"Actor: Bobby"

• Cannon and Ball - The Complete Series 6 | DVD | (18/02/2013) from £9.59   |  Saving you £10.40 (108.45%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Years on the Northern cabaret circuit enabled Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball to hone their act for this ratings-winning show, making the comedians household names and beloved by millions. A mixture of sketches, spectacular variety entertainment and a wealth of big-name guest stars ensured that this massively popular series ran for many years. Enjoy more good-natured comedy capers in this sixth series, in which Tommy and Bobby are joined by a host of star guests.

• The Rat Pack | DVD | (14/10/2002) from £17.66   |  Saving you £-7.67 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  An irresistible melange of showbiz and politics, The Rat Pack is a sprawling HBO TV movie about the late-50s axis between Frank Sinatra's cool-talking cronies and the White House-bound Kennedy clan. Ray Liotta, William L Petersen and Joe Mantegna manage to give real performances as opposed to impersonations as Frankie, JFK and Dean Martin, and there's a stand-out turn from Don Cheadle as Sammy Davis Jr, who fantasises a blazing, gunslinging rendition of "I've Got You Under My Skin" as delivered to the cross-burning Nazi pickets outside his hotel campaigning against his marriage to a white Swedish starlet. Naturally the story goes over a lot of familiar ground (Marilyn Monroe, and so on,) but the Hollywood-Vegas angle, with the obvious criminal tie-ins, lends it a freshness. Angus McFadyen remains typecast as real-life actors, following up his Orson Welles (Cradle Will Rock) and Richard Burton (Liz, the Elizabeth Taylor biopic) by doing a squirming, but funny take on Peter Lawford, caught between the White House and Sinatra's vast, demanding ego. Its general style is somewhere between a Scorsese gangland epic and made-for-TV muckraking biopic and a lot of material from Shawn Levy's fine book Rat Pack Confidential is worked into the weave. On the DVD: The Rat Pack is a no-frills disc presented in a good-looking 16:9 anamorphic transfer, though as it's a TV movie this means trimming the top and the bottom of the image. --Kim Newman

• Upside Down - The Creation Records Story | Blu Ray | (09/05/2011) from £7.79   |  Saving you £10.20 (130.94%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The definitive film about Creation Records one of the world's most successful and colorful independent labels.

• Snowmen | DVD | (12/11/2012) from £4.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (160.32%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A coming of age tale about three boys and the winter that changes their lives forever. After a surprising discovery in the snow catapults three boys into the spotlight the best friends hatch a plan to do something that matters to set their very own Guinness World Record. Along the way the trio battles schoolyard bullies unites their community and discovers that - while fame may be fleeting - true friendship lasts forever.

• Just Call Me Bobby | DVD | (13/10/2003) from £3.98   |  Saving you £9.01 (226.38%)   |  RRP £12.99

  At 70- years of age Sir Bobby Robson is an energetic and passionate about football as ever. In conversation with Gary Linker he reflects on the highs and lows of his career; his playing days at Fulham and his sacking as manager of the London club his success in charge of Ipswich Town PSV and Porto but the toll it took on his family life. He recalls his eight dramatic years in charge of the national side: his vilification by the press. Maradona's infamous 'Hand Of God' goal a

• The Larry Sanders Show | DVD | (19/06/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In The Larry Sanders Show Garry Shandling is Larry Sanders, host of a fictitious chat show. But the real The Larry Sanders Show (1992-98), was alongside Sienfeld, one of the great cult successes of 1990's American TV. Nominally a sitcom, the naturalistic acting, uncensored strong language and absence of canned laughter lend the show a distinctive pseudo-documentary feel, as every week some of the top names in US entertainment appear as themselves. The viewer can't help but wonder just how much these celebrities are for real, and how much they are having us on when, for example, Billy Crystal seems so mercenary about using the episode "The Talk Show" to plug his movie, Mr Saturday Night. Other guests on the seven episodes of this DVD include Dana Carvey ("The Guest Host"), Alex Baldwin ("The List"), Robin Williams ("Montana"), Henry Winkler ("Hank's Sex Tape"), Courtney Cox ("Larry's Big Idea") and Brett Butler ("I Was a Teenage Lesbian"--a bonus episode exclusive to DVD). Clever and caustic, rather than laugh-out-loud funny, this release offers good value at 167 minutes, though the only DVD extra is a trailer. The picture on the first five episodes is soft and grainy. That matters improve considerably for the last two episodes suggests this is because of poor original tapes rather than a bad transfer. --Gary S. Dalkin

