"Actor: Russell"

• Despicable Me 2 | Blu Ray | (25/11/2013) from £36.55   |  Saving you £-6.56 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Just as Gru starts to adjust to his role as a suburban family man, an ultra-secret organization dedicated to fighting evil around the globe comes knocking. Now, it's up to Gru and his new partner to discover who is responsible for a spectacular crime.

• The Thing Limited Edition | Blu Ray | (23/10/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Director John Carpenter and special makeup effects master Rob Bottin teamed up for this 1982 remake of the 1951 science fiction classic The Thing from Another World, and the result is a mixed blessing. It's got moments of highly effective terror and spine-tingling suspense, but it's mostly a showcase for some of the goriest and most horrifically grotesque makeup effects ever created for a movie. With such highlights as a dog that splits open and blossoms into something indescribably gruesome, this is the kind of movie for die-hard horror fans and anyone who slows down to stare at fatal traffic accidents. On those terms, however, it's hard not to be impressed by the movie's wild and wacky freak show. It all begins when scientists at an arctic research station discover an alien spacecraft under the thick ice, and thaw out the alien body found aboard. What they don't know is that the alien can assume any human form, and before long the scientists can't tell who's real and who's a deadly alien threat. Kurt Russell leads the battle against the terrifying intruder, and the supporting cast includes Richard Masur, Richard Dysart, Donald Moffat, and Wilford Brimley. They're all playing standard characters who are neglected by the mechanistic screenplay (based on the classic sci-fi story "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell), but Carpenter's emphasis is clearly on the gross-out effects and escalating tension. If you've got the stomach for it (and let's face it, there's a big audience for eerie gore), this is a thrill ride you won't want to miss. --Jeff Shannon

• Spider-Man 3 | DVD | (27/08/2018) from £4.90   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) has finally managed to strike a balance between his devotion to M.J. (Kirsten Dunst) and his duties as a superhero. But when his suit suddenly changes, turning jetblack and enhancing his powers, it transforms Peter, bringing out a dark vengeful side that he struggles to control. He must now battle his inner demons as two of the mostfeared villains yet, Sandman (Thomas Haden Church) and Venom (Topher Grace), gather unparalleled power and a thirst for revenge which threatens Peter and everyone he loves. Features: Commentaries

• Russell Howard's Good News - Best of Series 1 | DVD | (15/11/2010) from £5.98   |  Saving you £14.01 (234.28%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Russell Howard's Good News: Best Of Series 1

• Silkwood | DVD | (13/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Like most of the people in her town Karen Silkwood worked at the local nuclear plant producing highly radioactive plutonium. Exposed one day to a lethal dose of radiation Karen faces the blank walls of corporate indifference and denial whilst coming to terms that she will suffer a painful and lingering death as a result of company negligence. As her illness increases her protest grows louder and she becomes an obvious danger to the powers that be. But Karen is too spirited to be silenced and takes on the plant with devasting consequences. Written by Nora Ephorn and with a star studded cast including Oscar winners Meryl Streep Cher and Kurt Russell this is the remarkable and poignant true story of one woman's struggle to tell the truth at all costs.

• New Jack City | DVD | (01/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Some pundits called it a flawed, exploitative action film that glamorised drug dealing and the luxury of a lucrative criminal lifestyle, spawning a trend of films that attracted youth gangs and provoked violence in cinemas. Others hailed it as a breakthrough movie that depicted drug dealers as ruthless, corrupt, and evil, leading dead-end lives that no rational youth would want to emulate. However you interpret it, New Jack City is still one of the first and best films of the 1990s to crack open the underworld of cocaine and peer inside with its eyes wide open. It's also the film that established Wesley Snipes as an actor to watch, with enough charisma to bring an insidious quality of seduction to his role as coke-lord Nino Brown, and enough intelligence to portray a character deluded by his own sense of indestructible power. Director Mario Van Peebles stretched his otherwise-limited talent to bring vivid authenticity and urgency to this crime story, and subplots involving a pair of tenacious cops (Ice-T, Judd Nelson) and a recovering coke addict (Chris Rock) provide additional dramatic tension. Although some critics may hesitate to admit it, New Jack City deserves mention in any serious discussion about African American filmmakers and influential films. --Jeff Shannon

