"Actor: Eve Ellis"

• That Thing You Do! | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £5.49   |  Saving you £0.50 (9.11%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Tom Hanks's debut as a writer and director is a lively, affectionate account of the shooting-star career of a forgotten (fictional) 1960s pop-rock band called The Wonders--as in "one-hit wonders". Hanks plays the manager of the group, which includes drummer Guy "Sticks" Patterson (Tom Everett Scott) who works the floor at his parents' appliance store in Erie, Pennsylvania; Jimmy (Johnathon Schaech), the talented and temperamental lead singer and songwriter; Lenny (Steve Zahn), the goofy guitarist; and Ethan Embry as a geeky little fellow identified in the cast list only as "The Bass Player". The movie traces their meteoric rise and fall, from cutting their first record, to going on tour with a Phil Spector/Motown-type revue, to the internal tensions that lead to the band's disintegration, which comes when they fail to follow up their smash hit single, "That Thing You Do!" And that song, by the way, is so catchy it would definitely have been a hit in 1964--and deserves to be one today. This delightful movie would make a great double-bill with Allison Anders's wonderful Grace of My Heart. --Jim Emerson

• The Last Of The Mohicans | DVD | (01/06/2006) from £9.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (90.09%)   |  RRP £18.99

  The Last of the Mohicans is a large-scale adventure set during the colonial conflicts between Britain and France 20 years before the American War of Independence. Based loosely on the novel by James Fenimore Cooper, but actually inspired by director Michael (Manhunter, Heat) Mann's boyhood love of the 1936 film of the same name, this is rousing, romantic stuff. As "Hawkeye", a white raised by the last of the Mohican tribe, Daniel Day-Lewis delivers a performance which, had he followed it up, could have established him as an action hero for the 1990s and beyond. Despite an under-written role Madeline Stowe convinces as the heroine. The remaining cast are uniformly excellent. Filmed amid the spectacular mountains, rivers and forests of North Carolina by Mann's regular cinematographer, Dante Spinotti, the film is a visual joy, while Trevor Jones' majestic, spine-tingling score (with additional music by Randy Edleman) is one of the finest of the decade. Taking time to establish the motives of British and French colonists and the various native tribes, as well as the varying opinions and characters within these groupings, Mann offers much greater balance and complexity than The Patriot (2000), yet never looses sight of the object here: telling a stirring yarn laced with bold action set pieces and passionate romance. On the DVD: The anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 image is a massive improvement over VHS, but still shows considerable grain in many scenes, possibly a result of the film being shot in low, natural light and containing many very dark sequences. The Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack is very powerful, though little use is made of the rear channels, and in some scenes the sound effects all but drown out the dialogue. Isolated scores are usually only found on feature-packed special editions, so the inclusion here is a welcome surprise--and testament its popularity. The only other extra is an anamorphic 2.35:1 presentation of the immensely stirring theatrical trailer. --Gary S Dalkin

• Hardball | DVD | (03/03/2003) from £6.48   |  Saving you £9.51 (146.76%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Keanu Reeves stars as an aimless young man who scalps tickets, gambles and drinks, and agrees to coach a Little League team from a Chicago housing project.

• The Lady From Shanghai | DVD | (18/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Legend has it that Orson Welles more or less conned studio boss Harry Cohn over the phone into making The Lady from Shanghai by grabbing the title from a nearby paperback. In any case, this is one of Welles's most fascinating works, a bizarre tale of an Irish sailor (Welles) who accompanies a beautiful woman (Rita Hayworth) and her handicapped husband (Everett Sloane) on a cruise and becomes involved in a murder plot. But never mind all that (the aforementioned legend also claims that Cohn offered a reward to anyone who could explain the plot to him). The film is really a dream of Welles's driving preoccupations both on and off-screen at the time: the elusiveness of identity, the mystique of things lost, and most of all the director's faltering marriage to Hayworth. In the tradition of male filmmakers who indirectly tell the story of their love affairs with leading ladies, Welles tells his own, photographing Hayworth as a deconstructed star, an obvious cinematic creation, thus reflecting, perhaps, a never-satisfied yearning that leads us back to the mystery of Citizen Kane. --Tom Keogh

• The Watcher | DVD | (18/02/2002) from £6.80   |  Saving you £3.19 (46.91%)   |  RRP £9.99

  James Spader is an FBI agent taunted by serial killer Keanu Reeves, a man who sends his adversary a photo of each victim before he kills them, daring his adversary to catch him.

• Steve Marriott Astoria Memorial Concert | DVD | (09/05/2005) from £15.29   |  Saving you £0.70 (4.58%)   |  RRP £15.99

