"Actor: Michael B"

• Doctor Who Collector's Edition - Doctor Who And The Daleks / Daleks Invasion Earth - 2150 AD | DVD | (29/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  In the mid-1960s, with Dalekmania sweeping Britain, BBC TV's Doctor Who materialised on the silver screen. Doctor Who and the Daleks replaced William Hartnell with Peter Cushing and remade the Daleks' TV debut with a much bigger budget in Technicolor and Techniscope. With his two granddaughters, Roberta Tovey and Jennie Linden (and Roy Castle along for comic relief), the Doctor becomes an intermediary in a conflict between the robotic Daleks and angelic Thals on the almost dead world of Skaro. A huge hit on release, the film remains an enjoyable, well-produced family adventure, though somewhat lacking the menace of the TV original. Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD remakes the second Dalek TV serial and finds the Doctor and companions in a ravaged future London where a resistance movement has literally gone underground to fight the Nazi-like alien invaders. Peter Cushing once more makes a kindly, dependable Doctor, though Bernard Cribbins is given a cringe-making comedy routine impersonating a "roboman", and the jazzy soundtrack is wildly out of place. Nevertheless this is a superior sequel, offering lavish production values, better action set-pieces and a higher suspense and fear factor than its predecessor. The best moments remain surprisingly chilling even today. On the DVD: Doctor Who and the Daleks--the first disc--has a fun, very well-made 1995 documentary running 57 minutes and recounting the production of both feature films. Included are interviews with various surviving cast members. There is also an affectionate commentary with Roberta Tovey and Jennie Linden, hosted by Jonathan Southcote, author of The Cult Films of Peter Cushing. Sadly Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD has no substantial extra features, but both discs include the respective trailer, presented anamorphically enhanced, and a DVD-ROM reproduction of the relevant cinema brochure. The mono sound is good and the pin-sharp, vibrantly colourful, anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 transfers are all but flawless, making both films look good as new. --Gary S Dalkin

• The Hills Have Eyes - Limited Edition Steelbook | Blu Ray | (29/09/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  A cross-country road trip takes a deadly turn in this chilling remake of Wes Craven's classic horror film about a stranded family that falls prey to a freakish clan of blood-thirsty mutants in the New Mexico desert. Packed with gut-wrenching gore and heart-stopping suspense The Hills Have Eyes will keep you on the edge of your seat!

• Musicals Collection - Xanadu/Sweet Charity/Thoroughly Modern Millie | DVD | (07/05/2007) from £12.13   |  Saving you £2.86 (19.10%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Xanadu: A look at the future and a loving remembrance of the way things were in the heyday of Hollywood. Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly star in this dazzling musical with score including the hit songs 'Magic' 'I'm Alive' 'All Over The World' 'Suddenly' and the title song 'Xanadu'. Sweet Charity: New York dance hall hostess Charity (Maclaine) who dreams of old-fashioned romance but gives her heart to one undeserving man after another; will she find true love after all? Bob Fosse's dazzling musical based on Neil Simon's smash Broadway hit. Thoroughly Modern Millie: Julie Andrews stars as Millie an innocent country girl who comes to the big city in search of a husband. Along the way she becomes the secretary of the rich and famous Trevor Graydon (John Gavin) befriends the sweet Miss Dorothy (Mary Tyler Moore) fights off white slaver Mrs. Meers (Beatrice Lillie) and hooks up with a lively paper clip salesman Jimmy (James Fox). In the end it takes a rich and nutty jazz baby like Muzzy (Carol Channing) to unravel all these complications give a great party and match up lovers!

