"Actor: Brenda Fricker"

• Home Alone Collection (4 Titles) DVD | DVD | (16/09/2013) from £5.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• A Time To Kill | DVD | (11/05/1998) from £11.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (16.68%)   |  RRP £13.99

  You wouldn't know it by watching the Batman movies they collaborated on, but this smart adaptation of John Grisham's novel proves that director Joel Schumacher and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman have some talent when the right project comes along. Schumacher had previously directed Grisham's The Client, and brought equal craft and intelligence to this story about a young Southern attorney (Matthew McConaughey, in his breakthrough role) who defends a black father (Samuel L Jackson) after he kills two men who raped his young daughter. Sandra Bullock plays the passionate law student who serves as McConaughey's legal aide and voice of conscience in the racially charged drama. Added to the star power of the lead roles is a fine supporting cast, including Kevin Spacey, Ashley Judd and Oliver Platt. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• My Left Foot | DVD | (07/07/2008) from £4.95   |  Saving you £8.04 (162.42%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Highly acclaimed film based on the life of Christy Brown; born with crippling cerebral palsy into a poor working-class Irish family. Able only to control movement in his left foot and to speak in guttural sounds he is mistakenly believed to be retarded but through the help of his strong-willed mother a dedicated teacher and his own courage and determination Christy not only learns to grapple with life's simple physical tasks and complex psychological pains but he also develops into a brilliant painter poet and author. Daniel Day-Lewis gives his most stunning performance to date winning him the Academy Award for best actor in a leading role. Supported by Brenda Fricker who's equally spectacular performance won her the Academy Award for best supporting actress in a supporting role.

• The War Bride | DVD | (28/06/2004) from £4.90   |  Saving you £1.09 (22.24%)   |  RRP £5.99

  With all the men away to war Lily (Anna Friel) falls madly in love and marries a handsome Canadian soldier Charlie Travis (Aden Young). But Charlie is shipped off to the front and Lily discovers she's expecting his baby not knowing if she will ever see him alive again. Lily receives instructions from the Canadian Embassy that she is to be shipped across the sea to her new Canadian in-laws. Life for Lily is not about to improve on arriving in Canada she is met by cold-hearted mother-in-law Betty (Brenda Fricker) and crippled sister-in-law Sylvia. Lily finds she has swapped one horrendous existence for another as she must struggle to survive on a dilapidate farm in the bleak Canadian wilderness. Based on the true story and winner of two Genies (Canada's Academy Awards) this film is both heartfelt and funny and will genuinely keep you engrossed till the end.

• My Left Foot | DVD | (11/02/2002) from £14.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (33.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Daniel Day-Lewis won a much-deserved Oscar for My Left Foot, with a wily and passionate performance as Irish artist and writer Christy Brown, whose cerebral palsy kept him confined to a wheelchair. Filmmaker Jim Sheridan (In the Name of the Father) adapts Brown's own autobiography for this spirited piece, focusing on the, sometimes difficult, fellow's formative years in his large family and in love with sundry women. Day-Lewis is inspired, and Brenda Fricker (also a recipient of an Oscar for her part in this movie) is almost luminous as Christy's dedicated mother. So, too, are Ray McAnally as the hero's stormy father, and Hugh O'Conor (The Young Poisoner's Handbook) as the child Christy. All in all, this is a complete pleasure for viewers. --Tom Keogh , Amazon.com

