"Actor: Sam Davies"

• Dogged | DVD | (09/07/2018) from £5.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Sam is forced to return to the remote British island where he grew up, to attend the funeral of a ten year old girl. As it becomes apparent that all is not as it seems in this idyllic rural community, Sam makes a horrifying discovery about the circumstances surrounding the little girls' death, and his life begins to spiral out of control in a macabre descent into paranoia. He must race against time, and the tide, to expose the seedy underbelly of the island - and to save the lives of those he loves. Dogged is a disturbing folk horror film that taps into our primal fear of what lurks in the woods. One of the best horror films of the year (Morbidly Beautiful) A living, breathing piece of cinematic frightfulness (Dread Central)

• Scourge Of The Worlds - A Dungeons And Dragons Adventure | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Scourge of Worlds: A Dungeons and Dragons Adventure is not a film sequel to Dungeons and Dragons (2000), but the DVD equivalent of an interactive role-playing novel. There are over 900 short digitally animated sequences, leading every so often to a choice to be made with the remote control, resulting after about 90 minutes in one of four possible endings. Just as the original D&D was inspired by The Lord of the Rings, the scenarios here are Tolkien rehashed: a newly arisen darkness is seeking an ancient ultimate weapon, against which stand a human warrior, Regdar, a halfling, Lidda and an elven wizard, Mialee. The CGI is closer to Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles than the pseudo-realism of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, the electronic score is tiresome and the contemporary American voice acting, using such expressions as "head's up" and "…or something", is laughable. What of the interactive element? Essentially it offers two equally uninteresting paths at the end of every major scene--uninteresting because it's impossible to care what happens to the marionette-like stereotypes no matter what they do. While the adventure does offer plenty of well-choreographed cartoon-style action, interacting with Scourge of Worlds is ultimately about as much fun as watching someone else play a computer game--and that's just the first time through. On the DVD: Scourge of Worlds: A Dungeons and Dragons Adventure fills the DVD with the 900-plus animated sequences, presumably leaving no room for extras. The only options are between stereo sound and far more involving Dolby Digital 5.1. The image appears to have been taken directly from a digital master and is flawless, the images only limited by the TV-standard computer rendering. --Gary S Dalkin

• Long Good Friday / Mona Lisa | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Long Good Friday (Dir. John MacKenzie 1981): In the savage and deadly world of the gangland king the man at the top is ruler only for as long as he controls everything in his territory. For that man the rewards can be infinite but so are the dangers. Harold Shand is enjoying the height of his powers and he is on the verge of something that would make his current 'arrangements' small fry. But stronger forces than even he can control have moved in and taken over. Climaxing in one long and bloody day of terror an Easter Good Friday he is to see his empire begin to crack and crumble. Mona Lisa (Dir. Neil Jordan 1981): Love is a weakness to be exploited and betrayed. Starring Bob Hoskins Michael Caine and Cathy Tyson 'Mona Lisa' is a classic drama written and directed by Neil Jordan about a driver (Hoskins) who falls for his employer - high-class prostitute Simone (Tyson). The DVD includes interviews and a commentary with Bob Hoskins and Neil Jordan the original theatrical trailer subtitles for the hearing impaired and much more!

• Britten: The Turn of the Screw -- Schwetzinger Festival 1990 | DVD | (25/05/2001) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Michael Hampe's celebrated production of Benjamin Britten's shattering opera based on the spine-chilling short story by the 19th century American novelist Henry James. The Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart performs under the renowned Britten specialist Stuart Bedford.

• Glory Daze | DVD | (02/05/2005) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  It's two days before graduation and Jack (Affleck) is having serious doubts about the future. The old gang is breaking up: Rob (Rockwell) is moving to L.A. with his girlfriend; Dennis (Stewart) is finishing his third degree and going to grad school in Michigan; Slosh has dropped out of school and stays drunk all the time; and Mickey who still has a year of school to go seems tired of the scene and wishes he had the guts to tell his friend Chelsea (Milano) how he feels about her. As

• Concrete Blondes | DVD | (15/06/2015) from £13.48   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• David / Cardiff / Miners' Weekend | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £32.37   |  Saving you £-12.38 (-61.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  David (1951) is the true story of D.R. Griffiths a Welsh miner turned school caretaker also known by his bardic name Amanwy. David was made by the British Film Institute for the Welsh Committee of the Festival of Britain in 1951 and filmed in Ammanford Carmarthenshire with a cast of local people. It was written and produced by Paul Dickson. Griffith's life story is told against the background of industrial Wales in the first half of the 20th century. The steadfastness of the miners and their love of literature shine through when a tragedy strikes the Griffiths family. Also features Amanwy at the National Eisteddfod of Wales at Aberavon. Also includes Face of Wales (1961) showing the lives of several Welshmen working in different jobs and Miners' Weekend (1948) which visits the Neath and Dulais valleys to see miners making the most of their weekend of leisure.