"Actor: Joan"

• Three Sisters | DVD | (28/03/2005) from £9.96   |  Saving you £10.03 (100.70%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In a remote little town in turn of the century Russia three sisters - Olga (Jeanne Watts) Irina (Louise Purnell) and Masha (Joan Plowight) with their brother Andrei (Derek Jacobi) fantasise about their return to their former home in Moscow. For them Moscow is a city of dreams magnetism and inspiration - a far cry from their current life - an oppressive and overbearing existence devoid of hope. As they muddle through life they hold on to the memory of a place they once knew and t

• Joan Sutherland : The Reluctant Prima Donna | DVD | (26/02/2007) from £14.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.10%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This film tells the story of Dame Joan Sutherland - one of the greatest operatic performers of the late twentieth century. Shy and lacking in confidence she sang unnoticed at Covent Garden for seven years after arriving from Australia but over the course of twelve months she was transformed into 'La Stupenda'. Focusing on the two roles that launched her on the international stage 'Lucia di Lammermoor' and 'Alcina' this documentary tells her story through major new interviews with Dame Joan her husband Richard Bonynge Franco Zeffirelli Plcido Domingo Luciano Pavarotti Marilyn Horne and Sherrill Milnes.

• Nightmare Alley | DVD | (08/04/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Tyrone Power - cast against type at his own insistence - gives the performance of his life as handsome scumbag and conman Stanton Carlisle. He seduces fellow sideshow artiste Mademoiselle Zeena (Joan Blondell) to learn the secret of the once-lucrative mind-reading act she performed with her alcoholic husband (Ian Keith), Carlisle, a 'born mentalist', secures the secret method and sets off with his new carnie wife, Molly (Coleen Grey) to milk the big time as a spiritualist in Chicago. As Carlisle's success grows, it's only a matter of time before his greed - and twisted involvement with femme fatale psychoanalyst Lilith Ritter (Helen Walker) - brings his world crashing down around him.

• Upstairs Downstairs - Series 2 - Episodes 1-7 | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £8.58   |  Saving you £11.41 (132.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Featuring the first seven episodes of the second series of this classic British TV drama. Episode titles: The New Man A Pair Of Exiles Married Love Whom God Hath Joined Guest Of Honour The Property Of A Lady Your Obedient Servant.

• Carry On Don't Lose Your Head | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £6.97   |  Saving you £3.02 (43.33%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Carry On Don't Lose Your Head parodies the adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel, with crinkly, cackling Sid James as master of disguise the Black Fingernail and Jim Dale as his assistant Lord Darcy. He must rescue preposterously effete aristo Charles Hawtrey from the clutches of Kenneth Williams' fiendish Citizen Camembert and his sidekick Citizen Bidet (Peter Butterworth). The Black Fingernail is assisted in his efforts to thwart the birth of the burgeoning republic by the almost supernatural stupidity of his opponents, who fail to recognise the frankly undisguisable Sid James even when dressed as a flirty young woman. What with an executioner who is tricked into beheading himself in order to prove the efficacy of his own guillotine, it's all a little too easy. As usual, no groan-worthy pun is left unturned, nor unheralded by the soundtrack strains of a long whistle or wah-wah trumpet. This is pretty silly stuff even by Carry On standards, with most of the cast barely required to come out of first gear and an overlong climactic swordfight sequence hardly raising the dramatic stakes. Most of the humour here resides neither in the script nor the characterisation but in the endlessly watchable Williams' whooping, nasal delivery (occasionally lapsing into broad Cockney) and the jowl movements of the always-underrated Butterworth. On the DVD: There are no extra features except scene selection. The picture is 4:3 full screen ratio.--David Stubbs

• Return Of The Fly | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The horror is back! The boundaries of science are pushed to their eery limits in this sequel to the classic ever-popular The Fly. Here Phillipe the son of the ill-fated scientist naively continues his father's misguided experiments. The victim of his traitorous assistant's greedy ambitions Phillipe finds himself in a terrifying limbo - he's grown the head and limbs of a fly! Taking spectacular revenge on his betrayers Phillipe must also race against time and find a way to

