"Actor: Charles"

• Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons - Vol. 1 - Episodes 1 To 6 | DVD | (17/09/2001) from £8.39   |  Saving you £7.60 (47.50%)   |  RRP £15.99

  First broadcast in 1967, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons was the most grown-up of all Gerry Anderson's SuperMarionation adventures. There are gadgets and toy-friendly machines galore, of course--like the Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle, the Angel Aircraft and Cloudbase itself--but, unlike the colourful fantasies of Stingray and Thunderbirds, this series' concern with an implacable, vengeful enemy, conspiracies and double-agents drew its inspiration from James Bond and the Cold War spy dramas of the 1960s. Special effects whiz Derek Meddings imbues the action sequences with a truly Bondian grandeur and, like the sinister Spectre of the Bond films, the Martian Mysterons seem all the more hostile for their unseen presence, their agents infiltrating every organisation dedicated to their destruction just as it seemed the Soviets were doing at the time. The indestructible Captain Scarlet is killed then resurrected every week (though not like South Park's Kenny), and more often than not the unstoppable Mysterons emerge triumphant, and always undefeated. The varied cast of Spectrum agents and their voice characterisations also aim at verisimilitude (Captain Scarlet, voiced by Francis Matt hews, sounds like a grim Cary Grant), while the puppetry is more realistic than ever. Now with newly remastered picture and Dolby 5.1 surround sound, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons still looks and sounds like the epitome of 60s cool. --Mark Walker

• Iron Mask - Mediabook (4K Ultra HD) (+ Blu-ray 3D) (+ Blu-ray 2D) | Blu Ray | (03/06/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Breaking Glass | DVD | (22/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  An old, old story as told circa 1980, Breaking Glass, written and directed by Brian Gibson, follows the path of Stardust not to mention A Star is Born and most other films about showbusiness, by following the rise of a talented young hopeful who learns that success comes with strings. Kate Crowley (Hazel O'Connor) begins as a bleached New Wave ranter, fly-posting on the tube and yelling songs about dehumanisation over fascist chants in rowdy pubs, but ends up a stoned glam zombie dressed as a robot, packaging her anger for the benefit of corporate music biz baddies and retreating to a sanatorium. The plot may be familiar, but the film still works, thanks to persuasive central performances from O'Connor, who wrote her own songs and shows real acting muscle that sadly didn't lead to anything like a film career, and Phil Daniels as her hustling manager/boyfriend/conscience. The fine supporting cast includes Jon Finch and Jonathan Pryce as a Bond villain-style record producer and a deaf junkie sax player, with glimpses of later perennials such as Jim Broadbent and Richard Griffiths. Made and set at the start of the 1980s, it catches its times exactly: a "Rock Against 1984" outdoor gig that turns into a riot, a routine police harrassment of a band rehearsal, a power cut that transforms a concert into a before-its-time "unplugged" session. Credits trivia: the executive producer was Dodi al Fayed. On the DVD: A nice letterboxed transfer looks a bit soft and grainy--but that's the way it's supposed to be. The only extras are cribbed-from-the-IMDB filmographies, a trailer with a wonderfully unconvincing narration and an image gallery (posters, ads and stills). --Kim Newman

• Doctor Jekyll And Mr Hyde | DVD | (23/07/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In this 1920 silent version of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, John Barrymore is dignified and virtuous as Dr Henry Jekyll, and transforms into Id incarnate as the lascivious Mr. Hyde with almost no make-up beyond his gnarled, knobby fingers and greasy hair, relying almost solely on a bug-eyed grimace, a spidery body language and pure theatrical flourish. He tends to be hammy as the leering beast of a thug but brings a tortured struggle to the repressed doctor, horrified at the demon he's unleashed, guilty that he enjoys Hyde's unrestrained life of drinking and whoring and terrified that he can no longer control the transformations. Martha Mansfield co-stars as his pure and innocent sweetheart, and Nita Naldi (the vamp of Blood and Sand) has a small but memorable role as the world-weary dance-hall darling who first "wakens" Jekyll's "baser nature". --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• Titanic - Untold Stories / Last Mysteries Of The Titanic | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The entire story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters in history. Titanic - Untold Stories: The gripping personal accounts of the people and the tragedy. In never-before seen footage we journey with historian Charles Haas as he descends the depths of the North Atlantic and takes us on a guided tour of the RMS Titanic. This unique material coupled with letters old stills artifacts and new recreations tells the amazing human stories of this famous ship as never see

