"Actor: Dennis King"

• Mask | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £11.17   |  Saving you £-1.18 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  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.

• Private's Progress | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  With a remarkable cast headlined by Ian Carmichael, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price and Terry Thomas, WWII army comedy Private's Progress was one of the major British hits of 1956. Carmichael is Stanley Windrush, a naïve young soldier who during training falls in with the streetwise Private Cox (Attenborough). Windrush's uncle is the even more ambitiously corrupt Colonel Tracepurcel (Price), who plans to divert the war effort to liberate art treasures already looted by the Germans. The first half of the film is quite pedestrian, though the pace picks up considerably once the heist gets underway, and the cheery tone masks a really rather dark and cynical heart. Carmichael's innocent abroad quickly wears thin, but Attenborough and Price steal the film, as well as the paintings, with typically excellent turns. With a nod in the direction of Ealing's The Ladykillers (1955) the film also anticipates the attitudes of both The League of Gentlemen (1959) and Joseph Heller's novel Catch 22 (1961), though lacks the latter's greater sophistication. The cast also contains such British stalwarts as William Hartnell, Peter Jones, Ian Bannen, John Le Mesurier, Christopher Lee and David Lodge, and was sufficiently popular to reunite all the major players for the superior sequel, I'm Alright Jack (1959). On the DVD: Private's Progress is presented in black and white at 4:3 Academy ratio, though the film appears to have been shot full frame and then unmasked for home viewing so there is more top and bottom to the images than at the cinema. The print used shows constant minor damage and is quite grainy, though no more than expected for a low-budget film of the time. The mono sound is average and unremarkable, and there are no special features. --Gary S Dalkin

• Dragonheart / Dragonheart: A New Beginning / Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse | DVD | (30/03/2015) from £7.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (187.74%)   |  RRP £22.99

  DRAGONHEART Knight Bowen (Dennis Quaid) attempts to instill the values of King Arthur in his pupil Prince Einon in the hope that he will rule more wisely than his tyrannical father. Einon is given one half of a dragon's heart after he is wounded in return for promising to rule well but he reneges on his promise by becoming as big a tyrant as his father. Disillusioned Bowen vows to kill every dragon in existence. Years later he meets the dragon Drago (voiced by Sean Connery) and after initial hostility the two strike up an unlikely friendship. DRAGONHEART:A NEW BEGINNING Following on from the 1996 film 'DragonHeart' orphaned stable boy Geoff (Chris Masterson) stumbles across Drake the world's sole surviving dragon. Together they take on the bandits who threaten the peace of Geoff's homestead and in doing so become heroes. DRAGONHEART 3: THE SORCERER'S CURSE An aspiring knight struggles to save a dragon from a spell cast on him by an evil druid.The third installment in the DragonHeart franchise.

• Laurel And Hardy - Bogus Bandits / March Of The Wooden Soldiers | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Bogus Bandits Ollie and Stan play Olio and Stanlio a pair of incompetent bandits who are hired as servants to Fra Diavolo (The Devil's Brother) a real bandit played by Dennis King who in his other guise is known as the Marquis de San Marco an aristocrat who uses his position to discover the whereabouts of the treasures worn by the ladies in high society... March Of The Wooden Soldiers Stannie Dum (Stan Laurel) and Ollie Dee (Oliver hardy) are well-meaning but bra

• Soul Food / Waiting To Exhale / How Stella Got Her Groove Back | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Soul Food: A family which comes together to eat and enjoy each others company is devastated by their mother's sudden illness. Their traditional Sunday dinners are soon nothing more than opportunities to argue... Waiting To Exhale: Savannah Bernadine Robin and Gloria are all searching for the real thing: true love. Bernadine thought she had it until her husband left her for another woman. Savannah and Robin are successful in business but their love lives are bankrupt

• Caveman | DVD | (02/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This prehistoric spoof follows poor lovesick Atouk (Starr) who is the weakest caveman of the tribe and therefore unable to win the heart of the beautiful Lana (Bach). Banished from the cave by Lana's mate chief Tonda (Matuszak) he's forced to wander the wilderness. Soon he meets some other outcasts and becomes chief of his own tribe of misfits! Leading his band of oddballs into battle Atouk is on a mission to knock Tonda off his throne and carry Lana away by her hair! With an

