"Actor: Cher"

• Silkwood | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  As a tale of self-discovery, Silkwood, Mike Nichols' 1982 biopic of the plutonium factory worker who uncovered negligence and dangerous practices at the heart of her employer's company, works well enough. Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep) is no saint. She drinks, cheerfully gets 'em out for the boys, has left her husband and kids and lives in a curious ménage à trois with her lover, (Kurt Russell) and their lesbian friend (Cher). But, through her own dawning suspicions, she is drawn into union activism and embarks on a crusade to expose the rottenness of her paymasters, only to die in a mysterious car crash. And here is the flaw. The film can't decide whether it's quirky soap opera, a campaigning blow for the anti-nuclear lobby or an allegory for the conflict between the rights of the individual and the demands of the corporate giant. It stops short of providing some important conclusions about what really happened to its central character, and why. Streep is fine though, injecting her character with a studied mixture of innate intelligence and trailer park trash. Russell offers solid support and Cher is outstanding as housemate Dolly Pelliker. Their performances give Silkwood its heart as a powerful human drama. On the DVD: Silkwood is well-served on this DVD release by sharp picture and sound quality (Georges Delerue's poignantly jaunty country and western soundtrack benefits in particular), but the extras are static and add little to the package apart from a strictly "budget" feel: standard biographies of the stars and director with some pretty pointless trivia facts, and a brief history of the production. There's nothing here that even the most generalist of film fans won't already know. A director's commentary explaining why the film loses its bottle in the final reel would be more interesting. --Piers Ford

• Cher - Live In Las Vegas | DVD | (26/11/2007) from £3.35   |  Saving you £17.90 (856.46%)   |  RRP £19.99

  17 Performances including: If I Could Turn Back Time Walking In Memphis Just Like Jesse James The Shoop Shoop Song

• Zookeeper | Blu Ray | (21/11/2011) from £8.13   |  Saving you £16.86 (207.38%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Picture talking animals giving mating advice to a zookeeper who's an absolute loser with women, add a hefty dose of slapstick humour, and you've pretty much summed up Zookeeper. Griffin is a disaster with the ladies, as was proved by his failed marriage proposal to the self-absorbed Stephanie several years ago, but he's really good with animals. The animals have listened to Griffin pine over Stephanie for years, so when they overhear Stephanie saying that perhaps her rejection of Griffin was too hasty, they take action. They decide to help Griffin rekindle the relationship and become the alpha male that Stephanie wants him to be. The animals are masters at mating, but their plan to show Griffin how to act quickly breaks down and they inadvertently begin talking out loud to him. After his initial shock, Griffin starts to take the animals' advice seriously--from how to walk and roar to the extreme of marking his territory. Surprisingly, the animals' advice really works and Griffin is about to get everything he's ever dreamed of--or is he? There's plenty of star power in this film--from Kevin James as Griffin, to the voice talents of Sylvester Stallone as Joe the lion and Cher as his lioness, Adam Sandler as Donald the monkey, and Nick Nolte as Bernie the gorilla--but somehow they're all somewhat underwhelming. This film has more than its share of cheap laughs, often at the expense of some part of Griffin's body, and some viewers will find that just right for a night's entertainment. Those looking for a moral to the story will discover that it's wise to be careful what you wish for and that what you think you want may not be anything like what you really need. Zookeeper isn't a great film destined for repeated watchings, but it's not meant to be--it's a comedy that will make you laugh a bit today and forget it the second you leave the theatre. (Ages 10 and older) --Tami Horiuchi

• Cher - The Best Of - The Video Collection | DVD | (05/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Cher's first ever video compilation DVD spanning four decades of hits outrageous fashion and uncompromising artistry. Journey through Cher's amazing career with this DVD featuring 16 of her most visually arresting videos. Includes: Believe If I Could Turn Back Time Main Man Save Up All Your Tears Walking In Memphis One By One (Dance Remix) I Found Someone Strong Enough Song For The lonely (Almighty Remix) We All Sleep Alone Heart Of Stone The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) Dov'e L'amore Love Can Build A Bridge - with Chrissie Hyde Neneh Cherry & Eric Clapton Half-Breed

• Stuck On You | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £6.86   |  Saving you £13.13 (191.40%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In the latest comedy from the Farrelly brothers, two conjoined twins find their brotherly bond tested when one of them decides to head to Hollywood to become a movie star.

