"Actor: William Smith"

• Lovecraft Country: Season 1 | Blu Ray | (22/02/2021) from £14.89   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A young African-American travels across the U.S. in the 1950s in search of his missing father.

• The Adventures of Sir Lancelot: The Complete Series | DVD | (28/05/2018) from £22.90   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Famed character actor (and one of Doctor Who's first companions) William Russell stars in the popular and well-remembered series The Adventures of Sir Lancelot. The classic and inspirational stories of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table are brought to life through the adventures of Sir Lancelot bravest of all the Knights! Presented here is the entire series of 30 action-packed episodes, some of them presented here for the first time in colour.

• Hellbound - Hellraiser 2 | DVD | (10/09/2001) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

• Yanks | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £13.98   |  Saving you £-0.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  'Yanks' is the moving story of American servicemen stationed in England during the Second World War and the impact that their presence had on the lives of people in a small Lancashire village. This beautifully filmed drama follows three American soldiers and the relationships that they form with three local women: Jean Helen and Mollie. The relationships that blossom would affect their lives forever. This romantic and memorable movie highlights the cultural differences that ex

• Maniac Cop | Blu Ray | (31/10/2011) from £19.98   |  Saving you £7.00 (38.91%)   |  RRP £24.99

  New York City is terrorised by a series of brutal bloody murders of innocent victims. The police boil in a pressure cooker of public outcry when it is discovered that the killer is a cop. The prime suspect is Jack Forrest a young policeman who through a series of unfortunate coincidences is pinned as the maniac killer. Desperate for a suspect the police arrest him. Jack escapes and aided by his lover Teresa an undercover policewoman is out to prove his innocence. The killings continue and the city is alive with a frantic manhunt for Jack. Citizens arm themselves innocent policemen are killed by the nervous populace. The city is coming apart at the seams...

• Dead End | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £7.79   |  Saving you £8.20 (105.26%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A family find themselves on a desolate, seemingly endless country road on Christmas Eve in this unnerving slice of surreal horror.

• Hook | DVD | (24/04/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Hook is Steven Spielberg's most spectacular film of the 90s. It is also seriously underrated, arguably the equal of ET, (1982) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, (1977). An unofficial sequel to J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, Hook adopts the startling premise of what happened after "the boy who never grew up", grew up. Robin Williams, in his career best performance, is the corporate suit forced to remember he once was "The Pan", returning to Neverland to battle nefarious Captain Hook (a splendid Dustin Hoffman), for his children's love. This is a ravishingly beautiful, stunningly designed film, at once highly imaginative and with a genuinely magical atmosphere which ranges from exquisite, delicate fantasy to slapstick tomfoolery. There is fine support from Maggie Smith, Julia Roberts and Bob Hoskins, and John Williams' rapturously romantic score is yet another career high. Slated upon release, and dubbed a flop though it grossed $200 million, Hook reacted against the "greed is good" 80s by upholding family values and responsibility while evoking a genuine sense of wonder. Only the somewhat pantomime final showdown disappoints, but alongside Legend, (1985)and Labyrinth, (1986), Hook is ripe for reassessment as a fantasy classic. The DVD transfer is superb and the disc, though not packed with additional features, has some interesting extras. --Gary S. Dalkin

• TALES FROM THE CRYPT PRESENTS: DEMON KNIGHT | Blu Ray | (20/10/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Rumble Fish | Blu Ray | (27/08/2012) from £9.69   |  Saving you £5.30 (54.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The second of Francis Ford Coppola's films based on the popular juvenile novels of S.E. Hinton (the first being The Outsiders), Rumble Fish split critics into opposite camps: those who admired the film for its heavily stylised indulgence, and those who hated it for the very same reason. Whatever the response, it's clearly the work of a maverick director who isn't afraid to push the limits of his innovative talent. Filmed almost entirely in black and white with an occasional dash of color for symbolic effect, this tale of alienated youth centers on gang leader Rusty James (Matt Dillon) and his band of punk pals. Rusty's got a girlfriend (Diane Lane), an older brother named Motorcycle Boy (Mickey Rourke), and a drunken father (Dennis Hopper) who've all given up trying to straighten him out. He's best at making trouble, and he pursues that skill with an enthusiastic flair that eventually catches up with him. But it's not the whacked-out story here that matters--it's the uninhibited verve of Coppola's visual approach, which includes everything from time-lapse clouds to the kind of smoky streets and alleyways that could only exist in the movies. The supporting cast includes a host of fresh faces who went on to thriving careers, including Nicolas Cage, Christopher Penn, Vincent Spano, Laurence Fishburne, and musician Tom Waits. --Jeff Shannon

