"Actor: John Hawkes"

• Low Down | DVD | (09/11/2015) from £4.39   |  Saving you £8.60 (195.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  LOW DOWN, based on Amy-Jo Albany’s powerful memoir of growing up in the care of her gifted, tormented and frequently with and absent musician father, the bebop jazz pianist Joe Albany, focuses on the years 1974 to 1976, when Amy (Elle Fanning) had few resources other than the love of her aging grandmother (Glenn Close) and a ragtag bunch of Hollywood outcasts and eccentrics that were her friends. While Joe (John Hawkes) struggles to fi nd gigs, maintain his heroin addiction, and stay out of jail, Amy grows up quickly in a single-room occupancy hotel on the fringes of Hollywood. There she bears witness to heartbreak and tragedy as well as soaring beauty and joy in the jazz music that shaped her, the city and its denizens that nourished her, and the loving bond with her father and grandmother that kept her alive. Click Images to Enlarge

• Winter's Bone | DVD | (13/08/2012) from £7.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.95%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Starring Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games, X-Men First Class) in her star making Oscar nominated performance, Winter's Bone is a tense, naturalistic thriller following 17 year old Ree Dolly as she confronts the local criminal underworld and the harsh Ozark wilderness in order to track down her father, who has put up the family homestead for his bail. Special Features: The Making of Winter's Bone Deleted Scenes Alternative Ending Theatrical Trailer Music Video Hardscrabble Elegy by Dickon Hinchcliffe

• Perfect Storm / Three Kings / Deep Blue Sea | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Perfect Storm: George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg lead a talented cast in this harrowing special-effects adventure that intercuts the plight of seafarers struggling to reach safe harbor with the heroics of air/sea rescue crews. Directed by Wolfgang Petersen The Perfect Storm tosses excitement your way in waves. Three Kings: The Gulf War is over. Operation Desert Storm is no more. Now three American soldiers have the opportunity of a lifetime; to become Three Kings. Amid the partying and confusion three soldiers disappear into the Iraqi desert to find millions in stolen Kuwaiti bullion and are plunged into the heart of a democratic uprising that spins the day - and their lives - out of control. Deep Blue Sea: Researchers on the undersea laboratory Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a potential cure for Alzheimer's disease. There is one unexpected side effect. The sharks are getting smarter. Which could mean trouble for the researchers. And lunch for the sharks.

• Panto | DVD | (09/12/2013) from £8.85   |  Saving you £-0.86 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  The Pantomime 'Dick Whittington' has been in rehearsals at the Grand Theatre Lancaster for a number of weeks and tonight is the first night. A full dress rehearsal has been called before curtain up and tensions are beginning to show. Producer DI (Sam Spiro) is keen for the show to be a success - it's a tough time in regional theatre and by taking the part of the fairy she is anxious to realise her lofty ambitions. Director Francis (Mark Benton) tries valiantly to pull the show to order in spite of DI's constant interfering. Lewis Loud (John Bishop) Morecambe FM's cheeky DJ has his stage debut in the part of Jack the Lad. During rehearsals romance has blossomed between him and Tamsin (Sheridan Smith) who is principal boy Dick. Tamsin is a celebrity - recently appearing as Mad Mindy the Axe murderer from the Nation's favourite soap. Lewis is genuinely fond of Tamsin and realises his own career path may take an upward turn if their relationship continues. So when Lewis's son Paul (Daniel Bishop) is unexpectedly delivered to the stage door by ex-wife Gina (Kaye Wragg) Lewis realises that he must take his fatherly duties seriously. Not easy when you're surrounded by a faded theatrical actor Johnny Darby (Michael Cochrane) playing the part of Dolly the Cook Chantelle (Ami Metcalf) the nervous mis-cast love interest of Dick and Alderman Fitzwarren (Chesney Hawkes) accident-prone good guy trying hard to show that he has more to his musical repertoire than 'The One and Only'.

• No Tell Motel | DVD | (22/04/2013) from £6.46   |  Saving you £-1.47 (-29.50%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Stranded in the middle of nowhere, Megan Walsh and her friends are forced to spend the night in an abandoned roadside motel. Little do they know the crumbling structure is haunted by the spirits of its former owners, including a vengeful little ghost named Angela. As the haunting turns violent and the group's number dwindles, Megan realizes that the key to her survival lies in uncovering the secrets of the motels tortured past. And even that might not be enough to save her.

• Winter's Bone | Blu Ray | (13/08/2012) from £12.90   |  Saving you £7.09 (54.96%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Starring Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games, X-Men First Class) in her star making Oscar nominated performance, Winter's Bone is a tense, naturalistic thriller following 17 year old Ree Dolly as she confronts the local criminal underworld and the harsh Ozark wilderness in order to track down her father, who has put up the family homestead for his bail. Special Features: The Making of Winter's Bone Deleted Scenes Alternative Ending Theatrical Trailer Music Video Hardscrabble Elegy by Dickon Hinchcliffe

• The Sessions | Blu Ray | (12/08/2013) from £8.49   |  Saving you £16.50 (66.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Starring Academy Award� Nominee John Hawkes, Academy Award Nominee William H. Macy and Academy Award Winner Helen Hunt, the film is based on the true story of California-based journalist and poet Mark O'Brien. Portrayed by the exceptionally gifted John Hawkes--who gives a career-defining performance--O'Brien's story is the immensely poignant and surprisingly funny tale of a man, paralysed by polio who--at age 38--is determined to finally lose his virginity.

