"Actor: Brian Dennehy"

• A Killing In A Small Town | DVD | (23/02/2004) from £6.96   |  Saving you £-0.97 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In a small town a woman is found brutally murdered by an axe. There are no suspects or witnesses to the killing. Based on the novel 'Evidence Of Love' by John Bloom who based the story on the actual events in a small American town.

• Summer Catch | DVD | (19/05/2003) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-3.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Summer Catch combines sports movie with teen romance across class boundaries and sticks in some less than effective bawdy comedy to make up the weight. Playing in a local summer baseball league is the last chance at a professional sports career Ryan (Freddie Prinz Jr) has after he gave up an earlier chance in order to attend his mother's funeral. The threats to his success include the rivalry of other young players, the temptation to just have fun offered by teammate Brubaker (Matthew Lillard) and his growing feelings for Tenley (Jessica Biel). Ryan also has his own demon--an obsession with failure. Occasional outcroppings of psychobabble and melodrama stop this ever finding a satisfactory tone of its own--the scenes on the baseball diamond are often the most interesting. The scenes of sexual comedy largely waste such interesting young actors as Marc Blucas, Christian Kane and Brittany Murphy, all of whom do what they can with unprepossessing material. This is a film for Freddie Prinz Jr fans more than anyone else. On the DVD: Summer Catch on DVD offers a collection of deleted scenes that indicate just how much more uncertain the film's tone was before editing; the commentary by actors Prinz and Biel and director Mike Tollin shows that they at least all had a fairly good time making it. The visual aspect ratio is widescreen anamorphic 1.85:1 and the DVD has Dolby 5:1 digital sound. --Roz Kaveney

• RAMBO DVD TRILOGY MOMENTUM EDITION BOX SET | DVD | (01/01/2008) from £29.99   |  Saving you £20.00 (66.69%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Sylvester Stallone never courted as much controversy as he did with the screen violence of the Rambo trilogy. From 1982 to 1988, they kept his name above Schwarzenegger's in the muscle hero league, with "Rambo" becoming a descriptive phrase in the language to describe gung-ho aggression (in Japanese, "rambo" means "violence"). The strangest part of the character's success is that originally he had none. Both David Morrell's novel and the original incarnation of First Blood had the Vietnam vet committing suicide after his rampage through small town America. The un-Hollywood ending was changed when Stallone and the producers recognised here was a character with possibilities. First Blood: Part II was co-written by James (Titanic) Cameron, a man who has always recognised box office possibilities. Stallone took a very relevant (to 1985) issue of surviving POWs and created an alternative end to the Vietnam War. This was achieved courtesy of the Cold War animosity that still existed towards the Russians, embodied in a suitably vile cameo from Steven Berkoff. A little love interest helped ground the movie and prevent it from completely turning into a video game, as did the best of Jerry Goldsmith's stirring scores for the trilogy. After saving himself and then his Country, Rambo III was simply about saving his friend Richard Crenna. The code of honour was by this point watered down into a song lyric, "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother". Nevertheless the final instalment continues to say something about the indomitable American spirit that will not accept defeat lightly. Patriotism may never have been portrayed quite so bloodily before Rambo's arrival, but at least a generation learned to question attitudes to war veterans, as well as the benefits of carrying a compass in your hunting knife. On the DVD: The Rambo trilogy on disc brings together all three movies in crisp 2.35:1 widescreen transfers. Sadly the extras are a little thin considering how much more was on the old Laser Discs. The first film has but a trailer; the third has a few minutes of behind the scenes material; the second has quite a few mini-documentaries that could really have done with being edited together, and having repeated interviews cut out. But there's still fun to be had hearing how deep and meaningful the movies were in conception.--Paul Tonks

• Marco Polo | DVD | (27/04/2015) from £6.29   |  Saving you £13.70 (217.81%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Made-for-TV miniseries that traces the journeys of the 13th century Venetian trader Marco Polo. Setting out in the company of two priests to both prove the existence of China, and convert it to Christianity, Marco Polo (Ian Somerhalder) continues the exploration on his own when the priests decide to turn back. Struggling on through blizzards and outlaws, Polo is eventually rewarded by reaching the court of ruler Kubla Khan (Brian Dennehy) who, impressed by the explorer's fortitude and courage, adopts him into his court.

• Leave Of Absence | DVD | (23/02/2004) from £9.73   |  Saving you £-7.74 (-388.90%)   |  RRP £1.99

  A married man asks his wife for time off in their relationship so that he may spend time with his dying lover...

• Shattered Promises | DVD | (23/02/2004) from £12.95   |  Saving you £-6.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Alan Masters a brilliant criminal attorney involved with the mafia is chief suspect in his wife's murder investigation. Only one honest cop is determined to see justice done...

