"Actor: Barbara"

• John Wayne - 3 On 1 - Lucky Texan / Randy Rides Alone / Man From Utah | DVD | (21/01/2002) from £7.00   |  Saving you £-1.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  3 x John Wayne classics on 1 DVD. 'Lucky Texan' - The Duke's a tough easterner who travels out West and ends up in the middle of a range war. 'Randy Rides Alone' - Renegades take over a town and its up to Wayne to save the day (all by himself no less). 'Man From Utah' - The Duke visits the rodeo where he must deal with the murderous patron who has killed some performers.

• Matthew Barney - No Restraint | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The documentary Matthew Barney: No Restraint journeys to Japan with Barney and his collaborator Bjork as the visual artist creates a ""narrative sculpture"" telling a fantastical love story of two characters that transform from land mammals into whales.

• Comedy Greats | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A "two-plus-one" package from Siren, Comedy Greats features classics from the two greatest silent-screen comics, Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, plus a rather dreary effort from Danny Kaye. Never the most scintillating of comedians, Kaye's personable talents are thinly spread in 1949's The Inspector General. Distantly(!) based on a short story by Russian satirist Nikolay Gogol, this tale of mistaken identity enables Kaye to indulge in obvious wisecracks and not-so-smart dialogue. Sylvia Fine's songs are mildly amusing, and Henry Koster draws capable support from Walter Slezak and Elsa Lanchester, but it's a long haul. When he made Tilli's Punctured Romance in 1914, Charles Chaplin had yet to perfect the "little man" routine which made him the most popular 1920s screen star. His loveable rogue is well displayed opposite Marie Dressler's formidable country maid, whose unexpected windfall becomes the real object of his desire. Mabel Normand contributes an attractively period chic, and if, in the hands of Mack Sennett, the humour tends to fall back on music-hall slapstick, the historical significance of the film is undoubted. Yet it's Buster Keaton's 1928 classic Steamboat Bill Jr which comes out on top here. Keaton is perfectly cast as the put upon student, whose bravery saves both his father and his steamboat-owning rival, and wins the hand of the latter's daughter. Solid support comes from Ernest Torrence and the winsome Marion Byron, with Charles Riesner getting maximum drama from the cyclone sequence, but it's Keaton's soulful expression and breathtaking stuntwork which are the most potent reminders of a talent only later to receive its due. On the DVD: Comedy Greats is acceptably remastered, with 1.33:1 aspect ratio and 12 chapter headings per film, and decently packaged, this is worth acquiring--even though Keaton's film is the only one you're likely return to often. --Richard Whitehouse

• Don Knotts 5-Film Collection | Blu Ray | (05/10/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Cinema Verite - Defining The Moment | DVD | (08/05/2006) from £10.78   |  Saving you £-0.79 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Peter Wintonick whose Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media is one of the bestselling documentaries of all time has directed this unique 'documentary of documentaries' shot with lightweight equipment in vrit style in widescreen digital video. Rich in footage from classics such as Primary (J F Kennedy) Lonely Boy (Paul Anka) Jane (Jane Fonda) Don't Look Back (Bob Dylan) Nanook of the North and the Blair Witch Project

• Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina | DVD | (17/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

• Hammer Horror - The Early Classics | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Four Sided Triangle (Dir. Terence Fisher 1953): Murray stars as Dr. Bill Leggat who along with his childhood friends Lena and Robin creates a machine that can flawlessly replicate anything be it animate or inanimate. Undermining the trio's professional relationship is the sexual tension that has been brewing for years. Both men are attracted to Lena but on the eve of the public announcement of their invention Lena declares her love for Robin. Devastated Bill decides to clone Lena and names the clone who has all of Lena's feelings and memories Helen. Confident that Helen will love him Bill takes her on a holiday. However while away Bill's relationship with Helen does not go as planned causing Bill to resort to some shady experiments on Helen that will force her to love him. Produced by Hammer studios and directed by their most celebrated director Terence Fisher Four Sided Triangle was something of a precursor to many of their most famous films The Quatermass Xperiment (Dir. Val Guest 1955): A missile is launched by Professor Quatermass and his team but when it lands back in the English countryside two of the crew members have disappeared. The third who is barely alive undergoes a quite terrifying transformation which threatens Earth's very existence... Quatermass 2 (Dir. Val Guest 1957): Quatermass is intrigued by strange images on his radar. Thinking them to be meteorites he follows them to a village which on his arrival he finds has been completely destroyed... X The Unknown (Dir. Leslie Norman 1956): Penned by master horror screenwriter Jimmy Sangster and intelligently directed by Leslie (father of film critic Barry) Norman. The story sees a mysterious gelatinous monster which feeds off radioactivity terrorising a remote Scottish village.

