"Actor: Jim"

• The Tripods - Series 1 | DVD | (19/03/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  In 1984 and 1985, The Tripods was the show that the BBC used to fill its traditional Saturday teatime Doctor Who slot. Adapted from the first two books in John Christopher's "Tripods" trilogy, the show frustratingly failed to deliver the final story that winds everything up. This release collects the first series of 13 episodes, which covers the first book (The White Mountains). In 2089, the human race lives a peaceful, agrarian existence in post-technological communities under the rule of the Tripods, vast alien machines that look like the Martians from War of the Worlds. In a small English village, teenage cousins Will (John Shackley) and Henry (Will Baker) are troubled as they near the age at which they will be "capped", fitted by the local Tripod with a metallic hairnet which will turn them into docile, uncreative, happy servants of the invaders. A wily vagrant tells the boys that far to the south, a community of uncapped freemen resists the Tripods, and they set off on a 13-episode journey that takes them to the coast, across the English Channel and down through France, with stop-offs in the impressive ruins of Paris, at a medieval-style chateau and on a vineyard in the Jura. Along the way, the lads fall in with "Bean Pole" (Ceri Seel), a gangling, bespectacled French rebel who is fascinated with the lost arts of machine-making, but at each of their stopovers there are temptations, mostly in the forms of appealing French girls, to settle down and become happy conformists, but in the end they do join up with the rebels, ready for a mission to the city of the Tripods that comes in Series Two. With production values significantly higher than Doctor Who at that time, the show conserves its effects and makes them count, with the Tripods only rarely intervening directly. Watched at a sitting, it seems padded and the three lead actors are variable, but taken in single-episode chunks it works quite well, with a subtly unsettling depiction of a backward world where everyone seems happy but actually isn't and actual villainy comes as a relief amidst the overwhelming niceness. The English and French locations are very well used, and the production design and costuming (lots of hats to cover the "caps") is imaginative without being panto-like. --Kim Newman

• X Files Season 4 Boxset | DVD | (22/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £89.99

  In Season 4 of The X-Files, Scully is a bit upset by her on-off terminal cancer and Mulder is supposed to shoot himself in the season finale (did anyone believe that?), but in episode after episode the characters still plod dutifully around atrocity sites tossing off wry witticisms in that bland investigative demeanour out of fashion among TV cops since Dragnet. Perhaps the best achievement of this season is "Home", the most unpleasant horror story ever presented on prime-time US TV. It's not a comfortable show--confronted with this ghastly parade of incest, inbreeding, infanticide and mutilation, you'd think M & S would drop the jokes for once--but shows a willingness to expand the envelope. By contrast, ventures into golem, reincarnation, witchcraft and Invisible Man territory throw up run-of-the-mill body counts, spotlighting another recurrent problem. For heroes, M & S rarely do anything positive: they work out what is happening after all the killer's intended victims have been snuffed ("Kaddish"), let the monster get away ("Sanguinarium") and cause tragedies ("The Field Where I Died"). No wonder they're stuck in the FBI basement where they can do the least damage. The series has settled enough to play variations on earlier hits: following the liver vampire, we have a melanin vampire ("Teliko") and a cancer vampire ("Leonard Betts"), and return engagements for the oily contact lens aliens and the weasely ex-Agent Krycek ("Tunguska"/"Terma"). Occasional detours into send-up or post-modernism are indulged, yielding both the season's best episode ("Small Potatoes") and its most disappointing ("Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man"). "Small Potatoes", with the mimic mutant who tries out Mulder's life and realises what a loser he is (how many other pin-up series heroes get answerphone messages from their favourite phone-sex lines?), works as a genuine sci-fi mystery--for once featuring a mutant who doesn't have to kill people to live--and as character insight. --Kim Newman

• The Beverley Hillbillies/The Pirate Movie/Bushwacked | DVD | (05/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Beverly Hillbillies: A family of country bumpkins strikes oil in their backyard and moves from the backwoods of Arkansas to the mean streets of Beverly Hills. There they have to contend with a serious culture clash snobbish neighbors and a golddigging con artist and her boyfriend. The Pirate Movie: Buckle your swash and jolly your roger for the funniest rock n' rollickin' adventure ever! A parody pastiche of Hollywood's finest films including Star Wars in which a naive pirate captain's son must rescue the girl he loves from a ruthless band of sea-fareing knaves... Bushwhacked: A bumbling package delivery man finds himself on the wrong side of the law when a harebrained get-rich-quick scheme makes him a murder suspect. Daniel Stern (Home Alone City Slickers and Rookie of the Year) stars as the inept ""Mad Max"" Grabelski who heads for the hills with the cops hot on his trail. When he's mistaken for a world famous scout leader Max's escape plan takes an uproarious wrong turn!