• Eagle Has Landed, The / The Ipcress File | DVD | (17/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In the spy-crazed film world of the 1960s, Len Deighton's antihero Harry Palmer burst onto the scene as an antidote to the James Bond films. Here was a British spy who had a working-class accent and horn-rimmed glasses and above all really didn't want to be a spy in the first place. As portrayed by Michael Caine, Palmer was the perfect antithesis to Sean Connery's 007. Unlike that of his globetrotting spy cousin, Palmer's beat is cold, rainy, dreary London, where he spends his days and nights in unheated flats spying on subversives. He does charm one lady, but she's no Pussy Galore, just a civil servant he works with, sent to keep an eye on him. Eventually he's assigned to get to the bottom of the kidnapping and subsequent "brain draining" of a nuclear physicist, all the while being reminded by his superiors that it's this or prison. Things begin to get pretty hairy for Harry. Produced by Harry Saltzman in his spare time between Bond movies, the film also features a haunting score by another Bond veteran, composer John Barry. --Kristian St. Clair, Amazon.com

• Der Schatzgräber | Blu Ray | (08/09/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Moonbase 3 - The Complete Series | DVD | (22/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  From 'Doctor Who' producer Barry Letts and writer Terrance Dicks comes Moonbase 3 originally aired in 1973. The series had two directors Ken Hannam who also directed the 1981 TV version of The Day of the Triffids and Christopher Barry who had directing duties on Doctor Who and The Tripods. Among the stars were British acting stalwart Donald Houston and Ralph Bates star of many Hammer horror films. Moonbase 3 was another groundbreaking piece of science-fiction from the BBC employing James Burke as scientific advisor it was unique in its technical authenticity. Deaprture And Arrival: Dr. Helen Smith becomes concerned over the mental state of one of the pilots Harry Sanders. She expresses her concerns to the base's second in command Michael Lebrun and tries to convince him to get Commander Ransom to remove the pilot from duty. Ransom refuses and assigns Sanders to pilot the Commander's shuttle for a trip to Earth. After an malfunction Sanders cuts the communications link and goes outside the shuttle to make repairs and is thrown into space. When Ransom attempts to pilot the shuttle it explodes. The European agency sends a Welch scientist to take over the station and to investigate the shuttle accident. Behemoth: After a number of mysterious deaths paranoia sets in as the crew begins to believe the deaths are being committed by a 'Moon Monster' living on the surface of the Moon. Achilles Heel: The station's crew suffers from an unusual number of accidents and mistakes. Director Caulder must deal with the problems while trying to operate within his Earth-bound superiors' budgetary limitations. Outsiders: An auditor is sent to Moonbase 3 from the European Headquarters in Brussels to investigate whether or not the cost of operating the base is justified. Director Caulder demands results for the base scientists as Dr. Helen Smith becomes concerned over the stress on the staff especially Steven Partness... Castor And Pollux: An accident leaves Tom Hill stranded in a shuttle between Earth and the Moon. The only person who can save him is Colonel Gararov a Russian cosmonaut. However to rescue Hill Gararov would have to disobey the orders of his superior General Trenkin Commander of the Russian moon base. Viw Of A Dead Planet: The Artic Sun Project proposes to use a nuclear explosion over the Artic thereby melting the ice and creating a Garden of Eden. The project's designer Sir Benjamin Dyce comes to Moonbase 3 in an attempt to stop the program for fear that the explosion can not be contained and it will lead to the extinction of mankind...

• Silver City | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £7.69   |  Saving you £12.30 (159.95%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An unsolved murder and political intrigue unfurl in a small town in Colorado.

• Mallrats | Blu Ray | (13/10/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Black Dynamite | Blu Ray | (16/02/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Chessgame | DVD | (31/12/2099) from £20.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Terence Stamp achieved two career firsts in this six-part espionage drama: the series not only marked his television debut, but also saw the iconic star playing the quintessential Englishman a university don recruited by British intelligence.Based on Anthony Price's acclaimed novels and with scripts from Strangers/Bulman's Murray Smith and Colditz/Secret Army's John Brason, Chessgame sees Stamp as David Audley, a history professor who also heads a small team of counter-intelligence agents. This stylish, intelligent series was first transmitted in six parts and later re-broadcast as a film trilogy. This release comprises the complete series in its original episodic format.The series opens with the discovery of the wreckage of a plane that crashed 27 years ago. The Russians take an interest in its missing cargo, which makes it a priority operation for David Audley and his team. But it seems that the Soviets are willing to kill to keep their secret safe

• Kiss Me Kate | DVD | (24/10/2003) from £19.90   |  Saving you £0.09 (0.45%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A performance of the Cole Porter's musical 'Kiss Me Kate' filmed live at the Victoria Palace Theatre in August 2002. Choreography by Kathleen Marshall.

