Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Bob Saginowski (Tom Hardy) tends bar in his cousin&s pub & looks the other way when local mobsters use the joint as a temporary bank His simple life takes a complicated turn when he finds a battered puppy He asks his neighbor Nadia (Noomi Rapace) for help nursing it back to health & a mutual attraction sparks between them However a robbery at the bar & the return of Nadia&s abusive ex force Bob to face the truth about those he thinks he knows best -- including himself ...

The Drop is a crime drama from Michael R Roskam the Academy Award nominated director of Bullhead Based on a short story from Dennis Lehane (Mystic River Gone Baby Gone) The Drop follows lonely bartender Bob Saginowski through a covert scheme of funnelling cash to local gangsters
- "money drops"
- in the underworld of Brooklyn bars Under the heavy hand of his employer & cousin Marv Bob finds himself at the centre of a robbery gone awry & entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighbourhood&s past where friends families & foes all work together to make a living
- no matter the cost


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play THE DROP is a crime drama from Michaël R Roskam the Academy Award nominated director of Bullhead Based on a short story from Dennis Lehane (Mystic River Gone Baby Gone) THE DROP follows lonely bartender Bob Saginowski through a covert scheme of funnelling cash to local gangsters – "money drops" – in the underworld of Brooklyn bars Under the heavy hand of his employer & cousin Marv Bob finds himself at the centre of a robbery gone awry & entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighbourhood’s past where friends families & foes all work together to make a living – no matter the cost ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play THE DROP is a crime drama from Michaël R Roskam the Academy Award nominated director of Bullhead Based on a short story from Dennis Lehane (Mystic River Gone Baby Gone) THE DROP follows lonely bartender Bob Saginowski through a covert scheme of funnelling cash to local gangsters – "money drops" – in the underworld of Brooklyn bars Under the heavy hand of his employer & cousin Marv Bob finds himself at the centre of a robbery gone awry & entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighbourhood’s past where friends families & foes all work together to make a living – no matter the cost ...

With a new introduction by M John Harrison & a striking new cover design from the artist Stanley Donwood this acclaimed cult novel sees human existence threatened by devastating climate change Water Man's most precious commodity is a luxury of the past Radioactive waste from years of industrial dumping has caused the sea to form a protective skin strong enough to devastate the Earth it once sustained & while the remorseless sun beats down on the dying land civilization itself begins to crack Violence erupts & insanity reigns as the remnants of mankind struggle for survival in a worldwide desert of despair Remarkable for its prescience & the originality of its vision The Drought is a work of major importance from the early career of one of Britain's most acclaimed novelists This edition is part of a new commemorative series of Ballard's works featuring introductions from a number of his admirers (including Ned Beauman Ali Smith Neil Gaiman & Martin Amis) & br&-new cover designs ...

When London is lost beneath the rising tides unconscious desires rush to the surface in this apocalyptic tale from the author of Crash' & Empire of the Sun' reissued here with a new introduction from Martin Amis Fluctuations in solar radiation have melted the ice caps sending the planet into a new Triassic Age of unendurable heat London is a swamp; lush tropical vegetation grows up the walls of the Ritz & primeval reptiles are sighted swimming through the newly-formed lagoons Some flee the capital; others remain to pursue reckless schemes either in the name of science or profit While the submerged streets of London are drained in search of treasure Dr Robert Kerans
- part of a group of intrepid scientists
- comes to accept this submarine city & finds himself strangely resistant to the idea of saving it First published in 1962 Ballard's mesmerising & ferociously imaginative novel gained him widespread critical acclaim & established his reputation as one of Britain's finest writers of science fiction This edition is part of a new commemorative series of Ballard's works featuring introductions from a number of his admirers (including Robert Macfarlane Martin Amis James Lever & Ali Smith) & br&-new cover designs

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It's the dawning of a new era for Alexandria & Cleopatra & her younger brother Ptolemy are established on the throne Long overlooked by his father in favor of his beguiling sister eleven-year-old Ptolemy is desperate to assert himself as a man & as a king But he & his advisors are no match for Queen Cleopatra who's quick to establish her primacy throughout the land from Alexandria to Upper Egypt When a year later Cleopatra alienates Rome's remaining legions & flees the palace Ptolemy finally gets his first taste of power though not without its complications Cleopatra has joined forces with their sister Arsinoe in Egypt & Ptolemy must prepare to meet their army head-on & prove his ruthlessness to Caesar Despite mounting doubts about where her sister's loyalties lie Arsinoe has remained faithful to her But when news comes that Cleopatra has manipulated Caesar to regain the throne & embraced Rome's dominance Arsinoe is torn between her warring siblings & sensing her own nascent hunger to lead rising within Arsinoe must choose whether it will be her dear sister or brother she irrevocably betrays & make a decision that will determine the fate of a kingdom & all the future of history ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play How long can you hold your breath? After almost drowning in a lake accident Madison (Michelle Mylett
- Antisocial) develops a crippling fear of water But when her friends attempt an intervention they unknowingly unleash something far worse the vision of serial killer turned supernatural psychopath Sebastian Donner
- known as The Drownsman
- who begins to stalk the women one by one dragging them into a lair of submerged torment from which there is no escape


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This revised & expanded second edition brings together the uncollected short fiction of the poet writer & religious philosopher Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) Of the fifty-four stories in the present volume only thirty-five were published in his lifetime Most of the rest appear in this collection for the first time Crowley was a successful critic editor & author of fiction from 1908 to 1922 Like their author his stories are fun smart witty thought-provoking & sometimes unsettling They are set in places in which he had lived & knew well Belle Epoque Paris Edwardian London pre-revolutionary Russia & America during the First World War The title story The Drug stands as one of the first accounts
- if not the first
- of a psychedelic experience His Black & Silver is a knowing early noir discovery that anticipates an entire genre Atlantis is a masterpiece of occult fantasy that can stand with Samuel Butler's Erewhon Frank Harris considered The Testament of Magdalen Blair the most terrifying tale ever written This second edition adds several additional stories including the Qabalistic allegory Ambrosii Magi Hortus Rosarum featuring the author's previously unpublished annotations Extensive editorial end-notes give full details about the stories

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Available as part of Nemesis Nows Premium alternative giftware range this magnificent figurine comes from the mind of fantasy artist Ruth Thompson Cast in the finest bronze resin before being painstakingly h&-painted this piece shows a guardian of the forest Stood in a pair of green pants held in place with a golden belt & a fur cape draped over his back this being has his muscular torso exposed Looking forward with an air of wisdom his majestic antlers emerge from beneath his long plaited hair In his left hand he cradles a small fox & in his right he holds a sprig of holly Around his feet a wolf rests as a large Raven takes to the sky from behind his head Perfect for those who are at one with nature this fantastic Druid figurine is the perfect centrepiece for any altar or coffee table ...