"Actor: Sparks"

• Purple Rain (Two Disc Special Edition) | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £14.20   |  Saving you £-0.21 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  While "rock musical" remains a phrase used by sadistic parents to give their offspring nightmares the genre does occasionally throw up the odd gem, Purple Rain being perhaps the shiniest example. Given the theatricality of Prince's stage shows, it was only a matter of time before the diminutive pop potentate found himself a big-screen vehicle but few could have predicted that Purple Rain would become nothing less than a cultural phenomenon. The story, co-written by one-time Starsky & Hutch scripter William Blinn, may be a somewhat hackneyed tale with His Purpleness overcoming a troubled background and musical rival Morris Day to achieve his dreams of rock stardom. However, the cast, which also includes Prince protegée Appollonia, rises above the clichés to hand in a set of performances which, while never likely to trouble the Oscars, prove that all concerned can at least play a rough approximation of themselves with minimal difficulty. What really helped push the film's box-office receipts through the roof, however, was its soundtrack featuring a clutch of hit singles--notably "When Doves Cry"--and which cemented our pint-sized hero's position as one of the globe's premiere performing artists. Sadly, subsequent attempts to re-bottle this particular brand of lightning with Under a Cherry Moon and Graffiti Moon would prove substantially less successful but Purple Rain still looks--and, more importantly sounds--rarely less than funktastic. --Clark Collis

• Dead Space - Movie Double Pack | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Dead Space: Dead Space is a feature length horror/sci-fi animated movie based on the much anticipated Electronic Arts video game set for release in the fall of 2008. When a deep space mining operation discovers a mysterious alien Marker some believe they have finally found evidence of our creators. However the removal of the Marker instead unleashes a horrific alien species which had been entombed within a remote planet and a desperate fight for survival ensues. The story follows a select group of miners and crew members as they confront a grotesque and lethal invasion unlike anything ever seen before. The Dead Space animation will serve as a prequel to the game and take adult animated horror to a whole new level. Dead Space 2: Aftermath: The year is 2509 and not only has Earth lost contact with the Ishimura and Isaac Clarke but now also the USG O'Bannon the first responder ship sent to rescue them. Four crew members of the O'Bannon have survived. But what happened to the rest of the crew? What were they doing? What secrets are they keeping? All to be revealed... in the Aftermath! Dead Space: Aftermath is a fast paced horrifying thrill ride told through the perspective of the 4 survivors by several renowned international directors. Each vision unique and bold in its own way. Voiced by an excellent cast led by Christopher Judge (Stargate: SG-1) Peter Woodward (Babylon 5 Charmed) Ricardo Chavira and Gwendoline Yeo.

• State Property 2 - Blood On The Street | DVD | (27/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This time everything is on the line. Philly 'gangsta' Beans (Beanie Sigel) is back and badder than ever in this sizzling-hot sequel to the smash hit State Property. In State Property 2 Beans is stuck doing hard time in the State Penitentiary while his loyal crew ABM tries to do business without him. He teams up with fellow con Pollo Loco (N.O.R.E.) and when they reclaim their crews and hit the street all hell breaks loose! Friends become enemies and enemi

• Queer As Folk USA - Season 4 | DVD | (22/06/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Season Four continues to follow the journey of a group of gay friends and lovers living in Pittsburgh. This critically acclaimed series brings with it mature stories about facing the challenges of same-sex parenting discrimination AIDS/HIV cancer and morality.

• Queer as Folk: The First Season | DVD | (17/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Magic Town | DVD | (07/08/2017) from £8.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Rip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country. He and his assistants go there to run polls cheaply and easily, in total secrecy. Civic crusader Mary Peterman must be kept from changing things. But romantic involvement with Mary complicates life for Rip; then suddenly everything changes...

• Manhattan Project | DVD | (12/09/2005) from £9.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (27.40%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The switch is set... The clock has started... Time's running out! A 16 year old student Paul Stephens (Chris Collet) has high hopes of winning first prize at a science fair with his fully-operational A-bomb! Needless to say the army are not happy and set out to disarm the prospective 'terrorist' before he can harm the good people of America. When the bomb is activated only Dr. Mathewson (Lithgow) can save Paul... and prevent Armageddon.

