"Actor: Anthony"

• Oliver Twist -- Special Edition | DVD | (26/09/2008) from £14.25   |  Saving you £1.74 (12.21%)   |  RRP £15.99

  There have been many film and TV adaptations of Oliver Twist but this 1948 production from director David Lean remains the definitive screen interpretation of the Charles Dickens classic. From the ominous symbolism of its opening storm sequence (in which Oliver's pregnant, ill-fated mother struggles to reach shelter before childbirth) to the mob-scene climax that provokes Bill Sikes's dreadful comeuppance, this breathtaking black-and-white film remains loyal to Dickens while distilling the story into its purest cinematic essence.Every detail is perfect--Lean even includes a coffin-shaped snuffbox for the cruel Mr. Sowerberry--and as young Oliver, eight-year-old John Howard Davies (who would later produce Monty Python's Flying Circus for the BBC) perfectly expresses the orphan's boyish wonderment, stern determination and waifish vulnerability. Best of all is Alec Guinness as Fagin, so devious and yet so delightfully appealing under his beak-nosed (and, at the time, highly controversial) make-up. (Many complained that Fagin's huge nose and greedy demeanour presented an anti-Semitic stereotype, even though Lean never identifies Fagin as Jewish; for this reason, the film wasn't shown in the US until three years after its British release.) Likewise, young Anthony Newley is artfully dodgy as Fagin's loyal accomplice, the Artful Dodger. Guinness's performance would later provide strong inspiration for Ron Moody's equally splendid portrayal of Fagin in the Oscar-winning Oliver! and while that 1968 musical remains wonderfully entertaining, it is Lean's film that hews closest to Dickens' vision. The authentic recreation of 19th-century London is marvellous to behold; Guy Green's cinematography is so shadowy and stylised that it almost qualifies as Dickensian film noir. Lean is surprisingly blunt in conveying Dickens's theme of cruelty but his film never loses sight of the warmth and humanity that Oliver embodies. --Jeff Shannon

• Car Trouble | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £16.71   |  Saving you £-13.72 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  In the throes of a midlife crisis a man buys a new Jaguar and it immediately becomes his new love. What he doesn't know is that his wife is as attracted to the Jaguar salesman as he is to the car.

• Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars | DVD | (14/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Created at least in part due to popular demand, Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars will provide some closure to fans who were dismayed by the demise of the popular science fiction television show in 2003 and campaigned mightily to bring it back. Indeed, this mini-series (originally broadcast over two nights on the Sci-Fi Channel) will likely appeal primarily to the Farscape faithful, as the somewhat convoluted storyline may prove baffling to the uninitiated. A brief bit of backstory explains how John Crichton, an astronaut from Earth, went through a wormhole and ended up on Moya, a living spaceship, with a motley group of aliens, including D'Argo (Anthony Simcoe), Chiana (Gigi Edgley), various puppet characters (designed by the Jim Henson Company), and Aeryn (Claudia Black), Crichton's love interest, who's expecting their first child. As The Peacekeeper Wars begins, our heroes find themselves in the middle of a war-to-end-all-wars between the lizard-like, implacably evil Scarrans and their rivals, the Peacekeepers. Crichton is the lynchpin in all of this, as his knowledge of "wormhole technology" is coveted by all, including his old nemesis Scorpius (Wayne Pygram), who captured and tortured Crichton back in season 1 and with whom Crichton must now form an uneasy alliance against the Scarrans. Over the course of the three-hour miniseries, we get lots of weird- and cool-looking aliens, some nice sets and special effects, plenty of battles, and lots of portentous talk about the fate of the universe--nothing especially original, but all presented with outstanding production values. There's drama and action, love and betrayal, tragedy and triumph, war and, ultimately, peace, with a suitably spectacular ending (and a nod to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey). With a 30-minute "making of" documentary among the DVD special features, The Peacekeeper Wars is a fitting way to end the Farscape saga. --Sam Graham

• Whoops Apocalypse | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £5.98   |  Saving you £4.01 (67.06%)   |  RRP £9.99

  What do yo get if you mix warped British humour with political intrigue Royal kidnaps hostile invasions nuclear bombs British Task Forces mad international terrorists and the SAS? Total mayhem!

