"Actor: Howard"

• Seven Brides For Seven Brothers | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £7.52   |  Saving you £6.47 (86.04%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, starring MGM soprano Jane Powell and handsome baritone Howard Keel, has retained a remarkably loyal following among fans of the musical film ever since its release in 1954. Although it was filmed in state-of-the-art CinemaScope, Stanley Donen was obliged to direct much of the film on Metro's sound stages, where the artificial sets and painted backdrops don't inevitably live up to the scenes shot on location in Oregon. Viewers coming fresh to the picture may find this visual discrepancy jarring and some too may find Miss Powell's singing a shade plummy. The screenplay, by husband and wife team Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich with Dorothy Kingsley, tells the story of seven brothers living in the Oregon hills and their adventures to find themselves wives. The casting of each brother with his rugged, masculine looks and ability to dance with grace and athleticism, presided over by an authoritative Howard Keel, gives the film a dynamic impetus second to none in an MGM musical. The lengthy barn-raising episode under choreographer Michael Kidd's intrepid direction, where the music and the incredibly agile and energetic male and female dance ensemble unite as one, produces a square dance without parallel. The music and lyrics by Gene De Paul and Johnny Mercer--including the mating chorus, "Spring, Spring, Spring", the rollicking "Bless You're Beautiful Hide", the rousing "Sobbin' Women" and the visually enchanting "June Bride"--are both tuneful and mindful of the plot's exposition. Adolph Deutsch and Saul Chaplin won the Academy Award in 1954 for their arrangements and conducting. On the DVD: The digital remastering has created a clearer picture of what had been a faintly muddy Ansco colour system on the original print while the polish and attack with which the MGM Studio Orchestra play the music on this full-bodied stereophonic soundtrack remains a thing of wonder. Howard Keel, standing tall and erect in his 80s, hosts the "making of" documentary. Director Donen, choreographer Kidd, Jane Powell and several of the dancers recall how the film was considered a "sleeper" during production and wasn't expected to do as well as Brigadoon, in production at the same time. The documentary also highlights the care taken over the casting of the brothers, two of whom including Keel were not dancers and their often brave and brilliant feats of acrobatic dancing executed on precarious planks and other props. When Howard Keel takes his farewell walk down the main street lot at MGM, breaking into a few brief dance steps, it's impossible not to feel a moment of regret that the curtain had to come down on MGM's most treasured possession. --Adrian Edwards

• Jurassic World (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (14/12/2015) from £28.33   |  Saving you £-22.18 (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.15

  Steven Spielberg returns to executive produce the longawaited next installment of his groundbreaking Jurassic Park series, Jurassic World. Colin Trevorrow directs the epic actionadventure based on characters created by Michael Crichton. The screenplay is by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver and Trevorrow & Derek Connolly, and the story is by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver. Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley join the team as producers. Twenty two years after the events of Jurassic Park (1993), Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. After 10 years of operation and visitor rates declining, in order to fulfill a corporate mandate, a new attraction is created to respark visitor's interest, which backfires horribly. Bonus Features: Deleted Scenes Chris & Colin Take On The World Welcome to Jurassic World Dinosaurs Roam Once Again The Control Room Innovation Center Tour with Chris Pratt Barbasol Content Click Images to Enlarge

• Russell Howard | DVD | (14/11/2011) from £15.93   |  Saving you £24.06 (151.04%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Russell Howard is one of the country's hottest comedians, with his own critically-acclaimed BBC3 show, Russell Howard's Good News, and appearances on Mock The Week and Live At The Apollo.He has wowed audiences up and down the country during three sell-out tours with is one-of-a-kind, high-octane comedy finding the funny in life's humdrum. Now these three tours can be yours in one superb DVD boxset.Includes:Russell Howard Live, his Adventures show filmed at the Bloomsbury theatre.Russell Howard Dingledodies, recorded at the Brighton Dome.Russell Howard Right Here Right Now, filmed live at HMV Apollo Hammersmith

• Of Human Bondage | DVD | (24/11/2003) from £7.78   |  Saving you £-1.79 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The love that lifted a man to paradise... and hurled him back to earth again! This film is based on W. Somerset Maugham's classic novel of a young medical student's strange infatuation with a cheap and vulgar cockney waitress (Bette Davis). The infatuation turns into a mutually destructive affair. This is the film that brought Bette Davis to fame and secured her future roles as a tough domineering woman. Fine acting by the entire cast with Davis an absolute knock-out.