• Laurel And Hardy - Bogus Bandits | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £6.96   |  Saving you £3.03 (43.53%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This film set a popular style which was subsequently seen in such films as `Zorro` `The Scarlet Pimpernel` and countless others. It has a pattern which was followed in `Babes In Toyland` (1934) and `The Bohemian Girl` (1936) and contains some superb sequences. Originally called `Fra Diavolo` this film is based on the 1830 comic operetta of that name by Daniel F Auber. The film was subsequently called `The Devil's Brother` `Bogus Bandits` and `Virtuous Tramps`. Ollie and Stan pl

• The Devil's Brother | DVD | (06/12/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Laurel and Hardy star in this period operetta. In the early 18th century FraDiavolo (The Devil's Brother) and his notorious gang of thieves terrorize northern Italy. Wanderers Laurel and Hardy; herein known as Stanlioand Ollio are held up by a band of Diavolo'smen and lose their hard-earned savings. As a result of this robbery apart from the madcap series of comedy adventures our duo determine that they too will lead a life of crime and proceed to laughingly bungle a series of robbery attempts with Ollioposing as Diavolo. They make the mistake of holding up the real Diavolo (admirably played by Dennis King). He in turn threatens their lives but spares them and makes them his personal servants. Diavolois enamoured with the charms of Lady Rocberg(played by the lovely titillating Thelma Todd) and the 500 000 francs she has hidden in her petticoat. Featuring James Finlayson as support in the rollicking jolly frolic. A rarely seen screen gem this film was one of Stan and Ollie's own favourites and shows the great duo at the top of their trade.

• Sam Kinison - Why Did We Laugh? | DVD | (30/10/2006) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A Film About The Man For fans of comedy Sam Kinison needs no introduction. His scathing comedy tackled tough topics like no other comedian dared. Fed up with his career as a preacher Sam left the ministry to try his hand at comedy. Almost immediately his peircing scream and extreme humour attracted attention. Containing rare early footage of Sam preaching and performing stand-up at the world famous Comedy Store Why Did We Laugh? tells the story of a comedic genius who touched a deeper chord.

• Welcome To The Jungle | UMD | (05/12/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The Rock stars as a bounty hunter sent to retrieve a fast-talking double dealer from the Amazonian jungle. But he hasn't reckoned on stumbling upon a gold-mine treasure or an unhinged despot in this ripping action adventure.

• Something To Talk About / The Pelican Brief / Conspiracy Theory | DVD | (23/12/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Something To Talk AboutIn one of her best-ever roles Julia Roberts is Grace whose reaction to the infidelities of Eddie (Dennis Quaid) turns the lives and loves of the people around her into something like falling dominoes. Robert Duvall Gena Rowlands Kyra Sedgwick and others in the year's best ensemble of characters (Jack Matthews Newsday) co-star in this juicy truthful story written by Callie Khouri (Thelma And Louise) and directed by Lasse Hallstrom. Pelican BriefTwo Supreme Court Justices have been murdered and a lone law student (Julia Roberts) turns her suspicions about the deaths into a speculative brief that sends shock waves into the highest levels of government. She and a determined investigative reporter (Denzel Washington) want to tell the world what they have uncovered - if they live to tell it. The race in on and these two are more than runners they're moving targets. Conspiracy TheoryNew York cab driver and conspiracy buff Jerry Fletcher (Mel Gibson) knows about the secret movers shakers and assassins who really control things. Trying to put Justice Department attorney Alice Sutton (Julia Roberts) in the know he's run out of her office. Soon both will run for their lives.

• Welcome To The Jungle | DVD | (26/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £51.99

• Doctor Shock's X-Ray Chiller Theatre | DVD | (10/05/2004) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-1.59 (-8.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Hosted by the wild and crazy midnight madman international Horror Host Dr Shock...so turn off the lights melt into your chairs absorb the shock-waves off the screen and roll into act one of Dr. Shock's tales of terror. Featuring: The Town That Loved Pizza The Garden Tool Murders and Demons Day

• Moving Target | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Mark Kobain worked hard to keep himself off the city streets and concentrated on becoming the National Karate Champion. But an invitation to a class with the masters now finds him the 'prey' for a group of man hunters.

