"Actor: Jason Patric"

• X-Men: Beginnings Trilogy | DVD | (10/07/2017) from £4.99   |  Saving you £14.92 (299.00%)   |  RRP £19.91

  Although the superhero comic book has been a duopoly since the early 1960s, only DC's flagship characters, Superman and Batman (who originated in the late 1930s) have established themselves as big-screen franchises. Until now--this is the first runaway hit film version of the alternative superhero X-Men universe created for Marvel Comics by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and others. It's a rare comic-book movie that doesn't fall over its cape introducing all the characters, and this is the exception. X-Men drops us into a world that is closer to our own than Batman's Gotham City, but it's still home to super-powered goodies and baddies. Opening in high seriousness with paranormal activity in a WW2 concentration camp and a senatorial inquiry into the growing "mutant problem", Bryan Singer's film sets up a complex background with economy and establishes vivid, strange characters well before we get to the fun. There's Halle Berry flying and summoning snowstorms, James Marsden zapping people with his "optic beams", Rebecca Romijn-Stamos shape-shifting her blue naked form, and Ray Park lashing out with his Toad-tongue. The big conflict is between Patrick Stewart's Professor X and Ian McKellen's Magneto, super-powerful mutants who disagree about their relationship with ordinary humans, but the characters we're meant to identify with are Hugh Jackman's Wolverine (who has retractable claws and amnesia), and Anna Paquin's Rogue (who sucks the life and superpowers out of anyone she touches). The plot has to do with a big gizmo that will wreak havoc at a gathering of world leaders, but the film is more interested in setting up a tangle of bizarre relationships between even more bizarre people, with solid pros such as Stewart and McKellen relishing their sly dialogue and the newcomers strutting their stuff in cool leather outfits. There are in-jokes enough to keep comics' fans engaged, but it feels more like a science fiction movie than a superhero picture. --Kim Newman

• How I Met Your Mother - Season 1-6 | DVD | (31/10/2011) from £149.83   |  Saving you £-39.84 (N/A%)   |  RRP £109.99

  A love story in reverse. Best Buddies Ted (Josh Radnor) and Marshall (Jason Segal) move to the Big Apple with plans to paint the town red. The road to mayhem is sidetracked however when Marshall decides to move in with his girlfriend Lily (Alyson Hannigan) spurring on Ted to find a girl to call his own. With wingman Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) by his side Ted's journey to find his one true love leads him to close encounters with a slew of (un)desirable women. When Lily and Marshall announce plans to wed things get even more complicated for our hero Ted as he heats up his search for the one. Could the love of his life be closer than he thinks? Enter Robin (Cobie Smulders) a crazy Canuck and Lily's BFF. Ted's smitten but has Robin been bitten by the love bug. Told as a series of flashbacks to Ted's long-suffering kids and narrated by situation comedy legend Bob Sagat How I Met Your Mother relives the tale of Ted and his many misadventures on the road to nowhere as he searches for his Miss Right. Caught up in the chaos are Marshall Lily Robin and Barney. Crammed with laugh-out-loud moments zinging one-liners and a stack of high-profile guest stars (Katy Perry Britney Spears Jorge Garcia and John Lithgow to name a few) How I Met Your Mother is an iconic series for our times. Collected together in the box set are seasons 1-6 of this cult classic. Laugh aloud as Ted and company's search for domestix bliss in the big city continues. Let the pandemonium begin!

• Solarbabies | Blu Ray | (19/09/2016) from £14.49   |  Saving you £1.50 (10.35%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In the future, a nuclear war has left Earth as a desert wasteland, where the ocean has dried up. The world is now ruled by a sinister corporation known as the E-Protectorate. Beyond ruthless, they hoard water and take children from their families to train them to work for the corporation. But when a group of young rebels discover an extraterrestrial sphere with healing powers, they set out to release the planet from the clutches of the oppressors. With its dazzling visual effects and mesmerizing score, Solarbabies is pure entertainment from start to finish.