• Spider-Man 3 | Blu Ray | (27/08/2018) from £54.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) has finally managed to strike a balance between his devotion to M.J. (Kirsten Dunst) and his duties as a superhero. But when his suit suddenly changes, turning jetblack and enhancing his powers, it transforms Peter, bringing out a dark vengeful side that he struggles to control. He must now battle his inner demons as two of the mostfeared villains yet, Sandman (Thomas Haden Church) and Venom (Topher Grace), gather unparalleled power and a thirst for revenge which threatens Peter and everyone he loves. Features: Cast and Filmmaker Commentaries with Sam Raimi, Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco and more Blooper Reels

• Gilbert And Sullivan Collection | DVD | (30/11/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £66.99

  From the popular BBC series this comprehensive collection includes 12 classics from the immortal partnership of lyricist W.S.Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan. For more than 100 years these comic colourful operas have been consistently entertaining audiences around the world. Music by the London Symphony Orchestra The Ambrosian Opera Chorus and a cast of award-winning international stars including Peter Allen William Conrad Frank Gorshin Joel Grey Frankie Howard Peter Marshall Keith Mitchell Vincent Price Clive Revill In: Cox & Box The Gondoliers HMS Pinafore Iolanthe The Mikado Patience The Pirates of Penzance Princess Ida Ruddigore The Sorcerer Trial by Jury The Yeoman of the Guard.

• Kidnapped | DVD | (08/08/2016) from £7.29   |  Saving you £2.70 (37.04%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The adventures of young orphan David Balfour as he travels through the Scottish Highlands during the Jacobite rebellion in search of his rightful inheritance.

• Gift Horse (Vintage Classics) | DVD | (04/04/2022) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Musketeers - Series 1-2 | DVD | (06/04/2015) from £15.92   |  Saving you £19.07 (119.79%)   |  RRP £34.99

  A thrilling world of action, adventure and romance inspired by Dumas' legendary characters.

• Birth | DVD | (02/05/2005) from £7.15   |  Saving you £12.84 (179.58%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Nicole Kidman plays a woman who becomes convinced that a ten year old boy is the reincarnation of her dead husband.

• The Charge Of The Light Brigade | DVD | (26/01/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Charge of the Light Brigade was an infamous battle in the Crimean War considered one of the greatest military blunders in history and immortalized in the poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson. The ill-conceived expedition to the Crimea was marked by an incredible lack of strategy and planning inadequate weapons camouflage food health care and communications. In the final battle all the soldiers had to protect them was their courage and blind faith. As Tennyson put it: Ours is not to question why/Ours is but to do and die. The film is a classic dissection of the pointlessness of war and the horrors inflicted on the common man who goes to fight in the name of his country. Directed by Tony Richardson and starring Trevor Howard Vanessa Redgrave (Atonement Howards End) and John Gielgud (Murder on the Orient Express Arthur The Charge of the Light Brigade was nominated for 6 BAFTAs.

• Dallas - Season 14 | DVD | (21/03/2011) from £25.63   |  Saving you £-0.64 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The 14th and final season of Dallas finds ruthless oil executive J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman) escaping from a mental institution then resuming his Herculean efforts to wrest control of Ewing Oil from his brother Bobby (Patrick Duffy). Episodes Comprise: 1. April in Paris 2. Charade 3. One Last Kiss 4. Terminus 5. Tunnel of Love 6. Heart and Soul 7. The Fabulous Ewing Boys 8. The Odessa File 9. Sail On 10. Lock Stock and Jock 11. 'S' Is for Seduction 12. Designing Women 13. 90265 14. Smooth Operator 15. Win Some Lose Some 16. Fathers and Sons and Fathers and Sons 17. When the Wind Blows 18. Those Darned Ewings 19. Farewell My Lovely 20. Some Leave Some Get Carried Out 21. The Decline and Fall of the Ewing Empire 22. Conundrum