• Demons | DVD | (01/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Lamberto Bava, son of the Italian horror legend and giallo godfather Mario Bava, teamed up with modern master Dario Argent (co-writer and producer) for this slick gorefest, a triumph of style and special effects over movie logic. Set in a refurbished German movie palace, our hapless soon-to-be victims arrive for a sneak preview of a horror movie only to see the gore unfold in the audience, as well as onscreen. While the exposition remains murky, one patron finds that an infected cut leads to a gooey transformation, and every one of her victims follows suit until the snaggle-toothed monsters outnumber the humans. The survivors, trapped in the tomb of a cinema, must fend off attacks à la George Romero's Night of the Living Dead. Borrowing liberally from films such as Dawn of the Dead and The Tingler, Demons also anticipates Scream in its cinema-savvy references, not to mention its undeniably Neve Campbell-ish heroine. The blaring heavy-metal-hard-rock soundtrack and the carnival horror-house atmosphere helps remind us that this is all just stupid fun. Despite the overwhelming body count, excessive gore and rivers of green demon pus, the cartoonishly grotesque killings avoid the sadistic edge of many Italian horror films. By the climax of the film the premise is long forgotten in a ghoul apocalypse, but who's watching this for the story anyway? --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• Bob Monkhouse - An Audience With Bob Monkhouse | DVD | (13/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Join a star-studded audience in an evening of laughter with one of Britain's best-loved quick-fire comedians the late Bob Monkhouse.

• The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club - The Complete Series 6 | DVD | (22/07/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The legendary Bernard Manning comperes and fellow stand-up veteran Colin Crompton is 'Mr. Chairman' at The Wheeltappers and Shunters Club - the friendliest working men's club in the North! Cut from the same cloth as The Comedians, this Seventies ratings hit captures the quickfire comedy, musical variety and convivial atmosphere of a typical Clubland concert night, showcasing rising stars, contemporary acts, local talent and world-renowned performers. Entertaining a typically appreciative audi...

• Kiss Me Kate (1953) | DVD | (24/11/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Heavyweights | DVD | (12/04/2004) from £5.38   |  Saving you £9.61 (178.62%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A group of adolescents are enjoying a wild summer at 'Fat Camp' until a neurotic fitness fanatic buys the camp and imposes an absurd diet and exercise regime! Now the kids must gain control before their summer wastes away...

• The Rolling Stones - Bridges To Babylon 1998 | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Like any good brand, the Rolling Stones know to preserve the formula even when updating the package, and this long-form concert video underscores that market strategy. As with each of their tours since the early 1980s, the quartet, augmented by a discreet auxiliary of backup musicians, gives the fans new eye-candy while dishing up a familiar set list spiked with Mick Jagger's lip-smacking vocals and Keith Richards' signature guitar riffs. The visual twists are at once spectacular and conservative: a cyclopean main stage design with massive pillars (presumably the Babylonian connection), a vast oval video screen (shades of Big Brother), and a hydraulic bridge enabling a mid-concert sortie into the audience, with the Stones playing a more stripped-down, intimate set on a small satellite stage. That huge physical setting doubtless made the live shows eye-filling rock spectacles, but the video crew necessarily accepts the limitations of the small screen, focusing more on close-ups of the band, rapid cuts, and racing, hand-held tracking shots to convey excitement while keeping the viewer close to the action. The evening's repertoire sticks to the band's most familiar hits, and if the Glimmer Twins occasionally slip their masks to let the routine show, the real wonder is how effectively they keep the playing focused. During the first half of the programme, the band's newest songs (especially "Saint of Me" and "Out of Control") elicit conspicuously higher energy from the band, if not the audience. But just as the show seems doomed to a certain anonymity, the escape onto the smaller, no-frills stage pumps up players and crowd alike, particularly when they launch into "Like a Rolling Stone", a cover that winds up sounding like a great idea too long deferred. --Sam Sutherland, Amazon.com

• We Bare Bears Season 1 | DVD | (07/10/2019) from £11.82   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Grizz, Panda, and Ice Bear are ready to be DVD famous! Come hang out with these bros as they try to fit in and make friends...which can be hard to do when you re a bear. But they ve already met Chloe, a young student, internet celebrity Nom-Nom, and Grizz somehow made friends with a giant burrito. These bears always know how to turn a crazy situation into a good time.

