"Actor: Joan Cusack"

  • Broadcast News [1988]Broadcast News | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    Holly Hunter plays a network news producer who, much to her chagrin, finds herself falling for pretty-boy anchorman William Hurt. He is all glamour without substance and represents a hated shift from hard news toward packaged "infotainment", which Hunter despises. Completing the triangle is Albert Brooks, who provides contrast as the gifted reporter with almost no presence on camera. He carries a torch for Hunter; she sees merely a friend. Written and directed by James L. Brooks, Broadcast News shows remarkable insight into the people who make television. On the surface the film is about that love triangle. If you look a little deeper, however, you will see that this behind-the-scenes comedy is a very revealing look at obsessive behaviour and the heightened emotions that accompany adrenaline addiction. It is for good reason this was nominated for seven Academy Awards (though it did not win any). There are scenes in this movie you cannot shake, such as Hunter's scheduled mini-breakdowns, or Brooks' furious "flop sweat" during his tryout as a national anchor. Watch for an uncredited Jack Nicholson as a senior newscaster. --Rochelle O'Gorman

  • Chicken Little [Blu-ray] [2005]Chicken Little | Blu Ray | (10/09/2007) from £4.84   |  Saving you £1.16 (23.97%)   |  RRP £6.00

    Zach Braff lends his voice to the hero of Disney's take on the classic fable.

  • Toy Story 2 [2000]Toy Story 2 | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £9.97   |  Saving you £4.01 (57.45%)   |  RRP £10.99

    The toys celebrate their 10th birthday with this amazing double pack set.

  • Confessions Of A Shopaholic [Blu-ray] [2009]Confessions Of A Shopaholic | Blu Ray | (29/06/2009) from £6.98   |  Saving you £20.00 (501.25%)   |  RRP £23.99

    Based on the best selling novels, Confessions of a Shopaholic and Shopaholic Abroad by Sophie Kinsella, Confessions of a Shopaholic stars Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers) as New York journalist and shopping addict Rebecca Bloomwood.

  • The Muppets - It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie [2002]The Muppets - It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

    Kermit takes centre stage in A Very Muppet Christmas Movie, a hilarious, parody-laden celebration of muppetry, pulsating with original music, a star-studded cast of human cameos, and a heartwarming story reminiscent of It's a Wonderful Life. Joan Cusack plays the deliciously villainous Miss Bitterman, a ruthless banker who succeeds in foreclosing on the Muppet Theatre only days before Kermit's Christmas extravaganza. As Kermit loses his livelihood, he plunges into the "I wish I'd never been born" mind-set instantly recognisable to George Bailey fans. It's going to take some divine intervention (Whoopi Goldberg is cast as God, no less), plus a little help from a heavenly "Clarence". Despite some moments where the script seems adrift and some humour that borders on the risqué, Fozzie and the gang are in fine form. The message is sweet: dreams are as vital to life as loyal friendships are to see them through. --Lynn Gibson

  • Married To The Mob [1989]Married To The Mob | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £8.92   |  Saving you £4.07 (45.63%)   |  RRP £12.99

    Angela de Marco (Michelle Pfeiffer) is fed up with her life Married to the Mob. As luck would have it, her hubby Frank (Alec Baldwin) is knocked off by head honcho Tony "the Tiger" Russo (an Oscar-nominated Dean Stockwell), which leaves her free to start a new life in the Big Apple. The only problem is that the FBI are desperate to nab Tony, and manage to send the one Agent (Matthew Modine) most likely to fall in love with her. Plot-wise, then, this is predictable fluff. The joys are in the details of Jonathan Demme's direction: New York's streets come alive under his hand-held camerawork; a lot of dialogue is comically delivered direct to camera (a device he used for dramatic effect later with The Silence of the Lambs); and background characters each leave their mark given memorable--often-hilarious--screen time. As a black comedy it isn't quite so memorable as Demme's explosive earlier work on Something Wild, but if there's one thing sure to stick with you here it's the sensationally colourful late-80s fashions and hairstyles. On the DVD: Married to the Mob is a bare-bones release that only adds a trailer. It is presented in its original widescreen ratio, however, and for the most part the transfer is pretty clean. --Paul Tonks

  • My Blue Heaven [1990]My Blue Heaven | DVD | (24/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

    The FBI's Witness protection program is turned funny-side up when Steve Martin and Rick Moranis play mob informant Vinnie Antonelli and agent Barney Coopersmith in this criminally comic caper. Vinnie's got smooth moves a swank wardrobe and a mean dance step. His identity home and lawn mower are new but he's still the same: a guy with an eternal scam. That makes overseer Barney a guy with a huge headache...

