"Actor: Elizabeth II"

• The Rugrats Movie | DVD | (17/04/2000) from £6.97   |  Saving you £6.02 (86.37%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The first theatrical film from the popular television series became the surprise hit of the 1998 holiday box-office crunch, trouncing the highly competitive kids market. The key ingredient to the Rugrats' success is the writing. Venturing into their first theatrical movie, the pals--including the intrepid nappie-wearing Tommy Pickles, the nervous Chuckie, the twins Lil and Phil, and the wonderfully prissy Angelica--garble English into funny prose ("I want those fugitives back in custard-y!") and use movie references in their fantasy life. The opening here is a dead-on spoof of Raiders of the Lost Ark. The big news for the movie is that Tommy gets a new baby brother, named Dylan (or Dil for short). The rest of the film has no real plot but is a series of adventures, as the clan gets lost in the forest riding an inventive Reptar wagon that is the 1990s equivalent of the car in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Parents search for the kids, the kids learn new lessons and everyone goes home happy. The Rugrats Movie is not as wildly appealing as A Bug's Life but is far goofier and wackier with its animation. There's also a tremendous sense of joy that is often missing from cartoons these days and the songs used in the film--from such diverse musicians as Busta Rhymes, Iggy Pop, Lisa Loeb, Lou Rawls, Beck and Devo--add to the fun. It's an acquired taste, but the creators' first efforts to take the 10-minute TV sketches into an 80-minute feature pay off. --Doug Thomas

• The Queen's Castle | DVD | (11/11/2005) from £2.83   |  Saving you £21.42 (1,364.33%)   |  RRP £22.99

  For the best part of a millennium Windsor Castle has been at the heart of the national story; the awesome fortress; family home; treasure chest; and burial ground for the Royal dynasty who went on to take its name. But there is another unseen side to the Castle which the tourists never see... It is the real Windsor - home workplace playground and paradise. The Queen's Castle explore this hidden world in all its glory. This year for the first time ever Windsor ha

• Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work (BBC Series) | DVD | (25/02/2008) from £8.43   |  Saving you £16.56 (196.44%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Monarchy: The Royal Family At Work (2 Discs)

• Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts | DVD | (05/12/2022) from £3.13   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts is a unique and inventive feature documentary about the life of Queen Elizabeth II. Directed by the late, great and much celebrated Roger Michell (Notting Hill, The Duke) and produced by prolific British producer Kevin Loader (Nowhere Boy, The Lady in the Van), Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts is a nostalgic, uplifting and fresh modern chronicle of the extraordinary 70-year reign of Her Majesty the Queen, the longest-lived, longest-reigning British monarch and longest-serving female head of state in history.

• The Dark Half | DVD | (22/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Although it lacks the creepy subtleties of Stephen King's celebrated novel, George Romero's underrated adaptation of The Dark Half is among the best films based on King's fiction, with Romero taking care to honour the central theme while serving up some gruesome gore in the film's much-criticised finale. Inspired by King's own admission that he wrote several novels under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, The Dark Half explores the duality of a writer's impulse, ranging from literary respectability to the viscerally cathartic thrills of exploitative pulp fiction. Author and teacher Thad Beaumont (Timothy Hutton) finds himself torn between those extremes when he "kills" his profitable alter ego, George Stark (the bestselling dark half to Thad's light), who then assumes evil, autonomous form (again played by Hutton) to defend lethally his role in Thad's creative endeavours. Forced to wrestle with this evil manifestation of his own unformed twin, Thad must fight to protect his wife (Amy Madigan), their twin babies and himself. While Romero skilfully develops the twin/duality theme to explore the writer's dilemma, Hutton is outstanding in his dual roles, playing Stark (in subtly fiendish makeup) as a redneck rebel with a knack for slashing throats. Julie Harris adds class in a supporting role, and horror fans will relish Romero's climactic showdown, in which swarms of sparrows seal Stark's fate. It favours a pulp sensibility with clunky exposition to explain Stark's existence, but The Dark Half is a laudable effort from everyone involved. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Cruel Intentions 3 | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £6.94   |  Saving you £9.05 (56.60%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When their malicious wager to seduce and abandon two trusting coeds ends in a draw Jason (Nathan Wetherington) and Patrick (Kerr Smith) - the two most amoral students at Prestridge College - set their sights on the ultimate prize: Cassie Merteuil (Kristina Anapau) a woman so cold and calculating she takes sexual manipulation to a whole new level of pleasure and pain!

• Prince Philip - A Life of Devotion - Special Dual Collection | DVD | (26/04/2021) from £4.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Roger Dodger | DVD | (31/05/2004) from £8.78   |  Saving you £11.21 (56.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Uncermoniously dumped by his sometime girlfriend, a cynical copywriter and self-confessed modern Casanova starts to teach his 16-year-old nephew the ways of women - with surprising results.

