"Actor: El Vez"

• Romancing The Stone / The Jewel Of The Nile | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £12.55   |  Saving you £2.44 (19.44%)   |  RRP £14.99

  In 1984 Romancing the Stone was a huge hit for director Robert Zemeckis (who later went on to make Forrest Gump, Contact and Castaway among others) thanks in no small part to the winning team of Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito. The chemistry between all three stars is infectious, but Turner steals the show from the guys, playing a pushy romance novelist who gets stuck among some dangerous figures in Colombia and has only a rumpled guide (Michael Douglas) as an ally. Zemeckis--whose specialty at the time was creating set pieces of raucous action (as in his Back to the Future trilogy)--keeps things hopping with lots of kinetic material. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com The Jewel of the Nile is a moderately entertaining sequel that pales by comparison to its predecessor. Romance novelist Kathleen Turner and retired soldier-of-fortune Michael Douglas return as a now-complacent couple. Bored with life on a yacht, they find excitement thrust upon them when she accepts a speaking engagement in the Middle East. Once there, she is abducted and finds herself involved with the "jewel" everyone is chasing. Douglas teams up once more with Danny DeVito to rescue his love. Less charming and more predictable than the original, this suffers for one simple reason: the characters have nowhere to go. In the original story we watched Turner blossom from timid storyteller to lusty adventuress. In this flick she is too much like all the other action adventure babes we've seen before. The same trio of stars reunited to better effect in DeVito's dark comedy The War of the Roses. --Rochelle O'Gorman, Amazon.com

• Love, Death & Apocalypse: Three Films by Álex de la Iglesia Limited Edition Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (24/03/2025) from £26.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Outrageous, absurdist, grotesque! Often hilarious, always stylish, and utterly unpredictable, the films of Spanish director Álex de la Iglesia are an exhilarating shock to the cinematic system. Produced by legendary provocateur Pedro Almodóvar, de la Iglesia's debut feature Acción Mutante is a violent sci-fi black comedy set in a post-apocalyptic world where attractive people hold all the power and a terrorist group, who see themselves as mutants, take arms to rid the world of their superficial oppressors. With his second feature, The Day of the Beast (El día de la bestia) de la Iglesia delivered one of the greatest horror comedies of all time as a Catholic priest joins forces with a heavy metal fan, and the host of a popular occult TV show to kill the Antichrist on Christmas Eve. A critical and commercial success around the world, The Day of the Beast paved the way for gonzo action-crime-horror Perdita Durango, (aka Dance with the Devil) a Spanish-US-Mexican co-production based on a novel by Barry Gifford (author of Wild at Heart). Starring Rosie Perez (Do the Right Thing), a then little known Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) and James Gandolfini (The Sopranos), Perdita Durango is a twisted tale of love, guns, drugs, voodoo ceremonies, and refrigerated foetuses... Packed with a wealth of new and archival extras, Arrow Video welcomes you to the delirious, diabolical and demented world of Álex de la Iglesia. Not for the faint of heart! LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY CONTENTS - High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of all three films - Original lossless Spanish stereo, 5.1 and Dolby Atmos audio options for Acción Mutante - Original lossless Spanish and English stereo 2.0, and Spanish 5.1 audio options for The Day of the Beast - Original lossless English stereo 2.0, and English and Spanish 5.1 audio options for Perdita Durango - Optional English subtitles for all three films - Double-sided fold-out posters for all three films - 9 postcard-sized reproduction art cards - Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing by film critics Kat Ellinger, Xavier Aldana Reyes and Valeria Villegas Lindvall - Limited Edition Deluxe packaging with reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Heather Vaughan DISC ONE: ACCIÓN MUTANTE - Brand new audio commentary by film scholars Xavier Aldana Reyes and Kat Ellinger - Archive audio commentary with director Álex de la Iglesia, writer Jorge Guerricaechevarría, producer Esther García, and production designers José Luis Arrizabalaga and Biaffra - Brand new appreciation of director Álex de la Iglesia by film scholar José Arroyo - Well-Done Baloney, an archive interview with director Álex de la Iglesia - Bad Blood Costumbrism, an archive interview with writer Jorge Guerricaechevarría - The F*cking Boss, an archive interview with actor Antonio Resines - Some Crazy Sh*t, an archive interview with production designers José Luis Arrizabalaga and Biaffra - Litres of Blood... Wonderful!, an archive interview with special effects artist Raúl Romanillos - Archive interview with director Álex de la Iglesia - Vintage Making Of featurette - Behind the scenes - Storyboards - Music video - Theatrical trailer - Image gallery DISC TWO: THE DAY OF THE BEAST - Brand new audio commentary by film scholar Shelagh Rowan-Legg - Clean Up Madrid, a brand new visual essay by film scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas - Heirs of the Beast, an archive feature-length documentary - Antichrist Superstar, an archive interview with director Álex de la Iglesia - The Man Who Saved the World, an archive interview with actor Armando De Razza - Beauty and the Beast, an archive interview with actor Maria Grazia Cucinotta - Shooting the Beast, an archive interview with director of photography Flavio Martínez Labiano - Mirindas Asesinas, a 1990 short film by Álex de la Iglesia - Theatrical trailers - Image gallery DISC THREE: PERDITA DURANGO - Brand new audio commentary by film critic Valeria Villegas Lindvall - On the Border, an archive interview with director Álex de la Iglesia - Writing Perdita Durango, an archive interview with writer Barry Gifford - Dancing with the Devil, an archive appraisal by film scholar Dr Rebekah McKendry - Narcosatanicos: Perdita Durango and the Matamoros Cult, an archive interview with Abraham Castillo Flores and Cauldron of Blood author Jim Schutze - Canciones de Amor Maldito: The Music of Perdita Durango, an archive interview with composer Simon Boswell - Shooting Perdita Durango, an archive interview with director of photography Flavio Martínez Labiano - Theatrical trailers - Image gallery