• Francis the Talking Mule: 7 Film Collection | Blu Ray | (03/05/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Dockers | DVD | (01/08/2002) from £14.53   |  Saving you £-8.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Dockers is a landmark one-off drama suspended somewhere between Ken Loach and Alan Bleasdale's Boys from the Blackstuff. A striking Channel Four production Dockers dramatises the infamous struggle that developed when five Merseyside dockworkers were fired for refusing to work overtime with no pay, and gained the support of co-workers who wouldn't cross their picket line. As a result, those who stood in solidarity with the original five were sacked as well--500 in total--leading to a two-year stand-off. Co-written by award-winning screenwriters Jimmy McGovern (Cracker) and Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting), the two-year ordeal is brought home with startling reality, not least because of the contribution of the real-life Liverpool dockers who helped develop the script in extensive writing workshops, lending the film an authenticity it might have otherwise lacked. While the narrative hangs around the moving central story of one family in which both father and son are caught up in the strike, dramatic conflicts develop on multiple levels: between father and son; between the families of the sacked workers (this is particularly well realised as one long-time friend, played by The Royle Family's Ricky Tomlinson, turns scab); and between the workers and the union that betrays them. Ken Stott and Crissy Rock (Ladybird, Ladybird) are outstanding as the central working-class couple, old before their time at 47, and if nothing else, the film reveals one further reason why Liverpool loved Robbie Fowler quite so ferociously: during post-goal celebrations, Fowler lifts his jersey to reveal a T-shirt emblazoned with a message of support for the wronged dockers, ensuring national attention for the action at a time when all hope seemed lost. --Tricia Tuttle

• Carry On Emmannuelle | DVD | (18/03/2002) from £3.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (150.38%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Made in 1978, Carry On Emmannuelle was really the last gasp of the most fondly regarded series of British comedy films. In most respects, it hardly does justice to the many truly funny and brilliantly played previous scripts. But it does feature a curiously vulnerable, even touching, performance from Kenneth Williams as a French diplomat with a wife of insatiable physical appetites. In theory, of course, it aims to be a pastiche of the hugely popular Emmanuelle, which had marked the transition of soft-core erotic cinema into the art house. But it's too crudely scripted and lacking in the belly laugh inducing innuendo of the best Carry On films to succeed on that level. "Are you hungry, Loins?" Emmannuelle asks the chauffeur. "I think I could manage a little nibble," he replies. You get the idea. In the title role, Suzanne Danielle, who would go on to be the best of the Princess Diana impersonators, isn't a good enough comic actress to raise such lines above the ordinary. And the few stalwarts who returned for this outing--Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor and Peter Butterworth--just about emerge with their dignity intact. This was a Carry On too far. But fans will want it for their collection because it shows Kenneth Williams at his most professionally committed--his diaries reveal his real thoughts on the matter--and to remind themselves of the high quality of so much of the work which had gone before.On the DVD: presented in 4:3 format and with a standard mono soundtrack, this release of Carry On Emmannuelle starts off with a print of such ropey quality that you seem to be watching through a dust storm. The sound quality is little better, although on both counts things improve as the film progresses. The lack of extras is disappointing, adding to the rather sad, low-budget feel of the film itself. --Piers Ford

• Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael | DVD | (17/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  In 1990, Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael showed Winona Ryder as cinema's top teenage role model. Her edge was a delinquency-equals-sympathy angle that held true throughout Beetlejuice, Mermaids, Heathers and Edward Scissorhands. Here as Dinky Bossetti she's chasing the ghosts of a past no one can explain. She's adopted; her town of Clyde, Ohio is mysteriously stuck in the 1950s; but weirder still is everyone's fixation with the imminent return of once-famous homecoming girl Roxy Carmichael. Dinky's school peers conform to the John Hughes 80s look and mindset, but it's the retro adult population that really winds her up. Jeff Daniels ought to be a perfectly conditioned suburbanite, but can't get over having once been married to Roxy. Imparting the secret that they'd had a child and given it away, Dinky's own confusions and obsessions suddenly make sense. The tangle of B-plots are given purpose at the same time she is. Her silent admirer (Thomas Wilson Brown) is able to approach her at last, and her school guidance counsellor becomes the friend she's never had. Ultimately the story's about the notion that no teenager ever feels like they fit in. Of course the real problem facing Ryder, Dinky and any viewer is that all teens grow up. What then? On the DVD: This is a bare-bones package with a simple two-channel stereo and 16:9 anamorphic ratio transfer. That said, it looks and sounds just fine. There's only one trailer, but someone's tried with the diner-style menu at least. --Paul Tonks

