"Actor: Howard"

• Glitter | DVD | (06/05/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Set in the mid-1980s against a backdrop of the rising club scene Glitter is the tale of Billie Frank, a modest young singer with a phenomenal talent just hoping to make it big in New York City. Billie (Mariah Carey) hooks up with super-cool club DJ and producer Dice (Max Beesley) and, as you might guess, hits the big time. But as both her lover and producer, Dice is a bit put out by the label's recommendation that Billie finds a more talented producer, while at the same time her girlfriends are telling her to "kick him to the kerb". So that's the basic gist. Throw in an estranged alcoholic mother and the rags-to-riches story is complete, or sadly not as the case might be. Presumably because the story is an old chestnut that everyone involved knows has been roasted a few too many times already the filmmakers thought it wasn't worth bothering with trying to make the plot even vaguely interesting, and it drags for what seems like days. The two leads are likeable characters, though their performances don't make up for the plodding storyline. Mariah is just Mariah--smiling, singing and equally accomplished at both--whereas Beesley is let down by his shocking American accent. If you like the sound of early US Garage and post-disco dance music then Mariah's soundtrack is a winner (although it got slated) but Glitter isn't even one of those films that's so bad it's good. It's just dull. On the DVD: Glitter comes complete with a redundant director's commentary that attempts to explain events requiring no explanation, a cheesy trailer which is very sparkly, plus bog-standard discographies and filmographies of the cast and director.--David Trueman

• Midsomer Murders - Blood Will Out | DVD | (27/12/2002) from £8.07   |  Saving you £8.92 (110.53%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Barnaby and Troy are called in to help keep the peace in the village of Martyr Warren when to the extreme anger of Falklands War veteran Major Hector Bridges two rival clans of travellers arrive for a pony chariot race.

• Gone With The Wind | DVD | (09/03/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  David O. Selznick's production of Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize winner Gone With The Wind features Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in their iconic roles as Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara! This sweeping Civil War-era romance won an impressive 10 Academy Awards (including Best Picture) and has thrilled audiences for more than a half century with its eternal love affair between handsome Rhett Butler (Gable) and his sassy headstrong heroine Scarlett O'Hara (Leigh).

• Orloff Against the Invisible Man | DVD | (12/06/2017) from £8.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One rainy night, Dr. Garondet is summoned to the castle of Professor Orloff. Making it to the castle on foot, the good doctor meets Cecile, Orloff's daughter, a seemingly deranged girl who is convinced that an invisible phantom is at large on the premises. Orloff explains the story behind Cecile's insanity to the doctor--a tale involving premature burial, grave-robbing and flagellation--and invites him to stay over. As Garondet spends an uneasy night at the castle, he finds himself sharing in Cecile's delusions.

• Katharine Hepburn | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  A bumper box set of classic films featuring 'The First Lady of Cinema' Katharine Hepburn! State Of The Union (Dir. Frank Capra 1948): The Flamboyant businessman Grant Matthews (Spencer Tracy) is persuaded by his mistress the powerful publishing heiress Kay Thorndyke (Angela Lansbury) to seek the Republican nomination in the forthcoming elections. Mary Matthews (Katharine Hepburn) joins her estranged husband to present a public portrait of a happy family for the voters.

• The Sadist Baron Von Klaus | DVD | (08/05/2017) from £8.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When violent crime strikes a tiny hamlet, the townsfolk suspect the distant relative of a sadistic 17th century baron who cursed the village.

• I Only Arsked | DVD | (12/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  An Arab King who finds oil in his country faces civil unrest. He recruits the services of a crack British Army Brigade.... Well at least the services of seven men from Army Stores!