• The Professionals | DVD | (16/06/2003) from £19.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Director Richard Brooks' marvellous ode to friendship, loyalty and disillusionment The Professionals may not have the stylistic bravado or fatalistic doom of Sam Peckinpah's more famous The Wild Bunch, but Brooks' storytelling is simple and steady and just as insightful. The difference is that Brooks is a lot more optimistic. Lee Marvin and Burt Lancaster are buddies who have drifted into oblivion after fighting together in the Mexican Revolution. Marvin, the principled loyalist and munitions expert, lost his wife and his heart. Lancaster, the dynamite expert and unprincipled adventurer, keeps losing his pants. They team up with wrangler Robert Ryan and archer Woody Strode to rescue the beguiling Claudia Cardinale, who has been kidnapped by their old revolutionary buddie Jack Palance. So it's back into bloody Mexico they go on a "mission of mercy" for railroad tycoon Ralph Bellamy, who's paying handsomely for the return of his wife. But nothing is what it seems in this exciting, existential adventure, which was beautifully shot by Conrad Hall. Sarcastic quips, philosophical musings and heart-rending reversals underlie Brooks' humanistic sentiments. These are tired, world-weary men who somehow find the strength and the will to pull together for the sake of love and commitment. Through it all, Brooks seems to be lamenting a decline in professionalism much deeper than his story. He's decrying Hollywood and the society at large, anticipating Peckinpah's later strategy. --Bill Desowitz

