Release Dates for new Drama DVDs
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The Descendants
DVD (2011)
A land baron tries to re-connect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident.
Pre-order:
due to release 30 May 2012
$29.99
$27.99
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The Artist
DVD (2011)
Hollywood, 1927: Silent movie star George Valentin bemoans the coming era of talking pictures and fades into oblivion and self-destruction, but finds sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer lighting up talkies like no one else. The Artist tells the story of their interlinked destinies.
Pre-order:
due to release 27 Jun 2012
$34.99
$26.99
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The Woman in the Fifth
DVD (2011)
American writer Tom Ricks (Ethan Hawke) comes to Paris desperate to put his life together again and win back the love of his estranged wife and daughter. But when he is robbed of all his possessions, he finds himself living in a shady hotel, working as a night guard in a clandestine and possibly ill...
Pre-order:
due to release 12 Jul 2012
$29.99
$24.99
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The Vow
DVD (2012)
Inspired by a true story, The Vow is the tale of a love that refuses to be forgotten. Leo (Channing Tatum, Dear John ) is devastated when a car accident plunges his wife Paige (Rachel McAdams, The Notebook ) into a deep coma. She miraculously recovers – but the last five years of her memories have v...
Pre-order:
due to release 13 Jun 2012
$34.99
$29.99
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Safe House
DVD (2011)
A young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge.
Pre-order:
due to release 6 Jun 2012
$34.99
$29.99
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Moneyball
DVD (2011)
Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
Pre-order:
due to release 13 Jun 2012
$29.99
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
DVD (2011)
A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. **Cover Artwork Not Final**
Pre-order:
release date to be confirmed
TBC
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Young Adult
DVD (2011)
Academy Award winner Charlize Theron plays Mavis Gary, a writer of teen literature who returns to her small hometown to relive her glory days and attempt to reclaim her happily married high school sweetheart (Patrick Wilson). When returning home proves more difficult than she thought, Mavis forms an...
Pre-order:
due to release 30 May 2012
$39.99
$29.99
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Love Like Poison
DVD (2010)
Teenaged Anna comes home from her Catholic boarding school to discover that her father has left. Her mother, devastated, has confined herself in the company of the local priest, while Anna clings to her beloved grandfather. Amidst her grief, Anna also grows close to Pierre, a free-spirited - and ath...
Pre-order:
due to release 12 Jul 2012
$29.99
$24.99
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Gone
DVD (2011)
When her sister disappears, Jill is convinced the serial killer who kidnapped her two years ago has returned, and she sets out to once again face her abductor.
Pre-order:
due to release 27 Jun 2012
$29.99
$27.99
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Albert Nobbs
DVD (2011)
Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man, so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most posh hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape the lie she has been living.
Pre-order:
due to release 6 Jun 2012
$34.99
$29.99
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This Means War
DVD (2012)
A long-term friendship between two covert defense agents is put to the test when they fall for the same woman and use espionage tactics to sabotage each other's attempts to woo her while simultaneously going up against an international arms dealer. **Cover Artwork Not Final**
Pre-order:
due to release 4 Jul 2012
$29.99
$27.99
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Tyrannosaur
DVD (2011)
Joseph (Peter Mullan, My Name is Joe and War Horse) is a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction. Hannah (Olivia Colman, The Iron Lady) is a worker at a charity shop, a respectable woman who appears wholesome and happy. When circumstance brings the pair together, H...
Pre-order:
due to release 14 Jun 2012
$24.99
$22.99
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X
DVD (2011)
A jaded callgirl... a fledgling hooker... a night from hell. Viva Bianca (Spartacus: Blood and Sand) and Hanna Mangan-Lawrence (Acolytes, The Square) star as two unsuspecting young women who are plunged into a deadly game of cat and mouse in Jon Hewitt's high-octane erotic thriller, X. High c...
Pre-order:
due to release 14 Jun 2012
$24.99
$22.99
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Beginners
DVD (2010)
A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover.
