"Actor: Dodd"

• Ken Dodd - Live Laughter Tour | DVD | (27/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Ken Dodd: Live Laughter Tour

• The Lose Weight Workout With Mikyla Dodd | DVD | (26/12/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Get fit with ex-Hollyoaks and Celebrity Fit Club star Mikyla Dodd! This workout is sure to help shift those christmas pounds!

• The Stranger | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  The Stranger, according to Orson Welles, "is the worst of my films. There is nothing of me in that picture. I did it to prove that I could put out a movie as well as anyone else." True, set beside Citizen Kane, Touch of Evil, or even The Trial, The Stranger is as close to production-line stuff as the great Orson ever came. But even on autopilot Welles still leaves most filmmakers standing. The shadow of the Second World War hangs heavy over the plot. A war crimes investigator, played by Edward G Robinson, tracks down a senior Nazi, Franz Kindler, to a sleepy New England town where he's living in concealment as a respected college professor. The script, credited to Anthony Veiller but with uncredited input from Welles and John Huston, is riddled with implausibilities: we're asked to believe, for a start, that there'd be no extant photos of a top Nazi leader. The casting's badly skewed, too. Welles wanted Agnes Moorehead as the investigator and Robinson as Kindler, but his producer, Sam Spiegel, wouldn't wear it. So Welles himself plays the supposedly cautious and self-effacing fugitive--and if there was one thing Welles could never play, it was unobtrusive. What's more, Spiegel chopped out most of the two opening reels set in South America, in Welles' view, "the best stuff in the picture". Still, the film's far from a write-off. Welles' eye for stunning visuals rarely deserted him and, aided by Russell Metty's skewed, shadowy photography, The Stranger builds to a doomy grand guignol climax in a clock tower that Hitchcock must surely have recalled when he made Vertigo. And Robinson, dogged in pursuit, is as quietly excellent as ever. On the DVD: not much in the way of extras, except a waffly full-length commentary from Russell Cawthorne that tells us about the history of clock-making and where Edward G was buried, but precious little about the making of the film. Print and sound are acceptable, but though remastering is claimed, there's little evidence of it. --Philip Kemp

• X-Men - The Legend Of Wolverine | DVD | (28/04/2003) from £15.97   |  Saving you £0.02 (0.10%)   |  RRP £15.99

• X-Men - Series 5, Volume 2 | DVD | (01/02/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  X-Men: Season 5 - Vol.2

• Leonard Bernstein: Trouble In Tahiti | DVD | (20/01/2003) from £17.15   |  Saving you £2.84 (16.56%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This new film of Leonard Bernstein's music-theatre piece Trouble in Tahiti, produced by BBC Wales and Opus Arte and directed by Tom Cairns, makes a strong case for a neglected work. Bernstein wrote his satire on American materialism in 1952, drawing on elements of opera, revue and musical comedy to tell a story of a marriage that's turned sour amid the trappings of suburban prosperity. The brevity of the piece, which flashes by in 39 minutes, perhaps accounts for its rare appearances, making this version specially welcome. Tom Cairns directs with style and panache, moving the camera effortlessly to and fro between the seven scenes. Amir Hosseinpour's choreography recalls with affection the heyday of the MGM musical then at its zenith. The film opens with a Greek-style chorus singing in scat jazz fashion to a montage of 1950s imagery: flickering television adverts, manicured lawns and white picket fences. Characters within the narrative appear in flash-back in home video footage. This is all highly diverting and possibly a ruse to mask some dramatic weakness in the story written by Bernstein himself. The wife never offers an explanation for her visit to the cinema to see Trouble in Tahiti instead of attending her son's school play, nor do we see the boy again after witnessing his parents having a tiff. The two principals, Karl Daymond as Sam and Stephanie Novacek as Dinah, are well cast and sing in a natural and pleasing manner with clear diction. The scat vocal trio is well matched and the City of London Sinfonia under Paul Daniel catch the spirit of the jazz inflected score as if it were second nature. On the DVD: Trouble in Tahiti is shot in wide-screen, appropriate for the era that gave us CinemaScope. There are subtitles in German, Spanish and French. A full translation in English is printed in the booklet. The extras include an introduction that partly overlaps with "A Very Testing Piece", in which Paul Daniel touches on the parallel with Bernstein's own unhappy childhood. Humphrey Burton in "Not Particularly Romantic" elaborates on this theme and goes on to offer a further fascinating commentary on Bernstein, whom he knew well. --Adrian Edwards

