"Actor: Ronnie"

• Disney Pixar's Elemental | DVD | (09/10/2023) from £9.15   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Disney and Pixar's "Elemental" is an all-new, original feature film set in Element City, where fire-,water-, land- and air-residents live together. The story introduces Ember, a tough, quick-witted and fiery young woman, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow guy named Wade challenges her beliefs about the world they live in.

• Angela's Ashes | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £7.23   |  Saving you £10.02 (167.84%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In 1935, when it is more common for Irish families to leave their famine-stricken country for America, the impoverished McCourt family do the reverse.

• Twin Town | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £9.78   |  Saving you £6.21 (63.50%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Producer Danny Boyle (Trainspotting) is behind this decadent comedy about a pair of lowlife but oddly intelligent Welsh brothers who generally make a pain of themselves in their small community, but who get serious about exacting revenge for a family tragedy. Director Kevin Allen succeeds at turning the entire film into a jacked-up freak show, with petty terrorism, cops on the take, a young virgin getting it on with a middle-aged creep and a male choir inexplicably singing Mungo Jerry's ancient hit "In the Summertime". Twin Town is loony, nasty stuff all around, but the only good laughs in the movie are top loaded into the first few minutes. After that, it's sheer tedium. --Tom Keogh

• The Best of The Two Ronnies | DVD | (01/10/2001) from £2.97   |  Saving you £10.02 (337.37%)   |  RRP £12.99

  How could there not be a Best of the Two Ronnies? After all, there isn't any worst. The only conceivable gripe anyone could have with this collection is the usual how-could-they-have-left-out-so-and-so problem that is bound to beset a comedy programme of such high quality. However, pretty much every one of the 25 items on this generously filled release is an unmitigated joy. The duo's talent for quickfire wordplay is well to the fore in such sketches as "Nuts Milord", the phonetic "Swedish Lesson" set in a restaurant ("F-U-N-E-X?" "S, V-F-X.") and in the classic "Ice Cream Parlour", in which Corbett's request for cheese and onion ice cream is met with Barker's endless list of alternatives delivered at auctioneer-like speed. They also excel at manipulating the whole concept of how dialogue works, as in "Crossed Lines" (two halves of two different telephone conversations heard at once) and "Mastermind", in which Corbett's special subject is "answering the question before last". All told this is an unmissable collection; so in the words of the St Botolph's Country Dance Group (featured in the wonderful song-and-dance finale), "Sod off, sod off, so doff your hat I pray". On the DVD: The Best of the Two Ronnies on disc is presented in 4:3 TV ratio and also includes artist profiles plus a helpful, stills-driven menu, but no other extras. --Roger Thomas

• The Parent Trap | DVD | (22/01/2001) from £5.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (200.33%)   |  RRP £17.99

  If you were a kid in the early 1960s, then you saw The Parent Trap with Hayley Mills--it's as simple as that. Now Disney has pulled the beloved comedy--about a pair of twins who meet for the first time at summer camp and vow to reunite their long-divorced parents--out of the mothballs and remade it with a decidedly 90s feel. This time, the twins act is performed by newcomer Lindsay Lohan, who plays both Hallie and Annie, who each live with one of their parents (Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson). Adversaries when they first meet at camp, Hallie and Annie become, well, sisters when they figure out that they are siblings. The comedy springs from their efforts to sabotage Dad's impending marriage to the gold-digging Elaine Hendrix, while reintroducing Dad to Mom. Quaid has a nice, loosey-goosey way with slapstick, as does Richardson, who plays a very funny drunk scene. --Marshall Fine

• Twin Town | DVD | (21/08/2023) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Gathering Storm | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £7.19   |  Saving you £6.80 (94.58%)   |  RRP £13.99

  The Gathering Storm is a fictionalised portrayal of Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine during their wilderness years of the 1930s. It deservedly won numerous awards, including an Emmy, BAFTA and Golden Globe in recognition of Albert Finney's wonderful central performance. Equally deserving were those for all aspects of the production design: period wardrobe, set dressing and use of location are equally impressive, apparently ensuring that this production has everything going for it in its depiction of pre-War Britain. The snag is that its restriction to TV movie format, a mere 90 minutes, excludes a lot of historical context that ought not to have been left out. Seeing Churchill's adoration of his wife (Vanessa Redgrave) or the family woes troubling Ralph Wigram (Linus Roache) is all very emotionally dramatic, but it uses precious screen time that might have been better devoted to highlighting the political situation abroad, or indeed the monarchy's situation at home. The enterprise smacks a little too much of sentimental contrivance, lionising Churchill in rose-tinted retrospect. True, some attempt is made to acknowledge the personality traits that excluded him both from office and popularity prior to Germany's re-building, but like so much else pertinent to the machinations of anticipating the war, these are glossed over for familial feel-goodery and button-pushing poignancy. This is a film that's easy to admire, but ought not to be mistaken for well-rounded history. On the DVD: The Gathering Storm doesn't look or sound quite as crisp and clear as you'd hope for a recent TV-movie transfer. That's down to some obvious grain in the picture, and the 2.0 surround audio that tends to lose quieter dialogue moments. There are extensive cast and crew biographies that will no doubt help international viewers place the naggingly familiar British faces. There's also the accumulatively enthusiastic commentary from director Richard Loncraine and producer Frank Doelger, which happily points many of them out. --Paul Tonks

