"Actor: Charles"

• Charles Mingus - Epitaph | DVD | (06/04/2009) from £3.61   |  Saving you £12.64 (537.87%)   |  RRP £14.99

  On June 3rd 1989 the Alice Tully Hall at New York's Lincoln Center was the venue for the world premiere performance of Charles Mingus' masterpiece Epitaph. Conductor Gunther Schuller directed 30 musicians in what the New York Times described as One of the most memorable jazz events of the decade. The piece had been discovered after Mingus' death in 1979 and painstakingly restored and copied. It is the largest and longest piece for jazz orchestra ever written and is now available here on DVD for the first time. 1. Main Score: Part One 2. Percussion Discussion 3. Main Score: Part Two 4. Started Melody 5. The Soul 6. Untitled Ballad 7. Moods In Mambo 8. Self Portrait: The Chill Of Death 9. O.P. (Oscar Pettiford) 10. Please Don't Come Back From The Moon 11. Monk Bunk And Vice Versa 12. Peggy's Blue Skylight 13. Wolverine Blues 14. The Children's Hour Of Dream 15. Freedom 16. Untitled Interlude 17. Better Get Hit In Your Soul 18. Noon Night 19. Main Score Reprise

• Real Genius | DVD | (17/06/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An underrated little picture, Real Genius offers a rare college comedy that doesn't rely on gross-out humour as well as a look at Val Kilmer before he turned into a star. A high school whiz kid (Gabriel Jarret) arrives at a brainy college, where the crème de la crème of the science students are marshalled under an ambitious professor (expert villain William Atherton). Unbeknown to them, the kids are working on a weapons system that the prof. plans on selling to the government. The star student and chief rabble-rouser is played by Kilmer, in good early form as a cocky genius who hasn't lost touch with his goofy side. The director is Martha Coolidge, whose Valley Girl was one of the brightest (and most unexpected) of 1980s comedies; she keeps the movie perking along and never worries about dumbing down a film that just happens to be about smart people. --Robert Horton

• Island of Lost Souls | Blu Ray | (28/05/2012) from £31.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Originally rejected by the BBFC on its original release for being against nature, this first and best screen adaptation of H. G. Wells' The Island of Dr. Moreau is a taboo-flaunting, blood-curdling spectacular, and one of Hollywood's wildest, most notorious, pre-Code pictures.Shipwrecked and adrift, Edward Parker finds himself a guest on Dr. Moreau's isolated South Seas island, but quickly discovers the horrifying nature of the doctor's work and the origin of the strange forms inhabiting the isle: a colony of wild animals reworked into humanoid form via sadistic surgical experiments. Furthermore, Parker quickly begins to fear his own part in the doctor's plans to take the unholy enterprise to a next level.Featuring a peerlessly erudite and sinister performance by Charles Laughton as the diabolical doctor, a sterling appearance by Bela Lugosi as the half-beast-half-man Sayer of the Law, and sensationally atmospheric cinematography by the great Karl Struss (Murnau's Sunrise, Mamoulian's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), Island of Lost Souls now returns to claim a central position among the most imaginative and nightmarish fantasies from Hollywood's golden age of horror.

• Hard Times | DVD | (17/07/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Charles Bronson demonstrates exactly what tough is in this two-fisted action drama about a drifter suddenly caught up in the fight game during The Great Depression. Chaney (Bronson) a down-on-his-luck loner hops on a freight train to New Orleans where on the seedier side of town he tries to make some quick money the only way he knows how - with his fists. Chaney approaches a hustler named Speed (Coburn) and convinces him that he can win big money for them both. Chaney wins a f

• L'Ennui | DVD | (17/04/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Engrossing, erotic and sometimes comic, 'L'Ennui' tells the story of restless philosophy professor Martin (Charles Berling), tired of teaching and troubled by the happiness of his ex-wife (Arielle Dombasle). His mid-life crises takes a turn when he meets the young, enigmatic and far from intellectual Cecilia (Sophie Guillemin), with whom he embarks upon a sexually-charged affair. Enlisting his ex-wife as a reluctant confidante, Martin claims that he is bored by Cecilia, yet continues to see her, fascinated by her uncomplicated attitude toward love, life and sex. But, upon learning that Cecilia is also seeing a much younger man, Martin's desire becomes tainted with jealousy and eventually becomes an uncontrollable obsession that threatens to consume him. French Soundtrack with English Subtitles