• La Ville Est Tranquille | DVD | (22/04/2002) from £13.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (42.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Michele (Ariane Ascaride) works nights in a fish market to finance her daughter's heroin addiction. When that's not enough she sells her body to Paul (Jean-Pierre Darroussin) a striking docker who has turned his back on the cause to become a cabbie. Her supplier is Gerard (Gerard Meylan) a bar owner with a lucrative sideline in contract killing. His latest target is Claude (Pierre Banderet) a wealthy snob whose wife is so disgusted by him she takes up with an ex-convict. Frenc

• The Sonny And Cher Hour | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Following their hit-making years in the late 60's when songs like ""I Got you Babe"" and ""The Beat Goes On"" took them to the tops of the charts husband and wife singing duo Sonny and Cher were transformed into pop culture icons whey they fronted their own top-rating variety TV show in the early 1970's. The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour was one of the highest rated shows on CBS for over three years with the dry quips - the tall wry-witted Cher most often putting down the dim-witted Sonny

• Sonny And Cher - The Ultimate Collection | DVD | (09/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  A collection of the very best of the seminal 1970's TV show The Sonny And Cher Comedy Hour. Guests include: Harvey Korman Burt Reynolds Merv Griffin Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 Ronald Reagan George Foreman Tina Turner Donny and Marie Osmond and GLen Campbell.

• Good Times | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A real archaeological artefact from 1967, Good Times will be mostly of interest to anyone who wants to see a parade of fashions that Austin Powers would reject as too garish to be seen on the street in. The nothingy plot concerns then-married Sonny and Cher playing themselves as a one-note bickering sit-com couple, signing up with sinister film tycoon Mordicus (an impeccable George Sanders) to make a movie but not wanting to do the mouldy rags-to-riches hillbilly script on offer. Cher is supposed to be less interested than Sonny in making a movie--which might well have been the truth since she mostly lies around doodling outrageous fashion designs or contributing her strange sung-through-the-nose vocals as poor, goofy Sonny does all the hard work flogging life into skits that had been squeezed dry by the Monkees before being passed to him. The finale finds Sonny and Cher standing up for integrity and refusing to make a bad film even if it means they gets blacklisted all over town--a lesson it's a shame that they (especially Cher) didn't take to heart in their later careers. Astonishingly, this was the feature directorial debut of The Exorcist's William Friedkin, who fills the screen with colour, action and gaggery after the manner of the then-hip Batman TV show while focusing on screaming outfits that remain among the darnedest things you ever saw. Aside from a reprise of "I Got You, Babe", the score is a little light on the slim canon of S&C hits; the songs included are "It's the Little Things", "Good Times", "Trust Me", "Don't Talk to Strangers", "I'm Gonna Love You" and "Just a Name". The DVD extras include a few sketchy bios and a jump-to-a-song feature. --Kim Newman

• Various Artists - VH1 Divas Live | DVD | (22/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Tracklist includes: Tina Turner - The Best Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time LeAnn Rimes - How Do I Live Elton John - I'm Still Standing Faith Hill - This Kiss Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You.

• Divas - VH1 - Live 1999 | DVD | (24/04/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• The Mask | DVD | (26/01/2009) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-10.08 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.90

  Sometimes the most unlikely people become heroes. Based on the true story of a teenager with a facial deformity from a rare disorder that no child has been known to survive. Cher won Best Actress Award at Cannes for her performance as Rocky's mother in this emotional and spirited drama.

• Stuck On You / There's Something About Mary | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  This side-splittingly funny box set contains 'There's Something about Mary: Special Edition' and 'Stuck On You'. Something About Mary: Still suffering from a High School crush on Mary (Cameron Diaz) the nerdy angst-driven Ted (Ben Stiller) tracks her down thirteen years later with the help of a sleazy private investigator (Matt Dillon) who also falls for her. Unfortunately both men discover that virtually every man who sets his eyes on the dazzling Mary finds himself head over heels in love and determined to win her hand. The wacky Farrelly Brothers have pushed the envelope again creating another outrageous movie experience guaranteed to make you laugh and keep you coming back for more. Stuck On You: Conjoined twins Bob (Damon) and Walt (Kinnear) move to Los Angeles so that Walt can more actively pursue his dream of being a successful actor. After a chance appearance on Cher's TV show the pair become celebrities overnight but as Bob's internet girlfriend (Mendes) is about to uncover his secret the sudden success threatens to drive the two brothers apart...

