"Actor: Fraser"

• Bedlam | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An eighteenth century lunatic asylum whose very name arouses dread and fear. Its malevolent director Master George Sims (Boris Karloff) owes his position to the unpleasant local landowner (Billy House) and takes a keen pleasure in cruelly abusing his inmates. Lord Mortimer keeps an actress Nell Bowen (Anna Lee) on his retinue because she is pretty and entertaining but when Nell visits Bedlam and sees its barbarity she asks her Quaker friend Hannay (Richard Fraser) to try and initiate reforms. Her attempts at reform are thwarted by the evil Sims who has her committed to his 'care' in Bedlam to take her place amongst the insane...

• Shackelon's Antarctic Adventure | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  The Greatest Survival Story Of All Time. Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure recounts the extraordinary true story of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914- 1916 British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition which many consider ""the greatest survival story of all time."" This expedition has become a testament to heroism and human endurance with all 28 men surviving nearly two years in the barren frigid Antarctic when their ship the Endurance was caught in pack ice and eventually crushed.

• A Family At War - The Breach In The Dyke | DVD | (09/02/2004) from £6.63   |  Saving you £13.36 (201.51%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A Family At War is the classic ITV series chronicling the fortunes of the Ashton family living in Liverpool during the Second World War. This DVD contains four episodes of what happens to them as the war progresses: The Breach In The Dyke The War Office Regrets For Strategic Reasons The Night They Hit Number 8.

• Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Complete Collection | DVD | (01/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £149.99

  David Suchet stars as Agatha Christie's sleuth Hercule Poirot in the complete collection of cases from the long running ITV series. Whether he's on holiday abroad taking a countryside break or simply going about his business near his central London home Poirot finds himself in the middle of a police investigation and cannot help himself from joining in whether they ask for his help or not! He's often accompanied by his trusty sidekick Captain Hastings (Hugh Fraser) and their paths cross Scotland Yard's Inspector Japp (Philip Jackson) who has a grudging respect for the meticulous if eccentric private detective. The drama is a charming and glamorous depiction of the middle and upper classes of the 1930s through the elegant costumes settings and locations.

• Watchers | DVD | (26/12/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  They were created in a top secret government laboratory enhanced by genetic masterminds given superior intelligence and bred to be the perfect weapons. Now they are on the loose. From the pages of Dean R. Koontz's best-selling thriller Watchers explodes onto the screen with relentless fury more terrifying than any nightmare. Corey Haim (The Lost Boys) stars as Travis Cornell who befriends a magnificent golden retriever. Little does he know that this extraordinary dog is about to

• Ultimate Gangster Collection | DVD | (28/11/2005) from £49.93   |  Saving you £-9.94 (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The Ultimate Gangster DVD: He pulls their teeth out with pliers and chops them up with an axe! 'Mad' Frankie Fraser gives it to you straight. The Ultimate Gangster DVD 2: Relive the end of a gangland era as the UK's biggest crime legends reveal all! The Krays' Geordie Connection: One man's relationship with Britain's most notorious criminals Ron and Reg! Dave Courtney's Dodgy DVD: Gangsters! Girls! Fights and Funerals! Only in the life of Dave Courtney..

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

  Henry Brassington is a Yorkshireman who rules his family along with the family business. Henry is given to frequent use of expletives but is chastised verbally or physically by his mother Mabel whenever these outpourings occur. Max is Henry's ambitious and frustrated son who is married to Sarah his beautiful but unhappy wife. Ross is his favourite son and Dorothy the daughter he pities. This is the story of a divided family living through a year of crisis with Henry dealing with r