  On 20th April 2001 a stellar cast of musicians paid tribute to Steve Marriott upon the 10th Anniversary of his tragic death. Tracklisting: 1. Sha la la la lee - The Mods 2. Understanding - The Mods + Steve Ellis 3. Song of a Baker - The Mods + Steve Ellis 4. Afterglow - The Mods + Steve Ellis 5. Phone Call Away - House Band + Dennis Greaves 6. Big Train - House Band + Simon 'Honeyboy' Hickling 7. Fool For a Pretty Face - House Band featuring Bobby Tench 8. I Cant Stand The Rain - House Band + Deborah Bonham 9. (If You Think Youre) Groovy - House Band + Deborah Bonham 10. Black Coffee - House Band + Deborah Bonham 11. Itchycoo Park - House Band + Tony Rivers 12. My Way of Giving - House Band + Steve Ellis 13. 30 Days In The Hole - House Band + Max Ireland & Toby Marriott 14. Four Day Creep - Humble Pie 15. Natural Born Bugie - Humble Pie 16. Hallelujah I Love Her So - Humble Pie 17. Shine On - Humble Pie 18. I Dont Need No Doctor - Humble Pie 19. My Minds Eye - Midge Ure 20. Become Like You - Paul Weller Noel Gallagher Gem Archer 21. Im Only Dreaming - Paul Weller Noel Gallagher Ian McLagan Kenney Jones Gem Archer 22. Get Yourself Together - Paul Weller Noel Gallagher Ian McLagan Kenney Jones Gem Archer 23. Here Comes The Nice - Paul Weller Noel Gallagher Ian McLagan Kenney Jones Gem Archer 24. Tin Soldier - Paul Weller Noel Gallagher Ian McLagan Kenney Jones Jerry Shirley Steve Ellis Gem Archer 25. All Or Nothing - Paul Weller Noel Gallagher Ian McLagan Kenney Jones Jerry Shirley Steve Ellis Gem Archer

• The Joe Louis Story | DVD | (15/03/2004) from £6.73   |  Saving you £-1.74 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £4.99

  A biopic of one of the first true greats of boxing in the 20th century this film is interspersed with footage from the real Joe Louis in action. The fact that Louis is treated on equal par with the white characters in the story led to the film being banned in certain parts of southern America when originally released!

• Steve Ellis's Love Affair - Last Tango In Bradford | DVD | (12/11/2012) from £11.59   |  Saving you £1.40 (12.08%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Steve Ellis' Love Affair captured live in Bradford. Tracklist: 1. On The Road Again 2. Hush 3. Back In Your Arms 4. Handbags and Gladrags 5. Bringing On Back The Good Times/A Day Without Love 6. If I Could Only Be Sure 7. Gimme Some Lovin' 8. Ain't Too Proud To Beg 9. Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) 10. Uptight (Everything's Alright) 11. The Love You Save 12. Rainbow Valley 13. Everlasting Love 14. Out Of Time 15. Billy's Bag

• Attraction | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Matthew is a radio 'agony uncle' unable to heed his own advice after breaking up with girlfriend Liz he won't leave her alone. A terrified Liz turns to Matthew's best friend and a dark tale of obsession and desire is unleashed. A riveting thriller that twists and turns.

• The Sherlock Holmes Catalogue - The Eligible Bachelor | DVD | (28/04/2003) from £19.30   |  Saving you £-9.31 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A little over-extended as a two-hour movie, The Eligible Bachelor was one of several such feature-length productions made (late 1992) in Granada Television's long-running Sherlock Holmes series. Based on the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle story The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor, this TV movie finds Holmes (the ailing Jeremy Brett, playing an increasingly darker and more neurotic detective) and Dr. Watson (Edward Hardwicke) called upon to help in a case involving the disappearance of Henrietta Doran (Paris Jefferson), fiancé of the noble Lord Robert St Simon (Simon Williams), who was last seen with a former lover of St Simon's, Flora Millar (Joanna McCallum). The unimaginative Scotland Yard instantly arrests Millar on suspicion of foul play, but it is Holmes who has to find the missing woman. Fans of the entire series might best enjoy this slightly clunky programme, though there is much of interest about Brett's performance to recommend it. --Tom Keogh

• Merchant-Ivory In America | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  The Bostonians The daughter of a faith healer is forced to choose between her mother's religious activities and her desire to use her speaking ability to further the women's suffragette movement. To complicate matters more the man she loves is strongly opposed to the feminist cause. The Europeans In 1850 a few miles outside Boston the household of the dour Mr. Wentworth receives two unannounced visitors from Europe Eugenia and Felix the daughter and son of his half sister. Gertrude one of Wentworth's two daughters is instantly infatuated with her cousins and trouble brews... The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe A tangled triangle. In the rural South of the early 20th century Miss Amelia is the town eccentric... Jane Austen In Manhattan Two teachers vie for the right to stage a play written by Jane Austen when she was twelve years old... Roseland Three interlocking stories set in the legendary New York City dance palace make up this charming film the third to be shot by Merchant Ivory Productions in America. In the first segment 'The Waltz' Teresa Wright is a widow who comes to Roseland in order to sustain the memory of her late husband where she meets Stan (Lou Jacobi) a man who offers her an opportunity for happiness in the present. In 'The Hustle' Christopher Walken stars as a gigolo with three women in his life all of whom depend on him for different degrees of romance and companionship. In the final segment 'The Peabody' an older Vietnamese woman (Lilia Skala) sets out to win a dance competition despite warnings that it could imperil her health. The Proprietor A story of changing times constant relationships and reconciliation with the past.

• Arnett Cobb - Jazz Legends | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The 'Wild Man Of The Tenor Sax' captured live in concert at New Orleans' Faubourg Theatre in 1985. 1. Take The A-Train 2. Satin Doll 3. Nearness Of You 4. Texas Blues 5. Smooth Sailing 6. Jitterbug Waltz 7. Bag's Groove 8. I Got Rhythm

• The Roller Blade Seven | DVD | (21/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

• Life Of A Gigolo | DVD | (08/05/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99