"Actor: Russell"

• Big Trouble in Little China -- Two-Disc Special Edition | DVD | (06/05/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Trying to explain the cult appeal of John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China to the uninitiated is no easy task. The plot in a nutshell follows lorry driver Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) into San Francisco's Chinatown, where he's embroiled in street gang warfare over the mythical/magical intentions of would-be god David Lo Pan. There are wire-fu fight scenes, a floating eyeball and monsters from other dimensions. Quite simply it belongs to a genre of its own. Carpenter was drawing on years of chop-socky Eastern cinema tradition, which, at the time of the film's first release in 1986, was regrettably lost on a general audience. Predictably, it bombed. But now that Jackie Chan and Jet Li have made it big in the West, and Hong Kong cinema has spread its influence across Hollywood, it's much, much easier to enjoy this film's happy-go-lucky cocktail of influences. Russell's cocky anti-hero is easy to cheer on as he "experiences some very unreasonable things" blundering from one fight to another, and lusts after the gorgeously green-eyed Kim Cattrall. The script is peppered with countless memorable lines, too ("It's all in the reflexes"). Originally outlined as a sequel to the equally obscure Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension, Big Trouble is a bona fide cult cinema delight. Jack sums up the day's reactions perfectly, "China is here? I don't even know what the Hell that means!". On the DVD: Big Trouble in Little China is released as a special edition two-disc set in its full unedited form. Some real effort has been put into both discs' animated menus, and the film itself is terrific in 2.35:1 and 5.1 (or DTS). The commentary by Carpenter and Russell may not be as fresh as their chat on The Thing, but clearly they both retain an enormous affection for the film. There are eight deleted scenes (some of which are expansions of existing scenes), plus a separate extended ending which was edited out for the right reasons. You'll also find a seven-minute featurette from the time of release, a 13-minute interview with FX guru Richard Edlund, a gallery of 200 photos, 25 pages of production notes and magazine articles from American Cinematographer and Cinefex. Best of all for real entertainment value is a music video with Carpenter and crew (the Coupe de Villes) coping with video FX and 80s hair-dos.--Paul Tonks

• Poseidon | Blu Ray | (19/04/2010) from £15.64   |  Saving you £2.35 (15.03%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A luxury ocean liner capsizes, leaving its survivors to fend for themselves in this remake.

• Silkwood | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  As a tale of self-discovery, Silkwood, Mike Nichols' 1982 biopic of the plutonium factory worker who uncovered negligence and dangerous practices at the heart of her employer's company, works well enough. Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep) is no saint. She drinks, cheerfully gets 'em out for the boys, has left her husband and kids and lives in a curious ménage à trois with her lover, (Kurt Russell) and their lesbian friend (Cher). But, through her own dawning suspicions, she is drawn into union activism and embarks on a crusade to expose the rottenness of her paymasters, only to die in a mysterious car crash. And here is the flaw. The film can't decide whether it's quirky soap opera, a campaigning blow for the anti-nuclear lobby or an allegory for the conflict between the rights of the individual and the demands of the corporate giant. It stops short of providing some important conclusions about what really happened to its central character, and why. Streep is fine though, injecting her character with a studied mixture of innate intelligence and trailer park trash. Russell offers solid support and Cher is outstanding as housemate Dolly Pelliker. Their performances give Silkwood its heart as a powerful human drama. On the DVD: Silkwood is well-served on this DVD release by sharp picture and sound quality (Georges Delerue's poignantly jaunty country and western soundtrack benefits in particular), but the extras are static and add little to the package apart from a strictly "budget" feel: standard biographies of the stars and director with some pretty pointless trivia facts, and a brief history of the production. There's nothing here that even the most generalist of film fans won't already know. A director's commentary explaining why the film loses its bottle in the final reel would be more interesting. --Piers Ford

• Him And Her: Series 3 | DVD | (09/12/2013) from £9.37   |  Saving you £10.62 (113.34%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Things get exciting for Steve as he prepares to propose to Becky. Fighting jealousy from Becky's sister and intimidation from her dad Steve tried to keep it a secret till their anniversary. Him and Her is a comedy about what it's really like to be in love. From Steve and Becky's first date to Steve's proposal we see their love grow amidst the filth the fast food and the drinking.