• Carry On - The Ultimate Carry On | DVD | (08/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £109.99

  Twelve classic titles in one box set

• Tales Of The Riverbank | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Tales Of The Riverbank follows the adventures of three animal friends - Hammy Hamster Roderick Rat And GP the Guinea Pig. After a violent storm they were washed away down the river. They set out on an epic journey to try to find their old homes but on the way they discover the whole riverbank is in danger from a polluting new factory. Through a series of comic and dramatic incidents they set out to stop the building of the factory and find their way home.

• Shrek - Special Edition | DVD | (16/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Full of verve and wit Shrek is a computer-animated adaptation of William Steig's delightfully fractured fairy tale. Our title character (voiced by Mike Myers) is an agreeable enough ogre who wants to live his days in peace. When the diminutive Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow) evicts local fairy tale creatures (including the now-famous Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio and the Gingerbread Man), they settle in the ogre's swamp and Shrek wants answers from Farquaad. A quest of sorts starts for Shrek and his new pal, a talking donkey (Eddie Murphy), where battles have to be won and a princess (Cameron Diaz) must be rescued from a dragon lair in a thrilling action sequence. The story is stronger than most animated fare but it's the jokes that make Shrek a winner. The PG rating is stretched when Murphy and Myers hit their strides. The mild potty humour is fun enough for the 10-year-old but will never embarrass their parents. Shrek is never as warm and inspired as the Toy Story films, but the realistic computer animation and a rollicking soundtrack keeps the entertainment in fine form. Produced by DreamWorks, the film also takes several delicious stabs at its cross-town rival, Disney. --Doug Thomas, Amazon.com On the DVD: DVD could have been invented to showcase Shrek's stunning computer animation--admirably served here by 16:9 anamorphic widescreen presentation--while the exuberant soundtrack comes alive in 5.1 Dolby Digital. There are plenty of extras to choose from on this DVD, from The Tech of Shrek and fake Character Interviews to the amusing Swamp Karaoke Dance Party featuring the whole cast. However, none of these features have much depth, nor do they last long and it would be easy to feel slightly disappointed--were it not for the excellent Shrek's ReVoice Studio. This first-of-its-kind feature requires a computer running Microsoft Windows 98SE or higher, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher, an Internet connection and a DVD-ROM drive. However, once the DVD-ROM is up and running, the instructions could not be clearer and within minutes the whole family will be dubbing their voices over favourite characters and scenes--rendering the other extras almost irrelevant.--Helen Baker

• Daddy And Them | DVD | (05/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Set in the deep American south Claude Montgomery (Thornton) and his wife Ruby (Dern) head back to their roots in Little Rock Arkansas to reunite with their family and lend support to their Uncle Hazel (Varney) who has been arrested for attempted murder. Here they meet with Ruby's eccentric mother Jewel (Ladd) her sultry sister Rose (Preston) and other members of their outrageous family in an amusing yet poignant story of family feuds mixed with sweeter emotions.

• Burnt Offerings | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  An isolated country mansion promises to be the perfect hideaway for an unsuspecting family on a summer vacation but the peace and quiet of the country is abruptly shattered by an unspeakable horror. High in the house awaits an evil presence that promises only a vacation of terror from which there is no return. Burnt Offerings is a gothic tale that holds you in the grip of a family's nightmare as they confront the nameless evil of a possessed house. Oliver Reed and Karen Black star as a vacationing college professor and his wife who are besieged by the malevolent force while Bette Davis is the tenant's aunt. Also starring Burgess Meredith and Eileen Heckhart as the sinister owners of the mansion Burnt Offerings is based on the acclaimed horror novel by Robert Marasco.

• Winnie The Pooh's Most Grand Adventure | DVD | (05/02/2001) from £19.72   |  Saving you £0.27 (1.37%)   |  RRP £19.99

  On the last day of a golden summer Christopher Robin doesn't have the heart to tell Pooh he's leaving for school. Instead he writes a note that Pooh and friends misinterpret. Believing that their dearest friend has gone to skull Pooh Piglet Tigger Eeyore and Rabbit embark on the most grand adventure of their lives - the search to find Christopher Robin! Five delightful new songs enhance the film's charming message that even when friends are apart they're always together in each other's hearts.

• The Doors The Soft Parade | DVD | (22/05/2017) from £4.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This Historic Music Video Features As Its Centrepiece The Doors' Last Televised Appearance, Aired On Pbs In 1969 In The Wake If The Notorious Miami Concert Which Resulted Not Only In Jim Morrison'S Arrest, But The Cancellation Of The Entire Tour. Public Television Provided The Only Alternative For The Doors To Present Themselves In An Uncensored Environment, And The Result Is An Arresting Display Of A Mature Band At The Peak Of Its Musical Powers. Additional Material Is Drawn From The Doors' Private Archives, Including Footage From The Riotous 1968 Tour Of America And The Never-Before-Seen Interviews. On And Offstage, Spirits Up And Guards Down, Here Is A True And Fascination Portrait Of Jim Morrison And The Doors As Artists, Musicians, Performers And People.