• Bogus Bandits | DVD | (22/10/2007) from £6.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (14.31%)   |  RRP £7.99

  After falling victim to a highway robbery Stanlio and Ollio decide to pose as outlaws themselves with Ollio pretending to be the most feared bandit in the land Fra Diavolo. Unfortunately he happens to be the boys first intended victim and easily outwits them and tells Stanlio to hang Ollio as punishment. He eventually relents and takes the pair on as servants and takes them with him to the Tavern de Cucu where posing as the Marquis de San Marco he woos Lord Rocburg's beautiful daughter Lady Pamela. Whilst Fra Diavolo plans to rob Lord Rocburg the boys have their own plan to hand the bandit over to the authorities and claim a reward but their usual incompetence sees them standing alongside him facing a firing squad.

• A Streetcar Named Desire | DVD | (23/03/2020) from £15.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Looking for a benchmark in movie acting? Breakthrough performances don't come much more electrifying than Marlon Brando's animalistic turn as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire. Sweaty, brutish, mumbling, yet with the balanced grace of a prize-fighter, Brando storms through the role--a role he had originated in the Broadway production of Tennessee Williams's celebrated play. Stanley and his wife, Stella (as in Brando's oft-mimicked line, "Hey, Stellaaaaaa!"), are the earthy couple in New Orleans's French Quarter whose lives are upended by the arrival of Stella's sister, Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh). Blanche, a disturbed, lyrical, faded Southern belle, is immediately drawn into a battle of wills with Stanley, beautifully captured in the differing styles of the two actors. This extraordinarily fine adaptation won acting Oscars for Leigh, Kim Hunter (as Stella) and Karl Malden (as Blanche's clueless suitor), but not for Brando. Although it had already been considerably cleaned up from the daringly adult stage play, director Elia Kazan was forced to trim a few of the franker scenes he had shot. In 1993, Streetcar was re-released in a "director's cut" that restored these moments, deepening a film that had already secured its place as an essential American work. --Robert Horton

• The Devil's Brother / Bonnie Scotland | DVD | (12/06/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• A Streetcar Named Desire (2 Disc Special Edition) | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £20.99

  Tennessee Williams based his screenplay on Oscar Saul's adaptation of Williams' own Pulitzer Prize-winning play set in a grimy New Orleans project. The story of the fragile sentimentalism of a woman who visits her sister only to be taunted mercilessly by her childish brother-in-law. This classic film garnered 12 Academy Award Nominations (including Best Picture Best Director Best Actor (Marlon Brando) and Best Screeplay) winning 4 including Best Actress (Vivien Leigh) Best Supporting Actress (Kim Hunter) and Best Supporting Actor (Karl Malden). This version features three minutes of footage that was deleted from the final 1951 release version upon demands made by the Production Code footage thought lost until its rediscovery in the early 1990s. This DVD release is the fully restored version of Elia Kazan's original cut and the documentary 'Desire And Censorship' on Disc 2 describes his struggle in getting the past the censors.

• A Streetcar Named Desire | Blu Ray | (28/01/2013) from £19.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A Streetcar Named Desire is the 1951 Elia Kazan/Tennessee Williams triumph that earned 12 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, while also courting controversy with some last-minute edits undertaken to appease the censorship board. Marlon Brando made his first indelible mark on audiences in this powerful adaptation of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Gone With the Wind's Vivien Leigh is the neurotic belle Blanche du Bois who struggles to hold on to her fading Southern gentility against the brutish badgering of her brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski (Brando). Leigh, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden and the rich black-and-white cinematography were all awarded Oscars for this cinematic classic. While Brando was the only one of the film's four Oscar-nominated actors not to secure a win, his passionate cries of Stella! Stella! Stella! remain etched forever in Hollywood history. Special Features: Commentary by Karl Malden, Rudy Behlmer and Jeff Young Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey (1995 First Run documentary) A Streetcar on Broadway A Streetcar in Hollywood Censorship and Desire North and the Music of the South An Actor Named Brando Marlon Brando Screen Test Outtakes Audio Outtakes Warner Bros. (1951) 20th Century Fox (1958 Reissue) United Artists (1970 Reissue)

• Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | Blu Ray | (12/10/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A