"Actor: Davis"

• The Desert Rats | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £6.28   |  Saving you £6.71 (106.85%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Richard Burton stars in this exciting film about the courageous men who held off notorious German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel despite being hopelessly outnumbered. The year is 1941 and all that stands between Rommel and the Suez Canal is the fortress of Tobruk which is manned only by a small Australian battalion whom Captain MacRoberts (Burton) must whip into shape - fast! James Mason co-stars in a stunning portrayal as Rommel in this stirring action-packed story of the World War

• Age of Kill | Blu Ray | (15/06/2015) from £5.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A black ops sniper is blackmailed by a psychotic international terrorist into killing 6 unrelated people in 6 hours... but there is more to the victims than meets the eye. Sam Blake is running out of time. Living in the shadow of a botched mission that claimed an innocent victim the disgraced special ops sniper is plunged into a world of darkness when his daughter is taken hostage by a mysterious terrorist. Out of options and with no one to turn to Blake is forced to carry out their evil bidding and must assassinate six seemingly random targets within six hours on the streets of London. As chaos reigns and the body count rises the city’s fragile political climate is threatened. If shattered the consequences would be catastrophic. With his old unit closing in and his daughter at the mercy of a psychopath every second counts.

• A Man Called Adam | Blu Ray | (16/08/2021) from £13.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Set in the 1960s, talented jazz musician Adam (Sammy Davis Jr.) appears to have it all, but an inner anger and a tormented past threaten to destroy his career. When he meets jazz legend Willie Ferguson (Louis Armstrong), and falls in love with his granddaughter (Cicley Tyson), a straight-talking civil rights activist, Adam begins to question his lifestyle, and resolves to tame his drinking and wild behaviour. But despite his new-found love, Adam is haunted by the shadows of his past. Can he escape his demons, before they destroy him entirely?

• Avalanche | DVD | (05/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A father and his two children struggle to escape certain death after an avalanche entombs their remote mountain cabin. A suspicious plane crash higher up in the mountains has caused the avalanche and swept the lone survivor a dangerous smuggler up against one of the buried cabin's windows. The unsuspecting family pull the stranger into the cabin and revive him. While the cabin slowly and dangerously buckles under the tremendous weight of the avalanche the smuggler forces his rescuers to abandon their escape plans and assist him in finding his stolen cache of diamonds. Time is running out all will surely die in this icy tomb if not from the collapsing cabin then from a bullet fired from the pistol of the cold-hearted stranger.

• The Rainbow | DVD | (23/07/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A respectable and picturesque realisation of DH Lawrence's novel, 1989's The Rainbow is director Ken Russell's prequel to his 1969 version of Women in Love. By Russell's standards, this is a remarkably restrained treatment of Lawrence's novel, set in the Midlands in the 19th century: with its lush, rural setting and quaint bucolic soundtrack there are moments when you might imagine you're watching The Railway Children--until the sex scenes kick in, that is. Her soul infused with infinite longing by the sight of a rainbow as a child, Ursula Brangwen grows up restless at the prescribed roles set out for women in Victorian England, which are stoically endured by her mother (Glenda Jackson, who played Ursula's sister Gudrun in Women in Love). She idealises her swimming instructor--the older, more experienced Winifred (Amanda Donohoe) with whom she enjoys a passionate, borderline lesbian relationship. She becomes a schoolteacher against her parents' wishes, and takes up with Paul McGann, who is somewhat tepid as a Boer War officer. Ultimately, however, she finds all of these limitations too constraining and finally strikes out on her own in search of true spiritual and sexual freedom. On the DVD: This is a full-screen version of the film, ratio 4:3. The sound quality is fine as is the colour and sharpness, though like the film itself, not quite as ravishing as you might hope. Special features consist of a routine trailer ("She played by her passion, not by their rules") and disappointingly perfunctory "filmographies" of the director and cast: merely lists of their previous movies. --David Stubbs

