"Actor: Cooper"

• The Muppets | Blu Ray | (11/06/2012) from £11.30   |  Saving you £11.69 (103.45%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Movies attempting to retrieve cherished nuggets of pop culture often stumble, either by appealing solely to the die-hard minutia enthusiasts or clunking up the batter with unnecessary additions to the base material. (Enough with the human love triangles, get to the giant robots fighting.) Thankfully, this revival of Jim Henson's beloved characters gets the formula delightfully right, providing a googly-eyed nostalgia trip for adults while also retaining the original's sense of bright (and mildly subversive) wonder. All that's missing is a cameo from Shields and Yarnell, really. Kicking off with a boffo musical number, the story follows Walter (voice of Peter Linz), a small-town boy with a uniquely personal affection for the long-retired Muppets. (OK, he's made of felt.) Teaming up with his brother (Jason Segel, who also co-scripted) and the local schoolteacher (Amy Adams), they attempt to get Kermit, Fozzie, and the gang back together in order to save their studio from an evil oil baron (Chris Cooper, going all in). Director James Bobin (Flight of the Conchords) does a marvelous job of updating and honoring his material, weaving sly references to days gone by (the contents of Kermit's rolodex are a particular delight) into the mix of songs, celebrity cameos, and barn-broad puns that gave the original show its bubbly kick. (Fans of Animal and the Chickens will not go home disappointed.) Even the moments that don't quite work land with a cornball brio that feels wholly of a piece with Henson's universe. The result is a true family movie that still brings on the blissful, uncomplicated grins days after viewing. No matter what Statler and/or Waldorf might say, the show goes on. --Andrew Wright

• Tommy Cooper: The Complete LWT Series | DVD | (09/12/2019) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  With his uniquely chaotic blend of fluffed magic and lame jokes, Tommy Cooper was a constant and instantly recognisable presence on television for four decades. A firm favourite with the public, his variety shows were always eagerly awaited Eric Sykes hailed Tommy Cooper as the funniest man in the world , so it's hardly surprising that it was noted he only had to walk on stage to cause hysterics ! First transmitted fifty years ago, Cooper's series for London Weekend followed hot on the heels of his phenomenally successful three-year-run of Life With Cooper and set him firmly on the path to television superstardom through the 1970s and beyond. This classic sketch series features a veritable galaxy of guest stars: Ted Ray, Stubby Kaye, Richard Briers, Arthur Lowe, Joan Greenwood, Bernard Cribbins, Patrick Cargill, Tricia Noble, Vincent Price, Michael Bentine, Ronnie Barker, Thora Hird, Diana Dors, Ronnie Corbett, Liz Fraser and Eric Sykes! This release contains all thirteen episodes, complete and uncut.

• October Sky | DVD | (12/06/2000) from £20.43   |  Saving you £0.82 (4.28%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the memoir Rocket Boys by Homer H. Hickam Jr, October Sky emerged as one of the most delightful sleepers of 1999--a small miracle of good ole fashioned movie-making in the cynical, often numbingly trendy Hollywood of the late 20th century. Hickam's true story begins in 1957 with Russia's historic launch of the Sputnik satellite, and while Homer (played with smart idealism by Jake Gyllenhaal) sees Sputnik as his cue to pursue a fascination with rocketry, his father (Chris Cooper) epitomises the admirable yet sternly stubborn working-man's ethic of the West Virginia coal miner, casting fear and disdain on Homer's pursuit of science while urging his "errant" son to carry on the family business--a spirit-killing profession that Homer has no intention of joining.As directed by Joe Johnston (The Rocketeer), this wonderful movie is occasionally guilty of overstating its case and sacrificing subtlety for predictable melodrama. But more often the film's tone is just right, and the spirit of adventure and invention is infectiously conveyed through Gyllenhaal and his well-cast fellow rocketeers, whose many failures gradually lead to triumph on their makeshift backwoods launching pad. Capturing time and place with impeccable detail and superbly developed characters (including Laura Dern as an inspiring schoolteacher), October Sky is a family film for the ages, encouraging the highest potential of the human spirit while giving viewers a clear view of a bygone era when "the final frontier" beckoned to the explorer in all of us. --Jeff Shannon

• Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (27/03/2023) from £19.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Claudette Colbert (It Happened One Night) and Gary Cooper (Morocco) play the leads in Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, a classic comedy from director Ernst Lubitsch (Broken Lullaby). Seven-times married, the wealthy playboy Michael Brandon meets the beautiful, tempestuous Nicole, and makes her his eighth wife. Determined she won't be just another of his conquests, Nicole contrives to frustrate Michael's advances in order to keep him keen. Michael, however, believes she is trying to force him to divorce her in order to take advantage of a generous pre-nuptial agreement, and a battle of wills ensues. One of Lubitsch's greatest films, and a huge influence on the modern romantic comedy, Bluebeard's Eighth Wife boasts a sizzling screenplay by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder (The Lost Weekend, Sunset Blvd.), and a memorable supporting turn from David Niven (A Matter of Life and Death). Product Features High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with academic and curator Eloise Ross (2023) The Guardian Interview with Claudette Colbert (1984), archival audio recording of the celebrated performer in conversation at London's National Film Theatre United States (1944): military training film, narrated by David Niven during his time away from Hollywood to serve in the RAF, produced to instruct British troops in the history of their American allies Original theatrical trailer Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Pamela Hutchinson, archival interviews with director Ernst Lubitsch, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and full film credits UK premiere on Blu-ray Limited edition of 3,000 copies All extras subject to change

• The Basketball Diaries | DVD | (05/08/2002) from £19.90   |  Saving you £-6.91 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The pre-Titanic Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Jim Carroll, the poet and musician who spent much of his adolescence addicted to heroin and shooting hoops with fellow Catholic high-school kids. As a biography, the film doesn't amount to more than the sum of its gritty scenes of smack use, violence, perversions (poor Bruno Kirby plays a lecherous coach who comes on to young Jim), and the usual scream-and-puke dramas that go along with a cold-turkey session. Director Scott Kalvert doesn't seem to realise that most people don't know who Carroll is and therefore can't possibly understand why they should care about his gutterball youth. DiCaprio, having nowhere to go with his performance but maintain Carroll's tailspin, is boring and redundant. Some kind of allusion to the literary and rock & roll life that follows the mess we're watching might have been helpful. The DVD release offers the choice of a full or widescreen (letterbox) picture, plus interviews. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Tommy Cooper Half Hours | DVD | (10/09/2007) from £4.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.20%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Man walks into a bar. Didn't half hurt. It was an iron bar Tommy Cooper still voted the UK's favourite comedian by fellow comedians and the public alike makes a welcome return to the small screen in this half hour series originally broadcast in 1980. Over the 6 episodes the genial giant of Comedy provided sparkling half hours of magic and laughter for all the family. He was joined by his son Thomas Henty in a couple of shows with Irish singing star Danny Doyle regularly supplying a song.

• Tommy Cooper - Just Like That | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £4.55   |  Saving you £2.70 (82.07%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Who could forget the great Tommy Cooper? A legend in his own lifetime now sadly missed by all his fans. In this DVD you'll find two programmes containing some of his most hilarious sketches to enjoy again and again. The Magic Touch - Compiled from rare and classic footage. Tommy takes us through some riotous sketches in his own off-the-cuff style. Join him and guests Eric Sykes and Henry Cooper as they encounter Nautical Cooper Accountant Cooper Courting Cooper Troubadour Tommy and the grand finale - the Amazing Shirt Trick. Tribute to a Comic Genius - It's all here: the bizarre conjuring tricks the comic antics and Tommy's unique brand of humour exactly as you remember him. Also included are heartfelt tributes from many of Tommy's friends and colleagues including Benny Hill Jim Davidson Ronnie Barker Mike Yarwood Eric Sykes Max Bygraves and Eammon Andrews.