• Dracula Prince Of Darkness | DVD | (29/10/2001) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-14.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  As the third in what became a series of eight, Prince of Darkness was distinguished among the Hammer Dracula movies for several reasons. It was the third and last directed by Terence Fisher and his familiarity with the mythos and studio practices meant the rushed production still came out looking spectacular in places. Moving into the tail end of the 1960s, Hammer looked for ways of cost cutting: the film's dramatic finale on a frozen river takes place on a two-for-one set being used simultaneously for another shoot. This was also the series entry that included a substitute for the Renfield character missing from the first movie. Thorley Walters as Ludwig is a colourful cameo and that's also all that can be said of Christopher Lee. Despite top billing, the mute monster occupies but a fraction of the overall on-screen time. The real frights come from gaunt butler Klove who scares the life (literally) out of hapless travellers Alan, Charles, Helen and Diana. Surely their fate would ensure no-one else took the mountain pass to Carlsbad? But only two years later, audiences discovered Dracula Has Risen from the Grave. On the DVD: apart from scene access there's nothing making use of the DVD format here. The 2.55:1 presentation is certainly welcome, and the mono audio somehow feels appropriate. --Paul Tonks

• John Carpenter's THE THING (4K Ultra HD) (+ Blu-ray 2D) | Blu Ray | (23/09/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The X Files: Nothing Important Happened Today | DVD | (10/06/2002) from £4.98   |  Saving you £11.01 (221.08%)   |  RRP £15.99

  It has become traditional for The X-Files to kick off each new season with a humourless conspiracy two-parter, and Season 9 is no exception: in The X Files: Nothing Important Happened Today David Duchovny’s Mulder is gone, along with everything in his apartment, and Gillian Anderson’s Scully is mostly at home with her perhaps-telekinetic baby, which leaves the bulk of the investigation to promising new characters Doggett (Robert Patrick) and Reyes (Annabeth Gish).The A-plot features Lucy Lawless as a water-breathing terminatrix who could be an alien, a government experiment or a mermaid without it making any difference, but too much time is spent on impossible-to-follow subplots about internal FBI politics and everyone’s intricate backstory (if ever a release needed a "previously..." prologue, this is it). Usually, the series gets over these heart-sinking openers and livens up a bit, but this time there’s a feeling that this is the end of the line for a thoroughly battered premise.Chris Carter joins Gene Roddenberry in the exclusive category of producer-creators who turn in the worst scripts for their own shows, and all the strengths of The X-Files (shivers, wit, provocative ideas) are missing in action here as the engine grinds on empty.On the DVD: The X-Files: Nothing Important Happened Today on disc arrives with two three-minute filler featurettes, focusing on Gish’s character and the making of this show. The good news is that this anamorphic widescreen release is the best The X-Files has ever looked in a television format, showing that however dramatically exhausted it might be, the show remains technically impressive. --Kim Newman

• Mr St. Nick | DVD | (05/10/2015) from £3.99   |  Saving you £17.00 (426.07%)   |  RRP £20.99

  Seasonal family comedy starring Kelsey Grammer as Santa Claus's pleasure-seeking son. Shirking his duties and refusing to take life's responsibilities seriously, Nick prefers to spend the festive season hanging out at the beach with his friends. Meanwhile, back at the family home Mistletoe Manor, Santa Claus Senior (Charles Durning) and his wife Queen Carlotta (Katherine Helmond) are feeling their age and bemoaning the absence of the wayward Crown Prince.

• Edgar Wallace Presents: The Missing Million | DVD | (22/07/2013) from £6.71   |  Saving you £4.54 (83.30%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Silent-era star John Stuart, Linden Travers and Patricia Hilliard feature in this atmospheric British wartime thriller, adapted from a story by Edgar Wallace - one of the twentieth century's most celebrated and prolific crime writers. The Missing Million is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements. When Rex Walton, millionaire man-about-town, mysteriously disappears on the eve of his wedding, a chain of violent and incomprehensible events is set into action...

• Even More Great Comedy Moments | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £6.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (128.76%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A compilation of best bits from BBC comedy. Programme excerpts include: 'The Office' 'I'm Alan Partridge' 'The League Of Gentleman' 'Only Fools And Horses' 'Shooting Stars' 'Absolutely Fabulous' and 'Red Dwarf'.