• Soul Food | DVD | (01/03/2004) from £13.82   |  Saving you £-0.83 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Soul Food is the kind of movie that seems to have been blessed throughout its low-budget production and it has got a quality of warmth and charm that fits perfectly with its authentic drama about a large African-American family in Chicago. Twenty-eight-year-old writer-director George Tillman Jr. drew autobiographical inspiration from his upbringing in Milwaukee, and on a well-spent $6.5 million budget he succeeded where similar films (including Waiting to Exhale and How Stella Got Her Groove Back) fell short: he depicts his many characters with such depth and sympathy that, by the time they have weathered several family crises, we've come to care and feel for them and the powerful ties that bind them together. As seen through the eyes of Tillman's young alter ego Ahmad (Brandon Hammond), the film primarily focuses on the rivalries and affections that rise and fall among Ahmad's mother (Vivica A. Fox) and her two sisters (Vanessa L. Williams and Nia Long). Through them, and through the weekly Sunday dinners cooked with love by their mother, Big Mama (Irma P. Hall), we witness marital bliss and distress, infidelity, success, failure ... in short, the spices of life both bitter and sweet. But when Big Mama falls into a diabetic coma, Ahmad watches as his family begins to fall apart without the stability and love that Big Mama provided with every Sunday meal. Tillman's touch can be overly nostalgic, melodramatic and cloyingly sentimental, but never so much that the movie loses its firm grip on reality. As a universal portrait of family life, Soul Food ranks among the very best films of its kind--believable, funny, emotional and always approaching its characters (well-played by a uniformly excellent cast) with a generous spirit of forgiveness and understanding. As satisfying as one of Big Mama's delicious dinners, Soul Food is the kind of movie that keeps you coming back for more. --Jeff Shannon

• Homicide | DVD | (13/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Bob Gold is a cop. A good cop. But tonight he will betray his friends disgrace the force and commit an act of violence because he believes it is the only right thing to do... Cop Bobby Gold and his partner Tim Sullivan accidentally discover the murder of an elderly Jewish shopkeeper. What seems like a simple robbery gone wrong leads the investigation to Zionist vigilantes and an anti-Jewish conspiracy. Gold must then confront his loyalties to the force and question his own ethni

• Philadelphia | DVD | (25/05/1998) from £7.37   |  Saving you £5.62 (76.26%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Philadelphia wasn't the first movie about AIDS (it followed such worthy independent films as Parting Glances and Longtime Companion), but it was the first Hollywood studio picture to take AIDS as its primary subject. In that sense, Philadelphia is a historically important film. As such, it's worth remembering that director Jonathan Demme (Melvin and Howard, Something Wild, The Silence of the Lambs) wasn't interested in preaching to the converted; he set out to make a film that would connect with a mainstream audience. And he succeeded. Philadelphia was not only a hit, it also won Oscars for Bruce Springsteen's haunting "The Streets of Philadelphia," and for Tom Hanks as the gay lawyer Andrew Beckett who is unjustly fired by his firm because he has AIDS. Denzel Washington is another lawyer (functioning as the mainstream-audience surrogate) who reluctantly takes Beckett's case and learns to overcome his misconceptions about the disease, about those who contract it, and about gay people in general. The combined warmth and humanism of Hanks and Demme were absolutely essential to making this picture a success. The cast also features Jason Robards, Antonio Banderas (as Beckett's lover), Joanne Woodward, and Robert Ridgely, and, of course, those Demme regulars Charles Napier, Tracey Walter and Roger Corman. --Jim Emerson

