"Actor: Mel Lewis"

• The Man Without A Face | DVD | (26/11/2001) from £6.54   |  Saving you £6.45 (49.70%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Since a tragic accident left him hideously scarred seven years ago Justin MacLeod has hidden away in his cliffside retreat. Meanwhile the locals have delighted in painting him as a perverted madman with an horrific past. Twelve-year-old Chuck Norstadt is also an outsider. Alienated from his family he awaits the day he can go to a boarding school far from home - but he has to pass his entrance exam first. Then by accident Chuck meets Justin Macleod. Justin turns out to be the fr

• Stormy Monday | DVD | (10/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Most Dangerous Choices Are Made With The Heart. When guileless Irish drifter Brendan (Bean) arrives in town he befriends a shady nightclub owner Finney (Sting) locked in a power struggle over the fate of his bar with villainous developer Cosmo (Jones) and falls in love with a ill-used waitress Kate (Griffith) who just happens to be Cosmo's mistress...

• Pathology | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £8.75   |  Saving you £9.24 (105.60%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A group of medical students devise a deadly game: to see which one of them can commit the perfect murder.

• The Bounty | DVD | (04/03/2002) from £11.98   |  Saving you £-3.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Bounty is the third screen version of one of the best-known stories in naval history, here with Anthony Hopkins as Lieutenant William Bligh and Mel Gibson as Fletcher Christian heading an extraordinary cast including Laurence Olivier, Edward Fox, Daniel Day-Lewis, Liam Neeson, Bernard Hill and Dexter Fletcher. HMS Bounty's voyage to Tahiti of 1787-9 and its infamous consequences are recounted with far greater historical accuracy than in the 1935 or 1962 Mutiny on the Bounty. The movie is gorgeously shot on location in Tahiti, England and New Zealand as well as on a full-size recreation of the original Bounty. Roger Donaldson's film benefits from a literate screenplay by Robert Bolt, who here as in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), brings real insight into the English institutional mind in conflict. Hopkins is at his complex best and Gibson offers more depth than his usual two-dimensional hero persona; here Bligh and Christian emerge as complex men gripped by circumstances beyond their control. The haunting score by Vangelis contributes immensely to a very underrated film which deserves to be considered a modern classic. On the DVD: There is an excellent 52-minute "making of" documentary that mixes historical information with on-location interviews. A 12-minute overview of previous screen versions of the story is narrated by the film's historical consultant, Stephen Walters, who also provides a somewhat stilted but nevertheless informative audio commentary. The second audio commentary is from director Roger Donaldson, Producer Bernie Williams and Production Designer John Graysmark, who genuinely appear to enjoy reminiscing and have real enthusiasm for the movie. Also included is a fascinating 28-page booklet. This is the stuff Special Editions should always be made of, and this would be one of the finest DVDs on the market were it not for the transfer of the film itself, which appears to be a reprocessed version of the same NTSC anamorphic 2.35:1 transfer found on the bare-bones Region 1 DVD, with no sign of PAL speed-up. The picture not only shows considerable grain in some scenes, but also demonstrates marked compression artefacting and enhancement shimmer on all horizontal lines, making some scenes extremely ugly. For such a beautiful film it is a most disappointing transition to the digital format. Most unusually for a UK release, the disc is region free.--Gary S Dalkin

• Mel Lewis & His Big Band | DVD | (25/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £23.99

  Jazz icon Mel Lewis represents what American Big Band is all about. Giving his players the creative and expansive freedom to solo Lewis is known for his unselfish and innovative approach to big band music and his ability to make a big band swing like a Bebop quartet. In this exclusive live DVD concert performance Grammy award winner Mel Lewis leads his top-flight 19-piece band with Joe Lovano Dick Oatts Gary Smulyan and Ralph Lalama. Song Selections include Little Pixie I'm Getting Sentimental Over You I Get A Kick Over You I Wanna Be Happyand Ding Dong Ding.

• The Dick Cavett Show - Comic Legends | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £13.65   |  Saving you £4.34 (31.79%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Before there was Dick Cavett the talk show host there was Dick Cavett the comedian. Cavett's early career as a writer for Jack Paar and Johnny Carson naturally led him into the world of stand-up comedy where his contemporaries were the likes of Woody Allen and Bill Cosby. Cavett would later welcome both to The Dick Cavett Show. Cavett's comedian guests were by no means limited to his contemporaries. Cavett developed warm personal relationships with people like Groucho Marx Bob Hope and Jack Benny. These great raconteurs and storytellers had some of their finest moments in Cavett's studio where they found a unique forum that didn't necessarily require them to be funny. But of course they simply couldn't be anything else. On this fantastic four disc box set we feature 12 episodes of this timeless show featuring some of the biggest legends in American comedy featuring: Woody Allen Lucille Ball Jack Benny Carol Burnett Mel Brooks George Burns Bill Cosby Bob Hope Jerry Lewis Groucho Marks The Smothers Brothers plus an all new interview with Dick himself.

