"Actor: Martin"

• Herold - La Fille Mal Gardee | DVD | (10/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Herold: La Fille Mal Gardee (Lanchbery Wiener Symphoniker)

• Housesitter | DVD | (25/06/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A slick, smart vehicle for Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn, Housesitter offers an acceptably daffy premise and enough inventive business to sustain it through to the, not unexpected, happy ending. Architect Martin builds a dream home for his childhood sweetheart (Dana Delaney) only to be rejected when he proposes marriage. After a one-night stand, Hawn--a daffy waitress with a gift for making up improbable but convincing lies--moves into Martin's house and tells his parents (Donald Moffatt, Julie Harris) and the whole community that she is his surprise new wife. When he sees how this impresses Delaney, Martin goes along with the charade, encouraging wilder and wilder fictions and doing his best to join in so that he can rush through to a divorce and move on to the woman he has always wanted. Hawn has to recruit a couple of winos to pose as her parents and impress Martin's boss into giving him a promotion, but we glimpse her real misery at his eventual intention to toss her out of the make-believe world she has created because her own real background is so grim. Its sit-com hi-jinx are manic enough not to be strangled by an inevitable dip in to sentiment towards the end, and Hawn, who always has to work hard, is better matched against the apparently effortless Martin than in their subsequent pairing in Out-of-Towners. Martin, often wasted in comparatively straight roles, has a few wild and crazy scenes as Hawn prompts him into joining her improvised fantasies. Director Frank Oz, a frequent Martin collaborator (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Little Shop of Horrors, Bowfinger), is the model of a proper, competent, professional craftsman when he sets out to put a comedy together--but the film misses streaks of lunacy or cruelty that might have made it funnier and more affecting. On the DVD: The disc offers a pristine widescreen non-anamorphic transfer, letterboxed to 1.85:1. There are no extra features to speak of, just text-based production notes, cast and director bios, plus a trailer and an assortment of language and subtitle options. --Kim Newman

• Epic Action Triple (Kingdom Of Heaven, Tristan & Isolde, Braveheart) | DVD | (12/03/2007) from £8.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Kingdom Of Heaven (Dir. Ridley Scott 2005): An epic film set in Europe and the Middle East Kingdom Of Heaven follows one man's struggle to better himself and the world around him. Orlando Bloom stars as Balian a French blacksmith who is mourning the deaths of his wife and baby when his estranged nobleman father (Liam Neeson) arrives and asks him to join the Crusades in Jerusalem. Mindful that conducting the Lord's work will help him atone for his sins Balian agrees and embarks on the perilous journey. Along the way he reveals his gifts of inherent goodness and fair treatment of all human beings. Upon reaching Jerusalem a city where his meagre beginnings no longer matter Balian earns respect and fealty while secretly courting the capricious wife of the ruthless Guy de Lusignan (Marton Csokas) who seeks a way to destabilise the uneasy Christian-Muslim truce brokered by King Baldwin (Edward Norton) and wage war against his religious enemy... Tristan And Isolde (Dir. Kevin Reynolds 2006): After the fall of Rome the warlords of England are brutally kept in line by the forces of Irish King Donnchadh. One of these leaders Lord Marke (Rufus Sewell) seeks to unite the English tribes to form one strong nation to rule itself. His greatest knight is Tristan (James Franco) whom Marke raised since he was orphaned in an Irish attack that also took Marke's family. With Tristan by his side Marke believes he can unify his people and rid England of Irish rule. But Tristan harbors a terrible secret. Wounded and left for dead after battle he is nursed back to health by Isolde (Sophia Myles) a mysterious Irish beauty who hides him from her father King Donnchadh's forces and brings him back to life. But their passionate affair is cut short when Tristan must return to England not knowing if he will see Isolde again. Still seeking to throw the English tribes back into chaos King Donnchadh gives away his daughter as the prize in a tournament between all the champions of England. Tristan wins the princess' hand for Lord Marke whose vision of a united England may finally be realized. Tristan is horrified to see that the woman he has won for his Lord the woman whom Marke will marry is his Irish savior Isolde. Worse Marke is a good and worthy future king whose belief in Tristan has made the young knight who he is. First separated by countries at war and now by loyalty to King and country Tristan and Isolde must suppress their emotions for the sake of peace and the future of England. But the more they deny their passion the more fiercely it burns. Despite their efforts to stay apart Tristan and Isolde are driven inexorably together risking everything for one last moment in each other's arms.... Braveheart (Dir. Mel Gibson 1995): Mel Gibson stars on both sides of the camera playing the lead role plus directing and producing this brawling richly detailed saga of fierce combat tender love and the will to risk all that's precious: freedom. In an emotionally charged performance Gibson is William Wallace a bold Scotsman who used the steel of his blade and the fire of his intellect to rally his countrymen to liberation...