• A Father's Betrayal | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £4.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Powerful lawyer Eddie Brannigan is delighted to have his son back in his life and the feelings are reciprocated. The younger Eddie's friend Rebecca however accuses Eddie Senior of date-rape and he could end up sending his own father to jail.

• Hiroshima | DVD | (20/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This story is true... a nightmarish decision had to be made. A handful of men had to take the lives of thousands of Japanese civilians with a single bomb to end World War 2 or send a million American soldiers to almost certain death on foreign soil. The decision was made... The Atomic bomb was dropped and Hiroshima became part of world history. This powerful thought provoking presentation features the physicist who discovers the method of splitting the Atom and Brian Dennehy as the hard driving abrasive general who spearheads the making of the bomb. A gripping tale which features an all star cast it chronicles the monumental effort and diverse personalities suspicion rivalries and moral conflicts surrounding the development of the weapon that changed history of the world.

• Skokie | DVD | (11/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  In a comfortable Chicago suburb the advantages of life are abundant but when a politically astute Nazi organizer selects Skokie as the site of his next rally feelings run riot. This film drama spans over a year of legal battles and explores the very meaning of freedom in America.

• Jack Reed - One Of Our Own | DVD | (09/06/2008) from £6.73   |  Saving you £-1.74 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Golden Globe-winner Brian Dennehy is back as star director and co-writer of a hard-hitting crime-thriller featuring Jack Reed Chicago's toughest and most incorruptible cop. Reed's partner is slain protecting Sarah Landry a young woman who is the victim of attempted murder. Sarah is entrusted to Reed's care and he takes her into his own home where she lives as part of his family. Reed will stop at nothing to catch the person who is threatening Sarah's life and who killed his former partner.

• Baz Luhrmann's Epic Romances | DVD | (26/10/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Baz Luhrmann's Epic Romances

• F/X 2 The Deadly Art of Illusion (Blu Ray) | Blu Ray | (17/05/2017) from £14.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Follow-on from the 1986 film 'FX - Murder by Illusion' in which Tyler (Bryan Brown) is now semi-retired. However, his girlfriend s ex-husband talks him out of the quiet life after five years and into taking part in a police-sting operation. When the latter is murdered, Tyler investigates; with the help of his old police partner (Brian Dennehy) and soon they are trapped in a dangerous web of murder, treachery and deceit. Brian Brown and Brian Dennehy are back for an all-new action-thriller that continues the F/X saga with stylish wit, unrelenting suspense and amazing high-tech action. Five years after his first deadly adventure, Rollie Tyler (Brown) has left the special effects business and now designs sophisticated toys for a living. But when his girlfriend's ex-husband (Tom Mason), a police detective, persuades him to devise an illusion to capture a serial killer, Rollie is once again lured into the lethal world of make-believe. And soon, he finds himself trapped in a murderous maze of deceit and treachery in which he must depend on his ingenious tricks - and his friendship with detective Leo McCarthy (Dennehy) - to expose a terrifying underworld conspiracy... but only if he can stay alive!

• A Father's Revenge | DVD | (04/03/2002) from £9.75   |  Saving you £-5.76 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  It's a parent's worst nightmare a kidnapped child. Paul and Anne Hobart (Brian Dennehy and Joanna Cassidy) watch their television screen in disbelief as their only daughter reads a prepared statement saying that she is a prisoner of war. Karin Hobart is being used as a pawn between a terrorist group and the government that has arrested their comrades. The terrorists promise that she and her fellow captives will be executed if their demands are not met. As the terrorists' deadline approaches Paul Hobart becomes desperate to rescue Karin. When he receives word from the State Department that the United States will not interfere Paul takes matters into his own hands. Securing the information that helps him locate his daughter Paul plans his assault refusing to become a hostage of terror.

• Jack Reed Collection - Death And Vengeance/A Search For Justice/One Of Our Own | DVD | (11/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This box set features the following films: Death And Vengeance (Dir. Brian Dennehy) (1997): A multiple murder has occurred in a suburban cemetery in broad daylight. Most of the victims are Russian immigrants whose friends and relatives refuse to cooperate in the investigation conducted by Jack Reed. A Search For justice (Dir. Brian Dennehy) (1994): Brian Dennehy returns as dedicated police officer Jack Reed who investigates a brutal murder case while battling corruption within his own department. One Of Our Own (Dir. Brian Dennehy) (1995): When two rogues shoot at Sarah the Police think it is the usual case of hoodlumism. But the same two men try again to kill her killing instead a policeman. The girl is then entrusted to Jack Reed and begins to live with his family. So while Silvera is searching for the murderers Jack becomes convinced that Phil Brenner former lover of Sarah could be involved in the attempted murders.