• Shadow Of Doubt | DVD | (28/10/2002) from £5.44   |  Saving you £0.55 (10.11%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In A World Of Lies Nothing Is More Dangerous Than The Truth. When the daughter of a billionaire philanthropist is murdered in a rough sex romp gone bad District Attorney Jack Campioni (Tom Berenger) is quick to indict an up-and-coming rap artist. Fresh off the acquittal of Councilman Steven Mayer (John Ritter) high-profile defense attorney Kitt Devereaux (Melanie Griffith) comes to the aid of the young rapper. Teaming with investigator Al Gordon (Huey Lewis) Devereaux finds herself up against unexpected dangerous forces including one of the city's most politically ambitious families. Blindsided at every turn Devereaux offers herself up as bait - and in the end discovers that behind every conspiracy theory lies a grain of truth.

• Risk | DVD | (16/07/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The world of insurance hasn't exactly inspired a wealth of memorable cinema, but Australian film Risk is a feisty, funny, clever and, yes, insurance-related movie. Drawing on a range of cinematic themes (good cop/bad cop, the young newcomer and his guiding light, a love triangle) the film offers a fresh insight by virtue of its unusual setting. Ben Madigen (Tom Long) finds himself working in the business by default and is soon taken under the wing of the charismatic John Kreisky (Brown). While trying to undertake his job without compromising his principles, Madigen is unwittingly lured into a scam by Kreisky and his girlfriend, lawyer Louise Roncaldi (Claudia Karvan). The burgeoning and later unravelling relationship between the three is the film's key story, as Long finds himself torn between the other two. Brown is excellent as the scheming Kreisky, once again proving that his failure to move into a more major acting league is little short of baffling--but then, this type of imaginative film offers him more scope than Cocktail or FX ever could and serves as a welcome advertisement for the growing Australian movie industry. This is a highly intelligent film that keeps its plot-cards closely to its chest, keeping the viewer guessing throughout. On the DVD: the usual scene selection is coupled with the trailer, which presents the film (slightly misleadingly) in pulsating, high-action tones. The "making of" featurette offers the viewer an insight into not very much happening (look, there's a man pushing something) and gives the cast an opportunity to take themselves a little too seriously. --Phil Udell

• Clark Terry Quintet - 1985/Shorty Rogers And His Giants - 1962 | DVD | (01/03/2008) from £9.72   |  Saving you £0.53 (6.26%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Track Listing: Clark Terry Quintet: 1. In a Mellow Tone 2. Mood Indigo 3. Just Squeeze Me 4. God Bless the Child 5. Satin Doll 6. Lady Be Good Shorty Rogers And His Giants 7. Introduction/Greensleeves 8. Time Was 9. Martians Go Home 10. The Outsider 11. Martian Bossa Nova 12. I'm Gonna Go Fishin' 13. Time Was

• Happy Death Day | Blu Ray | (08/02/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Fourteen Weddings and a Divorce | DVD | (14/05/2012) from £6.73   |  Saving you £3.26 (32.60%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Like any modern family the British royal family has had its fair share of turmoil, the only difference is, it’s all reported in the media and is the business of the whole world. Not a day goes by without some news of the royals; their image is most popularly encapsulated around the world in the powerful pictures of royal weddings and funerals, punctuated on a continuous basis by gossip and scandal. Chronicling the romantic life of Britain's royal family in the 20th century, this DVD includes archive film footage, photographs, personal accounts, and interviews and tells the true stories of royal love and marriage. Highlights include accounts of the Duke of Windsor's abdication of the throne to marry an American divorcee, Mrs. Simpson, the celebrated wedding of Prince Charles and Diana, and their bitter divorce which saddened the nation and the world.This documentary explores the history of royal marriages in the twentieth century and asks what next for a royal family increasingly battered by pressures from all sides.

• Guilty As Charged | DVD | (15/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

• Verdi: Un Ballo In Maschera | Blu Ray | (03/06/2013) from £23.57   |  Saving you £6.42 (21.40%)   |  RRP £29.99

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• Cruel Intentions 3 | DVD | (07/06/2010) from £8.07   |  Saving you £1.92 (19.20%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When their malicious wager to seduce and abandon two trusting coeds ends in a draw Jason (Nathan Wetherington) and Patrick (Kerr Smith) - the two most amoral students at Prestridge College - set their sights on the ultimate prize: Cassie Merteuil (Kristina Anapau) a woman so cold and calculating she takes sexual manipulation to a whole new level of pleasure and pain!

• Guilty as Charged | DVD | (30/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

• Guilty As Charged | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In the dead of the night a lone soldier runs for his life. In a blind panic he stumbles and falls. His pursuers move in for the kill. No mercy. But this isn't war it's murder... a U.S. Soldier gunned down by his own for breaking the rules. Shipped to the military's Fort Chaney to investigate the killing undercover specialist John Murphy (Antonio Sabato Jr.) masquerades as a new recruit and joins an elite squad under the command of Colonel Straus (James Remar). It's not long before Murphy realises it's the fanatical Straus and his platoon who are judge jury and executioner in the trial of any soldier who steps out of line. But just as he's about to make the bust Murphy's cover is blown. For his betrayal he's sentenced to death by Straus and on the run knows he must kill or be killed...

• Cruel Intentions 3 | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £36.99

• The Bounty | UMD | (01/01/1980) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

• Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts | DVD | (09/08/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A