"Actor: Ian"

• Hide and Seek | DVD | (21/04/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Ian Carmichael - one of British cinema's most accomplished character actors and immortalised in the television role of P.G. Wodehouse's genial upper-class bumbler Bertie Wooster - heads a strong cast in this comedy Cold War thriller. Directed by the BAFTA-nominated Cy Endfield whose credits include Zulu and Hell Drivers Hide and Seek also stars Oscar winner Hugh Griffith Bond villain Curd Jürgens and Golden Globe-winning British actress Janet Munro; the film is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Whilst working on a top-secret missile project research scientist David Garret runs into an old friend from behind the Iron Curtain - now a world chess champion working for mysterious businessman Hubert Marek. The hapless professor of astronomy is shortly to find himself at the centre of a kidnap plan designed to make it appear that he has in fact defected to the Soviet Union... Special Features: Image Gallery

• The Lovejoy Collection - Vol. 1 | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £7.73   |  Saving you £5.26 (68.05%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Ian McShane stars as lovable rogue antiques dealer Lovejoy in three 55 minute episodes: The Firefly Cage The Axeman Cometh and The Sting.

• Station Six Sahara | Blu Ray | (10/02/2020) from £12.72   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Oscar-nominated Carroll Baker gives a memorable performance as a manipulative vamp in this erotically-charged, X-rated thriller written by Bryan Forbes and Brian Clemens and stylishly directed by Seth Holt. Co-starring Ian Bannen, Denholm Elliott and German character actor Peter van Eyck, Station Six Sahara is presented here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film element in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Five dysfunctional individuals man an isolated oil pipeline station in the Sahara, their mutual contempt only overshadowed by their desire for female company. Without warning, a car drives out of the desert night and crashes in front of the station - the driver is badly injured but the passenger, a gorgeous blonde, stirs up the tension amongst the men to unbearable levels.

• Freeze Frame | DVD | (24/01/2005) from £7.98   |  Saving you £7.00 (116.86%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Lee Evans plays a paranoid murder suspect who records himself around the clock to provide himself with a rock-solid alibi. But when the police come calling and the one tape that can prove his innocence disappears, the former killer must go on the run.

• EDtv | DVD | (24/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The third entry of 1998-99's cinematic TV trilogy kind of got lost in the shuffle following The Truman Show, an art film masquerading as a blockbuster, and Pleasantville, a heartfelt feel-good movie masquerading as a special-effects extravaganza. Edtv is nothing more than it appears: a scruffy comedy about fame and its discontents. Matthew McConaughey stars as Ed, a white-trash rube who gets his own dawn-to-midnight TV series in which every aspect of his life, no matter how sordid or dull or embarrassing, becomes mass entertainment (it inverts Truman by having the protagonist invite the pervasive cameras). Predictably, fame makes him miserable and, unsurprisingly, he finds a way out of his predicament. Albert Brooks covered this same territory in the funnier Real Life, and it's probably not the best idea for a load of comfy celebs to preach to us about how difficult fame is. But the film is cannily cast, including a number of performers who themselves have fallen victim to stupid media tricks (McConaughey, Ellen DeGeneres as the network executive, Elizabeth Hurley as a vamp hitching her star to Ed's and Woody Harrelson as Ed's even dumber brother). Structurally, the movie is a mess. It looks as if the filmmakers had the choice between making a fully realised, two-and-a-half-hour-long movie that no one would sit through or one that clocks in under two hours but has a lot of plot holes; they opted for the latter (Hurley's character disappears, practically without comment). Still, there are enough laughs to keep things moving and as a shaggy dog tale it's decent fun. --David Kronke, Amazon.com --This text refers to another version of this video.