• Marilyn Monroe | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £29.20   |  Saving you £20.79 (71.20%)   |  RRP £49.99

  A bumper box set of classic films featuring the incomparable Marilyn Monroe! Ladies Of The Chorus (Dir. Phil Karlson 1948): An early Monroe feature with Marilyn starring as Burlesque singer Peggy Martin. Despite her overwhelming attraction to the wealthy Randy Peggy's mother worries that class differences will come between them. Some Like It Hot (Dir. Billy Wilder 1959): Nominated for 6 Academy Awards and winner for costumes Some Like It Hot is the quintessential madcap farce from legendary director Billy Wilder and screenwriter I.A.L. Diamond. With dazzling performances by Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis and a memorably comic turn by Marilyn Monroe Some Like It Hot is not only one of Wilder's funniest satires but is one of the greatest of all film comedies. When Chicago musicians Joe and Jerry accidentally witness a gangland shoting they quickly board a southbound train to Florida disguised as Josephine and Daphne the two newest - and homeliest - members of an all-girl jazz band. their cover is perfect... until a lovelorn singer falls for Josephine an ancient playboy falls for Daphne and a mob boss who refuses to fall for their hoax wants them put on ice for good! Marilyn Monroe At The Movies: A detailed filmography trailers from 15 of her classic movies and fascinating newsreel footage accompanies the vintage 1962 'Legend Of Marilyn Monroe' documentary narrated by John Huston. The Misfits (Dir. John Huston 1961): A down-on-her-luck divorced woman meets and falls for a disenchanted outcast cowboy who earns his living by capturing wild mustangs. When she witnesses this cruel spectacle she teams up with a jaded rodeo performer in an attempt to free the horses. Last screen appearance for both Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe who was married to playwright Arthur Miller during the course of the filming. Portrait Of A Legend: Examines Marilyn through an in-depth investigation of her private life. From her turbulent childhood when her mother vanished beyond the dark wall of mental illness through her short stays at various orphanages and foster homes...to her marriage at sixteen to James Dougherty. Relive Marilyn's first exposure during WWII as a calendar girl for the war efforts her first performance in Ladies of the Chorus and acting debut in Asphalt Jungle then into the glamorous Hollywood superstar. Hometown Story (Dir. Arthur Pierson 1951): Jeffery Lynn plays an ex-politician who blames big business for his failure to get re-elected. To expose big business as an evil monster he joins his uncle's newspaper. When his little sister is caught in a cave-in the town's largest company comes to her aid and he must now reconsider.

• Bobby Zamora's Play Off Diary | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-14.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The former Brighton and Tottenham striker recounts his new club West Ham's ascent to the pinnacle of League football the Premiership.

• Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife | DVD | (19/08/2005) from £12.36   |  Saving you £-6.37 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Bobby Darin was one of the most accomplished singers of the 20th century. His style was often copied but never matched and his genius was recently portrayed by Kevin Spacey in the Hollywood biopic Beyond the Sea. This DVd features him performing some of his best known songs such as Dream Lover Mack the Knife If I were a carpenter and Beyond the Sea.