• Sammy Davis Jr. - Legends in Concert | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £2.72   |  Saving you £3.27 (120.22%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A true all round entertainer - comedian dancer and singer - Sammy Davis Jr. was born into a showbiz family and made his stage debut at the tender age of three.His recording career began in 1954 when he signed to Decca Records and released an album that reached the coveted number one spot in the American charts.Nothing could dull his zest for performing and partying even losing an eye in a near fatal accident only kept him off stage for six weeks! His Broadway debut 'Mr Wonderful' ran for nearly 400 performances and gave him two hit singles.His antics as a member of the Rat Pack often overshadowed his immense talent and despite dying penniless he leaves a legacy of wonderful films and albums.This DVD captures the atmosphere and magic enjoyed by millions - 'Sammy Davis Junior in Concert'.Tracklisting:1. You Rascal You2. This Could Be The Start Of Something Big3. Oh Yes I Remember It Well4. There's A Boat That's Leaving For New York5. Shall We Dance (Sammy Davis Jr. & Peter Lawford)6. What Kind Of Fool Am I7. Because Of You8. Yes I Can9. Somewhere Along The Way (Sammy Davis Jr. & Nat King Cole)10. My Shining Hour11. Who Can I Turn To12. Medley: I've Got You Under My Skin You Came A Long Way From St Louis Hit The Road Jack You Are My Sunshine13. One For My Baby One More For The Road14. Hey There15. Birth Of The Blues (Sammy Davis Jr. Dean Martin Frank Sinatra Johnny Carson)

• George Gently - Series One, Two & Three Boxed Set | DVD | (12/09/2011) from £113.38   |  Saving you £-43.39 (-62.00%)   |  RRP £69.99

  Award winning BBC drama set in 1960s England. Martin Shaw plays one of the unsung heroes of detective fiction Inspector George Gently whose passionate investigations reveal the dark underbelly of a society on the cusp of change. This nine disc set contains all nine feature length films from Series One Two and Three along with fascinating behind the scenes interviews and footage filmed on set.

• The Woods | DVD | (25/04/2016) from £6.95   |  Saving you £6.04 (86.91%)   |  RRP £12.99

• Code 46 | DVD | (28/02/2005) from £8.91   |  Saving you £7.08 (79.46%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Tim Robbins and Samantha Morton star as a pair of doomed lovers in a strictly controlled society in the near future.

• The Undercover War | DVD | (03/01/2011) from £4.95   |  Saving you £11.04 (223.03%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Gritty psychological drama about a young man who is forced to make a life-changing choice during WWII. Leaving his German-run university after his collaborator father is murdered 21-year-old Francois (Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet) returns to his home in Luxembourg. With the country under the control of the Nazis Francois is forced to make a choice between conscription which means fighting the allies on the western front or joining a group of deserters hiding out in dire conditions in iron mines in the countryside. After deciding to join the resistance led group the previously withdrawn Francois soon finds himself having to learn the harshest of life's lessons under the most difficult of circumstances.

• The Firm - Bootcamp Maximum Calorie Burn | DVD | (04/05/2009) from £5.78   |  Saving you £4.21 (72.84%)   |  RRP £9.99

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• How She Move | DVD | (04/08/2008) from £9.98   |  Saving you £8.00 (100.13%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Following her sister's death from drug addiction, a high school student is forced to leave her private school to return to her old neighbourhood where she re-kindles a passion for the competitive world of step dancing.

• A Family Divided | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £12.22   |  Saving you £-6.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  When Karen Billingsly's (Faye Dunaway) college-aged son Chad participates in a fraternity gang rape of a high school girl his attorney father Roger (Stephen Collins) advises Chad and his frat brothers to say nothing. But when Karen finds out she is devastated. The cover-up of the crime takes a toll on both her marriage and family as Roger plays on her motherly instincts and insists that she conceal the truth to protect their son and his future. Torn between doing what's right and safeguarding everything she holds dear Karen pleads with Chad to have the courage to face the truth accept the consequences and not be swayed by the lack of ethics in others.

