"Actor: Gillian"

• Princess Mononoke (DVD and Book) | DVD | (22/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Princess Mononoke has already made history as the top-grossing domestic feature ever released in Japan, where its combination of mythic themes, mystical forces, and ravishing visuals tapped deeply into cultural identity and contemporary, ecological anxieties. For international animation and anime fans, this epic, animated 1997 fantasy, represents an auspicious next step for its revered creator, Hayao Miyazaki (My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service), an acknowledged anime pioneer, whose painterly style, vivid character design, and stylised approach to storytelling take ambitious, evolutionary steps here. Set in medieval Japan, Miyazaki's original story envisions a struggle between nature and man. The march of technology, embodied in the dark iron forges of the ambitious Tatara clan, threatens the natural forces explicit in the benevolent Great God of the Forest and the wide-eyed, spectral spirits he protects. When Ashitaka, a young warrior from a remote, and endangered, village clan, kills a ravenous, boar-like monster, he discovers the beast is in fact an infectious "demon god", transformed by human anger. Ashitaka's quest to solve the beast's fatal curse brings him into the midst of human political intrigues as well as the more crucial battle between man and nature. Miyazaki's convoluted fable is clearly not the stuff of kiddie matinees, nor is the often graphic violence depicted during the battles that ensue. If some younger viewers (or less attentive older ones) will wish for a diagram to sort out the players, Miyazaki's atmospheric world and its lush visual design are reasons enough to watch. For the English-language version, Miramax assembled an impressive vocal cast including Gillian Anderson, Billy Crudup (as Ashitaka), Claire Danes (as San), Minnie Driver (as Lady Eboshi), Billy Bob Thornton, and Jada Pinkett Smith. They bring added nuance to a very different kind of magic kingdom. -- Sam Sutherland, Amazon.com On the DVD: with an impressive widescreen aspect of 2.35:1 and a pleasant 5.1 Dolby digital sound, you cannot fault the transfer of this animation in any way. However, the special features leave a lot to be desired on what is a classic piece of modern anime. The "Behind the Scenes" feature holds no information on the making of Princess Mononoke in its original form--with no input from animator Hayao Miyazaki--and the trailer is taken from the American release of the movie (even though it calls itself an "original" theatrical trailer), complete with the annoyingly hyped-up voiceover that comes with US film trailers. The redeeming feature of this DVD is the ability to watch the anime in its original language with subtitles, a much more passionate and beautiful form--so much of the feeling and lyricism of the movie is lost with the transfer to English language and misplaced casting. After watching the original Japanese version of Princess Mononoke and reading the book you begin to wonder why the West has become such a solitary child of Disney. --Nikki Disney

• Thomas And Sarah - Episodes 1 To 7 | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The continuation of the Upstairs Downstairs saga which follows the lives of the two servants Thomas and Sarah. Episodes included: The Vanishing Lady Made In Heaven Alma Mater Birds Of A Feather The Silver Ghost The Biters Bit and A Day At The Metropole.

• Follyfoot - Series 3 - Complete | DVD | (20/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Follyfoot was based on an idea by novelist Monica Dickens and starred Gillian Blake Steve Hodson and Christian Rodska as the trio of workers at a retirement home for old or unwanted horses.

• Deep Purple - Live In China 2004 | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Recorded live at the Beijing Gymnasium March 2004 Tracks Include: 1. I Got Your Number 2. Strange Kind of Woman 3. Pictures of Home 4. Silver Tongue 5. Knocking At Your Backdoor 6. Contact Lost 7. Perfect Strangers 8. Space Truckin 9. Hush 10. Smoke On The Water

• Footballers' Wives - 1st Series | DVD | (27/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  They're young, they're rich, they're sexy, and they've got everything that money and fame can buy. They should be having the time of their lives...
  Episode 1: GETTING A RESULT
  Episode 2: TAKE EACH GAME AS IT COMES
  Episode 3: ON THE BALL
  Episode 4: A FUNNY OLD GAME
  Episode 5: ALL TO PLAY FOR
  Episode 6: WINNING THE DOUBLE
  Episode 7: ALL CREDIT TO THE LADS
  Episode 8: THEY THINK ITS ALL OVER

• Dead Awake | DVD | (15/04/2002) from £4.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Evil Never Sleeps. He's a sleepwalker in a deadly dreamland a murder witness turned suspect a man without an alibi. Stephen Baldwin (The Usual Suspects) is brilliant marketing executive Desmond Caine a tortured soul stricken with bizarre insomnia that keeps him walking the city's dangerous streets at all hours of the night. During one of his hallucinogenic journeys he witnesses a brutal murder. Upon finding the victim's watch he goes to the police and quickly becomes the main suspect in a twisted tale of cruel corruption big money and cold-blooded killing. How can you stop the nightmare when you're already awake?