• Empire Records | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £6.48   |  Saving you £13.51 (208.49%)   |  RRP £19.99

  They're selling music but not selling out. Empire Records is an independent music store in dire trouble of being sold out to a large chain. After a failed attempt by Lucas one of it's employee's to raise money to buy the store--using revenues from a day of business they all have to band together to stage a wild party and raise the cash. However throughout this seemingly normal day they also must come to terms with who they are and who they want to be. It's a tale of love personal tragedy and finding ones true self-- with the added splash of a little rock and roll.

• Onyx-15 Years of History & Violence | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £11.65   |  Saving you £4.34 (37.25%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This one of a kind DVD showcases not only fifteen years of ONYX's music videos but never before seen footage of live shows studio sessions record signings music video shoots personal moments and general chaos. Special features include five solo videos audio commentary on all seventeen videos from Fredro Starr and Sticky Fingaz Slam karaoke an exclusive photo gallery and other madface goodies. All music videos are uncensored and have been re-mastered from their original reels. ONYX's energetic raspy hardcore style introduced rap to the mosh pit. They made you want to Throw Ya Gunz. They taught you how to SLAM. They made you feel Shiftee... now you can relive the madface invasion with ""Onyx: 15 Years of Videos History And Violence"".

• Exit Wounds | DVD | (24/09/2001) from £4.90   |  Saving you £9.09 (185.51%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Steven Seagal stars as a tough cop who sets out to expose the corruption in his inner-city police department, with the help of a local crime lord.

• Lawrence of Arabia (60th Anniversary Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (07/06/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Die Hard With A Vengeance | DVD | (25/03/2002) from £9.02   |  Saving you £10.97 (121.62%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The second sequel to the mould-making action film Die Hard brings Detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) to New York City to face a better villain than in Die Hard 2. Played by Jeremy Irons, he's the brother of the Germanic terrorist-thief Alan Rickman played in the original film. But this bad guy has his sights set higher: on the Federal Reserve's cache of gold. As a distraction, he sets McClane running fool's errands all over New York--and eventually, McClane attracts an unintentional partner, a Harlem dry cleaner (Samuel L Jackson) with a chip on his shoulder. Some great action sequences, though they can't obscure the rather large plot holes in the film's final 45 minutes. --Marshall Fine

• Platoon/Tigerland/Hamburger Hill | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £23.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Platoon (Dir. Oliver Stone 1986): Writer/director Oliver Stone has created a personal and searing testament to the men who fought the war in Vietnam. Seen through the eyes of a college drop-out the war is a real nightmare a private hell of fears from outside and in with enemies on both sides of the line. His platoon's allegiance is split between leaders Sergeant Barnes and Sergeant Elias. Barnes is a scar-faced gung-ho fanatic bent on destroying the elusive Viet Cong and anyone who disagrees with him. Elias is a different type of soldier--he has lost faith in the war but not in man. Friction between the two sergeants leads to a second war as deadly as the one being waged against the enemy. Tigerland (Dir. Joel Schumacher 2000): Roland Bozz after being conscripted into the US army joins a platoon of other young soldiers preparing to fight in Vietnam. He has no interest in fighting for his country and tries to get sent home as a trouble maker but his superiors mistake his defiance as intelligence and he soon gets a chance to try his hand at leadership... Hamburger Hill (Dir. John Irvin 1987): The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all up hill... up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They are fighting for their country their fellow soldiers and their lives. War is hell but this is worse. Hamburger Hill tells it the way it was the way it really was. It's a raw gritty and totally unrelenting dramatic depiction of one of the fiercest battles of America's bloodiest war. Dodge the gunfire. Get caught behind enemy lines. Go into battle beside the brave young men who fought and died. Feel their desperation and futility. This happened. Hamburger Hill - war at its worst men at their best.