• The Likely Lads | DVD | (24/12/2007) from £4.49   |  Saving you £15.50 (345.21%)   |  RRP £19.99

  One of the best British sitcoms of all-time, The Likely Lads focuses on the friendship between two working-class men, James Bolam and Rodney Bewes, living in the north east of England.Bob (Bewes) is the 'sensible' one, doing his best to get on with his job and 'better' himself. Terry (Bolam) is the 'irresponsible' one, intent on living life to the full. He's forever getting himself (and Terry) into trouble of one kind or another...Episodes Comprise:1. Entente Cordiale2. Double Date3. Older Women Are More Experienced4. The Suitor5. The Last Of The Big Spenders6. Rocker7. Goodbye To All That

• Bob Monkhouse - An Audience With Bob Monkhouse | DVD | (13/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Join a star-studded audience in an evening of laughter with one of Britain's best-loved quick-fire comedians the late Bob Monkhouse.

• Comedy Collection (Stan Helsing/Big Fat Important Movie/Slammin' Salmon) | DVD | (04/10/2010) from £3.76   |  Saving you £10.49 (419.60%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Titles Comprise: Stan Helsing: In this insane spoof every horror movie ever made comes hilariously to life as slacker Stan and his stoner pals try to deliver videos to a deserted California town on Halloween night. After being stalked by realistic replicas of horror characters Freddy Kruger Pinhead and The Creeper our gang arrives in the small burg which formerly contained a horror movie studio - hence the throngs of freaky familiar characters literally crawling the streets. Our crew of two mischievous guys and two sexy girls outwit and outslash every cinematic horror character - or in the case of Michael Jackson merely horrific - to uncover the town's shocking secret: the studio's still at it making movies of a very ahem different kind. When the creatures won't let our heroes leave Stan decides to live up to his monster-slaying namesake's destiny. But first he must endure a Survivor-style competition: gobbling down body parts! Risqu'' righteous revolting and ridiculous Stan Helsing is more than a slayer - it's totally killer. My Big Fat Important Movie: My Big Fat Independent Movie is a spoof along the lines of Scary Movie and Not Another Teen Movie. It includes parodies of some of the indie film world's most renowned movies such as Memento Pulp Fiction Magnolia My Big Fat Greek Wedding Amelie Run Lola Run El Mariachi The Good Girl Pi Swingers and many others. The Slammin' Salmon: Slammin' Cleon Salmon (Michael Clarke Duncan) the former Heavyweight Champion of the World and current owner of a high-scale Miami restaurant has racked up a sizable gambling debt to a band of Japanese thugs. To help pay off the debt Cleon challenges his oddball waiter staff (the Broken Lizard Comedy Troupe as well as Cobie Smulders and April Bowlby) to a contest where the top-selling server will win 000 while the waiter in last place gets a broken-rib sandwich - courtesy of the Champ himself. Spurred on by greed and panic the staff resort to backstabbing bribery and indecent proposals in an attempt to up sell their patrons while simultaneously sabotaging their co-workers. Will Forte Olivia Munn and Vivica A. Fox co-star in one of the Top 10 Comedies of the Year! (Ryan McKee AOL Moviefone).

• New Jack City | DVD | (23/01/2006) from £19.77   |  Saving you £-2.78 (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  There's a new kind of criminal on the streets - ruthless gangsters who have turned drug trafficking into highly lucrative inner-city corporations and who got a ""New Jack"" way of dress music and culture. There's a new kind of cop too. They're the tough young New Jack cops who grew up on the streets and who alone know how to bring these ruthless mobsters down...

