"Actor: Charles"

• Murder Rooms - The Photographer's Chair | DVD | (11/03/2002) from £11.34   |  Saving you £3.65 (32.19%)   |  RRP £14.99

  1882: London is in the grip of spirtualists and seances. Arthur Conan Doyle joins Dr Joseph Bell in a labyrinthine task of investigating a number of corpses found mutilated floating in the River Thames. Their quest to uncover the architect behind the gruesome murders leads them through London's underground world of soothsayers and mediums. As the two sleuths probe deeper they find themselves dangerously caught up in a 'spiritualism' darker and more terrifying than either man coul

• Silent Shakespeare | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £8.95   |  Saving you £11.04 (123.35%)   |  RRP £19.99

  At the turn of the 20th century the film industry sought to elevate its lowbrow status by imitating the theatre. While cinemas decked themselves out like theatres filmmakers signed up stage stars and turned to the classics. Shakespeare provided the greatest challenge especially since many of the films made before the First World War were only one or two reels long.

• Hill Street Blues - Season 2 | DVD | (12/06/2006) from £12.59   |  Saving you £23.66 (208.83%)   |  RRP £34.99

  ""Let's be careful out there."" The complete second season of Steve Bochco's ground-breaking cop show. Episodes Comprise: 1. Hearts and Minds 2. Blood Money 3. The Last White Man on East Ferry Avenue 4. The Second Oldest Profession 5. Fruits of the Poisonous Tree 6. Cranky Streets 7. Chipped Beef 8. The World According to Freedom 9. Pestolozzi's Revenge 10. The Spy Who Came in From Delgado 11. Freedom's Last Stand 12. Of Mouse and Man 13. Zen and

• The Man Who Loved Women | DVD | (04/08/2003) from £19.39   |  Saving you £-3.40 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A deceptively simple film, Francois Truffaut's The Man Who Loved Women is neither an indictment nor an apology for philandering; rather, it's a courageous, lovingly detailed portrait of a complex, intelligent man suffering from an altogether intractable complaint. Scientist Bertrand Morane, "never in the company of men after 5", seduces women by evening and writes about the experiences in the early morning. Though 40-ish and somewhat square, no woman in the town of Montpelier seems capable of resisting his earnest advances. Not much else happens in them film, but in the hands of master visual storyteller Truffaut, the threadbare plot accumulates deep and ominous philosophical resonances. What drives Morane from woman to woman, and what accounts for his remarkable success? Does he secretly dislike women and consider them interchangeable (as one of the more prurient characters charges, to Morane's genuine befuddlement), or is his enthusiasm a kind of celebration? Truffaut refuses to answer plainly, but does drop clues; as his camera focuses on everyday objects, many take on a chilling, otherworldly lustre, and coldly foreshadow Morane's fate. This film was clumsily remade in English in 1983 by Blake Edwards, with Burt Reynolds assuming the role played here with such understated skill by the wonderful Charles Denner. --Miles Bethany

• Night of the Living Dead (Criterion Collection) | Blu Ray | (04/10/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Asteroid | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Two giant asteroids are on a collision course with earth hurtling towards us at 34 000mph and each could hit with 10 000 megatons of explosive power creating shock waves and a fireball that would obliterate the human race. From the producers of Courage Under Fire and Predator and the special effects team behind Star Trek. This epic disaster movie is guaranteed to make a big big impact.

• More American Graffiti | Blu Ray | (07/05/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Ron Howard, Cindy Williams, Charles Martin Smith and Paul Le Mat return in this laugh-fi lled follow-up look into the lives of the gang from George Lucas' original coming-of-age classic, American Graffi ti. Set a few years later, the fi lm traces the continuing hopes, dreams and romances of these high school friends. Gone are the sock hops, cruise nights and make-out spots.Now it's all about campus parties, love-ins and peace rallies - as these friends fi nd themselves in the midst of the amazing era that was the mid-60s. Featuring a timeless soundtrack loaded with the period's greatest hits by Bob Dylan, Donovan, Simon and Garfunkel, The Byrds, The Doors and more, it's a story sure to evoke memories of a time when becoming an adult meant laughing, crying and savouring old friendships.

