"Actor: Bernard Hill"

• The BBC Natural History Collection | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £28.95   |  Saving you £41.04 (141.76%)   |  RRP £69.99

  A collection of BBC nature documentaries. 'Wild China' (2008) narrated by Bernard Hill focuses on one of the world's most enigmatic and magnificent countries. The programme delves into the country's vibrant habitats to reveal a land of unbelievable natural complexity. Journey across China from the glittering peaks of the Himalayas to the barren steppe the sub-Arctic to the tropical islands through deserts both searingly hot and mind-numbingly cold and see in pioneering images a dazzling array of mysterious beautiful wild and rare creatures. Tilda Swinton narrates 'Galapagos' (2005) which explores the distinctive flora and fauna of the Galapagos archipelago. Charles Darwin's world within itself is the subject of this in-depth programme. The Galapagos Islands are every botanist's Shangri-La: the 13 main islands are actually underwater volcanoes and are situated at the confluence of four oceanic currents. This singular habitat combined with its isolated location has given rise to hundreds of varieties of flora and fauna found nowhere else but here. 'South Pacific' (2009) explores the vast South Pacific ocean and its many islands giving viewers the opportunity to see beyond the white sandy beaches and palm trees. Both the wildlife and the islander's way of life and rituals are examined showing how both cope with their remote environment. Highlights include spectacular sights of giant crabs that can open coconuts undersea volcanos and the use of super slow motion footage to capture the scale of some of the of the world's biggest waves. 'Nature's Great Events' (2009) chronicles some of the planet's most spectacular natural events and shows how these phenomena can transform entire landscapes drawing in millions of animals and determining their fate. The series also explains how powerful natural forces can trigger chain reactions involving everything from microscopic organisms to entire tracts of rainforest. Events featured in the series include the Pacific salmon run the greening of the Serengeti the plankton bloom in the Pacific Northwest the spring thaw in the Arctic the flooding of the Okavango Delta and the South Atlantic sardine run.

• The Ghost And The Darkness | DVD | (03/12/2001) from £25.99   |  Saving you £-13.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Val Kilmer stars in The Ghost and the Darkness as Lt Col John Patterson, a 19th-century Irish engineer drafted by Britain's railroad bosses to build a trestle bridge over an African river, thus expanding the empire a tiny bit more. In Tsavo, Patterson is instantly hailed for killing a man-eating lion that had been making life hell for native workers. But morale sinks when two more unstoppable big cats devour more men and destroy the project. Along comes an, expatriate American hunter (Michael Douglas) to help Patterson face the almost preternatural powers of the two killers. The script by William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) is based on fact, though the film owes more to Steven Spielberg (specifically to Jaws) than history. There are also suggestive echoes of Kipling and Conrad in the material and characters, and there are hints of emotional complexity and psychological nuance that make one wish this could have been a great film instead of a merely fun one.--Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Going Off Big Time | DVD | (16/04/2001) from £9.75   |  Saving you £10.24 (105.03%)   |  RRP £19.99

  New Brit gangster pic about the irresistible rise of a Merseyside 'firm.'

• Mountains Of The Moon | DVD | (08/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Bob Rafelson's Mountains Of The Moon based on William Harrison's biographical novel 'Burton and Speke' tells the story of 19th century explorers Captain R.F. Burton (Patrick Bergin) and Lt. John Hanning Speke's (Iain Glen) 1854 expedition to Africa to find the source of the river Nile. Shot in the actual locations where the events unfolded the protagonists sustain injuries and illness and encounter animosity from tribes as they struggle with the uncompromising African wilderness. T

• From There to Here | DVD | (09/06/2014) from £12.79   |  Saving you £5.20 (40.66%)   |  RRP £17.99

  According to Daniel Cotton (Philip Glenister) there are three battles that shape our lives: nature versus nurture; free will versus destiny; and City versus United. Saturday 15th June 1996 an ordinary day in Manchester. England is preparing to play Scotland in the Euros. Daniel has brought together his adoptive brother Robbo (Steven Mackintosh) and father Samuel (Bernard Hill) in the hope of healing a family rift when they are caught up in a massive terrorist attack and from this moment Daniel's life changes forever. In helping Joanne (Liz White) escape the debris Daniel realises he wants to be someone else someone more exciting... The trigger for major changes in Daniel's life and the reinvention of Manchester City Centre the bomb does much more than cause devastation. Spanning four years From There to Here brings to life a family a city and an era in a way that no one who watches it will ever forget.

