"Actor: Martin"

• Doc Martin - Series 3 - Complete | DVD | (18/02/2008) from £8.03   |  Saving you £11.96 (148.94%)   |  RRP £19.99

  It seems the grumpiness is acute - and chronic. The bad mood is no longer in remission. All the symptoms are there: the truculence the tactlessness the caustic take on everyone and everything. Martin Clunes is back as Doc Martin the man whose bedside manner leaves a lot to be desired in ITV 1's prime-time award-winning comedy drama Doc Martin: Series 3. Series 3 follows the ongoing accidents emergencies and comic mishaps in Portwenn as the good doctor bumbles through life all the while trying to pursue his burgeoning but seemingly ill-fated romance with headmistress Louisa Glasson (Caroline Catz). Martin's clumsy attempts to woo her have so far failed. But could a breakthrough in their turbulent relationship mean wedding bells? Aunt Joan (Stephanie Cole) is still trying her best to provide him with emotional support in the face of the villagers' disquiet. But even she despairs at his caustic comments especially when romance blossoms for her with a new man in the village. While son Al (Joe Absalom) travels the world Bert Large (Ian MacNeice) decides it's time to abandon Portwenn's plumbing troubles and pursue a new career - as a restaurateur with disastrous consequences. Pauline Lamb (Katherine Parkinson) the feisty surgery receptionist is bored with her job and needs a new challenge. So the doctor arranges for her to train as a phlebotomist - but a dangerous addiction threatens to ruin her life. And new to Portwenn this time is PC Joe Penhale (John Marquez) who has ideas way above his station. And agoraphobia. And narcolepsy. Not great for a policeman. So book your appointment with Doc Martin - if you dare. (To be taken in moderation after dinner with a nice cup of tea. Keep out of the reach of anyone with a fragile ego.)

• Mifune: The Last Samurai (DVD) | DVD | (18/03/2019) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Nearly 20 years after his death, Toshiro Mifune remains a true giant of Japanese cinema. Rich with archive footage and personal reminiscences from family and friends, this Keanu Reeves- narrated documentary shines a light on both the man and the actor, starting with his childhood and military service, through to his early years in the popular 'chanbara' action movies that he would later draw on for a string of masterpieces made with legendary filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. Featuring contributions from Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese, Mifune: The Last Samurai reveals him as a formidable and mercurial talent, both onscreen and off, and an influence that still resonates through world cinema. Special Features: Original trailer Other extras TBC Fully illustrated booklet

• Behind the Line - Escape to Dunkirk | DVD | (03/08/2020) from £4.21   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• ER - The Complete Fifth Season | DVD | (24/10/2005) from £8.99   |  Saving you £37.00 (411.57%)   |  RRP £45.99

  Wave a tearful goodbye to Dr. Doug Ross (George Clooney) in the complete fifth series of the Emmy awarding winning medical drama. Episode comprise: 1. Day For Knight 2. Split Second 3. They Treat Horses Don't They 4. Vanishing Act 5. Masquerade 6. Stuck On You 7. Hazed And Confused 8. The Good Fight (aka A Perfect Match) 9. Good Luck Ruth Johnson 10. The Miracle Worker 11. Nobody Doesn't Like Amanda Lee 12. Double Blind 13. Choosing Joi 14. The Storm (1) 15. The Storm (2) 1

• Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries - Season 2 | DVD | (04/02/2008) from £18.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (57.93%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Featuring teen idols Shaun Cassidy Parker Stevenson and Pamela Sue Martin. Follow the clues to mystery adventure and thrills as Season Two of The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries comes to DVD! Former teen sensations Shaun Cassidy Parker Stevenson and Pamela Sue Martine star as brave super-sleuths in 22 spooky episodes loaded with spellbinding action and smash-hit pop songs!