Pre-order:
due to release 6 Jun 2012
$39.99
$34.99
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Shame
DVD (2011)
In New York City, Brandon's carefully cultivated private life -- which allows him to indulge his sexual addiction -- is disrupted when his sister Sissy arrives unannounced for an indefinite stay.
Pre-order:
due to release 27 Jun 2012
$29.99
$27.99
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The Eye of the Storm
DVD (2011)
In the Sydney suburb of Centennial Park, two nurses, a housekeeper and a solicitor attend to Elizabeth Hunter as her expatriate son and daughter convene at her deathbed. But in dying, as in living, Mrs Hunter remains a powerful force on those who surround her. Based on the novel by Nobel Prize winne...
Pre-order:
due to release 31 Jul 2012 (estimated date)
$24.99
$22.99
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Burning Man
DVD (2011)
Burning Man is the reckless, sexy, funny, moving and ultimately life-affirming story of Tom, a British chef in a Bondi restaurant, who seems to have decided there are no longer any rules he needs to obey. Whatever Tom is up to, his actions seem to be tolerated by those around him. As Tom descends in...
Pre-order:
due to release 6 Jun 2012
$29.99
$27.99
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Beautiful Wave
DVD (2011)
Set on the sexy beaches of Malibu and Santa Cruz, Beautiful Wave is a film that will take you to an exhilarating summer ride all the way to surf-packed Baja, Mexico. A New York City teenager; Nicole is sent to spend a summer with her estranged grandmother in Santa Cruz. When Nicole is given an old 1...
Pre-order:
due to release 14 Jun 2012
$24.99
$22.99
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Happy Ever Afters
DVD (2009)
Maura is a single mom, furniture repossessed, being evicted. For a fee, she's marrying Wilson, an African, facing deportation. Her nine-year old, Molly, thinks she's going to get a dad. Freddie, a bit of a compulsive, is remarrying Sophie, after divorce and recommitment; she's starved herself into h...
Pre-order:
due to release 6 Jun 2012
$24.99
$22.99
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The Ledge
DVD (2011)
On the rooftop of a city skyscraper, Detective Hollis (Terrence Howard – Iron Man) pleads with Gavin (Charlie Hunnam – Sons of Anarchy) not to jump. What he does not know is that Gavin, an atheist, is involved in a deadly feud with Joe (Patrick Wilson – Watchmen), a Christian extremist. Joe’s gorg...
Pre-order:
due to release 4 Jul 2012
$34.99
$29.99
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We Need To Talk About Kevin
DVD (2011)
The mother of a teenage boy who went on a high-school killing spree tries to deal with her grief - and feelings of responsibility for her child's actions.
Pre-order:
due to release 4 Jul 2012
$39.99
$34.99
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For the Love of Money
DVD (2012)
Based on a true story. Spanning over two decades, "For the Love of Money" follows the true account of an Israeli immigrant who searches for his piece of the American dream. The story begins in Tel Aviv in 1973, where a young Izek is raised in a seedy, gangster filled illegal casino that operates...
Pre-order:
due to release 12 Jul 2012
$29.99
$24.99
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The Philly Kid
DVD (2012)
After twelve hellish years in prison for killing a corrupt cop, former college wrestling champion Dillon McCabe is paroled and returns to his run-down Louisiana neighbourhood, trying to stay out of trouble. Between the cops ex-partner seeking to avenge his death and Dillons best friend Jakes bad inf...
Pre-order:
due to release 11 Jul 2012
$29.99
$24.99
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Like Crazy
DVD (2011)
A British college student falls for an American student, only to be separated from him when she's banned from the U.S. after overstaying her visa. **Cover Artwork Not Final**
Pre-order:
due to release 11 Jul 2012
$29.99
$27.99
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Sleeping Beauty
DVD (2011)
"You will go to sleep: you will wake up. It will be as if those hours never existed." Death-haunted, quietly reckless, Lucy is a young university student who takes a job as a Sleeping Beauty. In the Sleeping Beauty Chamber old men seek an erotic experience that requires Lucy's absolute submission. T...