• Tommy Cooper - The Tommy Cooper Hour | DVD | (08/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  This fantastic box set showcases The Tommy Cooper Hour a much loved programme featuring the great man at the top of his game. With over seven hours of the seemingly incompetent Cooper this will have you laughing 'jus' like that!' Join Tommy in these nine shows (including two Christmas specials) abd see: the incredible 'One Man Theatre' in which our hero plays an incredible 400 parts. Watch Tommy drive a van over a steeplechase course take on a heavyweight boxer ruin a soul singer's performance how to play snooker with a sand-wedge and many more mad cap moments of comic genius from the legend that is Tommy Cooper.

• Cable Guy/Fun With Dick And Jane/Liar Liar | DVD | (06/09/2010) from £9.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (50.05%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Fun With Dick And Jane: Dick (Jim Carrey) and Jane (Tea Leoni) are a typical suburban couple. They have a nice house in a development she works as a travel agent to supplement his white-collar income. Things change in the blink of an eye when Dick's company folds; his pension has no future and he can't find a job to save his life. Their front lawn is even repossessed! To make matters worse Jane has quit her job their house has lost value and all their savings went down along with his former employers. In increasingly dire straits Dick has a brainstorm: he'll steal to supplant his income. Jane joins him and soon the dynamic duo is dressing in elaborate costumes and ineptly attempting to make it big on the wrong side of the law! Liar Liar: In this uproarious hit from the director and producers of the Nutty Professor comic genius Jim Carrey stars as a fast talking attorney and habitual liar who forced by his son's birthday wish must tell the truth for the next 24 hours. Co-starring Jennifer Tilly Swoosie Kurtz and Amanda Donohoe Siskel & Egbert give 'Liar Liar' Two thumbs up! Cable Guy: The manic madness of Jim Carrey strikes again in this totally wired out of control comedy! Slip the cable guy fifty bucks and you'll get the movie channels for free - it's a time honoured urban ritual. But when Steven Kovacs (Matthew Broderick) moves into his new apartment he picks the wrong cable guy - this guy doesn't want fifty bucks; he just wants a friend for life. And he won't take no for an answer.

• The Lady In The Van/A Street Cat Named Bob | DVD | (12/02/2018) from £10.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Lady In The Van Based on the true story of Miss Shepherd (played by the magnificent Maggie Smith), a woman of uncertain origins temporarily parks her van in Alan Bennett's (Alex Jennings) London driveway and proceeds to live there for 15 years. What begins as a begrudged favour becomes a relationship that will change both their lives. Acclaimed director Nicholas Hytner reunites with iconic writer Alan Bennett to create this rare and touching portrait. A Street Cat Named Bob Based on the true life story and international bestselling book, A STREET CAT NAMED BOB is a moving and uplifting film that will touch the heart of everyone. When London busker and recovering drug addict James Bowen (Luke Treadaway) finds injured ginger street cat Bob in his sheltered accommodation, he has no idea just how much his life is about to change. Features: The Lady In The Van The Making of The Lady In The Van featurette The Visual Effects featurette Playing the Lady: Maggie Smith as Miss Shepherd featurette Commentary with Nicholas Hytner Deleted Scenes A Street Cat Named Bob Behind the Scenes Featurette

• New York, I Love You | DVD | (07/02/2011) from £4.90   |  Saving you £10.09 (205.92%)   |  RRP £14.99

  New York I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond District in the heart of Manhattan through Chinatown and the Upper East Side towards the Village into Tribeca and Brooklyn as lovers of all ages try to find romance in the Big Apple. Bringing to life the film's host of unforgettable New York characters in an all star cast that includes Bradley Cooper Justin Bartha Andy Garcia Hayden Christensen Rachel Bilson Natalie Portman Orlando Bloom Christina Ricci Maggie Q Ethan Hawke Shia Labeouf Robin Wright Penn and many more...

