"Actor: Ben"

• The Sky Trembles And The Earth Is Afraid And The Two Eyes Are... | DVD | (30/01/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Sky Trembles and the Earth is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers is a new feature film by award-winning British artist and filmmaker Ben Rivers (Two Years at Sea). At the heart of the film's layered narratives is an adaptation of ˜A Distant Episode', the savage short story set in Morocco by American author Paul Bowles, first published in 1947. Moving between documentary, fiction and fable, The Sky Trembles sees its protagonist, filmmaker Oliver Laxe, directing his own film in Morocco, the forthcoming Las Mimosas, before walking off set and into Rivers' narrative. The Sky Trembles was shot on 16mm against the staggering beauty of the Moroccan landscape, from the rugged terrain of the Atlas Mountains to the stark and surreal emptiness of the Sahara, with its encroaching sands and abandoned film sets. Oliver Laxe is drawn into a hallucinatory adventure of cruelty, madness and malevolence, as his narrative combines with Bowles' story and observational footage to form a multi-layered excavation into the constructs of cinema itself. Premiered at Locarno Film Festival 2015, it has also screened at the London Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and the New York City International Film Festival amongst many others.

• Forces Of Nature | DVD | (02/07/2006) from £8.14   |  Saving you £11.11 (161.48%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Plane crashes, pickpockets, hurricanes--heaven and hell is moving to prevent our able hero Ben (Ben Affleck) from marrying his sweetie (Maura Tierney) in Savannah. At every turn he runs into someone else despairing about the woes of married life. And of course, temptation proves overwhelming in the face of travelling companion Sarah (Sandra Bullock), the wild woman whom he can't seem--or doesn't want--to lose. After a wayward bird flies into the engine of his aeroplane, Ben is forced to find another way to his wedding. He finds himself stuck with Sarah, whom he carried from the plane after she was whacked in the head by his laptop. The heat between them is unmistakable, and the drama in the film comes from the "will he or won't he", both in terms of sleeping with Sarah and meeting up with his bride. Forces of Nature is a fun and sentimental road-trip film, but Ben is so straight-laced, you can't help but want him to fall flat on his face just a little. Bullock is the life of this film, although her free-spirited ways get a bit tired (responsibility is not all bad). The highlight of this movie, though, is definitely the cinematography. The beautiful rain shots and the colours of the scenes lend to the unsettling mood. While the jokes are not rip-roaring, Forces of Nature is to be reckoned with for those times when a light-hearted film is what you need. --Jenny Brown, Amazon.com

• Pi - 15th Anniversary Edition | DVD | (12/08/2013) from £13.79   |  Saving you £11.20 (81.22%)   |  RRP £24.99

  From acclaimed film-maker Darren Aronofsky director of Requiem for a Dream The Wrestler and Black Swan comes the fifteenth anniversary edition of his debut feature Pi (winner of Best Director at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival). Number theorist Maximillian Cohen (Sean Gullette) has an obsession with numbers that causes him migraines. When Max's computer crashes after predicting a stock market collapse and spitting out a 216-digit number Max initially dismisses it until the prediction comes true and he realises that it could be the key he has been searching for in this surreal psychological drama.

• Chasing Amy | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £5.54   |  Saving you £10.45 (188.63%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Writer-director Kevin Smith (Clerks) makes a huge leap in sophistication with this strong story about a comic-book artist (Ben Affleck) who falls in love with a lesbian (Joey Lauren Adams) and actually gets his wish that she love him, too. Their relationship is attacked, however, by his business partner (Jason Lee), who pulls a very unsubtle Iago act to cast doubt over the whole affair. The film has the same sense of insiderness as Clerks--this time, Smith takes us within the arcane, funny world of comic-book cultism--but the themes of jealousy, deceit and the high price of growing up enough to truly care for someone make this a very satisfying movie. --Tom Keogh