  • Revenge [DVD]Revenge | DVD | (30/05/2016) from £11.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

    Joan Collins, James Booth and Sinéad Cusack star in this sensational, X-rated thriller in which an ordinary family turn to vigilante justice in the wake of their daughter's murder. With taut direction from Sidney Hayers and a tense script from The Saint screenwriter John Kruse, Revenge was a notable success in both Britain and the USA; it is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Publicans Carol and Jim Radford learn that a reclusive local man suspected of raping and murdering their ten-year-old daughter has been released due to insufficient evidence. Heartbroken and hungry for vengeance, Jim hatches a chilling plan to force a confession from the suspect: abducting and imprisoning him in the pub's cellar, he will become judge, jury and if necessary executioner! Special Features Original theatrical trailer Image Gallery Promotional Material PDF

  • Toys in the Attic [DVD]Toys in the Attic | DVD | (16/11/2015) from £8.79   |  Saving you £1.20 (13.65%)   |  RRP £9.99

    A meticulously crafted visual feast, combining multiple forms of animation into an enchanting and fantastic adventure for the entire family, set in a magical world of toys and knick-knacks stored in the attic. When lovely Buttercup (Vivian Schilling) is kidnapped, it is up to Teddy (Forest Whitaker), Madame Curie (Joan Cusack), and Sir Handsome (Cary Elwes) to rescue her from the land of evil.

  • Accidental Hero [1993]Accidental Hero | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £14.97   |  Saving you £-5.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

    Dustin Hoffman plays a lowlife who happens upon a plane crash and rescues the passengers, but doesn't really care about the value of his deed or the attendant publicity when the media starts searching for the hero. Another fellow (Andy Garcia) steps into the gap and claims credit, and as his life changes for the better he takes on a Messianic glow. Geena Davis is the cynical television reporter who pushes the latter's fame in order to keep her story alive, and this film, directed by Stephen Frears (Prick Up Your Ears), takes a few familiar jabs at a manipulative and voyeuristic press. This is essentially an unofficial remake of Meet John Doe, though it is less dramatic and forceful in the end than Frank Capra's classic. Chevy Chase has an oddly anachronistic part as Davis' editor (maybe he thought he really was in Meet John Doe), but the film belongs to Hoffman, who makes his character a slightly cleaned-up version of the actor's own Ratso Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy. --Tom Keogh

  • Welcome To Me [DVD]Welcome To Me | DVD | (09/05/2016) from £8.96   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

    Shira Piven directs this dark comedy drama starring Kristen Wiig. Alice Kleig (Wiig) is a recent winner of an $86 million lottery jackpot with borderline personality disorder and an obsession with 'The Oprah Winfrey Show'. She decides to quit her medication and use her newfound wealth to fund her own talk show, 'Welcome to Me', which becomes a vehicle for everything she loves, including swans and meatloaf cake. The unexpected turns the show takes and Alice's unpredictable behaviour drives the producers to madness, and things soon start to spiral out of control.

  • Rosamunde Pilcher - The Complete CollectionRosamunde Pilcher - The Complete Collection | DVD | (08/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

    Rosamunde Pilcher: Complete Collection (7 Discs)

  • Arlington Road [DVD] [Blu-ray]Arlington Road | Blu Ray | (10/04/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  • My Sister's Keeper [Blu-ray] [2009]My Sister's Keeper | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £6.99   |  Saving you £18.00 (257.51%)   |  RRP £24.99

    Based on the award winning novel from best-selling author Jodi Piccoult, "My Sister's Keeper" tells the story of Sara and Brian who live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter.