• Cracker - White Ghost | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £9.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (37.75%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Fitz is full of Eastern promise when his lecture tour to Hong Kong is interrupted by the local police who need help with a murder investigation. No sooner is he on the case than another murder comes to light. Is Hong Kong being besieged by it first serial killer? Fitz has no choice but to send for help and though he asks for Penhaligon it's Wise who turns up. With the team together and the number of bodies increasing Fitz realises that there are pieces to the puzzle that he has to find if he is to save a life.

• Embryo | DVD | (24/10/2005) from £6.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Homicidal psycho killer.... A pregnant mother is involved in a horrific car accident. She survives long enough to be taken to hospital where the still under-developed fetus is retrieved and contained within an artificial womb. The womb instigates a rapid growth rate which causes the child to grow into adulthood within a matter of weeks. All is not well though as the child begins to exhibit some horrific tendencies.....

• Happy Go Lovely | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Niven plays a rich bachelor the head of a successful greeting-card company in Scotland essentially a kind man but respectable to the point of stodginess and extreme stuffiness. An American troupe wants to produce a musical in town but has trouble getting backers. Niven's character meets several of the leading ladies of the show; through a misunderstanding he doesn't correct they come to think that he's a newspaper reporter. He falls in love with one of the women who reciprocates; he grows more lively and friendly to the surprise of his employees...

• Thriller Films (Box Set) | DVD | (13/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  This box set contains the following four titles: The Whistle Blower: A law abiding businessman's world is shattered by the arrival of the police to tell him that his son is dead. The father embarks on his own investigation into his sons death. Darrow: In the 19th century a charismatic one-time farm-hand boy turned lawyer made a history-making defence of a number of trials that earned him the status of an American hero. Tiger Warsaw: Chuck brought sorrow to his family when he shot his father who is now semi-invalid. After 15 years of self-destruction Chuck returns home to seek forgiveness. Split Decisions: The story of a fighting Irish family whose patriarch Dan has ambitious plans for his younger son Eddie to be in the Olympic boxing team.

• Carry On Camping | UMD | (30/01/2006) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-10.24 (-102.50%)   |  RRP £9.99

• Rings on Their Fingers - Series Three | DVD | (06/08/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sandy and Oliver, happily married and moved into their new flat, nevertheless find themselves grappling with a whole new world of challenges in Series Three of Rings on their Fingers.Not only the personal challenges of remembering birthdays and finding just the right gift; nor the fact that Sandy is now a stayat- home housewife and Oliver is trying to avoid temptations at the office; and not even the perils of the new apartment with its rules and regulations and tenants association. There's an even bigger challenge about to enter their relationship and it starts with a little innocent morning sickness.But one thing you can be sure of - as soon as you put Rings on their Fingers, life takes a turn for the hilariously unpredictable.

• Space: 1999 - Series 2 - Vol. 4 | DVD | (12/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Seed of Destruction: Whilst exploring a bizarre asteroid Koenig is detained and replaced by a double. The fake Koenig returns to Moonbase with a crystal which is discovered will draw all the energy from Moonbase in order to revitalise its home the steroid where the real Koenig is still a prisoner. The Beta Cloud: After a cloud of space dust causes a mystery illness on Alpha an Eagle crew is sent to track the storm cloud. They return with a terrifying space creature which they discovered is their agent and wants the Moonbase life support system. Tony and Maya must fight to defeat the space creature. A Matter of Balance: When Koenig and Shermeen decide to explore an apparently lifeless planet Shermeen wanders into a temple and comes under the spell of a Vindrus. She wants to help Vindrus' doomed race but soon learns that for each Vindrus saved one Alphan will be doomed and that she is the first in line. Space Warp: Two crises strike the Alphans simultaneously. Koenig and Tony who are checking out a derelict spaceship in when Eagle One encounter a space warp and end up five light years away while Maya is stricken down by a fever and changes into a range of creatures. Before long she changes into a space animal and escapes to the moon surface. Koenig and Tony began to find a way back through.