• Sonny and Cher - Silly Love Songs: in Concert | DVD | (20/08/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Track Listing: 1.Introduction 2.A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done 3.The Letter 4.All I Ever Need Is You 5.Bad Moon Rising 6.Medley: a.Brother's Love's Travelling Salvation Show b. Mr. Tambourine Man c.Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show 7.Cry Like A Baby 8.Medley: I Did Rock 'n' Roll Music featuring Jerry Lee Lewis Chuck Berry and friends 9.Bad Bad Leroy Brown 10.Let Me Down Easy 11.Love Grows Where Mr. Rosemary Goes 12.Medley: a.Out Of Sight b.Get Ready 13.Sonny & Cher Stomp 14.Silly Love Songs featuring Donny and Marie Osmond 15.Without Love 16.You Make Me Feel Like Dancing Bonus tracks in black and white: 17.Little Man 18.I Got You Babe 19.What Now My Love 20.Let The Beat Go On (Instrumental)

• Cher - Extravaganza - Live At The Mirage | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Cher is one of the most successful female acts of all time. Both an Oscar (for her role in Moonstruck) and a Grammy winner (for her worldwide hit 'Believe') she has had top ten hits in the '60s '70s '80s '90s and '00s on both sides of the Atlantic. Sonny and Cher are the most successful husband and wife double act of all time and in 1998 Believe made her the oldest female artist ever to have a UK no.1. This DVD features Cher at her very best live at the Mirage in Las Vegas during the world tour for her top 10 album Heart Of Stone. Several of the tracks have an alternate angles feature to offer different versions of the songs either from other dates on the tour or from rehearsals. Tracklist: 1. After All 2. I'm No Angel 3. We All Sleep Alone 4. Bang Bang 5. I Found Someone 6. Take It To The Limit 7. If I Could Turn Back Time 8. Perfection 9. Fire Down Below 10. Takin' It To The Streets 11. After All

• Sonny and Cher - I Got You Babe | DVD | (21/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Sonny & Cher: 1. A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done 2. The Letter 3. All I Ever Need Is You 4. Bad Moon Rising 5. Medley: Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show / Mr Tambourine Man 6. Cry Like A Baby 7. I Dig Rock n' Roll Music Sonny & Cher featuring Jerry Lee Lewis Chuck Berry and friends: 1. Bad Bad Leroy Brown 2. Let Me Down Easy 3. Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes 4. Medley: Out Of Sigh / Get Ready 5. Sonny & Cher Stomp 6. Silly Love Songs Sonny & Cher featuring Donny & Marie Osmond: 1. Without Love 2. You Make Me Feel Like Dancing Bonus tracks in B & W: 1. Little Man 2. I Got You Babe 3. What Now My Love 4. Let The Beat Go On

• Tea With Mussolini | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In this gently comic coming of age story, set in Florence over the course of the 1930s and 1940s, the illegitimate son of an Italian merchant is raised by a group of prim English ladies whose passion for Italian culture have made them permanent residents. With the rise of Mussolini and the outbreak of war, the ladies are interned as prisoners, and the boy risks his life to help them. It's a lushly photographed ensemble piece that instills in the viewer Zeffirelli's contagious passion for Italian art and affection for these brave ladies.

• California Rock | DVD | (23/01/2006) from £11.30   |  Saving you £-4.31 (-61.70%)   |  RRP £6.99

  This exciting compilation showcases the artists that helped create the ""California Sound"" of the 1960's and '70's featuring performances by some of the top artists of the time Sit back and enjoy some of the biggest names and most familiar tracks to emerge from this most creative and vibrant of musical eras Remember The Beach Boys The Turtles The Byrds and Sonny and Cher and tracks like 'California Dreamin' 'Sloop John B' 'The Beat Goes On' 'Happy Together' and 'Elenore' - well

• Dodgeball - A True Underdog Story / Stuck On You | DVD | (31/05/2005) from £4.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (220.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Dodgeball: You'll dodge duck dip dive...and laugh out loud watching Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller settle their differences in a winner-take-all dodgeball competition! Under the painful tutelage of legendary ADAA champ Patches O'Houlihan (Rip Torn) Peter LaFleur (Vaughn) and his Average Joe's take on the Purple Cobras led by egomaniacal fitness guru White Goodman (Stiller). It's an over-the-top underdog tale filled with hilarious sight gags and balls-out fun! Stuck On You: Conjoined twins Bob (Damon) and Walt (Kinnear) move to Los Angeles so that Walt can more actively pursue his dream of being a successful actor. After a chance appearance on Cher's TV show the pair become celebrities overnight but as Bob's internet girlfriend (Mendes) is about to uncover his secret the sudden success threatens to drive the two brothers apart...

• Remember The 60s - Vol. 2 | DVD | (26/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £23.99

  Track Listing: 1.Sonny & Cher - Little Man 2.Dave De Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich - Bend It 3.Tremeloes - Silence Is Golden 4.The Move - Flowers In The Rain 5.Troggs - Love Is All Around 6.Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin 7.Hollies - Dear Eloise 8.Manfred Mann - Mighty Quinn 9.Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mich & Tich - The Legend Of Xanadu 10.Family Dogg - I'll Wear A Silly Grin 11.BeeGees - The Singer Sang His Song 12.Aphorite's Child - Rain And Tears 13.Dave Dee Dozy