• The Signifyin' Works of Marlon Riggs (The Criterion Collection) (Ethnic Notions/Tongues Untied/Affirmations/Anthem/Color Adjustment/Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien (No Regret)/Black Is . . . | Blu Ray | (22/06/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Borrowed Time | DVD | (23/09/2013) from £5.89   |  Saving you £10.10 (171.48%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Borrowed Time tells the story of the unlikely friendship between a hapless young burglar Kevin (Theo Barklem-Biggs - The Inbetweeners Movie BBC's Silk series 2) and his eccentric victim pensioner Philip (Phil Davis - Quadrophenia Vera Drake Brighton Rock). Desperate for cash and short on options to pay back local tyrant 'Ninja' Nigel Kevin breaks into Philip's house only to be held hostage by the old man at gunpoint. What follows is a bittersweet comedy about growing up and rediscovering youth in parallel as the burglar and victim form a bond that will help them both find a way out of their respective troubles.

• Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito -- Glyndebourne | DVD | (29/04/2002) from £8.69   |  Saving you £17.56 (236.34%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Mozart's Clemenza di Tito ("The Clemency of Titus") makes for riveting viewing in this Glyndebourne performance directed by Nicholas Hytner and conducted by Andrew Davis staged in the composer's bicentenary in 1991. Mozart's last opera, Clemenza was for some time considered below par by his own exalted standards. He composed it in a rush, the recitatives are by a pupil and it had to be on an appropriate theme to please the new Hapsburg monarch, for whose enthronement it was designed. There's little character development and the musical style harks back to operatic conventions Mozart had done so much to overthrow. Watching this production one would scarcely credit that such reservations once held sway. Hytner and his team have put a contemporary angle on a story set in Rome AD 78 in which sets, props and the stage itself are constructed to different dimensions offering alternate perspectives on a static tale. A slanting pillar and a sloping corridor allude to the unhinged mind of the scheming Vitellia, the central character, who puts her confidant Sesto on an emotional roller coaster ride as she ensnares him to plot the downfall of Titus. The principals use their eyes to communicate to one another as well as the audience and in the imaginatively staged entrances and exits of the ensembles one senses Hytner's choreographic instincts coming to the fore. The superb cast sing magnificently and look stunning. Philip Langridge is an eloquent Titus, Diana Monatgue a sincere Sesto and Ashley Putnam brings a touch of Alexis Colby to her portrayal of Vitellia. The London Philharmonic are all fired up under conductor Andrew Davis' fervent direction. The performance (the "Overture" accompanied by a visual montage of artefacts of Ancient Rome) is played on modern instruments yet articulated and reproduced with the clarity and definition associated with period ones. On the DVD: La Clemenza di Tito has no special features save for the obligatory subtitles. The picture quality is outstanding with the imaginative and colourful production design caught, like the music, with exceptional fidelity. The high drama at the conclusion of Act 1 justifies running on without a break into Act 2. This is a must for all lovers of opera. --Adrian Edwards

• The Circus - Charlie Chaplin DVD | DVD | (10/08/2015) from £8.29   |  Saving you £7.70 (48.20%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When we first meet Chaplin's Tramp in this comic gem, he's broke and hungry. Mistaken for a pickpocket and pursued by a police officer into a circus tent, the Tramp becomes a star when delighted patrons think his escape from the law is an act. Highlights include a frenetic fun-house seqeunce, the Tramp turning a magical skit into mayhem and his teetering tighrope walk while monkeys cling to his head.

