"Actor: Jim Carter"

• The Little Vampire | DVD | (06/05/2002) from £17.98   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Fresh from Stuart Little, young Jonathan Lipnicki carries on his pint-sized shoulders his every scene in The Little Vampire as eight-year-old Tony, befriender of vampires. The Scottish setting lends itself nicely to spookiness, too. A continent away from his native California, Tony's having a tough time making new friends when a band of vagabond vampires enters his life through his bedroom window. The encounter seems pure coincidence at first, but then the scary truth surfaces: Tony, though he's not a vampire himself, has "sympathy for our kind", as the dad of the bat-linked brood puts it. Visions of vampire happenings from generations past invade the kid's consciousness, and they hold the key to the clan's current gypsy-like predicament. Through his clairvoyance and, by extension, the discovery of a long-lost amulet, the mostly benevolent bloodsuckers are able to reclaim their rightful status as proper cave-dwellers in their homeland. Clueless-parent predicaments abound--Tony's mum and dad smirk at their son's vampire-obsessed imagination until the cape-draped heads of the clan drop by for a visit--and viewers of around Tony's age will find the gang's adventures eluding a bumbling vampire hunter genuinely chuckle worthy. --Tammy La Gorce

• Blame It On The Bellboy | DVD | (22/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  In the wildly entertaining spirit of A Fish Called Wanda BLAME IT ON THE BELLBOY delivers the year's craziest laughs! Featuring an all-star cast the hilarity kicks off when a daffy bellboy (Bronson Pinchot) accidentally switches the itinerary envelopes for three guests (Dudley Moore Bryan Brown and Richard Griffiths). His actions cause a hilarious case of mistaken identities sending the trio down a road of comic non-stop adventures! Check in today for a zany time where mix-ups

• Midsomer Murders - The Fisher King | DVD | (27/12/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Nothing is quite as it seems behind the well trimmed hedges if the picturesque cottages in the idillic English county of Midsomer. Beneath the tranquil surface of sleepy village life exist dark secrets scandals and downright evil. John Nettles stars as the humourous thoughtful and methodical Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby. David Heartley-Reade the son of a local Archaeologist has written a book which tells of a golden chalice and a ritual spear found in Midsomer Barrow. David

• Heartlands | DVD | (06/12/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Colin (Michael Sheen) sets off across the country to win back his wife. Out of his routine life and away from the familiarities of his home town Colin meets people and encounters a series of incidents that will shape his new life...

• Richard III | DVD | (08/05/2000) from £17.97   |  Saving you £-4.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This film adaptation of a critically acclaimed stage production of Shakespeare's historical drama stars Ian McKellen in the title role. The setting is a comic-book vision of 1930s London: part art deco, part Third Reich, part industrial-age rust and rot. The play's force is turned into a synthetic high by art directors and storyboard sketchers, all of whom have a field day condensing the material into disposable pop imagery. Richard III is a fun film, more than anything, so infatuated with its own monstrous stitchery that even the most awkward casting (Annette Bening and Robert Downey Jr) seems a part of the ridiculous design. McKellen is the best thing about the movie, his mesmerising portrayal of freakish despotism and poisoned desire a thing to behold. --Tom Keogh

• Rhubarb Rhubarb / Mr H Is Late | DVD | (09/09/2002) from £22.99   |  Saving you £-10.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Two hilarious short films from British funny man Erik Sykes: 'Rhubarb Rhubarb' concerns a mad game of golf and in 'Mr H Is Late' a coffin is late for a funeral...

• Wonka (UHD/ BD) | Blu Ray | (04/03/2024) from £55.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on the extraordinary character at the centre of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the jewel in the Roald Dahl crown and one of the bestselling children's books of all time, Wonka tells the wondrous story of how the world's greatest inventor, magician and chocolatemaker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today. This irresistibly vivid and inventive big screen spectacle will introduce audiences to a young Willy Wonka, chockfull of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time-proving that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you're lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.

• A Month In The Country | DVD | (09/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Based on J L Carr's novel two young soldiers fresh from the trauma of World War I meet in a tranquil Yorkshire village and form an unusual bond. Birkin has come to spend a month restoring a church mural whilst Moon who is still suffering nightmares from the horrors of war has come to excavate a forgotten chapel. Set against the background of an idyllic summer passion and forbidden love are uncovered as Birkin falls for the rector's beautiful wife and Moon has to face his own inner desires. As the men become drawn into their work they find reassurance and escape from their experiences and can begin a personal journey to recovery.

• The Rainbow | DVD | (23/07/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A respectable and picturesque realisation of DH Lawrence's novel, 1989's The Rainbow is director Ken Russell's prequel to his 1969 version of Women in Love. By Russell's standards, this is a remarkably restrained treatment of Lawrence's novel, set in the Midlands in the 19th century: with its lush, rural setting and quaint bucolic soundtrack there are moments when you might imagine you're watching The Railway Children--until the sex scenes kick in, that is. Her soul infused with infinite longing by the sight of a rainbow as a child, Ursula Brangwen grows up restless at the prescribed roles set out for women in Victorian England, which are stoically endured by her mother (Glenda Jackson, who played Ursula's sister Gudrun in Women in Love). She idealises her swimming instructor--the older, more experienced Winifred (Amanda Donohoe) with whom she enjoys a passionate, borderline lesbian relationship. She becomes a schoolteacher against her parents' wishes, and takes up with Paul McGann, who is somewhat tepid as a Boer War officer. Ultimately, however, she finds all of these limitations too constraining and finally strikes out on her own in search of true spiritual and sexual freedom. On the DVD: This is a full-screen version of the film, ratio 4:3. The sound quality is fine as is the colour and sharpness, though like the film itself, not quite as ravishing as you might hope. Special features consist of a routine trailer ("She played by her passion, not by their rules") and disappointingly perfunctory "filmographies" of the director and cast: merely lists of their previous movies. --David Stubbs