• Happiness | DVD | (22/05/2000) from £8.49   |  Saving you £11.50 (135.45%)   |  RRP £19.99

  At times brilliant and insightful, at times repellent and false, Happiness is director Todd Solondz's multi-story tale of sex, perversion and loneliness. Plumbing depths of Crumb-like angst and rejection, Solondz won the Cannes International Critics Prize in 1998 and the film was a staple of nearly every critic's Top 10 list. Admirable, shocking, and hilarious for its sarcastic yet strangely empathetic look at consenting adults' confusion between lust and love, the film stares unflinchingly until the audience blinks. But it doesn't stop there. A word of strong caution to parents: One of the main characters, a suburban super dad (played by Dylan Baker), is really a predatory paedophile and there is more than an attempt to paint him as a sympathetic character. Children are used in this film as running gags or, worse, the means to an end. Whether that end is a humorous scene for Solondz or sexual gratification for the rapist becomes largely irrelevant. Happiness is an intelligent, sad film, revelatory and exact at moments. It's also abuse in the guise of art. That's nothing to celebrate. --Keith Simanton

• Fockers Triple (1-3 Box Set) | DVD | (18/04/2011) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £27.99

  Titles Comprise: Meet The Parents: First comes love. Then comes the interrogation! Male nurse Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) is poised to propose to his girlfriend Pam (Teri Polo) during a weekend stay at her parents' home. But here's the catch... he needs to ask her father first. Alas the fur flies as Jack Byrnes Pam's cat-crazy ex-CIA father (Robert De Niro) takes an immediate dislike to her less-than-truthful beau. Greg's quest for approval gets seriously sidetracked as Murphy's Law takes over and a hilarious string of mishaps turn him into a master of disaster and total pariah in the eyes of the entire family... all except for his shell-shocked girlfriend who can't believe she still loves her one-man wreaking crew. 'Meet The Parents' from the director of Austin Powers is an uproarious blockbuster hit that bombards you with one laugh after another as true love tries to conquer all against all the odds! Meet The Fockers: And you thought your parents were embarrassing. Domestic disaster looms for male nurse 'Greg' Focker (Stiller) when his straight-laced ex-CIA father-in-law (De Niro) asks to meet his wildly unconventional mom (Streisand) and dad (Hoffman). It's family bonding gone hysterically haywire in this must-see comedy! Little Fockers: Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) has finally begun to earn the respect of his ex-CIA father-in-law Jack Byrnes (Robert DeNiro) but one important test still lies ahead: will Greg prove that he has what it takes to be the family's next Godfocker ... or will the circle of trust be broken for good? Returning co-stars Owen Wilson Blythe Danner Teri Polo Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand are joined by newcomers Jessica Alba Laura Dern and Harvey Keitel in this hysterical family affair.

• Shakespeare in Love | DVD | (14/03/2011) from £4.96   |  Saving you £11.03 (222.38%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Triumphant winner of 7 Academy Awards - including Best Picture - this witty sexy smash features Oscar-winning Best Actress Gwyneth Paltrow and an amazing cast that includes Academy Award winners Judi Dench Geoffrey Rush and Ben Affleck! When Will Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) needs passionate inspiration to break a bad case of writer's block a secret romance with the beautiful Lady Viola (Paltrow) starts the words flowing like never before! There are just two things he'll have to learn about his new love: not only is she promised to marry someone else she's successfully impersonating a man in order to play the lead in Will's latest production! A truly can't-miss motion picture event with outstanding critical acclaim to match its impressive collection of major awards - everyone will love this funny behind-the-scenes look at the writing of the greatest love story ever told!

• The Outsider | Blu Ray | (27/07/2020) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The gruesome murder of an 11-year-old boy in the Georgia woods leads a local detective into a disturbing search for the truth in this drama series based on Stephen King's bestselling novel.