• Robin Hood / Gladiator Double Pack | Blu Ray | (20/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £35.99

  GladiatorA big-budget summer epic with money to burn and a scale worthy of its golden Hollywood predecessors, Ridley Scott's Gladiator is a rousing, grisly, action-packed epic that takes moviemaking back to the Roman Empire via computer-generated visual effects. While not as fluid as the computer work done for, say, Titanic, it's an impressive achievement that will leave you marveling at the glory that was Rome, when you're not marveling at the glory that is Russell Crowe. Starring as the heroic general Maximus, Crowe firmly cements his star status both in terms of screen presence and acting chops, carrying the film on his decidedly non-computer-generated shoulders as he goes from brave general to wounded fugitive to stoic slave to gladiator hero. Gladiator's plot is a whirlwind of faux-Shakespearean machinations of death, betrayal, power plays, and secret identities (with lots of faux-Shakespearean dialogue ladled on to keep the proceedings appropriately "classical"), but it's all briskly shot, edited, and paced with a contemporary sensibility. Even the action scenes, somewhat muted but graphic in terms of implied violence and liberal bloodletting, are shot with a veracity that brings to mind--believe it or not--Saving Private Ryan, even if everyone is wearing a toga. As Crowe's nemesis, the evil emperor Commodus, Joaquin Phoenix chews scenery with authority, whether he's damning Maximus's popularity with the Roman mobs or lusting after his sister Lucilla (beautiful but distant Connie Nielsen); Oliver Reed, in his last role, hits the perfect notes of camp and gravitas as the slave owner who rescues Maximus from death and turns him into a coliseum star. Director Scott's visual flair is abundantly in evidence, with breathtaking shots and beautiful (albeit digital) landscapes, but it's Crowe's star power that will keep you in thrall--he's a true gladiator, worthy of his legendary status. Hail the conquering hero! --Mark Englehart

• Dark Skies | Blu Ray | (05/08/2013) from £18.59   |  Saving you £-0.60 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Dark Skies, the latest box office smash hit nerve-shredder from the producers of Sinister and Insidious ramps up the fear factor, as a family find themselves terrorised by an unknown force.

• Pathfinder | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £4.90   |  Saving you £11.09 (226.33%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A Viking boy is left behind when his clan battles a Native American tribe. Raised by the tribe, he must fight with them when the Norsemen return.

• MacArthur | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £7.25   |  Saving you £2.74 (37.79%)   |  RRP £9.99

  While delivering the farewell address to the students of West Point in 1962 General Douglas MacArthur (Peck) reflects on the events of his life: his achievements as the head of the American forces in the Pacific during World War II his years governing post-war Japan and his final campaign in Korea which lead to clashes with President Harry S. Truman and his subsequent dismissal...

• Table 19 | DVD | (31/07/2017) from £6.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Ex-maid of honour Eloise (Anna Kendrick) - having been relieved of her duties after being unceremoniously dumped by the best man via text - decides to hold her head up high and attend her oldest friend's wedding anyway.

• Broken City | Blu Ray | (24/06/2013) from £3.55   |  Saving you £19.44 (547.61%)   |  RRP £22.99

  When disgraced cop turned private detective Billy Taggart (Mark Wahlberg) is hired by NYC's mayor (Russell Crowe) to tail his wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones), he uncovers a city-wide conspiracy of corruption, sex, and murder.

