"Actor: C Thomas Howell"

• The Hitcher (Special Edition) | DVD | (14/07/2003) from £17.92   |  Saving you £2.07 (11.55%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Made in 1984, The Hitcher is an update--in spirit at least--of Steven Spielberg's first feature film, 1971's Duel. Here C Thomas Howell plays a guy taking a drive-away car from Chicago to San Diego. On a whim, in the rain, and against his better judgment, he picks up a hitchhiker (Rutger Hauer). The hitcher quickly admits to being a murdering psychopath and once Howell finally gets him out of his car, he is pursued with all the vengeance of the ancient furies. We're never sure if the hitcher is a figment of his imagination, making Howell a schizophrenic killer, or if he's real and Howell is the random victim of a wandering madman, which is how his potential new girlfriend (Jennifer Jason Leigh) thinks of him. Either way, The Hitcher is great fun, kinda scary and teetering on the brink of "must see". --Andy Spletzer

• Animal Kingdom: Season 1 | DVD | (10/04/2017) from £19.98   |  Saving you £-3.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  All ten episodes from the first season of the US crime drama inspired by the 2010 Australian film of the same name. After his mother dies of a heroin overdose, 17-year-old Joshua 'J' Cody (Finn Cole) moves in with his grandmother Janine aka Smurf (Ellen Barkin), the matriarch of a powerful Californian crime family. Also sharing the lavish home are her sons Craig (Ben Robson), Deran (Jake Weary), Baz (Scott Speedman) and Pope (Shawn Hatosy), who's just finished a six-year prison sentence. J joins his uncles in their illicit exploits overseen by Smurf. However, the boys begin taking on their own jobs without Smurf's approval and attract even more attention from the eyes of the law. The episodes are: 'Pilot', 'We Don't Hurt People', 'Stay Close, Stick Together', 'Dead to Me', 'Flesh Is Weak', 'Child Care', 'Goddamn Animals', 'Man In', 'Judas Kiss' and 'What Have You Done?'.

• The Hitcher (4K UHD & Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (30/09/2024) from £47.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A would-be samaritan picks up a hitchhiker and soon discovers the man is a relentless serial killer. Framed by the cold-blooded murderer for a string of slayings, his only help comes from a caring waitress as they attempt to flee from both the law and the hitcher Special Features Dual format edition including both UHD and Blu-ray with main feature and bonus features on both discs new 4k restoration by Second Sight Films from the original camera negative supervised and approved by Director Robert Harmon UHD presented in HDR with Dolby Vision Features Dolby Atmos and original stereo audio mixes New audio commentary by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas Audio commentary with Robert Harmon and Writer Eric Red Scene specific audio commentary with Robert Harmon, Eric Red, Executive Producer Edward S Feldman, Composer Mark Isham, Director of Photography John Seale and Actors Rutger Hauer and C Thomas Howell The Projection Booth Podcast: featuring Robert Harmon and Rutger Hauer Bullseye: a new interview with Robert Harmon Penning the Ripper: a new interview with Eric Red Doomed to Live: a new interview with C Thomas Howell The Man from Oz: a new interview with John Seale A Very Formative Score: a new interview with Mark Isham Duel Runner: Leigh Singer on the evolution of The Hitcher and Rutger Hauer China Lake: a short film by Robert Harmon newly restored The Calling Card: Robert Harmon on China Lake Telephone: a short film by Eric Red The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made? Trailers Limited Edition Contents Rigid slipcase with new artwork by Adam Stothard 200-page hardback book with exclusive Robert Harmon interview by Lou Thomas, exclusive Eric Red interview by Matt Thrift, new essays by Heather Drain, David Kittredge, Craig Ian Mann, Rebecca McCallum, Meagan Navarro and Jon Towlson, archival Fangoria article and Behind-the-Scenes photo gallery

• Puccini: La Boheme -- Royal Opera House/Gardelli | DVD | (21/08/2000) from £17.00   |  Saving you £0.99 (5.82%)   |  RRP £17.99

  This full-blooded 1982 performance of Puccini's most-loved opera demonstrates just how much drive and powerful emotion can make up for a certain lack of subtlety. Cotrubas' Mimi is entirely moving in both joy and death, while never quite feeling as thoroughly frail as some of her quieter rivals; stronger tenor voices than Neil Shicoff's have recorded the role, and yet he has a Romantic passion and a dignity that many of his rivals fail to bring to the role. That under-rated singer Gwynne Howell is especially moving in Colline's farewell to his cloak--one of those perfect little showcase sections Puccini sometimes gives to minor parts. Marilyn Zschau's Musetta is broad and comic and yet somehow includes the audience in the glorious joke that her sexuality is for her; when Thomas Allen sings, to her waltz theme, of youth that is not yet dead, his ardour transcends realism. Gardelli knew this score in his bones--the production bounces along from comedy to tears to eroticism to tragedy and neither cast nor orchestra miss a single one of Puccini's wonderful touches of emotional exploitation. --Roz Kaveney

