"Actor: Bill Owen"

• Not So Dusty | DVD | (16/03/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Starring: Bill Owen, Leslie Dwyer, Dandy Nicholls, Joy Nicholls. Directed by Maclean Rodgers A classic black & white 1950s British comedy digitally restored and remastered. 2 Dustmen come into possession of a valuable book thanks to a good deed. The subsequent plot centres on their attempts to sell the book and the donors sisters devious attempts to retrieve it. One of several films which launched successful careers for its cast.

• Easy Money | DVD | (27/06/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Be careful what you wish for: as this compendium about the perils of getting rich quick shows money doesn't always buy happiness. Here are four stories that show the down side to high living: a family scoops the pools but it nearly tears them apart and a mild mannered clerk wins the jackpot with unhappy consequences; greed and temptation turns honest people into crooks while a suddenly wealthy man finds himself missing his old life. Mixing laughter tears and suspense - and starring some of Britain's best loved actors (including Jack Warner Petula Clark David Tomlinson Mervyn Johns and Dennis Price) - Easy Money is a true classic of the British screen.

• Laughterhouse | DVD | (02/05/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When farmer Ben Singleton (Ian Holm) faces a strike by the Transport and General Workers Union he decides to walk his 500 plumped up gaggle of geese to the Christmas Smithfield Market in London just as they did in medieval times. He persuades his wife (Penelope Wilton) daughter and two loyal workers to undertake the one hundred-mile trek to the Capital which becomes fraught with peril and humour. However by the time Singleton is only halfway there he has become a national hero something he has neither sort nor desired thanks to a film crew who are more content on telling their own story rather than the truth. The screenplay by actor Brian Glover harks back affectionately to the Ealing Comedies of the 1940s and '50s with it's battle of the small man against the stupidity of the bureaucrats and the media.

• The Comeback - Digitally Remastered | DVD | (07/11/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  British horror director Pete Walker gives Jack Jones a starring role as crooner Nick Cooper who has returned to England, after a move to L.A and a failed marriage to record his comeback album. Little does Nick know that his ex-wife Gail has been butchered by a figure in an old lady mask wielding an axe. Her body now lies rotting in the apartment they used to share.The divorce had been bitter and Nick can't face Gail or the apartment, so his manager, Webster Jones, (David Doyle) arranged for Nick to stay at a remote house being looked after by an old couple. The couple, who say they're fans, are simply called Mr. B (Bill Owen) and Mrs. B (Sheila Keith). Webster Jones has his assistant Linda (Pamela Stephenson) look after Nick and soon an attraction grows between the two.But strange things are afoot at the house, and at night, Nick hears mysterious crying and moaning. Disturbed, he is assured by the old couple and his manager that he must be imagining it. But when he opens a door and comes face to face with a skeletal corpse, and discovers a rotted head that looks like Gail, it seems he's either going mad or something sinister and frighteningly real is going on. Then the masked killer strikes again… Extras include: 4 page booklet notes commentary by Peter Walker and Jonathan Rigby Theatrical Trailer Subtitles Stills Gallery

• Dear Wendy | DVD | (09/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  "Dear Wendy" is a story about a young loner who finds a small handgun.

• Urban Ghost Story | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  After an ecstatsy induced car accident 12 year old Lizzie lies dead on the roadside - slowly she is taken into the light - but is pulled back to earth when she is revived by the doctors. Lizzie feels sure that during the 184 seconds that she lay dead something latched on to her and came back into her world. The nightmares and visions that follow only crystalise her belief that she should have died in the crash... Then the disturbances start at first merely tappings and bad smells - but soon the activity escalates. Lizzie seems to be the focus but according to others she's just playing games for attention. Only when Kate her mother is confronted with inexplicable events does she face the possibility that they may be the victims of a poltergeist infestation.

• When The Bough Breaks | DVD | (23/05/2011) from £9.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (30.03%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A young working mother, Lily Bates (Patricia Roc), is nursing her new-born baby in a London maternity hospital when a police inspector informs her that ‘her husband’ has been arrested as a bigamist. Despite living in a society that frowns upon single mothers, Lily decides to overcome these prejudices and raise Jimmy by herself. But when Lily falls ill she has to leave Jimmy in the care of Frances (Rosamund John), a nursery worker, and her husband Robert (Patrick Holt). As Lily returns to health she reluctantly decides to let the Normans bring up Jimmy as their own. Time passes, Lily moves away, and then falls in love and marries a shopkeeper called Bill (Bill Owen). But the memory of her son Jimmy plays on Lily’s mind, and when it threatens to disrupt their new-found happiness, Bill and Lily decide to search for Jimmy and reclaim him as their own.