• National Geographic - Secrets Of The Titanic | DVD | (20/10/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Breath-taking footage of an underwater expedition by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's team of researchers to find the ill-fated R.M.S Titanic which sank more than 70 years ago nearly two-and-a-half miles down in the icy Atlantic. Now along with Dr. Robert Ballard and his team be among the first humans to see the Titanic since its sinking as on-location footage presents this historic expedition as it happened.

• Handel: Theodora | Blu Ray | (25/04/2011) from £15.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Crooners | DVD | (08/09/2014) from £6.98   |  Saving you £8.01 (114.76%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Collection of documentaries, features and television episodes that examine the lives and careers of four of the best-loved crooners. Frank Sinatra hosts two episodes of 'The Frank Sinatra Show' (1950), a variety show featuring the talents of Stump and Stumpy, Peggy Lee, Bob Hope and Kim Novak. 'Second Chorus' (1941) is a musical comedy starring Fred Astaire and Hank Taylor as competitive trumpet players in a college band. 'Royal Wedding' (1951) sees Astaire star alongside Jane Powell as a brother and sister song and dance duo. 'Road to Hollywood' (1946) is a documentary that looks at the work of Bing Crosby. Selling over half a billion records in the first half of the 20th century, Crosby quickly became a popular influence within the music and film industries, dominating the box office throughout the 1940s. 'Reaching for the Moon' (1930) is a black and white musical featuring the vocal talents of Crosby singing Irving Berlin's famous 'Lower Than Lowdown'. Dean Martin hosts an episode of the popular American show 'The Colgate Comedy Hour' with Jerry Lewis, featuring Janis Paige, Danny Arnold and The Johnny Conrad Dancers. 'At War With the Army' (1950) is a musical comedy that sees Martin and Lewis team up again as Sergeant Puccinelli and Private Korwin, two soldiers with very different agends.

• Raid On Entebbe | DVD | (13/07/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Raid On Entebbe

• Stephen King's Sleepwalkers | DVD | (23/10/2000) from £10.60   |  Saving you £-4.61 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Stephen King's Sleepwalkers is about a half-human, half-cat race of shape shifters called, for no apparent reason, sleepwalkers. Hunky Charles Brady (Brian Krause) and his incestuous mother (Alice Krige) are sleepwalkers, and they've come to the small town of Travis, Indiana, where they've somehow acquired a nice house and false identities. They need virgin souls to survive and have fixated on local beauty Tanya (Madchen Amick from Twin Peaks). That's about it for the story--from then on it's a series of chase scenes full of badly done gore. King must have been sleepwalking himself when he wrote this screenplay: the dialogue is terrible, the characters are cardboard, and the plotting is clumsy. Combine that with mediocre acting, thoughtless direction, slapdash editing, and cheesy special effects, and you have Sleepwalkers. Amick comes off reasonably well and there are cameos by King, Clive Barker, and horror directors John Landis (An American Werewolf in London), Joe Dante (Gremlins), and Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre). But really, if you're interested in were-cats, see the original Cat People, starring Simone Simon; it's both sexier and scarier. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com

• I Married Wyatt Earp | DVD | (18/12/2003) from £6.42   |  Saving you £-2.43 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Based on the memoirs of Josephine Marcus Earp a young opera singer from San Fransisco this docudrama tells the story of how she became the wife of legendary lawman Wyatt Earp....

• Matt Monro: The Man And His Music | DVD | (28/10/2013) from £8.75   |  Saving you £9.24 (105.60%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Matt Monro was Britain's greatest singer. He was the singing London bus driver whose magnificent voice and ballads brought success all over the world. A Portrait Of tells the full story of Matt's amazing rise to fame with exclusive unseen performances from Matt's career. With personal contributions from Sir George Martin Don Black Tony Christie Bruce Forsyth Sir Cliff Richard the Monro family; along with a DVD of some of Matt's greatest performances on TV introduced by Matt Monro Jnr this is a unique insight into what made millions of fans and singers admire both the voice and the man who was Matt Monro.

