"Actor: Roger"

• Octopussy | DVD | (20/10/2008) from £5.79   |  Saving you £9.20 (158.89%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Roger Moore was nearing the end of his reign as James Bond when he made Octopussy, and he looks a little worn out. But the movie itself infuses some new blood into the old franchise, with a frisky pace and a pair of sturdy villains. Maud Adams--who'd also been in The Man with the Golden Gun--plays the improbably named Octopussy, while old smoothie Louis Jourdan is her crafty partner in crime. There's an island populated only by women, as well as a fantastic sequence with a hand-to-hand fight on a plane--and on top of a plane. The film even has an extra emotional punch, since this time 007 is not only following the orders of Her Majesty's Secret Service, but he is also exacting a personal revenge: a fellow double-0 agent has been killed. Two Bond films were actually released in 1983 within a few months of each other, as Octopussy was followed by Sean Connery's comeback in Never Say Never Again. The success of both pictures proved that there was still plenty of mileage left in the old licence to kill, though Moore had one more workout--A View to a Kill--before hanging it up. And that title? The franchise had already used up the titles to Ian Fleming's novels, so Octopussy was taken from a lesser-known Fleming short story. --Robert Horton, Amazon.com On the DVD: The high standard of these 007 discs is maintained here, with another extra-packed selection. The "Inside Octopussy" documentary details the making of the movie, which faced competition from Sean Connery's Never Say Never Again, as well as being handicapped by a potentially risible title. The initial story was developed by George Macdonald Fraser, author of the "Flashman" books, whose knowledge of Indian history and locales proved invaluable. Roger Moore prevaricated about signing on as Bond, so American James Brolin was screen-tested instead. The movie also produced the worst accident of the series while filming the train sequence and the stuntman involved was hospitalised for six months. Director John Glen provides a solo commentary that reveals a wealth of technical detail and also that this is one of his favourite Bond movies. Rita Coolidge performs "All Time High", and there are also some storyboard sequences and trailers. --Mark Walker

• Special Branch - Complete 1974 Series | DVD | (02/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The final thirteen episodes of Euston Films crime drama starring George Sewell Patrick Mower and Paul Eddington. One of ITV's top rated programmes in 1974 these episodes feature guest appearances from Dennis Waterman Peter Bowles Rula Lenska and Gareth Thomas in what was to be a forerunner to 'The Sweeney'. Episodes comprise: 1. Double Exposure 2. Catherine the Great 3. Jailbait 4. Stand and Deliver 5. Something About a Soldier 6. Rendezvous 7. Sounds Sinister 8. Entente

• The Persuaders - Complete | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £69.99

  Between heroic spells as the Saint and James Bond, Roger Moore was teamed with Tony Curtis in The Persuaders, a derivative but fun series about a couple of millionaire dilettante adventurers who swan around the world competing for the attention of beautiful women and getting involved in perplexing mysteries. Moore is Lord Brett Sinclair, an upper crust Brit of impeccable breeding, while Curtis is Danny Wilde, an up-from-the-streets self-made man whose trademark is a pair of brown gloves. The allegedly tasteful Brett and the crasser Danny both model a succession of garish early 70s fashions while their pursuits of duplicitous crumpet usually wind up with the women getting away and the heroes stuck with each other. Given all that, this may well be the most blatantly homoerotic of all the buddy television pairings (see the eponymous stars of Starsky and Hutch, Regan and Carter in The Sweeney, Bodie and Doyle of The Professionals) that ran ove! r the screen in the 70s, in which the male leads sublimated their feelings for each other by pulling out their guns and shooting at baddies. --Kim Newman

• Roger Waters - The Wall - Live In Berlin | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Roger Waters and guests perform live in this landmark 1990 concert. Tracklisting: 1. In The Flesh 2. The Thin Ice 3. Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 1 4. The Happiest Days Of Our Lives 5. Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2 6. Mother Goodbye Blue Sky 7. Empty Spaces 8. Young Lust 10. Oh My God - What A Fabulous Room 11. One Of My Turns Don't Leave My Now 12. Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 3 13. Goodbye Cruel World 14. Hey You 15. Is There Anybody Out There? 16. Nobody Home 17. Vera 18. Bring The Boys Back Home 19. Comfortably Numb 20. In The Flesh 21. Run Like Hell 22. Waiting For The Worms & Stop 23. The Trial 24. The Tide Is Turning.

• Mary Higgins Clark - He Sees You While You're Sleeping | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £4.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (100.60%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When high-flying stockbroker Sterling Brooks encounters a little divine intervention on the golf course he is given a second shot at redeeming his selfish existence. The problem is he has to prove his worth to his beautiful ex Annie Campbell (Erika Eleniak) and the feisty young daughter Marissa he never knew he had... Mystery based on the novel by Mary Higgins Clark.

