"Actor: Stewart"

• X-Men: Beginnings Trilogy | DVD | (10/07/2017) from £4.99   |  Saving you £14.92 (299.00%)   |  RRP £19.91

  Although the superhero comic book has been a duopoly since the early 1960s, only DC's flagship characters, Superman and Batman (who originated in the late 1930s) have established themselves as big-screen franchises. Until now--this is the first runaway hit film version of the alternative superhero X-Men universe created for Marvel Comics by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and others. It's a rare comic-book movie that doesn't fall over its cape introducing all the characters, and this is the exception. X-Men drops us into a world that is closer to our own than Batman's Gotham City, but it's still home to super-powered goodies and baddies. Opening in high seriousness with paranormal activity in a WW2 concentration camp and a senatorial inquiry into the growing "mutant problem", Bryan Singer's film sets up a complex background with economy and establishes vivid, strange characters well before we get to the fun. There's Halle Berry flying and summoning snowstorms, James Marsden zapping people with his "optic beams", Rebecca Romijn-Stamos shape-shifting her blue naked form, and Ray Park lashing out with his Toad-tongue. The big conflict is between Patrick Stewart's Professor X and Ian McKellen's Magneto, super-powerful mutants who disagree about their relationship with ordinary humans, but the characters we're meant to identify with are Hugh Jackman's Wolverine (who has retractable claws and amnesia), and Anna Paquin's Rogue (who sucks the life and superpowers out of anyone she touches). The plot has to do with a big gizmo that will wreak havoc at a gathering of world leaders, but the film is more interested in setting up a tangle of bizarre relationships between even more bizarre people, with solid pros such as Stewart and McKellen relishing their sly dialogue and the newcomers strutting their stuff in cool leather outfits. There are in-jokes enough to keep comics' fans engaged, but it feels more like a science fiction movie than a superhero picture. --Kim Newman

• The Man Who Knew Too Much | Blu Ray | (23/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  James Stewart and Doris Day in a rare dramatic role are superb in this brilliant suspense thriller from the undisputed master. Stewart and Day play Ben and Jo MacKenna innocent Americans vacationing in Morocco with their son Hank. After a French spy dies in Ben's arms in the Marrakech market the couple discovers their son has been kidnapped and taken to England. Not knowing who they can trust the McKennas are caught up in a nightmare of international espionage assassinations and terror. Soon all of their lives hang in the balance as they draw closer to the truth and a chilling climatic moment in London's famous Royal Albert Hall. Special Features: The Making of the Man Who Knew Too Much Production Photographs Trailers

• Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 6 | DVD | (02/12/2002) from £29.86   |  Saving you £55.13 (184.63%)   |  RRP £84.99

  As the sixth season of Star Trek: The Next Generation went into production, everyone knew that attentions would soon be permanently divided by the debut of Deep Space Nine. Sure enough that meant crossovers ("Birthright"), guest stars and references back and forth. The sense of baton-passing drew the TNG family closer, however. Directorial debuts begun in Season 5 allowed for repeat group-huddle ownership of several shows. Jonathan Frakes bettered "The Quality of Life" by "The Chase", which finally offered an explanation why most races in the Trek universe are humanoid with knobbly foreheads. Patrick Stewart crowbarred a Western into the franchise in "A Fistful of Datas". LeVar Burton introduced the far more exciting Riker clone Thomas in "Second Chances". But here we still find that inability to follow through a good idea, since it was intended for Tom to replace Will. Barclay outstayed his welcome with a lacklustre "Ship in a Bottle" (despite a hammy cameo from Stephanie Beacham) after he'd injected creepiness into "Realm of Fear". The same happened with Q and the painfully weak "True Q" contrasted by the philosophically challenging "Tapestry", where Picard faced the decisions of his youth. Yet ultimately the year provided more memorable moments than either year 5 did or year 7 would. There was the fun of a pint-sized Starfleet in "Rascals", the shocking comment on political torture in "Chain of Command", the endless Matrix-like guessing game of reality in "Frame of Mind", and even a jokey genre nod often called "Die Hard Picard" instead of "Starship Mine". The two biggest attention-drawing moments came via stellar cameos. There was the bittersweet sight of James Doohan revisiting the original Enterprise Bridge on "Relics", then a quick contribution by Stephen Hawking in the cliff-hanger "Descent". Both were attempts at keeping TNG the connoisseur's Trek incarnation of choice. --Paul Tonks

