"Actor: Brian Foster"

• A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies | DVD | (05/06/2000) from £4.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (300.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Scorsese's invigorating history of American movies avoids the straitjacket of chronology. Although he makes dutiful nods in the direction of Edwin S. Porter, D.W. Griffith and Orson Welles, he is equally interested in figures working at the margins, film-makers such as Andre De Toth, Ida Lupino, Sam Fuller and Edgar Ulmer, "who circumvented the system to get their vision onto the screen". He describes them as "illusionists", "smugglers", con artists who managed to hoodwink the money men into allowing them to make the films they wanted. Some worked in B-movies ("less money, more freedom") others (like Scorsese himself) struck their own Faustian bargains with the studios, making "one movie for them, one for yourself"His heroes are the outsiders, the film-makers who chafe against the assurances of the American dream. He offers a vivid, guilty vignette of himself as a four-year-old child, sitting in a darkened auditorium watching in amazement as Gregory Peck overpowers Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun, one of the first films his mother took him to. "The savage intensity of the music, the burning sun, the overt sexuality ... it seems that the two could only consummate their passion by killing each other". There's a certain irony in Scorsese, who once seriously considered becoming a priest, succumbing to a David O. Selznick Technicolor extravaganza which had already been condemned by the church.While often sounding like a serious-minded apprentice who watches old movies to pick up tips which will help him in his own work ("study the old masters, enrich your palette, expand the canvas-there's always so much more to learn") he never overlooks the illicit pleasure that cinema can bring. "I don't really see a conflict between the church and the movies, the sacred and the profane". --Geoffrey Macnab

• Shrek the Musical | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £13.98   |  Saving you £6.01 (42.99%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Bring home the magic of broadway! The greatest fairy tale never told comes to life as never before in Shrek The Musical the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical based on the smash-hit movie! Featuring a fantastic score of 17 all-new songs along with unforgettable characters and outrageous humour Shrek The Musical is ogre-sized fun for the whole family! 2009 Best Costume Design. Special Features: From Swamp to Stage: The Making of Shrek the Musical Sneak Peak

• The Big Bounce | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £8.50   |  Saving you £5.49 (64.59%)   |  RRP £13.99

  A likeable drifter whose talents lie just outside the law heads to Hawaii for a change of scenery but soon discovers that whether he is looking for a new con or a little romance, temptation is everywhere.

• King Of The Cage - Showtime | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  King Of The Cage . . . Bigger badder better. Hosted by Ken Shamrock Edie Bravo and Richard Norton announced by the voice of mixed martial arts Mr. Bruce Buffer and with justice enforced by referee Larry Landless the ""Main Event"" of Mixed Martial Arts is back! From big knockouts to technical submissions this is a fight-lover's dream . . . Boxing Jiu Jitsu . . .Muay Thai . . . Wrestling . . .""KOTC"" has it all. Featuring only professional elite fighters from around the globe

• Shrek: The Musical | Blu Ray | (02/12/2013) from £43.18   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Bring home the magic of broadway! The greatest fairy tale never told comes to life as never before in Shrek The Musical the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical based on the smash-hit movie! Featuring a fantastic score of 17 all-new songs along with unforgettable characters and outrageous humour Shrek The Musical is ogre-sized fun for the whole family! 2009 Best Costume Design. Special Features: From Swamp to Stage: The Making of Shrek the Musical Shrek the Musical Songbook with Sing-Along Sneak Peak