"Actor: Diana Krall"

• At First Sight | DVD | (01/02/2000) from £9.43   |  Saving you £6.56 (69.57%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The tagline states, "Only love can bring you to your senses." Well, your senses have to be pretty dulled to love At First Sight. On paper the story--based on the writings of medical writer extraordinaire Oliver Sacks (Awakenings)--is intriguing: a blind man regains sight after surgery yet can never connect with what he sees, including a lovely new girlfriend. Indeed, maybe blind was better. From such interesting stuff (and a talented cast) comes a tepid love story and an unconvincing drama. Val Kilmer plays Virgil, a serene resort worker who plays hockey in the dark and is the best masseur this side of the Catskills. Onto his table comes Amy, a bone-weary NYC architect (Mira Sorvino) who cries the first time Virgil does his magic. Instead of a voyage into the world of blindness, Amy's first instinct is to take Virgil to an eye doctor who can restore sight (Bruce Davison). Virgil receives sight, crumbling the trust between him and Amy. The clichés start building up and by the time Amy is wooed by her ex-husband (Steven Weber), her boss no less, one's patience wears thin. The medical curiosities of the story--Virgil can see an item but can't grasp what it is until he touches it--do not translate well on screen. The film's liveliest character is Nathan Lane as a teacher of the blind. A scene with Virgil that gets to the heart of his ailment is so filled with spontaneity, one wonders if it was scripted or simply Lane's own extemporaneous dialogue. After an admirable start as a director (Guilty by Suspicion), Oscar-winning producer Irwin Winkler has not been able to put cinematic highs or believable angst into his films (The Net, Night in the City). At First Sight may look good but it is blind where it counts. --Doug Thomas

• Jools Holland - 10 Years Later | DVD | (18/11/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  'Later With Jools Holland' BBC 2's flagship live music show is celebrating its 10th anniversary! Shot live and normally in one take 'Later' has played host to over 500 of the worlds finest artists. This DVD release contains 30 tracks by such artists as: The Verve Portishead Massive Attack Blur Oasis PJ Harvey Mary J Blige Bjork David Gray Pulp Orbital Moby and many more.

• Diana Krall - Live At The Paris Oly | DVD | (01/12/2008) from £7.36   |  Saving you £7.63 (103.67%)   |  RRP £14.99

  It's been said that Diana Krall is a more successful recording artist than she is a live performer, yet Live in Paris seems to have captured the best of both worlds. Krall has evolved into a performer of extraordinary intensity. She treats what is essentially a set of jazz vocal standards as a kind of musical performance poetry which reflects the subtlest nuance of every lyric; while her dark, seemingly effortless contralto is a near-perfect jazz instrument. This performance features Krall's regular band plus a vast orchestra that tends to detract (and subtract) from her under-rated piano playing, but there are still any number of highlights, such as "All or Nothing at All" and "'S Wonderful". On the DVD: the additional features on this 16:9 DVD (which has stereo, DTS and Dolby surround audio options and which is PS2 compatible) are mostly excellent. The rehearsal footage is almost better than the concert, and some of Krall's interpretations bring knowing smiles to the faces of some of the female members of the orchestra. Of the two rather MTV-friendly video features, the first (for "The Look of Love") is superb; while the second (for "Let's Face the Music and Dance"), all aggressive lighting and nasty makeup, has Krall clumping around like a big-boned drag queen, but it's really the only fault in an otherwise perfect release. --Roger Thomas

• Diana Krall - Live In Montreal | DVD | (29/11/2004) from £9.09   |  Saving you £5.90 (39.40%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Diana Krall: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival is a portrait of an already-accomplished musician in the process of evolving into a great artist. Always a fine jazz pianist, an expressive singer, and a capable interpreter (mostly of the Great American Songbook), Krall spent little time developing an original voice prior to her marriage to Elvis Costello and her CD The Girl in the Other Room, which features multiple songwriting collaborations with Costello as well as more adventurous choices in cover material (Joni Mitchell's "Black Crow", Tom Waits's "Temptation"). That 2004 recording is the centerpiece of this concert; fully nine of the 13 selections here, including the Waits and Mitchell songs as well as five Costello-Krall compositions, were drawn from it. Purists may lament the lessening of the straight-ahead jazz element in Krall's music (indeed, with its simple major chords and countryish lilt, the original "Narrow Daylight" will inevitably invite comparisons to Norah Jones). But Krall and her excellent band still swing mightily (cf. an extended version of the standard "All or Nothing at All") and improvise like the seasoned jazz pros they are. It's a heady combination: Krall is at least as good an instrumentalist as her contemporaries; add to that her singing and now an interest in songwriting that reflects the influence of pop music as well as jazz, and you have a genuinely unique talent. --Sam Graham