• The Mummy/The Mummy Returns/The Scorpion King | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Mummy (Dir. Stephen Sommers 1999): Deep in the Egyptian desert a handful of people searching for a long-lost treasure have just unearthed a 3 000 year old legacy of terror... Combining the thrills of a rousing adventure with the suspense of Universal's legendary 1932 horror classic The Mummy starring Brendan Fraser is a true nonstop action epic filled with dazzling visual effects top-notch talent and superb storytelling. The Mummy Returns (Dir. Stephen Sommers 2001): Set in 1933 ten years after the events in the first film Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) is married to Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) and the couple has settled in London raising their 9-year-old son Alex (Freddie Boath). When a chain of events finds the corpse of Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) resurrected in the British Museum Imhotep walks the earth determined to fulfill his quest for immortality. But another force has also been set loose one born of the darkest rituals of ancient Egyptian mysticism and even more powerful than Imhotep. When these forces clash the fate of the world will hang in the balance sending the O'Connell's on a mission to save the world and their son before it is too late... The Scorpion King (Dir. Charles Russell 2002): In the notorious city of Gomorrah evil warlord Memnon is determined to lay to waste all the nomadic peoples of the desert. Because the few remaining tribes are virtually powerless against him they decide to hire a skilled assassin Mathayus to eliminate Memnon's most prized asset: the sorceress Cassandra who lies at the root of Memnon's power. Mathayus's plan however is to kidnap Cassandra rather than kill her. He knows if he takes her deep into the desert badlands as his hostage Memnon and his henchman will stop at nothing to rescue her...

• Schizo | DVD | (16/05/2011) from £18.88   |  Saving you £-3.89 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Schizo is a classic slice of seventies slasher sleaze directed by Pete Walker (House of Whipchord Frightmare) and starring Stephanie Beacham (Dracula AD '72 Bad Girls) A yound woman who as a child witnessed the violent murder who as a child witnessed the violent murder of her mother marries and then finds that her close friends are being horrifically murdered one by one and that each death seems to be bringing her closer to her murderer. A vicious and very unpleasant seventies slasher which also features real life bad girl Lynne Frederick ( Vampire Circus0 who was married to Peter Sellers and died of substance abuse at 39.

• Danger UXB 4 | DVD | (20/05/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Classic military drama series revolving around a World War Two bomb disposal squad.

• The Sorcerers | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Sorcerers, the second film directed by the lost "wunderkind" of British cinema Michael Reeves, may not have the scope and visceral impact of his masterpiece, Witchfinder General (1968), but there's enough fierce originality here to show what a tragic loss it was when he died from a drugs overdose aged only 24. The film also shows the effective use he made of minimal resources, working here on a derisory budget of less than £50,000--of which £11,000 went to the film's sole "named" star, Boris Karloff. Karloff plays an elderly scientist living with his devoted wife in shabby poverty in London, dreaming of the brilliant breakthrough in hypnotic technique that will restore him to fame and fortune. Seeking a guinea-pig, he hits on Mike, a disaffected young man-about-town (Ian Ogilvy, who starred in all three of Reeves' films). But the technique has an unlooked-for side effect--not only can he and his wife make Mike do their bidding, they can vicariously experience everything that he feels. At which point, it turns out that the wife has urges and desires that her husband never suspected. Karloff, then almost at the end of his long career, brings a melancholy dignity to his role; but the revelation is the veteran actress Catherine Lacey as the seemingly sweet old lady, turning terrifyingly avid and venomous as she realises her power. The portrayal of Swinging London, with its mini-skirted dollybirds thronging nightclubs where the strongest stimulant seems to be Coke rather than coke, has an almost touching innocence, but Reeves invests it with a dream-like quality, extending it into scenes of violent death in labyrinthine dark alleys. By this stage, some ten years after it started, the British horror cycle was winding down in lazy self-parody. Reeves had the exceptional talent and vision to revive it, had he only lived. On the DVD: The Sorcerers DVD has original trailers for both this film and Witchfinder General (both woefully clumsy); filmographies for Reeves, Karloff and Ogilvy; an "image gallery" (a grab-bag of posters, stills and lobby cards); detailed written production notes by horror-movie expert Kim Newman; and an excellent 25-minute documentary on Reeves, "Blood Beast", dating from 1999. The transfer is letterboxed full-width, with acceptable sound. --Philip Kemp

