"Actor: Bancroft"

• Honeymoon In Vegas | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Writer-director Andrew Bergman is capable of funny, funny stuff, but Honeymoon in Vegas runs out of jokes long before it runs out of comic ideas. The result is a series of comedy concepts that never get past the one-liner stage and are distinctly unsatisfying. Still, there is plenty to be amused by in this story of a reluctant bridegroom (Nicolas Cage) who finally agrees to marriage, only to lose his fiancée (Sarah Jessica Parker) in a crooked poker game to a professional gambler (James Caan). The rest of the movie deals with his frantic attempt to get his fiancée back, while coping with a Vegas in the throes of an Elvis-impersonator convention. That's the funniest thing about the whole movie (most notably the team of parachuting Elvises at the end), but even that is drawn out in ways that are more clever than laughter-inducing.--Marshall Fine, Amazon.com

• Demetrius And The Gladiators | DVD | (18/02/2002) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This enormously successful sequel to The Robe continues the story of Demetrius (Victor Mature) the Greek slave who after the death of his master is sentenced to train as a gladiator in the Roman arena. There his newfound Christian faith is put to the test when he has to contend not only with the swordsmen and wild beasts of the arena but also the evil and sensuous Messalina (Susan Hayward) and the mad emperor Caligula (Jay Robinson). Crammed with astonishing action and fight sequences this heroic epic is not to be missed!

• Mary Higgins Clark | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  A collection of 5 thrillers based on novels by Mary Higgins Clark. Includes: 1. Moonlight Becomes You 2. We'll Meet Again 3. While My Pretty One Sleeps 4. Let Me Call You Sweetheart 5. He Sees You When You're Sleeping

• Love Potion No. 9 | DVD | (29/04/2002) from £24.99   |  Saving you £-19.00 (-317.20%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The premise of Love Potion No. 9--that a magic potion makes the user irresistible to the opposite sex--could be the setup for the crassest sex farce imaginable. Instead, this film is a surprisingly subtle romantic comedy. Nebbishy scientist Paul (Tate Donovan) goes to a Gypsy fortune teller (Anne Bancroft), who tells him she sees no women in his entire life. To make up for this depressing news, she gives him a few drops of a love potion--number 8. Paul, a biochemist, scoffs; but when his pet cat accidentally gets a taste and attracts every female cat in the neighborhood, he enlists fellow dweeby scientist Diane (Sandra Bullock) to analyse it. After experimenting on monkeys, they decide to test it on themselves; soon Diane is being pursued by handsome Italians in the street and comes close to marrying the Prince of England (sic), while Paul gets a little revenge on a woman who previously rejected him, then embarks on his own love spree. Shortly they discover that they really want each other; but before they can get married, an old boyfriend of Diane returns with his own dose of love potion number 8. Paul's only hope is to get something even more powerful. Love Potion No. 9 is genuinely clever and sweet, and both Donovan and Bullock work well with the low-key but effective humour of the movie's well-written script. It's a tribute to her talent and her girl-next-door looks that Bullock, unlike most pretty stars dressing down, is effective as both a lovelorn loser and the confident glamour-girl she becomes. Altogether, a charming and enjoyable film.--Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com

• Agnes of God | DVD | (09/10/2003) from £15.57   |  Saving you £-9.58 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This Broadway hit gets a solid film treatment by director Norman Jewison but that can't make up for the weaknesses of the script (which were as true onstage as they are here). Jane Fonda plays a chain-smoking shrink sent to a convent to do a psychological evaluation of a novice (Meg Tilly) who gave birth to a baby and then killed it in her little room. Was it a virgin birth? A miracle? And what of the bloody stigmata that seem to spontaneously appear on her hands? Fonda also finds herself clashing with the Mother Superior (Anne Bancroft) over the line between faith and science. But writer John Pielmeier can't flesh this out beyond an idea; in the end, the solution is a disappointingly earthbound one that even the strong acting in this film can't elevate. --Marshall Fine

