"Actor: Matthews"

• Sleuth | DVD | (29/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Adapted by Anthony Shaffer from his own hit stage play, Sleuth (1972) is a reflexively self-aware send-up of the murder-mystery genre, which risks everything on the tour de force performances of its small cast. Director Joseph L Mankiewicz doesn't attempt to escape the theatrical confines of Shaffer's clever and convoluted screenplay; instead he concentrates--or diverts?--our attention with close-up details of the setting. Is he showing us clues or just more red herrings? Like Agatha Christie's Mousetrap--which it rivalled in popularity on the West End stage--to say anything more about Sleuth would be to spoil the fun. But even when you've untangled the many and dizzying twists and turns, thanks to its literate screenplay and the magnetic performances of the leads this is a film that rewards repeated viewings. --Mark Walker

• Do Not Disturb | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £14.97   |  Saving you £-0.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Your Fear Will Speak For Itself... Walter Richmond (Hurt) is in Amsterdam with his beautiful wife Cathryn (Tilly) and their daughter Melissa to close a business deal worth millions. But in a bizarre twist Melissa who is mute witnesses a grisly murder. Now she must stay one step ahead of the perpetrators until Walter and Cathryn piece together the puzzle behind the disappearance of their lost daughter and find her before it's too late...

• I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Featuring the best bits from the series plus raw and uncut footage... Relive the fun in the jungle with the DVD release of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! Featuring over 20 minutes of scorching unseen footage and interviews ''1 from every DVD sold will be donated to charity by Granada Video/VCI. When Christine Hamilton Nigel Benn Rhona Cameron Nell McAndrew Darren Day Uri Geller Tara Palmer Tomkinson and Tony Blackburn volunteered to leave their pampered lifestyles far behind to embark on a gruesome jungle adventure on the other side of the world the result was two weeks of unforgettable TV. The eight celebrities lived on basic rations of rice and water slept under the stars open to all the elements and their nearest neighbours included venomous snakes and deadly spiders. With TV viewers controlling their destiny tensions burned as each day presenters Ant and Dec delivered the news of which celebrity would face the next grueling 'Bushtucker Trial' and who would be the latest to leave camp. Featuring the very best bits from the sensational ITV1 series follow the journey as the video and DVD takes you through the following memorable moments: In the Beginning; The Arguments; Friends and Lovers; Naughty Uri Light and Dark; The Tests; The Eliminations; and Happy Endings.

• Necromentia | DVD | (05/10/2009) from £8.71   |  Saving you £4.28 (49.14%)   |  RRP £12.99

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• Cross Of Fire | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £8.54   |  Saving you £-2.55 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  D.C. 'Steve' Stephenson is visiting Indiana and mounting a campaign to increase the membership of the Ku Klux Klan. There he meets schoolteacher Madge Oberholtzer and tries to seduce her but having no luck he abducts her rapes and tortures her and eventually kills her. The trial that follows marks the end of the Klan's popularity as Stephenson implicates them in the murder. Based on a true story.

• Just Like a Woman | Blu Ray | (05/07/2021) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Wendy Craig and Francis Matthews star as a bickering couple going through an acrimonious separation in this swinging, offbeat comedy from producer Bob Kellett and idiosyncratic writer/director Robert Fuest. Also starring John Wood, Dennis Price, Miriam Karlin, Peter Jones and Clive Dunn, Just Like a Woman is presented here as a brand-new High Definition restoration from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Lewis and Scilla's rocky marriage finally breaks apart a situation made worse by the fact that Scilla is a key part of the television show that Lewis produces. But while Lewis copes by picking up a passing starlet, Scilla indulges her passion for bathrooms by getting one custom-designed by an ex-Nazi architect!

• Birthrite | DVD | (03/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  As she celebrates her 18th birthday Rebecca meets Roman who is not only a warlock but also possesses magical powers. After he shows how her parents were killed he gives her a sacred amulet - Her birthrite. As she becomes involved in witchcraft her sister Erin sets out to save her soul from Roman's clutches....

• WWF - Wrestlemania X-Seven | DVD | (06/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Astrodome - April 1st 2001: A record-breaking crowd of 67 925 was on hand for a historic night which included T.L.C. 2 a father/son war and a championship match with an ending you won't believe!