• Howard Marks - Mr Nice | DVD | (31/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Howard Marks built a world wide smuggling network that allegedly became responsible for the majority of marijuana smoked in the western world throughout the 1970's and most of the 1980's. Once an agent for MI6 and the orchestrator of major cannabis deals direct with members of the American CIA Howard had 43 aliases and over 25 companies world-wide as cover for his truly international smuggling empire. Recorded during the 'Mr Nice Live' tour of 27 sell-out dates. This DVD features th

• Soft Machine - Alive In Paris 1970 | DVD | (05/05/2008) from £12.25   |  Saving you £4.74 (27.90%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Features Footage Of One Of Britain's Best Classic Rock Bands of The Sixties And Seventies At Their Very Best! Witness the Canterbury Sound legends Soft Machine live in France at the Theatre de la Musique in Paris in March 1970 with the line-up including Mike Ratledge Robert Wyatt Hugh Hopper Elton Dean and Lyn Dobson. This rare footage has only recently been rediscovered and as such is a rare insight into one of the classic British genre defining bands of the sixties and seventies captured at their creative height. Tracklist: 1. Facelift 2. Eamonn Andrews 3. Backwards/Mousetrap Reprise 4. Out-Bloody-Rageous 5. Robert Wyatt 6. Esther's Nosejob

• Beyond the Woods | DVD | (19/02/2018) from £7.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Seven old friends have a reunion at a holiday home on the edge of a forest in Ireland. A sink hole has opened nearby and is spewing hot sulphur. The friends start acting out of character and soon come to realise that something evil is also crossing through the sink hole it has opened a portal to hell.

• Up The Creek | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The forgotten H.M.S. Berkley has been without a commanding officer for two years in which time the skeleton crew has gone into the racketeering business with the landlord of a coastal village. When the Navy appoint Humphrey Fairweather as a long overdue replacement his unhealthy obsession with missile construction and the landlord's beautiful niece threatens to upset the balance of business.

• Midsomer Murders - Death And Dreams | DVD | (13/06/2005) from £14.98   |  Saving you £2.01 (13.42%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Nothing is as it seems behind the well-trimmed hedges of the picturesque cottages in the idyllic English county of Midsomer. Beneath the tranquil surface of sleepy village life exist dark secrets scandals and downright evil. John Nettles stars as the humorous thoughtful and methodical Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby. The quiet of Midsomer Worthy is shattered by the suicide of Martin Wroath. A gambler drinker and depressive the complex nature of his death attracts Barnaby's atten

• The Clouded Yellow | DVD | (20/10/2008) from £24.98   |  Saving you £-8.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When ex spy David Somers takes a low-profile job in the country cataloguing a butterfly collection he finds that dangerous work continues to pursue him. David grows fond of his employer's niece a fragile fey young woman named Sophie. When Sophie is framed for the murder of Hick - the spiteful handyman he becomes embroiled in a murder mystery and goes underground with the beautiful suspect. The fugitives stay one step ahead of the police until the breathless climax. Starring the Oscar nominated and Emmy Award winning Trevor Howard (Gandhi The Third Man Superman) in one of his greatest films alongside the Oscar nominated and Emmy Award winning Jean Simmons (Spartacus Guys and Dolls Elmer Gantry) and directed by Ralph Thomas (Doctor in the House).

• La Bamba | DVD | (19/03/2001) from £32.98   |  Saving you £-26.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Lou Diamond Phillips leaves a haunting impression in La Bambaas the late 1950s pop idol Ritchie Valens, who made the Latino influence in rock & roll conspicuous through his hit songs. Filmmaker Luis Valdez (Zoot Suit) creates a nimble, exciting, and sympathetic portrait of the boy driven to rise above obstacles of race and family legacy, and Esai Morales is equally fine as Ritchie's envious, searching brother. Great support from Elizabeth Pena and Danielle von Zerneck as Valens's sister and mother, respectively, and Joe Pantoliano is solid as the singer's straight-talking manager. Valdez brightens up the third act with a rock & roll show featuring, among others, Brian Setzer as Eddie Cochrane. Marshall Crenshaw turns up as Buddy Holly getting on that plane with Valens, and Los Lobos (who actually performs Valens's music on the soundtrack) has a nifty cameo as a Tijuana band that gives Valens a piece of crucial inspiration. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• That Was Then, This Is Now | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Two friends grow up like brothers in the rough east side of Minneapolis but then there comes a time for tough life decisions as that friendship is gradually ripped apart. Friends Mark Jennings and Byron Douglas have lived like brothers growing up together in the rough neighbourhood of St Paul along with a bunch of easygoing friends. But then a budding romance between Byron and Kathy puts a strain on the friendship and when Charlie the bar owner is killed helping them in a fight against two revengeful pool players the rift widens. Byron spends more time with Kathy leaves the old life behind and takes on a regular job while Mark falls into a rollercoaster world of revenge-fuelled fights and drugs. The two boys must learn to not only come to terms with their past but also to decide on how to face the future.