• Dead Space - Movie Double Pack | Blu Ray | (24/01/2011) from £21.81   |  Saving you £3.18 (14.58%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Dead Space: Dead Space is a feature length horror/sci-fi animated movie based on the much anticipated Electronic Arts video game set for release in the fall of 2008. When a deep space mining operation discovers a mysterious alien Marker some believe they have finally found evidence of our creators. However the removal of the Marker instead unleashes a horrific alien species which had been entombed within a remote planet and a desperate fight for survival ensues. The story follows a select group of miners and crew members as they confront a grotesque and lethal invasion unlike anything ever seen before. The Dead Space animation will serve as a prequel to the game and take adult animated horror to a whole new level. Dead Space 2: Aftermath: The year is 2509 and not only has Earth lost contact with the Ishimura and Isaac Clarke but now also the USG O'Bannon the first responder ship sent to rescue them. Four crew members of the O'Bannon have survived. But what happened to the rest of the crew? What were they doing? What secrets are they keeping? All to be revealed... in the Aftermath! Dead Space: Aftermath is a fast paced horrifying thrill ride told through the perspective of the 4 survivors by several renowned international directors. Each vision unique and bold in its own way. Voiced by an excellent cast led by Christopher Judge (Stargate: SG-1) Peter Woodward (Babylon 5 Charmed) Ricardo Chavira and Gwendoline Yeo.

• Queer As Folk USA - Season 2 Box Set | DVD | (24/12/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  They're here they're queer and they make Sex & The City look like a demure tea party. Showtime's quintessentially American Queer As Folk--based on the British miniseries--pours on copious amounts of hot and steamy sex. This slick (and slickly entertaining) series shares the same basic concept as its British counterpart--centering on a group of gay friends living in a primarily industrial city--but after that all bets are off. Whereas the British version focused on the gritty realistic drama of its characters the American QAF is a glossy fun soap opera that occasionally tackles big issues but never lets you forget that life at times can be a party and you shouldn't be one of those poor suckers starving to death. A good part of the show's charm lies in its cast--boy-next-door Michael (Hal Sparks) ruthlessly seductive rake Brian (Gale Harold) out-and-proud Emmett (Peter Paige) wallflower Ted (Scott Lowell) and nubile teen Justin (Randy Harrison)--who grew from standard gay prototypes to intriguing characters by the first season's end. And while some subplots didn't work (such as Emmett's farfetched foray into gay-conversion therapy) others were quietly affecting including Brian's coping with his father's death. Some may object to the show's relentless fixation on sex (and gay men--there are just two lesbian characters) but this is a series that in its own polished way is both engrossingly fun and truly groundbreaking. It's liberating to watch an American TV series in which the straight world is only peripheral. Let's hear it for the boys!

• State Property | DVD | (21/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Frustrated with being broke young gang leader and aspiring local drug kingpin Beans (Beanie Sigel) decides that the only way to grasp the American Dream is to take it. State Property follows Beans and his crew the ABM (All 'Bout Money) as they take over the city creating mayhem as their empire builds. Struggling to maintain his family life while coming up against both rival gangsters and the police Beans begins to learn that a life of crime comes with dire consequences. Things f

• Sparks - Lil' Beethoven - Live In Stockholm | DVD | (09/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Lil' Beethoven: 1. The Rhythm Thief 2. How Do I Get To Carnegie Hall? 3. What Are All These Bands So Angry About? 4. I Married Myself 5. Ride 'Em Cowboy 6. My Baby's Taking Me Home 7. Your Call Is Very Important To Us. Please Hold 8. Ugly Guys And Beautiful Girls 9. Suburban Homeboy Bonus Live Tracks: 1. It's A Sparks Show 2. National crime Awareness Week 3. Here In Heaven 4. The Number One Song In Heaven 5. Nothing To Do 6. The Calm Before The Storm 7. The Ghost Of Liberace 8. Talent Is An Asset 9. Hospitality On Parade 10. Charlie Parker 11. This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us 12. When Do I Get To Sing `My Way' 13. Amateur Hour