• Memories of Christmas with Mantovani and his Orchestra | DVD | (14/11/2016) from £6.95   |  Saving you £3.04 (43.74%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Mantovani was the most successful orchestra leader of his time, selling over 60 million albums in his career. Memories of Christmas includes two superb TV shows on a theme of Christmas Music and nostalgia for a golden age. Special guest singers include All Saints Choir, Edmund Hockridge and Joan Regan; with the highlights of Christmas Cheer include Jingle Bells, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, White Christmas, O Come All Ye Faithful, Lullaby by Brahms, Mary s Boy Child and Whilst Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night.

• Flamingo Road | DVD | (03/03/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• I Love You To Death | DVD | (03/05/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Rosalie Boca the devoted wife of a philandering pizza maker (Kevin Kline). When Rosalie (Tracy Ullman) learns that he's been squeezing more than just tomatoes her homicidal instincts take over. With the help of a New Age busboy (River Phoenix) drug-addled cousins Harlan and Marlon (William Hurt and Keanu Reeves) and her own mother (Joan Plowright) Rosalie attempts to send Joey to that big bed in the sky.

• Death Race Steelbook With Digital Copy | DVD | (02/02/2009) from £18.88   |  Saving you £4.11 (21.77%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Jason Statham leads the cast of an action-thriller set in the post-industrial wasteland of tomorrow, with the world's most brutal sporting event as its backdrop - The famed Death Race!

• Joan Armatrading: Steppin' Out | DVD | (22/02/2010) from £16.69   |  Saving you £-10.44 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  These two concerts from the German TV series Rockpalast straddle the release of Joan Armatrading's classic album 'Me Myself I'. The first show from 1979 is an intimate show at the WDR Studio in Cologne in front of an appreciative audience. The second show from 1980 is in the vast surroundings of the Grugahalle in Essen and reflects her commercial success in the intervening year and contains several tracks from the new album. The DVD gives a fascinating contrast between the earlier low key show and the more electric upbeat style of the later event. Tracklist Cologne - 1979 1) Down To Zero 2) Barefoot And Pregnant 3) Cool Blue Stole My Heart 4) Baby I 5) Mama Mercy 6) Opportunity 7) Let It Last 8) Woncha Come On Home 9) Steppin' Out 10) Love And Affection 11) Show Some Emotion 12) You Rope You Tie Me 13) Kissin' And A Huggin' 14) Tall In The Saddle 15) Takin' My Baby Uptown 16) Back To The Night 17) Help Yourself Essen - 1980 1) Mama Mercy 2) Down To Zero 3) Cool Blue Stole My Heart 4) I Really Must Be Going 5) Me Myself I 6) Ma-Me-O-Beach 7) Love And Affection 8) Rosie 9) How Cruel 10) Turn Out The Light 11) You Rope You Tie Me 12) Kissin' And A Huggin' 13) Tall In The Saddle 14) Willow 15) When You Kisses Me

• Wayne Out West | DVD | (15/11/2004) from £15.55   |  Saving you £34.44 (221.48%)   |  RRP £49.99

  A collection of classic Westerns starring the icon John Wayne. Films comprise: 1. Dark Command 2. Tall in the Saddle 3. Angel and the Bad Man 4. The Fighting Kentuckian 5. The War Wagon 6. Rooster Cogburn