• COI Volume 7: The Queen on Tour | DVD | (28/05/2012) from £3.79   |  Saving you £16.20 (427.44%)   |  RRP £19.99

  To mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee the BFI has conducted an extensive search through the National Archive to unearth a wealth of fascinating and illuminating footage on a range of Royalty-related subjects. COI Volume 7: The Queen on Tour brings together a number of Central Office of Information productions which capture the Royal family between 1953 and 1971. With unprecedented access to the royal household, the films in this unique collection provide a valuable and indispensable record of royal tours and state visits, and also include revealing portraits of the Queen and her children. Extra features: All films newly transferred from original materials preserved in the BFI National Archive Includes comprehensive booklet with newly commissioned essays and detailed film notes, along with full credits for each film

• Little Bear - What Will Little Bear Wear | DVD | (15/03/2004) from £14.96   |  Saving you £-3.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Come and join in with Little Bear Duck Owl Cat and others in twelve enchanting adventures. Episodes comprise: What Will Little Bear Wear? Hide And Seek Little Bear Goes To The Moon Birthday Soup Polar Bear Gone Fishing Up All Night Little Bear's Bath Father Bear Comes Home A Flu Exploring Fishing With Father Bear.

• Prom At The Palace | DVD | (01/07/2002) from £9.59   |  Saving you £10.40 (108.45%)   |  RRP £19.99

  One of the most remarkable things about this recording of the Queen's Golden Jubilee Prom at the Palace--quite apart from the musical goodies on offer--is the opportunity to glimpse inside the royal garden, and see what Her Majesty's principal home looks like from the back. Who would have guessed she had her own lake? Voyeurism aside, director Bob Coles also catches the palpable sense of occasion and excitement that surrounds the concert, with some swooping camera angles and shots of a very chuffed-looking crowd. The music, introduced by Michael Parkinson, is a mix of popular favourites (Zadok the Priest, "Jupiter" from The Planets, Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks) and a few lesser-known items such as Malcolm Arnold's The Nation's Dances. The outdoor acoustic is generally handled pretty well with some sensitive microphone placement, and the soloists all sound wonderful; Angela Gheorghiu stops the show with a passionate account of "Vissi d'Arte" (from Tosca) and 13-year-old clarinettist Julian Bliss gives a remarkably assured performance of Messager's fluffy salon-piece Solo de Concours. Occasionally the BBC Symphony Orchestra loses concentration and plays somewhat scrappily--the accompaniment to Figaro's aria "Largo al Factotum" is not all it should be--but overall this is a fine souvenir of a historic concert. On the DVD: Prom at the Palace has no special features on DVD. The arias in French and Italian are all subtitled in English. All profit from the sale of the DVD will be donated to the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Trust. --Warwick Thomson

• A Queen Is Crowned | DVD | (30/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The only full length Technicolor film of the Queen's coronation.

• Elizabeth - From Princess To Queen | DVD | (18/06/2007) from £10.78   |  Saving you £4.21 (28.10%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This 2 hour programme takes a fascinating look at the early years of Elizabeth's life from birth through to her coronation as Queen. Featuring rare archive black and white footage of the royal family from the key events in Elizabeth's life including early home cine film of her with her parents and sister Margaret through to her wedding. This programme also includes footage of the Royal Family from Queen Mary to King George as well as Edward and Wallace Simpson. It also features Edwards abdication speech and footage of Winston Churchill.

• Starting Over | DVD | (09/02/2015) from £3.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (300.75%)   |  RRP £15.99

  On paper, Bill (Aaron Eckhart, The Dark Knight, Olympus Has Fallen) can t complain. With a secure job and long-term marriage to wife Jess (Elizabeth Banks, The Hunger Games, Pitch Perfect), life seems pretty steady. However, when Bill becomes suspicious of Jess s fidelity, things rapidly unravel. Realising his career is in a slump and his marriage is falling apart, Bill s fortunes change when he begins tutoring self-assured teenager (Logan Lerman, the Percy Jackson series) who, it turns out, has far more to teach him about life than appearances would suggest. And then, Bill meets Lucy (Jessica Alba, Fantastic Four, Valentine s Day) and his world is turned upside down all over again... With a star-studded cast including Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids, Despicable Me 2) and Jason Sudekis (Horrible Bosses, We re The Millers), this rip-roaring rom-com will leave you laughing, crying and believing that just about anything is possible.