• X-Men - Season 5, Volume 1 | DVD | (04/01/2010) from £22.00   |  Saving you £-7.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Cyclops Storm Gambit Rogue Beast Wolverine Children of the Atom students of Charles Xavier mutants - feared and hated by the world they have sworn to protect. These are the strangest heroes of all! The uncanny X-Men! The amazingly successful Marvel'' comics-based show X-Men enters its final Season. The penultimate release in this historic collection features more dramatic sagas whilst a series of unlikely mutant alliances help combat the continued threat to human safety. This DVD includes the first five episodes from Season Five of X-Men... Mister Sinister and Magneto team up with the X-Men to save Earth... Storm's wedding plans are thrown into disarray... and the dangerous resurrection of Apocalypse is nearly complete. Episodes Comprise: 1. Phalanx Covenant Part I 2. Phalanx Covenant Part II 3. Storm Front Part I 4. Storm Front Part II 5. The Fifth Horseman

• Discovering The North Pennines | DVD | (10/01/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This DVD journey through the North Pennines takes you to some of the wildest most remote and most beautiful landscapes in Britain. Stunning digital photography aerial views archive film and old photographs reveal rugged moors gentle dales historic towns and traditional stone built villages scattered along the valley floors. Discover a rich industrial and social heritage an abundance of flora and fauna and a wealth of natural beauty. Explore mighty castles ancient churches thundering waterfalls scenic Reservoirs challenging long distance trails and quiet riverside walks. Follow the course of the world famous rivers Tyne Tees and Wear and meet some fascinating dales characters including Hannah Hauxwell and John Dodd the Last Horseman.

• John Lennon - Rare And Unseen | DVD | (22/02/2010) from £14.57   |  Saving you £2.68 (20.14%)   |  RRP £15.99

  John Lennon: Rare And Unseen

• The Twilight Zone - Season 4 | DVD | (18/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  ""There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow between science and superstition and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area we call... The Twilight Zone!"" All the episodes from Season 4! Episodes Comprise: 1. In His Image 2. The Thirty Fathom Grave 3. Vall

• How Awful About Allan | DVD | (05/07/2005) from £5.50   |  Saving you £-1.51 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  A mysterious force haunts a young man as he tries to get over feelings of guilt years after witnessing his father's tragic death in a fire.....

• Tweenies - Song Time Is Fab- A-Rooney Time / Songtime 2 | DVD | (08/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Packed with the best of the irrepressible children's favourites, The Tweenies: Song Time Is Fab-A-Rooney!/Songtime 2 truly is a must for the DVD-owning Tweenies fan. With double the fun normally found on a video, the DVD features almost 100 minutes of non-stop singing and dancing. The majority of the DVD is made up of what the Tweenies do best--action songs--and viewers can choose to watch either the whole of Song Time is Fab-a-Rooney! or Songtime 2, or, via the menu screen, they can choose any one of the featured songs from a list. The menu screen also features a "Web Link" choice, which will take viewers watching the DVD on a PC straight to the Tweenies' Web site. The picture quality and stereo sound of this DVD are superb (this was tested on a PlayStation 2 and it was impeccable) and it bears all the quality hallmarks you would expect from a BBC title. The content is fun, upbeat and educational, and in DVD format will provide fun for years to come. --Lucie Naylor

• Alice In Wonderland | DVD | (01/11/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll's masterpiece of fantasy radiates with a star-studded cast overflowing charm and dazzling effects! The adventure begins as Alice slips down a rabbit hole and tumbles into Wonderland - a dream land where the official language is Jabberwocky and the official sense is nonsense! Meet a zany cast of characters: the tricky Cheshire Cat (Whoopi Goldberg) the wild Mad Hatter (Martin Short) at his very strange tea party play silly word games with Major

• Deck Dogz | DVD | (02/08/2010) from £2.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (81.30%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Three young urban skaters with ambitions to make it to the World Championships hear that World Champion skater Tony Hawk is scouting for new talent in Sydney. With no idea of how they are going to get there they decide to set off on the adventure of a lifetime...

• X-Men - Season One Part Two (Marvel Originals Series - 90s) | DVD | (10/11/2008) from £8.12   |  Saving you £4.87 (59.98%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In X-Men mutants people with genetically endowed superpowers are a persecuted by a hateful and fearful populous. One shelter from this is Professor Xavier's Academy for Gifted Children. But the school has a secret function as a training centre for mutants to control their abilities so they can function in regular society. It also serves as a secret headquarters of a superhero team called the X-Men - formed both to be a positive example of mutants and as an opposing force against those mutants who seek to force the world to kneel to their perceived superiority.

• Classic Albums - Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Carmen Electras Aerobic StripteaseDisc 4 - The Lap DanceCarmen pulls out all the stops in Vol. 4 of her Aerobic Striptease series. Get ready for the legendary lap dance. This DVD is a step-by-step guide to the sexiest routine around that introduces even more technical moves to your repertoire so you can tighten and tone while you're turning someone on. The Lap Dance will help you look good and feel great in no time. Puls it's bound to add some spice to your personal life!The hot new workout craze that's sweeping the nation.A heart-pounding body-sculpting exotic blend of modern fitness technique combined with the fun of dance.

