"Actor: John Carter"

• Johnny Cash and June Carter - Went to Glastonbury | DVD | (28/07/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  The Glastonbury Festival on a hot English Sunday in June 1994: 100 000 fans enthusiastically celebrate Johnny Cash. The Man in Black enters the stage takes a bath in the press camera flashlights and starts playing one hit after another with his band from Walk The Line to Ring Of Fire. Then he clears his throat to metamorphose into the solo country blues folkman that brilliant Def Jam producer Rick Rubin invented for American Recordings a fabulous album that was released shortly before the 1994 European Tour and ignited Johnny's sensational comeback to the music scene. Johnny Cash is the hero of the day: an old man who went out to cover songs written by what could have been his children or grandchildren and made him a legend in his own lifetime. Tracklist: 1. Folsom Prison Blues 2. Sunday Morning Coming Down 3. Ring Of Fire 4. Ghost Riders In The Sky 5. Guess Things Happen That Way 6. Interview By Johnny Walker 7. Delias Gone 8. The Beast In Me 9. Let The Train Whistle Blow 10. The Man Who Couldnt Cry 11. Jackson (with June Carter) 12. If I Were A Carpenter ( with June Carter) 13. Orange Blossom Special 14. Interview by Johnny Walker 15. A Boy Named Sue

• Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | UMD | (19/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  After years of rumours, it turns out that Tim Burton was the perfect visionary to film Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Stephen Sondheim's Broadway masterpiece, and the result is a macabre and moving musical movie as enthralling as anything Burton has ever done. The show's mix of gothic horror, Grand Guignol, very dark humor, and witty and beautiful music never was the stuff of traditional musical comedy, but it's a powerful work, and perhaps the richest of the late 20th century. In the movie, Burton's frequent collaborator, Johnny Depp, plays Todd, a wronged man whose lust for revenge drives him to murder (an 19th-century legend who has been traced to a real-life barber). Helena Bonham Carter, another Burton mainstay, is Mrs. Lovett, the barber's partner-in-unspeakable-crime. It's no surprise that Depp is an excellent choice to convey Todd's brooding intensity and volcanic rage, but he can also sing a score that is so challenging it has often played in opera houses (though not with the same style as the Broadway original, Len Cariou, and he occasionally lapses into pop style). Bonham Carter is small of voice and lacks the humour of the original Broadway Lovett, Angela Lansbury, but she sings on pitch, in rhythm, and in character at the same time, which is no small feat for a Sondheim show. Aficionados will regret the loss of certain musical passages--"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" is just an instrumental overture and the chorus is gone altogether, among others, but the reassuring presence of orchestrator Jonathan Tunick and conductor Paul Gemignani ensures that the music feels right and sounds great. And the film's depiction of a Victorian London hellhole, with cinematography by Dariusz Wolski and costumes by Colleen Atwood, also looks and feels right. The excellent cast is filled out by Alan Rickman as the villainous Judge Turpin, Timothy Spall as his seedy Beadle, Sacha Baron Cohen as a rival barber, Jamie Campbell Bower as the young lover Anthony, Jayne Wisener as his object of affection, and Ed Sanders as the young Toby. For fans of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp who don't think they like musicals, Sweeney Todd should be a revelation (though not for the squeamish, as the gore is intense and completely appropriate). For fans of Broadway and Sondheim, it's hard to imagine getting a better adaptation than this. The fact that there's no newly composed Oscar-bait song sung by a Josh Groban-type over the end credits only makes it better. --David Horiuchi

