"Actor: Darlene Cates"

• What's Eating Gilbert Grape | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £6.28   |  Saving you £13.71 (218.31%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the novel by Peter Hedges (who adapted his own book) and directed by Lasse Hallström, What's Eating Gilbert Grape is the funny, moody tale of young Gilbert (Johnny Depp), who lives at home in a small town with his 500-pound Momma (beautifully played by non-professional Darlene Cates), his mentally retarded younger brother Arnie (Leonardo DiCaprio, utterly convincing), and his sisters. Not a lot happens--Arnie keeps climbing a water tower and getting stuck; Gilbert is involved with a married woman (Mary Steenburgen), then meets a nice new girl in town who's closer to his age (Juliette Lewis). And that's exactly what makes this movie so much more than your run-of-the-mill Hollywood product: it's not about some mechanical, formulaic plot; it's about these characters, and it allows you to spend some time with them and get to know them. Depp proved yet again that he's one of the most interesting, unpredictable, and risk-taking actors in American movies; while a pre-Titanic DiCaprio deservedly received an Oscar nomination. --Jim Emerson

• Juliette Lewis Double Set | DVD | (19/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Too Young To Die?: Featuring stunning performances from two young actors who went on to become prominent Hollywood stars - Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis - the shocking, hard hitting true story Too Young To Die? confronts one of the most difficult dilemmas facing the US legal system: should teenage murderers be executed for their crimes? By the age of 14, Amanda Sue Bradley has already suffered a lifetime of cruelty and neglect. She's alone in the world and desperate for love. Al...