• Agnes Of God | DVD | (15/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This Broadway hit gets a solid film treatment by director Norman Jewison but that can't make up for the weaknesses of the script (which were as true onstage as they are here). Jane Fonda plays a chain-smoking shrink sent to a convent to do a psychological evaluation of a novice (Meg Tilly) who gave birth to a baby and then killed it in her little room. Was it a virgin birth? A miracle? And what of the bloody stigmata that seem to spontaneously appear on her hands? Fonda also finds herself clashing with the Mother Superior (Anne Bancroft) over the line between faith and science. But writer John Pielmeier can't flesh this out beyond an idea; in the end, the solution is a disappointingly earthbound one that even the strong acting in this film can't elevate. --Marshall Fine

• Malice | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £33.91   |  Saving you £-20.92 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  What happens when you open your home to someone who's gutsier than you more devious than you and crafty enough to steal your life right out form under you? Easy-going college dean Andy Safian's (Pullman) quiet New England world has just been terribly disrupted. Two students have been raped a third has been killed and the police are beginning to suspect him! At home bills are piling up his wife (Kidman) is developing severe stomach cramps and the new tenant - a devilishly handso

• Tom Hanks - Bachelor Party / Big / The Man With One Red Shoe / The Road To Perdition / That Thing You Do | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Bachelor Party (1984): This outrageously funny look at one man's final moments of bachelorhood stars Tom Hanks as Rick reluctant recipient of a bachelor bash given by a group of friends who view partying as their full-time religion. Rick's worried fiance Debbie (Tawny Kitaen) dresses up in disguise and crashes the party to spy on her future husband. To complicate the night further Debbie's father hires her ex-boyfriend to win back his daughter. It turns out to be an evenin

• Don't Bother To Knock | DVD | (22/05/2006) from £15.43   |  Saving you £-2.44 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  You never met her type before... An airline pilot dumped by his girlfriend pursues the affections of a baby-sitter in his hotel...and gradually realizes she's far more dangerous than she looks...

• Homecoming | DVD | (30/04/2007) from £9.90   |  Saving you £-3.91 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When a group of children are seemingly abandoned by their mother they seek assistance from their mysterious grandmother a reclusive loner who is initially reluctant to take them in... Homecoming is a tender tale of second chances and the real meaning of family that proves that home is truly where your heart is.

• Homecoming | DVD | (05/04/2004) from £8.98   |  Saving you £-0.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  When a group of children are seemingly abandoned by their mother they seek assistance from their mysterious grandmother a reclusive loner who is initially reluctant to take them in... Homecoming is a tender tale of second chances and the real meaning of family that proves that home is truely where your heart is.

• Torch Song Trilogy | DVD | (16/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Harvey Fierstein recreates his role as the unsinkable Arnold Beckoff in this film adaptation of the smash Broadway play. Both funny and poignant. Torch Song Trilogy chronicles a New Yorker's search for love respect and tradition in a world that seems not especially made for him. Armed with a keenly developed sense of humour and piercing wit. Arnold tests commonly accepted terms of endearment and confirms that happiness is well worth carrying a torch for.

• How to make an American Quilt (UK DVD) | DVD | (09/05/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Based on the best selling novel by Whitney Otto Winona Ryder stars as a young graduate who is spending the summer with her grandmother and great aunt in order to finish her thesis and mull over a marriage proposal. Complications arise when she meets sexy Leon, and to help her decide who to plump for, the women of her grandmother's quilting circle tell stories of their own lives and loves.

