"Actor: Billy"

• Sling Blade | DVD | (06/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Billy Bob Thornton wrote, directed, and starred in Sling Blade, a mesmerizing drama with haunting overtones of To Kill a Mockingbird. Thornton plays a mentally retarded man who has spent 20 years in a psychiatric hospital for killing his mother and her lover. Released into the community from which he came, he befriends and protects a lonely boy regularly harassed and abused by his mom's boyfriend (a terrific performance by Dwight Yoakam). The story is ultimately about sacrifice, but Thornton certainly doesn't get twinkly about it. Some of the best material concerns the hero's no-big-deal efforts to integrate into a "normal" life: working, eating fast food, earning admiration for his handyman skills, and attaining a semblance of community among other damaged souls. John Ritter has a great part as a gay shopkeeper who tries to assuage his own loneliness by spilling his guts out to Thornton's uncomprehending character. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• The Picture Of Dorian Gray | Blu Ray | (18/11/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande | DVD | (23/11/2009) from £11.53   |  Saving you £1.72 (16.75%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Natalie Dessay: Debussy - Pell'as Et M'lisande

• Jimi Hendrix Story | DVD | (11/09/2000) from £8.60   |  Saving you £5.39 (62.67%)   |  RRP £13.99

  If any artist deserved a hagiography it was Hendrix, and Joe Boyd's 1973 "authorised" tribute The Jimi Hendrix Story adequately sanctifies the legend. Perversely for a documentary, it achieves this simply by well-chosen concert footage rather than through the insights of the various talking heads. Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, Lou Reed and Germaine Greer are all wheeled out to wax lyrical about their days with Jimi--but nothing is more eloquent than watching and listening to him play. From "Hey Joe" in grainy black and white on Ready Steady Go, classic footage of Monterey, Woodstock (yes, "The Star-Spangled Banner") and the Isle of White festivals, to an acoustic 12-string rendition of "Hear My Train a' Comin'", Hendrix the musician speaks for himself. But if Hendrix the musician shines through, this is not the most insightful profile of Hendrix the man: the circumstances surrounding his death, for example, are hardly touched upon (girlfriend at the time Monika Dannemann gets only a few seconds screen time). Interview footage with Hendrix himself plus some occasionally rambling and incoherent comments from such intimates as his father, army buddies, ex-girlfriends (including Linda Keith, who "discovered" him in New York and brought him to England) and fellow musicians all take second place to the music itself. The most sensible quote comes from Little Richard, who proves once and for all that he's utterly bonkers, when he says of Jimi's music: "At times he made my big toes shoot up into my boot." On the DVD: This is a dual-layer disc, with a widescreen (1.85:1) print on one side and a standard (4:3) ratio version on the other--although watching in widescreen is redundant, as the film is shot in 4:3 anyway. There are no extras other than a theatrical trailer (despite being advertised as such a menu and scene access surely don't count as "special features": what use is a disc without them?) --Mark Walker

• Learn Freestyle Football | DVD | (17/07/2006) from £8.56   |  Saving you £7.43 (46.50%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Learn Freestyle Football is an instructional film by the UK's No1 Football Freestyler Billy Wingrove; who not only shows off his amazing abilities but shows how they are executed and teaches would-be freestylers the skills required to perform them a must for all young football fans and football freestylers. The film is beautifully shot at a number of different locations and is produced in an easy to follow way. Billy Wingrove who also features in The Urban Freestyler has been working as a professional freestyle footballer since 2002 and is signed to Tottenham Hotspur to provide their half time entertainment at home matches. He has just finished recording a TV commercial with Ronaldinho that will screened during this years World Cup.

• A Simple Plan | DVD | (07/05/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When Hank, Jacob and Lou find $4.4 million inside a crashed plane in a nature preserve, they quickly come up with the plan to keep the money safe until the plane has been found by others and the dust has settled. But Jacob, Hank's brother, and Lou, a friend, do not behave the way they decided to. Lou, constantly in financial debt, wants his share soon and Jacob wishes to renovate their parents' farm. The trusty atmosphere between the unequal partners dissolves slowly, and intrigues are spun. Also, accidents start happening and when an FBI agent comes into town, looking for a crashed plane, Hank and his partners get into very deep water...

• Watchmen - 2 Disc Special Edition | DVD | (27/07/2009) from £9.98   |  Saving you £15.01 (150.40%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Based on the acclaimed graphic novel, "Watchmen" will be brought vividly to life by "300" helmer Zack Snyder. Soon the only question will be...'who's watching the Watchmen?'.

• The Baytown Outlaws | Blu Ray | (26/12/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When the ruthless Oodie brothers, the sweatiest outlaws south of the Mason-Dixon line, get a visit from Celeste (Eva Longoria) they are offered a job that sounds too easy to be true - to rescue Celeste's godson from her mafioso ex-husband Carlos (Billy Bob Thornton). The crazy trio take the case, not knowing that Carlos has a few tricks up his sleeve - tricks such as crooked cops, a ferocious gang of Tomahawk-wielding bikers, a team of strippers-turned-assassins and a truckload of apocalyptic road pirates... Welcome to the world of The Baytown Outlaws - the biggest redneck kick-ass bonanza of the year! Special Features: Behind the Scenes with Cast and Crew Theatrical Trailer Original Trailer

• The X Files: I Want To Believe (2 disc Special Edition including Bonus Digital Copy) | DVD | (24/11/2008) from £24.66   |  Saving you £-1.67 (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  The famed investigators of the paranormal return in a new feature-length outing, coming in from the cold and uncovering a deadly mystery.

• Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World | DVD | (28/01/2002) from £12.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (22.30%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Muhammad Ali - Through the Eyes Of the World' is a unique account of one of the great icons of the 20th century featuring interviews with members of Ali's entourage actors fellow sportsmen and ordinary people from the inhabitants of mountain top villages in the Andes to those living in teeming cities in Africa. These recollections and anecdotes are combined with Ali's personal memorabilia rare footage fight archive and specially shot film of Ali today to produce the most complete account ever of this extraordinary man. Many celebrities give their own personal accounts of Ali including Henry Cooper Mickey Duff Tom Jones & Linford Christie.

• School For Scoundrels | DVD | (25/06/2007) from £4.59   |  Saving you £11.40 (248.37%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Billy Bob Thornton stars in this comedy as an evil confidence-trainer who takes on a group of timid students.

• South Of Heaven, West Of Hell | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £3.59   |  Saving you £3.66 (157.08%)   |  RRP £5.99

  You've Never Seen The West This Wild! In a desolate Arizona town Marhal Valentine Casey (Dwight Yoakam) is threatened by a family of outlaws who have just robbed the bank murdering everyone in their path. The savage Taylor Henry (Vince Vaughn) marks Valentine for certain death. Valentine journeys out to protect his sweetheart Miss Adalyne (Bridget Fonda) and to bring back the Henry Gang dead or alive.

• Cannon Busters - The Complete Series - Limited Edition | Blu Ray | (10/05/2021) from £23.84   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Follow the adventures and exploits of S.A.M., a high-end, royal-class friendship droid who's joined by a quirky, discarded maintenance robot and a brash, deadly fugitive. Together, the unlikely trio embarks on an unforgettable journey in a fantastic and dangerous world in search of S.A.M.'s best friend, the heir to a powerful kingdom under siege. Special Features 2 x Blu-ray discs containing episodes 1-12 plus over 50 minutes of exclusive bonus content: Cannon Busters A Journey Behind the Scenes, Gallery, Textless Opening & Closing, Trailers and the complete Episode 1 animatics 2 x bonus DVD discs containing episodes 1-12 Super-collectable AR enabled Hangman's Saloon Jukebox pin from PinFinity unlock the opening title animation and Showdown theme song and play it on your pin Exclusive 64 page, full-colour production art booklet containing the opening title animation storyboards Opening and Closing lyric sheets and Closing animation artworks Set of 6 x full-colour art cards Philly Box (filler box) Rigid art box featuring wrap-around design

• Young Soul Rebels | DVD | (26/10/2009) from £18.05   |  Saving you £1.94 (10.75%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From the acclaimed artist and filmmaker Issac Julien comes this powerful drama set on an East London housing estate in the summer of 1977. Focussing on Chris and Caz a pair of pirate radio DJs living amongst punks and skinheads Julien's film explores the social and sexual tensions that arise in a community following the murder of a local black gay man.

• Night of The Demons | DVD | (10/10/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  On the night of Halloween 10 teens decide to go to a party at an abandoned funeral parlor. Hull House rumoured to be built on an evil patch of land . They hold a sance awaken an evil force and find themselves trapped and taken over one by one. Now it's a battle for who can survive and cross over the stream before going to hell....

• Freight | DVD | (18/04/2011) from £4.94   |  Saving you £8.05 (162.96%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A Russian gang operating in Leeds with no respect for the laws of England traffic Eastern Europeans in containers then enslave them the women to sex the men to illegal fights. They cross local businessman Gabe Taylor and a war escalates but when his daughter is taken to be sold into the sex trade Gabe fights back.

• The Apostle | DVD | (06/07/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

• Rock Follies - Series 1 | DVD | (24/06/2002) from £32.95   |  Saving you £-7.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A totally original - and at the time extremely daring - blend of music drama comedy satire fantasy and dance Rock Follies owes as much to the American musicals of the thirties and forties as it does to glam rock and women's lib. A huge success both critically and commercially it won a BAFTA Award for Best Drama Series and spawned a Number One album. First transmitted in 1976 this release features all 6 episodes that made up the first series of Rock Follies.

• Blood Ties | DVD | (06/10/2014) from £3.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  New York 1974.  Fifty-year-old Chris (Clive Owen; Children of Men) has just been released from prison on good behaviour several years after he was involved in a gangland murder. Waiting for him reluctantly outside the prison gates is his younger brother Frank (Billy Crudup; Watchmen) a cop with a bright future.  Hoping that Chris has changed Frank is willing to give his brother a chance; he shares his home finds him a job and helps him reconnect with his children and his ex-wife (Marion Cotillard; The Dark Knight Rises). But Chris’ past quickly begins to catch up with him and his descent back into a life of crime becomes inevitable.  For Frank it’s the last in a long line of betrayals and he banishes him from his life. But it’s already too late; the brothers’ destiny will be bounded forever. Blood ties are the ones that bind. Also starring; Mila Kunis (Black Swan) Zoe Saldana (Guardians of the Galaxy) Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust & Bone) and James Caan (The Godfather) Special Features: 'Behind the scenes'  

• Festival | DVD | (28/11/2005) from £7.79   |  Saving you £12.20 (156.61%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The hopes, dreams and fears of performers at the Edinburgh festival are captured in this drama.