• Night Passage | DVD | (23/08/2004) from £7.44   |  Saving you £-2.45 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Thanks to ultracrisp Technirama photography of great mountainside and river gorge locations in Colorado, Night Passage is often terrific to look at; you can almost feel the autumn sun and brisk air. This should have been another classic Western pairing James Stewart with director Anthony Mann. But after choosing the locations, cast, and crew, and directing the precredit sequence, Mann abruptly resigned. He found Borden Chase's screenplay an "incoherent" rehash of relationships and setups from their previous films, nor was he encouraged by Stewart's determination to play the accordion and sing. Stewart's an ex-railroad cop who became a pariah by letting a prisoner--Audie Murphy's "The Utica Kid"--escape. The two cross paths again in a ghost town where Dan Duryea, doing a zany version of his loony outlaw from Winchester '73, has holed up with his gang. Replacement director James Neilson, a newcomer destined for bland Disney servitude, fosters a lot of flatfooted standing-around.

• Thursday's Child | DVD | (20/07/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Thought-provoking family drama Thursday's Child features the film debut of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang star Sally Ann Howes as a quiet studious young girl who finds fame beating a path to her door – much to the chagrin of her star-struck elder sister. Also starring Gainsborough favourite Stewart Granger Wilfrid Lawson Felix Aylmer and much-loved Cockney comic actor Ronald Shiner this critically acclaimed film was originally released in 1942 and re-edited for re-release in 1946. Both versions are included here with the re-release presented as a brand-new transfer from the original nitrate film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. When twelve-year-old Fennis Wilson unintentionally becomes a star she is delighted by the fantastic life she begins to lead. But all too soon she makes the heartbreaking discovery that her success has shattered her previously happy family life...

• Rod Stewart - Story Teller 1984-1991 | DVD | (14/06/1999) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  1. Infatuation 2. Some guys have all the luck 3. People get ready 4. Every beat of my heart 5. Lost in you 6. Forever Young 7. My heart can't tell you no 8. Downtown Train 9. This old heart of mine 10. Rhythm of my Heart 11. The Motown Song Broken Arrow

• Dirt - Series 1 - Complete | DVD | (05/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £30.99

  Courtney Cox is back to the small screen as ruthless tabloid editior Lucy Spiller in Dirt! Lucy's masterful manipulation and blackmailing skills see her digging up the best gossip and dirt on all the stars - aided by Don Konkey a resourceful paparazzo - Lucy is guaranteed to get the scoop!

• Bless This House - Series 2 | DVD | (30/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sid James plays Sid Abbott - Mr Average Married Man. A representative for a stationery firm. Sid's interest in live are the three C's: Chelsea Courage bitter and Crumpet and not necessarily in that order. In common with most married men however he finds these ambitions constatnly thwarted by his wife son and daughter also not necessarily in that order. Sid likes to think he is with it but in actual fact he would not know it if he saw it. Diana Coupland plays his attractive

• Star Trek - Alternate Realities Collection | DVD | (06/04/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Available for the first time on DVD is a collection featuring the bizarre and strange of episodes of Star Trek! See your favorite characters behaving contrary to type in familiar but odd circumstances in Star Trek: Alternate Realities a 4-disc collection that includes 20 episodes selected from all five Star Trek television series plus exclusive special features. Episodes Comprise: 1. Mirror Mirror - (The Original Series) 2. Crossover - (Deep Space Nine) 3. Through The Looking Glass - (Deep Space Nine) 4. Shattered Mirror - (Deep Space Nine) 5. In A Mirror Darkly (Part 1) - (Enterprise) 6. In A Mirror Darkly (Part 2) - (Enterprise) 7. The Alternative Factor - (The Original Series) 8. Parallels - (The Next Generation) 9. The Enemy Within - (The Original Series) 10. Turnabout Intruder - (The Original Series) 11. Frame of Mind - (The Next Generation) 12. Shattered - (Voyager) 13. Yesterday's Enterprise - (The Next Generation) 14. The Inner Light - (The Next Generation) 15. The Visitor - (Deep Space Nine) 16. Before And After - (Voyager) 17. Timeless -(Voyager) 18. Course: Oblivion - (Voyager) 19. E2 - (Enterprise) 20. Twilight - (Enterprise)

