"Actor: James"

• James Dean - The Rare Movies | DVD | (17/03/2003) from £17.98   |  Saving you £-4.99 (-38.40%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In some ways, calling this collection James Dean: The Rare Movies is a little misleading. After all, the "all-purpose delinquent"--as described in David Dalton's fascinating booklet notes--made only three feature films and, in true iconic style, died a youthful, violent death. Yet the collection works somewhat on an ironic level. The 1950s was a decade in which television established itself as the biggest threat to the cinematic medium, and this is a selection of some of the television dramas and commercials that Dean made on his way up to Hollywood stardom, presented with the same introductions and sponsors' messages of the original transmissions. So how good was he at the beginning? All the raw material was there: the restless misfit, the damaged juvenile and the complex punk. In 1954's "I am a Fool" he stars with Natalie Wood in what turned out to be a rehearsal for Rebel Without a Cause on the big screen. At times he moves with an almost balletic grace, at others he twitches with that awkwardness that still leaves new generations of fans totally enthralled. Television was never going to contain him. This is like watching history in the making and is all the more compelling because we know the tragedy that lay but a short way ahead. On the DVD: It scarcely matters that these television dramas and commercials are presented in 4:3 format. The picture quality is inevitably poor and the sound rough, sometimes to the point of inaudibility. Made in television's explosive adolescence, they were never intended to be monuments to technological brilliance. We're just lucky they've survived at all. The track selection offers a maze-like array of choices for you to skip between films, introductions and commercial breaks and occasionally this can be confusing. A chronology on the DVD itself would have helped.--Piers Ford

• Against the Current | DVD | (09/01/2012) from £7.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Struggling with a tragic past, Paul Thompson (Joseph Finnes - Shakespeare in Love) decides to fulfill a lifelong dream and swim the length of the Hudson River. Joined by travel companion Jeff (Justin Kirk - TV's Weeds) and Liz (Elizabeth Reaser - Twilight series), Paul embarks on an emotional journey that will test the limits of friendship and explore the right to decide one's own fate. Michelle Trachtenberg and Mary Tyler Moore costar in this provocative tale of loss and desire.

• Judgement Day | DVD | (13/12/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In the depths of space a giant meteor collides with an asteroid sending a deadly shower of fragments towards Earth. After a small piece makes impact eliminating everything around it the United States Airforce observes that the worse is yet to come - a 14 mile long fragment powerful enough to destroy all life on Earth. Determining that their own 'Spaceguard' is not up to the job the military turns to Dr. David Corbett - inventor of 'Thor' an explosive device capable of eliminating the meteor. But deranged religious leader Thomas Payne has another plan. Kidnapping Corbett so that Thor cannot be used. Payne and his cult believe that the world is fated for the impending doom.

• Still Game - Series 3 - Episodes 1 To 3 | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Another helping of real life warts and all served up by Jack and Victor! Episodes comprise: 1. Hoaliday 2. Swottin' 3. Cairds

• Don't Turn Out The Light | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A gripping story unfolds after a cop accidentally shoots a hostage and sees his partner killed. Tortured by guilt he leaves the area and vows to avoid firearms... a decision he will soon regret! Haunted by the past his further weakness and indecision lead to three convicts escaping transfer to a top security prison. By a cruel twist of fate the trio led by a psychopathic killer take his family hostage. Tormented by his past and his pledge to never use a gun he prepares to take on

• Horrorvision | DVD | (17/06/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The website horrorvision.com has a mysterious secret that no one seems to be able to unravel: anyone who logs onto it winds up dead...

• Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | Blu Ray | (11/02/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  David Bowie stars in Nagisa Oshima's 1983 Palme d'Or-nominated portrait of resilience, pride, friendship and obsession among four very different men confined in the stifling jungle heat of a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Java during World War II.This powerful prisoner-of-war drama features a stunning cast - including David Bowie in one of his greatest roles - and is the first English-language film by acclaimed Japanese director Nagisa Oshima (In the Realm of the Senses).Set in Java at a Japanese POW camp in 1942, a war of wills - and unspoken erotic attraction - unfolds between a rebellious prisoner, David Bowie, and camp commandant Ryuichi Sakomoto, who is impressed by Bowie's defiance while bilingual prisoner Tom Conti (Mr. Lawrence) engages in a more adversarial relationship with sadistic sergeant Takeshi Kitano (Hana Bi), who finally offers Lawrence a sinister 'Christmas' present.Fine performances by Conti, Kitano (his first dramatic role), Sakamoto (his acting debut, he also contributed the memorable score) and Bowie, combined with stunning cinematography and brilliant direction by one of Japan's finest filmmakers, make this a memorable and compelling war drama.The Oshima Gang Featurette (The Making Of Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence)An Interview With producer Jeremy ThomasAn Interview With actor/composer Ryuichi SakamotoAn excerpt from Scenes by the Sea: The Life and Cinema of Beat Takeshi Kitano Theatrical Trailer

