"Actor: Susan"

• The Sorcerers | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The Sorcerers, the second film directed by the lost "wunderkind" of British cinema Michael Reeves, may not have the scope and visceral impact of his masterpiece, Witchfinder General (1968), but there's enough fierce originality here to show what a tragic loss it was when he died from a drugs overdose aged only 24. The film also shows the effective use he made of minimal resources, working here on a derisory budget of less than £50,000--of which £11,000 went to the film's sole "named" star, Boris Karloff. Karloff plays an elderly scientist living with his devoted wife in shabby poverty in London, dreaming of the brilliant breakthrough in hypnotic technique that will restore him to fame and fortune. Seeking a guinea-pig, he hits on Mike, a disaffected young man-about-town (Ian Ogilvy, who starred in all three of Reeves' films). But the technique has an unlooked-for side effect--not only can he and his wife make Mike do their bidding, they can vicariously experience everything that he feels. At which point, it turns out that the wife has urges and desires that her husband never suspected. Karloff, then almost at the end of his long career, brings a melancholy dignity to his role; but the revelation is the veteran actress Catherine Lacey as the seemingly sweet old lady, turning terrifyingly avid and venomous as she realises her power. The portrayal of Swinging London, with its mini-skirted dollybirds thronging nightclubs where the strongest stimulant seems to be Coke rather than coke, has an almost touching innocence, but Reeves invests it with a dream-like quality, extending it into scenes of violent death in labyrinthine dark alleys. By this stage, some ten years after it started, the British horror cycle was winding down in lazy self-parody. Reeves had the exceptional talent and vision to revive it, had he only lived. On the DVD: The Sorcerers DVD has original trailers for both this film and Witchfinder General (both woefully clumsy); filmographies for Reeves, Karloff and Ogilvy; an "image gallery" (a grab-bag of posters, stills and lobby cards); detailed written production notes by horror-movie expert Kim Newman; and an excellent 25-minute documentary on Reeves, "Blood Beast", dating from 1999. The transfer is letterboxed full-width, with acceptable sound. --Philip Kemp

• Stress Relief - Hypnosis by Susan Hepburn | DVD | (01/02/2010) from £19.20   |  Saving you £-4.21 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  In the UK anxiety and depression are the most common mental health problems and the majority of cases are caused by stress. A quarter of the population suffers from stress. After listening to Susan Hepburn's unique and effective hypnotherapy session on this DVD you will be given the tools to deal with stress in your everyday life. Susan's work is recognised worldwide and takes place at her clinic on Harley Street in London. She is also a best-selling author with her latest book 'Hypnodiet' (Released January 2010) already becoming a Best Seller. Susan has received a lot of positive press with articles in the News of the World the Sun and the Daily Mail with Lily Allen accrediting her for her recent weight loss. She has also had regular UK TV and Radio appearances.

• Cracker - To Say I Love You | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £4.98   |  Saving you £8.01 (160.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When a young man with a chronic speech impediment is caught by the police for joyriding Fitz is brought onto the case and recommends a psychological evaluation. However D.S. Beck releases the young man contrary to Fitz's advice and the violent murder of a loan shark in a dark alley marks the beginning of what Fitz considers to be a Bonnie & Clyde style killing spree. A volatile male personality with enough strength to murder a man with his bare hands and a female with the sexual chemistry to lure potential victims to their death. Fitz's success on the professional front contrasts with his own personal failings as the drink and gambling take their toll.

• Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso | DVD | (22/06/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  For those with any interest in Vivaldi's operas Orlando Furioso is essential viewing, being a 1989 San Francisco Opera revival by Pier Luigi Pizzi of his own 1979 production which was largely responsible for beginning modern interest in Vivaldi's stage work. The composer first premiered Orlando finto pazzo in 1714, but the Orlando Furioso finalised in 1727 was so heavily reworked as to be virtually an entirely new opera, and so successful Handel set the same epic poem by Aristo under the title Alcina in 1735. Vivaldi's opera is not of that calibre, offering rather too much functional recitative and only a handful of truly memorable arias. However, the cast perform with such commitment and style as to make the work thoroughly enjoyable. It is a tale of romantic and magical intrigue on a small island, inevitably echoing Shakespeare's The Tempest, and the classically elegant set-design and colourful costumes evoke a suitable sense of fantasy. Mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne makes the title role her own while Susan Patterson is a characterful and strong-minded Angelica. William Matteuzzi makes a sympathetic Medoro, notably outmanoeuvred in love, while as the sorceress Alcina Kathleen Kuhlann is a appropriately complex and powerful in revealing the loneliness at the heart of her corruption. On the DVD: There are no features other than the two trailers which appear on almost all Arthaus releases. The production is presented in the original television 4:3 and the image is little better than a good video. The picture is not especially detailed and too often the performer's faces are slightly out of focus while the sets are pin-sharp. Overall the image suffers the usual problems from originally being shot on professional video, in addition to which some compression artefacting is noticeable. The prologic sound is fine, though appears simply to down mix the main stereo signal to the rear channel and the result is more accurate if switched to straight stereo. --Gary S Dalkin

• Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (Blu-Ray) | Blu Ray | (22/04/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Following a lengthy prison term, Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) finds himself on the outside looking in at a world he once commanded. Hoping to repair his relationship with his daughter, Winnie (Carey Mulligan), Gekko forges an alliance with her fianc�, Jake (Shia LaBeouf). But Winnie and Jake learn the hard way that Gekko is still a master manipulator who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals.

• Anywhere But Here / Where The Heart Is | DVD | (01/01/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Anywhere But Here (Dir. Wayne Wang 2000): Adele is a flashy flirtatious dreamer. Her daughter Ann is a quiet no-nonsense realist. On the surface they're like oil and water but deep down they're two of a kind. ""Susan Sarandon makes magic"" (Chicago Tribune) and ""Natalie Portman soars"" (NY-1) in this funny and touching story about a mother who knows best...and a daughter who knows better! Where The Heart Is (Dir. Matt Williams 2000): Ashley Judd and Natalie Portman

• Der Zwerg; Der Zerbrochene Krug: La Opera 2008) | Blu Ray | (27/09/2010) from £32.09   |  Saving you £-2.10 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

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• Assault of Final Rival | DVD | (03/07/2006) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Exciting Taiwan-made Kung Fu film based on the biblical story of Samson and Delilah focusing on the tribulations of champion Chen Wai (Wong Tao)...

• Dust | DVD | (21/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Three Londoners head off into the depths of the English countryside to share some Christmas cheer but posh soap star Julian (Cole) tabloid journalist Jade (Brand) and Latino shag monster Carlos (Rudolf) get more than they bargained for when their Yuletide trip becomes a drug fuelled orgy of violent horror! As lusty farm girl Sam (Page 3 model Jodie Shaw) loses her mind on Angel Dust all hell breaks loose when her inbred pig farmer family take their savage revenge...

• Make A Wish | DVD | (07/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Be careful what you wish for! In the true tradition of the Friday The 13th Sharon Ferranti's Make A Wish creates fever-pitched sexual tension with lots of humour thrown in. The film revolves around an annual camping trip where Susan celebrates her birthday. All the usual suspects are in attendance ex-flames and friends alike. When the campers start mysteriously disappearing one by one tensions and interpersonal conflicts run high only made wo

• Sailor Moon - Vol. 2 - Episodes 7 To 12 | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  An Uncharmed Life: Jedite goes undercover as Jed in order to sell good luck charms at a temple called Cherry Hill. Unfortunately the good luck charms are more of a energy draining device... Cruise Blues: Jedite with a new partner named Tetis now plans to take the energy of those in love by setting a trap using the bait of a romantic cruise. Fight To The Finish: Queen Beryl has given Jedite one last chance to prove himself or he would be put to sleep forever. Jedite plans a final showdown at an airport and demands the scouts to arrive or else he'll burn the entire city to ashes. Match Point For Sailor Moon: Nephlite intends to steal more energy than Jedite and turns his attention to top tennis pro Katie Sandler. An Unnatural Phenomena: Nephlite's next target is old gardener Mr. Baxter who doesn't take kindly to his park being destroyed!

• Virtual Girl 2 - Naked Vegas | DVD | (05/07/2005) from £4.03   |  Saving you £-0.04 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Software designer, Louis Burke and his beautiful assistant Sharon Tessier have created an unbelievable new virtual program, that is set to revolutionise adult entertainment.Sharon has more to offer than just her brains she is sexy, attractive and wickedly intelligent.Sharon takes the new virtual reality program to Las Vegas, where she embarks on a one woman mission to entertain, perform and make millions.