• Species 1-4 Collection | Blu Ray | (30/01/2023) from £29.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Starring Ben Kingsley (GANDHI, SEXY BEAST), Alfred Molina (SPIDER-MAN 2, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK) and Natasha Henstridge in her debut performance, the original Species was an impressive mix of science fiction and body horror, inspired by the likes of ALIEN and the work of David Cronenberg. Its success encouraged a run of entertaining sequels and the franchise has long been a favourite of cult film enthusiasts everywhere. This beautiful set contains all four movies including SPECIES, SPECIES II, SPECIES III and SPECIES: THE AWAKENING in a superb presentation replete with extras, insights and interviews. Product Features Disc 1 SPECIES Audio Commentary with Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen and Director Roger Donaldson Audio Commentary with Director Roger Donaldson, Make-Up Effects Creator Steve Johnson, Visual Effects Supervisor Richard Edlund and Producer Frank Mancuso Jr. Audio Commentary with Critics Kim Newman and Film-maker Sean Hogan After Birth: The Evolution of Species From Sil to Eve The Making of Species: The Origin, The Concept, The Discovery Designing a Hybrid Alternate Ending Theatrical Trailer Stills Gallery Disc 2 SPECIES 2 Audio Commentary with Director Peter Medak From Sil to Eve with Natasha Henstridge Creature Creations: The Effects of Species II Alien Evolutions with Chris Brancato Special Effects Outtakes & behind the Scenes Footage Species II: Eve of Destruction Additional Unseen Footage :The DebutantsThe Strip ClubTransvestiteExtended Tongue Theatrical Trailer Disc 3 SPECIES 3 Audio Commentary with Director Brad Turner, Writer Ben Ripley and Actor Robin Dunne Audio Commentary with Film Journalists Dave Wain and Matty Budrewicz Alien Odyssey: Evolution Alien Odyssey: Species DNA Alien Odyssey: Alien Technology Alien Odyssey: Intelligent Lifeforms Genesis Falling Apart Original Trailer Disc 4 SPECIES THE AWAKENING Audio Commentary with Film Journalists Dave Wain and Matty Budrewicz Alien Awakenings - An Interview with Director Nick Lyon Miranda's Memories - An Interview with Actress Helena Mattson Deleted Scenes Original Trailer

• Ferris Bueller's Day Off | DVD | (31/07/2000) from £4.98   |  Saving you £11.01 (221.08%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Like a soda pop left open all night, Ferris Bueller's Day Off seems to have lost its effervescence over time. Sure, Matthew Broderick is still appealing as the perennial truant, Ferris, who takes one memorable day off from school. Jeffrey Jones is nasty and scheming as the principal who's out to catch him. Jennifer Grey is winning as Ferris' sister (who ends up making out in the police station with a prophetic vision of Charlie Sheen). But there's a definite sense that this film was of a particular time frame: the 80s. It's still fun, though. There's Ferris singing "Twist and Shout" during a Chicago parade, and a lovely sequence in the Art Institute. But don't get it and expect your kids to love it the way you did. Like it or not, it's yours alone. --Keith Simanton, Amazon.com

• The Far Pavilions | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Ash (Ben Cross) and Anjuli (Amy Irving) are two star-crossed lovers caught up in this passionate and haunting love story. Based on the best selling novel by M. M. Kaye The Far Pavilions is set in the India of the British Raj at the end of the 19th Century against the spectacular and epic sweep of battle treachery and intrigue. An all star cast including Omar Sharif Sir John Gielgud Christopher Lee Rossano Brazzi Robert Hardy Saeed Jaffery and Rupert Everett feature in

• The Finest Hours | Blu Ray | (13/06/2016) from £10.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.11%)   |  RRP £9.00