• Ray Charles - Genius - A Night For Ray Charles | DVD | (23/05/2005) from £6.49   |  Saving you £6.50 (100.15%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A tribute concert celebration of the life and music of the incomparable blues/R&B pianist and singer Ray Charles. Presented by Quincy Jones Morgan Freeman Regina King and Jamie Foxx this extravaganza honours a true genius with real soul. Set List: 1. Elton John (with Mary J. Blige) - Right Time Is The Right Time 2. Usher - Georgia On My Mind 3. Stevie Wonder - I've Got A Woman 4. Norah Jones - Drown In My Own Tears 5. Jamie Cullum - Hallelujah I Love Her So 6. Reba McEntir

• Deep Cover | DVD | (28/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  There's a thin line that devides the perfect criminal and the perfect cop. It's a fine white line and Officer Russell Stevens is about to step over it. Clean cop Stevens goes undercover to bust LA's biggest narcotics network and discovers it's a short step between catching a criminal and becoming one... A raw and sometimes shocking slice of life from the streets where money makes the rules and drugs do the talking.

• MONTY PYTHON: DAS LEBEN DES BR | Blu Ray | (22/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• S.W.A.T. | Blu Ray | (08/04/2007) from £13.48   |  Saving you £6.51 (48.29%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An imprisoned drug kingpin offers a huge cash reward to anyone that can break him out of police custody and only the LAPD's Special Weapons and Tactics team can prevent it.

• Halloween: The Complete Collection (Eight Disc Box Set) | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  A group of teens win a contest to spend a night in Michael Myers' childhood home to be broadcast live on the internet. But things go frightfully wrong and the game turns into a struggle to make it out of the house alive.

• The Narrow Margin | DVD | (25/07/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Get on board for one of the very best hard-boiled thrillers ever to hurtle out of Hollywood. Charles McGraw (His Kind Of Woman) stars as Detective Walter Brown a cop with a simple mission - get mobster's wife Frankie Neale (Marie Windsor Force of Evil) on the train and take her to the grand jury in Los Angeles where she's going to testify against her late husband's colleagues. But the mob don't want her to spill the beans and they'll stop at nothing to stop her taking the stand; Brown realises they've planted assassins on the train with them and it's up to him to keep her safe. It's going to be one hell of a journey...

• Becoming Traviata | DVD | (26/05/2014) from £8.85   |  Saving you £7.14 (80.68%)   |  RRP £15.99

  An intimate and fascinating documentary that invites you to go behind the curtains of one of the world's greatest operas Verdi's masterpiece La Traviata. Director Philippe Béziat offers a rare glimpse into the creative process of renowned singers and musicians as they collaborate to produce a contemporary re-telling of this classic opera at the prestigious Festival d'Aix-en-Provence in France. French theatre/opera director Jean-François Sivadier and celebrated Met Opera soprano Natalie Dessay work side by side to tirelessly craft and mould with perfect precision Verdi's heroine Violetta. Dessay's metamorphosis is truly mesmerising. Other collaborators include the London Symphony Orchestra musicians Estonian Philharmonic Choir singers performers lighting technicians and set designers who work in unison to bring to life one magnificent artistic expression. Special Features: Interviews with Jean-François Sivadier Natalie Dessay Louis Langrée Charles Castronovo Ludovic Tézier and director Philippe Béziat

• White Fang | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £19.96   |  Saving you £-3.97 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

• Monkey Business | DVD | (22/05/2006) from £23.81   |  Saving you £-10.82 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  After a chimpanzee gets loose in a pharmaceutical lab and randomly concocts a youth-restoring drug staid scientist Dr. Barnaby Fulton (Cary Grant) unknowingly samples the potion and acquires the energy and tempement of a college student!