• Elizabeth & Margaret: Love and Loyalty | DVD | (23/08/2021) from £13.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Princess Margaret is dismissed as a party-going rebel who embarrassed the Queen with her scandalous life. But we reveal the real relationship between Elizabeth and Margaret and how Margaret sacrificed her own happiness for her big sister and the crown. In their intensely close childhood, it was Margaret who dazzled, outshining her strait-laced sister; but when Elizabeth became the most famous woman in the world the pressure threatened to destroy their relationship. We go behind Margaret's headline-grabbing reputation to reveal how scandal shook the sisters' relationship but how, in the end, their loyalty to each other proved the strongest bond.

• The Queen's Diamond Jubilee - Celebration Boxset | DVD | (28/05/2012) from £28.33   |  Saving you £1.66 (5.50%)   |  RRP £29.99

• Despicable Me/Hop Double Pack | DVD | (07/05/2012) from £4.00   |  Saving you £10.99 (73.30%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Titles Comprise:Hop: Blending state of the art animation with live action, Hop is a comedy about E.B. (voiced by Russell Brand), the teenage son of the Easter Bunny. On the eve of taking over the family business, E.B. leaves for Hollywood in pursuit of his dream of becoming a drummer. He encounters Fred (James Marsden), an out-of-work slacker with his own lofty goals, who accidentally hits E.B. with his car. Feigning injury, E.B. manipulates Fred into providing him shelter, and Fred finds himself with the world's worst houseguest.Despicable Me: In a happy suburban neighbourhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbours, hidden deep beneath this home is a vast secret hideout. Surrounded by an army of tireless, little yellow minions, we discover Gru (Steve Carell), planning the biggest heist in the history of the world. He is going to steal the moon (Yes, the moon!) to prove to his Mum (Julie Andrews) that he is better than the other super-villains, especially the new kid on the block, Vector (Jason Segal).Gru delights in all things wicked. Armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze guns and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen: a potential Dad

• 25 Years | Blu Ray | (05/09/2022) from £11.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Directed by acclaimed, multi-award-winning filmmaker Peter Morley, 25 Years is an impressionistic survey of the years from the Queen's accession to the throne in 1952 through to her Silver Jubilee in 1977, featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in both its original widescreen theatrical and fullscreen as-filmed aspect ratios. Combining archive and contemporary footage - including that of the royal visit to Canada and the US in 1976, the bicentenary year of American independence - the film explores the monarchy through a quarter-century that saw the conquest of Everest, the development of television as a mass medium, the first supersonic flight and mankind's first steps on another world. Through good times and bad, and tumultuous changes for better or for worse, one factor remained constant: the monarchy, in the person of Queen Elizabeth II, provided a continuity and stability which this film celebrates in her Silver Jubilee year. Product Features Original theatrical trailer Image gallery Limited edition facsimile pressbook booklet

• Bloody Homecoming | DVD | (10/03/2014) from £6.56   |  Saving you £6.43 (49.50%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Death stalks the halls of Winston High - and for these young students Homecoming will never be the same again - if any of them survive. Three years earlier Billy Corbin died trapped in a fiery store-room. Now the ones who let him burn are attending the homecoming party of the year...and it could be their last. It's payback time without pity for the young the foolish and the beautiful. One by one they disappear each meeting their own gory terrifying death. The corridors of the school are dark slippery and wet with the blood of those who came before. It's here the screaming starts. It will end in a Bloody Homecoming.

• The Queen's Diamond Jubilee | DVD | (28/05/2012) from £1.90   |  Saving you £13.09 (688.95%)   |  RRP £14.99

  'I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.' Princess Elizabeth of York, 1947. This was a promise delivered by Princess Elizabeth on her 21st birthday, addressing the Nation she would one day reign over. Now approaching her 60th year on the throne, her vow has not faltered and the Queen s popularity is greater than ever. But Elizabeth s relationship with her country has not always been an easy one. As the monarch who witnessed the launch of the internet and saw royal control diminish as media power surged, the Queen is the most famous and reported upon monarch in the world. But for her and her immediate royal family, this has not always been an advantage. With unrivalled archive footage from ITN source, home video and featuring interviews from royal correspondents as well as civilians, we reveal the highs and lows of Elizabeth II s reign and how she has had to adapt her own values in order to forge a place for the monarchy in modern society. Set out decade by decade, this three part series will celebrate the Queen and reveal how the Nation s 60 year love affair with this monarch has had its turbulent times, but appears to be ending with us falling in love all over again. Part one: The Young Queen 1952- 1969 Part two: The monarchy under threat 1970- 1989 Part three: Falling in love with the Queen again 1990- 2012 Stoic and calm The Queen encapsulates the best of British characteristics: strength, honour, pride. Elizabeth II s reign is not just the journey of a woman shaped by a Nation, but of a woman who shaped a nation.