• Stone of Destiny | DVD | (20/04/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A legendary tale about four Scotish friends who seek to reclaim the symbol of their heritage.

• Dragon - The Bruce Lee Story /The Twins Effect | DVD | (29/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Twins Effect (Dir. Dante Lam 2003): A new age of darkness is dawning... With the help of a famous high-kicking Hong Kong bus driver two girls who just want to have fun confront the grave responsibility of safekeeping the world from vampire domination! The Duke one of the most dangerous of the undead is determined to bring a new age of darkness upon the earth as he hunts the Fifth Prince with a vial of blood and the ancient Vampire Bible. But ace vampire slayer Reeve will not rest until the fight is over and with the help of his innocent sister a feisty young beauty and an unlikely hero they wage the ultimate martial arts showdown! Cantopop music sensation Twins (Gillian Chung Charlene Choi) team up with a whole host of Hong Kong stars (including a special cameo appearance from Jackie Chan) for 'Vampire Effect' (aka Twins Effect) the wildest high-octane vampire adventure ever! Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (Dir. Rob Cohen 1993): Jason Scott Lee and Lauren Holly star in this unforgettable glimpse into the life love and the unconquerable spirit of the legendary Bruce Lee. From a childhood of rigorous martial arts training Lee realises his dream of opening his own kung-fu school in America. Before long he is discovered by a Hollywood producer (Robert Wagner) and begins a meteoric rise to fame and an all too short reign as one of the most charismatic action heroes in motion picture history. Hailed as ""an immeasurably entertaining movie"" by CBS-TV Dragon is ablaze with comedy touching romance and spectacular martial arts sequences.

• Distant Shadow | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Michelle Wallis is girl haunted by the demons of her past having witnessed the brutal murder of her mother at the age of four. Sixteen years later she lives alone in a run-down boarding house looking forward to a future with her boyfriend away from the squalid life she has been leading. Michelle is befriended by her new neighbour Charles Paskin a mysterious middle aged man who isn't quite what he seems. Charles is actually a government assassin involved in a highly confidential operation to retrieve some stolen files about a top secret operation some years earlier. He has been assigned the task of disposing of anyone associated with these documents. Unfortunately for Charles matters become increasingly more complicated as his relationship with Michelle develops further. Through a bizarre turn of events Michelle becomes embroiled in Charles' mission and a fast paced story of intrigue and suspense begins to unfold.

• Hadleigh - Series 1 - Complete | DVD | (07/04/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Gerald Harper stars as stylish young landowner James Hadleigh. A unique character - full of charm and dynamic energy and possessed of a sharp intelligence - he has inherited amongst other things the proprietorship of the Westdale Gazette. He is in fact a man of total privilege. Tempted by a powerful press magnate into a deal he would be silly to refuse Hadleigh is torn between the promise of eventual control over a press empire and his deep love of his native Yorkshire. This set contains all thirteen episodes of the first series from 1969. Episodes: Thanks for the Offer The Wrong Side of the Hill An Excellent Thing for the District Some You Win Some You Lose Patron of the Arts If You Can't Beat 'Em The Ring The Day of the Miuras A Memory of Times Past Safety of the Realm M.Y.O.B. For Those in Peril The Dinner Party

• Sickle | DVD | (15/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Blood will flow... Marty Sickle was a loner who lived and worked in the old slaughterhouse where a young woman was once murdered. Marty was the prime suspect but a lack of evidence kept him free. However the girl's boyfriend and his friends broke into the old slaughterhouse and left Marty for dead. Little did they know that Marty didn't die...

