"Actor: Jones"

• Battle Cry | DVD | (21/07/2003) from £15.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  The most interesting--and entertaining--aspect of Battle Cry, a long, episodic World War II drama, is that it marked the debut of one Justus E McQueen, who subsequently took the name of the good ol' Arkansas boy he played in the movie: LQ Jones. He's only one of eight or nine marine recruits who divide the screen time with commanding officer Van Heflin and James Whitmore as a lifer sergeant named Mac, "just Mac", who ramrods their squad and also delivers the movie's overbearing narration. Unfortunately, the narration is necessary to maintain continuity as the CinemaScope production galumphs its way from rounding up the melting-pot cast to seeing them through basic training and sundry, mostly amatory misadventures in San Diego, to further training in New Zealand and finally to baptism of fire on Guadalcanal. Trouble is, among the recruits only McQueen/Jones (whose job is mostly comic relief) and Aldo Ray (as a brawling lumberjack who's never known family life) have any charisma or acting chops--and that's not forgetting Tab Hunter, whose matinee-idol status at the time does not speak well for the 50s. Battle Cry is also a cardinal example of Hollywood's penchant for buying big, lusty, profane bestsellers (by Leon Uris, in this case) and then bowdlerising all the lustiness and profanity to appease the censors. Raoul Walsh, the poet laureate of lowdown gusto, does what he can in the circumstances, and as one of the first guys ever to direct a widescreen movie (1930's The Big Trail), he makes the battle scenes roar. --Richard T. Jameson

• Helter Skelter | DVD | (11/04/2011) from £9.98   |  Saving you £5.00 (62.58%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccupping.

• UFC 135: Jones vs Rampage | DVD | (28/05/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  He's the breakout star of 2011, and in the main event of UFC 135, light heavyweight champion Jon ''Bones'' Jones will look to finish out the year with another spectacular victory when he defends his belt for the first time against his toughest challenge yet, former title holder Quinton ''Rampage'' Jackson. Plus, the legend, UFC Hall of Famer Matt Hughes, will try to defuse the high-octane attack of tireless welterweight contender Diego ''The Dream'' Sanchez in one of the division's most intriguing matchups.

• Turn It Up | DVD | (25/02/2002) from £6.00   |  Saving you £13.99 (233.17%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Respect Is Something You Earn. Turn It Up is an explosive contemporary drama about a gifted musician's struggle to rise above the crime-plagued urban streets and realize his dream. Diamond (""Pras"" of the Fugees and Mystery Men) is unwittingly drawn into the world of drug-running by his childhood friend Gage (rapper Ja Rule Backstage). The sudden death of Diamond's mother and the untimely pregnancy of his girlfriend force Diamond to make hard choices about his life and the people

• Ruby Gentry | DVD | (31/03/2008) from £6.73   |  Saving you £-1.74 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  She can never be a part of his world. But she can tear his world apart. Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Jones (Duel In The Sun The Song Of Bernadette) delivers a powerful performance as a strong-willed Southern beauty from the wrong side of the tracks in this bold sweeping drama co-starring Oscar winners Charlton Heston and Karl Malden. She was raised in the rugged swamplands. He was born into wealth and privilege. Yet from the moment Ruby (Jones) first laid eyes on Boake (Heston) she vowed to have him for her own. Now the residents of the small tidewater town will do everything in their power to stand in her way. But they've never seen a passion like this one...and they've never met a woman like Ruby!

• Hide Your Smiling Faces | DVD | (27/10/2014) from £8.85   |  Saving you £7.14 (80.68%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Hide Your Smiling Faces vividly depicts the young lives of two brothers as they abruptly come of age through the experience of a friend's mysterious death. The event ripples under the surface of their town unsettling the brothers and their friends in a way that they can't fully understand. Once familiar interactions begin to take on a macabre tone in light of the tragic accident leading Eric and Tommy to retreat into their wild surroundings. As the two brothers vocally face the questions they have about mortality they simultaneously hold their own silent debates within their minds that build into seemingly insurmountable moral peaks. Hide Your Smiling Faces is a true headlong glimpse into the raw spirit of youth as well as the calluses that one often develops as a result of an unfiltered past.