• Jump | DVD | (09/09/2013) from £6.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (56.30%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When the lives of four twenty-something's lives collide one fateful New Year's Eve amidst the ancient walls of Derry, Northern Ireland, a night of fast talk, coincidence and intrigue ensues. Johnny, a small time crook, and Marie, a dissatisfied shop assistant, are both looking for a fresh start. Greta is on the verge of taking her own life and Pearse has a bounty on his head for asking difficult questions about his missing brother Eddie Kelly. As the clock ticks down to midnight and the nigh...

• Crocodile | DVD | (15/04/2002) from £9.98   |  Saving you £-5.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Reality bites! High school sweethearts Brady Claire and six of their college friends board a houseboat for a fun-filled sun-soaked spring break vacation. But when they discover a nest of large eggs in the marshlands -- and one of them can't resist taking one back to the party -- their weekend of fun-in-the-sun will turn into a weekend of terror!

• O.C. And Stiggs | DVD | (20/06/2005) from £5.38   |  Saving you £7.61 (141.45%)   |  RRP £12.99

  O.C. and Stiggs are two Arizona teenagers who are intent on making life miserable for their nerdy neighbours the Schwabs - Randall Elinore Randall Jr and Lenora. The pair idolize musician King Sunny Ade and when they find out he's playing a show in mexico they travel to see him with their dimwitted friend Barney. As the summer progresses O.C. and Stiggs continue to torment the Schwabs - at Lenora's wedding and the opening night of the local theatre group's play to which they

• Ricky Martin - One Night Only | DVD | (28/02/2000) from £4.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (60.44%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Fans of Latino gusset-dampener Ricky Martin will need no encouragement to buy One Night Only other than knowing it exists, so it’s commendable to see that what they will get is a pretty good package after all. On the down side, without the kind of slick studio production accorded to his albums it’s clear that Martin’s voice is, well, rather ordinary. But on the up side, he’s beautiful, he’s great fun, he’s not short on stage presence and his enthusiasm for the Latin music of his native Puerto Rico is entirely genuine (one of the brief reportage snippets scattered throughout this release shows him playing with a samba band--and getting it right, too). There’s a spooky moment in the opening number of this huge gig (which took place in Liberty State Park in New York) as the backdrop artfully falls to reveal the twin towers of the World Trade Center framing Martin like Samson’s pillars. Once this frisson passes it’s good times all the way, with the inevitable "Vida Loca" and "La Copa De La Vida" as highlights. There are guest spots from Carlos Santana and Jose Feliciano. On the DVD: One Night Only comes with a 4:3 ratio picture and includes an excellent video of the already excellent "Shake Your Bon-Bon", plus a gallery of still photos. --Roger Thomas

• Savages | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A masked naked clay covered band of jungle primitives are disturbed in the middle of a human sacrifice by the sudden intrusion of a croquet ball. Led by their high priestess they trek through the forest in search of its origins and arrive at an immense deserted manor house. They occupy the mansion which begins to have a civilizing effect on the savages; individual personalities emerge and with them pasts futures family connections ambitions and other trappings of society. Ov

• Beverly Hills Family Robinson | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-12.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Marsha Robinson host of a TV cooking show takes her family on a working vacation to a South Seas Island but their yacht is hijacked by pirates and then shipwrecked and the Robinsons must survive Marsha's complaints while they build a treehouse meet a handsome carpenter bond together as a family and fight off the pirates.

• The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD | DVD | (11/02/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  By coincidence rather than by design the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann makes a sensational discovery in the spring of 1943. In the year the Atom bomb was built, this substance- LSD - was to become an A-bomb of the mind. Fractions of a milligram are enough to turn our framework of time and space upside down and ultimately change the modern world. Told using previously unreleased archive footage, with interviews from principal witnesses and Hofmann himself; The Substance is a fascinating investigation into our troubled relation with LSD.

• Inglourious Basterds | Blu Ray | (12/10/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Fleshtone | DVD | (06/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  A telephone relationship erupts between an artist and a call girl who who share their morbid and erotic fascinations. Just as he thinks he's finally met her she's dead... or is she?

• A Raisin In The Sun | DVD | (11/08/2008) from £8.07   |  Saving you £7.92 (49.50%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A re-make of the critically acclaimed 1961 classic starring Sidney Poitier. An African-American family struggles with poverty racism and inner conflict as they strive for a better way of life. Based on the play by Lorraine Hansberry and starring P Diddy.