• They Made Me a Fugitive (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (28/08/2023) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti (Went the Day Well?, Dead of Night), They Made Me a Fugitive is a prime example of British film noir. Trevor Howard (Who?, The Missionary) plays Clem Morgan, an RAF officer during the war, now unemployed since demobilisation. Turning to the black market, he finds himself embroiled in a life of crime that will lead to prison, a daring escape, and a deadly manhunt. Boasting striking cinematography by Otto Heller, whose later credits would include Michael Powell's Peeping Tom and classic Cold War thriller The Ipcress File, They Made Me a Fugitive is accompanied by two rare short films, made during Howard's own time in the RAF during WWII, featuring his earliest known on-screen appearances. Product Features 2K restoration by the British Film Institute Original mono audio The John Player Lecture with Alberto Cavalcanti (1970, 62 mins): archival audio recording of the celebrated director at London's National Film Theatre, including an audience Q&A with fellow filmmakers Michael Balcon, Paul Rotha and Basil Wright After Effects (2019, 29 mins): appreciation by author and film historian Neil Sinyard About the Restoration (2019, 14 mins): the BFI's Kieron Webb discusses the process of restoring the film Squaring the Circle (1941, 33 mins): dramatised Royal Air Force training film, starring Trevor Howard in his first known film role The Aircraft Rocket (1944, 9 mins): extract from a multi-part RAF technical film, featuring Howard Image gallery: promotional and publicity material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Iron Man | DVD | (07/10/2013) from £6.08   |  Saving you £0.91 (14.97%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Suit up for action with Robert Downey Jr. in the ultimate adventure movie you've been waiting for Iron Man! When jet-setting geniusindustrialist Tony Stark is captured in enemy territory he builds a high-tech suit of armour to escape. Now he's on a mission to save the world as a hero who's built not born to be unlike any other. Co-starring Terrence Howard Jeff Bridges and Gwenyth Paltrow it's a fantastic high-flying journey that is hugely entertaining (Joe Morgenstern The Wall Street Journal ). Special Features: Deleted and Extended Scenes

• Behind Convent Walls | DVD | (19/11/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The cloistered atmosphere of a 19th century convent becomes a hotbed of repressed desire in this film by Walerian Borowczyk, director of 'The Beast' and 'The Streetwalker'.

• Musketeers - Series 3 | DVD | (15/08/2016) from £33.73   |  Saving you £-8.74 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A country at war. A city in crisis. Heroes on the battlefield, the Musketeers return from the Spanish front to a Paris seething with resentment, a city on the brink of starvation. The corrupt Governor Feron has been running the capital for his own ends, aided by the brutal Red Guard. But behind Feron hides an even greater menace. Lucien Grimaud is a vicious gangster with a powerful hold over the governor. While Feron might be reasoned with, Grimaud deals only in chaos and rage. Ordered to the heart of this simmering crisis, the Musketeers must face their most treacherous test yet. It's a task that will challenge their allegiances to the crown, throw their personal lives into turmoil and compromise their loyalty to those they love and to each other.

• Iron Man (1 Disc Edition) | DVD | (27/10/2008) from £4.95   |  Saving you £15.04 (303.84%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Robert Downey Jr. stars in this live action adaptation of the cult comic book series.

• The Missionary | DVD | (29/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Fallen women? Does it mean they've hurt their knees? After a decade of soul-saving in Africa Charles Fortescue is asked to minister to the ladies of the night in 1906 London. So Fortescue feeds them shelters them and not infrequently provides them a bed: his! A naive man of the cloth becomes a man of the sheets in this playfully naughty yet always tasteful comedy that stars Monty Python's Michael Palin (who also wrote the script) as Fortescue and features a colourful array of cockeyed characters: a blissful airhead (Phoebe Nicholls) a lusty mission sponsor (Maggie Smith) a bewildered butler (Michael Hordern) an earthy bishop (Denholm Elliott) a cantankerous John Bull (Trevor Howard) and more. Jolly good fun!

• Sonic The Hedgehog (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (08/06/2020) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on the global blockbuster videogame franchise from Sega, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG tells the story of the world's speediest hedgehog as he embraces his new home on Earth. In this live-action adventure comedy, Sonic and his new best friend Tom (James Marsden) team up to defend the planet from the evil genius Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) and his plans for world domination. The family-friendly film also stars Tika Sumpter and Ben Schwartz as the voice of Sonic.

• Gone With The Wind | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £26.90   |  Saving you £-12.91 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  First off, if you're a GwtW fanatic, you must buy this four-disc collection. But then again, you probably don't need to read this to make that decision. For the rest of us, know that the kitchen-sink approach has been established here with two full discs of extras. The film's restoration under Warner's brilliant Ultra-Resolution process is the major contribution to the set. However, the bare-bones version released years ago isn't bad and the film still doesn't pop off the screen as do films from the headier days of Technicolor (like the earlier Ultra-Resolution DVD release of Meet Me in St. Louis). That said, the set is worthy of the most popular movie ever made. Rudy Behlmer's feature-length commentary is dry but an exhaustive reference guide to the entire history of the film. Need more? There's the excellent full-length documentary The Making of a Legend (1989) narrated by Christopher Plummer, plus two hour-long older biographies on the two main stars. There are many new vignettes on the rest of the cast, all narrated by Plummer (a nice touch to tie everything together). The new 30-minute interview/reminisce with Oliva de Havilland will be interesting to older fans, but tiresome for the younger set. The usual sort of trailers and premiere footage is here along with a curious short ("The Old South", directed by Fred Zinnemann) that was produced to help introduce the world to the history of the South. --Doug Thomas