• Dudley Do-Right | DVD | (12/03/2001) from £21.38   |  Saving you £-1.39 (-7.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In this awkward live-action version of the classic cartoon Dudley Do-Right, the considerable charm Brendan Fraser displayed in George of the Jungle and The Mummy is much needed. The first half of the movie lays out the basic elements of the cartoon (none-too-bright Canadian Mountie battles melodramatic villain Snidely Whiplash with pluck and dumb luck) with little wit or imagination, but lots of pratfalls and broad gags. But about halfway into it, when Whiplash has taken over the town of Semi-Happy Falls and become its leading citizen, the movie takes a curious turn: since Whiplash has become, to all appearances, a good guy, Dudley decides the only way to fight him is to turn into a bad guy. Next thing you know, Dudley is decked out in black leather and cruising around on a motorbike while Whiplash fumes impotently. Fans who are familiar with the original US TV series Bullwinkle from which Dudley originated may decry this departure, but it gives the movie a much-needed burst of energy and the opportunity for some entertainingly surreal images--like Whiplash up to his neck in a mud bath with cucumber slices on his eyes, consulting with his henchmen about dealing with that unpredictable Do-Right. The film also features Alfred Molina, Sarah Jessica Parker and Monty Python's Eric Idle. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com

• The Mummy (1999) - Augmented Reality Edition | Blu Ray | (23/04/2012) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  For his breakthrough into the blockbuster big time, director Stephen Sommers (Deep Rising) was determined to avoid the hackneyed Hollywood Mummy clichés of flailing bandages, somnambulant zombies and wooden acting. If you're happy to settle for two out of three then the finished film could be your cup of Egyptian tea, fully delivering on its visual promise, but occasionally mired in a quicksand of stilted dialogue and plot contrivance.When disgraced high priest Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) is awoken from his ancient prison, he unleashes his vengeful wrath in a whirl of computer-generated pestilence and plagues, all devised by the effects wizards at George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic. No gory detail is spared as the mummy sets about rebuilding his decayed body and reviving his forbidden lover, aided by hordes of swarming, flesh-eating scarabs and an army of the dead. Among the more human cast, Brendan Fraser (Blast from the Past, George of the Jungle) brings an infectious Boys' Own enthusiasm to his Indiana-Jones-style adventurer, while such supporting players as Rachel Weisz and John Hannah are mostly eclipsed by the spectacle on offer. Ultimately, The Mummy is great fun and offers digital thrills ideally suited to the DVD format which will wow even the most CGI-sated viewer.On the DVD: commendably, the extras on this DVD are on a par with the Region One offering, including deleted scenes and director's commentary, and both picture and sound quality are excellent. Most interestingly, veteran ILM effects supervisor John Berton presents step-by-step guides to some of the film's most extraordinary CGI shots, from early animatics to 3-D modelling and compositing. There's also the obligatory "making of" programme, in which everyone insists their primary concern was to ensure the effects never superseded the story. Unfortunately, this only makes you more aware of the script's shortcomings. --Steve Napleton

• Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £199.99

  Two words suffice to sum up the enduring and endearing qualities of Agatha Christie's Poirot: David Suchet. Despite all the careful Art Deco trappings, the light, spacious sets and luxurious country locations, despite the excellent supporting cast and atmospheric music score, despite all its admirable qualities this series would be for nothing without Suchet's magnificent grasp on the fussy little Belgian detective. Poirot's obsessive mannerisms, his mania for sartorial detail, his maniacal devotion to personal hygiene (especially when it comes to looking after the moustache) are all rendered exactly by Suchet, clearly as much a perfectionist in this respect as his alter ego in every other. Buoyed by their success with Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes, Granada TV brought a lighter touch to Poirot, which first aired in 1989, and this series is often breezily humorous in contrast to the gloomy Victorian Gothic of its predecessor. The producers took similar care in maintaining the spirit of Christie's original books even when--as with the Holmes adventures--the screenwriters occasionally took pardonable liberties with story and characters. Suchet is ably supported by Hugh Fraser as the Bertie Woosterish Captain Hastings, Philip Jackson as the tenaciously bulldog-like Inspector Japp, and Pauline Moran as Poirot's often exasperated PA, Miss Lemon. --Mark Walker