• Echo in the Canyon | Blu Ray | (10/09/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Jour de fête (DVD and Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (29/10/2012) from £13.48   |  Saving you £6.51 (48.29%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The BFI's celebrated Jacques Tati remaster series continues with the world premiere High Definition release of the great director's much-loved debut, Jour de f�te, in not one, but two different versions. This award-winning comic masterpiece introduced audiences to Tati's dazzling blend of satire and slapstick, and has won the hearts of audiences the world over. Tati plays an appealingly inept postman who is intent on modernising the postal system in the depths of rural France. Tati's...

• Rabid | DVD | (07/08/2017) from £14.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One of David Cronenberg's most successful early films, Rabid features porn star Marilyn Chambers as a woman who becomes infected with a virus after an operation. As result she grows a kind of phallus with which she penetrates her victims as she sucks their blood and thus the disease spreads rapidly. The film displays all Cronenberg's usual horrified fascination with the human body and its sexual function. Looking back, it can be read as a kind of parable about AIDS, but it works perfectly well as an effective low-budget shocker. On the DVD: the widescreen image on the DVD is acceptable quality, as is the sound. The fairly routine extras consist of excerpts from a TV interview with Cronenberg, lasting about 10 minutes; a collection of stills from the film; some written notes by horror expert Kim Newman that give useful background, though in part reproduce what is said in the interview; full filmographies for Cronenberg and the three principal performers, including a long list of Chambers' porn credits. --Ed Buscombe

• Endeavour: Series 1-9 | DVD | (27/03/2023) from £99.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Across nine thrilling series, Oxford's finest unravel a collection of unique and thrilling cases, as writer Russell Lewis reveals the hidden and secret history of ENDEAVOUR MORSE.

• Gold | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £4.84   |  Saving you £1.15 (19.20%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Directed by Peter Hunt (On Her Majesty's Secret Service) featuring a score by Elmer Bernstein unique opening credits by Bond optical effects veteran Maurice Binder and gritty performances by Roger Moore and Ray Milland 'Gold' is a superb adaptation of Wilbur Smith's acclaimed novel concerning a group of greed-driven businessmen conspiring to flood a South African gold mine...

• More Ripping Yarns | DVD | (27/10/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Three more rollicking good tales starring Michael Palin in various guises. Written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones. 'The Testing Of Eric Olthwaite' 'Whinfrey's Last Case' and 'The Curse of The Claw'. The Testing of Eric Olthwaite: A Ripping Northern Yarn set in the dark days of the depression before Last of the Summer Wine started bringing jobs to the area. Eric's tough mining parents find their son so boring that they run away from home. Eric torn between love for his parents and lack of brain cells becomes involved with a hardened criminal. The rest is history. Whinfrey's Last Case: Dashing Gerald Whinfrey saves his country twice a week but in 1913 a German plot to start the First World War without telling anybody coincides with his holiday. Where do Whinfrey's priorities lie? Has he got any? A knockout tale of international intrigue. If only Dickens could write like this - Mrs Reg Dickens Eltham. The Curse of the Claw: Gothic terror comes to Maidenhead. A timely reminder of what happens when men dabble in the dark world of oriental superstition. Michael Palin aided by inexpensive plastic surgery plays old and young Kevin as well as Kevin's childhood hero Uncle Jack - an enormously cheerful physical disaster area who has every disease known to man usually at the same time.

• Magnum PI - Seasons 1-4 | DVD | (20/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  Former Naval Intelligence officer Thomas Magnum resigns his commission to become a private investigator on the north shore of Oahu Hawaii. He lands a home in the guest house on the estate of millionaire author Robin Masters in exchange for testing the estate's security but is forced to work under the strict and ever watchful eye of Jonathan Higgins a retired British Army soldier... Featuring 4 seasons of hirsute action-packed antics! Series 1: 1. Don't Eat The Snow In Hawaii (Part 1) 2. Don't Eat The Snow In Hawaii (Part 2) 3. China Doll 4. Thank Heaven For Little Girls And Big Ones Too 5. No Need To Know 6. Skin Deep 7. Never Again Never Again 8. The Ugliest Dog In Hawaii 9. Missing In Action 10. Lest We Forget 11. The Curse Of The King Kamehameha Club 12. Thicker Than Blood 13. All Roads Lead To Floyd 14. Adelaide 15. Don't Say Goodbye 16. The Black Orchid 17. J. ""Digger"" Doyle 18. Beauty Knows No Pain Series 2: 1. Billy Joe Bob 2. Dead Man's Channel 3. The Woman on the Beach 4. From Moscow to Maui 5. Memories Are Forever (1) 6. Memories Are Forever (2) 7. Tropical Madness 8. Wave Goodbye 9. Mad Buck Gibson 10. The Taking of Dick McWilliams 11. The Sixth Position 12. Ghost Writer 13. The Jororo Kill 14. Computer Date 15. Try to Remember 16. Italian Ice 17. One More Summer 18. Texas Lightning 19. Double Jeopardy 20. The Last Page 21. The Elmo Ziller Story 22. Three Minus Two Series 3: 1. Did You See the Sunrise? (1) 2. Did You See the Sunrise? (2) 3. Ki'is Don't Lie 4. The Eighth Part of the Village 5. Past Tense 6. Black on White 7. Flashback 8. Foiled Again 9. Mr. White Death 10. Mixed Doubles 11. Almost Home 12. Heal Thyself 13. Of Sound Mind 14. The Arrow That is Not Aimed 15. Basket Case 16. Birdman of Budapest 17. I Do? 18. Forty Years From Sand Island 19. Legacy From a Friend 20. Two Birds of a Feather 21. ...By Its Cover 22. The Big Blow 23. Faith and Begorrah Series 4: 1. Home From The Sea 2. Luther Gillis: File #521 3. Smaller Than Life 4. Distant Relative 5. Limited Engagement 6. Letter To A Duchess 7. Squeeze Play 8. A Sense Of Debt 9. The Look 10. Operation: Still Night 11. Jororo Farewell 12. The Case Of The Red-Faced Thespian 13. No More Mr. Nice Guy 14. Rembrandt's Girl 15. Paradise Blues 16. The Return Of Luther Gillis 17. Let The Punishment Fit The Crime 18. Holmes Is Where The Heart IS 19. On Face Value 20. Dream A Little Dream 21. I Witness