• Tales Of The Unexpected: The Complete Third Series | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £39.95   |  Saving you £-19.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Roald Dahl's chillingly brilliant anthology series Tales of the Unexpected makes an expected return to DVD. Although widely-regarded as one of the greatest children's authors of all-time Roald Dahl also wrote chilling adult fiction taking the twisted ideas used to entertain children and thrilling adults with similar themes. Much-gossiped about in its day the surprising stories - usually with a sting in the tale - enthralled a nation the moment the iconic titles started. Episodes Comprise: 1. The Flypaper 2. A Picture Of A Place 3. Proof Of Guilt 4. Vengeance Is Mine Inc. 5. A Girl Can't Always Have Everything 6. Parson's Pleasure 7. The Stinker 8. I'll Be Seeing You 9. The Party

• The Interrupters | DVD | (16/01/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The Interrupters, all former gang members, bring 500 years of prison time to the table. As members of the experimental anti-violence programme CeaseFire, they aim to intervene in conflicts before they explode into violence. At their heart is Ameena Matthews, an ex-gang enforcer and daughter of a notorious gang leader who launches herself into the middle of erupting conflicts, using her rhetorical gifts to cool the hottest heads.Academy award nominated director Steve James (Hoop Dreams and Stevie) working with acclaimed author Alex Kotlowitz follows The Interrupters for a year. He delivers an epic and ultimately uplifting film which chronicles the difficulty of breaking generational cycles of violence, and the potential for redemption which lies within every one of us.

• Half Broken Things | DVD | (07/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A middle aged house-sitter meets two tearaways and together they form a surrogate family.

• Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons - Vol. 3 - Episodes 13 To 18 | DVD | (12/11/2001) from £5.24   |  Saving you £10.75 (205.15%)   |  RRP £15.99

  First broadcast in 1967, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons was the most grown-up of all Gerry Anderson's SuperMarionation adventures. There are gadgets and toy-friendly machines galore, of course--like the Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle, the Angel Aircraft and Cloudbase itself--but, unlike the colourful fantasies of Stingray and Thunderbirds, this series' concern with an implacable, vengeful enemy, conspiracies and double-agents drew its inspiration from James Bond and the Cold War spy dramas of the 1960s. Special effects whiz Derek Meddings imbues the action sequences with a truly Bondian grandeur and, like the sinister Spectre of the Bond films, the Martian Mysterons seem all the more hostile for their unseen presence, their agents infiltrating every organisation dedicated to their destruction just as it seemed the Soviets were doing at the time. The indestructible Captain Scarlet is killed then resurrected every week (though not like South Park's Kenny), and more often than not the unstoppable Mysterons emerge triumphant, and always undefeated. The varied cast of Spectrum agents and their voice characterisations also aim at verisimilitude (Captain Scarlet, voiced by Francis Matt hews, sounds like a grim Cary Grant), while the puppetry is more realistic than ever. Now with newly remastered picture and Dolby 5.1 surround sound, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons still looks and sounds like the epitome of 60s cool. --Mark Walker

• Sali Mali - Vol. 1 | DVD | (10/04/2006) from £7.98   |  Saving you £1.00 (16.69%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Sali Mali and Jackdaw are the best of friends. Every day there's something new to discover together and while Jackdaw is rather mischievous and always getting into trouble Sali Mali is always there to take care of him! Titles featured in this children's TV favourite include: 1. Hide n' Eek 2. Who Ate The Lettuce? 3. Twins 4. Hot Day 5. Say Cheese 6. Lost Friends 7. Egg Eggstravaganza 8. Blackberry Belly 9. A Model Model 10. Chimney Weep 11. Snow Fun 12. Mushroom Madness 13. Have An

• Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons - Vol. 1 - Episodes 1 To 6 | DVD | (17/09/2001) from £8.39   |  Saving you £7.60 (47.50%)   |  RRP £15.99

  First broadcast in 1967, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons was the most grown-up of all Gerry Anderson's SuperMarionation adventures. There are gadgets and toy-friendly machines galore, of course--like the Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle, the Angel Aircraft and Cloudbase itself--but, unlike the colourful fantasies of Stingray and Thunderbirds, this series' concern with an implacable, vengeful enemy, conspiracies and double-agents drew its inspiration from James Bond and the Cold War spy dramas of the 1960s. Special effects whiz Derek Meddings imbues the action sequences with a truly Bondian grandeur and, like the sinister Spectre of the Bond films, the Martian Mysterons seem all the more hostile for their unseen presence, their agents infiltrating every organisation dedicated to their destruction just as it seemed the Soviets were doing at the time. The indestructible Captain Scarlet is killed then resurrected every week (though not like South Park's Kenny), and more often than not the unstoppable Mysterons emerge triumphant, and always undefeated. The varied cast of Spectrum agents and their voice characterisations also aim at verisimilitude (Captain Scarlet, voiced by Francis Matt hews, sounds like a grim Cary Grant), while the puppetry is more realistic than ever. Now with newly remastered picture and Dolby 5.1 surround sound, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons still looks and sounds like the epitome of 60s cool. --Mark Walker

• Killer Workout | DVD | (13/06/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Also known as AEROBICIDE, this heady mix of exercise and innards does exactly what it says on the tin, as a host of super-permed spandex-wearing sirens are stalked and sliced by a sicko with a thing for eighties hair-dos and Jane Fonda workout regimes! Made in 1987, just as the golden age of teen-kill flicks was coming to its conclusion, KILLER WORKOUT was helmed by B-movie maverick David A. Prior - whose CV also includes the action epic DEADLY PREY and Pamela Anderson's notorious trash totem RAW JUSTICE. Yet it is this splatter-tastic schlock-fest that continues to be a certified fan favourite - and, after watching this lovingly restored 88 Films presentation of a VHS staple, you will most certainly understand why! Touch your toes, raise your arms and get ready to sweat because KILLER WORKOUT is back to cut out a place in your movie-maniac loving heart as part of the Slasher Classics Collection! Extra: Trailer