• Sky Dancers - Love Lost, Love Found | DVD | (22/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  High above the clouds lies an enchanted world of flying creatures. The secret Sky Kingdom is inhabited by many races of flying creatures. Their sole concern is music and dance and everyone has always lived in peace and harmony with one another... until today! Skyla the queen of the Sky Kingdom has sought help on earth. She has chosen five young students from the Dance Academy three girls and two boys to become Sky Dancers the flying defenders of her world against Sky Clone the grotesque ruler of the Nether-World! Episode titles: Lost Love Love Found Time And Again The Alliance.

• The Stick Up | DVD | (26/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Stick Up

• Dynasty (2017): Season One | DVD | (25/09/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• TNA Turning Point 2012 | DVD | (25/03/2013) from £18.88   |  Saving you £-3.89 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

• NBA When They Were Young | DVD | (28/05/2012) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Every NBA star can tell you exactly how they felt on the day they were drafted. It's a time of anticipation and excitement as they are about to fulfil their ultimate dream: joining the NBA elite! Some like Shaquille O'Neal, Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan have had legendary careers. Others such as Lebron James, Dwight Howard and Carmelo Anthony are still writing their own legends. Each player has etched a unique path to stardom, but how did it all begin? In this action packed programme, the NBA...

• Shades of Darkness | DVD | (17/09/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Based on a true story. Karen is a woman with a taste for excitement, bored with the daily routine. Dominic is attractive, powerful, seductive; a sexy opportunist who tricks his way into her life and invites her to join him on a roller coaster ride of thrills, bizarre games and excitement. He is also a man with a dangerous side; a ruthless control freak who knows what he wants and will stop and nothing to get it. Together, they explore the furthest, darkest reaches of his wild fantasies - a ...

• Killing Of America | DVD | (11/02/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The Killing Of America is a hard hitting shock-u-mentary about the rise of violence in the home of the brave. From the assassinations of J.F.K. Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy to the violent protests against the Vietnam war. From the ritual murders of Charles Manson's family to the rise of serial killers like Ted Bundy Son of Sam and John Wayne Gacy. From random sniper attacks on innocent civilians to the mass suicide of the cult of Jim Jones The Killing Of America shows the

• True Romance | UMD | (12/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

• When The Boat Comes In - Series 3 - Part 2 | DVD | (14/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  James Bolam stars as the ambitious Jack Ford in the third series of this classic drama series. Episodes Include Requiem For A Loser Debts Owed Debts Paid The Empire Builders Look Up And See The Sky Letters From Afar

• Spoils Of War | DVD | (28/06/2010) from £10.12   |  Saving you £2.86 (40.11%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Based on the true story of 'Operation Bernhard' the secret Nazi plan to destabilise the British economy by flooding Britain with forged sterling notes. 'Spoils of War' is the compelling and dramatic story of Five Allied soldiers who plan to infiltrate and capture the forged millions for their own personal gain.

• Summers End | DVD | (30/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Summers End

• The 13th Sign | DVD | (27/11/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The 13th Sign is a no-budget horror-action flick in which a solar-eclipse provides the backdrop for all manner of cultish goings-on in rural England. Obvious fans of The Wicker Man, directors Adam Mason and Jonty Acton gamely try to imbue the action with that film's sinister tones, most notably through the creepy rural setting and the appearance of a suave, philosophy-spouting country lord. Sadly they don't stop there, also throwing in (among a plethora of other jarring and disparate elements) a copious dose of supernatural mumbo-jumbo and a trio of cyberpunk hitmen. The film's miniscule budget is an Achilles' heel that cannot be disguised by enthusiasm alone. It is all very well staging a Desperado-style face-off to wow your audience, but its impact will inevitably be dampened somewhat if it has to take place outside the village Co-op. What we are left with then is a buxom, blood-drenched heroine gamely fighting a losing battle against bizarre bounty-hunters, lazily possessed rednecks, unconvincingly fiery-eyed demons and production values that make The 13th Sign look like the goriest and most convoluted You've Been Framed clip of all time. --Paul Philpott

• On Our Merry Way | DVD | (30/01/2006) from £19.42   |  Saving you £-6.43 (-49.50%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Also released under the title A Miracle Can Happen this three-part anthology features vignettes that are connected by a question from feature reporter Oliver Pease (Burgess Meredith): ""Has a child ever changed your life?"" In the first episode Henry Fonda and James Stewart star as Lank and Slim a pair of squabbling jazz musicians who try to pick up some extra money by rigging a music contest. Little do they know that their scam involves a babe rather than a baby. Th