• Madagascar Skin | DVD | (12/09/2005) from £6.79   |  Saving you £6.20 (91.31%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Harry a shy young man with a Madagascar shaped birthmark flees the city and his unhappy life there and ends up alone on a beach. In strange circumstances he bumps into Flint and hiding out in an abandoned cottage their suspicions of one another start to disappear...

• Sunshine | DVD | (27/10/2008) from £16.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (17.66%)   |  RRP £19.99

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• The Smallest Show On Earth | DVD | (08/07/2002) from £20.37   |  Saving you £-7.38 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An amiable knock-off of the Ealing comedy style, The Smallest Show on Earth starts with aspiring novelist Bill Travers and his "nice gel" wife Virginia McKenna inheriting a cinema from a hitherto unknown uncle and discovering that it isn't the sumptuous modern Grand, which specialises in those "smash 'em in the face, knock 'em over the waterfront" pictures, but the decrepit Bijou, known locally as "the fleapit". The initial plan, set up by lawyer Leslie Phillips, is to sell off the cinema to the owner of the Grand so he can knock it down to make a car park, but our heroes are put off by the arrogant bullying of the rival manager (Francis De Wolff) and succumb to the inept charms of the crazed, aged staff--drunken projectionist Peter Sellers, doddery commissionaire Bernard Miles and dotty ticket lady Margaret Rutherford (who joined the team as a piano accompanist). In the 1950s, there was a run of gentle British comedies in which outmoded and broken-down local institutions (steam trains, tugboats, vintage cars) were saved by collections of committed eccentrics who despised the new-fangled bus services or soulless council bureaucracies and were willing to resort to a little larceny (in this case, arson). The Smallest Show slots in perfectly with the cycle, getting laughs from the Bijou's already outmoded programme of scratchy Westerns and desert dramas (which increase ice cream sales) and sentiment over the staff's midnight screenings of silent movies that remind them of better days. It's likeable rather than hilarious, with Sellers and Miles buried under crepe hair and fake wrinkles competing to out-dodder each other and losing the picture to the inimitable Rutherford, who doesn't have to fake her eccentricity. Pin-up, June Cunningham, is the glamorous usherette and Sid James plays her annoyed Dad. On the DVD: The Smallest Show on Earth is presented in a decent print, but with no extras. The film is also available as part of the four-disc Peter Sellers Collection. --Kim Newman

• The Scorpion King 1-4 | Blu Ray | (12/06/2017) from £13.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (7.15%)   |  RRP £14.99

  THE SCORPION KING Adventure rules! The spectacular Mummy series explodes into a new realm of breathtaking, non-stop action in The Scorpion King! Unleashing WWE superstar The Rock as the most fearsome warrior of the ancient world, The Scorpion King plunges you into a sweeping tale flled with stunning fght sequences, awe-inspiring battles and pulse-pounding thrills. It's the ultimate special effects-powered epic and the must-see-and-see again adventure of the year! BONUS: Outtakes Feature Commentary with The Rock Feature Commentary with Director Chuck Russell Alternative Versions of Key Scenes w/5.1 audio Spotlight on Location: The Making of Scorpion King Ancient World Production Design Preparing the Fight The Rock and Michael Clarke Duncan Working with Animals Special Effects: The Cobras Special Effects: The Fire Ants Godsmack Music Video I Stand Alone King Scorpion (static images) THE SCORPION KING 2: RISE OF A WARRIOR See how the legend of the Scorpion King began! When a young Mathayus witnesses his father's death at the hands of the king (Ultimate Fighting Championship winner Randy Couture), his quest for vengeance transforms him into the most feared warrior of the ancient world. From the director of Resident Evil: Extinction and Highlander comes a heroic adventure flled with heart-stopping action and thrilling visual effects! THE SCORPION KING 3: BATTLE FOR REDEMPTION Since his triumphant rise to power in the original blockbuster The Scorpion King, Mathayus' kingdom has fallen and he's lost his queen to plague. Now an assassin for hire, he must defend a kingdom from an evil tyrant and his ghost warriors for the chance to regain the power and glory he once knew. Starring Ron Perlman (Hellboy) and Billy Zane (Titanic), The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption takes The Mummy phenomenon to an all-new level of epic action and non-stop adventure! BONUS: Feature Commentary with Director Roel Reiné Deleted/Extended Scenes Deleted Shots Montage Gag Reel Swords and Scorpions: A Making Of Preparing For Battle THE SCORPION KING 4: QUEST FOR POWER Join an exciting new chapter in the action-packed series from the producers of The Mummy! After the king of Norvania is assassinated, the legendary Scorpion King Mathayus is framed for the crime and must fght off an entire kingdom of soldiers. Now Mathayus (Victor Webster) and his only remaining allies, a mysterious woman and her unconventional father, are the last hope to stop the evil heir to the throne on his quest for an ancient and almighty mystical power. Featuring Lou Ferrigno (The Incredible Hulk) and an all-star cast of fghters, including Roy Big Country Nelson (Winner of The Ultimate Fighter), Royce Gracie (UFC Hall of Fame) and Don Wilson (Three-time World Kickboxing Champion) BONUS: Deleted Scenes Gag Reel Making of Feature Commentary with the Cast and Crew