• Saturday Night Live - The Best Of Mike Myers | DVD | (05/04/2004) from £20.77   |  Saving you £-14.78 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Best of Mike Myers is a compilation of sketches from his six seasons on the American show Saturday Night Live, and features the star in his pre-Austin Powers days appearing in various garbs and characters, though not as Powers himself. There are, however, two Wayne's World segments, Myers' other great cinematic triumph (in collaboration with Dana Carvey), in which he plays the zonked-out heavy-metal dude who presents a cable show from his basement. One features Aerosmith guesting, waylaid by Wayne's mum and given the tour of the house, or "walk of shame"; the other has Madonna, in a parody of her In Bed With... era. Other characters include Sprockets, a stern and Teutonic techno-obsessed host, and Lothar of the Hill People, an ancient chieftain. Considering he is Liverpool-born, Myers is happy to peddle some curious American stereotypes of the British: that they have bad teeth, as in the "Hedley & Wyche" sketch ("one tube lasts a lifetime") or that they all behave like characters from a Terry-Thomas movie. Among the featured guests in these sketches are Steve Martin, Tom Hanks (as Aerosmith's roadie), Nicole Kidman as a six-year-old girl, Roseanne Barr and Danny DeVito. Sometimes, as is SNL's wont, the sketches go on several minutes too long and lack sharpness, while the star guests don't always put in Oscar-winning performances. However, amid the self-indulgence there are a number of very funny moments. On the DVD: The Best of Mike Myers DVD is a straightforward transfer of the TV original with no extra features. --David Stubbs

• Legally Blonde Collection | DVD | (28/04/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Legally Blonde (2001): Reese Witherspoon gives a glittering performance as Elle Woods the natural blonde sorority queen who enrolls at Harvard Law School. Expecting her boyfriend Warner Huntington III (Matthew Davis) to propose Elle is mortified when instead he says he needs somebody serious as his wife. When Elle discovers Warner's brother is engaged to a law student she discovers enrolling at Harvard might be the way to prove she is serious. She studies for the LSATs submits a video essay - in which she appears in a sequined bikini - and miraculously is accepted. At first Elle is rebuked by Professor Stromwell (Holland Taylor) and is the target of snide comments from other students. But gradually it becomes clear that Elle is no fish out of water; she is smarter more driven and more likely to survive in the rarefied Harvard atmosphere than anyone else. Legally Blonde 2 (2003): Having conquered Harvard Elle is now a rising young lawyer at a great firm balancing her demanding career with preparations for her wedding to the man of her dreams. But when she finds out her beloved dog Bruiser's family members are being used as cosmetic test subjects by one of her firm's own clients she stands up for their rights - and is promptly fired. She's devastated but you can't keep an optimist down. Ms. Woods goes to Washington to take matters into her own French-manicured hands. Trying to learn the political ropes and win over politicians Elle faces a formidable challenge - and in a sea of grey black and navy she sticks out like a pink thumb. The politicians aren't immediately kind to Capitol Barbie and Washington D.C. isn't an easy place for a person with impeccable fashion sense and a Harvard Law degree. But with her clever and sassy signature blend of intelligence and determination she bucks the system the Elle Woods way. Speaking up for Bruiser and his family Elle eventually inspires those around her to find voices of their own.

• Primitive London | DVD | (22/06/2015) from £8.83   |  Saving you £9.16 (103.74%)   |  RRP £17.99

  First released in 1965 Primitive London is a once shocking mondo-style documentary that sets out to reflect societal decay through the sideshow spectacle of 1960's London depravity. Here the camera finds mods rockers and beatniks an obscure band called The Zephyrs seedy Jack the Ripper enactments flabby men in the sauna sordid wife-swapping parties and more. Shot just as the sixties was really starting Primitive London shows a Britain trying to find a way of transiting from the post war depression of the 1950''s and the shiny brave new world of the mid 1960''s. Miller''s companion piece London in the Raw is also released this month.

• The Window | DVD | (08/10/2012) from £19.95   |  Saving you £-4.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Little Tommy Woodry (Bobby Driscoll) is a bright kid with a vivid imagination. He's always telling tall tales. Then, one night, he witnesses a brutal murder committed by his seemingly normal neighbours, the Kellersons. When Tommy tells his parents, they think it's just his over-active imagination. When he tells the police, they don't believe him either. Only the Kellersons believe Tommy.And now they're coming to get him.A masterpiece of suspense, packed with gripping plot twists, The Window was a big Box Office hit. The film won both the 1950 BAFTA Best Film Award and the Edgar Allan Poe 'Best Picture' Award the same year, while Bobby Driscoll received a special Oscar as the outstanding juvenile actor of 1949