• The Charge Of The Light Brigade | DVD | (26/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Dramatisation detailing the events that led to the destruction of the Light Brigade at the Crimea of the men who were sent to their death and those behind what is now recognised as one of British history's major military blunders.

• Gone With The Wind | DVD | (16/11/2009) from £21.81   |  Saving you £-1.82 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  David O. Selznick's production of Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize winner Gone With The Wind features Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in their iconic roles as Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara! This sweeping Civil War-era romance won an impressive 10 Academy Awards (including Best Picture) and has thrilled audiences for more than a half century with its eternal love affair between handsome Rhett Butler (Gable) and his sassy headstrong heroine Scarlett O'Hara (Leigh).

• Crack in the Floor | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £12.97   |  Saving you £-9.98 (-333.80%)   |  RRP £2.99

  The continuing popularity of horror spoofs has created an opportunity for low-quality slashers such as A Crack In the Floor to pass themselves off as humorous. The story follows axe-wielding psychotic hermit Jeremiah who meets a bunch of fresh-faced young hikers and the movie employs every trick in the genre's book but still fails to rise itself above cheap exploitation (best indicated by the tasteless rape of Jeremiah's mother that prefaces the action). Brazenly claiming to feature Tracy Scoggins and Gary Busey--who in reality appear for about five minutes each--the film features young unknowns, the most high profile being Saved By the Bell's Mario Lopez. Which is fitting really because the film, with its mix of teen enthusiasm, redneck stereotypes and crass violence, is little more than that show meets The Dukes of Hazzard meets Deliverance meets Friday the 13th. Recommended for connoisseurs of everything gory and tacky but no-one else. On the DVD: The DVD manages to keep the quality set so spectacularly by the film itself--featuring an appalling trailer, a reprint of the information on the disc's box, biographies of the handful of established actors who make the briefest of cameos and trailers for some equally naff TV movies. Not what DVD was invented for. --Phil Udell

• The Vengeance Of Fu Manchu | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In his remote Asian hideaway the evil Fu Manchu plots the death and discredit of his arch rival Inspector Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard as the first step in his plan to become leader of the world's most terrible criminals...

• Sir Francis Drake | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Terrence Morgan stars in the classic 1960's action adventure series - Sir Francis Drake. Drake is a freebooter adventurer expert swordsman and defender of the crown during Britain's war with Spain during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I a war which he wages from the bridge of his ship The Golden Hind. Presented here is the entire series of 26 action-packed episodes of this classic action show. This thrilling adventure series will appeal to people who enjoyed Network's previous releases of The Adventures Of Robin Hood and archive television fans.... Episodes: 1. The Prisoner 2. The Lost Colony Of Virginia 3. Mary Queen Of The Scots 4. Doctor Dee 5. Bold Enterprise 6. The English Dragon 7. Boy Jack 8. The Garrison 9. Visit To Spain 10. The Flame Thrower 11. The Governor's Revenge 12. The Slaves Of Spain 13. The Doughty Plot 14. King Of America 15. The Irish Pirate 16. Beggars Of The Sea 17. Drake On Trial 18. The Bridge 19. Johnnie Factotum 20. Mission To Paris 21. The Reluctant Duchess 22. The Gypsies 23. Court Intrigue 24. Gentlemen Of Spain 25. The Fountain Of Youth 26. Escape