• Marcella - Series 1 | DVD | (03/04/2017) from £9.46   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Marcella is a new multi-stranded crime drama from internationally renowned screenwriter and novelist Hans Rosenfeldt (The Bridge). Set in contemporary London and starring Anna Friel, Marcella centers on the psychological struggles of a Metropolitan police officer at a crisis point in her personal life, driven by rejection and intuition. Co-created with Nicola Larder (The Tunnel), the series is Rosenfeldt's first drama created for an English speaking audience. Following his global success with The Bridge, Marcella captures Rosenfeldt's genius in creating truly compelling female characters.

• Doctor Who - The Ark In Space | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tom Baker's second outing as the renegade Time Lord is a solid entry in the Doctor Who saga. Fan favourite Robert Holmes penned "The Ark in Space", which places the Doctor and his companions Sarah (Elisabeth Sladen) and Harry (Ian Marter) on a seemingly deserted space station many years in the future. Station Nerva is not as empty as it appears, though, since on board are the cryogenically preserved survivors of Earth's destruction, as well as an insect-like alien race, the Wirrin, determined to use the humans--and the Doctor--as hosts to grow their monstrous larvae. Holmes' well-paced script (which, like Alien, bears a resemblance to the AE van Vogt story "Black Destroyer") allows Baker to flesh out his well-loved take on the Doctor, as well as considerable suspense. On the DVD: "The Ark in Space" DVD's obvious highlight is an audio commentary track featuring Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, and producer Phillip Hinchcliffe. Though Baker's contributions to the track are sporadic, his participation is valuable nonetheless, considering that his involvement with the series since his 1981 departure has been infrequent at best. The full-frame mono presentation also includes two interviews, one with Baker on the set of another episode in 1975 and the other with designer Roger Murray Leach, who discusses his long involvement with the series. Also included is the episode's BBC1 trailer, an unused title sequence, new CGI special effects produced by the BBC's visual effects department and an optional information track, which provides running background information and trivia that should prove valuable for series completists. A trio of Easter eggs reveal Baker's typically eclectic promotions for the Doctor Who exhibition in Blackpool. --Paul Gaita, Amazon.com

• Contamination | Blu Ray | (06/07/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Branded as a “video nasty” in the UK director Luigi Cozzi’s Contamination takes the premise of Ridley Scott’s classic Alien and peppers it with exploding guts galore and a dangerously infectious soundtrack from celebrated Italian prog-rockers Goblin (Deep Red Suspiria). A cargo ship drifts up the Hudson River. Its crew: all dead their bodies horribly mutilated turned inside out by an unknown force. Its freight: boxes upon boxes of glowing pulsating green eggs. It soon becomes clear that these eggs are not of this planet and someone intends to cultivate them here on Earth. But who? And to what end? Starring Italian horror veteran Ian McCulloch (Zombie Flesh Eaters) Contamination is an ultra-violent sci-fi epic that really gets under the skin. In space no one can hear you scream – but on Earth the terror rings loud and clear! SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Feature Commentary by filmmaker Fangoria editor and Contamination super-fan Chris Alexander Luigi Cozzi on the Creation of Contamination – an archive documentary hosted by the director and including behind-the-scenes footage 2014 Q&A with Cozzi and star Ian McCulloch Sound of the Cyclops: Goblin’s Maurizio Guarini on the music of Contamination – the Goblin keyboardist discusses Contamination’s dark progressive rock score and a lifetime of making music for Italian terror Imitation Is The Sincerest Form of Flattery – A critical analysis of the Italian “Mockbusters” trend of filmmaking which sought to capitalize on the success of Hollywood blockbusters Theatrical Trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gary Pullin Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Chris Alexander illustrated with original archive stills and posters