Pre-order:
due to release 4 Jul 2012
$29.99
$24.99
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Hard Boiled Sweets
DVD (2012)
Ex-con Johnny is forced into pulling a heist he wants nothing to do with. Mob boss Shrewd Eddie has one million is dirty cash stashed at his home, just waiting to be stolen. But what Johnny doesnt know is that seven other very dangerous criminals also have plans to steal the money. **Cover Artwor...
Pre-order:
due to release 4 Jul 2012
$32.99
$29.99
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Puzzle
DVD (2009)
On her 50th birthday, an unassuming housewife receives a present and discovers she’s an ace at puzzles. Without telling anyone, she takes on a training partner and begins to compete. But her new passion quickly threatens her old life, and she must decide where her true self lies
Pre-order:
due to release 13 Jun 2012
$29.99
$24.99
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Manhatten Murder Mystery
DVD (1993)
A middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbour’s wife suddenly drops dead, compelled to investigate the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death.
Pre-order:
due to release 20 Jun 2012
$14.99
$12.99
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Sidney Sheldon's Rage Of Angels
DVD (1983)
A young assistant district attorney is used by a ruthless attorney to get his client off. Fired and almost disbarred, she fights back to become a top attorney, but is torn between two lovers.
Pre-order:
due to release 20 Jun 2012
$14.99
$12.99
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Husbands And Wives
DVD (1992)
In the shocking wake of their best friends’ separation, a professor and his wife soon discover the faults in their own marriage.
Pre-order:
due to release 20 Jun 2012
$14.99
$12.99
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Country Life
DVD (1994)
When a literary critic returns home from London with his beautiful young wife, he bemoans his lot in life and decides to sell the family farm which has been lovingly run by his brother-in-law.
Pre-order:
due to release 20 Jun 2012
$19.99
$14.99
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5 Fingers
DVD (1952)
James Mason plays a manservant who is so desperate to be seen as a gentleman, he sells war secrets to the Germans during WWII. Based on real events, the film takes us through a complex range of set-ups and lures taking place in neutral Turkey.
Pre-order:
due to release 20 Jun 2012
$19.99
$14.99
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A Letter To Three Wives
DVD (1949)
Addie Ross sends an identical letter to three friends, telling them she is running away with one of their husbands, without saying which one. This simple device sets up some frantic soul- searching, and in the process, reveals much about the women, their men, and even about Addie.
Pre-order:
due to release 20 Jun 2012
$19.99
$14.99
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Compulsion
DVD (1959)
Compulsion is a compelling, stylish thriller, loosely based on the famous 1924 murder trial of thrill-killers Loeb and Leopold, two homosexual students who murdered a young boy to demonstrate their intellectual superiority.
Pre-order:
due to release 20 Jun 2012
$19.99
$14.99
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The Long Day Closes
DVD (1992)
The Long Day Closes follows a few months in the life of 12-year-old Bud, in impressionistic snatches of his everyday existence growing up in the Liverpool of 1956. Bud is a lonely and quiet child whose moments of solace occur when he sits in rapture at the local cinema, watching towering and iconic ...
Pre-order:
due to release 20 Jun 2012
$19.99
$14.99
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25 Carat
DVD (2008)
It starts out with petty car-jacking and low rent heists on the streets of Barcelona, but before you know it, 25 Carat has ratcheted up the tension, and the action, to almost unbelievable levels.
Pre-order:
due to release 20 Jun 2012
$24.99
$21.99
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Face To Face
DVD (2011)
The captivating story about a young construction worker who is charged with assaulting his boss and the consequences of his actions. An ensemble piece, Face To Face is about 10 very dissimilar people bound together by a complex pattern of relationships and shared histories. Hysterically funny and de...
Pre-order:
due to release 20 Jun 2012
$29.99
$24.99
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House of Pleasures
DVD (2011)
In this lush, atmospheric look at the final days of an elegant, turn-of-the-century brothel, we go inside the cloistered walls of L’Apollonide to meet the Madam, her elite clientele, and some dozen “girls” - veterans and newcomers, romantics and cynics, schemers and innocents. Upending the period dr...
Pre-order:
due to release 20 Jun 2012
$29.99
$24.99
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