"Actor: Connery"

• Zardoz | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A box office failure at the time, John Boorman's 1974 cult science fiction film Zardoz is an entrancing if overly ambitious project that offers pointed commentary on class structure and religion inside its complex plot and head-movie visuals. Its healthy doses of sex and violence will involve viewers even if the story machinations escape them. Beautifully photographed near Boorman's home in Ireland's Wicklow Mountains by Geoffrey Unsworth (2001), its production design is courtesy of longtime Boorman associate Anthony Pratt, who creates a believable society within the film's million-dollar budget. A bewigged Sean Connery is Zed, a savage "exterminator" commanded by the mysterious god Zardoz to eliminate Brutals, survivors of an unspecified worldwide catastrophe. Zed stows away inside Zardoz's enormous idol (a flying stone head) and is taken to the pastoral land of the Eternals, a matriarchal, quasi-medieval society that has achieved psychic abilities as well as immortality. Zed finds as much hope as disgust with the Eternals; their advancements have also robbed them of physical passion, turning their existence into a living death. Zed becomes the Eternals' unlikely messiah, but in order to save them--and himself--he must confront the truth behind Zardoz and his own identity inside the Tabernacle, the Eternals' omnipresent master computer. --Paul Gaita

• Robin And Marian | DVD | (12/08/2002) from £12.63   |  Saving you £0.36 (2.85%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Robin Hood (Connery) is an old man when he returns with his best friend Little John to England after the Crusades. Maid Marian (Hepburn) has entered a nunnery King Richard is a raving lunatic his Brother John a moron and the age of great adventure has seemed to have passed Robin by. But when The Sheriff of Nottingham (Shaw) once again threatens Sherwood Robin gathers his faithful men and band of peasants to fight oppression in this high-spirited adventure in which Robin Hood and Maid Marian rediscover their love...

• Finding Forrester | DVD | (20/08/2001) from £10.96   |  Saving you £-4.97 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Sean Connery and Rob Brown star as an eccentric, reclusive novelist and a talented young scholar & athlete. As the young man gets to know his mentor he must face up to a tough decision about his dreams to write and play sport.

• Bond Remastered - Thunderball (1-disc) | DVD | (12/03/2007) from £5.30   |  Saving you £4.69 (88.49%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Sean Connery reprises his role as James Bond in a film that he would later re-make as Never Say Never Again under controversial circumstances. The thrills never stop as Agent 007 (Sean Connery) goes above the call of duty - and to the bottom of the ocean - to track down a villainous criminal who's holding millions hostage and threatening to plunge the world into a nuclear holocaust!

• Shoebox Zoo - Series 1 | DVD | (15/11/2004) from £2.70   |  Saving you £2.29 (84.81%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Shoebox Zoo fuses classic drama with state of the art CGI animation by taking viewers on a magical adventure in search of the alchemist's Book of Forbidden Knowledge lost a millennium ago in the borders of Scotland. It's the worst birthday of Marnie McBride's life. She half-heartedly blows out the 11 candles on her birthday cake and makes a wish. What she wants more than anything is for her Mom to come back. She's 11 years old today and she's never felt so lost and alone... Marni

• James Bond Ultimate Sean Connery | DVD | (27/11/2006) from £49.99   |  Saving you £-5.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £44.99

  This fantastic 6 title boxed set features every Bond adventure starring Sean Connery as the suave and sophisticated MI5 agent 007. Titles Comprise: 1. Dr. No (1962) 2. From Russia With Love (1963) 3. Goldfinger (1964) 4. Thunderball (1965) 5. You Only Live Twice (1967) 6. Diamonds Are Forever (1971) For individual synopses and special features please refer to the singular Ultimate Edition of each film.

• G'ole! | DVD | (02/11/2015) from £4.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (160.32%)   |  RRP £12.99

• Highlander | DVD | (06/07/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor McLeod. He is immortal. Connor McLeod (Christopher Lambert - Mortal Kombat Subway) survives a wound that should kill him in a clan battle in the Scottish Highlands in 1536 and is banished from his village. Years later McLeod is met by Juan Sanchez Vlla-Lobos Ramirez (Sean Connery - The Untouchables The Hunt for Red October) a swordsman who teaches McLeod the truth about himself; he is immortal one of a race of many who can only die when the head is cut from the body. When one immortal takes the head of another the loser's power is absorbed into the winner. Ramirez teaches McLeod the ways of the sword until he is killed by his gravest foe the evil Kurgan (Clancy Brown - The Shawshank Redemption) who lusts for the ultimate power of the immortals The Prize; enough power to rule the earth forever. McLeod must fight his way through the centuries until the time of the Gathering when the few immortals who have survived the ages will come together to fight until only one remains. In New York City the final fight is about to begin and in the end there can be only one.