• A Woman's Vengeance | DVD | (25/04/2016) from £8.75   |  Saving you £4.24 (48.46%)   |  RRP £12.99

• Savate | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £4.94   |  Saving you £-1.95 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  The true story of the worlds first kickboxer. In 1865 a corrupt Texas land owner's plan to evict innocent settlers is stopped dead by a new kind of fighter.

• Red Sun | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £8.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (11.12%)   |  RRP £9.99

  East meets West in this classic train robbery movie as one of the bandits gets away with not only all the money but a priceless Samurai Sword owned by Japanese gentleman Kuroda Jubie. Kuruda and his allies tear off in search of the stolen sword only to discover a violent twist of events that will change their lives forever...

• E.1027 - Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea | Blu Ray | (22/12/2025) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A love triangle of jealousy in the Parisian art scene of the 1930s is brought to life in a stylish docufiction about iconic artist and architect Eileen Gray, who built her modernist dream house on the Riviera, only to be upstaged by Le Corbusier.Eileen Gray had a truly eminent sense of design. The Irish artist and architect created some of the most iconic furniture of the 20th century, so when she focussed her unique artistic vision on developing a house for herself on the Riviera in 1929, the result was a modernist triumph. A house and a work of art in one, overlooking the sun-sparkled infinity of the Mediterranean. The house is named E.1027, a cryptic contraction of the names of Gray and her lover, Romanian architect Jean Badovici. But when the Swiss-French star architect Le Corbusier learns of the house, he becomes obsessed perhaps because Gray breathes light, air and soul into her building, which is not just a machine to live in.˜E.1027 Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea' reconstructs the dramatic story of Gray and the house that Le Corbusier amazingly managed to convince the world he had built himself. A stunningly beautiful and cinematic docufiction where the inspiration from Gray is present in lines, colours and shapes but where they serve the narrative of a brilliant female artist who spent a long life in the shadow of her male colleagues.UK TrailerEssay (PDF)Physical: Postcards

• Messenger Of Death | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Could a simple feud between brothers lead to the brutal massacre of an entire family? Garret Smith (Bronson) travels to a remote Rocky Mountain town to investigate and uncovers far more sinister motives. As he gets closer to the bizarre truth Smith unravels a plot of greed revenge and religious zealotry. But can he get to the bottom of the murders before an 'avenging angel' visits him with an equally deadly message?

• The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer | DVD | (13/09/2002) from £11.80   |  Saving you £-5.81 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Mark Twain's Beloved Story. Live Action.

• Bachelor Mother | DVD | (21/04/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This sparkling comedy was Oscar nominated. Polly (Ginger Rogers) a clerk at Merlin's Department Store is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a young child. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct David Merlin (David Niven) becomes determined to keep the single woman and 'her' baby together in this wonderful comedy of errors.

• Carry On Spying | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £7.98   |  Saving you £6.01 (75.31%)   |  RRP £13.99

  While the later chapters of the Carry On series have received fairly constant exposure, some earlier examples such as 1964's Spying remain relatively unseen. Given the brash production and ensemble playing of the more well-known films, this black and white version of the Carry On world seems oddly low-key in comparison. Four of the soon-to-be-regular cast are in attendance--Barbara Windsor, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey--and there are many signs of a formula in development (the double entrendres, bad puns, Windsor's ill-fitting clothing). Of course, with its obsession with sex and bodily functions it's all very English and parts have dated horribly, not least the casual racism of some of the secondary characters, but fans of this most unique of genres will find much to tickle their fancy. And don't they look so young?On the DVD: Given the long history and colourful characters of the series, there must be scope for much behind the scenes and documentary footage, but this disc is totally bereft of any extras bar scene selection. There is also little to add to the original black and white film stock, although the soundtrack, chock full of humorous instrumentation, sounds pretty good. --Phil Udell

• The Big Clock DVD | DVD | (23/08/2010) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  George Stroud (Ray Milland) executive editor at Crimeways magazine is involved with the wrong woman - his boss's. When Earl Janoth (Charles Laughton) his boss kills her in an argument he begins to cover his tracks and frame an innocent man whose identity he doesn't know but was seen outside her home just before the murder. Janoth knows someone saw him but not who . He puts Stroud in charge of finding the unidentified witness but the trouble is that Stroud was the missing man...