"Actor: Patrick"

• Walk The Line | DVD | (29/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days to his rise to fame.

• Moby Dick | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £6.96   |  Saving you £6.03 (86.64%)   |  RRP £12.99

  With stunning action special effects this is an exhilarating retelling of the greatest sea-faring adventure classic of all time....

• A Christmas Carol | DVD | (22/11/2004) from £10.71   |  Saving you £2.28 (21.29%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Standing out in the crowded field of screen adaptations of the classic Dickens novel A Christmas Carol is hard to do, but this version pulls it off. When a transparent Jacob Marley walks through Ebenezer Scrooge's apartment door, you know you're seeing something both timeless and contemporary. Other strategically placed special effects--a funnel cloud that transports Scrooge and the ghost of Christmas present, the hollow spectre of Christmas future--keep you riveted without slipping into anachronism. But, as good as the technology is, the performances are what really power this 93-minute television interpretation. Patrick Stewart brings a depth to Scrooge that allows the character to go beyond the cartoonish qualities that have made him a Christmas mainstay. That doesn't mean he's any less heartless with his hapless employee Bob Cratchit (Richard E. Grant) or any less dismissive of his well-meaning nephew. A frail-looking Joel Grey makes an excellent ghost of Christmas past, and a superb cast ably fill the remaining roles. Director David Jones, shooting on location in England and at Ealing Studios, has achieved a balance of science and sentiment that will help this version hold up for many years to come. --Kimberly Heinrichs

• Joseph - King Of Dreams / Prince Of Egypt | DVD | (01/09/2014) from £12.97   |  Saving you £10.01 (100.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Joseph - King Of Dreams (Dir. Robert C. Ramirez 2000): This animated charmer is the biblical story of Joseph retold in fascinating bright colors and the magic of song. Joseph's amazing talent of foretelling the future as revealed to him in dreams lands him a job with the pharaoh of Egypt whom he protects from disaster. Soon however he is cast back into the presence of his jealous brothers who threw him out in the first place. Prince Of Egypt (Dirs. Brenda Chapman / Steve Hickner / Simon Wells 1999): An epic adventure and a milestone in cinematic achievement 'The Prince Of Egypt' has captivated movie audiences the world over becoming one of the top animated films of all time. Unparalleled artistry and powerful Academy Award - winning music bringing this beloved story to life as never before with unforgettable characters voiced by a roster of stars impressive as any ever assembled for a future film. This is the extraordinary tale of two brothers one born of royal blood one an orphan with a secret past. Growing up the best of friends they share a strong bond of free-spirited youth and good-natured rivalry. But the truth will ultimately set them at odds as one becomes the ruler of the most powerful empire on earth the other the chosen leader of his people. Their final confrontation will forever change their lives - and the world.

• The X Files: Existence | DVD | (05/11/2001) from £6.55   |  Saving you £9.44 (59.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The pretentiously titled Existence is another two-part X-Files yarn glued together to make a feature-length episode. Here the story concerns the birth of Scully's perhaps-alien-tinged child and proves the old maxim that you should stop watching any series when the characters start having babies. By now, newbie Robert Patrick is settled into the role of Agent Doggett, Scully's new partner on the X-Files, but David Duchovny's contract negotiations have enabled Fox Mulder, no longer in the FBI, to come back and hang about the delivery, clashing and then bonding with his replacement. The action content comes from a mild-mannered alien abductee transformed into an unstoppable killing machine, ripping through everything as he tries to prevent the upcoming nativity for reasons that (as ever) don't quite become clear. Also in the support cast are semi-regular Nicholas Lea as lurking plot-explaining conspirator Alex Krycek, and the more welcome Annabeth Gish, whose interestingly spiritual Agent Monica Reyes is being worked up as a replacement for Scully when Gillian Anderson gets out of her contract. Weirdly, The X-Files is in pretty good shape for a show that's been running this long--the performances and the direction are still strong, and outside the "continuing story" shows individual episodes hold up well. But this dreary muddle of running about (plus the odd decapitation) and agonised rumination (blathery philosophical musings about the miracle of life and childbirth) does not represent the series' strengths, suggesting that the best thing that could happen would be to get shot of the long-time stars and their played-out characters to make room for a revitalised show starring Patrick and Gish. On the DVD: The full-screen print, with the extra detail of the DVD image and Dolby Digital, allow you to pick up a lot more than from the murky telecasts. "Alex Krycek Revealed" Parts 1 and 2, a couple of character profiles, turn out to be very snippet-like Fox TV promo pieces, with some interview footage and behind-the-scenes stuff amid the usual teaser clips.--Kim Newman

• Mafia | DVD | (29/04/2013) from £2.29   |  Saving you £13.70 (85.70%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Be Careful Who You Trust... Striving to fulfil his obsessions with power and money, criminal boss Renzo (Ving Rhames- Pulp Fiction, Mission Impossible 1-4) and his gang wreak havoc across the streets, leaving the bodies of anyone who crosses them in their stead. Hot in pursuit, and on a mission for revenge is Detective Womack (Pam Grier Jackie Brown) who will stop at nothing to bring these thugs to justice - even if it means breaking the law. But as the net closes in on Renzo, his hunger for ...

