"Actor: Anderson"

• Heart of a Dog | DVD | (13/06/2016) from £27.99   |  Saving you £-12.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Hello, little bonehead. I'll love you forever. So begins Heart of a Dog, Laurie Anderson's cinematic journey through love, death and language. Cantering on Anderson's beloved rat terrier Lolabelle, who died in 2011, Heart of a Dog is a personal essay that weaves together childhood memories, video diaries, philosophical musings on data collection, surveillance culture and the Buddhist conception of the afterlife, and heartfelt tributes to the artists, writers, musicians and thinkers who inspire her. Fusing her own witty, inquisitive narration with original violin compositions, hand-drawn animation, 8mm home movies and artwork culled from exhibitions past and present, Anderson creates a hypnotic, collage-like visual language out of the raw materials of her life and art, examining how stories are constructed and told - and how we use them to make sense of our lives.

• Ultimate Force - Series 1 | DVD | (16/06/2003) from £6.22   |  Saving you £13.77 (221.38%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Focusing on the adventures of an SAS unit, Ultimate Force was conceived around the character of new-man-on-the-team Jamie Dow, but realised as a star vehicle for Ross Kemp as the clichéd tough-but-caring leader Sgt "Henno" Garvie. Kemp essentially plays a legitimate version of his Eastenders hardman persona, Grant Mitchell, while Jamie--Billy Elliot--Draven wins a lot of hearts as the troubled but sensitive Dow. The two are the focus of this hit ITV series which, harking back to the thick-ear undercover shenanigans of The Professionals, echoes the macho camaraderie, soap opera character development and explosive action of London's Burning and Soldier, Soldier. By TV standards the set-pieces are bold and bloody, but the stories are routine, from rescuing hostages in the feature-length opener, to tracking a war criminal in the finale. Despite being cowritten by ex-SAS man Chris Ryan, the show regularly stretches credulity, and sometimes, as when demonising anti-globalisation protestors as would-be assassins, displays a tabloid sensibility quite out of step with reality. Ultimate Force is essentially an updated Who Dares Wins; a far better insight into the real SAS is Bravo Two Zero starring Sean Bean, which, not coincidentally, was also directed by Tom Clegg. On the DVD: Ultimate Force is presented with a near flawless anamorphically enhanced picture in the original TV broadcast ratio of 16:9, while for a modern action drama the sound is perfectly capable but less than spectacular stereo. Two DVDs contain the complete first season; a 74 minute introductory episode and five 48-minute regular shows. Other than subtitles for hard-of-hearing the only extra is a standard 17-minute behind-the-scenes featurette shot on location during the making of series 2. --Gary S Dalkin

• Tracy Anderson Method - Post-Pregnancy Workout | DVD | (24/12/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This DVD is for new mums who want to start their workouts after giving birth but do not want to push themselves too hard to get back into shape. While similar to other Tracy Anderson Method workouts, this post-pregnancy DVD focuses on regaining your abdominal strength and helping the skin on your stomach adhere to your muscles again. This is a restorative workout that I also recommend for older clients or people with injuries. A complete Tracy Anderson Method workout, it's also great for begi...

• Ironside - The Complete First Season | DVD | (03/08/2015) from £28.38   |  Saving you £11.61 (40.91%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Chief of detectives Robert T. Ironside is shot down by a sniper's bullet whilst vacationing at a remote cabin. Surviving the assassination attempt, Ironside is left paralysed from the waist down. Confined to a wheelchair, he becomes the head of his own special police unit, fighting crime with intelligence and action, aided by a crack team of investigators on the streets of San Francisco. From 1967-1975, Ironside confronted the hottest issues of its time - civil rights, drugs, sexual assault and terrorism - many of which are still relevant to this day, giving television its first disabled hero. Raymond Burr, fresh from 9 years as TV's most famous lawyer, Perry Mason, shook the typecasting from his previous role and made Ironside an instant hit with audiences, running an incredible 8 years.