• Disney Pixar's Elemental | Blu Ray | (09/10/2023) from £9.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Disney and Pixar's Elemental is an all-new, original feature film set in Element City, where fire, water, land- and air-residents live together. The story introduces Ember, a tough, quick-witted and fiery young woman, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow guy named Wade challenges her beliefs about the world they live in.

• Tenacious D: The Pick Of Destiny | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jack Black and Kyle Gass set out to retrieve a magical guitar pick in this musical comedy.

• The Complete Open All Hours - Series One-Four | DVD | (12/10/2009) from £15.05   |  Saving you £19.94 (132.49%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Ronnie Barker stars as Arkwright, the tight-fisted stammering shop-keeper, who would rather risk instant amputation than replace his death-trap of a till. A young David Jason plays Granville, Arkwright's ill-fated, over-worked, sexually-frustrated errand boy, while Lynda Baron is Nurse Gladys Emmanuel, the owner of an awesome bosom and an old Morris Minor and is the object of the grocer's undying lust.

• My House In Umbria | DVD | (21/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  An unlikely group of people find solace and friendship after being thrown together in the wake of a terrorist attack.

• Twin Town | Blu Ray | (21/08/2023) from £14.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Bryn Cartwright, a wealthy roofing contractor, Rugby Club Chairman and local kingpin rules the roost until Fatty Lewis, a local handyman, falls off a ladder on a Cartwright job. Bryn refuses to pay compensation. The twins, Fatty's wayward sons, devise a wickedly comic way of getting even and Bryn ends up paying dearly. Representing the thin blue line of the law are Terry and Greyo, two local policemen who employ their own dubious peacekeeping methods as events spiral out of control. Product Features Interview with Morgan Hopkins Interview with Mark Thomas (music composer) Commentary with Morgan Hopkins & Gary Slaymaker

• Star Trek: Discovery - Season Three | DVD | (15/11/2021) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  After following Commander Michael Burnham into a wormhole, the U.S.S. Discovery lands in an unrecognizable world 1,000 years in the future. With Starfleet and the Federation on the brink of collapse due to a catastrophic event known as The Burn, the Discovery crew, with the help of new and mysterious allies Book (David Ajala) and Adira (Blu del Barrio), must uncover what caused The Burn and restore hope to the galaxy. Bonus Features Deleted Scenes Writer's Log: Michelle Paradise Star Trek: Discovery: The Voyage of Season 3 Stunted Being Michael Burnham Kenneth Mitchell: To Boldly Go Bridge Building Gag Reel and more!

• Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band - BLU RAY | Blu Ray | (07/09/2020) from £8.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Inspired by Robertson s 2017 bestselling memoir Testimony, ONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND is a confessional, cautionary, and sometimes humorous tale of Robertson's young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music. The film blends rare archival footage and interviews with many of Robertson's friends and collaborators, including Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, Scorsese, Taj Mahal, Peter Gabriel, David Geffen and Ronnie Hawkins, among others. Includes subtitles for the Hard Of Hearing FEATURING: Robbie Robertson, Martin Scorsese, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Taj Mahal, Jann Wenner, Ronnie Hawkins, Van Morrison, Dominique Robertson

• Going Straight - The Complete Series | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £5.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (116.86%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Winner of two BAFTAs - this sequel to Porridge sees Norman Stanley Fletcher released from jail having served 3 years 8 months and 4 days. Following his release from Slade after numerous spells in prison and at the age of 45 Fletcher tries to stick to the straight and narrow but it isn't easy! Life in the outside world is just not the same as it used to be...