• America's Sweethearts / Sleepless In Seattle / Dirty Dancing | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  America's Sweethearts: Gwen (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Eddie (John Cusack) are America's Sweethearts two wildly popular celebrities who share their love on and off the screen in this farcical romantic comedy. A messy breakup sends Eddie to a New Age Hollywood healing center and Gwen into the arms of her current affair a Spanish bohunk short on charm (Hank Azaria). When their relationship troubles begin to threaten their superstar celebrity status and the release of their final film together the studio heads call in legendary press agent Lee Phillips (Billy Crystal) to helm the troubled film's press junket. Julia Roberts costars as Kiki Gwen's personal assistant and sister who has always lived to please her demanding diva sister. Once overweight and severely self-conscious Kiki's life revolves around her sister's ridiculous demands in this send up of ego-driven movie star vanity. Phillips manages to gather the warring superstars together at a remote desert location for the all important press junket where his best laid plans begin to unravel in this hysterical parody of the movie industry replete with neurotic actors eccentric crazed directors (Christopher Walken in a gem of a cameo) maniacal studio heads and gossip-starved press who will do anything or anyone for the next big story. Sleepless In Seattle: Hanks stars as Sam Baldwin a widowed father who thanks to the wiles of his worried son becomes a reluctant guest on a radio call-in show. He's an instant hit with thousands of female listeners who deluge his Seattle home with letters of comfort. Meanwhile inspired in equal parts by Sam's story and by classic Hollywood romance writer Annie Reed (Ryan) becomes convinced that it's her destiny to meet Sam. There are just two problems: Annie's engaged to someone else and Sam doesn't know - yet - that they're made for each other... Dirty Dancing: Summer 1963: during her family's annual summer vacation in the Catskills teenager Baby (Jennifer Grey) meets dance instructor Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze) who sweeps her off her feet. Baby becomes Johnny's dance partner despite her parents' disapproval and now she must decide whether to obey them - or her own heart...

• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe | UMD | (03/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

  CS Lewis's timeless novel comes to life in this big budget adaptation.

• Phenomena | DVD | (24/10/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Italian horror maestro Dario Argento made his name by turning homicide into modern art with a cinematic flourish, but with Phenomena he takes his stylish mayhem in new directions. The film opens with the dreamy grace of a fairy tale: a young girl wandering the green meadows of Switzerland and discovering a gingerbread house, wherein lives a monster more modern than mythic, a psychopathic maniac who plunges the picture into a lush nightmare. Jennifer (Jennifer Connelly in her first starring role), a gifted young girl at a Swiss school, has a psychic link to the insect world and develops a connection with the killer through midnight sleepwalks. With the help of a lonely, wheelchair-bound entomologist (genre stalwart Donald Pleasence, who inflects his sonorous tenor with a gentle Scottish burr) she turns telekinetic detective, which only draws her closer to the killer's lair. The densely plotted story becomes muddled at times (this is the busiest film in Argento's oeuvre) but the lyrical cinematography and gorgeous nocturnal imagery--dreamy sleepwalks, nightmarish murders, hideous horrors that emerge in the dark of night--take on a poetic elegance not seen in his previous work, providing the tale with a kind of dream logic. This is a slasher film reborn as an exquisitely grim fantasy: Jennifer in Argentoland. --Sean Axmaker

• Firewall/The Fugitive | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Firewall (Dir. Richard Loncraine 2006): Jack Stanfield (Harrison Ford) is an average family man in Seattle who heads up the hi-tech security team at his local bank. But following a seemingly trivial case of identity theft Jack's life is turned upside-down when he discovers that his wife (Virginia Madsen) and two kids have been kidnapped. The ransom? A mere $100 million which the kidnappers led by Bill Cox (Paul Bettany) want Jack to obtain for them via his expert computer skills. Initially compliant Jack is soon irked by Cox and his cronies to the point where he decides to risk everything to get his family back and bring the bad guys to justice... The Fugitive (Dir. Andrew Davis 1993): Catch him if you can. The Fugitive if on the run! Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones race through the breathless manhunt movie based on the classic TV series. Ford is prison escapee Dr. Richard Kimble a Chicago surgeon falsely convicted of killing his wife and determined to prove his innocence by leading his pursuers to the one-armed man who actually committed the crime. Jones is Sam Gerard an unrelenting bloodhound of an U.S. Marshal. They are hunted and hunter. The non-stop chase has one exhilarating speed: all out.