• Stargate S.G -1: Season 2 (Vol. 6) | DVD | (24/07/2000) from £5.20   |  Saving you £14.79 (284.42%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The 1994 movie Stargate was originally intended as the start of a franchise, but creators Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin were distracted celebrating their Independence Day. Episodic TV treatment was the natural next step. Since neither Kurt Russell nor James Spader would be able to commit, it gave the producers licence to tinker with the cast and the universe they'd explore. Replacing the roles of Colonel Jack O'Neill and Dr. Daniel Jackson respectively are Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Shanks. They're joined by Captain Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) and guilt-stricken former alien baddie Teal'c (Christopher Judge) to form the teacher's pet primary unit SG-1 With a seemingly endless network of Stargates found to exist on planets all across the known universe, their mission is to make first contact with as many friendly races as possible. Chasing their heels at almost every turn are the "overlord" pharaohnic Goa'uld--the ancient Egyptian Gods who are none too chummy after the events of the original film. The welcome notion of a continued plot thread sees offshoots that follow the reincarnation of Daniel's wife, Sam's father literally joining a renegade faction of the Goa'uld, and Jack in an unending quest to out-sarcasm everyone. There's something of The Time Tunnel to the show's premise, but amid a dearth of derivative look-a-likes, Stargate has held its own with stories that put the science fiction back into TV sci-fi. "The Serpent's Song" is a cry for help from the team's nemesis--Apophis--who they've been fighting since the beginning. It's a morality showcase all-round. Although deserving a "Holiday", the team just can't leave alien artefacts alone, which gets them into all manner of trouble playing with Ma'chello's body-swapping machine. This episode gives everyone a fantastic opportunity to impersonate one another. "One False Step" of another kind lays a guilt trip on them all for accidentally infecting a race with a disease. Then in "Show and Tell" the central story arc takes a dramatic turn when a child arrives to warn that some survivors of a Goa'uld attack are determined to eliminate anyone who might host their enemy--which means Earth as a whole. --Paul Tonks

• Thunderbirds: Volume 4 | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £8.37   |  Saving you £7.62 (91.04%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Filmed in VIDECOLOR--[explosions, drum roll, music builds to a climax]--and SUPERMARIONATION"! The opening sequence of Thunderbirds is itself a masterclass in Gerry Anderson's marionette hyperbole: who else would dare to make a virtue out of the fact that (a)the show is in colour and (b) it's got puppets in it? But everything about this series really is epic: Thunderbirds is action on the grandest scale, pre-dating such high-concept Hollywood vehicles as Armaggedon by 30 years and more (the acting is better, too), and fetishising gadgets in a way that even the most excessive Bond movies could never hope to rival. Unsurprisingly, it transpires that the visual effects are by Derek Meddings, whose later contributions to Bond movies like The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker echo his pioneering model work here. As to the characters, the clean-cut Tracey boys take second place in the audience's affections to their cool machines--the real stars of the show--while comic relief is to be found in the charming company of Lady Penelope and her pink Rolls (number plate FAB1), driven by lugubrious chauffeur Parker, whose "Yes, milady" catchphrase resonated around school playgrounds for decades. (Spare a thought for poor old John Tracey, stuck up in space on Thunderbird 5 with only the radio for company.) The puppet stunt-work is breathtakingly audacious, and every week's death-defying escapade is nail-bitingly choreographed in the very best tradition of disaster movies. First shown in 1964 and now digitally remastered, Thunderbirds is children's TV that still looks and sounds like big-budget Hollywood. On this DVD: The four episodes are: "Vault of Death", "The Mighty Atom", "City of Fire" and "The Imposters". Amazon.com

• UFC 97: Redemption | DVD | (12/10/2009) from £4.98   |  Saving you £6.00 (200.67%)   |  RRP £8.99

  April 18 2009: The UFC returns to Montreal Canada with pound for pound superstar Anderson Silva looking to set a record for most consecutive UFC wins when he defends his middleweight title against Thales Leites. In the co-main event it's a fight fan's dream match as the legendary Chuck The Iceman Liddell faces former PRIDE star Maurico Rua. This 12 fight card also features: Sam Stout vs. Matt Wiman Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Brian Stann Chieck Kongo vs. Antoni Hardonk Steve Cantwell vs. Luiz Cane Denis Kang vs. Xavier Foupa-Pokam Jason MacDonald vs. Nate Quarry David Loiseau vs. Ed Herman Mark Bocek vs. David Bielkheden Ryo Chonan vs. TJ Grant Eliot Marshall vs. Vinicius Magalhaes

