"Actor: Roland"

• Unpublished Story | DVD | (08/02/2010) from £6.40   |  Saving you £6.59 (102.97%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Richard Greene and Valerie Hobson star in this British wartime spy thriller set in London's Docklands during the Blitz of 1940. War correspondent Bob Randall (Richard Greene) returns to England from Dunkirk with a powerful story of Nazi atrocities committed during the Blitzkrieg - and a stark warning about the traitors who aided the Germans in their conquest of Europe.

• Life And Death of Colonel Blimp, The / A Matter Of Life And Death | DVD | (17/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Two masterpieces of British cinema are paired here--Powell and Pressburger's first Technicolor triumph, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) and their even more ambitious A Matter of Life and Death (1946). Both pictures are transcendent examples of the filmmakers' craft, and remain models of great cinema long after their original wartime propaganda brief has expired. Based on a famously satirical cartoon strip that mocked outmoded attitudes of fair play at a time of "total war", Blimp subsequently became notorious as the film Churchill tried to have banned. Because the War Office objected to the screenplay, they refused to allow P&P's first choice for the role, Laurence Olivier, and the duo cast unknown stage actor Roger Livesey in his place. It is Livesey's sympathetic performance that transforms Clive "Sugar" Candy from an object of satire to one of warm affection, effectively reversing the film's intended message about old-fashioned decency versus wartime pragmatism. Anton Walbrook is a profound presence in a role that mirrored the actor's own plight as a German in Britain, while Deborah Kerr is a living leitmotif in the film, playing no fewer than three distinct but deliberately related roles. Briefed by the Ministry of Information to make a film that would foster Anglo-American relations in the post-war period, the duo, known as "the Archers", came up with A Matter of Life and Death, an extravagant and extraordinary fantasy in which David Niven's downed pilot must justify his continuing existence to a heavenly panel because he has made the mistake of falling in love with an American girl (Kim Hunter) when he really should have been dead. National stereotypes are lampooned as the angelic judges squabble over his fate. In a neat reversal of expectations, the heaven sequences are black and white, while earth is seen in Technicolor. Daring cinematography mixes monochrome and colour, incorporates time-lapse images, and even toys with background "time freezes" 50 years before The Matrix. Roger Livesey and Raymond Massey lead the fine supporting cast. On the DVD: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp and A Matter of Life and Death are presented in reasonably sharp 4:3 ratio with good mono sound. Blimp comes with a 25-minute documentary feature that tells us nothing revelatory about making the film, but has good new interviews with cinematographer Jack Cardiff (then an apprentice) and eloquent admirer Stephen Fry. Text biographies and stills are also included. Life and Death has no extras. --Mark Walker

• Ma Vie Sexuelle | DVD | (26/09/2005) from £44.99   |  Saving you £-29.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Ma Vie Sexuelle is a modern tale of Parisian romance. The film's originality and humour lie in its superb performances for which Mathieu Amalric won a Csar Award for Best Newcomer in his role as Paul. Paul is a fiercely intellectual woman-loving assistant professor at the university of Paris. He became a teacher but hasn't finished his doctorate that would make him a full professor. In this state on a modest salary he lives a half-life waiting to begin what he calls ""his life as a man"". Paul has been dating Esther for ten years. They don't get along in fact they are on the verge of splitting up. Two years ago he had an affair with his best friend's girlfriend. Since he considers it unthinkable to steal his friend's girl the state of his romantic affairs remain much the same way as his professional ones...