• Play for Today: Volume One (4-disc Blu-ray Boxset) | Blu Ray | (16/11/2020) from £40.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  50 years on from its first transmission, the BBC's Play for Today anthology series remains one of British television's most influential and celebrated achievements. Between 1970 and 1984, plays which combined some of the era's finest writing, acting and directing talents were broadcast direct to living rooms, regularly challenging viewers and pushing the boundaries of TV drama. Featuring plays by the likes of Ingmar Bergman, Julia Jones and Colin Welland and featuring a roster of eminent British actors, Play for Today: Volume One brings together seven iconic dramas on Bluray for the very first time, in a collection that exemplifies the breadth and brilliance of this groundbreaking series. The set includes five plays which have been restored from the original negatives held in the BBC archive. The Plays: The Lie (Written by Ingmar Bergman | Dir. Alan Bridges, 1970) Shakespeare or Bust (Written by Peter Terson | Dir. Brian Parker, 1973) Back of Beyond (Written by Julia Jones | Dir. Desmond Davis, 1974) Passage to England (Written by Leon Griffiths | Dir. John Mackenzie, 1975) Our Flesh and Blood (Written by Mike Stott | Dir. Pedr James, 1977) A Photograph (Written by John Bowen | Dir. John Glenister, 1977) Your Man from Six Counties (Written by Colin Welland | Dir. Barry Davis, 1976)

• Veronica Guerin | DVD | (26/01/2004) from £6.79   |  Saving you £9.20 (135.49%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The true story of Irish journalist Veronica Guerin who took on the drug dealers of Dublin in the mid-1990s and paid the ultimate price.

• Inside I'm Dancing | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £7.39   |  Saving you £8.60 (116.37%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When a loud-mouthed soul moves in next door, Michael, a long-term resident of Dublin's Carrigmore Home for the Disabled, finds a new lease of life in this award-winning Irish movie.

• Watermelon | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £13.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  After being dumped by her boyfriend soon after she moved to London Claire begins a relationship with a man who helped her get a job. However she discovers she's pregnant.

• So I Married An Axe Murderer | DVD | (05/09/2005) from £7.03   |  Saving you £-1.04 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Enjoyable on many levels ... OK, it's enjoyable on only one level--if you're a big fan of Mike Myers's screwball idea of funny. That this script had been through a lot of hands in Hollywood before Myers agreed to star in it (using his Wayne's World clout) seems amazing as most of the truly funny bits here seem to be straight from Myers. Most memorable is his role as his own irascible Scottish father, screaming at his youngest son and talking about the Bay City Rollers. But Myers also plays Charlie, a bookshop owner/poet who falls in love with a "hardhearted harbinger of haggis", the local butcher (Nancy Travis), who may also be a serial killer. Mostly enjoyable, but there's also some weird stuff here. Try as you might, you may never rid yourself of the image of Brenda Fricker and Anthony LaPaglia making out. Also features a great soundtrack with Soul Asylum and Toad the Wet Sprocket. --Keith Simanton

• Trauma | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £7.96   |  Saving you £9.02 (181.49%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Chilling thriller starring Colin Firth as a bereaved widower haunted by visions of his dead wife.

• Children's Film Foundation Bumper Box Vol.3 | DVD | (23/08/2021) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  For over 30 years, The Children's Film Foundation produced quality entertainment for young audiences, employing the cream of British filmmaking talent. Unavailable for years, these much-loved films finally make a welcome return to out screens. The Bumper Box Collection Vol.3 includes the following the following CFF adventures; The Clue of the Missing Ape, Adventure in the Hopfields, Tim Driscoll's Donkey, Runaway Railway, Calamity the Cow, Cry Wolf, Big Wheels and Sailor, Breakout and Our Exploits at West Poley. As always the films feature a plethora of familiar faces, including George Cole, Melvyn Hayes, John Moulder-Brown, Ronnie Barker, Shelia Reid, Brenda Fricker and of course last but not least, the one and only Phil Collins!

• Casualty - Series 1 | DVD | (10/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  One of the BBC's flagship dramas Casualty depicts the lives of the patients doctors nurses and paramedics attending the frantically busy accident and emergency department of Holby General Hospital. Now approaching its twentieth year on television this is where it all started: the hard-hitting storylines; the accurate portrayal of life in the casualty department; and that theme tune. At a time when medical dramas produced in the UK were thin-on-the ground this was