• South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | DVD | (27/03/2000) from £8.95   |  Saving you £5.04 (56.31%)   |  RRP £13.99

  OK, let's get all the disclaimers out of the way first. Despite its colourful (if crude) animation, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut is in no way meant for kids. It is chock full of profanity that might even make Quentin Tarantino blanch and has blasphemous references to God, Satan, Saddam Hussein (who's sleeping with Satan, literally) and Canada. It's rife with scatological humour, suggestive sexual situations, political incorrectness and gleeful, rampant vulgarity. And it's probably one of the most brilliant satires ever made. The plot: flatulent Canadian gross meisters Terrance and Philip hit the big screen and the South Park quartet of third graders--Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and Cartman--begin repeating their profane one-liners ad infinitum. The parents of South Park, led by Kyle's overbearing mom, form "Mothers Against Canada", blaming their neighbours to the north for their children's corruption and taking Terrance and Philip as war prisoners. It's up to the kids then to rescue their heroes from execution, not mention a brooding Satan, who's planning to take over the world. To give away any more of the plot would destroy the fun but this feature-length version of Trey Parker and Matt Stone's Comedy Central hit is a dead-on and hilarious send-up of pop culture. And did we mention it's a musical? From the opening production number "Mountain Town" to the cheerful anti-profanity sing-along "It's Easy, MMM Kay" to Satan's faux-Disney ballad "Up There", Parker (who wrote or cowrote all the songs) brilliantly shoots down every earnest musical from Beauty and the Beast to Les Misérables. And in advocating free speech and satirising well-meaning but misguided parental censorship groups (with a special nod to the MPAA), Bigger, Longer & Uncut hits home against adult paranoia and hypocrisy with a vengeance. And the jokes, while indeed vulgar and gross, are hysterical; we can't repeat them here, especially the lyrics to Terrance and Philip's hit song, but you'll be rolling on the floor. Don't worry, though--to paraphrase Cartman, this movie won't warp your fragile little mind unless you have something against the First Amendment. --Mark Englehart

• Wrong Turn 6 - Last Resort | Blu Ray | (05/03/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Taxi Hunter | Blu Ray | (28/08/2023) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One of the most infamous movies branded with Hong Kong's 'adults only' Category III rating, Taxi Hunter bravely tackles the under-explored scourge of er unprofessional taxi drivers. After his pregnant wife is perishes through the actions of a careless (and callous) cabby, mild-mannered Ah Kin (Anthony 'king of the Cat III's' Wong) declares war on the entire profession and you don't need 'The Knowledge' to know he won't be leaving a tip... Directed by Herman Yau (who unleashed Ebola Syndrome on an unsuspecting world) 88 Films are pleased to present this important treatise on public transport in a wonderful new blu-ray edition Product Features High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray™ presentation in 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio Lossless 2.0 Cantonese Mono Newly Translated English Subtitles Audio Commentary by Hong Kong Film Expert Frank Djeng Interview with James Ha Theatrical Trailer

• The Elephant Man (40th Anniversary Edition) | Blu Ray | (09/11/2020) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A stunning new 4K restoration of THE ELEPHANT MAN, with both picture and sound overseen by revered director David Lynch, this release is the perfect celebration of the films 40th anniversary. Starring Anthony Hopkins and John Hurt, THE ELEPHANT MAN is an extraordinary and intensely moving true story of bravery and humanity. John Merrick (John Hurt) is The Elephant Man, forced into circus sideshows and spurned by society because of the disfiguring disabilities he was born with. Rescued by a well meaning surgeon (Anthony Hopkins), he tries to escape a life of prejudice and cruelty as he tries to fit into a world ruled by Victorian sensibilities. Beautifully shot in black and white by the incomparable Freddie Francis, THE ELEPHANT MAN is an unforgettable story of human dignity and survival. Extras: NEW - Interview with Frank Connor, Stills Photography NEW - BFI Q&A With Jonathan Sanger Interview With David Lynch Interview With John Hurt Mike Figgis Interviews David Lynch The Air Is On Fire: Interview With David Lynch at Cartier Foundation Joseph Merrick: The Real Elephant Man The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed

• Anthony's 70s Disco Workout | DVD | (26/12/2005) from £5.38   |  Saving you £12.61 (234.39%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The 2005 Big Brother winner shows you how to cut up the dancefloor whilst getting super-fit all in the style of the '70s!

• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope | DVD | (24/08/2020) from £3.38   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Young farm boy Luke Skywalker is thrust into a galaxy of adventure when he intercepts a distress call from the captive Princess Leia. The event launches him on a daring mission to rescue her from the clutches of Darth Vader and the Evil Empire

• Midsomer Murders - The Killings At Badger's Drift | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £10.92   |  Saving you £7.33 (75.88%)   |  RRP £16.99

  The very first episode of Midsomer Murders is based on the award winning Inspector Barnaby novels by Caroline Graham. An old lady witnesses a shocking event but before she can tell anyone what she has seen she dies from what seems to be natural causes. Her dearest friend drags the unwilling Inspector Barnaby into the case. He soon begins to see that certain things just don't add up then a second gruesome killing confirms his suspicions.

• Repentance | DVD | (10/11/2014) from £5.00   |  Saving you £7.99 (159.80%)   |  RRP £12.99

  From Codeblack Films and the producers of FRUITVALE STATION. Years after a drunken car crash that almost took his life Thomas Carter (Anthony Mackie) has reinvented himself as a therapist/spiritual advisor who advocates a synthesis of world religions and positivity. He has parlayed this vocation into a successful book release that one day draws the attention of Angel Sanchez (Forest Whitaker) a profoundly troubled man fixated on the untimely death of his mother. When Carter takes on Sanchez as a personal client in an effort to raise funds for his indebted brother Ben (Mike Epps) things quickly take a turn for the worse. Angel needs much more than a simple life coach. What may be simple to grasp for some is the idea that single actions in the past comprise tidal waves of reactions in the present. Director Philippe Caland's REPENTANCE examines these issues against a backdrop of kidnapping and murder.

• The Untold Story | Blu Ray | (29/07/2024) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In 1978 in Hong Kong, a grisly murder takes place. Eight years later on a Macao beach, kids discover the severed hands of a fresh victim. A squadron of coarse, happy-go-lucky cops investigate and suspicion falls on Wong Chi Hang, the new owner of The Eight Immortals Restaurant famous for its delicious pork buns. The hands belong to the missing mother of the restaurant's former owner who has disappeared along with the rest of his family. Staff at the restaurant continue to go missing but the police can't find any hard evidence that Wong is responsible. When he can't produce a bill of sale proving his purchase of the restaurant, Wong is arrested and the police try to torture him into a confession. Can they make him talk? And what was in those famous pork buns? Written by and starring Danny Lee (CITY ON FIRE), Anthony Wong (EBOLA SYNDROME) and Directed by Herman Yau (TAXI HUNTER), 88 Films is proud to release the most notorious Category 3 film ever produced in Hong Kong remastered from the Original Negative. High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray™ presentation in 1.85:1 Aspect RatioLossless 2.0 Cantonese MonoNewly Translated English SubtitlesAudio Commentary by Hong Kong Film Expert Frank DjengArchive Commentary with Anthony WongArchive Commentary with Herman YauTheatrical Trailer

• The Scarlet Pimpernel | DVD | (18/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  It's tough trying to beat the 1934 version of the popular adventure-romance story, starring Leslie Howard as the 18th-century British hero who poses as a fop in London society but runs a secret mission to rescue the doomed in Robespierre's Paris. But this 1982 television version, starring Anthony Andrews (Sebastian Flyte in Brideshead Revisited) as the Pimpernel and Jane Seymour as his beloved but estranged wife, is quite a treat. Andrews and Seymour expertly capture the essence of a relationship suffering from misunderstandings and elusive passion, and there is plenty of crackle to the action sequences. Clive Donner (What's New, Pussycat?) brings some strong cinematic qualities to this television presentation. --Tom Keogh