• Dawn Of The Mummy | DVD | (24/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Deep in the heart of ancient Egypt the mummified corpse of a pharaoh is put to rest and a curse is placed upon anyone unfortunate enough to disturb the tomb. Jump to the present day and a group of New York models and photographers are in Egypt looking for a unique location to serve as a suitable backdrop for a fashion shoot. When the group comes across a band of grave robbers who have unearthed a previously undiscovered tomb they decide to hold the shoot there. Setting up their e

• Scarlet Street | DVD | (18/03/2002) from £14.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (6.74%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In a way, Scarlet Street is a remake. It's taken from a French novel, La Chienne (literally, "The Bitch") that was first filmed by Jean Renoir in 1931. Renoir brought to the sordid tale all the colour and vitality of Montmartre; Fritz Lang's version shows us a far harsher and bleaker world. The film replays the triangle set-up from Lang's previous picture, The Woman in the Window, with the same three actors. Once again, Edward G Robinson plays a respectable middle-aged citizen snared by the charms of Joan Bennett's streetwalker, with Dan Duryea as her low-life pimp. But this time around, all three characters have moved several notches down the ethical scale. Robinson, who in the earlier film played a college professor who kills by accident, here becomes a downtrodden clerk with a nagging, shrewish wife and unfilled ambitions as an artist, a man who murders in a jealous rage. Bennett is a mercenary vamp, none too bright, and Duryea brutal and heartless. The plot closes around the three of them like a steel trap. This is Lang at his most dispassionate. Scarlet Street is a tour de force of noir filmmaking, brilliant but ice-cold. When it was made the film hit censorship problems, since at the time it was unacceptable to show a murder going unpunished. Lang went out of his way to show the killer plunged into the mental hell of his own guilt, but for some authorities this still wasn't enough, and the film was banned in New York State for being "immoral, indecent and corrupt". Not that this did its box-office returns any harm at all. On the DVD: sparse pickings. There's an interactive menu that zips past too fast to be of much use. The full-length commentary by Russell Cawthorne adds the occasional insight, but it's repetitive and not always reliable. (He gets actors' names wrong, for a start.) The box claims the print's been "fully restored and digitally remastered", but you'd never guess. --Philip Kemp

• The Surgeon | DVD | (08/03/2004) from £22.50   |  Saving you £-19.51 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Detective Michael D'Angelo's state of mind has caused him to make a serious error of judgement allowing a cop killer to escape from him. As a result he has been suspended from duty. D'Angelo's life spirals further out of control following the split from his long-time girlfriend acclaimed attorney Theresa Marsh (Joan Severance) who deserted him and married a respected doctor peter Marsh (Mick Mancuso). What neither of them realise is that their lives are about to collide once more when Theresa is assigned to the prosecution of a widely-publicised homicide case. The defendant is presumed to be a serial-killer and Theresa is immediately besieged by menacing death threats as she prepares her case against the accused. Insisting on continuing with the case Theresa ignores the threats only to be stonewalled when her husband suddenly disappears. Her worst fears are confirmed when she's told to drop the prosecution if she wants to see her husband alive again. Terrified by the caller and scared to contact the Police she is forced to turn for help to her ex-lover D'Angelo...

• Britney Spears - Time Out With Britney | DVD | (16/04/2001) from £24.99   |  Saving you £-7.00 (-38.90%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Ever wonder what it's like to be superstar Britney Spears? Well now you can find out in this exclusive DVD Time Out With Britney Spears. You'll see what it was like for Britney growing up in Kentwood Louisiana as Britney personally shows you her family's private collection of photos. Plus you'll hear Britney talk first-hand about making her first album the multi-platinum Baby One More Time. You'll also go on a behind-the-scenes journey into the world of making music videos where you'll see just how Britney shot her now-famous videos for the hit singles Baby One More Time Sometimes and (You Drive Me) Crazy (The Stop Remix!). Britney also gives you intimate details of what it's like traveling and performing on tour. As an added treat Britney revisits her Mickey Mouse Club roots with special performances of her hits Born To Make You Happy and From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart shot live for her Disney Channel special! Time Out With Britney Spears contains tons of footage never before shown anywhere so it's an absolute must-have for any Britney Spears fan. Video Listing: 1. Baby One More Time 2. Sometimes 3. (You Drive Me) Crazy