• Noose for a Lady | DVD | (05/05/2014) from £12.98   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A taut complex whodunit with a brilliantly nerve-racking climax Noose for a Lady marked the directorial debut of German-born writer producer and director Wolf Rilla - best known for 1960's Village of the Damned his masterly adaptation of John Wyndham's The Midwich Cuckoos. This rare and compelling feature released in 1953 is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Simon Gale returns from Uganda to find his cousin Margaret has been convicted of poisoning her husband and her execution is only seven days away. Refusing to believe in her guilt Simon and Margaret's stepdaughter Jill set out to find the real killer questioning everyone remotely connected with the dead man. As far as Simon is concerned everyone is a suspect and when the man who had promised him vital information is found poisoned he believes he has solved the mystery... Special Features: Original Theatrical Trailer Image Gallery Promotional Materials PDF

• Tracker | DVD | (23/05/2011) from £9.77   |  Saving you £3.22 (32.96%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Set in 1903 Tracker is a tense action thriller in which Arjan (Ray Winstone) a guerrilla survivor of the South African Boer War lands in colonial New Zealand and is promised a bounty to capture Kereama (Temuera Morrison) a Maori seafarer accused of killing a British soldier. What should be a simple job for Arjan a master tracker turns into a gripping and dangerous game of cat and mouse as Kereama repeatedly escapes and is recaptured. all the while insisting on his innocence. As each gains and loses the upper hand they find they have more in common that simply a mutual hatred of the British.

• Thunderbirds: Volume 5 | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £9.21   |  Saving you £6.78 (73.62%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Filmed in VIDECOLOR [explosions, drum roll, music builds to a climax] and SUPERMARIONATION"! The opening sequence of Thunderbirds is itself a masterclass in Gerry Anderson's marionette hyperbole: who else would dare to make a virtue out of the fact that (a) the show is in colour and (b) it's got puppets in it? But everything about this series really is epic: Thunderbirds is action on the grandest scale, pre-dating such high-concept Hollywood vehicles as Armaggedon by 30 years and more (the acting is better, too), and fetishising gadgets in a way that even the most excessive Bond movies could never hope to rival. Unsurprisingly, it transpires that the visual effects are by Derek Meddings, whose later contributions to Bond movies like The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker echo his pioneering model work here.As to the characters, the clean-cut Tracey boys take second place in the audiences' affections to their cool machines--the real stars of the show--while comic relief is to be found in the charming company of Lady Penelope and her pink Rolls (number plate FAB1), driven by lugubrious chauffeur Parker, whose "Yes, milady" catch phrase resonated around school playgrounds for decades. (Spare a thought for poor old John Tracey, stuck up in space on Thunderbird 5 with only the radio for company.) The puppet stunt-work is breathtakingly audacious, and every week's death-defying escapade is nail-bitingly choreographed in the very best tradition of disaster movies. First shown in 1964 and now digitally remastered, Thunderbirds is children's TV that still looks and sounds like big-budget Hollywood.On this DVD: The four episodes are: "The Man from MI5", "Cry Wolf", "Danger at Ocean Deep" and "Move and You're Dead".

• American Gods | Blu Ray | (31/07/2017) from £7.17   |  Saving you £10.83 (151.05%)   |  RRP £18.00

  When Shadow Moon is released from prison, he meets the mysterious Mr. Wednesday and a storm begins to brew. Little does Shadow know, this storm will change the course of his entire life. Left adrift by the recent, tragic death of his wife, and suddenly hired as Mr. Wednesday's bodyguard, Shadow finds himself in the centre of a world that he struggles to understand. It's a hidden world where magic is real, where the Old Gods fear both irrelevance and the growing power of the New Gods, like Technology and Media. Mr. Wednesday seeks to build a coalition of Old Gods to defend their existence in this new America, and reclaim some of the influence that they've lost. As Shadow travels across the country with Mr. Wednesday, he struggles to accept this new reality, and his place in it.

