"Actor: Steve Ellis"

• That Thing You Do! | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £5.49   |  Saving you £0.50 (9.11%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Tom Hanks's debut as a writer and director is a lively, affectionate account of the shooting-star career of a forgotten (fictional) 1960s pop-rock band called The Wonders--as in "one-hit wonders". Hanks plays the manager of the group, which includes drummer Guy "Sticks" Patterson (Tom Everett Scott) who works the floor at his parents' appliance store in Erie, Pennsylvania; Jimmy (Johnathon Schaech), the talented and temperamental lead singer and songwriter; Lenny (Steve Zahn), the goofy guitarist; and Ethan Embry as a geeky little fellow identified in the cast list only as "The Bass Player". The movie traces their meteoric rise and fall, from cutting their first record, to going on tour with a Phil Spector/Motown-type revue, to the internal tensions that lead to the band's disintegration, which comes when they fail to follow up their smash hit single, "That Thing You Do!" And that song, by the way, is so catchy it would definitely have been a hit in 1964--and deserves to be one today. This delightful movie would make a great double-bill with Allison Anders's wonderful Grace of My Heart. --Jim Emerson

• The Last Of The Mohicans | DVD | (01/06/2006) from £9.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (90.09%)   |  RRP £18.99

  The Last of the Mohicans is a large-scale adventure set during the colonial conflicts between Britain and France 20 years before the American War of Independence. Based loosely on the novel by James Fenimore Cooper, but actually inspired by director Michael (Manhunter, Heat) Mann's boyhood love of the 1936 film of the same name, this is rousing, romantic stuff. As "Hawkeye", a white raised by the last of the Mohican tribe, Daniel Day-Lewis delivers a performance which, had he followed it up, could have established him as an action hero for the 1990s and beyond. Despite an under-written role Madeline Stowe convinces as the heroine. The remaining cast are uniformly excellent. Filmed amid the spectacular mountains, rivers and forests of North Carolina by Mann's regular cinematographer, Dante Spinotti, the film is a visual joy, while Trevor Jones' majestic, spine-tingling score (with additional music by Randy Edleman) is one of the finest of the decade. Taking time to establish the motives of British and French colonists and the various native tribes, as well as the varying opinions and characters within these groupings, Mann offers much greater balance and complexity than The Patriot (2000), yet never looses sight of the object here: telling a stirring yarn laced with bold action set pieces and passionate romance. On the DVD: The anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 image is a massive improvement over VHS, but still shows considerable grain in many scenes, possibly a result of the film being shot in low, natural light and containing many very dark sequences. The Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack is very powerful, though little use is made of the rear channels, and in some scenes the sound effects all but drown out the dialogue. Isolated scores are usually only found on feature-packed special editions, so the inclusion here is a welcome surprise--and testament its popularity. The only other extra is an anamorphic 2.35:1 presentation of the immensely stirring theatrical trailer. --Gary S Dalkin

• Steve Marriott Astoria Memorial Concert | DVD | (09/05/2005) from £15.29   |  Saving you £0.70 (4.58%)   |  RRP £15.99

  On 20th April 2001 a stellar cast of musicians paid tribute to Steve Marriott upon the 10th Anniversary of his tragic death. Tracklisting: 1. Sha la la la lee - The Mods 2. Understanding - The Mods + Steve Ellis 3. Song of a Baker - The Mods + Steve Ellis 4. Afterglow - The Mods + Steve Ellis 5. Phone Call Away - House Band + Dennis Greaves 6. Big Train - House Band + Simon 'Honeyboy' Hickling 7. Fool For a Pretty Face - House Band featuring Bobby Tench 8. I Cant Stand The Rain - House Band + Deborah Bonham 9. (If You Think Youre) Groovy - House Band + Deborah Bonham 10. Black Coffee - House Band + Deborah Bonham 11. Itchycoo Park - House Band + Tony Rivers 12. My Way of Giving - House Band + Steve Ellis 13. 30 Days In The Hole - House Band + Max Ireland & Toby Marriott 14. Four Day Creep - Humble Pie 15. Natural Born Bugie - Humble Pie 16. Hallelujah I Love Her So - Humble Pie 17. Shine On - Humble Pie 18. I Dont Need No Doctor - Humble Pie 19. My Minds Eye - Midge Ure 20. Become Like You - Paul Weller Noel Gallagher Gem Archer 21. Im Only Dreaming - Paul Weller Noel Gallagher Ian McLagan Kenney Jones Gem Archer 22. Get Yourself Together - Paul Weller Noel Gallagher Ian McLagan Kenney Jones Gem Archer 23. Here Comes The Nice - Paul Weller Noel Gallagher Ian McLagan Kenney Jones Gem Archer 24. Tin Soldier - Paul Weller Noel Gallagher Ian McLagan Kenney Jones Jerry Shirley Steve Ellis Gem Archer 25. All Or Nothing - Paul Weller Noel Gallagher Ian McLagan Kenney Jones Jerry Shirley Steve Ellis Gem Archer

• Steve Ellis's Love Affair - Last Tango In Bradford | DVD | (12/11/2012) from £11.59   |  Saving you £1.40 (12.08%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Steve Ellis' Love Affair captured live in Bradford. Tracklist: 1. On The Road Again 2. Hush 3. Back In Your Arms 4. Handbags and Gladrags 5. Bringing On Back The Good Times/A Day Without Love 6. If I Could Only Be Sure 7. Gimme Some Lovin' 8. Ain't Too Proud To Beg 9. Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) 10. Uptight (Everything's Alright) 11. The Love You Save 12. Rainbow Valley 13. Everlasting Love 14. Out Of Time 15. Billy's Bag

• The Roller Blade Seven | DVD | (21/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99