• Sherlock - Series 1-3 | Blu Ray | (20/01/2014) from £13.99   |  Saving you £26.00 (185.85%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The Complete Series 1 to 3 of the contemporary re-imagining of the Arthur Conan Doyle classic co-created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. The series has caused a sensation since it first aired in the summer of 2010 delivering an audience of more than 10 million viewers per series who have tuned in to watch Sherlock and John Watson navigate a maze of cryptic clues and lethal killers in three thrilling action-packed adventures.

• Death Screams Limited Edition | Blu Ray | (16/09/2021) from £22.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Death Screams In one of the most unlikely cinematic pairings of all time, David Nelson (who rose to fame as a child star playing alongside his real-life family in the wholesome TV show The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet) directs Playboy Playmate and adult star Susan Kiger in this bodycount-heavy, long overlooked slice of Southern fried hack-and-slash - 1982's Death Screams! Late one night, a young couple are brutally murdered at a make-out spot by an unseen assailant, their bodies tossed into the nearby river. As the lifeless lovers drift slowly downstream, the residents of the town excitedly prepare themselves for their annual carnival, unaware that a machete-wielding maniac with a twisted grudge is lurking in their midst. When a group of teen revellers plan a late-night after party down in the local cemetery, they unwittingly set the stage for a bloodbath. Death Screams, which was released on US VHS as House of Death (and on UK DVD with the reels in the wrong order!) oozes early '80s regional slasher charm from its every pore, boasting an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink final reel featuring slashed throats, bisected bodies and exploding heads. At long last arriving on Blu-ray and lovingly restored from the only-known existing 35mm print, this little-seen slasher classic is ready to carve its way into the bleeding hearts of horror fans everywhere! Special Features: Brand new 2K restoration from an archival 35mm print Original uncompressed mono audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Brand new audio commentary with producer Charles Ison and special effects artist Worth Keeter moderated by filmmaker Phil Smoot Brand new audio commentary with The Hysteria Continues All the Fun of the Scare: The Making of Death Screams - newly-produced making-of documentary featuring interviews with producer Charles Ison, special effects artist Worth Keeter, writer Paul Elliott, actors Hanns Manship and Curt Rector, actor/producer's assistant/assistant supervising editor Sharon Alley and actor/talent wrangler Robert Billy Bob Melton TV and Radio Spots Image Galleries House of Death Alternate VHS Opening Titles Two versions of the screenplay under the original title of Night Screams [BD-ROM content] Reversible sleeve featuring original artwork and a newly-commissioned reimagining of the original VHS artwork by Sadist Art Designs presented with die-cut slipcover Fully-illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing by Brian Albright

• Hunter's Prayer | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £13.33   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This high octane thriller focuses on Lucas, (Sam Worthington), a solitary assassin, hired to kill a young woman, Ella, (Odeya Rush). When he can't bring himself to pull the trigger the plan falls apart, setting in motion a twisted game of cat and mouse. Now both are marked for death and forced to form an uneasy alliance. Relentlessly pursued across Europe, their only hope for survival is to expose those responsible for brutally murdering her family and bring them to justice.

• Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg | Blu Ray | (02/09/2012) from £28.55   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Easy Money II | Blu Ray | (07/04/2014) from £5.49   |  Saving you £12.50 (227.69%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Babak Najafi directs the second instalment of this gritty Swedish crime thriller based on the novels by Jens Lapidus. After serving three years for drug trafficking in Norrtälje Prison, former cash-hungry business student Johan (Joel Kinnaman) is determined to get his life back on track. But that all changes with the arrival in prison of Mrado Slovovic (Dragomir Mrsic), a Serbian mafia member whose big time drug deal with Johan failed due to the involvement of Johan's friend and local coke dealer Jorge (Matias Varela). Now out on day-release, Johan's only chance of returning to a normal life rests in seeking out his former friend and forcing him to give back the mafia's money. Unfortunately for Johan, however, he's not the only one looking for Jorge.