• Life of Crime | DVD | (05/01/2015) from £6.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (128.76%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A wife of a corrupt real estate developer is kidnapped by two common criminals who intend to extort him with inside information about his crooked business and off-shore accounts. But the husband decided he'd actually rather not pay the random to get back his wife setting off an unbelievable sequence of double crosses and plot twists that could only come from the mind of Elmore Leonard. Starring Jennifer Aniston Isla Fisher and Tim Robbins.

• Scary Movie (AGFA) | Blu Ray | (13/02/2023) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A joyous horror triumph starring Academy Award© nominee John Hawkes. On Halloween night, big-time nerd Warren (Hawkes, channelling a mix of Buster Keaton and Crispin Glover) attends a spookhouse in a small Texas town. But is the haunted house as harmless as it seems, or has a psychotic mental patient found a new stomping ground? Shot in Austin, Texas, SCARY MOVIE combines Argento-esque neon, Freddy Krueger dreamscapes, and slapstick inspired by EVIL DEAD 2 to forge a valentine to Halloween, rubber monster masks, and chopped-off limbs. From the songs by Roky Erickson and Butthole Surfers to the surrealistic mood, this is a true discovery for adventurous horror-heads. Product Features 2K preservation from the original 16mm camera negative Commentary with director Daniel Erickson and Joseph A. Ziemba of AGFA MR. PUMPKIN and LITTLE HERO short films by Daniel Erickson Original theatrical teaser trailer Behind the scenes photo gallery Reversible cover art with illustration by Charles Forsman

• The Wrong Door | DVD | (26/07/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Sketch show set in a parallel universe in which a mix of celebrity cameos unimaginable locations and impossible visual effects heralds a brave new world of comic possibility.

• Martha Marcy May Marlene | DVD | (28/05/2012) from £17.79   |  Saving you £2.20 (11.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Martha Marcy May Marlene creates a sense of uneasy suspense within seconds of coming on screen: a young woman, who will be known by all the title names at various times in the movie, is escaping from a rural commune of some sort. And not just a commune, but by the looks of it, a cult--an impression that will grow as Martha flashes back to her experiences once she reaches the safety of her sister's antiseptic country place. It is part of director Sean Durkin's design that we experience the film as Martha's point of view, which means there may be some question about whether she's an emotionally unstable person to begin with or simply in a legitimate terror about the traumatising events that have unfolded for her in recent months. Although the film has one storytelling contrivance (Martha withholds her experiences from her sister, when a little exposition would help matters tremendously), in general Durkin keeps a lid on this simmering situation, and he's got a good compositional eye that only occasionally tips over into preciousness. Sarah Paulson and Hugh Dancy play Martha's complacent but concerned sister and brother-in-law, and John Hawkes (Winter's Bone) is a spellbinder as the commune leader, a manipulator of subtle skill. (With some stories like this, you have a hard time believing cult followers could fall for these creepy charismatics; in this one, Hawkes demonstrates how such things might happen.) The movie's most unexpected and alluring touch is the performance by Elizabeth Olsen, as Martha; this younger sister of the child-star Olsen twins brings a zonked-out centre of gravity to the part. She's got just a bit of blankness, too, which enhances the movie's well-wrought guessing game. --Robert Horton

• Martha Marcy May Marlene | Blu Ray | (28/05/2012) from £18.88   |  Saving you £6.11 (24.40%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Martha Marcy May Marlene creates a sense of uneasy suspense within seconds of coming on screen: a young woman, who will be known by all the title names at various times in the movie, is escaping from a rural commune of some sort. And not just a commune, but by the looks of it, a cult--an impression that will grow as Martha flashes back to her experiences once she reaches the safety of her sister's antiseptic country place. It is part of director Sean Durkin's design that we experience the film as Martha's point of view, which means there may be some question about whether she's an emotionally unstable person to begin with or simply in a legitimate terror about the traumatising events that have unfolded for her in recent months. Although the film has one storytelling contrivance (Martha withholds her experiences from her sister, when a little exposition would help matters tremendously), in general Durkin keeps a lid on this simmering situation, and he's got a good compositional eye that only occasionally tips over into preciousness. Sarah Paulson and Hugh Dancy play Martha's complacent but concerned sister and brother-in-law, and John Hawkes (Winter's Bone) is a spellbinder as the commune leader, a manipulator of subtle skill. (With some stories like this, you have a hard time believing cult followers could fall for these creepy charismatics; in this one, Hawkes demonstrates how such things might happen.) The movie's most unexpected and alluring touch is the performance by Elizabeth Olsen, as Martha; this younger sister of the child-star Olsen twins brings a zonked-out centre of gravity to the part. She's got just a bit of blankness, too, which enhances the movie's well-wrought guessing game. --Robert Horton

