guilty, while one--played by Henry Fonda, again typecast as another liberal, truth-seeking hero--doubts the obvious. Stressing the idea of "reasonable doubt", Fonda slowly chips away at the jury, who represent a microcosm of white, male society--exposing the prejudices and preconceptions that directly influence the other jurors' snap judgments. The tight script by Reginald Rose (based on his own teleplay) presents each juror vividly using detailed soliloquies, all which are expertly performed by the film's flawless cast. Still, it's Lumet's claustrophobic direction--all sweaty close-ups and cramped compositions within a one-room setting--that really transforms this contrived story into an explosive and compelling nail-biter. --Dave McCoy, Amazon.com

• Saving Face (Criterion Collection) - UK Only | Unknown | (01/09/2025) from £22.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A queer romantic comedy set in vibrant, multicultural New York City, Alice Wu's irresistible feature debut breathed fresh life into the genre by combining snappy dialogue and a swooning love story with a poignant narrative about a mother and daughter coming to terms with each other. Just as Wil (Michelle Krusiec), a harried young surgical resident, begins a promising romance with the flirtatious dancer Vivian (Lynn Chen), her life is turned upside down when her more traditional Chinese mother (Joan Chen)unwed and unexpectedly pregnantmoves in with her, forcing both women to confront the generational and cultural barriers that have long troubled their relationship. Both embracing and cleverly subverting rom-com conventions, Wu delivers a bighearted ode to the Chinese American diaspora, and the liberating joy of living one's truth. United States 2004 97 minutes Colour 1.85:1 English, Mandarin Spine #1276 DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES: ¢ High-definition digital master, approved by director Alice Wu, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack ¢ Audio commentary featuring Wu ¢ New interviews with Wu and actor Joan Chen ¢ Deleted scenes with optional commentary by Wu ¢ Behind-the-scenes featurette ¢ Program featuring Wu and members of the cast at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival ¢ Trailer ¢ English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing ¢ PLUS: An essay by critic Phoebe Chen

• A Letter to Three Wives (1949) Dual Format (DVD & Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (29/06/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A stunning romantic drama from writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz (All About Eve The Barefoot Contessa) A Letter to Three Wives explores the domestic travails of three couples and the woman that brings them to the brink of crisis. The letter of the title is written with a poisonous pen: the three women (portrayed by Jeanne Crain Linda Darnell and Ann Sothern) receive a note stating that one of their husbands has run off with a woman named Addie Ross – which husband in particular however remains unmentioned though each husband had their own affinity for Ross. And so amid the women’s mounting anxiety commences a series of flashbacks each telling the story of how the three individual marriages had come in their own way to be so strained at the present... A spectacular success at the time of its release A Letter to Three Wives was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar and earned Mankiewicz the Academy Awards for both Best Director and Best Screenplay. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present A Letter to Three Wives in a special Dual Format edition that includes the film on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK. “Despite its emotional intensity the film is comic effervescently so and its magical ending lends wit a metaphysical dimension” – New Yorker Special Duel Format (Blu-ray & DVD) Edition Features: Gorgeous 1080p presentation of the film on Blu-ray Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Feature-length audio commentary with Mankiewicz biographer Kenneth Geist film historian Cheryl Lower and actor Christopher Mankiewicz the director’s son Fox Movietone newsreel covering the Academy Awards ceremony 36-page booklet containing essays interview material and rare archival imagery • Trailer

• Barbara Taylor Bradford : Boxed Set | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £13.50   |  Saving you £46.49 (344.37%)   |  RRP £59.99

  A collection of five adaptations of Barbara Taylor Bradford's masterpiece novels. This box set includes: A Woman Of Substance: Spanning more than a century this is the epic story of the Harte dynasty as told through the best selling trilogy of novels by one of todays most popular authors. The story starts as the indomitable Emma Harte looks back over her remarkable rags-to-riches story while her own family plots against her to gain control of her mighty business empire. Hold The Dream: In this second installment of the trilogy Emma Harte passes on the Harte business empire to her favourite grand-daughter Paula McGill Fairley who must strive to unite a warring family. This is the story of one woman's determination to find the passion and happiness that should be her rightful legacy. Act Of Will: Three beautiful women - grandmother mother and daughter - struggle bravely through five eventful decades of hidden love high drama and sudden death in this Barbara Taylor Bradford's most stirring tale based closely on her own remarkable true-life story. Voice Of The Heart: Based on the international best seller by Barbara Taylor Bradford this is the powerful story of two beautiful women whose friendship is wracked by bitter jealousy and ultimate betrayal. With her stunning beauty brilliant talent and almost magical allure the irresistable Katherine Tempest has the world at her feet. Her rise from unknown actress to Hollywood legend is one marked by dazzling performances and a carefully concealed yet undeniably ruthless determination to succeed. Katherine irrevocably changes the lives of her closest friends: The two men who love her and Francesca the woman who trusts her implicitly. She never looks back - until she needs the one thing that they alone can give her - forgiveness. To Be The Best: Anthony Hopkins heads the star-studded cast of the trilogies gripping conclusion. As the powerful and beautiful Paula O'Neill finds her empire under attack it seems that only one man has the expertise and connections to save her.

• 8 Mile | DVD | (02/08/2010) from £6.08   |  Saving you £13.91 (228.78%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Eminem makes his movie debut in this tale of an aspiring talented rapper in Detroit, and the most crucial week of his young life.

• The Lake House | DVD | (09/10/2006) from £9.49   |  Saving you £8.50 (89.57%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock reunite for this love story between two people who are two years apart in time.