• Porridge Series 1-3 and Christmas Specials (repackaged) | DVD | (31/10/2011) from £9.50   |  Saving you £30.49 (320.95%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Norman Stanley Fletcher... you are an habitual criminal who accepts arrest as an occupational hazard and presumably accepts imprisonment in the same casual manner... 'Fletch', sentenced to a five year stretch at HM Prison Slade in darkest Cumbria, is determined to keep his head down, do his time and not let the b******s grind him down. But it's not so simple when you're an old lag. His naive cell-mate Lenny Godber needs to learn the ropes, skives and scams; evil Prison Officer Mr Mackay can't be allowed to run things his own way and warden Mr Barrowclough is just too weak-willed not to have his good-nature exploited…

• Flight 666: Documentary | Blu Ray | (25/05/2009) from £16.35   |  Saving you £11.64 (71.19%)   |  RRP £27.99

  What happens when you take a legendary British metal band a customised Boeing 757 12 tons of music and stage equipment a film crew and fly them to 13 countries in 45 days? You get Flight 666- a full length documentary charting the Iron Maiden's ambitious 2008 Somewhere Back In Time World Tour. With lead singer Bruce Air-raid Siren Dickinson piloting 'ED FORCE ONE' Maiden played some of their classic early material to nearly half a million rabid fans worldwide. Watch concert footage and behind the scenes action from aboard the Maiden jet with this fantastic Blu-ray package! Tracklisting: 1. Iron Maiden: Flight 666 2. Churchill's Speech / Aces High (Live In Mumbai 1/2/08) 3. 2 Minutes To Midnight (Live In Melbourne 7/2/08) 4. Revelations (Live In Sydney 9/2/08) 5. The Trooper (Live In Tokyo 16/2/08) 6. Wasted Years (Live In Monterrey 22/2/08) 7. The Number Of The Beast (Live In Los Angeles 19/2/08) 8. Can I Play With Madness (Live In Mexico City 24/2/08) 9. Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (Live In New Jersey 14/3/08) 10. Powerslave (Live In San Jose 26/2/08) 11. Heaven Can Wait (Live In Sao Paulo 2/3/08) 12. Run To The Hills (Live In Bogota 28/2/08) 13. Fear Of The Dark (Live In Buenos Aires 7/3/08) 14. Iron Maiden (Live In Santiago 9/3/08) 15. Moonchild (Live In San Juan 12/3/08) 16. The Clairvoyant (Live In Curitiba 4/3/08) 17. Hallowed Be Thy Name (Live In Toronto 16/3/08)

• Star Trek: Discovery - Season Three | Blu Ray | (15/11/2021) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  After following Commander Michael Burnham into a wormhole, the U.S.S. Discovery lands in an unrecognizable world 1,000 years in the future. With Starfleet and the Federation on the brink of collapse due to a catastrophic event known as The Burn, the Discovery crew, with the help of new and mysterious allies Book (David Ajala) and Adira (Blu del Barrio), must uncover what caused The Burn and restore hope to the galaxy. Bonus Features Deleted Scenes Writer's Log: Michelle Paradise Star Trek: Discovery: The Voyage of Season 3 Stunted Being Michael Burnham Kenneth Mitchell: To Boldly Go Bridge Building Gag Reel and more!

• The Two Ronnies - The Best Of The Two Ronnies - Vol. 2 | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £5.27   |  Saving you £7.72 (146.49%)   |  RRP £12.99

  From 1971 to 1987 and over the course of 12 series and eight specials The Two Ronnie's became one of the great television comedy shows. Millions of viewers lapped up the sketches of doctors' surgeries middle-class parties government ministry broadcasts as well as the regular news headlines Ronnie Corbett monologues Ronnie Barker word-play sketches and fabulous comic songs. This selection features some of the best of these including: The Short-sighted Optician The Ministry for S

• Sorry! - The Complete Collection | DVD | (04/06/2012) from £21.65   |  Saving you £38.34 (177.09%)   |  RRP £59.99

  Ronnie Corbett (The Two Ronnies) plays Timothy Lumsden, a part specially written for him, and has turned him into one of the best-loved comic figures on British television. Barbara Lott plays his domineering mother to perfection and his long-suffering father is portrayed by William Moore. Marguerite Hardiman features as Timothys sister, Muriel.The problem is a delicate one as Tim still lives at home with his parents. His father, who has long since retreated into a world of his own, is not a threat to Timothy, but his mother the domineering, interfering kind has to be viewed more seriously.The trouble is that she simply refuses to recognise the fact that her son is no longer a little boy, but rather a grown man despite his diminutive stature with perfectly normal, if persistently thwarted, drives and instincts. And not wishing to offend his mother, Timothy usually suffers her seemingly well-meaning intentions. It is obvious that she rules not only the house but also Timothy, through a campaign of sustained, yet subtle (and often hilarious), psychological terror tactics!