• Quatermass - Chapters 1 To 4 / The Conclusion | DVD | (07/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  John Mills stars as the eponymous Professor in 1979s Quatermass, the fourth, final and best of the celebrated television science fiction serials. The Professors early adventures were 1950s TV productions, all made into cult Hammer films, including the excellent Quatermass and the Pit (1967). Here Quatermass, now an elderly scientist searching for his missing grand-daughter, finds himself facing a new alien nightmare in a convincingly bleak near-future Britain of urban decay, social collapse and unchecked violence. Written by Nigel Kneale, as were all the Quatermass stories, this was an intelligent extrapolation of 1970s industrial-strife-ridden Britain, a continuation of the apocalyptic British SF tradition of John Wyndham (The Day of the Triffids was serialised by the BBC two years later). Thanks to a generous budget sufficient to allow for an international theatrical version, the production values are impressively large-scale, and the naturalistic performances from a cast including Simon MacCorkindale, Barbara Kellerman and Brenda Fricker add greatly to the sense of reality. Best of all, John Mills brings tremendous class to an adventure which remains a rare example of serious, ideas-based adult TV SF. Director Piers Haggard (Pennies from Heaven) packs considerable tension and not a few scares into Kneales epic canvas. On the DVD: Quatermass is presented on three DVDs with two 50-minute episodes and perfunctory production notes on each of the first two discs. The 4:3 picture is good for a 1970s TV series, though there is some minor print damage. Sound is adequate two-channel mono. Disc 3 offers the 101-minute international theatrical version, called The Quatermass Conclusion. This version contains some slightly stronger, 15-rated material, and different credits. The disc also features an oddly presented but interesting 18-minute interview with Nigel Kneale which is centred on the original three Quatermass BBC serials. A 16-page booklet is informative and the packaging is among the most attractive to grace a DVD set thus far. --Gary S Dalkin

• How About You | DVD | (08/11/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

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• The Field | DVD | (03/12/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Irish director Jim Sheridan made The Field after scoring an art house hit and Oscar nominations for his previous film, My Left Foot. Set in Ireland during the 1930s, this ambitious and hard-hitting drama is about one man's obsession with a plot of land that his family has tended for generations. The results are decidedly mixed, and it's obvious that this kind of tragic allegory is better suited for the stage (where it originated as a play by John B Keane). What makes the film worthwhile is the Oscar-nominated performance by Richard Harris as "Bull" McCabe, the fiercely stubborn man who's nurtured a prime field of rented land for decades, only to lose it when the owner auctions the land to an unwelcome American (Tom Berenger). Rather than sacrifice his life's work to this brazen invader, McCabe wages a personal war with powerfully tragic results. It's unfortunate that this potent drama never really connects on an emotional level, but Harris is never less than fascinating in a role that virtually seems to consume him as an actor. His performance approaches greatness, even when the film falls somewhat short of its dramatic ambitions. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Resurrection Man | DVD | (04/05/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  1970s Belfast: young protestant Victor Kelly's loathing for Catholics boils over and he embarks on a systematic killing spree. In the hope of covering himself in glory an ambitious reporter attempts to single-handedly solve the mystery of the murderer's identity...

• Closing The Ring | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £6.56   |  Saving you £13.43 (204.73%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In 1943, A dying gunner, involved in a crash of a United States B-17, gives a ring to a local to return to his girlfriend in the USA. Fifty years later, a man finds the ring and tracks down the girlfriend and the history of its owner.

• The War Bride | DVD | (26/05/2008) from £4.23   |  Saving you £2.76 (65.25%)   |  RRP £6.99

  With all the men away to war Lily falls madly in love and married a handsome Canadian soldier Charlie Travis. But Charlie is shipped off to the front and Lily discovers she's expecting his baby not knowing if she will ever see him alive again.

• Casualty - Series 2 | DVD | (10/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  One of the BBC's flagship dramas Casualty depicts the lives of the patients doctors nurses and paramedics attending the frantically busy accident and emergency department of Holby General Hospital. Now approaching its twentieth year on television this is where it all started: the hard-hitting politicised storylines; the accurate portrayal of life in the casualty department; and that theme tune. At a time when medical dramas produced in the UK were thin-on-the groun