• The Stranger | DVD | (18/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  The Stranger, according to Orson Welles, "is the worst of my films. There is nothing of me in that picture. I did it to prove that I could put out a movie as well as anyone else." True, set beside Citizen Kane, Touch of Evil, or even The Trial, The Stranger is as close to production-line stuff as the great Orson ever came. But even on autopilot Welles still leaves most filmmakers standing. The shadow of the Second World War hangs heavy over the plot. A war crimes investigator, played by Edward G Robinson, tracks down a senior Nazi, Franz Kindler, to a sleepy New England town where he's living in concealment as a respected college professor. The script, credited to Anthony Veiller but with uncredited input from Welles and John Huston, is riddled with implausibilities: we're asked to believe, for a start, that there'd be no extant photos of a top Nazi leader. The casting's badly skewed, too. Welles wanted Agnes Moorehead as the investigator and Robinson as Kindler, but his producer, Sam Spiegel, wouldn't wear it. So Welles himself plays the supposedly cautious and self-effacing fugitive--and if there was one thing Welles could never play, it was unobtrusive. What's more, Spiegel chopped out most of the two opening reels set in South America, in Welles' view, "the best stuff in the picture". Still, the film's far from a write-off. Welles' eye for stunning visuals rarely deserted him and, aided by Russell Metty's skewed, shadowy photography, The Stranger builds to a doomy grand guignol climax in a clock tower that Hitchcock must surely have recalled when he made Vertigo. And Robinson, dogged in pursuit, is as quietly excellent as ever. On the DVD: not much in the way of extras, except a waffly full-length commentary from Russell Cawthorne that tells us about the history of clock-making and where Edward G was buried, but precious little about the making of the film. Print and sound are acceptable, but though remastering is claimed, there's little evidence of it. --Philip Kemp

• X-Men - Series 2 Vol.1 | DVD | (24/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Born into a world that hates and fears them the X-Men are mutants genetically gifted human beings with superpowers - The next link in human evolution and the world's newest and most persecuted minority. The X-Men are an elite team comprised of Cyclops Jean Grey Beast Rogue Gambit Jubilee Storm and Wolverine - Sworn to fight for mutant rights against hostile Government agencies whilst at the same time protecting mankind from mutant supremacist Magneto who seeks to destroy the human race in return for the atrocities committed against mutant kind. This DVD contains the first six episodes from Season Two of the unstoppable X-Men making it an essential purchase for any cartoon or comic book fan. Episodes Comprise: 1. 'Til Death Do Us Part: Part 1 2. 'Til Death Do Us Part: Part 2 3. Whatever It Takes 4. Red Dawn 5. Repo Man 6. X-ternally Yours

• Echoes Of War | DVD | (13/02/2006) from £9.91   |  Saving you £11.34 (131.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Echoes of War tell the emotional tale of Fatima (Judi Shekoni) and Abdul (Anthony Akposheri) a married couple who get separated during the war in Sierra Leone. Presuming each other to be dead they move on to new lives. However their eventual meeting in London nine years later shatters the brittle peace in their respective new families... Winner of Best Film at the 2004 Screen Nation awards.

• Edward G. Robinson - Scarlet Street / The Stranger | DVD | (18/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In a way, Scarlet Street is a remake. It's taken from a French novel, La Chienne (literally, "The Bitch") that was first filmed by Jean Renoir in 1931. Renoir brought to the sordid tale all the colour and vitality of Montmartre; Fritz Lang's version shows us a far harsher and bleaker world. The film replays the triangle set-up from Lang's previous picture, The Woman in the Window, with the same three actors. Once again, Edward G Robinson plays a respectable middle-aged citizen snared by the charms of Joan Bennett's streetwalker, with Dan Duryea as her low-life pimp. The plot closes around the three of them like a steel trap. This is Lang at his most dispassionate. Scarlet Street is a tour de force of noir filmmaking, brilliant but ice-cold. The Stranger, according to Orson Welles, "is the worst of my films. There is nothing of me in that picture". But even on autopilot Welles still leaves most filmmakers standing. A war crimes investigator, played by Edward G Robinson, tracks down a senior Nazi to a sleepy New England town where he's living in concealment as a respected college professor. Welles wanted Agnes Moorehead as the investigator and Robinson as the Nazi Franz Kindler, but his producer, Sam Spiegel, wouldn't wear it. So Welles himself plays the supposedly cautious and self-effacing fugitive--and if there was one thing Welles could never play, it was unobtrusive. Still, the film's far from a write-off. Welles' eye for stunning visuals rarely deserted him and, aided by Russell Metty's skewed, shadowy photography, The Stranger builds to a doomy grand guignol climax in a clocktower that Hitchcock must surely have recalled when he made Vertigo. And Robinson, dogged in pursuit, is as quietly excellent as ever. On the DVD: sparse pickings. Both films have a full-length commentary by Russell Cawthorne which adds the occasional insight, but is repetitive and not always reliable. The box claims both print have been "fully restored and digitally remastered", but you'd never guess. --Philip Kemp