• Garfield - The Movie/A Tale Of Two Kitties | DVD | (11/12/2006) from £11.93   |  Saving you £8.06 (67.56%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Garfield: The Movie (Dir Peter Hewitt 2004): It ain't the cat in the hat! Fat feline Garfield (voiced by ever excellent Bill Murray) enjoys his endless days of restful relaxation lasagne dinners and the undivided attention of his owner Jon (Meyer). However when Jon attempts to impress the ice-cold vet Liz (Love Hewitt) he takes in the hyperactive abandoned dog Odie. Turning Garfield's world upside down Odie is promptly dog-napped by evil TV celebrity Happy Chapman (Tobolowsky) and the corpulent cat must brave the outside world to bring him back! Garfield: A Tale Of Two Kitties (Dir. Tim Hill 2006): Garfield America's favorite cat is going continental. He's traveling across the pond (with canine sidekick Odie) to surprise his master Jon Arbuckle (Meyer) who is in London to propose to his girlfriend veterinarian Liz Wilson (Hewitt). In the land of Big Ben Buckingham Palace Scotland Yard and fish and chips Garfield's British invasion takes on a Prince and the Paw-per dimension. He inadvertently swicthes places with the Prince a royal cat (and by luck his exact look-a-like) who has just inherited Castle Carlyle from his deceased owner Lady Eleanor this is a huge disappointment to her dastardly nephew Lord Dargis (Billy Connelly). Now living it up as the Cat of Carlyle Garfield has a butler and an international array of servants and subjects including Winston a very English bulldog; McBunny a Scottish hare; Nigel a Punjab ferret; Bolere a Sapnish bull; I Claudius a Shakepeare quoting mouse and Christophe a French goose. Meanwhile Prince is living the simple life of a commoner hitting the pubs with Jon and Oldie getting his first taste of lasagne...and loving all of it! Uneasy is the head however that wears the crown. Lord Bargis who is next in line to the estate wants Prince/Garfield out of the picture. Garfield's bigger better more pur-fect world is soon turned upside down in the tale of two kitties!

• Dirty Weekend | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Shortly after she moves into her own flat in Brighton Bella finds she is being spied on and generally harassed by a man living across from her. Finally driven to solving the problem with a hammer she realises she is then ready for a crusade against other such problem males.

• England's Greatest Ever Matches - The New Millennium | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £8.64   |  Saving you £1.35 (15.62%)   |  RRP £9.99

  England's greatest matches - 2000s is an enthralling look back at the England team of the new Millennium. With a new ""golden"" generation of players emerging at the turn of the century the hopes of the nation were again high as qualification for the 2002 World Cup got underway. Domestically the premiership with its influx of foreign players and coaches was as string as it had ever been all England needed now was for the national team to win either the European Championship

• Enemy Of The State | DVD | (05/01/2001) from £7.64   |  Saving you £5.35 (70.03%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Robert Clayton Dean (Will Smith) is a lawyer with a wife and family whose happily normal life is turned upside down after a chance meeting with a college buddy (Jason Lee) at a lingerie shop. Unbeknownst to the lawyer, he's just been burdened with a videotape of a congressman's assassination. Hot on the tail of this tape is a ruthless group of National Security Agents commanded by a belligerently ambitious fed named Reynolds (Jon Voight). Using surveillance from satellites, bugs and other sophisticated snooping devices, the NSA infiltrates every facet of Dean's existence, tracing each physical and digital footprint he leaves. Driven by acute paranoia, Dean enlists the help of a clandestine former NSA operative named Brill (Gene Hackman) and Enemy of the State kicks into high-intensity hyperdrive. Teaming up once again with producer Jerry Bruckheimer, Top Gun director Tony Scott demonstrates his glossy style with clever cinematography and breakneck pacing. Will Smith proves that there's more to his success than a brash sense of humour, giving a versatile performance that plausibly illustrates a man cracking under the strain of paranoid turmoil. Hackman steals the show by essentially reprising his role from The Conversation--just imagine his memorable character Harry Caul some 20 years later. Most of all, the film's depiction of high-tech surveillance is highly convincing and dramatically compelling, making this a cautionary tale with more substance than you'd normally expect from a Scott-Bruckheimer action extravaganza. --Jeremy Storey