• Chef | DVD | (03/11/2014) from £4.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (300.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When Chef Carl Casper (Jon Favreau; Iron Man) suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner (Dustin Hoffman; Rain Man ) he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami he teams up with his ex-wife (Sofia Vergara; TVs Modern Family) his friend (John Leguizamo; Kick-Ass 2) and his son (Emjay Anthony; It's Complicated) to launch a food truck. Taking to the road Chef Carl goes back to his roots to reignite his passion for the kitchen - and zest for life and love. Also starring Scarlett Johansson (The Avengers Assemble).

• Around the World in 80 Days | DVD | (23/05/2022) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  London, 1872. On the day his world is turned upside down by a postcard from a lost love, Phileas Fogg (David Tennant) is inspired by an article about the exciting advances in travel to take on an almost impossible wager to circumnavigate the globe in just eighty days. As a man who has spent the last twenty years in a comfortable leather armchair at The Reform Club, he will need all the resilience he can muster and of course would be nowhere without the assistance of quick-witted Frenchman, Passepartout (Ibrahim Koma). Joining them on the road will be the Daily Telegraph journalist who came up with the whole crazy idea in the first place Abigail Fix (Leonie Benesch).

• Field of Dreams - 80s Collection | DVD | (27/08/2018) from £2.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Return to the disco days of the 1980s in this exclusive collection, featuring ALL NEW ARTWORK that celebrates Generation X's neon dream decade, and the movies that defined it. If you build it, he will come . With these words, Iowa farmer Kevin Costner is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. A heart-warming experience that has moved critics and audiences like no other films of its generation, FIELD OF DREAMS is a glowing tribute to all who dare to dream. BONUS FEATURES: Feature Commentary Making Of Scrapbook Trailer Production Notes Biographies

• Love & Friendship | DVD | (26/09/2016) from £5.49   |  Saving you £14.50 (264.12%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Fantastic British Period Drama/comedy based on Jane Austen's novella ˜Lady Susan'. Featuring a starred cast, including; Kate Beckinsale (Aviator, Pearl Harbour), Chloe Sevigny (Zodiac, American Psycho), Xavier Samuel (Fury, Frankenstein) and Stephen Fry. Set in the 1790s, Love & Friendship centres on beautiful widow Lady Susan Vernon, who has come to the estate of her in-laws to wait out colourful rumours about her dalliances circulating through polite society. Whilst there, she decides to secure a husband for herself and her rather reluctant debutante daughter, Frederica.

• Callan - The Monochrome Years | DVD | (22/02/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Edward Woodward gives an electrifying performance as a reluctant professional killer working for British Intelligence. Callan became a national phenomenon in the late 1960s making Woodward one of the highest profile actors on television and paving the way to his eventual career in America on shows like The Equalizer. Created by James Mitchell (When the Boat Comes In) and exploring the dingy twilight world of the professional spy Callan was the antithesis of James Bond (back in the days of Connery and Moore) and presented until that point television's most realistic portrayal of government espionage. This set contains the original Armchair Theatre pilot play A Magnum for Schneider along with all the remaining black and white episodes from series one and two - unseen in nearly forty years and available on any format for the first time.

• Shadowlands | DVD | (28/11/2005) from £6.97   |  Saving you £9.02 (129.41%)   |  RRP £15.99

  ""I never knew that love could hurt so much yet I love you and all I want is to love you."" This cry from the heart comes from bachelor Oxford don C.S.Lewis (Hopkins) who discovers exquisite happiness in later life through his marriage to American Joy Davidman (Winger). His beliefs and new found fulfillment are shattered by Joy's struggle against an unexpected and devastating illness. Based on the true-life love story of C.S.Lewis the author of 'The Lion The Witch and the W

• Much Ado About Nothing | DVD | (09/05/2018) from £8.99   |  Saving you £16.00 (177.98%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Kenneth Branagh's 1993 production of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing is a vigorous and imaginative work, cheerful and accessible for everyone. Largely the story of Benedick (Branagh) and Beatrice (Emma Thompson)--adversaries who come to believe each is trying to woo the other--the film veers from arched wit to ironic romps, and the two leads don't mind looking a little silly at times. But the plot is also layered with darker matters that concern the ease with which men and women fall into mutual distrust. Branagh has rounded up a mixed cast of stage vets and Hollywood stars, among the latter Denzel Washington and Michael Keaton, the latter playing a rather seedy, Beetlejuice-like version of Dogberry, king of malapropisms.--Tom Keogh

• The Importance of Being Earnest | DVD | (05/09/2016) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  If you're looking for the definitive example of dry wit, look no further than this 1952 version of The Importance of Being Earnest. Of course, it helps to have Oscar Wilde's beloved play as source material, but this exquisite adaptation has a charmed life of its own, with a perfectly matched director and a once-in-a-lifetime cast. Mix these ingredients with Wilde's inimitable repartee, and you've got a comedic soufflé that's cooked to perfection. Opening with a proscenium nod to its theatrical origins, the film turns Wilde's comedy of clever deception and mixed identities into a cinematic treat, and while the 10-member cast is uniformly superb, special credit must be given to Dame Edith Evans, reprising her stage role as the imperiously stuffy Lady Bracknell. To hear her Wilde-ly hilarious inflections and elongated syllables is to witness British comedy in its purest form. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Small Things Like These | Blu Ray | (03/02/2025) from £15.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  While working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers truths of his own forcing him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church.

• Schindler's List - 25th Anniversary Bonus Edition (DVD) | DVD | (25/02/2019) from £5.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  NOTICE: Polish Release, cover may contain Polish text/markings. The disk has English audio and subtitles.

• Seal Team: Season Six | DVD | (13/11/2023) from £15.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The hit military drama SEAL Team storms into its sixth season. This elite unit of Navy SEALs led by Jason Hayes (David Boreanaz) must rebound from a devastating ambush on the battlefield that leaves the team forever altered and the team's future unknown.