• St Martin's Lane | DVD | (04/12/2006) from £16.18   |  Saving you £-3.19 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  On the pavements of the London theater district the buskers earn enough coins for a cheap room. Charles who recites dramatic monologues sees that young pickpocket Libby also has a talent for dancing and adds her to his act. Harley the theater patron who never knew Libby took his gold cigarette case is impressed by the dancing and invites her to bring Charles and the other buskers in his group to an after-the-play party. Yet when Libby comes alone a theatrical career is launched....

• Aftershock - Eathquake In New York | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £14.95   |  Saving you £-11.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  New York, the City That Never Sleeps, is trapped in a nightmare of horror and destruction when a massive earthquake rocks the unsuspecting city. Countless lives are lost, families are torn apart, and chaos runs rampant as the Mayor (Charles S. Dutton) and former Fire Chief (Tom Skerritt) race to enact a city-wide emergency plan. The two men also face personal devastation and uncertainty as their own family members lie buried in the toppled infrastructure. Sharon Lawrence, Lisa Nicole Carson a...

• Carry On Sergeant | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  The first of the Carry On movies, 1958's Sergeant is rather different from its successors, much more a film of its time (the latter days of National Service) and rather less a bawdy picture postcard. Sergeant Grimshaw (William Hartnell long before Doctor Who) is about to retire and hopes that he can get his last platoon into shape as Champion Platoon of its intake. Unfortunately, the new recruits include the clumsy Golightly (Charles Hawtrey), the barrack-room lawyer Bailey (Kenneth Williams) and the hypochondriac Horace Strong (Kenneth Connor). Love interest is provided by Bob Monkhouse and Shirley Eaton--newlyweds separated by the call-up and reunited by her taking a job in the canteen--and by the pursuit of Horace by Dora Bryan's Nora. The film relies heavily on a mixture of slapstick and paradoxical revelations of character complexity--the obnoxious Bailey nonetheless takes the trouble to coach the incorrigibly dense Herbert (Norman Rossington); the series' later obsession with low comedy only really emerges in the scenes between Horace and the medic Captain Clark (Hattie Jacques). The platoon's eventual coming together as other than total incompetents is predictable, but likable.On the DVD: The DVD has no frills whatever except for a widescreen picture and chapter selections; it has been cleaned up however so that we get a remarkably crisp mono picture and mono sound, which brings out the quality of the military-band score by Bruce Montgomery, who was also the writer Edmund Crispin. --Roz Kaveney

• Good, The Bad And The Ugly, The / The Magnificent Seven / The Alamo | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Good The Bad And The Ugly Director Sergio Leone substitutes for the upright puritan Protestant ethos so familiar in Hollywood westerns a seedy cynical standpoint towards death and mortality as a team of brutal bandits battle to unearth a fortune buried beneath an unmarked grave. Joining Clint clearly The Good is the irredeemably Bad Lee and the resolutely Ugly Eli Wallach. The complete plot of bloodshed and betrayal winds its way through the American Civil War filmed to resemble the French battlefields of World War One to end in the climatic Dance Of Death. The Magnificent Seven Yul Brynner stars as one of seven master gunmen who aid the helpless farmers of an isolated village pitted against an army of marauding bandits in this rousing action tale based on Akira Kurosawa's classic 'Seven Samurai'. Released in 1960 John Sturges' masterpiece garnered an Oscar nomination for Elmer Bernstein (for Best Score) and launched the film careers of Steve McQueen Charles Bronson Robert Vaughn and James Coburn. The Alamo At the Alamo a crumbling adobe mission 185 exceptional men joined together in a sacred pact: they would stand firm against an army of 7 000 and willingly give their lives for freedom. Filmed entirely in Texas only a few miles from the site of the actual battle 'The Alamo' is a visually stunning and historically accurate celebration of courage and honour. John Wayne produces directs and stars in this larger than life chronicle of one of the most remarkable events in American history.