• Rumble Fish | Blu Ray | (02/03/2016) from £31.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The second of Francis Ford Coppola's films based on the popular juvenile novels of S.E. Hinton (the first being The Outsiders), Rumble Fish split critics into opposite camps: those who admired the film for its heavily stylised indulgence, and those who hated it for the very same reason. Whatever the response, it's clearly the work of a maverick director who isn't afraid to push the limits of his innovative talent. Filmed almost entirely in black and white with an occasional dash of color for symbolic effect, this tale of alienated youth centers on gang leader Rusty James (Matt Dillon) and his band of punk pals. Rusty's got a girlfriend (Diane Lane), an older brother named Motorcycle Boy (Mickey Rourke), and a drunken father (Dennis Hopper) who've all given up trying to straighten him out. He's best at making trouble, and he pursues that skill with an enthusiastic flair that eventually catches up with him. But it's not the whacked-out story here that matters--it's the uninhibited verve of Coppola's visual approach, which includes everything from time-lapse clouds to the kind of smoky streets and alleyways that could only exist in the movies. The supporting cast includes a host of fresh faces who went on to thriving careers, including Nicolas Cage, Christopher Penn, Vincent Spano, Laurence Fishburne, and musician Tom Waits. --Jeff Shannon

• David Copperfield | DVD | (09/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Born to a weak but loving mother soon after his father dies David Copperfield is nine years old when his mother Clara marries Mr Murdstone. A cruel man who believes in extreme discipline he has no hesitation in sending David away to school. Shortly after he is sent away Clara dies and Murdstone seizes the opportunity to send him away for good this time into menial labour at a London wine merchants. It is here that David meets the genial Micawber family and his aunt Betsey arrange

• Endless Summer | DVD | (05/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The definitive surf movie, this 1966 documentary by Bruce Brown is beautifully shot and thrilling to see in its portrait of youthful freedom on the world's shores. Brown followed two surfers around the globe in their quest for the perfect wave, finding it eventually on a remote beach far from home. The narration by "Big Kahuna Brown" cuts through the reverence a bit, being cheeky in tone. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Hard Times | DVD | (17/07/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Charles Bronson demonstrates exactly what tough is in this two-fisted action drama about a drifter suddenly caught up in the fight game during The Great Depression. Chaney (Bronson) a down-on-his-luck loner hops on a freight train to New Orleans where on the seedier side of town he tries to make some quick money the only way he knows how - with his fists. Chaney approaches a hustler named Speed (Coburn) and convinces him that he can win big money for them both. Chaney wins a f

• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 6 | DVD | (08/12/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £84.99

  Deep Space Nine's sixth series began ambitiously with a six-part story arc devoted to the Dominion War. This was a brave move in many ways, but a sensible one too. Whereas other SF shows wouldn't commit to showing the impact of war (Babylon 5), here there were numerous visible sacrifices. Characters were frequently kidnapped and held prisoner, allowing screen time for other members of the ever-growing cast (at its peak there were as many as 18 individuals with speaking roles per episode). This year also introduced the idea of Starfleet Intelligence and its sinister Section 31; alliances were built only to crumble almost immediately; Sisko led a suicide mission and at long last his destiny as the Emissary took a serious turn. Amid all this sturm und drang the writers felt it necessary to inject some levity. In fact, there was so much comedic sidetracking this year it actually seemed sometimes as if they were afraid of the series’ dark tone. Witness: Quark undergoing a temporary sex change, leading a Magnificent Seven-style band of Ferengi (with a cameo from Iggy Pop), Morn's non-speaking character being sorely missed, the blend of Troi and Guinan into 60's crooner Vic Fontaine and, in one fan favourite episode ("Far Beyond the Stars"), Sisko having visions of himself and the crew as 1950s staff writers on pulp magazine Incredible Tales. There were also cute reconciliations amongst Worf's extended family (leading to Trek's first cast wedding), and even the revelation of Bashir's genetically enhanced origins quickly became a subject for easy jokes. Any of these events would have been satisfactorily cute if the war had ended and the show had moved on. But confusing the viewer, every so often the battle would be rejoined mid-episode. The clinching proof that no grand design was really at work was in the sudden and brutal dispatch of Dax. Actress Terry Farrell gave sufficient forewarning of having had enough of the show, but specifically asked not to be killed off. Despite all the jarring humour scattered about after the strong opening, the show seemed unable to avoid reverting to shock tactics for its finale. All of which hardly made the promised final year seem a particularly enticing prospect. --Paul Tonks