• Death at Broadcasting House | Blu Ray | (05/10/2020) from £20.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A brilliantly inventive whodunit offering a fascinating glimpse into the early days of radio and television, Death at Broadcasting House Features early film roles for Ian Hunter, Jack Hawkins and Donald Wolfit. With scenes filmed at the BBC's then newly constructed London headquarters, this classic murder mystery is presented here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. When an actor is murdered during the recording of a radio play, Detective Inspector Gregory quickly discovers that the victim had many enemies amongst his fellow players. When his deductions lead him nowhere he decides to reconstruct the crime with the full help of Broadcasting House, hoping that this tried and tested strategy will lead him to the killer. SPECIAL FEATURE: Image gallery

• Alien 40th (4K Ultra HD) (+ Blu-Ray 2D) | Blu Ray | (23/05/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Chariots Of Fire - 2 disc Special Edition | DVD | (11/04/2005) from £13.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (42.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The British Are Coming! Britain's finest athletes have begun their quest for glory in the 1924 Olympic Games. Success brings honour to their nation. For two runners the honour at stake is personal... and their challenge one from within. Winner of four 1981 Academy Awards including Best Picture 'Chariots Of Fire' is the inspiring true story of Harold Abrahams Eric Liddell and the team that brought Britain one of its greatest sports victories. Ben Cross Ian Charleson Nigel Havers Nicholas Farrell and Alice Krige enjoyed their first major movie roles in this debut theatrical feature for director Hugh Hudson. Producer David Puttnam blended those talents to shape a film of unique and lasting impact. From its awesome footage of competition to its Oscar-winning Vangelis score 'Chariots Of Fire' has blazed its way into the hearts of movie lovers everywhere.

• White Noise | DVD | (09/05/2005) from £14.29   |  Saving you £28.70 (200.84%)   |  RRP £42.99

  In the 1920s, Thomas Edison speculated that a device would be created which would allow humans to conduct conversations with the dead. In the 1970s, Sarah Estep picked up some mysterious voices on her husband's reel-to-reel tape recorder, and set up the American Association of Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) to help track the phenomenon. In 2005, following a welter of evidence gathered by Estep and others, EVP forms the backbone for director Geoffrey Sax's shocking feature film WHITE NOISE. Architect Jonathan Rivers (Michael Keaton) has little time to mourn the passing of his wife Anna (Chandra West) when he starts receiving signals from her. A faint sound of her voice is caught by Rivers in radio static on the night of her death, followed by incessant cell phone calls coming from Anna's old number. Rivers is convinced he can hear Anna's voice saying 'go, Jon' to him in the resulting calls. With a little help from expert EVP practitioner Raymond Price (Ian McNeice), Rivers contacts Anna and begins a hazy dialect with her. From the garbled dialogue Rivers receives, he deduces that Anna is sending him to save the lives of people who are about to die. This joins Rivers, in his plight, with a former client of Price's, Sarah Tate (Deborah Kara Unger). However, meddling with messages from the dead leads the pair into a world of trouble, producing some startlingly anxious moments, and a spine-chilling forewarning of the possible consequences facing real-life users of EVP.

• Snow White | DVD | (15/09/2003) from £6.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (14.31%)   |  RRP £7.99

  When Snow White runs away from her evil Step Mother she runs to an enchanted cottage in the forest.

• A Family At War | DVD | (12/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  "Family Guy" revolves around the Griffin family and their madcap adventures.

• Tony | DVD | (08/02/2010) from £7.05   |  Saving you £7.94 (112.62%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The outstanding debut from Gerard Johnson, "Tony" has been compared to classics "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" and "Taxi Driver" and is one of the most important and disturbing British films of recent years.

• 38th Ryder Cup - Official Film | DVD | (22/11/2010) from £4.05   |  Saving you £15.94 (393.58%)   |  RRP £19.99

  38th Ryder Cup - Official Film