• The Hitcher (4K UHD) | Blu Ray | (30/09/2024) from £23.50   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A would-be samaritan picks up a hitchhiker and soon discovers the man is a relentless serial killer. Framed by the cold-blooded murderer for a string of slayings, his only help comes from a caring waitress as they attempt to flee from both the law and the hitcher Special Features A new 4k restoration by Second Sight Films from the original camera negative supervised and approved by Director Robert Harmon Presented in HDR with Dolby Vision Features Dolby Atmos and original stereo audio mixes New audio commentary by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas Audio commentary with Robert Harmon and Writer Eric Red Scene specific audio commentary with Robert Harmon, Eric Red, Executive Producer Edward S Feldman, Composer Mark Isham, Director of Photography John Seale and Actors Rutger Hauer and C Thomas Howell The Projection Booth Podcast: featuring Robert Harmon and Rutger Hauer Bullseye: a new interview with Robert Harmon Penning the Ripper: a new interview with Eric Red Doomed to Live: a new interview with C Thomas Howell The Man from Oz: a new interview with John Seale A Very Formative Score: a new interview with Mark Isham Duel Runner: Leigh Singer on the evolution of The Hitcher and Rutger Hauer China Lake: a short film by Robert Harmon newly restored The Calling Card: Robert Harmon on China Lake Telephone: a short film by Eric Red The Hitcher: How do these movies get made? Trailers

• ET (4K UHD+ Blu-ray + UV) | 4K UHD | (02/10/2017) from £26.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Relive the adventure and magic in one of the most beloved motion pictures of all-time, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, from Academy Award®-winning* director Steven Spielberg. Captivating audiences of all ages, this timeless story follows the unforgettable journey of a lost alien and the 10-year-old boy he befriends. Join Elliott (Henry Thomas), Gertie (Drew Barrymore) and Michael (Robert MacNaughton) as they come together to help E.T. find his way back home. Special Features: STEVEN SPIELBERG & E.T. - The director reflects on his experience making E.T. and the impact the beloved classic has had on his celebrated career. THE E.T. JOURNALS - Original on-set production footage takes you behind the scenes. DELETED SCENES A LOOK BACK THE EVOLUTION AND CREATION OF E.T. THE E.T. REUNION THE MUSIC OF E.T. THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY PREMIERE DESIGNS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND MARKETING

• The Amazing Spider-Man 4K UHD | 4K UHD | (15/01/2018) from £24.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Teenage social outcast Peter (Andrew Garfield) spends his days trying to unravel the mystery of his own past and win the heart of his high school crush, Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone). A mysterious briefcase belonging to his father, who abandoned him when he was a child, leads Peter to his dad's former partner, Dr. Connors. The discovery of his father's secret will ultimately shape his destiny of becoming Spider Man and bring him face to face with Connors' villainous alter ego, the Lizard.

• The Hitcher | Blu Ray | (30/09/2024) from £17.64   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A would-be samaritan picks up a hitchhiker and soon discovers the man is a relentless serial killer. Framed by the cold-blooded murderer for a string of slayings, his only help comes from a caring waitress as they attempt to flee from both the law and the hitcher Special Features A new 4k restoration by Second Sight Films from the original camera negative supervised and approved by Director Robert Harmon Features Dolby Atmos and original stereo audio mixes New audio commentary by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas Audio commentary with Robert Harmon and Writer Eric Red Scene specific audio commentary with Robert Harmon, Eric Red, Executive Producer Edward S Feldman, Composer Mark Isham, Director of Photography John Seale and Actors Rutger Hauer and C Thomas Howell The Projection Booth Podcast: featuring Robert Harmon and Rutger Hauer Bullseye: a new interview with Robert Harmon Penning the Ripper: a new interview with Eric Red Doomed to Live: a new interview with C Thomas Howell The Man from Oz: a new interview with John Seale A Very Formative Score: a new interview with Mark Isham Duel Runner: Leigh Singer on the evolution of The Hitcher and Rutger Hauer China Lake: a short film by Robert Harmon newly restored The Calling Card: Robert Harmon on China Lake Telephone: a short film by Eric Red The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made? Trailers