• Meet Monica Velour | DVD | (27/06/2011) from £2.89   |  Saving you £13.10 (453.29%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Tobe Hulbert's life sucks. He's a recent high-school graduate living in Washington with his grandfather. He works out of a vintage hot dog truck and his only friend is his overweight 12-year-old neighbour. In the dog-days of summer his only escape is obsessively watching videos of his fantasy girl: Monica Velour the most famous adult-film star of the 1980s. Browsing her fansite one afternoon Tobe discovers that Monica is making a rare live appearance at a strip club in rural Indiana. With nothing stopping him he hits the road to meet the woman of his dreams. Expecting his fantasy Tobe is instead confronted with a harsh reality: Monica is a 49-year-old mom who lives in a trailer park and her life is nothing like he imagined it would be. The last thing Monica needs is another complication in her life but Tobe is determined to do whatever it takes to get close to her.

• Missing, The / Silverado / Quick And The Dead | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A trio of Westerns from the esoteric The Missing to the thrilling Silverado to Sam Raimi's razor-sharp spaghetti western pastiche The Quick And The Dead. The Missing: In 19th-century New Mexico Samuel Jones (Tommy Lee Jones) returns home hoping to reconcile with his now adult daughter Maggie (Cate Blanchett). When Maggie's daughter is kidnapped father and estranged daughter are forced to put their troubled past behind them and work together to get her back... Silverado: This spirited Western stars Kevin Kline Scott Glenn Kevin Costner and Danny Glover as four unwitting heroes who cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside has been taken over by a corrupt sheriff and a murderous posse. It's up to the sharp-shooting foursome to save the day but first they have to break each other out of jail and learn who their real friends are. The spectacular cast also includes Rosanna Arquette John Cleese Brian Denehy Jeff Goldblum and Linda Hunt. The Quick And The Dead: Herod (Gene Hackman) Mayor and ruler of Redemption has turned his town into a haven for thugs and Miscreants of every type. In return for his 'leniency' he keeps 50 cents on every dollar traded by the unsavoury group. Each year in order to weed out rivals and to protect his position of power Herod holds a shooting contest which attracts people from miles around including his son 'The Kid' (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Cort (Russell Crowe). It is a shoot to kill contest with the prize being a large sum of cash. Herod wins every year so protecting his position and reputation for being the fastest killer in the West. That is until Ellen (Sharon Stone) rides into town a six-gun strapped to her hip and revenge burning in her heart. She's fast furious and her mind is set on winning the ultimate prize of a duel to the death with Herod.

• Jack Reed - A Search For Justice | DVD | (23/06/2008) from £6.24   |  Saving you £-1.25 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Golden Globe-winner Brian Dennehy is back as star director and co-writer of a hard-hitting crime-thriller featuring Jack Reed Chicago's toughest and most incorruptible cop. Jack Reed is investigating the brutal murder of a 'biker babe' while simultaneously battling corruption within his own department. Besieged by cops and criminals alike Reed wonders just who he can trust - and who exactly is undermining all his efforts.

• Dish Dogs | DVD | (06/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Morgan and Jason (Sean Astin and Mathew Lillard) are two of the most ineligible bachelors in town. Budding philosophers they pride themselves on their resistance to the female art of persuasion. Determined to maintain their single status they travel the California coast surfing philosophizing and washing dishes to earn their keep. When a good friend submits to the vows of matrimony the two truth-seekers reluctantly travel home for the wedding. While there Jason falls for an ol

• 10th And Wolf | DVD | (06/08/2007) from £4.98   |  Saving you £11.01 (221.08%)   |  RRP £15.99

  February 1991. Tommy a Desert Storm marine dismayed that the US isn't taking out Saddam breaks some rules and faces hard labor. An FBI agent offers him an out: go home to his gritty dockside home in Pennsylvania and help get the goods on an Italian heroine dealer; in return no prison time and no arrest of Tommy's brother Vincent and cousin Joey. Loyalty to family conflicts with loyalty to the code of the street. Can Tommy sort it out protect his brother and cousin and stay true

• Legal Eagles | DVD | (11/09/2000) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Robert Redford, usually a pretty good judge of material, got snookered badly in Legal Eagles, an Ivan Reitman comedy which also stars Debra Winger and Daryl Hannah. Redford is a rising assistant D.A. who is prosecuting a woman (Hannah) for theft of a painting by her father. Before he knows what's hit him, he's involved romantically both with the defendant and with her scattered lawyer (Winger). Redford is as good as he can be, given the circumstances but this is a film that doesn't know where it's going. Originally intended as a serious film about the legal wrangling over the estate of the late Mark Rothko, this film quickly degenerated when the script was turned over to Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr, whose sparkling oeuvre includes Turner and Hooch. --Marshall Fine, Amazon.com