• Carry On Up The Jungle | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Carry On Up the Jungle has worn less well than some of the others in the series, simply because the African exploration genre it parodies--with its cannibals, great white hunters and lost Amazon tribes--is so entirely out of fashion. Still, Frankie Howerd made so comparatively few films that one which has him as an ornithologist searching for rare birds in the company of Joan Sims and Sid James is not going to be entirely without interest; he has few great moments here, but runs through his usual repertoire of groans and horse-faced sorrowful expressions with brio. The idea of Terry Scott playing Tarzan is in itself such a good joke that it hardly matters that most of what follows is him swinging, on ropes, into obstacles. On the DVD: The DVD has no special features whatever. It is presented in 1.77:1 ratio with mono sound. --Roz Kaveney

• Jungle 2 Jungle | DVD | (12/02/2001) from £15.33   |  Saving you £-0.34 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The laughs are unmistakably wild in this outrageously funny hit comedy starring film favourites Tim Allen and Martin Short. When successful broker Michael Cromwell (Allen) travels to the Amazon jungle to get his wife's signature on divorce papers he discovers the surprise of his life. He has a 13-year-old son who's been raised among the natives! After Michael agrees to take the boy back to his own ""Jungle"" New York City he quickly learns the teen has more skill with a blowpipe t

• Foreign Correspondent | DVD | (21/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The first of Alfred Hitchcock's World War II features, Foreign Correspondent was completed in 1940, as the European war was only beginning to erupt across national borders. Its titular hero, Johnny Jones (Joel McCrea), is an American crime reporter dispatched by his New York publisher to put a fresh spin on the drowsy dispatches emanating from overseas, his nose for a good story (and, of course, some fortuitous timing) promptly leading him to the "crime" of fascism and Nazi Germany's designs on European conquest. In attempting to learn more about a seemingly noble peace effort, Jones (who's been saddled with the dubious nom de plume Hadley Haverstock) walks into the middle of an assassination, uncovers a spy ring, and, not entirely coincidentally, falls in love--a pattern familiar to admirers of Hitchcock's espionage thrillers, of which this is a thoroughly entertaining example. McCrea's hardy Yankee charms are neatly contrasted with the droll English charm of colleague George Sanders; Herbert Marshall provides a plummy variation on the requisite, ambiguous "good-or-is-he-really-bad" guy; Laraine Day affords a lovely heroine; and Robert Benchley (who contributed to the script) pops up, albeit too briefly, for comic relief. As good as the cast is, however, it's Hitchcock's staging of key action sequences that makes Foreign Correspondent a textbook example of the director's visual energy: an assassin's escape through a rain-soaked crowd is registered by rippling umbrellas, a nest of spies is detected by the improbable direction of a windmill's spinning sails and Jones's nocturnal flight across a pitched city rooftop produces its own contextual comment when broken neon tubes convert the Hotel Europe into "Hot Europe". --Sam Sutherland

• McLintock | DVD | (02/07/2007) from £7.14   |  Saving you £-4.15 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  He Tamed The West But Could He Tame Her? Cattle baron banker and model citizen George McLintock has the world in his hands. The only thing missing is his wife Katherine who left him two years earlier suspecting him of adultery. In an effort to get on with his life McLintock saves a beautiful but impoverished widow from resettlement and hires her as his cook welcoming both her and her two children into his home. Sparks begin to fly and McLintock's simple and serene lifestyle comes to a crashing halt as an unexpected turn of events results in brawls gunfire an Indian attack the engagement of his only daughter and the return of Mrs. McLintock!