  Based on the extraordinary true story of the greatest small-boat rescue in U.S. Coast Guard history, The Finest Hours is a tale of courage, faith and honour in the face of overwhelming odds. When a massive storm strikes off the coast of Cape Cod, it rips a T-2 oil tanker in half, trapping more than 30 sailors on its rapidly sinking stern. As Captain Bernie Webber (Chris Pine) and his crew set out in a 12-seat rescue boat to save them, Chief Engineer Ray Sybert (Casey Affl eck) struggles to buy his men more time. Packed with heroic action and thrilling bonus content, The Finest Hours Blu-ray is a triumph. Bonus Features: Against All Odds: The Bernie Webber Story Deleted Scenes Brotherhood Two Crews What Is Your Finest Hour? The Finest Inspiration: The U.S. Coast Guard

• Incubus - Live At Red Rocks | Blu Ray | (07/04/2007) from £29.98   |  Saving you £-19.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A gem for any Incubus fan to have this disc captures the band's unforgettable performance at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre in July 2004. The set includes a bonus audio CD with extra material. Track List: 1. Megalomaniac 2. Nice To Know You 3. Idiot Box 4. Just A Phase 5. Priceless 6. Beware! Criminal 7. Wish You Were Here 8. Here In My Room 9. Drive 10. Vitamin 11. Pistola 12. Stellar 13. Made For TV Movie 14. Talk Shows On Mute 15. Sick Sad Little World 16. A Certain Shade Of Green 17. Pantomime 18. The Warmth 19. Pardon Me 20. Pantomime 21. Follow 22. Monuments and Melodies

• Wrong Apartment | DVD | (06/01/2014) from £5.19   |  Saving you £4.80 (92.49%)   |  RRP £9.99

  While trying to get their lives back on track after the tragic loss of their four year old son Bryn (Teri Polo) and Paul Shaw move to the charming old Beacon Apartments. However the buildings charm soon wears off as Bryn starts seeing the ghostly figure of a little boy skulking around its corridors. With the help of an eccentric young professor and a tough old beat cop Bryn tries to uncover the details of the boy's death. She hopes that freeing the child will allow him to carry a message to her dead son. But a second malevolent entity stalks the halls of the Beacon: an evil that doesn't want the boy to escape.

• Meet The Parents/Meet The Fockers | DVD | (07/09/2009) from £8.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (44.49%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Meet The Fockers (2004): And you thought your parents were embarrassing. Domestic disaster looms for male nurse Greg Focker (Stiller) when his straight-laced ex-CIA father-in-law (De Niro) asks to meet his wildly unconventional mom (Streisand) and dad (Hoffman). It's family bonding gone hysterically haywire in this must-see comedy! Meet The Parents - Special Edition (2000): First comes love. Then comes the interrogation! Male nurse Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) is poised to propose to his girlfriend Pam (Teri Polo) during a weekend stay at her parents' home. But here's the catch... he needs to ask her father first. Alas the fur flies as Jack Byrnes Pam's cat-crazy ex-CIA father (Robert De Niro) takes an immediate dislike to her less-than-truthful beau. Greg's quest for approval gets seriously sidetracked as Murphy's Law takes over and a hilarious string of mishaps turn him into a master of disaster and total pariah in the eyes of the entire family... all except for his shell-shocked girlfriend who can't believe she still loves her one-man wreaking crew. 'Meet The Parents' from the director of 'Austin Powers' is an uproarious blockbuster hit that bombards you with one laugh after another as true love tries to conquer all against all the odds!

• The Bill - Vol.3 | DVD | (11/05/2009) from £6.79   |  Saving you £13.20 (194.40%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Bill: Vol. 3 (2 Discs)

