Drama

• Hard And Brutal - Scum / Romper Stomper / Chopper | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Scum: Alan Clarke's Scum shows a vicious system and doesn't pull any of the punches - or kicks - so relentlessly deployed in the battles between rivals in the power stakes that incarceration promotes. It's the brutal story of life in a modern-day Borstal. Run by the violence and cruelty of both inmates and officers the system is a jungle which brutalizes all within its walls. Carlin who has been transferred from another Borstal for retaliation against violent officers is thrown into this human quagmire - and what follows is a harsh and bitter battle for survival. He realises that the only way is by beating the system at its own game and eventually erupts as leader of a bloody climatic riot. Romper Stomper: Violent but never gratuitous emotionally powerful and never afraid to portray the ugly destructive face of prejudice Romper Stomper excites disturbs and boldly challenges the viewer. Its angry raw story about a brutal lawless group of skinheads is a savage kick in the guts. This is no simplistic street-gang film but a rivetting portrayal of the hopelessness and blind hatred of youth that is both controversial and profound. Chopper: An extraordinary movie about an extraordinary man the highly acclaimed and award winning Chopper is the boldest and grittiest Australian film in decades. Brimming with dangerous excitement and stunning innovation the sensational debut of rock director Andrew Dominik is an exhilarating sharp shock to the system revealing the no-holds-barred story of the notorious Oz criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read. Told in flashback as Read serves one of his many prisons sentences this extreme biography charts the brutal carnage and wicked sense of humour of a man who supposedly committed nineteen vicious murders and got away with it. Mixing startling facts from his nine best-selling books including 'How To Shoot Friends and Influence People ' with stylish pulp fiction to paint an astonishing portrait of a larger-than-life legend Chopper is funny fascinating and frightening and features a show-stopping central performance from Eric Bana Australia's top stand-up comedian.

• Caged Fear | DVD | (27/01/2003) from £8.71   |  Saving you £-3.72 (-74.50%)   |  RRP £4.99

  A woman whose sister has been murdered shoots the mobster responsible. Later behind bars she becomes the subject of a mob contract. Hell hath no fury in the prison thriller.

• Leo | DVD | (27/10/2008) from £5.00   |  Saving you £6.99 (58.30%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Two parallel stories about a widowed mother and an ex-convict interweave in this literary drama.

• Danger UXB | DVD | (06/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Classic military drama series revolving around a World War Two bomb disposal squad. Dead Man's Shoes: It is the autumn of 1940. The Great Blitz has taken London by surprise hundreds of civilians have been killed and thousands more made homeless nightly. Brian Ash a young Royal Engineer Officer finds himself posted to a Bomb Disposal Company hastily assembled to combat a terrible new menace - the hundreds of unexploded bombs that are coming close to paralysing the whole city. Unsung Heroes: Second Lieutenant Brian Ash is settling in with life in Bomb Disposal but he soon finds out that even in the blitz there are certain rules that you can break at your peril. Just Like a Woman: When the tragedy of war comes too close it brings out an even stronger determination from the men of the Bomb Disposal to help defend the citizens of London. But a bomb has to be handled gently...

• Kiju Yoshida: Love + Anarchism (3-Disc Special Edition) | Blu Ray | (06/07/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Suzanne | DVD | (05/07/2005) from £4.91   |  Saving you £-0.92 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  A young actress becomes totally obsessed with the part she is playing and before long art and reality start to blur. Based on a song by Leonard Cohen (which is used in the film).

• Looking For Miracles | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Set in 1935 this is the story of sixteen year old Ryan Delaney who takes a job as a camp counsellor. He is surprised to learn that he will be responsible for his younger brother Sullivan who has spent most of his life living away with relatives. Together the brothers discover the meaning of 'family'.

• My Breast | DVD | (05/07/2005) from £16.69   |  Saving you £-12.70 (-318.30%)   |  RRP £3.99

  A smart savvy New York journalist has just been diagnosed with breast cancer. Facing a daunting array of decisions she confronts her situation with humour and fierce diligence.

• Danger Beneath The Sea | DVD | (15/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  On a nuclear submarine it only takes one man to start a war. When a North Korean nuclear missile test misfires one of America's elite attack subs the USS Lansing gets caught in the wake. The blast knocks out all of the sub's communication leaving the crew growing paranoid that an all-out war is taking place above the surface. When the Captain (Casper Van Dien) isn't convinced and demands more proof the second in command convinces the crew to declare mutiny and proceeds to ready the ship for a nuclear attack. At the US Naval Submarine Command Admiral Justice (Gerald McRaney) sends a destroyer sub to investigate the Lansing's fate. When the destroyer reports the Lansing's silo doors are open and ready to fire the destroyer is ordered to fire on the Lansing. After the first torpedo blast rattles the Lansing's hull the Captain and a few loyal crewmembers realize they must retake command of the sub before the reckless 2nd in command obliterates an innocent country.

• The Lonely Passion Of Judith Hearne | DVD | (25/01/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Lonely Judith Hearne falls for her landlady's brother Madden who exudes a certain glamour having lived in America for thirty years. She seeks romance and he seeks an investor for a business venture. Each is mistaken about the other's feelings and their relationship proceeds in a downward spiral...

• Galileo | DVD | (20/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This film is about Galileo the 17th century Italian who laid the foundations for modern science. He made one of the world's first telescopes and discovered the moons of Jupiter he also supported Copernicus' theory that the Earth revolved around the Sun and suffered persecution at the hands of the Inquisition...

• Weekend in Vegas | DVD | (27/01/2003) from £12.96   |  Saving you £-7.97 (-159.70%)   |  RRP £4.99

  An indecent proposal too tempting to resist. A young married couple Jed and Sally are struggling to survive. They head to Las Vegas hoping their luck would change. They win more money than they dared dream of but Jed returns to the casino alone to gamble - and loses their win. He is propositioned by the club owner; a night of sex in return for money....