• Out Of Towners | DVD | (08/12/2003) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-4.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Neil Simon's curious comedy The Out-of-Towners concerns a pair of non-New Yorkers (Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis) having a hellish visit to the Big Apple on the eve of a job interview for Lemmon's character. Made in 1970 and directed by Arthur (Love Story) Hiller, this hectic film almost seems ahead of its time when compared to more recent misery-piled-on-misery comedies such as Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. The couple in this film endure everything that can go wrong on a trip, including being forced to spend the night in a mugger-happy Central Park. The strange element in Simon's script, though, is that Lemmon's character is so unpleasant. A middle-class, uptight guy who can't believe that New Yorkers in the service profession don't perform their jobs slavishly, he's kind of a one-note joke that quickly wears thin. It was remade with Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn in 1999. --Tom Keogh

• Road To Bali | DVD | (11/08/2003) from £9.98   |  Saving you £-4.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Widely regarded as one of the best of the Road To series Bing and Bob play two song and dance men who are forced to leave Melbourne in rather a hurry in order to avoid various marriage proposals which have come their way and so sign on as deep sea divers working for a Balinese prince. Whilst he hopes that they will manage to locate a chest of lost treasure that lies at the bottom of a bay he omits the fact that it is guarded by a sea monster. Or that if they do manage to locate it

• Ishtar | DVD | (13/09/2004) from £12.30   |  Saving you £-6.31 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Available for the first time on DVD! Two totally untalented song-writers are advised by their agent to get away....as far away....as possible. Upon their arrival in Morocco they are separately recruited as spies for opposing sides of a planned revolution while simultaneously vying for the attentions of an attractive left-wing revolutionary. Based on an idea by Elaine May.

• Santa Claus Conquers The Martians | DVD | (28/10/2002) from £7.49   |  Saving you £-3.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  The Martians discover Earth's Christmas festival and the much loved Santa Claus. They are so envious that they kidnap him and take him to Mars. Earth has lost Father Christmas but for how long...?

• American Sniper (Special Edition) | Blu Ray | (06/06/2016) from £17.97   |  Saving you £0.02 (0.10%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Real-life Navy SEAL Chris Kyle's sharpshooting skills made him a hero as he served four tours of duty in Iraq. His story, adapted by director Clint Eastwood from Kyle's best-selling autobiography, became a cultural phenomenon. Now, new bonus features created especially for this Special Edition reveal more about his life as a professional soldier as well as a father, husband and friend and provide an unprecedented look at the North Texan known in wartime as The Legend. Special Features: - Navy SEALs - In War and Peace: Join Taya Kyle and legendary SEAL Marcus Luttrell as they illuminate the secret world of America's elite fighting force. - Chris Kyle - The Man Behind the Legend: Never-before-seen home movies and family, friends and fellow soldiers reveal another side of Chris Kyle. - One Soldier's Story - The Journey of American Sniper: Join Director Clint Eastwood, cast and crew as they overcome enormous creative and logistic obstacles to bring the truth of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle's story to the screen. The Making of American Sniper. - Bringing the War Home - The Cost of Heroism: Discover the challenges faced by many veterans whose return home can often be as daunting as their time at war. - Theatrical Trailer

• That Certain Age | DVD | (02/05/2011) from £6.48   |  Saving you £8.50 (189.31%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Fullerton's an affluent middle class American family have the balance of their lifestyle upset when young Alice Fullerton falls in love with a talented news reporter invited to lodge in their house. Despite the efforts of her mother father boyfriend and even the reporter himself nothing can deter the girl of a certain age from her heart's desire.

• Death Wish 2 Reg 2 dvd (2012 Release) | DVD | (13/02/2012) from £6.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (42.92%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Paul Kersey is trying to pick up the pieces of his life in Los Angeles, California. His architectural business is successful, he has a new girlfriend and although his daughter hasn't recovered from the trauma of her assault, she's slowly becoming happier and learning to speak again.But peace is not destined to last and Kersey soon finds himself the victim of a petty crime when some street punks swipe his wallet, but this is only a light premonition of things to come. Not satisfied with the wallets contents, decides to escalate their crime to a home invasion. They break into Kersey's home and when he tries to retaliate Kersey is viciously beaten and his maid is kicked to death. The punks kidnap his daughter and bring her to their hideout where they rape her,thereby causing her to commit suicide.Now Kersey has lost all faith in the justice system and offers no co-operation with local law enforcement. He has plans of his own for each of the thugs that assaulted his family...plans that include their premature deaths.The UK version is based on the UNRATED version, but was censored approx. 3 mins. by the BBFC.