• Red Dawn Limited 4K UHD & Blu-Ray (+ Bonus Blu-Ray) Steelbook | Blu Ray | (03/02/2025) from £34.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  4K & 2 Blu-ray EditionSynopsis: Red Dawn In an alternate 1980s, the United States stands alone as communism grows stronger. When Soviet soldiers invade a small Colorado town, brothers Jed (Patrick Swayze) and Matt Eckert (Charlie Sheen) escape with friends to the forest. With their father, Tom (Harry Dean Stanton), a prisoner of the invading army, the children decide to fight against the Soviets. As the country comes under increasing attack, the group teams up with Lt. Col. Andrew Tanner (Powers Boothe) to take back their town. Directed by John Milius Starring: Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, Lea Thompson, Jennifer Grey, C. Thomas HowellRed Dawn Limited 4K UHD & Blu-Ray (+ Bonus Blu-Ray) Steelbook & Red Dawn Limited Collector's Edition 4K UHD & Blu-Ray (+ Bonus Blu-Ray) Mediabook Bonus Features / Extras: Original Theatrical Trailer, US Teaser, German Trailer. Bonus Disc: Red Dawn Rising: Making-of, Training for WWIII, Building the Red Menace, WWIII Comes to Town

• The Outsiders - The Complete Novel | Unknown | (16/06/2025) from £22.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 coming-of-age classic, THE OUTSIDERS THE COMPLETE NOVEL - based on the 1967 novel by S.E. Hinton - has been stunningly restored in 4K, overseen and approved by Coppola himself. This edition also includes the original theatrical version.In 1966 Tulsa, teenagers come two ways. If you're a Soc, you've got money, cars, a future. But if you're a Greaser, you're an outsider with only your friends and a dream that someday you'll finally belong. Francis Ford Coppola's powerful film THE OUTSIDERS THE COMPLETE NOVEL captures how it feels to be caught between childhood's innocence and adulthood's disillusionment. The ensemble is a Who's Who of young talents of the past two decades: Matt Dillon, Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez, C. Thomas Howell, Diane Lane, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe and Ralph Macchio. Moving and in an intensely visual style, Coppola has made these street rats and their struggle heroic - and unforgettable.DISC 1The Outsiders The Complete Novel (2021 Restoration)Audio Commentary with Francis Ford Coppola Audio Commentary with Matt Dillon, C. Thomas Howell, Diane Lane, Rob Lowe, Ralph Macchio and Patrick SwayzeNEW Francis Ford Coppola IntroductionNEW Restoration Story with Zoetrope Head of Archives and Restorations James Mockoski and Colourist Gregg GarvinNEW Interview with Cinematographer Stephen Burum NEW Deleted ScenesNEW Outsider Looking In - Looking at key scenes of a cult classic with Francis Ford CoppolaNEW Old House New Home featuretteNEW TrailerDISC 2THE OUTSIDERS (2021 Restoration)Staying Gold: A Look Back at The Outsiders NBC's News Today from 1983 The Outsiders Started by School Petition 7 Cast Members read extracts from the novelS.E. Hinton on Location in TulsaThe Casting of The Outsiders Deleted and Extended ScenesTrailer from 1983

• Red Dawn Limited Collector's Edition 4K UHD & Blu-Ray (+ Bonus Blu-Ray) Mediabook | Blu Ray | (03/02/2025) from £29.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  4K & 2 Blu-ray EditionSynopsis: Red Dawn In an alternate 1980s, the United States stands alone as communism grows stronger. When Soviet soldiers invade a small Colorado town, brothers Jed (Patrick Swayze) and Matt Eckert (Charlie Sheen) escape with friends to the forest. With their father, Tom (Harry Dean Stanton), a prisoner of the invading army, the children decide to fight against the Soviets. As the country comes under increasing attack, the group teams up with Lt. Col. Andrew Tanner (Powers Boothe) to take back their town.Directed by John Milius Starring: Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, Lea Thompson, Jennifer Grey, C. Thomas HowellRed Dawn Limited 4K UHD & Blu-Ray (+ Bonus Blu-Ray) Steelbook & Red Dawn Limited Collector's Edition 4K UHD & Blu-Ray (+ Bonus Blu-Ray) Mediabook Bonus Features / Extras: Original Theatrical Trailer, US Teaser, German Trailer. Bonus Disc: Red Dawn Rising: Making-of, Training for WWIII, Building the Red Menace, WWIII Comes to Town

• E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial -- 20th Anniversary Edition | DVD | (28/10/2002) from £7.66   |  Saving you £15.33 (200.13%)   |  RRP £22.99

  A small stranded alien is befriended by a young boy who needs a friend to help him over the trauma of his parents' separation.