• Dead Awake | DVD | (04/12/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Evil Never Sleeps. He's a sleepwalker in a deadly dreamland a murder witness turned suspect a man without an alibi. Stephen Baldwin (The Usual Suspects) is brilliant marketing executive Desmond Caine a tortured soul stricken with bizarre insomnia that keeps him walking the city's dangerous streets at all hours of the night. During one of his hallucinogenic journeys he witnesses a brutal murder. Upon finding the victim's watch he goes to the police and quickly becomes the main suspect in a twisted tale of cruel corruption big money and cold-blooded killing. How can you stop the nightmare when you're already awake?

• Bleak House | HD DVD | (11/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Acclaimed writer Andrew Davies turns his talents to one of Charles Dicken's most brilliant novels - arguably the greatest ever depiction of Victorian London from its glittering heights to its very lowest depths - adapting it into a series of half-hour episodes. At the court of Chancery the interminable suit of Jarndyce and Jarndyce becomes the centre of a web of relationships at all levels - from aristocrat Sir Leicester Dedlock to Little Jo the lowly crossing sweeper - and a metaphor for the decay and corruption at the heart of English society. A skillfully crafted thriller; an epic feast of characters and storylines; and a passionate indictment of the legal system Bleak House is as searingly relevant today as it was in the mid-19th Century.

• The Twins Effect | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Sickle | DVD | (12/09/2005) from £5.19   |  Saving you £10.80 (67.50%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Blood will flow... Marty Sickle was a loner who lived and worked in the old slaughterhouse where a young woman was once murdered. Marty was the prime suspect but a lack of evidence kept him free. However the girl's boyfriend and his friends broke into the old slaughterhouse and left Marty for dead. Little did they know that Marty didn't die...

• You Are What You Eat | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In the hugely successful Channel Four series 'You Are What You Eat' Dr Gillian McKeith changed the lives of some of Britain's worst eaters. Now it's your turn to get up close and personal with the shock doc of nutrition as she guides you through her Healthy Eating and Fitness Plan. This unique DVD details every step of the journey to better health through an easy-to-follow series of questionnaires nutritional information list of common ailments tasty recipes and some gentle exercises which you can tailor to your own particular needs using the personal analysis information on the DVD Menus! To support your plan we have included a free full colour personal food diary and created an exclusive 'You Are What You Eat' Healthy Living DVD website containing nutritional information recipes and details on farmers markets health food stores and organic food retailers around the UK (the password for the site can be found on the DVD discs). Follow this Healthy Eating and Fitness Plan and within a very short time you too will start to feel and see the difference! It's your personal key to healthy living and a healthier life.

• Midnight Matinee | DVD | (18/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Welcome to Holsten, B.C., a small town where no one is very happy. Two years ago the local movie theatre had a horror film festival, during which a local teen was murdered at the same moment and manner as the onscreen character. Now another horror movie festival is set to happen, and some people feel history will repeat itself. Sure enough, as the line between movies and reality blurs, the horror doesn't stay onscreen.

• Paris Was A Woman | DVD | (23/10/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In the first quarter of the 20th century Paris was the undisputed cultural capital of the world. It was also the meeting place for a new generation of independent women who literally flocked to the West Bank of Paris and made it their home. Authors Colette Djuna Barnes and Gertrude Stein joined painters Romaine Brookes and Marie Laurencin photographers Bernice Abbott and Giselle Freund publishers and booksellers Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier and journalist Janet Flanner and together they created a now legendary community. Using groundbreaking research newly discovered home movies combined with other visual sources this intimate documentary intertwines interview and anecdote to recreate the mood and flavour of this exceptional female artistic community in Paris during its most magical era.

• Colour Of The Truth | DVD | (19/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Huang Jiang and Qi Xi are both very capable crime investigators. However Huang has his heart and soul attached to truth and justice while Qi Xi works as an informer for the triads and works as an accomplice of the crime lord Mang Chao... Hong Kong superstars aplenty (Jordan Chan Anthony Wong Gillian Chung of 'Twins' fame) populate this slick cop thriller in the vein of 'Infernal Affairs' and 'Cop On A Mission'.

• The X Files: Season 3 | DVD | (02/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  As the third season begins, Mulder is missing and assumed to have died in the New Mexico desert. When the agents are reunited they are forced to run from forces within the government who wish to silence them permanently and who may also be responsible for deaths in both their families. The conspiracies only deepen as the agents encounter a group of women who claim to have been abducted, an alien with miraculous healing powers and Alex Krycek.