• The Beast | DVD | (25/02/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Originally a stage play, The Beast is a war story full of powerful symbolism. Its simple premise is that a lost Russian tank is hunted by a band of Mujahedeen guerrillas, and neither side will give up. It's the second year of the Russian invasion of Afghanistan (1981). Taj (Steven Bauer) is eager to prove himself in life, while tank commander Daskal (George Dzundza) feels he has nothing left to prove. As explained by a chanced-upon Holy Man, Taj (the rebel's Khan) is David, while the tank is symbolically Goliath or The Beast. The one person in the middle of all this is the gunner Koverchenko (Jason Patric) who experiences more than just a crisis of faith. With the tank lost in the Valley of the Jackal and pursued by a wild pack, it soon becomes hard to tell the three protagonists apart. Bloody and shocking, this is a tautly directed film by Kevin Reynolds (who went on to Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Waterworld) once you get over the Russians having American accents On the DVD: the 1.85:1 presentation beautifully shows off the wide-angle photography of never endingly blue skies. A three-channel surround is good enough to pick up the echoing canyon walls. The extras are half-hearted, however, with just filmographies and, almost as an afterthought, trailers for two other movies. --Paul Tonks

• Sleepers | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £15.99   |  Saving you £-3.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The first thing you need to know about Sleepers is that it's based on a novel by Lorenzo Carcaterra that was allegedly based on a true story. The movie repeats this bogus claim, which was attacked and determined by a wide majority to be misleading. Knowing this, Sleepers becomes problematic because it's too neat, too clean, too manipulative in terms of legal justice and dramatic impact to be truly convincing. And yet, with its stellar cast directed by Barry Levinson, it succeeds as gripping entertainment, and its tale of complex morality--despite a dubious emphasis on homophobic revenge--is sufficiently provocative. It's about four boys in New York's Hell's Kitchen district who are sent to reform school, where they must endure routine sexual assaults by the sadistic guards. Years after their release, the opportunity for revenge proves irresistible for two of the young men, who must then rely on the other pair of friends (Brad Pitt, Jason Patric), a loyal priest (Robert De Niro), and a shabby lawyer (Dustin Hoffman) to defend them in court. Despite the compelling ambiguities of the story, there's never any doubt about how we're supposed to feel, and the screenplay glosses over the story's most difficult moral dilemmas. At its best, Sleepers grabs your attention and pulls you into its intense story of friendship and the price of loyalty under extreme conditions. The movie's New York settings are vividly authentic, and Minnie Driver makes a strong impression as a long-time friend of the loyal group of guys. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Turn It Up | DVD | (25/02/2002) from £5.78   |  Saving you £14.21 (245.85%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Respect Is Something You Earn. Turn It Up is an explosive contemporary drama about a gifted musician's struggle to rise above the crime-plagued urban streets and realize his dream. Diamond (""Pras"" of the Fugees and Mystery Men) is unwittingly drawn into the world of drug-running by his childhood friend Gage (rapper Ja Rule Backstage). The sudden death of Diamond's mother and the untimely pregnancy of his girlfriend force Diamond to make hard choices about his life and the people

• Serpico / Narc / The Untouchables | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £9.95   |  Saving you £10.04 (100.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Narc Jason Patric and Ray Liotta deliver edgy driven performances in this compelling crime drama. Nick Tellis (Patric) is a suspended narcotics officer recruited to investigate the murder of Michael Calvess a rookie cop killed under mysterious circumstances. Tellis is teamed with Calvess's partner Henry Oak (Liotta) a hot-tempered renegade who'll stop at nothing to avenge his friend's death. As Tellis and Oak follow a shadowy trail through the seamy drug underworld the lin

• Horror I | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  1. Scream Bloody Murder (Dir. Robert J. Emery 1972) 2. A Bucket of Blood (Dir. Roger Corman 1959) 3. Hell Penitentiary (Dir. Sergio Garrone 1985) 4. Hellraiser III (Dir. Anthony Hickox 1992) 5. Carnival of Souls (Dir. Herk Harvey 1962) 6. Don't Look in the Basement (Dir. S.F. Brownrigg 1973) 7. House on the Haunted Hill (Dir. William Castle 1959) 8. Ghoulies IV (Dir. Jim Wynorski 1994) 9. Don't Ring the Doorbell (Dir. Karen Arthur 1978) 10. Eat and Run (Dir. Christopher Hart 1986) 11. The Creature from Black Lake (Dir. Joy N. Houck Jr. 1976) 12. Queen of Blood (Dir. Curtis Harrington 1966) 13. Giant Spider Invasion (Dir. Bill Rebane 1975) 14. Demon Under Glass (Dir. Jon Cunningham 2002) 15. Flesh of the Beast (Dir. Terry West 2003) 16. Home Sweet Home (Dir. Netie Pena 1981) 17. Flesh Eater (Dir. Bill Hinzman 1989) 18. Night of the Living Dead (Dir. George A. Romero 1968) 19. Dead One (Dir. Barry Mahon 1961) 20. Silent Night Bloody Night (Dir. Theodore Gershuny 1974)