• Speed / Die Hard / Independence Day / Transporter / Behind Enemy Lines | DVD | (16/08/2004) from £39.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Speed Keanu Reeves stars as Jack Traven an LAPD Swat team specialist who is sent to defuse a bomb that a revenge-driven extortionist (Dennis Hopper) has planted on a bus. But until he does Jack and passenger Sandra Bullock must keep the bus speeding through the streets of Los Angeles at more than 50 miles an hour - or the bomb will explode! Die Hard New York cop John McClane facing Christmas alone flies to Los Angeles to see his estranged wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) and their kids in an attempt to patch things up. He arrives at his wife's high tech office building in the middle of their Christmas party just as it is gatecrashed by the ruthless master criminal Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) and a dozen fellow activists intent on relieving the Nakatomi Corporation of six hundred million dollars in negotiable bonds... Independence Day One of the biggest box office hits of all time delivers the ultimate encounter when mysterious and powerful aliens launch an all-out invasion against the human race. The spectacle begins when massive spaceships appear in Earth's skies. But wonder turns to terror as the ships blast destructive beams of fire down on cities all over the planet. Now the world's only hope lies with a determined band of survivors uniting for one last strike against the invaders - before it's the end of mankind. The Transporter Ex-Special Forces operator Frank Martin lives what seems to be a quiet life along the French Mediterranean hiring himself out as a mercenary transporter who moves goods - human or otherwise - from one place to another. No questions asked. Carrying out mysterious and sometimes dangerous tasks in his tricked-out BMW Martin finds his latest assignment could well be his last after his package is revealed to be a beautiful woman (Shu Qi) at the centre of a human trafficking ring... Behind Enemy Lines On a reconnaissance flight over eastern Europe disillusioned naval pilot Chris Burnett (Owen Wilson) and his partner Stackhouse (Gabriel Macht) photograph a scene they were not meant to see. When their plane is shot down and Stackhouse is quickly captured and executed Burnett must struggle to survive in unfamiliar hostile territory with a cold-blooded assassin and hundreds of enemy troops on his heels...

• My Brothers Keeper | DVD | (08/08/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  George Martin (Jack Warner) and Willie Stannard (George Cole) are handcuffed together and on their way to a West Country jail when they escape and go on the run. Martin is a hardened dangerous criminal but Stannard is a simple-minded youth who claims he is innocent of the crime for which he is awaiting trial. As they go on the run handcuffed together Martin steals a corporal's uniform and pretends that Stannard is a deserter in his charge. Desperate to unshackle himself from the simple-minded youth Martin finds a hacksaw in a deserted cottage but they are surprised by a huntsman. In the ensuing struggle Martin murders the huntsman and the search for escaped prisoners becomes a manhunt for a murderer...

• In Celebration | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Lindsay Anderson's filmic adaptation of David Storey's play. This is the story of an English family and their gathering together for the parents' wedding anniversary. Three grown sons argue while Mum wanders about aimlessly and Dad waits for the next crisis.

• Peter Pan Special Edition / Return to Neverland Box set - Includes Peter Pan story book (Disney) | DVD | (12/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £26.99

  Peter Pan: Walt Disney's 14th animated masterpiece bursts with fantasy adventure and pixie dust! The magic begins when the boy who ""never grows up"" flies through the Darlings' nursery window in search of his lost shadow. Accompanied by his feisty sidekick Tinker Bell Peter teaches Wendy John and Michael to fly and they're off to the ""second star to the right"" and straight ahead to Never Land! Before they know it they're knee-deep in high-flying battle with swashbuckling pirates led by Peter's archenemy Captain Hook whose time is nearly up against a ticktocking crocodile. From the stunning starlit London skies to the glorious first sight of Never Land including the memorable songs ""You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!"" ""Following The Leader "" and ""A Pirate's Life For Me "" Peter Pan defines Disney Magic reminding us all again and again that childhood dreams live forever. Return to Neverland: The magical enchantment of Peter Pan is back! Peter Pan Tinker Bell the Lost Boys Captain Hook and Smee return - and you'll meet Jane Wendy's skeptical daughter who has outgrown her mother's childhood tales of Peter Pan. Jane no longer believes in magic or fairy tales. But when Captain Hook's pirate ship swoops down upon London and carries Jane off to Never Land her imagination is set free by Peter Pan himself! The crafty pirate sets a trap for Peter Pan and Tink and only Jane can help. It is up to her to call upon ""faith trust and pixie dust"" to take flight to save Peter and all of Never Land. Featuring marvelous animation all-new music and high-flying adventure from start to finish Return to Neverland is fantastic Disney fun for the young and young at heart. You'll want to return to Never Land again and again!