• Tales From the Hood I & II (2-disc Blu-ray Set) | Blu Ray | (02/11/2020) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Horror meets the hood in Rusty Cundieff's politicallycharged horrorcomedy anthology series. Stories of abuse, corruption and racism towards the AfricanAmerican community are given the horror film treatment, as an eccentric funeral director attempts to deter a gang of drug dealers from a life of crime. Executiveproduced by Spike Lee, this cult horror favourite is presented alongside its 2018 sequel, which reunites the original creative team for more tales of terror.

• The Fisher King | Blu Ray | (19/06/2017) from £23.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Arthurian mythology and modern-day decay seem perfect complements to each other in Terry Gilliam's drama/comedy/fantasy The Fisher King. Shock jock Jack Lucas (Jeff Bridges) makes an off-handed radio remark that causes a man to go on a killing spree, leaving Lucas unhinged with guilt. His later, chance meeting with Parry (Robin Williams), a homeless man suffering from dementia, gets him involved in the unlikely quest for the Holy Grail. The rickety and patently unrealistic stand that insanity is just a wonderful place to be and that the homeless are all errant knights wears awfully thin, but, there are numerous moments of sad grace and violent beauty in this film. The screenplay by Richard LaGravenese launched his successful career and his smart wordplay helped garner Mercedes Ruehl an Oscar as Lucas' girlfriend. --Keith Simanton

• The Mean Season | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Small time Miami reporter Malcolm Anderson (Kurt Russell) gets the break he is looking for when he starts getting calls from a notorious murderer in The Mean Season. He and his school teacher girlfriend Christine (Mariel Hemingway) had been planning to move away from the area to start up a new life. However his growing relationship with the killer and subsequent reporting of his crimes means that his career is on the up. But at what price? Soon Malcom realises that instead of just wri

• Rich Man Poor Man - Series 2 - Complete | DVD | (18/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  An examination of the trials and tribulations of the Jordache family from the period following World War II to the late 1960s and beyond.

• Invaders -Season 1 | DVD | (17/09/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  US science-fiction TV hit - Invaders aired during the '60s. Created by Larry Cohen it tells the story of extra-terrestrials who flee their dying planet and come to conquer Earth. Roy Thinnes stars as architect David Vincent who accidentally learns of the plot and makes it his mission to foil them at every turn. Invaders is a must for fans of science fiction and seventies drama everywhere.

• Hawaii Five-O - Series 3 | DVD | (05/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Filmed entirely on location in Hawaii Hawaii Five-O followed Steve McGarrett (Jack Lord) head of an elite state police unit investigating organized crime murder assassination attempts foreign agents felonies of every type. James MacArthur played his second-in-command Danny (Danno) Williams. McGarrett's nemesis is the evil Wo Fat - a Red Chinese agent in charge of the entire Pacific Asiatic theatre.

• Dawson's Creek - Seasons 1 To 6 | DVD | (30/01/2006) from £102.99   |  Saving you £-72.80 (N/A%)   |  RRP £30.19

  Join Dawson Paecy Joey and the gang for all six seasons of Kevin Williamson's smash-hit television series about a group of teenagers on the cusp of becoming adults. Featuring all the episodes ever made! For individual episode listings please refer to the individual box sets.

• Hook | DVD | (03/11/2008) from £5.49   |  Saving you £4.50 (81.97%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Peter Pan - the hero who never grows old - has grown up! And he's even forgotten how to fly! Enter the magical mystical world of a hundred fun summers as the ageless avenger and faithful fairy Tinkerbell return to Never Never Land in search of Peter's forgotten childhood his lost children and a fearless confrontation with his evil pirate enemy - Captain Hook. Dustin Hoffman Robin Williams Juila Roberts and Bob Hoskins hook up for the fantasy flight for a lifetime as dream-maker Steven Spielberg brings this amazing tale of adventure to the screen. All children grow up...except one!