  • War Inc.War Inc. | DVD | (16/03/2009) from £7.94   |  Saving you £8.05 (50.30%)   |  RRP £15.99

    War Inc stars John Cusack Joan Cusack Ben Kingsley Marisa Tomei and Hilary Duff! War Inc is a political satire set in Turaqistan a country occupied by an American private corporation run by a former US Vice-President (Dan Aykroyd). In an effort to monopolize the opportunities the war-torn nation offers the corporation's CEO hires Brand Hauser (John Cusack) - a hit man - to kill a Middle East oil minister. Now struggling with his own growing demons Brand must pose as the corporation's Trade Show Producer in order to pull off this latest hit while maintaining his cover by organizing the high-profile wedding of Yonica Babyyeah (Hilary Duff) an outrageous Middle Eastern pop star and keeping a sexy left wing reporter (Marisa Tomei) in check.

  • Martian Child [2007]Martian Child | DVD | (28/04/2008) from £9.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (100.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

    Based on an award-winning short story by sci-fi luminary David Gerrold Martian Child sees John Cusack as a recently widowed science fiction writer who forms an unlikely family with a close friend (Amanda Peet) and a young boy he adopts who claims to be from Mars. The new couple ignore some sage parenting advice from the widower's sister (Joan Cusack) and get more than they bargained for when a series of strange occurrences lead them to believe that the child's claim may be true!

  • Toy Story 2 Combi Pack (Blu-ray + DVD)Toy Story 2 Combi Pack (Blu-ray + DVD) | Blu Ray | (08/03/2010) from £12.74   |  Saving you £11.25 (46.90%)   |  RRP £23.99

    Disney/Pixar's "Toy Story 2" picks up as Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggin, owner of Al's Toy Barn, kidnaps Woody.

  • My Bodyguard [1980]My Bodyguard | DVD | (06/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    Clifford Peach (Chris Makepeace) an easygoing teenager is finding it less than easy to fit in at his new high school where a tough-talking bully (Matt Dillon) terrorizes his classmates and extorts their lunch money. Refusing to pay up Clifford enlists the aid of an overgrown misfit whose mere presence intimidates students and teachers alike. But their ""business relationship"" soon turns personal as Clifford and the troubled loner forge a winning alliance against their intimidators -

  • Arlington Road [1999]Arlington Road | DVD | (20/12/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    It's easy to understand why Arlington Road sat on the studio shelf for nearly a year. No, the film isn't awful; rather, it's an extremely edgy and ultimately bleak thriller that offers no clear-cut heroes or villains. In other words, Hollywood had no idea how to sell it. Director Mark Pellington's underrated directorial debut, Going All the Way, suffered the same fate, essentially because the film-maker's presentation of suburban America often shifts dramatically within the same film. Characters are usually miserable and bordering on meltdown, no situation is straightforward and things usually end badly. Arlington Road begins as an astute study of suburban paranoia. Michael Faraday (a face-pinched Jeff Bridges, who spends most of the film on the brink of tears) is a college professor who teaches American history courses on terrorism. He's been a conspiracy freak since his wife, an FBI agent, was killed during a botched raid that feels like a thinly fictionalised reference to the Waco tragedy. After saving the life of his next-door neighbour's child, he initially befriends the family (Tim Robbins and Joan Cusack), but soon believes the husband is a terrorist. The first half of the film mocks Faraday: he has no real evidence and is not the most stable of protagonists. Despite the fact that it was government paranoia that got his wife killed, Faraday repeats the same type of behaviour. Pellington shifts gears in the second half, however, and for a while, it seems that the film has simultaneously sunk into a cheap, high-octane brand of Hollywood entertainment and undermined its own point. But Arlington Road possesses a stunning ending that's a real gut punch, one that may leave you needing a second viewing to catch all of its smartly executed setup. --Dave McCoy

  • Runaway Car [1996]Runaway Car | DVD | (21/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

    Nursing student Jenny Cole collects her car from the garage where it has just been serviced. On her way to visit her mother she picks up her infant niece and offers a ride to Ed an executive who is rushing to the airport and Dex a skateboarder whose skateboard was broken in a near collision with her car. Soon after entering onto the freeway Jenny realises that her accelerator has become stuck trapping them in the speeding car with no way to stop...they're out of control and on the

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