• Annette | Blu Ray | (10/01/2022) from £13.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  An epic musical on the pitfalls of love, fame and fortune from visionary filmmaker Leos Carax (Holy Motors), starring Adam Driver (Marriage Story) and Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose). The glamorous lives of a seemingly perfect celebrity couple a provocative stand-up comedian and an internationally renowned opera singer take an unexpected turn when their daughter Annette is born with a mysterious gift. An unabashedly unique and unforgettable spectacle, this Cannes Best Director prize winner co-stars Simon Helberg and features an original story and music by Sparks, one of pop's best-loved and most influential cult bands.

• NOAH 3D SUPERSET - MOVIE | Blu Ray | (28/08/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Russell Howard's Good News - Best of Series 2 | DVD | (24/09/2012) from £5.81   |  Saving you £14.18 (244.06%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Russell Howard's Good News is BBC Three's most successful entertainment show. This feature-length DVD brings you the best bits from Series Two together with previously unseen extras. Following the success of the bestselling 'Best of Series One', this DVD brings you Russell's unique take on the world, as he gives the big and the bizarre news topics of the day a refreshingly positive and hilarious spin.

• The Wicker Man | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £16.31   |  Saving you £-2.06 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When a young girl mysteriously disappears Police Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward) travels to a remote island to investigate. But this pastoral community led by the strange Lord Summerisle (a brilliant performance by the legendary Christopher Lee) is not what it seems as the devout Christian detective soon uncovers a secret society of wanton lust and pagan blasphemy. Can Howie now stop the cult's ultimate sacrifice before he himself comes face to face with the horror of the Wicker Man?

• Take Us Home: Leeds United - Season 1 & 2 | DVD | (14/06/2021) from £4.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Take Us Home - Season 1 charts Leeds United's journey through the 2018/19 season. The behind-the-scenes series shows every twist and turn in Marcelo Bielsa's first season in charge at the club, as Leeds push for a return to the Premier League. Academy Award winner and avid Leeds fan Russell Crowe narrates.br/In Take Us Home - Season 2, Leeds United embark on a new season in the Championship, with the mission of going one step better than 2018/19 and securing promotion to the Premier League. Still under the guidance of Marcelo Bielsa, Leeds are once again in the hunt for promotion. And then the world changes.

• Being Human: Complete Series 1-5 | Blu Ray | (08/04/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  They could be any group of 20-somethings sharing a house. But these friends carry their own strange and dark secrets - they each live a supernatural life as a werewolf, a vampire, or a ghost... Though desperate to live as normal young people, their paranormal qualities cast more than just a shadow over their everyday lives. Being human is anything but easy - try holding down a career or dating when there are unwelcome intruders in your supernatural life, power struggles in the underworld and the constant threat of exposure. Over five gripping, witty and sexy series, the housemates battle with their own demons as well as confronting terrifying forces threatening the whole of human society.

• The Thing | Blu Ray | (20/09/2021) from £34.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Exclusive Art by Matt Ferguson Horror-meister John Carpenter (Halloween, Escape from New York) teams Kurt Russell's outstanding performance with incredible visuals to build this chilling version of the classic The Thing. In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Once unfrozen, the form-changing alien wreaks havoc, creates terror and becomes one of them. Collectors Edition Includes 1 x 4K UHD Disc of The Thing (1982) 1 x Blu-Ray Disc of The Thing (2011); 1 x Official Motion Picture Soundtrack Disc by Ennio Morricone 1x Matt Ferguson's The Thing Poster 1x Art Booklet (includes production notes, excerpt of the script, behind the scenes photos, early concepts) Bonus Content Feature Commentary with Director John Carpenter and Kurt Russell John Carpenter's The Thing: Terror Takes Shape Outtakes Theatrical Trailer

• Captain Ron | DVD | (20/07/2004) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When a family decide to sell an 'inherited' boat they decide to sail it to the buyer. But their so called 'captain' turns out to be totally inexperienced in the art of sailing. Captain Ron is a laid back vagabond seaman who skippers the newly inherited yacht of corporate executive Martin Harvey and his family. With his dubious nautical skills Captain Ron leads the Harveys on a wildly amusing ocean voyage all the while driving well-meaning Martin off the deep end.