• Hell Drivers | Blu Ray | (20/03/2017) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Hell Drivers sees James Bond (Sean Connery), Doctor Who (William Hartnell), one of the men from UNCLE (David McCallum), the Prisoner (Patrick McGoohan) and a Professional (Gordon Jackson), all supporting Stanley Baker in this hard-as-nails British action picture realistically set in a bleak late-1950s England. Baker plays Tom Yately, an ex-con who takes the only job he can get--truck driving at breakneck speeds for a corrupt manager (Hartnell) and brutal foreman (McGoohan). The constant short runs and competition between the drivers makes for an intense atmosphere which inevitably explodes into violence. Baker's only friend is an Italian ex-POW played sensitively by Herbert Lom, while Peggy Cummings is a remarkably free-spirited heroine for a British film of the time. Baker himself is superb, quietly tough, and broodingly charismatic, McGoohan is compellingly malevolent and Hartnell simply chilling. The film is consistently engrossing and often exciting, even when the plot spirals into melodrama towards the finale. One has to wonder where the police are during all this mayhem, but the fact that the screenplay, by John Kruse and Cy Endfield, received a BAFTA nomination suggests the scenario was at least reasonably realistic. Endfield also directed this, the second of six films he would helm for Baker, the most famous of which would be the all-time classic, Zulu (1964). On the DVD: Hell Drivers is presented in an anamorphically enhanced ratio of 1.77:1. This means a little of the original 1.96:1 VistaVision (70mm) image is cropped at the sides, which is just noticeable in a few shots. The print used is excellent, with only very minor damage, and the mono sound is fine. The disc also includes Look in on Hell Drivers, a 1957 TV programme that offers interviews with Stanley Baker, Cy Endfield and Alfie Bass, as well as comments from genuine truck drivers confirming the realism of the story, and a contemporary 15-minute television interview with Baker, which focuses on Hell Drivers, Sea Fury(1958) (also directed by Cy Endfield) and Violent Playground (1958). The original trailer rounds out an excellent package. --Gary S Dalkin

• Shoebox Zoo - Series 2 | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  The adventures of the Shoebox Zoo continues as Marnie's quest crosses the Great Ocean to North America. Joined by her friend Kyle Marnie follows the trail of riddles and clues as she tries to find the Book of Forbidden Knowledge - but she's not the only one - the evil Toledo returns aided by a TV clairvoyant who craves the fame and recognition that the Book might bring. There are more new characters to meet - Kyle's grandfather Nathaniel an elder of his Native American tribe who

• Dr. No (James Bond) | DVD | (20/10/2008) from £11.46   |  Saving you £6.52 (76.98%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The very first of James Bond's 20 (and counting) adventures featuring a young Sean Connery stepping into the role of Britain's super-suave secret agent. Bond's mission takes him to the steamy island of Jamaica where mysterious energy waves are interfering with U.S. missile launches. As he unravels the astonishing truth Bond must fight deadly assassins sexy femme's fatales and even a poisonous tarantula. With the help of crack CIA agents Felix Lieter (Jack Lord) and the beautiful Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress) he searches for the headquarters of Dr. No who is implementing an evil plan of world domination. Only Bond with his combination of wit charm and skill can confront the madman and save the human race from a horrible fate. With breathtaking chases amazing stunts and a bold nerve-shattering climax this outrageously entertaining adventure pushes the envelope for non-stop thrills and magnificently sets the standard for the most popular movie series in film history.