• James Stewart Westerns - Destry Rides Again (1939)/Shenandoah/The Man From Laramie/Two Rode Together | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £36.34   |  Saving you £-6.35 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Destry Rides Again (Dir. George Marshall 1939): As Destry a mild-mannered deputy who doesn't like guns Stewart is called to restore order to the hopelessly corrupt frontier town of Bottleneck. Though reluctant to undertake such an enormous task he's soon roped into action after meeting the seductive Frenchy (Dietrich) an alluring saloon girl who belts out unforgettable show-stoppers like The Boys in the Back Room while winning the hero's heart. Shenandoah (Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen 1965): James Stewart stars as a Virginia farmer during the Civil War. He refuses to support the Confederacy because he is opposed to slavery yet he will not support the Union because he is deeply opposedito war. When his son is taken prisoner Stewart goes to search for the boy. Seeing first-hand the horrors of war he is at last forced to take his stand... The Man From Laramie (Dir. Anthony Mann 1955): Will Lockhart comes to a small town to find the man who sold rifles to the Apaches and caused the death of his brother a cavalry officer. Beaten and nearly killed by cohorts of the arms dealer he also becomes embroiled with a ranch baron and his overwrought son. Father and son are plotted against by their treacherous foreman who wants the ranch for himself. Two Rode Together (Dir. John Ford 1961): This is John Ford's criminally overlooked western and the first collaboration between Ford and James Stewart A group of children are held captive by the Indians. A Lieutenant enlists the help of a Texas Marshall in a rescue attempt. Based on the novel by Will Cook.

• Bride Of Re-Animator | DVD | (03/07/2017) from £10.59   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Brian Yuzna's Bride of Re-Animator (1990) was one of the last hurrahs for special-effects-based horror films before CGI extended the ease with which the impossible could be put on screen. Like its predecessor, Re-Animator, Bride is very loosely based on HP Lovecraft's stories of Herbert West, a scientist with a taste for investigation that knows no boundaries, especially not those of good taste. He and his agonisingly liberal sidekick Cain have discovered an improvement on their original serum--now they can not only bring the dead back to life but also assemble them from parts first. Jeffrey Combs gives a wonderfully dour performance as West, not even cracking a smile when a creature he has concocted from fingers and an eye-ball is running around the room unseen by a pestering detective. This is the sort of film that constantly escalates its macabre elements--the surviving villain of the first film has been left as simply an animated head, but that does not stop him pursuing his revenge on West, nor finding ways of using West's new techniques along the way. It all makes for cheerfully gruesome fun. On the DVD: Bride of Re-Animator is presented in an anamorphic widescreen visual aspect ratio of 1.85:1, and its Dolby 2.0 does what little can be done with the muddy soundtrack, but is rather better with the jauntily creepy score. The only special features on this Tartan issue are the trailer, the director's production notes and a reel of trailers for other Tartan horror movies. --Roz Kaveney

• British Heroes Box Set | DVD | (26/10/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  5 of the Best Action movies ever made featuring the bravest and most daring British Heroes. From Subterfuge to kidnap sacrifice and near death our Heroes show what it means to be British and Brave. Films Comprise: 1. The Wild Geese 2. Zulu Dawn 3. Ashanti 4. Jaguar Lives 5. Games for Vultures

• Vertigo | DVD | (20/10/2008) from £17.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Considered by many to be director Alfred Hitchcock's greatest achievement comes this fully restored and remastered version of the haunting film classic. This special release also contains a restoration trailer and revealing documentary footage. Set in San Francisco James Stewart portrays an acrophobic detective hired to trail a friend's suicidal wife (Novak). After he successfully rescues her from a leap into the bay he finds himself becoming obsessed with the beautifully troubled woman. One of cinema's most chillingly romantic endeavours: it's a fascinating myriad of haunting camera angles shot among some of San Francisco's renowned landmarks. This film is a must for collector's; Leonard Maltin gives Vertigo four stars and hails it as 'A genuinely great motion picture that demands multiple viewings.

• Snow White and the Huntsman - Limited Edition Steelbook (Blu-ray + Digital Copy + UV Copy) | Blu Ray | (01/10/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  In the epic action-adventure Snow White and the Huntsman, Kristen Stewart (Twilight) plays the only person in the land fairer than the evil queen (Oscar winner Charlize Theron) who is out to destroy her.

• Demontown | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A small town is the centre for strange happenings and spooky events.... Welcome to Glory 'The Island Of Happiness'. Well that's what the billboard says anyway. The seemingly idyllic small island town in the Pacific Norhtwest is a breeding ground for eerie events bizarre happenings and peculiar inhabitants where the truth is often stranger than fiction and sometimes even deadly....

• World War II Collection - Volume 1 | DVD | (11/01/2016) from £18.98   |  Saving you £3.00 (17.66%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A collection of Classic WWII films featuring: We Dive at Dawn, Sea of Sand, The Silver Fleet and Waterloo Road.