• Diana Krall - Live In Rio | Blu Ray | (25/05/2009) from £24.28   |  Saving you £-4.29 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Diana Krall has had a long time fascination with bossa nova a type of music which perfectly suits her sophisticated yet sensual style. This culminated in her new studio album Quiet Nights (released by Verve in spring 2009) and in this stunning concert filmed in the home of the bossa nova Rio de Janeiro in November 2008. Accompanied by her band and an orchestra Diana Krall delivers a superb set of standards in true bossa nova style but clearly bearing her unique stamp. This Blu-ray captures Diana Krall at her scintillating best. Tracklisting: 1. I Love Being Here With You 2. Let's Fall In Love 3. Where Or When 4. Too Marvellous For Words 5. I've Grown Accustomed To His Face 6. Walk On By 7. Frim Fram Sauce 8. Cheek To Cheek 9. You're My Thrill 10. Let's Face The Music And Dance 11. Every Time We Say Goodbye 12. So Nice 13. Quiet Nights 14. Este Seu Olhar 15. The Boy From Ipanema 16. I Don't Know Enough About You 17. S'Wonderful 18. Exactly Like You

• Diana Krall - Live In Rio | DVD | (26/10/2009) from £14.10   |  Saving you £2.89 (17.00%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Diana Krall: Live In Rio - Special Edition

• Diana Krall - Live In Rio | DVD | (25/05/2009) from £16.82   |  Saving you £-1.83 (-12.20%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Diana Krall has had a long time fascination with bossa nova a type of music which perfectly suits her sophisticated yet sensual style. This culminated in her new studio album Quiet Nights (released by Verve in spring 2009) and in this stunning concert filmed in the home of the bossa nova Rio de Janeiro in November 2008. Accompanied by her band and an orchestra Diana Krall delivers a superb set of standards in true bossa nova style but clearly bearing her unique stamp. This DVD captures Diana Krall at her scintillating best. Tracklisting: 1. I Love Being Here With You 2. Let's Fall In Love 3. Where Or When 4. Too Marvellous For Words 5. I've Grown Accustomed To His Face 6. Walk On By 7. Frim Fram Sauce 8. Cheek To Cheek 9. You're My Thrill 10. Let's Face The Music And Dance 11. Every Time We Say Goodbye 12. So Nice 13. Quiet Nights 14. Este Seu Olhar 15. The Boy From Ipanema 16. I Don't Know Enough About You 17. S'Wonderful 18. Exactly Like You

• Spectacle: Elvis Costello With... (Season 1) | Blu Ray | (11/01/2010) from £56.25   |  Saving you £3.74 (6.65%)   |  RRP £59.99

  Elvis Costello is joined by fellow legends such as Elton John The Police and James Taylor in this music-driven series. New York's Apollo Theatre and 30 Rockefeller Plaza play host to the icons as they cover favorite songs and chat about their craft. This release includes 13 episodes.

• Spectacle: Elvis Costello With... (Season 1) | DVD | (11/01/2010) from £48.69   |  Saving you £1.30 (2.67%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Elvis Costello is joined by fellow legends such as Elton John The Police and James Taylor in this music-driven series. New York's Apollo Theatre and 30 Rockefeller Plaza play host to the icons as they cover favorite songs and chat about their craft. This release includes 13 episodes.

• Tony Bennett - An American Classic | DVD | (23/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Acclaimed director Rob Marshall re-invents the traditional variety special in this groundbreaking event with show-stopping dance numbers and breathtaking stage production. Marshall and his Academy-award-winning creative team take the viewer on an emotional musical journey re-creating seminal venues of Tony Bennett's music career from the 52nd Street Swing Club to the early Columbia recording studio from the ""rat pack"" stage in Las Vegas to the famous Carnegie Hall. Tony performs live duets of his greatest hits with the greatest artists of today. The show features special appearances by Robert De Niro Catherine Zeta-Jones John Travolta Bruce Willis and Billy Crystal! Track Listing 1. Smile - with Barbra Streisand 2. Sing You Sinners - with John Legend 3. Because of You - with K.D.Lang (featuring Chris Botti) 4. The Best Is Yet to Come - with Diana Krall 5. The Shadow of Your Smile - with Juanes 6. Rags to Riches - with Elton John 7. Just in Time - with Michael Buble 8. For Once in My Life - with Stevie Wonder 9. Steppin' Out - with Christina Aguilera 10. I Left My Heart in San Francisco

• At First Sight | DVD | (24/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Share in the adventure of seeing the world for the first time and fall in love with life all over again. Val Kilmer and Oscar winner Mira Sorvino have a sweet and sexy chemistry in this moving film based on a true story from the writer of Awakenings. When stresses-out Amy seeks relaxation at a spa she falls madly in love with Virgil a handsome masseur . Compassionate and Insightful Virgil has a unique way of seeing the world...he's blind. When a miraculous operation promises to restore his sight both Amy and Virgil discover that even the most wonderful of life's gifts can come at a price.