• Black Swan | Blu Ray | (03/06/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Feverish worlds such as espionage and warfare have nothing on the hothouse realm of ballet, as director Darren Aronofsky makes clear in Black Swan, his over-the-top delve into a particularly fraught production of Swan Lake. At the very moment hard-working ballerina Nina (Natalie Portman) lands the plum role of the White Swan, her company director (Vincent Cassel) informs her that she'll also play the Black Swan--and while Nina's precise, almost virginal technique will serve her well in the former role, the latter will require a looser, lustier attack. The strain of reaching within herself for these feelings, along with nattering comments from her mother (Barbara Hershey) and the perceived rivalry from a new dancer (Mila Kunis), are enough to make anybody crack… and tracing out the fault lines of Nina's breakdown is right in Aronofsky's wheelhouse. Those cracks are broad indeed, as Nina's psychological instability is telegraphed with blunt-force emphasis in this neurotic roller-coaster ride. The characters are stick figures--literally, in the case of the dancers, but also as single-note stereotypes in the horror show: witchy bad mummy, sexually intimidating male boss, wacko diva (Winona Ryder, as the prima ballerina Nina is replacing). Yet the film does work up some crazed momentum (and undeniably earned its share of critical raves), and the final sequence is one juicy curtain-dropper. A good part of the reason for this is the superbly all-or-nothing performance by Natalie Portman, who packs an enormous amount of ferocity into her small body. Kudos, too, to Tchaikovsky's incredibly durable music, which has meshed well with psychological horror at least since being excerpted for the memorably moody opening credits of the 1931 Dracula, another pirouette through the dark side. --Robert Horton

• The Assassination Of Trotsky | DVD | (27/12/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Mexico City 1940. Communist parades are celebrating May day. In a hotel room near Zocalo Square there are two people who are destined to play a major part in the events leading to the assassination of Leon Trotsky the ageing idealist and 'dedicated Marxist and atheist' banished from Russia by Josef Stalin who has been given sanctuary by the Mexican Government - Frank Jacson travelling on a Canadian passport who claims to be a Belgian in Mexico avoiding national service and Gita Samuels a one-time translator.

• Lulu On The Bridge | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £44.99   |  Saving you £-32.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Outrunning the past to save the future... Izzy Maurer (Harvey Keitel) is a jazz saxophonist whose life is permanently changed when he is hit by a stray bullet. After his recovery Izzy stumbles across the body of a stranger and winds up with the murdered man's briefcase. Inside is a mysterious stone which leads himito Celia Burns (Mira Sorvino). Together they discover the power of the stone and the threat of those who want it as the story takes a dark and surprising turn into

• The Green Mile | DVD | (12/02/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Miracles happen in unexpected places even in the Death Row cell block at Cold Mountain Penitentiary. There John Coffey a gentle giant of a prisoner with supernatural powers brings a sense of spirit and humanity to his guards and fellow inmates. Tom Hanks leads a stellar ensemble (including Michael Clarke Duncan as Coffey) in this emotional uplifting story of guards and captives; husbands and wives; prisoners and a remarkable mouse named Mr. Jingles; and on another level of a moviemaker and his source. That filmmaker is Frank Darabont who returns after his 1994 directorial debut The Shawshank Redemption to adapt another tale by Stephen King into stirring crowd-pleasing entertainment nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture.

• Mother's Day Box Set (Crazy Stupid Love / The Blind Side / Life as We Know it) | DVD | (10/03/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Crazy Stupid Love: A middle-aged husband's life changes dramatically when his wife asks him for a divorce. He seeks to rediscover his manhood with the help of a newfound friend, Jacob, learning to pick up girls at bars. The Blind Side: The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family. Life As We Know It: Two single adults become caregivers t...

• The Lovejoy Collection - Vol. 9 | DVD | (18/04/2005) from £5.98   |  Saving you £7.01 (117.22%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Ian McShane stars as lovable rogue antiques dealer Lovejoy in three 55 minute episodes - Angel Trousers Benin Bronze and Eric Of Arabia. The episodes feature Lovejoy with his associates Tinker Dill Eric Catchpole and Lady Jane Felsham.

• A Family At War - Series 3 - Part 4 | DVD | (10/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A Family At War is the classic ITV series chronicling the fortunes of the Ashton family living in Liverpool during the Second World War.

• TV Drama: Sword Of Honour, Shackleton, Longitude | DVD | (30/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Sword Of HonourAward-winning novelist and screenwriter William Boyd brings Evelyn Waugh's classic trilogy of the Second World War vividly to life in this epic two-part drama starring Daniel Craig Megan Dodds Leslie Phillips Julian Rhind-Tutt Robert Pugh and Katrina Cartlidge. ShackletonDirected by Charles Sturridge (Brideshead Revisited Gulliver's Travels Longitude) this biopic of explorer Ernest Shackleton (Kenneth Branagh) is at once a fascinating character study of a driven man and a thrilling true life adventure. Concentrating on Shackleton's 1914 Endurance expedition to the the South Pole it details the incredible struggle he undertook to lead his 28 man crew to safety after his ship was trapped and then crushed in the pack ice. LongitudeLongitude is the fascinating story of John Harrison (Gambon) who in the 18th century believed he could make a clock that would work on board a ship - and so solve the problem of finding longitude at sea. Harrison has to struggle against a bigoted establishment in order to win recognition for his achievements. This story is intertwined with that of Rupert Gold (Irons) the former naval officer who in the 1920s discovered Harrison's clocks and - at the cost of his health his reputation and his marriage began the mammoth task of restoring them.