"Actor: John Hannan"

• Strictly Ballroom | DVD | (28/01/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  While the plot of this Australian film may seem a bit familiar (the Ugly Duckling meets Dirty Dancing), the humourous tone and superb dance sequences will make you forget the movie's predictability. Scott (Paul Mercurio) is a champion ballroom dancer who wants to dance "his own steps". Fran is the homely, beginning dancer who convinces Scott that he should dance his own steps...with her. Complicating matters are Scott's domineering mother (Pat Thompson), a former dancer herself, who wants her son to win the Australian Pan-Pacific Championship (the same contest she lost years ago), and a conniving dance committee that is determined that "there are no new steps!" The dancing is enjoyable, yet not overwhelming, and the movie strives hard not to take itself too seriously (the beginning of the film is even styled as a pseudo-documentary). Strictly Ballroom, while not so subtly imparting its moral ("A life lived in fear is a life half-lived"), is a funny romp that's sure to be a crowd pleaser. --Jenny Brown, Amazon.com

• Rebus: Dead Souls | DVD | (23/03/2009) from £7.25   |  Saving you £0.74 (10.21%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Rebus: John Hannah (Four Weddings and a Funeral Sliding Doors The Mummy McCallum) stars as Detective Inspector Rebus in these four primetime two hour film dramas for SMG Television from Clerkenwell Films. Adapted from the novels by acclaimed writer Ian Rankin the Rebus stories have been applauded for their intricate plots keen characterisation and flawless sense of place. Rebus himself is an enigma fighting his own weaknesses while dealing with the sad consequences of human frailty. He has seen it all before but his cynicism is redeemed by an unexpected humanity that reveals he is more disillusioned with himself than others. Dead Souls: Rebus is working with a colleague when they catch site of a known convicted paedophile taking photographs at the zoo. It transpires that he has been released early from prison is under police protection and is to be the key witness in the trial of two suspected abusers. The next day Rebus' colleague is found dead in the centre of Edinburgh. Rebus is devastated

• Rebus: The Hanging Garden | DVD | (23/03/2009) from £3.98   |  Saving you £4.01 (100.75%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Rebus: John Hannah (Four Weddings and a Funeral Sliding Doors The Mummy McCallum) stars as Detective Inspector Rebus in these four primetime two hour film dramas for SMG Television from Clerkenwell Films. Adapted from the novels by acclaimed writer Ian Rankin the Rebus stories have been applauded for their intricate plots keen characterisation and flawless sense of place. Rebus himself is an enigma fighting his own weaknesses while dealing with the sad consequences of human frailty. He has seen it all before but his cynicism is redeemed by an unexpected humanity that reveals he is more disillusioned with himself than others. The Hanging Garden: Rebus pieces together the trail of a war criminal who may have gone to ground in a very respectable part of town. But then he becomes drawn into a vicious running battle between two rival gangs after rescuing a young Chechen girl from a local gangster. Rebus takes his work personally. But when his daughter is deliberately run down in the street it's plain that he will stop at nothing to find the man responsible even if it kills him.

• Rebus: Black And Blue / Hanging Garden / Dead Souls | DVD | (29/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  John Hannah stars as Ian Rankin's celebrated Scottish detective Rebus. Episodes Comprise: 1. Black And Blue 2. Hanging Garden 3. Dead Souls

• Strictly Ballroom | DVD | (09/04/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  While the plot of this Australian film may seem a bit familiar (the Ugly Duckling meets Dirty Dancing), the whimsical tone and superb dance sequences will make you forget the movie's predictability. Scott (Paul Mercurio) is a champion ballroom dancer who wants to dance "his own steps". Fran is the homely, beginning dancer who convinces Scott that he should dance his own steps... with her. Complicating matters are Scott's domineering mother (Pat Thompson), a former dancer herself, who wants her son to win the Australian Pan Pacific Championship (the same contest she lost years ago), and a conniving dance committee that is determined that "there are no new steps!" The dancing is enjoyable, yet not overwhelming, and the movie strives hard not to take itself too seriously (the beginning of the film is even styled as a pseudo-documentary). Strictly Ballroom, while not so subtly imparting its moral ("A life lived in fear is a life half-lived"), is a laughable romp that's sure to be a crowd pleaser. --Jenny Brown, Amazon.com

• Rebus: Black & Blue | DVD | (23/03/2009) from £4.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (60.44%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Rebus: John Hannah (Four Weddings and a Funeral Sliding Doors The Mummy McCallum) stars as Detective Inspector Rebus in these four primetime two hour film dramas for SMG Television from Clerkenwell Films. Adapted from the novels by acclaimed writer Ian Rankin the Rebus stories have been applauded for their intricate plots keen characterisation and flawless sense of place. Rebus himself is an enigma fighting his own weaknesses while dealing with the sad consequences of human frailty. He has seen it all before but his cynicism is redeemed by an unexpected humanity that reveals he is more disillusioned with himself than others. Black & Blue: Rebus is working with a colleague when they catch site of a known convicted paedophile taking photographs at the zoo. It transpires that he has been released early from prison is under police protection and is to be the key witness in the trial of two suspected abusers. The next day Rebus' colleague is found dead in the centre of Edinburgh. Rebus is devastated and sets out to find the reason - whether it was murder or suicide.