• Roland Rat - Rat On The Road | DVD | (15/11/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Roland Rat: Rat On The Road

• Cyrano von Bergerac - Classic Selection | Blu Ray | (05/09/2019) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Encore | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £8.98   |  Saving you £3.00 (42.92%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Three short films based on stories by W. Somerset Maugham. Titles Comprise: The Ant and the Grasshopper Winter Cruise The Gigolo and the Gigolette

• The Endurance | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In August 1914 seasoned British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton embarks on his third excursion into Antarctic territory planning to cross the Antarctic continent on foot--something no other explorer has attempted before. Only a day's journey from his final destination Shackleton's ship The Endurance is trapped in pack-ice where she will remain frozen for the next ten months all throughout the harsh Antarctic winter. With dwindling rations blizzards boredom and illness to contend with and only each other and their faithful sled dogs for company the crew grows restless and Shackleton has his hands full trying to keep the peace on board. A turning point occurs when ice floes finally threaten to crush the ship and the men are forced to take to the lifeboats. Now Shackleton abandoning any remaining notions of completing the mission decides instead to bring back his crew alive at any cost even though the nearest outpost of civilization is on an island 800 miles away. Historic film clips of The Endurance shot by expedition photographer Frank Hurley new colour footage of the eerily beautiful Antarctic landscape as well as commentary by surviving family members and narration by Liam Neeson all combine to make watching this documentary a gripping experience.

• Ooh... You Are Awful! | DVD | (24/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  After cheating the Mafia out of a fortune comedy conman Dick Emery trusts his partner to stash the loot in a Swiss bank. As the number of the account is tattooed on the rear of one of his girlfriends a cheeky undercover operation begins. The bottom line is to photograph the evidence for posterity or he'll make a complete ass of himself. And Dick Emery butting in with all his other impersonations could mean another bum rap!

• Artemis '81 | DVD | (09/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Gideon Harlax a successful young novelist of the paranormal and unexplained thinks he has found the material for a new book. But as Gideon coldly exploits human tragedies angry powers from mans ancient past are gathering.

• Randall And Hopkirk Deceased - Complete | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £69.99

  The twist of private-eye show Randall & Hopkirk Deceased is that in the first episode, gumshoe Marty Hopkirk (Kenneth Cope) is killed off by the villains, only to pop up in an immaculate white suit as a ghost visible only to his hardboiled partner Jeff Randall (Mike Pratt). In theory, the supernatural streak--which meant a complex set of rules about Marty's appearances and effects on the physical world--should lead the show into wilder territory, but most episodes squander the team's unique abilities on ordinary cases about blackmail and murder-for-profit. A persistent subplot has the living Jeff getting cosy with the dead Marty's widow Jean (Annette Andre) to the discomfort of her late husband. The elementary effects and the nice underplaying of the leads have a certain period charm, and the show could afford a high calibre of special guest villains and dolly birds. A 1990s remake with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer hasn't obliterated memories of the original. --Kim Newman

• Islands In The Stream | DVD | (27/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  George C. Scott plays Thomas Hudson a sculptor whose self-imposed isolation in the Bahamas is ended by two forces; the visit of his sons and the outbreak of World War II... The film is touching in its details of a father's love and heroic in its defiance of tyranny based on the posthumous novel 'Papa' by Ernest Hemingway.

• Flash Gordon Space Soldiers - Vol. 1 - Episodes 1 To 6 | DVD | (13/10/2003) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-25.00 (-501.00%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Planet Mongo breaks out of its orbit and is sent hurtling on a collision course with Earth. Renowned scientist Dr Zarkov builds a rocket in order to investigate the impending disaster at close quarters. He is joined on his mission by Flash Gordon and Dale Arden who have recently survived a plane crash and the three soon find there is more to planet Mongo than originally thought not least the evil ruler Emperor Ming. Based on the original Flash Gordon comic strip series Space sold

• Ealing Classics DVD Collection - Went The Day Well?/Dead Of Night/Nicholas Nickleby/Scott of the Antarctic | DVD | (08/09/2003) from £28.56   |  Saving you £6.43 (22.51%)   |  RRP £34.99

  While horror conventions may change from generation to generation, there are ideas that will scare us no matter what time period we inhabit. Dead of Night is a classic horror anthology that effectively plays on those timeless fears. Mervyn Johns stars as a man who has been summoned to a house with a group of strangers he has never met but has seen in his dreams. As they convene, he predicts certain events will happen as they do in his dreams and when they do, the other guests relate their own experiences with the supernatural, including tales of a possessed mirror, a sinister ventriloquist's dummy and an eerie premonition of death. Throughout the group meeting, the protagonist fears something horrible will happen to him and we are left to wonder what it might be. The film's final, revelatory sequence offers an unexpectedly horrific surprise. It may have been made in 1945 but Dead of Night is still spooky. --Bryan Reesman

