"Actor: Max Beesley"

• Glitter | DVD | (06/05/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Set in the mid-1980s against a backdrop of the rising club scene Glitter is the tale of Billie Frank, a modest young singer with a phenomenal talent just hoping to make it big in New York City. Billie (Mariah Carey) hooks up with super-cool club DJ and producer Dice (Max Beesley) and, as you might guess, hits the big time. But as both her lover and producer, Dice is a bit put out by the label's recommendation that Billie finds a more talented producer, while at the same time her girlfriends are telling her to "kick him to the kerb". So that's the basic gist. Throw in an estranged alcoholic mother and the rags-to-riches story is complete, or sadly not as the case might be. Presumably because the story is an old chestnut that everyone involved knows has been roasted a few too many times already the filmmakers thought it wasn't worth bothering with trying to make the plot even vaguely interesting, and it drags for what seems like days. The two leads are likeable characters, though their performances don't make up for the plodding storyline. Mariah is just Mariah--smiling, singing and equally accomplished at both--whereas Beesley is let down by his shocking American accent. If you like the sound of early US Garage and post-disco dance music then Mariah's soundtrack is a winner (although it got slated) but Glitter isn't even one of those films that's so bad it's good. It's just dull. On the DVD: Glitter comes complete with a redundant director's commentary that attempts to explain events requiring no explanation, a cheesy trailer which is very sparkly, plus bog-standard discographies and filmographies of the cast and director.--David Trueman

• Five Seconds To Spare | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £4.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (20.28%)   |  RRP £5.99

  William and his band The Alaska Factory who have pinned their hopes of success on London the city of dreams. But William's dreams soon turn sour. His band seem intent upon turning his songs into commercial pop and the object of his affection Madeline remains out of reach. And just to top it all he witnesses the bizarre murder of Paisley the lead singer of The Unfortunates by a pair of dwarves. There is one bright spot on the horizon for William - Karla the vivacious but mysterious new pub barmaid. Karla is attracted to William but is it love or sex or does she have another agenda? After the murder William starts to learn more about Karla. Once a punk rocker in Glasgow in the late 70's the only record produced by her obscure band The Dwarves of Death appears to be important in unravelling the connection between Karla the frightening Vincent who runs the only recording studio in town who will have The Alaska Factory and Paisley's death.

• It Was An Accident | DVD | (28/07/2003) from £6.61   |  Saving you £6.38 (96.52%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Nicky’s a young man who plans to go straight when he returns home to his old stomping ground, but old friends and new enemies make that hard to achieve.

• Bloodlines | DVD | (15/01/2007) from £16.16   |  Saving you £-6.17 (-61.80%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When a young serving police officer's father is released from jail after serving a sentence for murder her investigations into his crime take her on a dark voyage of discovery.

• Reckoning, the | DVD | (25/04/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Sally (Ashley Jensen) a single mother with a seriously ill daughter will receive an inheritance of 5 million on one condition... she must kill Richard Bury: a stranger who deserves to die. Deeply conflicted Sally faces an impossible challenge to her morality: could she save her daughter's life at the expense of someone else's? Sally's boyfriend Mark (Max Beesley) an ex-copper who now works as a security guard becomes entangled in seeking out the man Sally is supposed to kill. Do they have what it takes to commit murder... and if the trigger is pulled what will be the consequences for Sally?

• Hotel | DVD | (29/04/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  British maverick auteur Mike Figgis directs a star-studded cast (including Salma Hayek, David Schwimmer and Lucy Liu) in the striking and experimental ‘Hotel’. A film crew who gather at an Art Deco hotel staffed by cannibals to make a movie based on the Jacobean revenge tragedy ‘The Duchess of Malfi’, in strict accordance to the Dogme style of film-making. They in turn are being filmed by a documentary crew. When an attempted assassination on the director leaves him in a coma within which he can see and hear everything, he is powerless to stop as his producer takes over the reigns of the project.

• Desperate Measures | DVD | (11/07/2011) from £6.96   |  Saving you £3.03 (43.53%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Ross Hadley has been kidnapped and held on a remote farmhouse. A drink & drug addict his two captors put him through a brutal regime to get him clean. But when he gets clean Ross finds out the shocking real reasons behind his incarceration.

• The Last Minute | DVD | (12/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Billy Byrne (Max Beesley) wants to be famous. He thinks he'll get eveything he wants when he's famous. He has a talent for selling himself for making people think he should be famous and he gets an agent who promises him the world. And then it all goes wrong. The world is indifferent to his talent. Billy's world is shattered and and he descends into a hostile 21st century version of a Victorian underworld squirming with all manner of thieves beggars and low lifes rejected by society...

• Torque / Swordfish / Passenger 57 | DVD | (17/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Swordfish: Log on. Hack in. Go anywhere. Steal everything. John Travolta stars as Gabriel Shear a sinister mastermind with an elite criminal crew who are desperately trying to access information locked inside a complicated computer system that contains government secrets and if they can hack it a $9 billion payday... Torque: Ford (Martin Henderson) a motorcycle-riding outlaw who wants to clear his name of drug and murder charges. The cops are after him as ar

• Hotel Babylon - Series 1 HD-DVD Combo | HD DVD | (12/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Welcome to Babylon Hotel Babylon that is; a luxury hotel with an eclectic workforce driving it along; Through a veil of consummate professionalism the guests aren't privy to the murkier goings-on but let head receptionist Charlie be your guide to what no one else is meant to see; glitzy manager Rebecca keeps the hotel ticking along but isn't capable of balancing her working week with her home life; receptionist Anna has a seductive eye for the wealthier guests; concierge Tony can get you anything you need just as long as you're willing to pay; and then there's the chambermaids - working on the frontline and seeing everything. But if the staff aren't wacky enough into their world come the guests; a mixed bag of millionaires eccentric rockers and high class whores; a concoction of lethal and sometimes hilarious ingredients.

• Hotel | DVD | (07/04/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  In this eccentric motion picture Hotel the all star cast checks into a Venetian Hotel for a film shoot. They soon have to find out that when invited for dinner - They are being served! Genius filmmaker Mike Figgis brings together a dazzling all-star cast in this story of dark sexual intrigue where no one is quite what they seem and the staff are more in control than the guests. A film crew arrives at a beautiful Venetian hotel to film a version of the classic tragedy The Dutchess of Malfi. When the director is put out of commission the producer must take over and that's when cannibals and vampires start picking off the film crew and guests. Hotel becomes one place you do not want to check in alone.

• Hotel | DVD | (18/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Irene is a shy reserved girl who starts working in an isolated mountain hotel. Her employers seem obsessed with cleanliness but she's not fazed by that. But she soon discovers that her predecessor has mysteriously disappeared and whenever she tries talking about it to the other employees or even the police she's met with indifference. And what are the connections to the cave nearby with its connections to witchcraft?