• The Lost Boys | Blu Ray | (15/04/2013) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This 1987 thriller was a predictable hit with the teen audience it worked overtime to attract. Like most of director Joel Schumacher's films, it's conspicuously designed to push the right marketing and demographic buttons and, granted, there's some pretty cool stuff going on here and there. Take Kiefer Sutherland, for instance. In Stand by Me he played a memorable bully, but here he goes one step further as a memorable bully vampire who leads a tribe of teenage vampires on their nocturnal spree of bloodsucking havoc. Jason Patric plays the new guy in town, who quickly attracts a lovely girlfriend (Jami Gertz), only to find that she might be recruiting him into the vampire fold. The movie gets sillier as it goes along, and resorts to a routine action-movie showdown, but it's a visual knockout (featuring great cinematography by Michael Chapman) and boasts a cast that's eminently able (pardon the pun) to sink their teeth into the best parts of an uneven screenplay. --Jeff Shannon

• 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

• How I Met Your Mother Christmas | DVD | (05/11/2012) from £7.30   |  Saving you £3.68 (85.38%)   |  RRP £7.99

  How I met your Mother Christmas Special featuring two laughter-filled, festive episodes from the How I met your Mother collection: How Lily Stole Christmas (Season 2, Episode 11): Ted must find a way to make amends when a fight between him and Lily threatens to ruin everyone's holiday. Three Days of Snow (Season 4, Episode 13): A blizzard hits New York City , threatening a tradition of Marshall and Lily's and leaving Ted and Barney to keep MacLaren's doors open.

• The Prince | Blu Ray | (29/12/2014) from £9.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (80.08%)   |  RRP £17.99

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• Midsomer Murders - Death In Chorus | DVD | (25/12/2006) from £4.98   |  Saving you £12.01 (241.16%)   |  RRP £16.99

  The strangely flush population of Midsomer faces another murder investigation when a choir singer gets offed in the run-up to the annual competition.

• Heidi | DVD | (25/10/2010) from £6.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (30.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The iconic children's tale gets an movie update in this version which stars Max Von Sydow.

• Lilies | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Lilies an extravagantly mannered revenge fantasy opens in a men's prison in Quebec in 1952. A certain Bishop Bilodeau is lured into hearing the dying confession of a prisoner Simon Doucet only to be held captive by the gay contingent in the prison and forced to watch their re-enactment of a play This play however soon turns into the story of a lethal gay triangle set in a Catholic boy's school 40 years earlier involving an 18 year old Bilodeau Simon and doomed third party Val

• Eye Of The Beholder | DVD | (24/12/2007) from £11.85   |  Saving you £-5.86 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Ewan McGregor stars as 'the eye' an isolated British Intelligence officer assigned the case of the enigmatic and mysterious Joanna Eris (Judd). Joanna is accused of blackmailing a senior British official - but she is more than just a blackmailer. As the eye begins his task of shadowing her he discovers that she is capable of more than just extortion. A master of disguise she is also a lone killer who anticipates his every move and stays one step ahead. As he follows Joanna from murder to murder he feels compelled to watch her becoming more and more obsessed with what he sees. The closer the Eye gets to Joanna's life the more dangerous his fantasy becomes. Who is more dangerous - the hunter of the hunted?