• The Sparks - Beat The Clock | DVD | (18/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Tracklist: 1. It's A Sparks Show Tonight 2. Aeroflot 3. Something For The Girl With Everything 4. Scheherazade 5. When I Kiss You (I Hear Charlie Parker Playing) 6. More Than A Sex Machine 7. Do-Re-Mi 8. Angst In My Pants 9. Waiting For Godot 10. How To Get Yo Ass Kicked 11. Talent Is An Asset 12. Girl From Germany 13. Balls 14. Ron Levitates Baby Leroy 15. Bullet Train 16. Beat The Clock 17. This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us 18. The Number One Song In Heaven 19. Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth 20. Amateur Hour 21. When Do I Get To Sing 'My Way' 22. The Spark Discharge

• Just Ask My Children | DVD | (13/05/2002) from £17.97   |  Saving you £-15.98 (-803.00%)   |  RRP £1.99

  A family are falsley accused of child abuse and find themselves guilty until proven innocent while their lives fall apart around them.

• Silent Running | Blu Ray | (14/11/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  After creating many of the innovative special effects for 2001: A Space Odyssey, Douglas Trumbull tried his hand at directing, and 1971's Silent Running marked an impressive debut. (In addition to creating the visual effects for Close Encounters of the Third Kind and directing 1983's Brainstorm, Trumbull later turned to the creation of high-tech cinematic amusement park rides.) One of the best science-fiction films of the 1970s, Silent Running stars Bruce Dern as Freeman Lowell, a nature-loving crewmember aboard the Valley Forge, a gigantic spaceship in a small fleet that carries the last surviving forests of the Earth, which has fallen victim to overpopulation and ecological neglect.Freeman's name reflects his nonconformist philosophy, which runs counter to the prevailing recklessness of his three ill-fated crewmates, who are eager to jettison their precious payload and return to the bleakness of Earth. Before they can sabotage the forests, Freeman does what he must, and spends the remainder of his mission with three robotic "drones" as his only companions, struggling to maintain his sanity in the vastness of space. Dern is superb in this memorable role, representing the lost soul of humankind as well as the back-to-nature youth movement of the 1960s and the pre-Watergate era. (Appropriately, Joan Baez sings the film's theme song.) A rare science-fiction film that combines bold adventure with passionate social conscience, Silent Running will remain relevant as long as the Earth is threatened by the ravages of human carelessness. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Stomp Out Loud / Brooms | DVD | (20/09/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Dustbin lids brooms basketballs kitchen knives playing cards drain pipes buckets. The list is endless: the results incredible! 'Stomp' takes every day noises and turns them into the most enthralling throbbing and energetic musical extravaganza in years. Now you can watch 'Stomp' perform in this exclusive DVD edition including footage never to be seen live again! Out Loud: The four times Emmy nominated 'Stomp Out Loud' combines the very best of the stage show plus new and

• Magic Town | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £6.47   |  Saving you £3.52 (54.40%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Rip Smith (Stewart) discovers a town statistically identical to the entire country so he and his assistants go there to run polls easily and cheaply. When he meets local civic cruader Mary Peterman (Wyman) romantic involvement follows and things start to change rapidly...

• Missing Person | DVD | (30/05/2011) from £3.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (150.38%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A contemporary mystery thriller starring Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone) and Michael Shannon (Johan Hex) as a private detective hired to trail a man. Gradually the man's identity is revealed as someone who went missing after 9/11 presumed dead...

• Marie Galante | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £7.83   |  Saving you £-0.85 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

• Legends Of Rock | DVD | (23/08/2010) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Uli Jon Roth and his band featuring Don Airey on keys Barry Sparks bass and Clive Bunker on drums along with special guests Jack Bruce members of UFO including Michael Schenker Phil Mogg and Pete Way captured live at Castle Donnington in England on June 23 2001 Tracklist: 1. Trail In The Wind 2. Sky Overture 3. Aranjuez 4. The King Returns 5. Let It Roll 6. Rock Bottom 7. Sunshine Of Your Life 8. White Room 9. All Along The Watchtower 10. Little Wing 11. Doctor Doct

• Gold Diggers of 1933 | Blu Ray | (08/02/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A