• Made In Heaven | DVD | (30/04/2018) from £6.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Charming romantic comedy made in 1952 by Rank Studios and starring David Tomlinson, Petula Clark and A.E. Matthews. The Topham family live a blissfully happy life together in the lovely market town of Dunmow in deepest Essex. Recently married Basil Topham (David Tomlinson and his beautiful wife Julie (Petula Clark) are patiently waiting for their house to be built by local builders. Until then, they are forced to live with Basil s parents and eccentric grandfather (A.E Matthews). Basil and Julie have been entered into the Dunmow Flitch, a competition for the happiest married couple and all seems idyllic with our newly-weds. That is until a beautiful maid Marta (Sonja Zieman) arrives from Hungary to run the Topham family home and inadvertently throws everything into chaos!!

• The Burning | DVD | (04/11/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The scenario of this notorious splatter movie may be familiar- a group of teenage-counsellors at a lakeside summer camp face the vengeance of a twisted psychotic - but the nail-biting tension and graphic gore sequences of this bloody shocker will certainly not be. Described as 'a searing pulse-pounding bolt of energy sure to shock even the most hardened gore-addict' The Burning not only boasts the directorial talents of Tony Maylam - Director of The Recent SF/ Horror smash hit 'Spilt Second' - but also special effects by the genius of gore Tom Savini music by Rick Wakeman and a special appearance by 'Raising Arizona' star Holly Hunter. Long considered one of the goriest of horror films. The Burning the subject of numerous prosecutions has been unavailable since 1983. It is seemed to be an extremely frightening and nerve jolting movie.

• WWF - Survivor Series 2000 | DVD | (02/07/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Catch every match of the action packed superstar spectacular that is: Survivor Series! Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Triple H Federation Championship Match: Kurt Angle vs. Undertaker The Rock vs. Rikishi Chris Jericho vs. Kane Federation Women's Championship Match: Ivory vs. Lita Plus: 4 more matches!

• Way To Go: Series 1 | DVD | (25/02/2013) from £9.39   |  Saving you £10.60 (112.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Starring The Inbetweener's Blake Harrison, this new black comedy follows three ordinary guys who find themselves, forced by an extraordinary set of circumstances, into setting up an assisted-suicide business. After Scott is moved by a terminally ill neighbour's request to die - and at the same time faced with a predatory female employer, a split from his girlfriend, and a desperate life or death need for cash to pay off his brother Joey's gambling debts - he and his best mate Cozzo stumble towards what they think is their only solution: an assisted-suicide machine. A deeply illegal situation about which they will have to keep very, very quiet...

• Some Like It Sexy | DVD | (05/09/2011) from £11.25   |  Saving you £3.74 (33.24%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Join uber- Mod sex god Peter (Christopher Matthews- Scream And Scream Again Brides Of Dracula) as he cavorts across a not just swinging but fully bouncing and pulsating London at the turn of the two greatest decades it ever saw: the 60s and 70s. Flitting from one boho pad to another in his fully functional babe wagon - a white Triumph - he leaves his mark (sometimes literally) on a variety of beautiful women of all ages nationalities colours and shapes. The lucky ladies include later Gothic Goddesses Madeleine and Mary Collinson (Twins Of Evil) Annabel Leventon (Rocky Horror Strike It Rich Penmarric Armchair Theatre) and a young Nicola Pagett (Privates On Parade A Bit Of A Do Avengers Whodunnit Viking Queen Frankenstein The True Story) There's also a fully clothed (what do you mean damn?) appearance from Hammer scream queen Madeleine Smith (The Vampire Lovers Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell Tam Lin Theatre Of Blood) as the delectable daughter of one of Peter's classy conquests. With a superb pop-psych-bubblegum-library freakout soundtrack and some choice locations this is the film for anyone who wants to indulge in unadulterated enjoyment albeit with a twist. As director Donovan Winter put it it's like Alfie with more sex and here more is definitely what you get. Anyone seeking intellectual stimulation or 'pure cinema' can retire to the corner on the other side of the room where they can eulogise about Citizen Kane to their heart's content but in the meantime we're going to have some fun...and like Peter himself we'll come back many many times... Also included is Winter's early 40-minute featurette A Penny For Your Thoughts (1966) which again set to some of the grooviest tunes of the era tells us exactly what women talk about when the chaps aren't there...or do they? Starring Monty Python starlet Carol Cleveland Britsploitation heroine Sheila White (Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush Confessions On The Buses) and character actress Yvonne Antrobus (Dr Who Wessex Tales Target) among the fillies in frillies.