• What Women Want / Miss Congeniality / Heartbreakers | DVD | (11/11/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  What Women Want: Meet Nick Marshall (Mel Gibson). A successful advertising executive Nick has the world and its women at his fingertips. Or so he thinks. The world of advertising is fast becoming a woman's world and slick-talking chauvinistic womanising Nick is out of touch. Miss Congeniality: Sandra Bullock stars as a bumbling female FBI agent assigned to go undercover as a participant in the Miss United States beauty pageant when it is discovered that one of the contestants is being targeted for murder. Benjamin Bratt leads the undercover team while also playing the reluctant love interest. Candice Bergen and William Shatner manage the pageant and hire Michael Caine to turn Bullock from rough and tumble agent to stunning beauty queen. The physical transformation is impressive although the klutzy personality remains. Everything seems to be fine once the killer is suddenly caught but Bullock suspects there is more to this story and the truth eventually unfolds with an unexpected twist. Heartbreakers: Max (Sigourney Weaver) and Page (Jennifer Love Hewitt) are a mother and daughter con team with a devious routine. Max targets wealthy men lures them into marriage and then the equally gorgeous Page seduces them leaving Max to discover their infidelity and reap huge divorce settlements which tide them over until they target their next victim.

• 83 Hours 'Til Dawn | DVD | (29/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  A psychopath kidnaps a teenage girl and buries her alive in a capsule that will become her tomb in 83 hours unless her father pays a huge ransom. Based on a true story.

• Deep In My Heart | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £2.79   |  Saving you £3.20 (114.70%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Given up for adoption as a baby Barbara Ann (Gloria Reuben) a child of mixed race is facing a life of confusion prejudice and isolation. Raised by a loving foster mother in a black neighbourhood she is suddenly torn from this happy existence and placed in a world with no friends no joy and no sense of family. But she survives and grows up to become the mother of five children. And it is then that Barbara Ann finds the courage to face her past to meet with the woman who gave bir

• A Family Divided | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £12.22   |  Saving you £-6.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  When Karen Billingsly's (Faye Dunaway) college-aged son Chad participates in a fraternity gang rape of a high school girl his attorney father Roger (Stephen Collins) advises Chad and his frat brothers to say nothing. But when Karen finds out she is devastated. The cover-up of the crime takes a toll on both her marriage and family as Roger plays on her motherly instincts and insists that she conceal the truth to protect their son and his future. Torn between doing what's right and safeguarding everything she holds dear Karen pleads with Chad to have the courage to face the truth accept the consequences and not be swayed by the lack of ethics in others.

• Ridley Scott | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  A collection of films from acclaimed director Ridley Scott. Gladiator (2000): The great Roman General Maximus (Russell Crowe) has once again led the legions to victory on the battlefield. The war won Maximus dreams of home wanting only to return to his wife and son; however the dying Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) has one more duty for the general - to assume the mantle of his power. Jealous of Maximus' favor with the emperor the heir to the throne Commodus (J

• Love And Human Remains | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Welcome to love in the 90's. Love And Human Remains is a dark comedy about people searching for love and family in the '90s. The film focuses on roommates/ex-lovers: David (Thomas Gibson) a cynical actor-turned-waiter: and Candy (Ruth Marshall) an ever-hopeful book reviewer and their hilarious often poignant entanglements with a psychic dominatrix (Mia Kirshner) a bartender (Rick Roberts) a lesbian schoolteacher (Joanne Vannicola) a seventeen-year-old busboy (Mat

• Restless Breed | DVD | (29/07/2013) from £5.10   |  Saving you £7.89 (154.71%)   |  RRP £12.99

  United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Mono ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Black & White, Interactive Menu, Remastered, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: When lawyer Mitch Baker (Scott Brady)'s father is killed by gun-runners, he pursues the villains who escape into Mexico. Gang leader Jim Simmons, beyond the reach of the American law, is confident that his henchmen can get rid of Mitch - but he's mistaken... Mitch plays the waiting game in the border town of Mission, Texas, where he attracts the interest of Angelita (Anne Bancroft), a young Indian woman. The sheriff warns Mitch not to take the law into his own hands, but he's determined to avenge his father's death - his way. ...The Restless Breed (1957) ( The Rest less Breed )