• Quatermass 2 | DVD | (31/03/2003) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-4.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Quatermass is intrigued by strange images on his radar. Thinking them to be meteorites he follows them to a village which on his arrival he finds has been completely destroyed...

• The Young Stranger | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A story of teenage tearing-away in 1950s America, The Young Stranger fails to make a serious, gripping narrative of the events that follow the somewhat innocuous pivotal moment when 16-year-old Harold "Hal" Ditmar (James MacArthur) punches a cinema manager. Adapted from a TV play and released two years after the benchmark for delinquency movies, Rebel Without a Cause, it has none of that film's raw urgency, seeming staid and inconsequential in comparison. The primary problem is that Hal makes an unconvincing hoodlum. His misdemeanour is less an act of rebellion than a brief misunderstanding. Far from articulating the angst of a generation, his angry tirades against his parents (Kim Hunter and James Daly) and the police set him apart from his peers and feel more like the self-pitying whines of a privileged individual. This sensation is further exacerbated by the fact that all of his problems are swiftly resolved in an all-too-neat ending. Still, The Young Stranger is an interesting period piece, not least for an amusingly tame car chase from first-time feature director John Frankenheimer. --Paul Philpott

• The Return Of The God Of Gamblers | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Ko Chun (Chow Yun-Fat) is forced out of retirement when his rival brutally kills his pregnant wife. He promises to keep his identity secret for a year but is soon caught up in intrigue when he rescues the son of Taiwanese gang boss Hui. Pursued by police the fugitives find shelter with a brother and sister team of swindlers. Along with a kidnapped police chief this uneasy alliance makes it to Taiwan where Hui's beautiful daughter (Chinagmy Yau) sets up the most important challenge of the God of Gamblers life.

• Ghostbusters (2016): Extended Edition 2 Disc Blu-Ray Steelbook with Magnet | Blu Ray | (21/11/2016) from £26.59   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Ghostbusters makes its long-awaited return with Director Paul Feig's unique and hilarious take on the classic, supernatural comedy, led by the freshest minds in comedy today, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, and Chris Hemsworth. Together they team-up to save Manhattan from a sudden invasion of spirits, spooks and slime that engulfs the city. Robert Abele of TheWrap says, this new A-team of ghostbusters are fresh and funny. Special Features: Disc 1 - Blu-ray with both theatrical and extended cut + 1 hour of bonus features including filmmaker commentary Disc 2 - Bonus disc featuring over 2 hours of content exclusive to Blu-ray including deleted scenes, featurettes and more Packed with even more laughs and fun scares Two filmmaker commentaries Over 15 minutes of hilarious bloopers 30 minutes of laugh out loud alternate takes Four deleted scenes Slime time featurette Bonus disc includes 30 extended and alternate scenes More alternate takes Supernatural featurettes Photo gallery

• Fall Of Eagles - Complete Series | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Fall Of The Eagles is a stunning BBC dramatisation of the declining years and final collapse of three of the most powerful European dynasties - the Hapsburgs Romanovs and Hohanzollerns - between the mid 19th century and the end of the First World War. The series focuses on the tempestuous reigns of Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany....

• The Mirror Crack'd | DVD | (23/10/2017) from £8.89   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Angela Lansbury stars as supersleuth Miss Marple who sets about solving a mysterious death in the archetypal English village of St. Mary Mead. It features an all star cast including Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor. EXTRAS: Interview with writer Barry Sandler Interview with Dame Angela Lansbury Interview with producer Richard Goodwin Behind the scenes stills gallery Storyboard gallery

• The Love Lottery | DVD | (14/03/2011) from £30.10   |  Saving you £-14.11 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Rex Allerton is a top Hollywood star and an idol of the female population. To get away from the pressure of the fans who won't leave him alone he relocates to a remote Italian village where unanticipated trouble arises when unwittingly he becomes the prize for an international lottery.

• Jazz Icons - Charles Mingus - Live in '64 | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £17.15   |  Saving you £2.84 (16.56%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Charles Mingus showcases three exceptional concerts performed in April 1964 featuring his most celebrated lineup - Jaki Byard (piano), Dannie Richmond (drums), Johnny Coles (trumpet), Clifford Jordan (tenor sax) and the great Eric Dolphy (alto sax, flute and bass clarinet). Recorded with an eight-day span, less than three months before Dolphy's death, the three concerts showcase Mingus's visionary leadership and the band's incredible depth and diversity with unique performances and arrangements of classics including So Long Eric and the groundbreaking Meditations On Integration.