• Mission For The Dragon | DVD | (02/09/2002) from £9.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (23.20%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Spectacular martial arts action in a twisted tale of revenge...

• The Who - The Kids Are Alright | DVD | (21/04/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Kids Are Alright celebrates the phenomenon of the Who. More than a retrospective the film is a visual exploration of the great performances and maniacal events that constitute The Who legend. This special edition of the film includes the one musical omission from prior editions of this film: a video version of the classic song The Kids Are Alright. Tracklist of 24 songs includes: My Generation ; I Can't Explain ; Substitute ; Won't Get Fooled Again and many more.

• James Bond Ultimate Collection - Vol. 3 - From Russia With Love/On Her Majesty's Secret Service/Live And Let Die/For Your E | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The third installment of the James Bond Ultimate Collection featuring another quintet of 007's espionage adventures. Titles Comprise: 1. Goldeneye (1995) - Pierce Brosnan 2. For Your Eyes Only (1981) - Roger Moore 3. From Russia With Love (1963) - Sean Connery 4. Live And Let Die (1973) - Roger Moore 5. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) - George Lazenby For synopses and special features please refer to the individual ultimate edition of each film.

• The Adventures Of Pocahontas - Indian Princess | DVD | (15/09/2003) from £8.08   |  Saving you £-0.09 (-1.10%)   |  RRP £7.99

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• The Dead Inside DVD | DVD | (14/10/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A bad night out just got a fair bit worse: it's the end of the world! Something terrible has happened, the undead are out in force, roaming the streets and devouring all who get in their way. A group of soldiers, civilians and teenagers hole up in a local school for protection from the undead hordes outside, but no rescue is coming. Food is running low - morale doubly so, tensions are high and things are looking bad when a stranger arrives outside the gate. Then they get a whole lot worse.

• Circle of Pain | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

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• Dangerous Mind of a Hooligan | Blu Ray | (19/05/2014) from £7.49   |  Saving you £10.50 (140.19%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The creative collaboration of Paul Tanter and Simon Phillips (White Collar Hooligan) brings you this action packed Football hooligan turned bank robber tale.  An exciting chase movie with twists and turns as the police close in on a team of hooligans who have turned their violence onto the scoundrel bankers!

• Wimbledon: 2009 Official Film | DVD | (07/09/2009) from £18.67   |  Saving you £-14.68 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Wimbledon 2009 is the definitive story of the 123rd Championships. In the Men's Singles the defending champion Rafael Nadal dramatically withdrew because of injury leaving Roger Federer the favourite to win his sixth crown. In the Ladies Singles defending champion Venus Williams was also attempting to win her sixth title. Andy Murray carried the hopes of the home nation. In the fourth round against the Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka the Scot came through a five-set epic which ended at 10.38pm under the new Centre Court roof the latest a match has finished at SW19. Serena Williams defeated Russia's Elena Dementieva in the longest ever Ladies Semi Final with the American coming back from the brink of defeat. On July 4th the Ladies Final was an all-American family affair Serena Williams versus her older sister Venus. Serena won her third Wimbledon title and the sisters went on to win the Ladies Doubles title. In the Men's Final Roger Federer secured a record-breaking fifteenth Grand Slam singles title defeating the American Andy Roddick who had beaten Andy Murray in the Semi Finals. In the record books Federer has now surpassed Pete Sampras who was present on the Centre Court for the final. Narrated by Sam Hazeldine written by Barry Flatman and featuring exclusive contributions from Roger Federer Serena Williams Venus Williams Andy Roddick Andy Murray Martina Navratilova Pete Sampras and Rod Laver this documentary is a dramatic and highly entertaining record of the proceedings at The Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon 2009.