• Bellman & True (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (28/08/2023) from £13.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Adapted by Desmond Lowden from his novel of the same name, Bellman & True is a tense heist thriller starring Bernard Hill (Boys from the Blackstuff, The Lord of the Rings) as a computer programmer blackmailed by gangsters into hacking a bank security system. Directed by Richard Loncraine (Full Circle, The Missionary) Bellman & True deftly balances dramatic realism with stark black comedy and nail-biting suspense. Produced by HandMade Films, Bellman & True is a fine companion piece to their successful thrillers The Long Good Friday and Mona Lisa. Product Features High Definition remaster Original mono audio Two presentations of the film: the pre-release version that premiered at the 1987 London Film Festival (122 mins), and the original UK theatrical cut (114 mins) Running in Traffic (2019, 24 mins): director Richard Loncraine recalls the production of the film Just an Adventure (2019, 20 mins): actor Kieran O'Brien talks fondly of his first film role Cracking the System (2019, 17 mins): screenwriter and author Desmond Lowden discusses adapting his own novel for the screen Trust Me (2019, 10 mins): composer Colin Towns looks back at the creation of the film's score Original theatrical trailer Image gallery: promotional and publicity material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• True Crime | DVD | (01/11/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Not enough people went to see True Crime in cinemas. Wasn't Clint Eastwood too old to be playing a guy who a variety of glorious women, from the middle-aged Diane Venora and Laila Robins to the young Mary McCormack and Lucy Liu, find attractive? Could the onetime Man with No Name credibly play a brilliant crime reporter, Steve Everett, with an ironic turn of phrase and an incurable habit of screwing up both his personal and professional lives? The respective answers to those questions are: hell no and hell yes. True Crime features one of Eastwood's best and most entertaining performances--and his work as director is utterly assured. The story (from Andrew Klavan's bestselling novel) gives Everett the last-minute assignment of interviewing a condemned man (Isaiah Washington) on the eve of his execution. The prisoner, a born-again Christian and exemplary family man, has everything the reporter lacks except a shot at seeing the next sunrise. Everett sets out to get him that, yet far from making a beeline to the exculpatory evidence that will save the life of his "client," this very tarnished hero has to spend a lot of the next 24 hours contending with the baggage he's accumulated through drinking, wenching and familial neglect. (A Pirandellian note: Everett's daughter is played by Eastwood's own daughter, Francesca Fisher-Eastwood, and her mother, Frances Fisher, returns for a feisty cameo as a prosecutor.) This is a good one that got away. Don't let it happen again. --Richard T Jameson

• The Boys And Girl From County Clare | DVD | (16/09/2007) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Listen To Your Heart. It's the late '60s and the British Invasion has conquered the world! The Liverpool Sound tops the charts in every country except in Ireland where traditional Irish music still reigns supreme! But could the unthinkable happen? Could an upstart Irish band from Liverpool win the All Irish Music Championship for the first time in history? Transplanted Irishman Jimmy McMahon (Colm Meany) and his motley English crew have their hearts set on it. Meanwhile back in County Clare Ireland Jimmy's stalwart older brother John Joe (Bernard Hill) and his feisty local band are determined to win the trophy for the third year in a row. Meanwhile Clare's star fiddler Anne (the radiant music icon Andrea Corr of The Corrs family band) chafes under her mother's rules against dating - especially when her eye lands on Teddy (Shaun Evans) Liverpool's star flute player. They are Ireland's answer to Romeo and Juliet. The film weaves these timeless themes of discord - star-crossed lovers feuding brothers narrow-minded parents and rebellious children - with the passion all the characters share for the music they play. And against a backdrop of amber-lit pubs narrow streets and sandy shores the visuals keep pace with toe-tapping soundtrack and reflect the honor and traditions at stake in the competition.