• Home Front Britain with Jim Carter Triple Pack | DVD | (01/06/2013) from £5.03   |  Saving you £14.96 (297.42%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Home Front Britain explores the archives of British Wartime Films and documentaries, and how they were made to inform and lift the spirits of the British Public during World War 2. The films include a rare narrated piece by Sir Laurence Olivier, The Story of the Silent Village, the true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis, Other films show the life of a wartime housewife, the importance of personal hygiene for Soldiers serving overseas and the V1 rocket bombardment of British cities in 1944. Home Front Britain captures the mood of a nation during wartime Britain and gives a unique insight on what it was like living in Britain in World War 2.

• 16 Years Of Alcohol | DVD | (24/01/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Intense, imaginative portrayal of three distinct periods in the life of an Edinburgh man from film-critic turned director Richard Jobson.

• Murder Most Horrid - Series 4 | DVD | (28/10/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The fourth series of Dawn French's fantastic black comedy Murder Most Horrid comes to DVD for the very first time. In the concluding episodes Dawn takes on another range of deadly and wacky characters including a woman who is so overcome by lust that she accidentally kills the object of her desire a yachtswoman whose husband has an affair with her race partner (will the traitor return alive?) and a bored police constable who suddenly finds herself embroiled in the New York gangster scene. With more brilliant writing and fantastic performances the series guest stars many famous faces including Downton Abbey's Jim Carter and Hugh Bonneville Sarah Lancashire and Peter Serafinowicz. Episodes Comprise: Frozen Going Solo Whoopi Stone Confessions of a Murderer Elvis Jesus and Zack Dinner at Tiffany's

• Blue Murder - Series 1 And 2 | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Caroline Quentin stars as DCI Janine Lewis the hit police drama Blue Murder. Starring along side her are Ian Kelsey ( Casualty ) David Schofield ( Our Friends in the North ) and Nick Murchie.

• Scarlett Pimpernel - Series 2 | DVD | (06/08/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The second series of the BBC's The Scarlet Pimpernel starring Richard E. Grant. Contains 3 feature length TV films on 3 discs. Episodes 1. Ennui 2. Friends And Enemies 3. A Good Name

• Jack And The Beanstalk - The Real Story | DVD | (13/10/2003) from £17.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (-19.90%)   |  RRP £14.99

  For Jonathan (or Jack for short) 'Jack And The Beanstalk' has never been a fairy tale but part of his family history which has been buried for centuries. In order to destroy this curse on his family he must visit the fantastic world where fairy tales really do come true...

• Vigo - Passion For Life | DVD | (19/04/2010) from £9.98   |  Saving you £8.00 (100.12%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Julien Temple directs this modern and personal take on an extraordinary story. Vigo is a tragic but inspiring film about the passionate relationship between French film-maker Jean Vigo and his beautiful wife Lydu. The film is interspersed with extracts of Vigo's work.

• The Life and Times of Fidel Castro | DVD | (23/08/2010) from £9.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (30.03%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This compelling account of Fidel Castro has never been heard - the account of Castro himself taken largely from private letters speeches and interviews - with exclusive footage of Castro's childhood home. Castro's many political battles are discussed by players in the confrontations: John F. Kennedy's speech writer Theodore Sorensen recalls the Cuban Missile crisis; Sergei Khrushchev speaks of his father's memories of Castro; and Jimmy Carter discusses the US embargo against Cuba.

• Von Trapped - Caroline Quentin | DVD | (14/05/2007) from £8.09   |  Saving you £6.90 (46.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Von Trapped stars Caroline Quentin as Maria Moogan a mobile hairdresser from Manchester who is obsessed with The Sound of Music having watched it the night she was jilted at the altar pregnant and emotionally wrought. Now 18 years later she lives with her man-hating mother (Una Stubbs) and only child Lee a moody teenager with all sorts of hormonal problems! When Maria's best friend Connie wins the lottery using Maria's lucky number 7 she gives Maria 10 000 of her winnings - with the stipulation that she must go to Salzburg to get The Sound of Music out of her system!

• Cracker - The Big Crunch | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  An illicit rendezvous discovered in a park initially appears to be a clear case of adultery but on closer inspection a darker picture develops. A man abuses his position of trust to recruit young girls into his religious sect. Morality is turned on its head when an innocent young girl is 'punished' for the wrong doings of her 'priest'. Bearing all the symbolism of the serpent rearing its ugly head in the Garden of Eden a world of religious fanaticism hypocrisy and perversity unfolds. Appearances can be deceptive as Fitz attempts to unearth the most sinister truths behind the religious fa''ade with spine-chilling consequences.

• Cracker - The Big Crunch | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £4.98   |  Saving you £8.01 (160.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An illicit rendezvous discovered in a park initially appears to be a clear case of adultery but on closer inspection a darker picture develops. A man abuses his position of trust to recruit young girls into his religious sect. Morality is turned on its head when an innocent young girl is 'punished' for the wrong doings of her 'priest'. Bearing all the symbolism of the serpent rearing its ugly head in the Garden of Eden a world of religious fanaticism hypocrisy and perversity unfolds. Appearances can be deceptive as Fitz attempts to unearth the most sinister truths behind the religious faade with spine-chilling consequences.