• Robert Mitchum - Enemy Below / Longest Day / River Of No Return | DVD | (10/04/2006) from £11.70   |  Saving you £13.29 (113.59%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Laconic tough guy finally gets the box set treatment featuring three of his finest celluloid performances. The Enemy Below (1957): Robert Mitchum and Curt Jurgens star in this gripping World War II drama about an American destroyer and a German U-boat stalking each other at sea. As both men try to out-think and out-manouevre each other the chase becomes a deadly chess game in which any mistake can bring instant defeat and death. Winner of the 1957 Academy Award for Be

• Thor - Love And Thunder 4K UHD Edition (Steelbook) | Blu Ray | (13/10/2022) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Let Us Prey | DVD | (19/10/2015) from £7.05   |  Saving you £8.94 (126.81%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Rachel, a rookie cop, is about to begin her first night shift in a neglected police station in a Scottish, backwater town. The kind of place where the tide has gone out and stranded a motley bunch of the aimless, the forgotten, the bitter-and-twisted who all think that, really, they deserve to be somewhere else. They all think they're there by accident and that, with a little luck, life is going to get better. Wrong, on both counts. Six is about to arrive - and All Hell Will Break Loose.

• Romeo Must Die | DVD | (16/04/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  In this modern day, martial arts take on ‘Romeo And Juliet’ Hong Kong action superstar Jet Li plays Romeo to hip-hop star Aaliyah’s Juliet as an ex-cop taking on the Chinese mafia in the US.

• Lord Peter Wimsey - Five Red Herrings | DVD | (03/08/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic detective Lord Peter Wimsey in this classic BBC adaptation of the novel by Dorothy L. Sayers. When Lord Peter goes on holiday to Scotland he is hoping to do nothing more strenuous than catch some trout. Even Wimsey's loyal servant Bunter is looking forward to taking some time off to go painting. However when Bunter notices an easel in the distance but no sign of the artist Lord Peter is called into action. The easel belongs to an unpopular local artist Campbell whose body is discovered lying on the rocks below the popular vantage point. Was it an accidental fall? Wimsey suspects not and with six possible suspects he must use all of his detective skills to determine the five red herrings and expose the murderer.

• Timeslip - Series 1 To 4 | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  'Timeslip' has a special hold on the memories of those children who saw it when it was first broadcast in the 70s however it has been long gone...until now! When a young girl vanishes near a derelict naval station in St Oswald a fantastic series of events is set in motion which sends teenagers Simon Randall and Liz Skinner backwards and forwards time. The Wrong End Of Time Teenager Sarah enters a private but deserted Ministry of Defence field. Hearing a strange noise she

• A Beautiful Mind | Blu Ray | (28/05/2012) from £5.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A Beautiful Mind manages to twist enough pathos out of John Nash's incredible life story to redeem an at-times goofy portrayal of schizophrenia. Russell Crowe tackles the role with characteristic fervor, playing the Nobel prize-winning mathematician from his days at Princeton, where he developed a groundbreaking economic theory, to his meteoric rise to the cover of Forbes magazine and an MIT professorship, and on through to his eventual dismissal due to schizophrenic delusions. Of course, it is the delusions that fascinate director Ron Howard and, predictably, go astray. Nash's other world, populated as it is by a maniacal Department of Defense agent (Ed Harris), an imagined college roommate who seems straight out of Dead Poets Society, and an orphaned girl, is so fluid and scriptlike as to make the viewer wonder if schizophrenia is really as slick as depicted. Crowe's physical intensity drags us along as he works admirably to carry the film on his considerable shoulders. No doubt the story of Nash's amazing will to recover his life without the aid of medication is a worthy one, his eventual triumph heartening. Unfortunately, Howard's flashy style is unable to convey much of it. --Fionn Meade

• Romulus My Father | DVD | (08/03/2010) from £3.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (150.38%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The story of Romulus his beautiful wife Christina and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son Raimond. A story of impossible love that ultimately celebrates the unbreakable bond between father and son.

• Heaven's Burning | DVD | (19/03/2007) from £4.98   |  Saving you £9.27 (249.19%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Thrown together amid chaos and violence a man and a woman stumble upon unexpected passion in this fiery thriller. Russell Crowe stars as Colin the getaway driver in a bank robbery who steps in to save the life of Midori an unhappy Japanese bride who is in danger after witnessing the crime. Midori's plan to arrange her own kidnapping and be reunited with her former lover has failed so the two outcasts embark upon a bloody cross country quest for freedom which culminates in a new found love.

• Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 2 | DVD | (09/11/2009) from £4.45   |  Saving you £15.54 (349.21%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Produced exclusively for DVD three hilarious hours of the country's finest comic minds battling it out on TVs most outrageous comedy show. Mock The Week Too Hot For TV 2 is the sharpest rudest and funniest collection of Mock the Week moments so far delving into the show's archives to unearth laugh out loud nuggets of comedy gold never previously allowed to be shown. Watch Dara O Briain Frankie Boyle Hugh Dennis Russell Howard Andy Parsons and a host of Britain's finest stand ups pushing the boundaries further than ever before.

• Chandler and Co | DVD | (05/10/2015) from £13.93   |  Saving you £16.06 (115.29%)   |  RRP £29.99

  When Dee Chandler Tate (Barbara Flynn, Miss Potter, Hornblower) and her former sister-in-law Elly (Catherine Russell, Inspector Lynley, Holby City) set up a private detective agency, they had no idea what a dramatic turn their lives would take. The detective who discovered Elly’s ex-husband’s infidelity soon joins the team, and when he’s not helping to crack the case, Larry (Oscar winner Peter Capaldi, Doctor Who, The Thick of It) is shaking his head at their technological failures. The sexual tension between Elly and Larry crackles as she sets to work solving cases of runaway daughters and cheating spouses. The independent lady takes down misogyny on the way as she reprimands cheating husbands and humiliates clients who dare to assume that she’s the company secretary. Written by Paula Milne, known for her work on Endgame and Small Island and produced by Ann Skinner (Birdsong).

• Julie Walters And Friends | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £10.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (44.49%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Julie Walters and Victoria Wood star in this classic Christmas sketch show from 1991. Written by and starring acclaimed writers Alan Bennett Willy Russell and Alan Bleasdale as well as Wood herself these four writers have been instrumental in working with Walters throughout her career and are responsible for some of her undoubted success.

• St. Trinians / St. Trinians 2 - The Legend Of Fritton's Gold | DVD | (24/05/2010) from £8.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (166.85%)   |  RRP £23.99

  Titles Comprise St. Trinian's 2: The Legend Of Fritton's Gold It's a new year at the wildest school in the world. The girls of St. Trinians are on the hunt for buried treasure after discovering headmistress Miss Fritton is related to a famous pirate. St Trinian's a school for young ladies with its anarchic doctrine of free expression brings together a motley crew of ungovernable girls who using their wit and ingenuity save the school from bankruptcy. St. Trinian's is the sixth in a series of films based on the works of cartoonist Ronald Searle. The previous five films include: The Belles of St Trinian's (1954) Blue Murder at St Trinian's (1957) The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960) The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery (1966) and The Wildcats of St Trinian's (1980).

• Grimm - Season 1-3 | Blu Ray | (20/10/2014) from £8.75   |  Saving you £51.24 (585.60%)   |  RRP £59.99

  Season 1Watch's brand-new US hit continues with more fairy-tale monsters coming to life in present-day Portland. Based on the classic fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm the drama sees homicide detective Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli) wrestle with his new found status as a 'Grimm' - an ancient hunter charged with the task of keeping the world safe from sinister and murderous monsters. Season 2 Detective Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli) is a Portland Oregon homicide detective with a strange secret: he's a descendant of an elite group of hunters who are charged with stopping the proliferation of supernatural creatures in the world. The Brothers Grimm wrote fairy tales that children have adored for generations but imagine if their villains were real and Nick was the only one who could stop them. Fairy tales aren't stories...they're warnings. Season 3Season 3 of the US hit Grimm. Special Features: Deleted and Extended Scenes Highlights Reel Making Monsters Cast Auditions Gag Reel Grimm Guides The World of Grimm Myths Monsters and Legends Monroes Best Moments Creatures and Chaos

• Poseidon/The Perfect Storm Double Pack | DVD | (10/09/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Poseidon On New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner, Poseidon, capsizes after being swamped by a rogue wave. The survivors are left to fight for survival as they attempt to escape the sinking ship. The Perfect Stom An unusually intense storm pattern catches some commercial fishermen unaware and puts them in mortal danger.

• Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World (Special Edition) | DVD | (08/02/2006) from £12.13   |  Saving you £12.86 (51.50%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Russell Crowe stars as "Lucky" Jack Aubrey, who pits his crew of the HMS Surprise against a much better armed and ruthless enemy in a chase that takes him all the way to the far side of the world.