• Martha Marcy May Marlene | Blu Ray | (03/06/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Martha Marcy May Marlene creates a sense of uneasy suspense within seconds of coming on screen: a young woman, who will be known by all the title names at various times in the movie, is escaping from a rural commune of some sort. And not just a commune, but by the looks of it, a cult--an impression that will grow as Martha flashes back to her experiences once she reaches the safety of her sister's antiseptic country place. It is part of director Sean Durkin's design that we experience the film as Martha's point of view, which means there may be some question about whether she's an emotionally unstable person to begin with or simply in a legitimate terror about the traumatising events that have unfolded for her in recent months. Although the film has one storytelling contrivance (Martha withholds her experiences from her sister, when a little exposition would help matters tremendously), in general Durkin keeps a lid on this simmering situation, and he's got a good compositional eye that only occasionally tips over into preciousness. Sarah Paulson and Hugh Dancy play Martha's complacent but concerned sister and brother-in-law, and John Hawkes (Winter's Bone) is a spellbinder as the commune leader, a manipulator of subtle skill. (With some stories like this, you have a hard time believing cult followers could fall for these creepy charismatics; in this one, Hawkes demonstrates how such things might happen.) The movie's most unexpected and alluring touch is the performance by Elizabeth Olsen, as Martha; this younger sister of the child-star Olsen twins brings a zonked-out centre of gravity to the part. She's got just a bit of blankness, too, which enhances the movie's well-wrought guessing game. --Robert Horton

• Small Town Saturday Night | DVD | (26/03/2012) from £5.19   |  Saving you £4.80 (92.49%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The subtle connections of a deputy sheriff, a Nashville-bound singer, an ex-con, and a single mother will intertwine in this tale of small town

• The Moguls | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £7.98   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.94%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Citizens of a small town, under the influence of a man in the midst of a mid-life crisis, come together to make an adult film.

• Playing God | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £6.82   |  Saving you £-0.83 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  From the outset, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was about conflict. Producers Rick Berman and Michael Piller challenged the utopian ideals of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek universe to create something totally different from its predecessors. That meant no familial camaraderie, squeaky-clean Federation diplomacy, or beige décor. Instead they wanted interpersonal friction, ruthless enemies (Gamma Quadrant Imperialists--The Dominion) and rebellion at every turn. The DS9 concept was originally facilitated by introducing the Cardassian/Bajoran war during The Next Generation's final days. After a muted first reception fans gradually came to accept the new look, but no one liked Star Trek without a starship and eventually the producers capitulated to viewers' wishes by introducing the USS Defiant (an apt name) in Season 3. Relying far less on technobabble than TNG, DS9 was unafraid to focus on matters of the spirit instead, demonstrating a ballsy independence from its parent shows. Taking up the gauntlet thrown down by Babylon 5, improved CGI space battles also became a fan favourite. Throughout the increasingly serialised story arc there were rebellious factions within the different establishments: Kira had belonged to the Shakaar resistance cell; the Maquis was Starfleet vs Cardassians; section 31 was a secret Starfleet group; the True Way was a Bajoran group opposed to peace; the Cardassians had their Obsidian Order and the Romulans their Gestapo-like Tal Shiar. Yet for all its constant bickering and espionage (even Bashir got to be James Bond), there was always some contemporary social commentary lurking: the Ferengi were used as a comedic foil to frown on materialistic greed; drugs were looked at via the Jem'Hadar foot soldiers' addiction to Ketracel White. Perhaps Sisko summed up the real heart of things: "Bajor doesn't need a man, it needs a legend". A future vision that retains a place for religion and spirituality turned out to be Deep Space Nine's first best destiny. --Paul Tonks

• Life of Crime | Blu Ray | (05/01/2015) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A wife of a corrupt real estate developer is kidnapped by two common criminals, who intend to extort him with inside information about his crooked business and off-shore accounts. But the husband decided he'd actually rather not pay the ransom to get back his wife, setting off an unbelievable sequence of double crosses and plot twists that could only only come from the mind of Elmore Leonard. Starring Jennifer Aniston, Isla Fisher and Tim Robbins.

• The Sessions (Blu-ray + UV Copy) | Blu Ray | (20/05/2013) from £9.87   |  Saving you £15.12 (153.19%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Starring Academy Award Nominee John Hawkes, Academy Award Nominee William H. Macy and Academy Award Winner Helen Hunt, the film is based on the true story of California-based journalist and poet Mark O'Brien. Portrayed by the exceptionally gifted John Hawkes - who gives a career-defining performance, O'Brien's story is the immensely poignant and surprisingly funny tale of a man, paralyzed by polio who - at age 38 – is determined to finally lose his virginity.

• Boogie Boy | DVD | (17/04/2000) from £4.98   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.98

• Arcadia | DVD | (12/08/2013) from £5.49   |  Saving you £10.50 (65.70%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Sundance regular John Hawkes an Oscar nominee for Winter's Bone stars in this road movie about a father trying to get his confused kids across the country to California while protecting them from the truth about their mother.