• Drew Barrymore Box Set | DVD | (04/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A delightful collection of films featuring Drew Barrymore. Ever After (Dir. Andy Tennant 1998): Once upon a time..""a dazzling rendering of the Cinderella Story"" brought new life to an age-old legend and made us believe in the human heart. Drew Barrymore and Anjelica Huston star in this enchanting adventure about having the courage to make your dreams come true. A ""modern"" young woman of the 16th century Danielle (Barrymore) is as independent and wise as she is beautiful and kind. Against remarkable odds she stands up to her scheming stepmother (Huston) and works miracles on the lives of everyone around her including the crown prince of France (Dougray Scott)! Now you can relive this captivating contemporary retelling of the classic fairy tale. No matter what you're looking for ""action romance adventure..'Ever After' delivers it all! Perfect Catch (Dir. Bobby Farrelly & Peter Farrelly 2005): According to Red Sox super-fan Ben Wrightman (Jimmy Fallon) finding romance is about as unlikely as his beloved team winning it all. But when Ben scores a beautiful new girlfriend named Lindsey (Drew Barrymore) suddenly anything is possible. That is until the baseball season begins and Lindsey finds herself competing with an entire baseball team - the Boston Red Sox - for her boyfriend's heart and soul. Will Ben's obsession with the Sox put his passion for Lindsey on the bench or will love win out? And can his team finally break the curse of the Bambino? Hilarious and wildly entertaining Perfect Catch scores a home run! Like High Fidelity before it this is an American remake of another Nick Hornby novel the seminal soccer fable Fever Pitch! Never Been Kissed (Dir. Raja Gosnell 1999): Josie Geller is ready for a change. As the youngest copy editor at a big-city newspaper she longs to be taken seriously as a journalist. But while Josie excels as the nerdy brain at work her personal life is another story still plagued by her teenager reputation as a 'geek to the core' Josie is a 25-year-old who has never ever had a serious love relationship - she has never really been kissed. Against all odd Josie lands her first assignment as a reporter: she must go undercover posing as a student at a local high school. The situation proves hilarious as Josie attempts to juggle her story assignment a potential new love and the never-ending dramas of adolescence.

• Free Willy Gift Set | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £20.99

  Free Willy Three and one-half tonnes of best friend: family adventure doesn't get any bigger! Willy is an orca whale confined in a Pacific Northwest aquatic park's too-small tank and separated from his family in the nearby bay. No one understands Willy's moods - except a 12 year-old boy who knows what it's like to be without a family. That boy is scruffy street kid Jesse (Jason James Richter) who befriends Willy and risks all to set him free. Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home Two years after helping his friend escape into the sea Jesse enjoys life with his adoptive parents and is delighted to be reunited with the 3 tonne killer whale. However a crashed supertanker causes an oil spill which threatens the life of both... Free Willy 3: The Rescue Now 16 Jesse has taken a job on an orca research ship to encounter his old friend threatened by illegal whalers hoping to make money from turning the whale into sushi...

• The Journey Of August King | DVD | (20/07/2004) from £8.18   |  Saving you £6.81 (83.25%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This passionate uplifting celebration of the human spirit received outstanding acclaim from critics coast-to-coast! Jason Patric (SPEED 2: CRUISE CONTROL SLEEPERS) is August King a young man whose life is changed forever when he risks everything to help a beautiful woman (Thandie Newton -- THE TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE II) on a courageous -- and very dangerous -- search for a new life. Desperate yet determined the two set out on a harrowing journey toward freedom ..

• Curse Of The Puppet Master | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £12.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (-116.70%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Andre Toulon's living puppets are back in Curse of the Puppet Master, this time in the possession of Dr. Magrew (George Peck), who runs a house of marvels and is experimenting to create the perfect being, without all the inner conflict and torment of humans. To do so, he recruits a talented young woodcarver named Tank (Josh Green). But Magrew's plans get complicated when his daughter (appealingly played by Emily Harrison) falls for the young man. Fans of the Puppet Master series will probably enjoy this sixth instalment. The three leads are well cast, the production design shows some imagination, and the script works--until the abrupt and nonsensical ending. The puppets also seem less animated than in previous films; nevertheless, they still manage to get their whacks in. Trivia factoid: director "Victoria Sloane" is one of several stage names used by David DeCoteau, who also directed instalments numbers three and seven in the series.--Geoff Miller, Amazon.com