• Armageddon | UMD | (07/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

• Constant Gardener/Out Of Africa | DVD | (31/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Constant Gardener (Dir. Fernando Meirelles 2005): In a remote area of Northern Kenya activist Tessa Quayle (Rachel Weisz) is found brutally murdered. Tessa's companion a doctor appears to have fled the scene and the evidence points to a crime of passion. Members of the British High Commission in Nairobi assume that Tessa's widower their mild-mannered and unambitious colleague Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes) will leave the matter to them. They could not be more wrong.... Haunted by remorse and jarred by rumors of his late wife's infidelities Quayle surprises everyone by embarking on a personal odyssey that will take him across three continents. Using his privileged access to diplomatic secrets he will risk his own life stopping at nothing to uncover and expose the truth; a conspiracy more far-reaching and deadly than Quayle could ever have imagined. Based on the novel by John Le Carre The Constant Gardener was nominated for 3 Oscars and Rachel Weisz duly collected statuette hers for a superb supporting turn as Tessa Quayle. Out of Africa (Dir. Sydney Pollack 1985): Sydney Pollack directs this sweeping romantic drama based on the memoirs of Danish writer Isak Dinesen. Meryl Streep stars as Karen Blixen the restless wife of European aristocrat and plantation owner Baron Bror Blixen (Brandauer). When Bror departs to hunt big game and chase women the running of their East African coffee plantation falls to Karen. She throws herself into this task with the same determination and spirit she brings to her passionate but sporadic affair with free-spirited British hunter Denys Finch Hatton (Robert Redford). While enduring her husband's infidelities and the eventual destruction of their beloved land she entertains Denys and befriends the workers. Hatton shares Karen's profound love for the African landscape but is unwilling to sacrifice his independence for their relationship...

• Bruckheimer Action Collection | DVD | (22/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  A collection of high-octane action films from uber-producer Jerry Bruckheimer! Featured titles: 1.Pirates Of The Caribbean 2.King Arthur - Director's Cut 3.National Treasure 4.Pearl Harbor 5.Con Air 6.The Rock 7.Enemy Of The State 8.Crimson Tide 9.Gone In 60 Seconds - Director's Cut 10.Armageddon Please refer to individual titles for individual castings and synopses'.

• European Mavericks - Love Gone Wrong | DVD | (21/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Together: 1975 Sweden. Tired of her abusive husband Elisabeth packs her bags and moves with her children to her brother's commune 'Together'. As a fairly ordinary housewife from the suburbs the commune's freewheeling attitudes towards sex and politics will open Elisabeth's eyes and change her family's life forever. Together is a film about people trying to live together. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. It's about love and divorce and happiness and unhappiness and children and adults and ABBA and sex and football. (Dir. Lukas Moodysson Swedish 2000) Dear Wendy: One shot is all it takes..... Dick a loner living in a poor US mining town happens upon a small antique handgun and finds himself strangely drawn to it. He convinces other young outcasts to join him in a secret club he calls 'The Dandies'. It's a club based on the conflicting ideals of pacifism and guns; with the most important rule: 'never draw your weapon'. But they soon find themselves in a predicament where they realise that rules are made to be broken... (Dir. Thomas Vinterberg 2005) Vodka Lemon: In the tiny Kurdish village of Caucasus lives widowed army veteran Hamo. A few precious comforts - an old armoire an archaic television set his old uniform and a seven dollar monthly pension - keep him company until some long-awaited correspondence (and more pressingly money) reaches his remote village from his son who has begun a new life in Paris. Each day Hamo wakes to the rabble of eccentric villagers before making the long bus journey through the snow to an isolated cemetary and the grave of his beloved wife. Each day he brushes the fresh snow from her grave. Each day he spies on Nina an attractive widow taking a few contemplative hours out from her lowly job on a roadside lemon vodka stall. With the sporadic letters from his son yielding little in the way of comfort or money Hamo's thoughts turn to his burgeoning friendship with the beguiling Nina on the silent empty bus journey from the village to the cemetary and back... The multi-award winning 'Vodka Lemon' a surreal love story in the style of independent icons Aki Kaurismaki and Emir Kustrica is a captivating tale of quiet simple pleasures and the effect they have on the delightful town and its vibrant inhabitants. Official selection of the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival and winner of the San Marco prize at the 2004 Venice International Film Festival. (Dir. Hiner Saleem 2003)

• True Crime | DVD | (21/05/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Once in a while, studio heads actually make sensible decisions. Kudos to whoever at Trimark screened the embarrassing True Crime, an overwrought, under thought, "mystery" and decided, "You know, we really don't need to let the American public see this," and immediately sent it straight to video. Probably the one most pleased by the decision was Alicia Silverstone, who didn't need this type of thing getting a theatrical distribution and hurting her blossoming career. As for Kevin Dillon? Well, he was probably happy just to get paid. Silverstone plays the teen Nancy-Drew-meets-Encyclopedia-Brown protagonist who teams up with fresh-faced police cadet Dillon to try to bag a serial killer who's been butchering teenage girls at travelling carnivals in various cities. Writer-director Pat Verducci packs his thriller with implausible detective work and numerous plot twists, all visible 20 minutes away. The "shock" ending can pretty much be worked out within the first act, leaving viewers another hour to watch Verducci concoct several amateur dream sequences, and explore a disgusting sexual relationship between Silverstone and Dillon. By the end, the question isn't so much "Whodunit?" as "Who cares?" --Dave McCoy, Amazon.com

• The French Dispatch | Blu Ray | (28/12/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A