• Good Will Hunting | DVD | (22/01/2001) from £13.50   |  Saving you £2.49 (18.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Robin Williams won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and actors Matt Damon and Ben Affleck nabbed one for Best Original Screenplay, but the feel-good hit Good Will Hunting triumphs because of its gifted director, Gus Van Sant. The unconventional director (My Own Private Idaho, Drugstore Cowboy) saves a script marred by vanity and clunky character development by yanking soulful, touching performances out of his entire cast (amazingly, even one by Williams that's relatively schtick-free). Van Sant pulls off the equivalent of what George Cukor accomplished for women's melodrama in the 1930s and 40s: He's crafted an intelligent, unabashedly emotional male weepie about men trying to find inner-wisdom. Matt Damon stars as Will Hunting, a closet maths genius who ignores his gift in favour of nightly boozing and fighting with South Boston buddies (co-writer Ben Affleck among them). While working as a university janitor, he solves an impossible calculus problem scribbled on a hallway blackboard and reluctantly becomes the prodigy of an arrogant MIT professor (Stellan Skarsgård). Damon only avoids prison by agreeing to see psychiatrists, all of whom he mocks or psychologically destroys until he meets his match in the professor's former childhood friend, played by Williams. Both doctor and patient are haunted by the past and, as mutual respect develops, the healing process begins. The film's beauty lies not with grand climaxes, but with small, quiet moments. Scenes such as Affleck's clumsy pep talk to Damon while they drink beer after work, or any number of therapy session between Williams and Damon offer poignant looks at the awkward ways men show affection and feeling for one another. --Dave McCoy

• The Last Legion | DVD | (18/02/2008) from £6.73   |  Saving you £9.26 (137.59%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The last emperor of the Roman Empire will fight alongside his friends to make his last stand for Rome in this period epic.

• Joseph - King Of Dreams | DVD | (01/09/2014) from £9.29   |  Saving you £8.70 (93.65%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Joseph King of Dreams is a direct-to-video sequel advertised as "from the makers of The Prince of Egypt", a labelling that might inspire trepidation in the viewer. Happily, the makers of Joseph leave Moses alone and tell the tale of another Bible star, Joseph, known for his coat of many colours and a fantastic destiny. Joseph (voiced by Ben Affleck), his father's favourite son, is sold into slavery by his jealous half-brothers. After years of struggle, Joseph rises to be the Pharaoh's trusted adviser when his gift for interpreting dreams pays dividends. The 78-minute feature is rich in colour and features several strong songs ("Better Than I" is the standout) written by newcomer John Bucchino. The film's religious elements are secondary, yet its heart is in the right spot--a most agreeable stance for a wider audience. Prince was designed as an "event" movie and suffered in the hype and marketing. With lower aims, Joseph is a more satisfying film and even invites the unexpected: we're ready for the next "sequel". --Doug Thomas, Amazon.com

• Coupling: Complete Series 4 | DVD | (16/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Coupling Season 4: feel free to insert your own "four-play" joke, or for that matter, your own "insert" joke. Sex is still topic 1 for the intertwined group of "exes and best friends", but in this pivotal season there are momentous "relationship issues" that will upend all their lives (insert your own "upend" joke while you're at it). Susan is pregnant, inspiring in Steve nightmares about his own execution and unflattering comparisons of the birth process to John Hurt's iconic gut-busting scene in Alien. Missing in action is the Kramer-esque Jeff (although he makes something of a return in the season finale). Joining the ensemble is Oliver, who is more in the Chandler mode as a lovable loser with the ladies. These inevitable comparisons to "Sein-Friends" are no doubt heresy to Coupling's most devoted viewers. Indeed, this series does benefit from creator and sole writer Steven Moffat's comic voice and vision. He provides his ever-game cast some witty, funny-‘cause-it's-true dialogue, as in Oliver's observation that "Tea isn't compatible with porn". This Britcom is also less inhibited in language and sexual situations than its American counterparts. In the cleverly-constructed opening episode, in which the same "9-1/2 Minutes" are witnessed from three different perspectives, Sally and Jane can do what was left to the imagination when Monica and Rachel offered to make out in front of Joey and Chandler. The birth of Susan and Steven's baby ends the six-episode season on a satisfying and surprisingly moving grace note. A bonus disc takes viewers behind the scenes with segments devoted to bloopers and interviews with cast and crew. --Donald Liebenson