• The Doll Squad | DVD | (23/07/2001) from £8.47   |  Saving you £-5.48 (-183.30%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Both director-entrepreneur Ted V Mikels and the packaging of The Doll Squad claim that the TV show Charlie's Angels was ripped off from this cheapo action film. In truth both concepts owe a lot to Emma Peel, Pussy Galore's Flying Circus or the femme armies that crop up in Our Man Flint and other 60s spy efforts. Despite its (horrible) lounge score and eye-straining selection of flared, midriff-baring 70s outfits, Mikels' opus is basically a late-trailing Bond knock-off shot without a stunt budget. Extortionist baddie Eamon O'Reilly (the usually classier Michael Ansara) wants to blackmail the US into handing over secrets and giving into a load of terrorist demands by spreading a bubonic plague manufactured by twin (or clone) mad scientists. "Big Bertha", a computer, suggests that the best way to nail O'Reilly is to send out "the Doll Squad", a cadre of female agents led by Sabrina (Francine York), who can take advantage of his weakness for women (and occasional impotence). The first two choices, a Q-type scientist and a martial artist, are killed by O'Reilly's goons, though Sabrina sees off her would-be assassin with a cigarette lighter/flamethrower that scars his face (and only mildly perturbs the people in the next booth at the bar), so she rounds up a new gang of hairspray-addicted fashion victims: a librarian (Sherri Vernon), a stripper (Tura Satana) and a swimmer (Leigh Christian), later hauling in a squealy and useless undercover girl who is easily kidnapped by O'Reilly to lead them into a trap. We're supposed to believe most of the action takes place in a Dr No-like island retreat but it looks a lot like scrubby California desert and the director's ranch-style "castle". Aside from some fab gear (matching jumpsuits with bust-accenting white lines) the girls have little to do but run around shooting inept stuntmen. On the DVD: For a marginal title, The Doll Squad offers some pleasing extras: a lurid trailer that's probably a more fun watch than the film ("Sabrina's code-prefex is OO-38-24-35!"); a gallery of publicity materials and stills; an exhaustive Mikels filmography; and an odd 1993 interview with the director. The film itself looks as good as it ever will--it's muddily photographed with low-tech effects (the flamethrower flames are just scratched on the emulsion) but at least the colours are vivid and the print is in great condition. --Kim Newman

• The Osterman Weekend | DVD | (30/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Once a year Tanner invites a small group of friends with whom he studied at Berkley to a social gathering known as the Osterman Weekend named after Bernard Osterman (Craig T. Nelson) at whose home the first such meeting took place. Shortly before the latest Osterman Weekend is due to happen the CIA convinces Tanner that one of his friends is a KGB operative involved in a conspiracy that threatens national security. He agrees to have his home wired with video and audio surveillance equipment in the hopes of uncovering the traitor. On arrival at Tanner's house the friends soon realise what's going on and the amiable tone of the weekend rapidly degenerates into a tense psychological battle of wits leading to an orgy of violence.

• Lookin' Italian | DVD | (03/01/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Handsome and fatally seductive Anthony (Matt Leblanc) is a sexy and irresistible Italian-American wise guy who shares a flat with his secretive Uncle Vinny and the two couldn't be more different. Vinny's a former Mafia 'soldier' who lived and almost died by the gun and is now trying to carry out a new anonymous life for himself while burying a dark and deadly secret from his past. But Anthony's charm and life-of-the-party nature make him an ace seducer all bulging muscles and leather trousers which is where he seems to keep his conscience and his brain! And that's how the trouble begins. Disgusted by the violence and killings he committed while living the life with the Mob Vinny is terrified his wild cocksure nephew is going the same way. And when a vicious and bloody drive-by results in the death of two of Anthony's closest friends Vinny's worst fears look set to come true.

• Family Matinee - March Of The Penguins/Charlie And The Chocolate Factory/Cats And Dogs | DVD | (18/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  March of the Penguins: Set against the barren splendour of the Antarctic March Of The Penguins captures in extraordinary detail the remarkable lengths that Emperor penguins go to every year to breed their young. This most grueling of courtship rituals begins with a long long walk and slide across hundreds of miles of ice rock and snow in freezing temperatures that regularly dip below -20c. Hampered by icy winds and polar storms the parent penguins risk starvation while guarding the single egg - not easy when contact between the egg and the frozen ground will prove fatal to the unborn chick - and face the perils of a trek back to the ocean in search of food where predators including leopard seals lie in wait. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Tim Burton brings his vividly imaginative style to the beloved Roald Dahl classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory about eccentric candy-maker Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) and Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore) a good-hearted boy from a poor family who lives in the shadow of Wonka's extraordinary factory. Long isolated from his own family Wonka launches a worldwide contest to select an heir to his candy empire. Five lucky children including Charlie draw Golden Tickets from Wonka chocolate bars and win a guided tour of the legendary candy-making facility that no outsider has seen in 15 years. Dazzled by one amazing sight after another Charlie is drawn into Wonka's fantastic world in this astonishing and enduring story.