• Tom Jones - Ladies Night | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-10.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  See Tom Jones perform with some of the leading ladies of the music and movie world including Tina Turner Gladys Knight Brooke Shields and more. Track list: Gladys Knight - Guilty Gladys Knight Solo - Love On The Rocks Dionne Warwick - Endless Love Dionne Warwick Solo - Long Road Ahead Of Us Marie Osmond - The Way You Do The Things You Do Marie Osmond Solo - I'll Take you Back Chaka Khan - We Can Work It Out Chaka Khan Solo - See You In The Morning Tina Turner - Hot Legs Tina Turner Solo - Pain Rita Coolidge - Somethin' Bout You Baby I like Rita Coolidge Solo - Words Cybil Shepherd - Our Day Will Come Cybil Shepherd Solo - Stardust Dusty Springfield - Upside Down Dusty Springfield Solo - Quiet Please There's A Lady On Stage Deniece Williams - Too Much Too Little Too Late Deniece Williams Solo - What Two Can Do Brooke Shields - Little Quennie Brooke Shields Solo - You're The Only One Lola Falana - I Love The Night Life Lola Falana Solo - Come In From The Rain Susan Anton - Somethin's Burnin' Susan Anton Solo - Dream' My Dreams Sondra Locke - Again Sondra Locke Solo - Wheel Of Fortune Audrey Landers - Reunited Audrey Landers Solo - Love Me tonight Juliet Prowse - I Get A Kick Out Of You Juliet Prowse Solo - Satin Doll Stephanie Mills - The Closer I get To You Stephanie Mills Solo - I Never Knew Love Like This Before Lynn Anderson - Whenever I Call You Friend Lynn Anderson Solo - Queen Of Hearts Marisa Berenson - He's So Shy Marisa Berenson Solo - They Can't Take That Away From Me Tanya Tucker - I'm Leaving It Up To You Tanya Tucker Solo - Love Knows We Tried

• Exonerated | DVD | (16/06/2008) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Sixteen years.... What could you do in sixteen years? Imagine everything you did in the last sixteen years. Now take it all away.... Sunny Jacobs was convicted and sentenced to death for a crime she did not commit. Sixteen years was just the beginning of what was taken from Sunny Jacobs. Twenty-nine Academy Award nominations eighty-seven Golden Globe nominations one hundred and twelve EMMY nominations: such is the incredible array of actors who have lent their considerable talents and passion to The Exonerated. As a play awarded the Drama Desk Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle Awards it was acclaimed in major cities across America. Now as a film the undeniable power of the true stories of six exonerated survivors of death row will engage your emotion incite your passion and envelop you in their search for the lost small pieces of dignity and the lives so unceremoniously interrupted.

• I Am Waiting No More | DVD | (05/07/2005) from £6.54   |  Saving you £-2.55 (-63.90%)   |  RRP £3.99

  This is a hilarious comedy about a man who suffers from a severe identity crisis as his 30th birthday apparoaches.

• Wildflower | DVD | (11/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  When Ellie Perkins came across a shed that she has been forbidden to approach she makes a discovery that shall forever change her and lives of those around her. Locked inside is 17 year old Alice Guthrie epileptic and partly deaf imprisoned like a wild animal by her abusive stepfather and ignored by her mother..

• Macross II : Super Dimensional Fortress | DVD | (01/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Eighty years have passed on Earth since the events chronicled in Macross. The descendants of the Zentradi/Metrandi conflict have established a new society with the people of Earth. The UN Space force has integrated Zentradi warships into its fleet and Zentradi and humanity co-exist peacefully. Events quickly change as an invading alien force enters the solar system and the Earth forces are mobilised: armed with the legendary 'Minmay Song Attack'... Episode Listing: Contact Ishtar Festival Marduk Disorder Station Break Sing Along

• Thompson's Last Run | DVD | (01/05/2006) from £5.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (-49.90%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Red Haines and John Thompson were childhood friends that chose two very different way of life. Red became an excellent cop and John became a dangerous criminal spending most of his life in jail.Red Volunteers to handle the relocation of his old friend from Leavenworth to Huntsville prison and whilst the two are travelling by train to make the transfer a mysterious woman helps John make a daring escape. Red is immediately suspected by his superiors of assisting in the escape and is thrown off the case and out of the police force. Red is determined to clear his name and vows to put his friend behind bars forever.

• Eyewitness | DVD | (28/06/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

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• New Tricks Series 3-6 Boxed Set | DVD | (07/03/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £89.99

  12DVD box set, contains series 3-6 This special boxed set contains Series Three, Four, Five and Six of New Tricks. Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman heads The Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS), cracking previously unsolved crimes from the past. Her team are three ex-policemen; Gerry Standing, Jack Halford and Brian Lane, who for various reasons all opted for early retirement.