• Catherine Cookson - The Gambling Man | DVD | (23/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Robson Green takes stars as a rent collector in this acclaimed TV minseries adaptation of the Catherine Cookson drama.

• Titanic | DVD | (07/11/2005) from £27.99   |  Saving you £-3.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Re-released, James Cameron's Titanic is an epic, action-packed romance set against the ill-fated maiden voyage of the R.M.S. Titanic, the pride and joy of the White Star Line and, at the time, the largest moving object ever built.

• Exodus | DVD | (26/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A contemporary re-telling of the Book of Exodus set in a near future Margate England. Moses lives in the Promised Land with his father the populist politician Pharoah who has ordered that all undesirables should live in a shanty town called Dreamland. Upon reaching adulthood Moses discovers the truth of his birth mother a poor Romany woman from Dreamland. He visits the town but tragedy strikes when he is involved in a fracas with the guard and he is forced to become one of the undesirables. However in time Moses will lead a radical campaign to liberate the people of Dreamland and so begins the Exodus... Exodus also features 'Waste Man' a 25 metre burning sculpture by internationally acclaimed artist Antony Gormley

• Five Days - Complete BBC Series 2 | DVD | (03/10/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A tiny newborn baby is abandoned in the toilets of a Yorkshire hospital. At the same time the Trans-Pennine commuter train is halted by a suicidal jumper - are they connected? From this moment on the lives of those on board the train and in the hospital will be changed irrevocably not least for DC Laurie Franklin (Suranne Jones - Scott & Bailey Coronation Street Strictly Confidential ) off-duty that day but travelling on the train with her mum Jen (Anne Reid - Shameless Bleak House) who has recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Laurie likes tying up loose ends. And if she can prove a connection between the body and the baby she will be happy. But things never turn out quite the way we expect. Who is the baby's mother? And who is the jumper? And was it a suicide - or was it really a murder? As Laurie is drawn deeper into the mystery she realises this might not be a simple case at all but something much darker. Her life becomes even more complicated when she falls for one of her work colleagues David Morrissey (South Ridings UB dead and Doctor Who) who is a hard nosed Detective with a strong will. This classic BBC drama was original shown over five consecutive nights and captivated millions of viewers. With a pedigree support cast including Bernard Hill (5 Days Lord of the Rings) and Hugo Speer (The Full Monty 5 Days) this is BBC drama at it's very best.

• Carry On Columbus (DVD) | DVD | (30/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  It is 1492 and the Sultan of Turkey controls overland trade from the Far East to Europe. Christopher Columbus looking to make his fortune persuades the King and Queen of Spain to finance an expedition to find a new sea route to India.

• Scorpion King | Blu Ray | (22/07/2019) from £34.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Adventure rules! The spectacular Mummy series explodes into a new realm of breathtaking, nonstop action in The Scorpion King ! Unleashing Dwayne Johnson (Skyscraper) as the most fearsome warrior of the ancient world, The Scorpion King plunges you into a sweeping tale filled with stunning fight sequences, awe-inspiring battles and pulse-pounding thrills. It's the ultimate special effects-powered epic and the must-see-and-see-again adventure of the year!

• The Scorpion King | Blu Ray | (01/12/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In the notorious city of Gomorrah evil warlord Memnon is determined to lay to waste all the nomadic peoples of the desert. Because the few remaining tribes are virtually powerless against him they decide to hire a skilled assassin Mathayus to eliminate Memnon's most prized asset: the sorceress Cassandra who lies at the root of Memnon's power. Mathayus's plan however is to kidnap Cassandra rather than kill her. He knows if he takes her deep into the desert badlands as his hostage Memnon and his henchman will stop at nothing to rescue her...

• Catherine Cookson - Birth, Death, Love And Marriage | DVD | (21/08/2006) from £23.54   |  Saving you £16.45 (69.88%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Catherine Cookson was born Catherine McMullen in 1906. Her life began in poverty and she grew up believing her real mother was her sister. In a life that could have been taken from any of her own novels Catherine aspired to achieve more than many of her time. From poverty to wealth she left the sadness behind to start a new life in Hastings where she was to meet her husband Tom Cookson. As a form of therapy Catherine began to write and never stopped and became one of the world's be