• Till The Clouds Roll By | DVD | (21/04/2003) from £4.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  A fascinating and colourful screen biography of Jerome Kern (Robert Walker). It starts with the opening night of his smash hit Showboat and flashes back to his beginnings as an almost penniless songwriter. The film follows his friendship with James I. Hessler and journeys to England where the best songwriters are reputed to be and where he finds his early successes - and the future Mrs Kern (Dorothy Patrick). After some difficult times in the USA he collaborates with Oscar Hammerstein; the result being the classic adaptation of Edna Ferber's Showboat. The picture's grand finale features Frank Sinatra singing Ol' Man River. This is one huge and lavish theatrical feast; great entertainment!

• Better Call Saul - Seasons 01-06 | Blu Ray | (12/12/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The trials and tribulations of criminal lawyer, Saul Goodman, in the time leading up to establishing his strip-mall law office in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

• Whales - An Unforgettable Journey | DVD | (25/02/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Whales lets you experience breathtaking close-up encounters with some of the largest mammals that ever lived. Follow Blue Whales Humpbacks Orcas Right Whales and even Dolphins for a stunning new perspective on these mysterious marine mammoths Whales resonates in an exploding panorama of colour and excitement. Acclaimed by critics as a can't miss film and a dazzling poetic experience.

• How I Met Your Mother Christmas | DVD | (05/11/2012) from £7.30   |  Saving you £3.68 (85.38%)   |  RRP £7.99

  How I met your Mother Christmas Special featuring two laughter-filled, festive episodes from the How I met your Mother collection: How Lily Stole Christmas (Season 2, Episode 11): Ted must find a way to make amends when a fight between him and Lily threatens to ruin everyone's holiday. Three Days of Snow (Season 4, Episode 13): A blizzard hits New York City , threatening a tradition of Marshall and Lily's and leaving Ted and Barney to keep MacLaren's doors open.

• Percy | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Something very vital has been lost! When Edwin Antony (Hywel Bennett) has an accident and wakes up in hospital the last thing he is expecting is to find someone else's 'Percy' down below! Doctors successfully replace his member with that of the dead man but refuse to tell him the full story of the organ's origin. So Edwin begins a search which takes him to the philanderer's wife - and also to his many many girlfriends...

• Princess Diaries 2: Movie Collection | Blu Ray | (15/05/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Avengers : The Definitive Dossier 1968 (Box Set 2) | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Further adventures of the oh so dapper John Steed and his sidekick Tara King. Episodes include: You'll Catch Your Death: In which Steed catches a villain and Tara catches a cold. All Done With Mirrors: In which Steed stays at home and Tara finds her mission illuminating. Legacy Of Death: In which Steed receives a deadly present and Tara gets tickle torture. They Keep Killing Steed: In which Steed makes many appearances and Tara gains a curt ally. Wish You Were Here: In which Steed holds the baby and Tara books in. Killer: In which Steed tracks an assassin and Tara books in. The Rotters: In which Steed knocks on wood and Tara gets the chop. The Interrogators: In which Steed travels by helicopter and Tara has to train.

• Saved By The Bell - Vol. 1 - Three Classic Episodes | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £6.14   |  Saving you £-0.15 (-2.50%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Saved by the Bell is the teen comedy sensation that took America by storm. Starring Elizabeth Berkley Mark Paul Gosselaar Tiffani-Amber Thiessen and Dustin Diamond this hilarious series follows a group of teenagers through their fun-filled days at Bayside High. School heart-throbs Zack the charming schemer and Slater the muscle-bound sports star constantly compete for the attentions of Kelly the prettiest and most popular girl in school. Meanwhile would-be fashion model Lis

• Stephen Sondheim - Sweeny Todd | DVD | (10/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A musical thriller of romance and revenge permiered on Broadway in 1979 it went on to win 8 Tony Awards and is a masterpiece of musical theatre. This recording was done during a 2001 concert staged in San Francisco and the city's Symphony Orchestra provided powerful accompaniment to stars Patti Lupone and George Hearn.

• Disorganised Crime | DVD | (05/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Frank Salazar has cooked up the perfect crime. Enlisting the help of four crooks he plans to rob a bank. But he didn't realise that he could be arrested before the crime over something completely different and neither did the rest of the gang...