• Stargate SG-1: Season 6 | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £19.99   |  Saving you £40.00 (200.10%)   |  RRP £59.99

  The biggest change for Stargate's sixth season was its move to the Sci-Fi Channel. Financial rescue or genre haven from cancellation? Whatever the behind-the-scenes politics, the departure of Daniel Jackson (actor Michael Shanks) the previous year most certainly contributed to the need to run a tighter ship somewhere. With the addition of his replacement, Jonas Quinn, the new show dynamic (hinted at by the new title theme tune) meant far more convoluted arc-stories and less individual focus. One of very few solo spotlights came from Christopher Judge writing his own show, when "The Changeling" saw Teal'c act out a life as a fireman. One reason for being a fan favourite was its cameo from still-alive-after-all Daniel Jackson. There'd be several more through the year, culminating in a finale that tested how much attention you'd been paying to that all-important back-story. Other kooky cameos included Dean Stockwell in one of the many spotlights on the energy resource n'quadria, Ian Buchanan as one of the devilish Replicators (and hopefully the end of that plotline) and regular spots from John DeLancie, Ronny Cox and Tom McBeath as the Earth-bound series baddies. More pertinently, we also saw Byers from The X-Files (Bruce Harwood) as a scientist involved with the Antarctic Gate. Lest we forget, there are other portals on Earth. Is that an already planned spin-off on the horizon? --Paul Tonks

• Pusher | DVD | (05/02/2007) from £7.09   |  Saving you £-1.10 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  To deal or not to deal: that is the question. Pusher is the story of Frank a small time drug pusher playing with the big boys. He loves the job the life and most of all the money. When a deal goes wrong Frank has 18 hours to come up with the cash or go on the run in fear of his life.

• Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted | Blu Ray | (17/04/2023) from £19.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Over a sixty year career Gerry Anderson created some of the world's most beloved children's television series including Thunderbirds, Stingray, Captain Scarlet, Space:1999, Terrahawks and Space Precinct. In a fitting tribute to this television and film pioneer Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted uses a wealth of intimate audio archive combined with cutting-edge AI deepfake technology to allow Gerry to tell his own story on screen for the first time. It is presented here as a brand-new, extended director's cut with additional footage. With exclusive access to previously unpublished interviews alongside new contributions from family, friends and colleagues, this emotionally charged and deeply personal documentary shares the untold stories that defined his life and body of work. From a poverty-stricken childhood, raised by a Jewish father and an antisemitic mother, through a lifetime of personal struggles, this documentary maps Gerry's previously uncharted journey to puppetry pioneer, science fiction master and legendary creator. Product Features Making Of featurette Trailer

• Gladiators - Series 1 - Complete | DVD | (20/10/2008) from £17.90   |  Saving you £2.09 (11.68%)   |  RRP £19.99

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• Stargate SG-1: Season 8 (Vol. 38) | DVD | (28/02/2005) from £7.50   |  Saving you £12.49 (166.53%)   |  RRP £19.99

  New Order Part One: While Sam and Teal'c go to the planet of the former human-form Replicators to contact the Asgard to cure Jack Daniel and Dr. Weir must deal with Goa'uld System Lords who wish the Ancients weapon they used to destroy Anubis. New Order Part Two: As the Replicators overwhelm the new Asgard homeworld SG-1 works to revive Jack create an Ancients weapon to stop the invaders and tries to find the missing Sam who is held captive by the humanform Replicator Fifth in a virtual reality. Lock Down: A Russian Air Force Colonel comes to join SGC as an alien creature shows up at the same time. The creature starts taking over members of the SGC. General O'Neill orders SGC to be locked down until the creature can be contained. Zero Hour: Five days in the life of SGC as Jack assumes full command of the base and has to deal with a rapidly growing alien plant the capture of SG1 by Ba'al arguing alien delegates and a tricky traitorous System Lord.