• Love, Death & Apocalypse: Three Films by Álex de la Iglesia Limited Edition 4K UHD | Blu Ray | (24/03/2025) from £34.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Outrageous, absurdist, grotesque! Often hilarious, always stylish, and utterly unpredictable, the films of Spanish director Álex de la Iglesia are an exhilarating shock to the cinematic system. Produced by legendary provocateur Pedro Almodóvar, de la Iglesia's debut feature Acción Mutante is a violent sci-fi black comedy set in a post-apocalyptic world where attractive people hold all the power and a terrorist group, who see themselves as mutants, take arms to rid the world of their superficial oppressors. With his second feature, The Day of the Beast (El día de la bestia) de la Iglesia delivered one of the greatest horror comedies of all time as a Catholic priest joins forces with a heavy metal fan, and the host of a popular occult TV show to kill the Antichrist on Christmas Eve. A critical and commercial success around the world, The Day of the Beast paved the way for gonzo action-crime-horror Perdita Durango, (aka Dance with the Devil) a Spanish-US-Mexican co-production based on a novel by Barry Gifford (author of Wild at Heart). Starring Rosie Perez (Do the Right Thing), a then little known Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) and James Gandolfini (The Sopranos), Perdita Durango is a twisted tale of love, guns, drugs, voodoo ceremonies, and refrigerated foetuses... Making their UK debut on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray with a wealth of new and archival extras, Arrow Video welcomes you to the delirious, diabolical and demented world of Álex de la Iglesia. Not for the faint of heart! 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS - 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentations of all three films in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) - Original lossless Spanish stereo, 5.1 and Dolby Atmos audio options for Acción Mutante - Original lossless Spanish and English stereo 2.0, and Spanish 5.1 audio options for The Day of the Beast - Original lossless English stereo 2.0, and English and Spanish 5.1 audio options for Perdita Durango - Optional English subtitles for all three films - Double-sided fold-out posters for all three films - 9 postcard-sized reproduction art cards - Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing by film critics Kat Ellinger, Xavier Aldana Reyes and Valeria Villegas Lindvall - Limited Edition Deluxe packaging with reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Heather Vaughan DISC ONE: ACCIÓN MUTANTE - Brand new audio commentary by film scholars Xavier Aldana Reyes and Kat Ellinger - Archive audio commentary with director Álex de la Iglesia, writer Jorge Guerricaechevarría, producer Esther García, and production designers José Luis Arrizabalaga and Biaffra - Brand new appreciation of director Álex de la Iglesia by film scholar José Arroyo - Well-Done Baloney, an archive interview with director Álex de la Iglesia - Bad Blood Costumbrism, an archive interview with writer Jorge Guerricaechevarría - The F*cking Boss, an archive interview with actor Antonio Resines - Some Crazy Sh*t, an archive interview with production designers José Luis Arrizabalaga and Biaffra - Litres of Blood... Wonderful!, an archive interview with special effects artist Raúl Romanillos - Archive interview with director Álex de la Iglesia - Vintage Making Of featurette - Behind the scenes - Storyboards - Music video - Theatrical trailer - Image gallery DISC TWO: THE DAY OF THE BEAST - Brand new audio commentary by film scholar Shelagh Rowan-Legg - Clean Up Madrid, a brand new visual essay by film scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas - Heirs of the Beast, an archive feature-length documentary - Antichrist Superstar, an archive interview with director Álex de la Iglesia - The Man Who Saved the World, an archive interview with actor Armando De Razza - Beauty and the Beast, an archive interview with actor Maria Grazia Cucinotta - Shooting the Beast, an archive interview with director of photography Flavio Martínez Labiano - Mirindas Asesinas, a 1990 short film by Álex de la Iglesia - Theatrical trailers - Image gallery DISC THREE: PERDITA DURANGO - Brand new audio commentary by film critic Valeria Villegas Lindvall - On the Border, an archive interview with director Álex de la Iglesia - Writing Perdita Durango, an archive interview with writer Barry Gifford - Dancing with the Devil, an archive appraisal by film scholar Dr Rebekah McKendry - Narcosatanicos: Perdita Durango and the Matamoros Cult, an archive interview with Abraham Castillo Flores and Cauldron of Blood author Jim Schutze - Canciones de Amor Maldito: The Music of Perdita Durango, an archive interview with composer Simon Boswell - Shooting Perdita Durango, an archive interview with director of photography Flavio Martínez Labiano - Theatrical trailers - Image gallery

• Two Mules For Sister Sara | DVD | (19/08/2002) from £7.55   |  Saving you £2.44 (32.32%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Set in Mexico a nun called Sara is rescued from three cowboys by Hogan (Clint Eastwood) who is on his way to do some reconnaissance for a future mission to capture a French fort. The French are chasing Sara but not for the reasons she tells Hogan so he decides to help her in return for information about the fort defences. Inevitably the two become good friends but Sara has a secret..

• Crossroads - Part 2 | DVD | (29/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Here in all its glory is the second volume of Crossroads including episodes released on DVD for the very first time. Meg and Sandy Richardson Benny Hawkins Adam Chance Shughie McFee - the names still strike a chord in the memories with a generation of people who sat entranched watching the latest escapades of the staff and customers of Crossroads motel. Unrepeated for many years the general perception of Crossroads is coloured by that of Acorn Antiques

• The Vampire | DVD | (14/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Produced a full year before Hammer's version of Dracula this is one of the great classics of post-war gothic horror. Count Lavud an ancient vampire comes to Mexico to revive the body of his dead brother. He discovers that the crypt where the body is buried is now part of a run-down hacienda. The suave count sets about seducing the woman who owns the hacienda. Soon she joins him on his nightly forages for blood. Then Lavud sets eyes on the woman's virginal young niece...

• In 'n' Out | DVD | (05/07/2005) from £7.23   |  Saving you £-3.24 (-81.20%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Murray Lewis is down on his luck as he heads to Mexico to attend his long lost father's funeral where he meets Nieves Blanco and his luck begins to change.

• El Vez - Gospel Show in Madrid | DVD | (30/06/2008) from £11.46   |  Saving you £8.53 (42.70%)   |  RRP £19.99