"Actor: Paul Donnelly"

• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £7.11   |  Saving you £4.88 (68.64%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Dating from 1969, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid has never lost its popularity or its unusual appeal as a star-driven Western that tinkers with the genre's conventions and comes up with something both terrifically entertaining and--typical of its period--a tad paranoid. Paul Newman plays the legendary outlaw Butch Cassidy as an eternal optimist and self-styled visionary, conjuring dreams of banks just ripe for the picking all over the world. Robert Redford is his more level-headed partner, the sharp-shooting Sundance Kid. The film, written by William Goldman (The Princess Bride) and directed by George Roy Hill (The Sting), basically begins as a freewheeling story about robbing trains but soon becomes a chase as a relentless posse--always seen at a great distance like some remote authority--forces Butch and Sundance into the hills and, finally, Bolivia. Weakened a little by feel-good inclinations (a scene involving bicycle tricks and the song "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" is sort of Hollywood flower power), the film maintains an interesting tautness, and the chemistry between Redford and Newman is rare. (A factoid: Newman first offered the Sundance part to Jack Lemmon.) --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com On the DVD: This anamorphic widescreen print of the 2.35:1 Panavision original looks marvellously crisp, highlighting the sepia tinting and washed-out, over-exposed look of the film nicely and making the best of the deep focus cinematography. The mono soundtrack sounds clean and clear in Dolby 2.0. The commentary track is hosted by documentary-maker Robert Crawford with contributions from George Roy Hill, cinematographer Conrad Hall, and lyricist Hal David (who chips in during the "Raindrops" sequence). The 40-minute documentary dates from 1968 and is narrated by director Hill, who talks in detail about the making-of process, comments on his relationship with the three principals (Katharine Ross was the difficult one apparently), and adds little nuggets such as how they sprayed the bull's testicles to make him charge at the end of the bicycle scene. Also included are a series of absorbing 1994 interviews with all the main players: Newman, Redford, Ross, writer William Goldman, and composer Burt Bacharach. Trailers, Production Notes and an Alternate Credit Roll complete an attractive package. --Mark Walker

• A New Breed of Criminal | DVD | (11/09/2023) from £3.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Inspired by Stephen Sayers' rise from the backstreets of Newcastle's West End to the top of the criminal ladder and the authorities subsequent attempt to bring him crashing back down again.

• L.I.E. | DVD | (28/04/2003) from £7.09   |  Saving you £12.90 (181.95%)   |  RRP £19.99

  "12 and Holding" explores the complexities of children losing their innocence and adults struggling to guide them.

• Wasted | DVD | (25/06/2012) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Wasted is an uncompromising film about two young lovers, Connor and Suzanne, thrown together by fate as children, they share a secret that will bind them together for life. The story follows them as they reconnect after many years apart . It is a picture of love and its pitiable fate. An unforgettable and moving story of two young people who cling to each other for hope and survival.

• Wild About Harry | DVD | (05/08/2002) from £9.96   |  Saving you £-0.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Brendan Gleeson stars as Harry McKee, a TV celebrity, a drunk, and an unfaithful slob. But the night before his wife is to divorce him Harry is attacked and wakes up with no memory beyond being 18. Will Harry be able to get it right second time around?

• Metal Shifters | DVD | (02/04/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  It travelled millions of light years through space before colliding with a Soviet satellite and crashing into rural Redeemer, Idaho. Now an alien bacterium that transforms steel objects into furious killing machines has infected the local scrapyard. Can a local contractor (Kavan Smith of Stargate: Atlantis and The 4400) and his estranged ex-girlfriend (Nicole de Boer of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and CUBE ) find a way to stop a heavy metal monster from tearing a path of biological and mechanical destruction through small-town America?Chris Gauthier (Eureka), Paul McGillion (Stargate: Atlantis) and Donnelly Rhodes (Battlestar Galactica) co-star in this SYFY ORIGINAL blast of mayhem from the creators of SNAKEHEAD TERROR, ICE QUAKE, SOLAR ATTACK and STONEHENGE APOCALYPSE!

• Parts - The Clonus Horror | DVD | (05/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Parts is the story of a man and a woman in love in a place full of lies deception death and danger. It is a story of a place called Clonus where nothing occurs by chance and everyone will die by the horror of freezing to be used later for their body parts. It is the story of the accidental love affair of Richard and Lena who are unwitting clones not people and of the doctors and guides and their lies and surveillance. But most of all it is the story of Richard who uncovers the truth and plots to escape. Parts is a film involving the realities of today's miracle science with the drama and shock of a horror thriller It is the story of what happens when science and nightmare merge.