"Actor: Vidal"

• Freaky Friday | DVD | (26/04/2004) from £8.25   |  Saving you £9.74 (118.06%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Dr. Tess Coleman and her 15-year-old daughter Anna have the shock of their lives when on a particular freaky Friday, they wake up to find they have swapped bodies.

• Wicked Games: Three Films by Robert Hossein | Blu Ray | (17/11/2025) from £39.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A prison break, femme fatales and a genre-defining western: Robert Hossein (Rififi) was, both behind and in front of the camera, one of French cinema's great unsung stylists. Three of his finest genre exploits are collected here: The Wicked Go to Hell (1955), Nude in a White Car (1959) and The Taste of Violence (1961).In a hard penitentiary, two prisoners fight off the rumour that one of them denounced a recently executed inmate. With their fellow convicts at their throats they join forces and escape. Along the way, they hole up in a remote beach cabin where they take the angel-faced occupant (Marina Vlady, 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her) as their hostage while they figure out their next move. The feature debut of Robert Hossein, The Wicked Go to Hell was adapted from the novel by celebrated crime writer Frédéric Dard (Paris Pick-up), a prison escape film that spins into a fatalistic noir, oozing with atmosphere from its striking compositions and explosions of violence.On an evening stroll, Pierre (Robert Hossein, also director) is invited into a white car by a female voice. Upon getting in he finds a nude blonde with her face obscured by shadow. After sharing an intimate moment Pierre tries to get to know her but she produces a revolver and orders him to leave. Astonished by the events, Pierre determines to find the woman and traces the car to an address where two blonde sisters live (Marina Vlady, 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her and Odile Versois, Passport to Shame), one who claims to never go out and another who is paralysed. Following his explosive debut, director Robert Hossein re-teams with celebrated crime writer Frédéric Dard for this sultry mystery evoking Hitchcock and classic noir.In a Latin American country ruled by a dictator, revolutionary leader Perez (Robert Hossein, also director) holds up a train to kidnap the dictator's daughter (Giovanna Ralli, The Mercenary) to trade her for captured revolutionaries. Perez takes her across dangerous terrain with his two lieutenants Chamaco (Mario Adorf, The Italian Connection) and Chico. But the bounty on her head is high and compatriots may be easily tempted to switch sides. Anticipating later Zapata Westerns that focused on revolution like A Bullet for the General and The Wild Bunch, The Taste of Violence is also one of the most visually striking Euro Westerns, bearing resemblance to work by Akira Kurosawa.BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES2K restorations by Gaumont for each film, presented on three discsOriginal uncompressed mono audio for each filmAudio commentary on each film by critic and author Tim Lucas (2025)Picking Strawberries - A newly created ˜making of' featurette with historian Lucas Balbo, featuring archive interviews with Hossein and Jean Rollin (2025) Behind Marked Eyes: The Cinematic Stare of Robert Hossein - A newly created featurette by Howard S. Berger about Hossein and his work (2025)Interview with actor Marina Vlady (2014)The Evolution of the Femme Fatale in Classic French Cinema - A visual essay by critic Samm Deighan (2025)The Taste of Violence appreciation by filmmaker and Western authority Alex Cox (2025)Interview with author C. Courtney Joyner on The Taste of Violence and the Zapata Western subgenre (2025)TrailerReversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time TomorrowLimited edition booklet featuring new writing by Walter Chaw and newly translated archival archival writing by Lucas BalboLimited Edition of 3000 copies, presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

• Gattaca | DVD | (20/12/2004) from £6.06   |  Saving you £-0.07 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Confidently conceived and brilliantly executed, Gattaca had a somewhat low profile release in 1997, but audiences and critics hailed the film's originality. It's since been recognised as one of the most intelligent science fiction films of the 1990s. Writer-director Andrew Niccol, the talented New Zealander who also wrote the acclaimed Jim Carrey vehicle The Truman Show, depicts a near-future society in which one's personal and professional destiny is determined by one's genes. In this society, "Valids" (genetically engineered) qualify for positions at prestigious corporations, such as Gattaca, which grooms its most qualified employees for space exploration. "In-Valids" (naturally born), such as the film's protagonist, Vincent (Ethan Hawke), are deemed genetically flawed and subsequently fated to low-level occupations in a genetically caste society. With the help of a disabled "Valid" (Jude Law), Vincent subverts his society's social and biological barriers to pursue his dream of space travel; any random mistake--and an ongoing murder investigation at Gattaca--could reveal his plot. Part thriller, part futuristic drama and cautionary tale, Gattaca establishes its social structure so convincingly that the entire scenario is chillingly believable. With Uma Thurman as the woman who loves Vincent and identifies with his struggle, Gattaca is both stylish and smart, while Jude Law's performance lends the film a note of tragic and heartfelt humanity.--Jeff Shannon

• Vampyres | DVD | (05/09/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Two beautiful women roam the English countryside, luring men to their estate for orgies of sex and blood. But when a group of campers stumble into the vampires' lair, they find themselves sucked into a vortex of savage lust and forbidden desires.