• Thunderbirds: Volume 2 | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £3.95   |  Saving you £12.04 (304.81%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Filmed in VIDECOLOR [explosions, drum roll, music builds to a climax] and SUPERMARIONATION"! The opening sequence of Thunderbirds is itself a masterclass in Gerry Anderson's marionette hyperbole: who else would dare to make a virtue out of the fact that (a) the show is in colour and (b) it's got puppets in it? But everything about this series really is epic: Thunderbirds is action on the grandest scale, pre-dating such high-concept Hollywood vehicles as Armaggedon by 30 years and more (the acting is better, too), and fetishising gadgets in a way that even the most excessive Bond movies could never hope to rival. Unsurprisingly, it transpires that the visual effects are by Derek Meddings, whose later contributions to Bond movies like The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker echo his pioneering model work here.As to the characters, the clean-cut Tracey boys take second place in the audiences' affections to their cool machines--the real stars of the show--while comic relief is to be found in the charming company of Lady Penelope and her pink Rolls (number plate FAB1), driven by lugubrious chauffeur Parker, whose "Yes, milady" catch phrase resonated around school playgrounds for decades. (Spare a thought for poor old John Tracey, stuck up in space on Thunderbird 5 with only the radio for company.) The puppet stunt-work is breathtakingly audacious, and every week's death-defying escapade is nail-bitingly choreographed in the very best tradition of disaster movies. First shown in 1964 and now digitally remastered, Thunderbirds is children's TV that still looks and sounds like big-budget Hollywood.On this DVD: The four episodes are: "Edge of Impact", "Day of Disaster", Thirty Minutes After Noon" and "Desperate Intruder".

• The Prince And The Showgirl | DVD | (07/05/2001) from £5.81   |  Saving you £8.18 (140.79%)   |  RRP £13.99

  The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) was Marilyn Monroe's only British-made film and scores highly for curiosity value. There's something rather outrageous about this iconic American star playing a second-rate hoofer living in a theatrical boarding house in Brixton. Monroe herself is predictably good and touching as Elsie Marina, plucked from the chorus to entertain the Regent of Carpathia for the evening and ultimately smoothing his rough edges. There is, however, a rather uphill feeling all the way. The making of the movie was by all accounts a troubled experience for everybody concerned. Monroe, increasingly unreliable and exasperating, had an unsympathetic director in Laurence Olivier, also playing the Regent Charles, who hardly had the patience for a star of her mercurial talents with her own ideas of professional behaviour. His own performance as the Balkan royal is hammy and mannered and there isn't even a damp squib of sexual chemistry between them. Terence Rattigan's script, based on his successful play, is far too wordy and stage-bound. But somehow Monroe effervesces through all this adversity, aided considerably by British character actor Richard Wattis and the great Sybil Thorndyke, who became her ally during the difficult filming. Not vintage Marilyn but fascinating all the same, and she looks fantastic. On the DVD: The Prince and the Showgirl is presented in 4:3 with an occasionally muffled, apparently mono, soundtrack, giving this DVD a rather dusty quality which is in keeping with the vintage British 1950s production values. Extras include a cast list, original trailer and newsreel footage of the announcement that Marilyn was to make the film with Olivier, referred to at that stage as The Sleeping Prince. --Piers Ford

• Filmed in Supermarionation | DVD | (20/10/2014) from £7.19   |  Saving you £7.80 (108.48%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This is the definitive documentary telling the story of the unique puppetry and animation technique developed by Gerry and Sylvia and their team and deployed in all their programmes throughout the 1960s including Stingray Captain Scarlet and most famously Thunderbirds. Directed and co-produced by Stephen La Rivière and hosted by Lady Penelope and Parker themselves Filmed in Supermarionation is a screen adaptation of his book of the same name and features a wealth of previously unseen archive footage brand new interviews with the surviving casts and crews and clips from the shows themselves. A highlight of the film are ingenious and accurate recreations of the pioneering techniques used in the productions. Bonus Features: Deleted scenes: a selection of material that did not appear in the final documentary. Filming in Supermarionation: filming the effects and puppets for the documentary Special effects reel: an unedited reel of special effects shots created for the documentary Gerry and Sylvia in America: colour footage shot by Barry Gray of Gerry and Sylvia at the 1965 World's Fair in New York Tomorrow's World: full Video Assist report Something for the Children: Sylvia Anderson archive interview Parade: colour behind-the-scenes Thunderbirds footage Lord Mayor & Thunderbird 3 (silent reel)

• Objective Burma | DVD | (28/06/2013) from £12.37   |  Saving you £2.62 (21.18%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station.