• Beware of Mr. Baker | Blu Ray | (22/07/2013) from £12.13   |  Saving you £7.86 (64.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Ginger Baker is the mad bad drummer best known for playing in Cream and Blind Faith. One of rock's most colourful characters his reputation for drugs violence and all forms of excess preceded him everywhere. This brand new documentary includes revealing interviews with Eric Clapton Steve Winwood Carlos Santana and more to paint a fascinating portrait of a musical icon.

• South Park: Complete Series 4 | DVD | (16/04/2001) from £16.98   |  Saving you £26.00 (185.85%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Set in a Colorado mountain town that gets destroyed on a regular basis and is populated by the dumbest, most vulgar characters imaginable, South Park is an anarchic animated sitcom that owes more to the spirit of Monty Python than to its comparatively tame predecessor The Simpsons. The show's origins go back to a 1995 Christmas video "postcard" called The Spirit of Christmas that a Fox Studios executive had commissioned at the previous Sundance Film Festival for $2000 having seen the work of film-makers Trey Parker and Matt Stone (Cannibal: The Musical). The adventures of Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny became an instant ratings and merchandising smash and the foul-mouthed eight-year-olds have expanded to the cinema screen (Bigger, Longer and Uncut), found their way to the MTV Movie Awards and allowed the show creators/(song) writers/voice-artists to pursue equally anarchic comedy at the box office with Baseketball and Orgazmo. Constantly pursued by a censorship outcry, the series has survived several copycat cartoon threats and even the death of its lead female vocal-artist during its third season. Perhaps the show's biggest controversy has always been that--despite a disclaimer before every episode--under-aged children still see it. But lured by a universe full of Cheesy Poofs and Cookie Dings, where no-one's afraid to badmouth school bus driver Miss Crabtree and where it's OK to vomit from being in love, it's no wonder that children of all ages can't help but love it. Seriously. --Paul Tonks Season Four: Just three weeks after losing out on an Oscar for the song "Blame Canada", the show's creators aired their disgust at Phil Collins (who won for Tarzan) in the fantastic episode "Timmy! 2000". Not only did it prove how fast they can put a show together, it also reassured viewers that none of their comedic spark had been lost. More importantly we were introduced to the super-sweet wheelchair-bound child with learning difficulties. Timmy truly boosted the show's humour but also instilled some pathos to the gang's growing adventures (such as his poignant role in "Thanksgiving Special"). Proving the intention to take things in a new direction was the long-awaited move up to the "Fourth Grade". With a souped-up theme tune in an explosive new title sequence, the start of Kyle's adopted Canadian brother Ike in Kindergarten (cue super-cute baby voiceovers in a hilarious comment on the US Election farce in "Trapper Keeper") and lots more CGI inserts, this season really looks different from the others. The best two experiments were having Malcolm McDowell as "A British Person" narrating to camera for a new take on "Great Expectations" and linking all the way back to the video postcard that started it all--The Spirit of Christmas--in the downbeat finale "A Very Crappy Christmas". --Paul Tonks

• Star Trek 1 To 10 | DVD | (26/12/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £129.99

  All ten of the classic Star Trek movies in one superb limited edition box set! Includes: 1. Star Trek: The Motion Picture 2. Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan 3. Star Trek III: The Search For Spock 4. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 5. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 6. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 7. Star Trek VII: Generations 8. Star Trek VIII: First Contact 9. Star Trek IX: Insurrection 10. Star Trek X: Nemesis

• Who Do You Think You Are? Series Nine | DVD | (12/08/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £25.99

  Who Do You Think You Are? follows the journeys of ten well known personalities as they explore their family trees uncover their family history and discover fascinating and poignant facts about their ancestors that have been until now hidden in the annals of time. Samantha Womack discovers a great-grandfather 'instrumental' in his own life's fortunes and an actress America-bound; Gregg Wallace uncovers extraordinary tales of love and loss involving his great-grandfather; Sir Patrick Stewart sees more clearly a father whose army career led him to a forgotten D-Day; Annie Lennox explores tales of great poverty and happier times game-keeping on a royal estate Hugh Dennis digs up his family's mining roots and some terrible truths of the First World War; Alex Kingston lights-up over stories of magic lanterns and a widow with an unexpected and profitable line of business; William Roache discovers how he once came to play in Alton Towers and finds roots in phrenology' Celia Imrie finds herself attached to a heroic defender of liberty as well as a Tudor tale of love and murder; John Barnes discovers a quiet grandfather whose energies focused on anti-colonialism and worker's rights; and John Bishop uncovers entertaining roots that take him into the world of Minstrels. Special Features: Celebrity Biographies Subtitles Useful Links