• 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

• The Best Of Saturday Night Live | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A collection of classic sketches from four actor/comedians who made Saturday Night Live such an unmissable comedy show! Chris Rock: Discovered by fellow Saturday Night Live star Eddie Murphy Chris Rock has established himself both as an actor and as one of America's finest stand-up comedians. Saturday Night Live - The Best Of Chris Rock features his best moments from several seasons appearing on the show and highlights several of the brilliant monologues that have led to him being hailed as one of the funniest comedians of his generation. Will Ferrell: Relatively new to Hollywood superstardom Will Ferrell first made his name as one of Saturday Night Live's most brilliant character players and one of the few cast members ever to receive an Emmy nomination for his work on the show. Saturday Night Live - The Best Of Will Ferrell features the cream of Ferrell's comic creations including Craig the Cheerleader the Culp Brothers and the Roxbury Guys. Guests include Christopher Walken Alex Baldwin Drew Barrymore Sarah Michelle Gellar Jim Carrey Lucy Lawless and Sean Hayes. Eddie Murphy: Gumby Buckwheat Desmond Tutu Stevie Wonder and James Brown are just some of the inspired impersonations on show in Saturday Night Live - The Best Of Eddie Murphy. Before hitting the big time in Hollywood Eddie Murphy was already one of the most accomplished comic performers around as evidenced in this collection of his finest moments from Saturday Night Live. Adam Sandler: This DVD sees the 'Anger Management' star assuming the roles of all his best-loved characters from Opera Man and Canteen Boy to Cajun Man and Lucy the Gap Girl as well as performing several of his most famous songs including the classic ""The Chanukah Song"". Among the many guests starring opposite Sandler are Alex Baldwin Courtney Cox David Duchovny Shannen Doherty Glenn Close and Michael Keaton.

• The Principal | DVD | (12/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  At a high school where the kids major in arson extortion and assault the new principal and the head of security might just be crazy enough to turn things around...

• Wolverine And The X-Men Vol.3 | DVD | (08/02/2010) from £5.38   |  Saving you £0.61 (10.20%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When an explosive event shatters the lives of the X-Men and takes away their mentor the beaten heroes walk away from it all. But then they're given a rare glimpse into the future and see a world in utter ruin ruled by giant destructive robots. A world that spiraled out of control because the X-Men had given up. So now the most legendary of all X-Men takes the lead - Wolverine! Reuniting these broken heroes Wolverine embarks on the ultimate mission - to prevent the world's destruction. To rescue us from ourselves. To save the future.

• All In Good Taste | DVD | (25/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  An inspiring script writer hits the big time but soon realises that the producer wants to warp the writer's touching story about a boy and his dog into a sleazy yarn about strip clubs.

• The Bikini Carwash Company | DVD | (29/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  What happens when you put a bunch of bodacious California babes behind the wheel of a busy carwash? Jack McGowan's about to get the wild and wacky answer! When the na''ve midwesterner comes to L.A. to run his ailing uncle's carwash he makes a few wrong turns and ends up at the beach. He is rescued by a foxy business major Melissa Reese who convinces Jack to let her run the business for a cut of the action. Things get hilariously out of hand as melissa and her bubbly friends dress for success in the skimpiest bikinis - or nothing at all!

• Taffin | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £12.97   |  Saving you £-3.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Handsome loner Mark Taffin is a professional debt collector in a small Irish community. When a vicious crime syndicate tries to move in with its plans to build a dangerous chemical plant Taffin is recruited as a last resort and soon finds himself fighting for his life...

• Judicial Consent | DVD | (25/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When successful lawyer Gwen Warwick begins a passionate extramarital affair with handsome young clerk Martin commiting infidelity is not her only problem. Soon after a rival colleague is murdered and all evidence points in her direction. In order to clear her name Gwen must race against the clock to find the killer. However as she unravels the murderer's motives Martin's name seems to appear one too many times.

• Robots / Ice Age | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £18.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (31.60%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The boys from IMAX bring you two of their classic films on this fantastic double feature boxed set. Robots (Dir. Chris Wedge 2005): Rodney Copperbottom voiced by Ewan McGregor is a small town robot who has a gift for inventing things and a hope of moving beyond his quaint surroundings. He works side by side in a restaurant with his dad who is a dishwasher - literally a dishwasher. You open his chest and load in the dishes. Rodney has dreams of something greater. Armed with

• Supernatural - Season 1-7 Complete | Blu Ray | (05/11/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £129.99

  When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.