"Actor: Ann Breen"

• The Honeymoon Killers | DVD | (06/12/2004) from £5.00   |  Saving you £-2.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Though it was pre-produced by Martin Scorsese, who left the project after arguments with the producers, The Honeymoon Killers wound up being written and directed by Leonard Kastle, one of cinema's great one-hit wonders. The Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer of 1969, The Honeymoon Killers follows hefty nurse Martha Beck (Shirley Stoler, who looks like a humourlessly malevolent Roseanne) and her low-rent gigolo lover Raymond Fernandez (Tony Lo Bianco) as they take up serial murder for profit and passion, luring middle-aged women into marriage through lonely-hearts ads, then killing them and raiding their savings. Based on a genuine crime case history, it is filmed in the candid-camera style of a Frederick Wiseman documentary. The intense scenes (such as the couple's frightening love-play: escalating arguments that end in awkward killings) unfold with a fly-on-the-wall dryness, showcasing the extraordinary acting of the leads and their cameo victims. A rare film in which genuine romantic love does not excuse the central couple's amoral behaviour, this still manages to generate some sympathy for the truly monstrous Martha. The washed-out black and white photography and sometimes scratchy soundtrack (the score is sampled from Mahler) have a deliberately amateurish feel which adds to the film's chilling power, lodging it into the memory. On the DVD: Along with a lurid trailer and gallery of images are filmographies for Stoler, Lo Bianco and (redundantly) Kastle. The widescreen transfer is excellent, representing perfectly the film's rough-hewn look but also bringing out a lot of detail--like Stoler's freckles, which have looked like grain on video releases. --Kim Newman

• The Brylcreem Boys | DVD | (05/03/2007) from £8.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (11.12%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When two enemy pilots shoot each other down over Ireland they are both captured as prisoners of war. During World War II Neutral Ireland interned all soldiers sailors and airmen regardless of their nationality captured on Irish soil. What they failed to mention was that they would put them all in the same camp... Our pilots (Bill Campbell) and Rudi (Angus MacFayden) are astonished to come face to face with each other at the entrance of the interment camp. Further surprises are in

• Ann Breen - An Evening With Ann Breen | DVD | (05/11/2007) from £8.08   |  Saving you £-3.09 (-61.90%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Ann Breen captured live in concert at the Wimbledon Theatre. Tracklisting: 1. Golden Jubilee 2. If Those Lips Could Only Speak 3. Sweet Sixteen 4. Blackboard Of My Heart 5. One Day At A Time 6. Jealous Heart 7. Be Nobody's Darling But Mine 8. Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On 9. Please Help Me I'm Falling 10. I Don't Know Why I Love You But I Do 11. Stand By Your Man 12. Love Is 13. River Shannon 14. If You're Irish Come Into The Parlour 15. Bould O' Donoghue 16. Galway Shawl 17. Old Bog Road 18. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling 19. Old Maid In The Garrot 20. One Day When We Were Young 21. Mountains Of Mourne 22. Old Dungarvan Oak 23. How Great Thou Art 24. May Each Day Of Your Life

• Ann Breen - Best Of Friends | DVD | (05/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Recorded Live at the Oakengates Theatre Telford. Tracklisting: 1. When You're Not A Dream 2. Silver Threads Among The Gold 3. Dear Hearts And Gentle People 4. Close To You 5. I'll Write As Soon As I Can 6. Killarney 7. Sonny 8. You'll Never Get To Heaven 9. Gold And Silver Days 10. Blue Forever 11. Runaround Angel 12. I Love You Honey 13. May The Good Lord 14. Best Of Friends

• Stark Raving Mad | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £5.36   |  Saving you £0.63 (11.75%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Available for the first time on DVD! It's all about being in the wrong place at the right time. This comedy heist film depicts the efforts of Ben (Sean William Scott) to pay off a debt that his late brother owes Gregory a local crime boss (Lou Diamond Phillips). In order to pay off the debt he and his knuckleheaded friends decide to stage a rave next to a bank vault containing a priceless statue. Once the noise from the makeshift club is underway they will cut through the wall obtain the statue and use it to pay Gregory off. Unfortunately a wealth of obstacles - ranging from club owners FBI agents and randy underage girls - stand in the way of their goal.

• The Honeymoon Killers | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Though it was pre-produced by Martin Scorsese, who left the project after arguments with the producers, The Honeymoon Killers wound up being written and directed by Leonard Kastle, one of cinema's great one-hit wonders. The Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer of 1969, The Honeymoon Killers follows hefty nurse Martha Beck (Shirley Stoler, who looks like a humourlessly malevolent Roseanne) and her low-rent gigolo lover Raymond Fernandez (Tony Lo Bianco) as they take up serial murder for profit and passion, luring middle-aged women into marriage through lonely-hearts ads, then killing them and raiding their savings. Based on a genuine crime case history, it is filmed in the candid-camera style of a Frederick Wiseman documentary. The intense scenes (such as the couple's frightening love-play: escalating arguments that end in awkward killings) unfold with a fly-on-the-wall dryness, showcasing the extraordinary acting of the leads and their cameo victims. A rare film in which genuine romantic love does not excuse the central couple's amoral behaviour, this still manages to generate some sympathy for the truly monstrous Martha. The washed-out black and white photography and sometimes scratchy soundtrack (the score is sampled from Mahler) have a deliberately amateurish feel which adds to the film's chilling power, lodging it into the memory. On the DVD: Along with a lurid trailer and gallery of images are filmographies for Stoler, Lo Bianco and (redundantly) Kastle. The widescreen transfer is excellent, representing perfectly the film's rough-hewn look but also bringing out a lot of detail--like Stoler's freckles, which have looked like grain on video releases. --Kim Newman