• Alfred Hitchcock | DVD | (28/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Secret Agent (1936): Alfred Hitchcock filmed Somerset Maugham's WWI spy story 'Ashenden' with his typical mix of ironic humour and suspenseful set pieces. Novelist Edgar Brodie (John Gielgud) has his death faked by British Intelligence. Giving him a new identity as Richard Ashenden they persuade him to undertake an espionage commission in Switzerland. Accompanied by beautiful Elsa Carrington (Madeleine Carroll) posing as his wife and the General (Peter Lorre) an insane professional killer Brodie/Ashenden becomes embroiled in murder intrigue and a pursuit through the Swiss Alps... The Farmer's Wife (1928): Samuel Sweetland (Jameson Thomas) is a condescending farmer who finds himself all alone. His wife has died and his daughter has just gotten married. To find a new spouse Sweetland and his housekeeper Minta (Lillian Hall-Davis) make a list of the women who live nearby assuming that any one of them would kill to be his bride. But farmer Sweetland is in for a big surprise--and his ego is in for a major bruising--until the lovelorn Sweetland can acknowledge that he is secretly admired by his housekeeper. Gordon Harker gives an amusing performance as the old farmhand in this faithful adaptation of a play by Eden Phillpotts. Rich And Strange (1931): Mixing silent film techniques with the new element of sound - only one-fifth of the film offers dialogue - Rich And Strange tells the charming story of Fred Hill (Henry Kendall) and his wife Emily (Joan Barry) a small-town British couple who inherit some money from a rich uncle and suddenly decide to take a world cruise. Both however find themselves out of their element and their attempts at extramarital adventures fail miserably. Their newfound sophistication having backfired the couple will have to try to return to good old England but their journey will be full of mishaps and unexpected disaster. Released under the title East Of Shanghai in the United States the film was based on the novel by Dale Collins and was a departure for Hitchcock in both style and tone. Juno And The Paycock (1930): Juno And The Paycock is set in Ireland chronicling the financial and emotional ups and downs of the Boyle clan. When the father learns that he is about to inherit a fortune he and his family go shopping with a vengeance and rack up some serious debts. Furthermore the promise of wealth also makes the Boyles very haughty and they even dump their working-class friends. However the Boyles find themselves in big trouble - financially and otherwise - when it is revealed that there is no inheritance after all. Juno And The Paycock was the first solo screenwriting credit for Alma Reville Hitchcock's wife and lifelong collaborator. The film was based on Sean O'Casey's hit play; it was released in the United States under the title The Shame Of Mary Boyle. The Lady Vanishes (1938): Intrigue and espionage and the effects on the lives and futures of passengers aboard a Trans-Continental Express emerge when a girl traveller (Margaret Lockwood) returning from a holiday strikes up an acquaintance with a middle-aged English governess who during the journey mysteriously disappears from her compartment. The girl seeking an explanation for the disappearance is accused of hallucinating and is nearly convinced that her new friend does not exist. However further enquiries made among the passengers reveal the curious behaviour of a group of foreign government agents who are also travelling as passengers... Classic Hitchcock!

• Handel - Agrippina (Combattimento Consort Amsterdam) | DVD | (17/07/2006) from £16.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The immediate success of Handel's early opera 'Agrippina' which was written in 1709 established the young composer's international reputation. It skilfully combines the vocal brilliance and musical vitality that we would expect from the future composer of Messiah with the engaging humour and involving drama that we find in Shakespeare. Composed for an Italian audience when the precocious Handel was still in his early twenties Agrippina gives us a fascinating musical portrayal of the human ambition greed scheming and romance of real historical characters form ancient Rome.

• Stargate SG-1: Season 7 (Vol. 36) | DVD | (31/05/2004) from £11.66   |  Saving you £8.33 (71.44%)   |  RRP £19.99

  More adventures with the SG1 crew. Featuring the four thrilling episodes: Heroes (Part 1): The Air Force sends a documentary crew to capture the historical importance of the Stargate programme. Members of the Stargate Command greet the crew with resistance. Tensions rise when an off world emergency forces General Hammond to restrict the crews access to SGC. Heroes (part 2): The documentary crew is given a true look at the heroic nature and bond between the soldiers of SGC when a key member of the Stargate Crew is killed in action. Resurrection: The team are sent to investigate the murder of a group of rogue NID scientists. Whilst piecing together the events of the crime SG-1 discover the scientists may have experimented and combined DNA to create the ultimate evil: a human being that possesses the conscience of a Goa'uld. Inauguration: On his first day in office the newly elected President of the United States is told about the Stargate programme and must be brought up to speed on the past seven years of it's existence.