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Blu Ray | (23/03/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  What wonders await you in Willy Wonka's factory? Sail along the Chocolate River in a pink sugar boat. Experiment with Everlasting Gobstoppers in the Inventing Room. Observe talented squirrels in the Nut Room, and travel to the Television Room via glass elevator. You'll find a lot that's funny, a little that's mysterious and an adventure as sweet and satisfying as a Wonka Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight bar.

• Battlestar Galactica - Special Edition | DVD | (12/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £64.99

  Battlestar Galactica the definitive battle between the last surviving human colony and an evil robotic race - an epic journey of intergalactic survivors in search of a distant and unknown planet 'earth'. This seven-disc Complete Epic Series Box Set features all 24 x 45 min episodes of the original series.

• Corpse Bride | HD DVD | (04/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Set in a 19th century European village this stop-motion animated feature follows the story of Victor (voiced by Johnny Depp) a young man who is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious Corpse Bride while his real bride Victoria waits bereft in the land of the living. Though life in the Land of the Dead proves to be a lot more colourful than his strict Victorian upbringing Victor learns that there is nothing in this world or the next that can keep him away from his one true love. It's a tale of optimism romance and a very lively afterlife told in classic Burton style.

• Runaway Train | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Once it starts nothing can stop it! Manny (Voight) is the toughest convict in a remote Alaskan prison who along with fellow inmate Buck (Roberts) makes a daring breakout. Hopping a freight train they head full-steam for freedom but when the engineer dies of a heart attack they find themselves trapped alone and speeding toward certain disaster. Until that is they discover a third passenger beautiful railway worker (Rebecca De Mornay) who's just as desperate and just as determined to survive as they are!

• ALICE IN W'LAND (TBUTON) BD MAGICAL GIFT | Blu Ray | (21/05/2012) from £4.49   |  Saving you £18.50 (80.50%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Tumble down the rabbit hole with Alice for a fantastical adventure from Walt Disney Pictures and Tim Burton. Inviting and magical, Alice In Wonderland is an imaginative new twist on one of the most beloved stories of all time.

• Justified: The Complete Third Season | Blu Ray | (31/12/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• ALICE IN WLAND MAGICAL GIFTDVD(T.BURTON) | DVD | (21/05/2012) from £8.49   |  Saving you £11.50 (57.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tumble down the rabbit hole with Alice for a fantastical adventure from Walt Disney Pictures and Tim Burton. Inviting and magical, Alice In Wonderland is an imaginative new twist on one of the most beloved stories of all time.

• The Baron And The Kid | DVD | (26/01/2009) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The legendary Johnny Cash stars as William Addington - 'The Baron' - a former pool pro whose lifetime of boozing has cost him his career and family. In a final effort to straighten out his life he quits drinking and plays pool for charity. Billy Joe The Cajun Kid Stanley (Gregg Webb) is a brash but gifted young pool player. Managed by Jack Streamer (Darren McGavin) he travels from hall to hall swindling rivals. Incredibly Cash discovers that The Kid is really his own son and now he has the chance to make amends for the errors of his life.

• Sweeney Todd | Blu Ray | (20/07/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Zavvi Exclusive Steelbook - Limited to 2000 Copies Benjamin Barker (Johnny Depp) is living a simple life with his wife Lucy and his daughter when the lust of a judge (Alan Rickman) throws their lives into chaos. The judge has Barker deported to Australia, and many years later he returns to England with revenge in his heart. Bonus Features: Burton + Depp + Carter = Todd Sweeney Todd Is Alive: The Real History of the Demon Barber HBO First Look: The Making of Sweeney Todd London Press Conference Musical Mayhem: Sondheim's Sweeney Todd Sweeney's London Designs for a Demon Barber Grand Guignol: A Theatrical Tradition A Bloody Business Razor's Refrain Photo Gallery

• Crash! | Blu Ray | (17/12/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• THE WALT DISNEY COMPAGNY Alice au pays des merveilles + L'étrange Noël de Mr. Jack | Blu Ray | (26/10/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A