• Cuckoo | DVD | (28/02/2011) from £3.98   |  Saving you £14.00 (703.52%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In one of his darkest roles Richard E. Grant plays an ageing professor obsessed with his star student Polly (Fraser). Polly is trapped in a dead-end job working for intrusive Professor Julius Greengrass (Grant). Her relationship with boyfriend Chapman (Adam Fenton) is falling apart and jealous sister Jimi (Antonia Bernath) rarely leaves her side. When Polly has the chance to escape her nearest and dearest have other ideas. Alone in her flat Polly struggles to keep her grip on reality. Mysterious sounds surround her voices in the darkness whispers of deceit. Polly knows she's not cuckoo but why won't the noises go away? She turns to the one person she can trust - her boss. But Julius has a dark secret of his own. He wants Polly and he'll do anything to get her. Using oppressive cinematography and a haunting soundtrack from BAFTA nominee Andrew Hewitt writer/director Richard Bracewell whose first film was the acclaimed low-budget comedy The Gigolos carefully builds Polly's world echoing her stressed and anxious state. Expertly played by Fraser we feel Polly's sense of isolation as events unfold around her in this darkly atmospheric and compelling story of deception and intrigue.

• A Knight's Tale/Ned Kelly | DVD | (02/06/2008) from £12.93   |  Saving you £0.06 (0.50%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This boxset contains the following films: A Knight's Tale (Dir. Brian Helgeland) (2001): Heath Ledger is William Thatcher a peasant squire who breaks all the rules when he passes himself off as a nobleman and takes the jousting world by storm. The only thing that stands between William and his dream of becoming the world champion of this most extreme of competitions is the bad boy of the sport Count Adhemar. And when the two rivals go lance to head at the world finals to determine who will be named the ultimate champion you'd better arm yourself and hang on tight for the thrill ride of your life! Ned Kelly (Dir. Gregor Jordan) (2003): The true story of the most notorious outlaw of his time; persecuted by the police and hunted by an empire Ned Kelly had the largest reward in the world on his head. Forced into hiding when his family was unlawfully imprisoned Ned and his gang soon became folklore...

• Puccini | DVD | (18/01/2010) from £8.95   |  Saving you £5.04 (56.31%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Tony Palmer: Puccini

• Winds Of The Wasteland | DVD | (20/01/2003) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-0.54 (-3.20%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Pony contractors Blair (Wayne) and Adams (Chandler) compete with rivals for government work...