• Hitchcock Vol. 2 | Blu Ray | (23/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  The Volume 2 of Alfred Hitchcock's greatest films including The Birds Vertigo Frenzy Topaz Marnie Torn Curtain and Family Plot. Vertigo (1958)A San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the activities of an old friend's wife whilst becoming dangerously obsessed with her. Special Features: Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators Hitchcock / Truffaut Interview Excerpts Foreign Censorship Ending The Vertigo Archives Feature Commentary with Associate Producer Herbert Coleman Restoration Team Robert A. Harris and James C. Katz and Other Vertigo Participants Feature Commentary with Director William Friedkin 100 Years of Universal: The Lew Wasserman Era Theatrical Trailer Restoration Theatrical Trailer The Birds (1963)A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a Northern California town that takes a bizarre turn when birds of all kinds begin to attack people in increasing numbers and with increasing viciousness. Special Features: Deleted Scene Original Ending The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie - New! (Blu-ray Exclusive) All About The Birds Storyboards Tippi Hedren's Screen Test Hitchcock-Truffaut Interview Excerpts The Birds Is Coming (Universal International Newsreel) Suspense Story: National Press Club Hears Hitchcock (Universal International Newsreel) Production Photographs 100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics 100 Years of Universal: The Lot Theatrical Trailer Marnie (1964)Mark marries Marnie although she is a thief and possesses serious psychological problems. Mark tries to help her confront and resolve the issues. Special Features: The Trouble with Marnie The Marnie Archives Theatrical Trailer Torn Curtain (1966)An American scientist defects to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the solution for a formula resin and has to figure out a plan to escape back West. Special Features: Torn Curtain Rising Scenes Scored by Bernard Herrmann Production Photographs Theatrical Trailer Topaz (1969)A French intelligence agent becomes embroiled in Cold War politics first uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and then back to France to break up a Russian spy ring. Special Features: Alternate Endings Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Historian and Critic Leonard Maltin Storyboards: The Mendozas Production Photographs Theatrical Trailer Frenzy (1972)A serial killer is murdering women in London with a necktie the police have a suspect but he isn't the correct man... Special Features: The Story of Frenzy Production Photographs Theatrical Trailer Family Plot (1976) Plotting Family Plot Storyboards: The Chase Scene Production Photographs Theatrical Trailer Family Plot (1976)Suspense film about a phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/private investigator boyfriend who encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while following a missing heir in California.

• Ransom | Blu Ray | (01/09/2014) from £5.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (150.25%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Sean Connery gives another powerful and charismatic performance as a Scandinavian security chief battling to thwart the deadly plans of a terrorist leader played by Ian McShane. Beautifully photographed by double Oscar-winning Swedish cinematographer Sven Nykvist and complemented by Jerry Goldsmith's memorably haunting score Ransom takes us through a tightly plotted relentless race against time. Presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements this intelligent atmospheric thriller has never looked better. Following a series of bomb attacks in London a group of terrorists seize Britain's ambassador to the ficititious state of 'Scandinavia'. With the ambassador now a hostage in his residence another group hijacks an airliner at the capital's airport announcing that the passengers will not be freed until their demands are met. Colonel Nils Tahlvik Scandinavia's resourceful and ruthless head of security seeks to take an uncompromising stance against the terrorists – yet his attempts meet resistance from unknown forces at every turn... Special Features: Original theatrical teaser and trailer Image Gallery Promotional material PDF

• Indiana Jones Trilogy 2007 | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £16.94   |  Saving you £28.05 (165.58%)   |  RRP £44.99

  Indiana Jones And The Raiders Of The Lost Ark: Indiana Jones confronts snakes Nazis and one astonishing cliffhanger after another - all topped off by awesome sequences involving the discovery and the opening of the mystical Ark of the Covenant in one of the great adventures of all time! Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom: The daring archaelogist ventures deep into India in search of the legendary Sankara Stone and in the process has to rescue hundreds of children who have been enslaved by a mysterious cult... Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade: Harrison Ford dons his rumpled fedora for the third time as Indiana Jones and Sean Connery joins the thrill-a-minute fun as Indy's feisty dad as the Joneses set out to find the mythical Holy Grail before the Nazis get their hands on it...

• Diamonds are Forever | DVD | (01/10/2012) from £5.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (116.86%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Sean Connery made his final - officially-speaking - appearance as 007 in this riveting adventure, which would lay the groundwork for Mr Moore's incarnation as the suave super-spy.While investigating mysterious activities in the world diamond market, 007 (Sean Connery) discovers that his evil nemesis Blofeld (Charles Gray) is stock-piling the gems to use in his deadly laser satellite. With the help of beautiful smuggler Tiffany Case (Jill St. John), Bond sets out to stop the madman - as the fate of the world hangs in the balance!