• South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | DVD | (27/03/2000) from £6.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (100.14%)   |  RRP £13.99

  OK, let's get all the disclaimers out of the way first. Despite its colourful (if crude) animation, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut is in no way meant for kids. It is chock full of profanity that might even make Quentin Tarantino blanch and has blasphemous references to God, Satan, Saddam Hussein (who's sleeping with Satan, literally) and Canada. It's rife with scatological humour, suggestive sexual situations, political incorrectness and gleeful, rampant vulgarity. And it's probably one of the most brilliant satires ever made. The plot: flatulent Canadian gross meisters Terrance and Philip hit the big screen and the South Park quartet of third graders--Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and Cartman--begin repeating their profane one-liners ad infinitum. The parents of South Park, led by Kyle's overbearing mom, form "Mothers Against Canada", blaming their neighbours to the north for their children's corruption and taking Terrance and Philip as war prisoners. It's up to the kids then to rescue their heroes from execution, not mention a brooding Satan, who's planning to take over the world. To give away any more of the plot would destroy the fun but this feature-length version of Trey Parker and Matt Stone's Comedy Central hit is a dead-on and hilarious send-up of pop culture. And did we mention it's a musical? From the opening production number "Mountain Town" to the cheerful anti-profanity sing-along "It's Easy, MMM Kay" to Satan's faux-Disney ballad "Up There", Parker (who wrote or cowrote all the songs) brilliantly shoots down every earnest musical from Beauty and the Beast to Les Misérables. And in advocating free speech and satirising well-meaning but misguided parental censorship groups (with a special nod to the MPAA), Bigger, Longer & Uncut hits home against adult paranoia and hypocrisy with a vengeance. And the jokes, while indeed vulgar and gross, are hysterical; we can't repeat them here, especially the lyrics to Terrance and Philip's hit song, but you'll be rolling on the floor. Don't worry, though--to paraphrase Cartman, this movie won't warp your fragile little mind unless you have something against the First Amendment. --Mark Englehart

• The Hitcher (Blu-Ray) | Blu Ray | (03/07/2020) from £24.96   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Hitcher 2 - I've Been Waiting | DVD | (06/09/2010) from £10.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (18.20%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Maggie (Kari Wuhrer) attempts to rid her boyfriend Jim (C. Thomas Howell) of past ghosts by taking him on a road trip. Along the way however while Jim is asleep in the passanger's seat Maggie picks up a demented hitchhiker who has diabolical plans for the both of them...

• Dauntless: The Battle of Midway | DVD | (21/10/2019) from £2.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  June 1942, and the Japanese Navy has swept across the Pacific. In an effort to change the course of the war, a United States carrier group is positioned off the coast of Midway, tasked with springing a trap on the enemy. During this pivotal battle, the two-man crew of a U.S. Navy dive bomber is forced to ditch in the sea. Set adrift, the men look towards their comrades for rescue; namely, the ragtag crew of a PBY Catalina, who are sent to search for survivors. Amid the vast openness of the Pacific, with days passing and the chance of rescue fading, the men are forced to face their own mortality.

• Dead Man Redemption | DVD | (24/06/2019) from £2.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The true story of a recently widowered lawman who befriends a boy dying of tuberculosis and a madam of the local brothel while their town is being politically and violently overtaken by a gang of reckless cattlemen from Texas.

• Mutant Vampire Zombies from Th | DVD | (22/08/2011) from £13.48   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In the wake of a solar flare of unusual properties a mismatched group of inner-city survivors must put aside their animosity to escape a Los Angeles now free of gang-bangers but infested instead with blood-sucking zombies.

• E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial -- 3-Disc Collector's Edition (1982 & 2002 Versions) | DVD | (09/12/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £27.99

  Winner of four Academy Awards'' including Best Visual Effects Best Sound Effects Best Music and Best Sound E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is the heart-warming family classic from director Steven Spielberg. When an alien (E.T.) is inadvertently left behind on earth he finds refuge with youngster Elliot (Henry Thomas). As Elliot and E.T. bond as friends it soon becomes clear that E.T. must find his way home before government officials capture him for study. Together E.T. Elliot and Elliot's family and friends help reunite E.T. with his spaceship.

• Young Dracula | DVD | (15/10/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Vladimir and Ingrid Dracula have been forced to relocate to Britain after their father took a bite of one local too manyback in their native Transylvania. For Vlad it's a dream come true, another step towards the world of normal that he so desperately covets. However, with a vampy sister, a servant who smells of mouse droppings and a talking wolf - not to mention a blood sucking father, keeping his family's secret under wraps is going to be a full time job. Luckily for Vlad he finds a friend and ally in Robin Branagh. Robin doesn't live in a castle, but he wishes he did. He doesn't have to wear a cloak, but he does anyway. And he doesn't have to drink blood, but... okay he hasn't gone that far yet. He is cursed with two robustly normal twin brothers, a smart talking, know-it-allsister, and parents so wholesome he could... well, bite them. For Robin, meeting a real life family of vampires is his dream come true and he and Vlad forge an unlikely friendship. They don't always get on but do have something in common, they're both rebels stuck with families that don't understand them. Throw in to the mix a mother who only appears when she wants something and a slightly crazy woodwork teacher called Van Helsing who is determined to fulfil his destiny as a Slayer.