• James Bond - Limited Edition Attache Case Ultimate Editions Box Set (40 Discs) | DVD | (17/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £299.99

  This Limited Edition attache case style box set, houses all 20 of the much-desired 2 Disc James Bond Ultimate Edition DVDs. Completely remastered with an extensive new set of DVD extras for each film.

• Barbara Cook: Bell Telephone Hour 1960 - 65 | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £20.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (8.70%)   |  RRP £22.99

  When called upon to write about the Golden Age of the American Broadway musical (arguably the 1940s to '60s) it is now often necessary to discuss many great performers in the past tense. There is however one wonderful exception: the legendary Barbara Cook. This beloved singer one of the glories of Broadway is still dazzling audiences today with a voice remarkably unchanged after a career of more than five decades. While Ms. Cook's career as a concert and cabaret artist is well documented on video and audio recordings this collection gives us for the first time a glimpse of Barbara Cook during the heyday of her Broadway career. Cook sings a wide range of music - from Viennese operetta and American folksongs to Broadway classics and pop standards - and is excitingly partnered by Broadway luminaries Alfred Drake Robert Goulet and Anita Gillette. Among the many highlights are the selections from Meredith Wilson's The Music Man featuring original cast members Cook and The Buffalo Bills.

• The Queen's Castle | DVD | (15/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  For the best part of a millennium Windsor Castle has been at the heart of the national story; the awesome fortress; family home; treasure chest; and burial ground for the Royal dynasty who went on to take its name. But there is another unseen side to the Castle which the tourists never see... It is the real Windsor - home workplace playground and paradise. The Queen's Castle explores this hidden world in all its glory. Last year for the first time ever Windsor opened its doors to an observational documentary team with the full approval of the Queen. The cameras chronicled a year in the life of the world's largest inhabited castle to produce a spectacular landmark documentary for BBC1. Delving behind-the-scenes the team meet not only the Royal family but also some of their four hundred staff at work; from the Queen's housekeeper to her grooms; fender smiths and flag men; picture restorers; military knights and priests - all of whom live and work within the Castle's nine hundred rooms... Windsor Castle's 'back garden' is the 15 000 acre Great Park; together they play host to a unique collection of events - the pageantry of Garter Day the glamour of Cartier Polo and the tradition of Royal Ascot. November sees the Castle thrown into the international spotlight when President and Madame Chirac spent two days at the Castle attending an official State Dinner and even an abridged version of Les Miserables organised by the Queen in the Waterloo Room (renamed the Music Room for that one night!). For all these events and activities both big and small the cameras were there with unique access following the people who made them happen. The Queen and Prince Philip spend most weekends of the year at Windsor. Throughout the series the rpogramme tries to explain why the Queen loves Windsor so much using exclusive interviews with Prince Philip to explain how a young Royal couple made Windsor a family home for their four children; even installing a solar powered swimming pool in the Georgian Orangery. Watch as the young Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie support Prince Harry playing polo. Throughout the series the Ranger of Windsor Great Park guides viewers through the vast expanse of Windsor Castle; whether on the polo field in the private Windsor Chapel or through the vast Crown Estate. Since the Ranger happens to be the Duke of Edinburgh - the longest serving Ranger in history you'll be in good company! This is a sight-seeing journey that no tourist has ever been on!

• The Inspector General | DVD | (23/06/2003) from £9.35   |  Saving you £7.64 (81.71%)   |  RRP £16.99

  In this delightful period farce set in Russia in the 1800's Danny Kaye plays and illiterate buffoon who is mistaken by the villagers for their feared Inspector General. Hilarious situations ensue as Danny is caught up in court intrigue without having a clue of what is going on.

• Cracker - The Mad Woman In The Attic | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £11.84   |  Saving you £1.14 (12.88%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Fitz's two worlds collide when one of his students is brutally murdered on a moving train and the girl's grieving parents enlist him to help crack the case. The frenzied nature of the attack convinces the police that this is the work of the notorious 'Sweeney'. When an unconscious blood-soaked man is discovered close to the scene he becomes the prime suspect. Kelly (Adrian Dunbar) claims to be suffering from amnesia and Fitz is given the task of unlocking the dark recesses of his soul in a bid to find the truth.

• The Woman Hunter | DVD | (19/03/2012) from £5.69   |  Saving you £-3.70 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Dina Hunter is on holiday with her husband Jerry in Mexico. She becomes alarmed when she discovers someone is watching her every move, although when she tries to warn the police, they dismiss her fears as paranoid.