• The Mummy Ultimate Luxury Box Set | DVD | (01/12/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  The MummyIf you're expecting bandaged-wrapped corpses and a lurching Boris Karloff-type villain, then you've come to the wrong movie. But if outrageous effects, a hunky hero, and some hearty laughs are what you're looking for, the 1999 version of The Mummy is spectacularly good fun. Yes, the critics called it "hokey," "cheesy," and "pallid." Well, the critics are unjust. Granted, the plot tends to stray, the acting is a bit of a stretch, and the characters occasionally slip into cliché, but who cares? When that action gets going, hold tight--those two hours just fly by. The premise of the movie isn't that far off from the original. Egyptologist and general mess Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) discovers a map to the lost city of Hamunaptra, and so she hires rogue Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) to lead her there. Once there, Evelyn accidentally unlocks the tomb of Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo), a man who had been buried alive a couple of millennia ago with flesh-eating bugs as punishment for sleeping with the pharaoh's girlfriend. The ancient mummy is revived, and he is determined to bring his old love back to life, which of course means much mayhem (including the unleashing of the 10 plagues) and human sacrifice. Despite the rather gory premise, this movie is fairly tame in terms of violence; most of the magic and surprise come from the special effects, which are glorious to watch, although Imhotep, before being fully reconstituted, is, as one explorer puts it, rather "juicy." Keep in mind this film is as much comedy as it is adventure--those looking for a straightforward horror pic will be disappointed. But for those who want good old-fashioned eye-candy kind of fun, The Mummy ranks as one of choicest flicks of 1999. --Jenny BrownThe Mummy Returns Proving that bigger is rarely better, The Mummy Returns serves up so much action and so many computer-generated effects that it quickly grows exhausting. In his zeal to establish a lucrative franchise, writer-director Stephen Sommers dispenses with such trivial matters as character development and plot logic, and charges headlong into an almost random buffet of minimum story and maximum mayhem, beginning with a prologue establishing the ominous fate of the Scorpion King (played by World Wrestling Federation star the Rock, in a cameo teaser for his later starring role in--you guessed it--The Scorpion King). Dormant for 5,000 years, under control of the Egyptian god Anubis, the Scorpion King will rise again in 1933, which is where we find The Mummy's returning heroes Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, now married and scouring Egyptian ruins with their 8-year-old son, Alex (Freddie Boath). John Hannah (as Weisz's brother) and Oded Fehr (as mystical warrior Ardeth Bay) also return from The Mummy, and trouble begins when Alex dons the Scorpion King's ancient bracelet, coveted by the evil mummy Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo), who's been revived by... oh, but does any of this matter? With a plot so disposable that it's impossible to care about anything that happens, The Mummy Returns is best enjoyed as an intermittently amusing and physically impressive monument of Hollywood machinery, with gorgeous sets that scream for a better showcase, and digital trickery that tops its predecessor in ambition, if not in payoff. By the time our heroes encounter a hoard of ravenous pygmy mummies, you'll probably enjoy this movie in spite of itself. --Jeff ShannonThe Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor The third film in the The Mummy series freshens the franchise up by setting the action in China. There, the discovery of an ancient emperor's elaborate tomb proves a feather in the cap of Alex O'Connell (Luke Ford), a young archaeologist and son of Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) and his wife Evelyn (Maria Bello, taking over the role from Rachel Weisz). Unfortunately, a curse that turned the emperor (Jet Li) and his army into terra cotta warriors buried for centuries is lifted, and the old guy prepares for world domination by seeking immortality at Shangri La. The O'Connells barely stay a step ahead of him (climbing through the Himalaya mountains with apparent ease), but the action inevitably leads to a showdown between two armies of mummies in a Chinese desert. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor has a lot to offer: a supporting cast that includes the elegant Michelle Yeoh, Russell Wong, and Liam Cunningham, the unexpected appearance of several Yeti, and a climactic battle sequence that is nightmarishly weird but compelling. On the downside, the charm so desperately sought in romantic relationships, as well as comic turns by John Hannah (as Evelyn's rascal brother), is not only absent but often annoying. Rarely have witty asides in the thick of battle been more unwelcome in a movie. Rob Cohen's direction is largely crisp if sometimes curious (a fight between Fraser and Jet Li keeps varying in speed for some reason), but his vision of Shangri La, in the Hollywood tradition, is certainly attractive. --Tom Keogh

• Kevin And Perry Go Large / South Park The Movie / Ace Ventura - Pet Detective | DVD | (27/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £20.99

  Kevin & Perry Go Large: Kevin and Perry the two gormless teenagers from the Harry Enfield Show go feature-length. This film tells the complete story of Kevin and Perry's adventure in Ibiza. It's the summer holidays and Kevin and Perry know that there is only one place where the DJ reigns supreme and girls will shag anyone - Ibiza. The boys are ready to set out armed with top gear and a suitcase full of condoms. The only problem is Mr. and Mrs. Patterson are coming too. On arrival the boys spy the girls of their dreams - Candice and Gemma - superstar DJ Eye Ball Paul. It looks like Kevin and Perry may have the best summer ever. South Park - Bigger Longer Uncut: If you're male or female or of any particular ethnic sexual religious or national persuasion you may be offended by this movie. Or perhaps this movie may make you laugh more than any other recent comedy. Fame. Authority. Show tunes. The military. Race. Sex. Religion. The way to a woman's heart. The creators of TV's South Park skewer all in a feature-length story that plunges an outraged U.S. into war with Canada after South Park schoolkids sneak into a restricted Canadian-made film and emerge their fragile little minds warped spouting expletives that would make a sex-shop proprietor blush. What? Your mind is already warped? Well friend looks like this movie is perfect for you. Stan Kyle Kenny and Cartman sneak into an R-Rated movie and it warps their fragile little minds. Soon their indignant parents declare war on Canada and our young heroes are America's last hope to stop armageddon. Ace Ventura Pet Detective: He's the best there is. In fact he's the only one there is! He's Ace Ventura Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover under fire or underwater he's always gets his man..or beast!