• Preacher - Season 2 | DVD | (13/11/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Based on the popular cult comic book franchise of the same namge, Preacher is an absurdly twisted and action-packed thrill ride. When Jesse Custer, a small-town preacher with a criminal past, realizes God is absent from Heaven, Jesse sets out to find Him. Along for the rise are Tulip, Jesse's best mate. The gang ends up in New Orleans, where they must dodge local gangster, dangerous secret agents in white suits and the Saint of Killers, an unstoppable murderous cowboy from Hell. Click Images to Enlarge

• That Dirty Black Bag: Season 1 | DVD | (26/07/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Separate Tables | DVD | (12/07/2005) from £11.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (33.36%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This is the film version of Terence Rattigan's 1955 West end theatre production. Major Pollack (David Niven) is a retired officer who likes to wax eloquent about fanciful acts of heroism in WWII North Africa and Sybil Railton-Bell (Deborah Kerr) is a repressed spinster boxed in by an oppressive mother (Gladys Cooper). John Malcolm (Burt Lancaster) a cynical hard-drinking occasional writer is surprised by the sudden arrival of his ex-wife Ann (Rita Hayworth). Though Ann's legenda

• Burnt | Blu Ray | (30/10/2016) from £10.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Adam Jones had it all -- and lost it. A two-star Michelin rockstar with the bad habits to match, the former enfant terrible of the Paris restaurant scene did everything different every time, and only cared about the thrill of creating explosions of taste.

• Preacher - The Final Season - Series 4 | DVD | (05/06/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Tommy Cooper - The Missing Pieces / The Very Best Of | DVD | (04/09/2006) from £4.66   |  Saving you £11.33 (243.13%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Tommy Cooper's comedy was timeless a true original who was everyone's favourite clown. Wearing his trademark Fez he delighted millions with bungled magic tricks and hilarious sketeches. These two specially complied episodes of clips from the Thames Television archives star the funny man at his best featuring all of his classic routines.

• Return to Lonesome Dove | DVD | (06/04/2009) from £14.95   |  Saving you £5.04 (33.71%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jon Voight heads an all star cast as feared and revered ex-Ranger Captain Woodrow Call seizes his dream to drive a herd of mustang from texas to Montana. Barbara Hershey Rick Schroder Lois Gossett Jr. William Petersen and Oliver Reed hit the saddle as Captain Call's single vision unites them all in a powerful struggle against hustlers Indian warriors each other and the volatile wilds of the West itself in a fight that's far more than a dream; it's their destiny...

• Preacher - Season 3 | DVD | (12/11/2018) from £16.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Jesse Custer's quest for God takes him back to the place he's been avoiding his whole life: home. Jesse, Tulip, and Cassidy return to Angelville, the Louisiana plantation where Jesse was raised, and find old grudges and deadly obligations await them. With the help of his friends - and a few enemies - Jesse will need to escape his past... because the future of the world depends on it. Features: Includes Gag Reel

• Sez Les - Volume 4 | DVD | (28/05/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Sez Les was the show that firmly established Les Dawson's reputation, running for over seven years and bringing his dour, miserablist humour to a wider viewing public. Now you can rejoin the gloomy king of comedy and an array of favourite comic characters in this fourth volume, comprising series nine to eleven, along with a best of compilation show first screened in 1974. Featuring a running guest spot for comedy legend John Cleese alongside stalwart sideman Roy Barraclough, these shows offer more world-weary humour and hilarious sketches, with death-defying stunts and sleight of hand by the likes of The Great Roberto, Superflop, The Great Magico and Man of Steel. Cosmo Smallpiece is on typically lecherous form, gossiping Lancashire housewives Cissie and Ada find plenty to natter about, and we meet the dismal Desponts TV's dullest family. Les s many guests include Dana, Henry Cooper, Clodagh Rogers, Freddie Trueman, Lynsey de Paul and Cyril Smith, MP.