• Hell Drivers | DVD | (26/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Hell Drivers sees James Bond (Sean Connery), Doctor Who (William Hartnell), one of the men from UNCLE (David McCallum), the Prisoner (Patrick McGoohan) and a Professional (Gordon Jackson), all supporting Stanley Baker in this hard-as-nails British action picture realistically set in a bleak late-1950s England. Baker plays Tom Yately, an ex-con who takes the only job he can get--truck driving at breakneck speeds for a corrupt manager (Hartnell) and brutal foreman (McGoohan). The constant short runs and competition between the drivers makes for an intense atmosphere which inevitably explodes into violence. Baker's only friend is an Italian ex-POW played sensitively by Herbert Lom, while Peggy Cummings is a remarkably free-spirited heroine for a British film of the time. Baker himself is superb, quietly tough, and broodingly charismatic, McGoohan is compellingly malevolent and Hartnell simply chilling. The film is consistently engrossing and often exciting, even when the plot spirals into melodrama towards the finale. One has to wonder where the police are during all this mayhem, but the fact that the screenplay, by John Kruse and Cy Endfield, received a BAFTA nomination suggests the scenario was at least reasonably realistic. Endfield also directed this, the second of six films he would helm for Baker, the most famous of which would be the all-time classic, Zulu (1964). On the DVD: Hell Drivers is presented in an anamorphically enhanced ratio of 1.77:1. This means a little of the original 1.96:1 VistaVision (70mm) image is cropped at the sides, which is just noticeable in a few shots. The print used is excellent, with only very minor damage, and the mono sound is fine. The disc also includes Look in on Hell Drivers, a 1957 TV programme that offers interviews with Stanley Baker, Cy Endfield and Alfie Bass, as well as comments from genuine truck drivers confirming the realism of the story, and a contemporary 15-minute television interview with Baker, which focuses on Hell Drivers, Sea Fury(1958) (also directed by Cy Endfield) and Violent Playground (1958). The original trailer rounds out an excellent package. --Gary S Dalkin

• Shanghai Noon & Shanghai Knights 2: Movie Coll | Blu Ray | (07/05/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• You Only Live Twice | Blu Ray | (04/02/2013) from £6.89   |  Saving you £13.10 (190.13%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The film boasts the best of the Bond title songs (this one sung on a dreamy track by Nancy Sinatra), but the movie itself is one of the weaker ones of the Sean Connery phase of the 007 franchise. The story concerns an effort by the evil organisation SPECTRE to start a world war, but the not-so-super villain behind the plot is the awfully civilised Donald Pleasence. The thin script is by Roald Dahl (shouldn't we have expected a better Bond nemesis from the creator of mad genius Willy Wonka?), and direction is by British veteran Lewis Gilbert (Alfie). But the movie can't hold a candle to Dr. No, From Russia with Love, or Goldfinger. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.comOn the DVD: This was another troubled production according to the insightful "making of" documentary: director and producers luckily avoided boarding a plane out of Tokyo that crashed and killed everyone on board; the Japanese actresses couldn't speak English and one threatened suicide if she was dropped from the part; and the aerial cameraman filming the helicopter fight had his leg sliced off by a rotor blade. Maurice Binder's evocative main title designs are the subject of the second documentary, "Silhouettes", in which his colleagues voiceboth their admiration of his art and frustration at his chaotic working practices. The commentary is another edited selection of interviews with principal cast and crew. An animated storyboard sequence, trailers, radio spots and a handsome booklet add up to another winning entry in this series. --Mark Walker

• Macbeth | DVD | (25/08/2003) from £7.20   |  Saving you £4.79 (66.53%)   |  RRP £11.99

  The first major film production for a quarter of a century Macbeth is authentically set in eleventh century Scotland this epic award winning production conjures a world of grim battle fields desolate moors forbidding castles and haunted caverns. Peopled by witches and warriors assassins Kings and an infamous Queen Macbeth moves at a breathtaking pace through tales of war murder intrigue and revenge.

• The Anderson Tapes | Blu Ray | (27/02/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  An early example of the techno-thriller, The Anderson Tapes--sharply directed by Sidney Lumet from the novel by Lawrence Sanders--follows just-out-of-stir Duke Anderson (a balding Sean Connery) as he plots the heist of an entire New York apartment building, enlisting a crew that includes Martin Balsam as a vintage 1971 gay stereotype and a very young Christopher Walken in perhaps the first of his jittery crook roles. The gimmick is that Anderson has been out of circulation so long that he doesn't realise his mafia backers are only supporting him because they feel nostalgic for the days before they were boring businessmen and that the whole setup is monitored by a criss-crossing selection of government and private agencies who don't care enough to thwart the robbery, which instead becomes unglued thanks to a gutsy young radio ham. With a cool Quincy Jones score, very tight editing, a lot of spot-on cameo performances from the likes of Ralph Meeker as a patient cop, this hasn't dated a bit: it's wry without being jokey and suspenseful without undue contrivance. On the DVD The Anderson Tapes offers a nice anamorphic transfer, a few trailers and various foreign language options. --Kim Newman