• La Clemenza Di Tito - Mozart | DVD | (03/01/2006) from £4.99   |  Saving you £25.00 (501.00%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Commissioned for the coronation of Leopold II in Prague Mozart's last opera is a deep humane reflection on relationships power and forgiveness. With the composition of some of the most beautiful passages in his oeuvre Mozart has succeeded in giving this opera seria both a noble sobriety and transparent instrumentation to which this commanding production by the Hermann partnership does full justice on all levels. Susan Graham's most extraordinary Sesto and Christoph Pregardien's Superb Tito set the standard for this riveting Opera National de Paris Performance conducted by the outstanding Sylvain Cambreling.

• Mae West - Screen Goddess Boxset | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £44.95   |  Saving you £5.04 (10.10%)   |  RRP £49.99

• Maitresse | DVD | (28/07/2003) from £19.79   |  Saving you £0.20 (1.01%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Originally rejected outright by the BBFC in 1976 and then released with nearly 5 minutes of cuts in 1981 Maitresse is now finally released uncut on DVD. Bulle Ogier plays a professional dominatrix who indulges in a conventional romance with Gerard Depardieu on the ground floor but satisfies more demanding clients in her 'dungeon'. Director Barbet Schroeder apparently cast genuine masochists in this wickedly funny fable on the foibles of sex and love...

• To Each His Own - Digitally Remastered | DVD | (07/03/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Josephine Norris (Olivia de Havilland) volunteers for a fire watch with Lord Desham (Ronald Culver) on the rooftops of London during the Blitz. When Lord Desham is nearly killed during the air raid the ageing pair reminisce over the lost loves of their youth. Josephine recalls her first and only love affair with World War I fighter pilot Captain Bart Cosgrove (John Lund). Their whirlwind romance during a fundraising tour for the American war effort lasts only a few days but when Captain Cosgrove returns to the front Josephine finds herself pregnant with an illegitimate child in an American backwater town. When she learns of Captain Cosgrove's death in action Josephine realises that she can never marry the father of her child so she decides to contrive an adoption of the child to herself. But fate plays its own hand...

• The Hairdresser's Husband | DVD | (25/09/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  At the age of 12 Antoine's life is dominated by twin passions dancing to Arabic music and getting his hair cut by the voluptuous middle-aged local hairdresser who inadvertently provides him with his first experience of the opposite sex. Antoine reaches middle age with his passion undiminished: upon meeting shy hairdresser Mathilde he is so taken by her that he proposes marriage. She accepts and he moves into her salon where they pursue their romance with an intensity that blinds them to the mundane realities of the outside world.

• Cabo Blanco / U.S. Marshall | DVD | (01/03/2000) from £31.84   |  Saving you £-27.85 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Special Double Feature: CABO BLANCO Gifford Hoyt expatriate American marlin fisherman and owner of the Club El Alto has come to Cabo Blanco to escape the world and its worries. But with the arrival of a British ship and a beautiful French widow Marie DeVries who is in search of the fate of her husband there is an ever menacing presence of ex-Nazi Gunther Beckdorff that combines to throw the sleepy fishing village into a climax of explosive action and adventure. U.S. MA

• The Pallisers - Vol. 4 - Episodes 21 To 26 | DVD | (13/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Set in the palatial country houses and grand Mayfair salons of mid-Victorian England The Pallisers is a wonderful saga of wealth passion power intrigue and scandal. Lady Glencora has caused political trouble for Plantagenet but he refuses to blame her. Once again he places his loyalty to her above his political ambition Gerald is sent down from school and Silverbridge reveals shocking news about his political views. Glencora tries valiantly to keep her promise to her daughter Mar