• See No Evil | DVD | (10/09/2007) from £5.92   |  Saving you £10.07 (170.10%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Eight Teens One Weekend One Serial Killer. Seven feet tall. Four hundred pounds. A rusty steel plate screwed into his skull and razor-sharp fingernails that pluck out his victims' eyes. Reclusive psychopath Jacob Goodnight is holed up in the long-abandoned and rotting Blackwell Hotel alone with his nightmares until eight petty criminals show up for community service duty along with the cop who put a bullet in Jacob's head four years ago. When one of their own is kidnapped by the killer and her fate uncertain the remaining lawbreakers must fight this indestructible force of nature with a violent score to settle.

• Best of Enemies | DVD | (09/11/2015) from £9.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (60.06%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Best of Enemies is a behind-the-scenes account of the explosive televised debates between the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr, during the 1968 Democratic and Republican national conventions. Live and unscripted, they kept viewers riveted with their rancorous disagreements about politics, God and sex. Ratings for ABC News sky-rocketed; and a new era in public discourse was born.

• The Third Twin | DVD | (17/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Adapted from Ken Follett's novel. Dr Jeannie Ferrami has a career in genetics research. Her pioneering programme studies identical twins who have been raised apart hoping to advance the nature versus nurture argument. What long-buried secret is the Ferrami programme on the verge of uncovering?

• Butterfly's Tongue | DVD | (20/11/2000) from £19.55   |  Saving you £-3.56 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In the summer of 1936 before the outbreak of the civil war that plunged Spain into 3 years of agony and terror 8 year old Moncho is beginning his 1st day of school. At first afraid of his new teacher Don Gregorio- who he has heard flogs pupils - teacher and pupil soon develop an inseperable bond born of their shared interest in insect life. So begins moncho's apprenticeship into life and knowledge guided by his worldly teacher. But as the military marches through Spain and the

• See No Evil | Blu Ray | (05/10/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Eight Teens One Weekend One Serial Killer. Seven feet tall. Four hundred pounds. A rusty steel plate screwed into his skull and razor-sharp fingernails that pluck out his victims' eyes. Reclusive psychopath Jacob Goodnight is holed up in the long-abandoned and rotting Blackwell Hotel alone with his nightmares until eight petty criminals show up for community service duty along with the cop who put a bullet in Jacob's head four years ago. When one of their own is kidnapped by the killer and her fate uncertain the remaining lawbreakers must fight this indestructible force of nature with a violent score to settle.

• Why We Fight | DVD | (24/03/2008) from £4.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (300.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Inspired by Dwight Eisenhower's legendary farewell speech filmmaker Eugene Jarecki surveys the scorched landscape of a half-century's military adventures asking how - and telling why - a nation of by and for the people has become the savings-and-loan of a system whose survival depends on a state of constant war. Why We Fight won the Grand Jury Prize (Documentary) at the Sundance Film Festival. It is an unflinching look at the anatomy of the AMerican War Machine weaving unforgettable personal stories with commentary by a 'who's who' of military and Washington insiders. Featuring John McCain Gore Vidal William Kristol Chalmers Johnson Richard Perle and others.

• Vidal Sassoon The Movie | DVD | (12/09/2011) from £5.85   |  Saving you £10.14 (63.40%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Vidal Sassoon is more than just a hairdresser - he's a rock star an artist a craftsman who 'changed the world with a pair of scissors'. With the geometric Bauhaus-inspired hair styles he pioneered in the 1960s and his 'wash and wear' philosophy Sassoon revolutionised the art of hairstyling leaving an indelible mark on popular culture. Sassoon literally changed the way that women look and cut their hair today. Spanning 80 years of revolution in culture Vidal Sassoon: The Movie takes a deeply intimate look into the life of this extraordinary man whose influence far outreaches the industry he changed forever.

• Derailed | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £5.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.17%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A train rockets across Eastern Europe. On board are agent Kristoff (Van Damme) and Galina a beautiful high-tech thief. Holding the passengers hostage are a band of terrorists who have come to steal the bioweapon on board. With the train off course and on a collision course for danger Kristoff becomes a one-man army taking on the terrorists and trying to save the lives of everyone on board.