• Martin Clunes: Islands of Australia (ITV) | DVD | (30/01/2017) from £7.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A unique look at the wildlife, people, history and challenges of life on islands Down Under. In this 3-part ITV series, popular actor and presenter Martin Clunes (Doc Martin) is off to Australia, however this time he's eschewing the traditional hot spots in favour of some of the countries most remote, diverse and interesting islands. And he's got more than 8,000 to choose from! Martin travels to the four points of the compass and visits sixteen islands to provide a cross-section of what island life is all about. 'I've always been fascinated by islands, each one a microcosm that tells us something different about our world. And Australia's islands have it all: exotic creatures, spectacular marine life, and of course the different people who inhabit them. Whether they're relative newcomers or they've lived there for generations, these are the resourceful, extraordinary people who call these islands home. This is my voyage around the adventure playgrounds, the best-kept secrets and the astonishing surprises of the Islands of Australia.' - Martin Clunes

• War of the Worlds Blu-Ray (Imprint Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (26/02/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Loss Adjuster | DVD | (30/11/2020) from £9.96   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  British comedy starring Joan Collins, Luke Goss and Martin Kemp. Insurance man Martin Dyer (Goss) is struggling at work and when his wife Angie (Kym Marsh) leaves him for another man things cannot get any worse. However, as the festive season approaches Martin finds that his luck begins to change, and a chance encounter with Emmaline (Lorna Fitzgerald) has the potential to mend his broken heart.

• 12 Angry Men | Blu Ray | (18/04/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Assault on Precinct 13: 40th Anniversary Limited Edition Box Set (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (28/11/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  John Carpenter's Assault On Precinct 13 is a riveting low-budget thriller from 1976, in which a nearly abandoned police station is held under siege by a heavily armed gang called Street Thunder. Inside the station, cut off from contact and isolated, convicts heading for death row and the cops must now join forces or die. That's the basic plot, but what Carpenter does with it is remarkable. Drawing specific inspiration from the classic Howard Hawks Western Rio Bravo (which included a similar siege on disadvantaged heroes), Carpenter used his simple setting for a tense, tightly constructed series of action sequences, emphasising low-key character development and escalating tension. Few who've seen the film can forget the "ice cream cone" scene in which a young girl is caught up in the action by patronising a seemingly harmless ice cream van. It's here, and in other equally memorable scenes, that Carpenter demonstrates his knack for injecting terror into the mundane details of daily life, propelling this potent thriller to cult favourite status and long-standing critical acclaim. From this Carpenter went on to make the original Halloween, one of the most profitable independent films of all time. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Too Late The Hero | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Set on a Pacific island in 1942, Too Late the Hero is a hard-as-nails "men on a mission" war movie: a group of British soldiers have to traverse the New Hebrides to destroy a Japanese radio transmitter, then get back to safety while being hunted all the way. Inevitably everything goes wrong, but director Robert (The Dirty Dozen) Aldrich turns the book of WWII movie clichés on its head and springs some unnerving surprises. Even the token American star, Cliff Robertson--echoing William Holden's grafted-on role in The Bridge on the River Kwai--proves less than obviously heroic, while an outstanding Michael Caine brings considerable depth to his usual cynical cockney. Henry Fonda gets heavily billed for a brief guest appearance, but there are star performances such fine British character actors as Denholm Elliot, Ian Bannen, Ronald Fraser and Lance Percival. This portrait of battle-worn men offers greater complexity than Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, while the jungle trek was more recently paralleled in Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line. Only the attitudes--more 1970 than 1942--detract from Aldrich's tellingly realistic vision, which with a thoughtfully ironic script and a succession of tense set pieces and brutal firefights, builds to a harrowing climax. On the DVD: The picture is presented at approximately 1.7:1, reformatted from the original 2.2:1 70mm theatrical presentation. Despite approximately 25 per cent of the original image being missing, this loss is only really noticeable in a few scenes. Apart from the occasional fleck, the print is in superb condition, and despite the lack of anamorphic enhancement the picture is sharp, detailed and has excellent colour. The surround sound (not mono as listed on the packaging) is highly effective, with the tension being increased by a considerable amount of the music coming from the rear speakers. The special features are simply a few static pages of biographical and production notes. --Gary S. Dalkin