• Une Parisienne | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £9.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Une Parisienne is a light charming cheeky comedy with the stunning and sexy Brigitte Bardot in flirty form. Brigitte Laurier (Bardot) the spoiled and innocent daughter of a French Ambassador cons one of her father's top aides Michel (Henri Vidal) into marrying her. Brigitte's brattish ways rile Michel and soon he is flirting with old girlfriends to teach her a lesson. In retaliation Brigitte flirts with Prince Charles (Charles Boyer). Michel is amazed by the jealousy his wife's f

• Bob Roberts | DVD | (02/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Vote first. Ask questions later. Tim Robbins stars in his directorial debut as right-wing folksinger Bob Roberts in this satirical mockumentary. Bob Roberts is joined on his Pennsylvania senatorial campaign trail by a British documentary filmmaker who offers insight into Roberts his staff and his supporters. Roberts is the anti-Bob Dylan wowing his supporters with tunes such as ""Times Are Changin' Back"" and ""Wall Street Rap."" With his clean-cut good looks and squeaky-clean

• Gattaca --Superbit | DVD | (14/10/2002) from £7.28   |  Saving you £5.71 (78.43%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Vincent (Ethan Hawke) is an outsider a natural birth or 'In-valid' living in a world in which 'designer people' forged in test tubes rule society. Determined to break out of his imperfect genetic destiny and fulfil his dreams Vincent meets Jerome (Jude Law) a 'Valid' willing to sell his prime genetic material for cash. Using Jerome's blood urine skin and hair samples Vincent is able to forge a new identity and pursue his goal of a mission to space with the Gattaca Aerospac

• Golden Balls | DVD | (27/12/2000) from £18.75   |  Saving you £1.24 (6.61%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Ruthless stud Benito Gonzalez (Javier Bardem wants wealth women and to erect a skyscraper in his own honour. In order to achieve this he marries a sophisticated daughter of a rich banker Marta (Maria De Medeiros) but keeps mistress Claudia (Maribel Verdu) on the side. When Marta and Claudia realise they are both victims of Benito's greed things for Benito begin to crumble. Has Benito's luck finally left him?

• A Christmas Carol - The Northern Ballet Theatre | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Charles Dickens' immortal tale here revels in a delightful adaptation for dance drama in three acts by Christopher Gable distinguished choreographer actor and former Royal Ballet star who died in 1998. The work is laced with Carl Davis' sparkling Christmas music which also requires the dancers to sing at various points. The featured company is the renowned Northern Ballet Theatre who here dance with infectious ebullience and vivacity.

• Orphee Aux Enfers - Offenbach | DVD | (15/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Orphée aux Enfers, Offenbach's riotous parody of the dissipations of French life in the Second Empire, fairly gallops past in this 1997 Herbert Wernicke production staged at the Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels. Based on Offenbach's meatier second version (1874) of the Orpheus legend, it features nicely judged performances across the board and some stunning special effects, notably the explosive locomotive crash signalling the breach of the divide between Heaven and Hell. Satire reigns, not least in the reactionary figure of Public Opinion, a pinny-clad bossy boots with a hint of Dame Edna Everage about her. Olympus is a moribund salon full of bored Gods, sick of the Ambrosian diet. The casting is excellent, with Jacqueline van Quaille's chain-smoking dowager Juno heading the field. Alexandru Badea’s Orpheus subverts the legend in his purely pragmatic pursuit of Eurydice (the thrush-voiced soprano Elizabeth Vidal) that has nothing to do with love. Dale Duesing's Jupiter is louche and sexy, particularly in the very funny fly scene in the second act. From first to last, Wernicke's production offers something to catch the eye and ear, culminating in the well-loved, frantic can-can finale. Overall this is not only well-sung but very entertaining. On the DVD: Orphée aux Enfers gets the standard stage-to-video treatment. The picture quality (16:9) is OK but often dark so you strain to catch some of the production's design subtleties. Excellent sound (PCM stereo) brings Offenbach's vibrant score to the forefront, well matched by the strong performances of the principal singers.--Piers Ford

• Hit And Run | DVD | (07/04/2008) from £6.64   |  Saving you £-1.65 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  In the stifling suburban world inhabited by Joanna Kendall very little happens to change the meticulously planned existence. That is until she accidentally hits an eight-year-old girl who has dashed in front of her car. Her nightmare only worsens when after calling for help she chooses to drive on rather than take responsibility for what's happened. While nvestigators continuing their search for the cowardly hit-and-run driver she begins taking stock in herself by questioning the number of decisions and sacrifices she's made in her role as the ideal wife. And as the pressure of keeping up this innocent homemaker charade intensifies it is only a matter of time until this guilt-wracked woman finally breaks under the weight of her own conscience.

• Hit And Run | DVD | (25/03/2002) from £9.32   |  Saving you £-3.33 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When Joanna Kendall accidentally knocks an eight-year-old girl off her bike it is the start of a nightmare that slowly begins to destroy her cosy suburban life. Afraid to admit to being the hit and run driver Joanna finds herself in a race against time between the little girl's survival and the investigators' search for the driver...