• The Man Who Haunted Himself | DVD | (18/04/2005) from £9.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (60.06%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Stalked by fear and terror - night and day! Based on an episode from TV's 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' The Man Who Haunted Himself was written and directed by Basil Dearden. After a horrific car crash where he almost dies Harold Pelham returns home to find his life has been overturned. People have seen him places where he cannot have possibly been and his business has been taken over a move which he had opposed before the accident. It soon becomes clear that there is another ""Ha

• Inspector Morse - Disc 11 And 12 - The Secret Of Bay 5B / Infernal Serpent | DVD | (24/06/2002) from £3.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (275.69%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When Inspector Morse first appeared on television in 1987, nobody could have predicted that it would run into the next century, maintaining throughout a quality of scripts and story lines that raised the genre of the detective series to a new level. Much of its success can be attributed to John Thaw's total immersion in the role. Morse is a prickly character and not obviously easy to like. As a detective in Oxford with unfulfilled academic propensities, he is permanently excluded from a world of which he would dearly love to be a part. He is at odds with that world--and with his colleagues in the police force--most of the time. Passionate about opera and "proper beer", he is a cultural snob for whom vulgarity causes almost physical pain. As a result, he lives from one disillusionment to another. And he is scarred--more deeply than he would ever admit--by past relationships. But he also has a naïve streak and, deep-down sensitivity, which makes him a fascinating challenge for women. At the heart of Morse's professional life is his awkward partnership with Detective Sergeant Lewis, the resolutely ordinary, worldly sidekick who manages to keep his boss in an almost permanent state of exasperation while retaining his grudging respect. It's a testament to Kevin Whateley's consistently excellent performance that from such unpromising material, Lewis becomes as indispensable to the series as Barrington Pheloung's hypnotic, classic theme music. Morse's investigations do occasionally take him abroad to more exotic locations, but throughout 14 successful years of often gruesome murders, the city of Oxford itself became a central character in these brooding two-hour dramas: creator Colin Dexter stating he finally had to kill Morse off because he was giving Oxford a bad reputation as a dangerous place! --Piers Ford

• Rolling Thunder | Blu Ray | (30/01/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  The ultimate revenge film, Rolling Thunder is one of the quintessential examples of action cinema from the glorious 1970s. After spending eight years in a Vietcong prison camp, Major Charles Rane (William Devane, Marathon Man) returns home to a small town in Texas to be greeted as a hero with a Cadillac convertible and couple thousand dollars in silver coins, one for each day of his imprisonment. Struggling to go back to his former life, Rane faces another ordeal as a gang of thugs set their sights on his cash prize. Now living only for vengeance, he heads to Mexico to exact his own brand of justice on the fleeing crooks. Tommy Lee Jones (JFK, Batman Forever) co-stars as Rane's best friend, Johnny Vohden, who unquestioningly agrees to help Rane in his mission of revenge.This little-seen gem was directed by John Flynn (Lock Up) and co-written by two top screenwriters, Heywood Gould and Paul Schrader. This was Schrader's first produced screenplay after Taxi Driver. The film’s title also was the inspiration for Quentin Tarantino's short lived video/DVD label, Rolling Thunder Pictures.

• Lola Versus | DVD | (12/11/2012) from £4.85   |  Saving you £15.14 (312.16%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Lola Versus captures the obsessions, confusions, and neuroses of contemporary urban middle class consciousness. Lola (Greta Gerwig) thinks her life is perfect--until her fiancé Luke (Joel Kinnaman) breaks up with her mere weeks before their wedding. What follows is a comic floundering, what might be a 21st-century update to 1970s "finding herself" movies like An Unmarried Woman, only the men are just as sensitive and self-absorbed as the women. Fortunately, the filmmakers keep a sense of perspective and humour about it all, and just as fortunately the movie is grounded in the unusual presence of its lead actress. Gerwig is strikingly beautiful, a fusion of a 1920s movie star and a Renaissance Madonna, but projects ordinariness. When juxtaposed with typical movie stars, she seems awkward and goofy, but when she's the centre of a movie, it all becomes suffused with her sweet approachability. The rest of the cast gets in tune, including Bill Pullman and Debra Winger as Lola's earnest, supportive parents and Hamish Linklater as Lola's best friend, Henry. The ending feels a bit tacked on, as if suddenly trying to harness the movie to a particular agenda, but the rest of Lola Versus enjoyably spins and wobbles in ways that resist easy labelling. --Bret Fetzer

• Diamond Heist | DVD | (04/11/2013) from £4.49   |  Saving you £0.50 (10.00%)   |  RRP £4.99

  When two dancers mysteriously disappear from outside his London club Terence (Michael Madsen) a notorious diamond smuggler; needs to find some replacements fast. His old colleague and former diamond man Jack Varga (Vinnie Jones) offers up his own recruits but Varga has ulterior motives. Varga has kidnapped Terence's courier Cherry and threatens to kill her unless she provides him with information on Terence's diamond smuggling operation. Cherry strikes a deal with Varga for him to let her go. All the complex pieces fall into place at Terence's birthday however Cherry has a plan of her own and has brought them all together to avenge the death of her father himself a diamond merchant who was killed by a vicious competitor. “No one does a London bad boy like Jones….” – Filmschoolrejects.com

• Milius | DVD | (18/11/2013) from £10.72   |  Saving you £9.27 (86.47%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This is the life story of one of the most influential and controversial film directors in the history of Hollywood John Milius. From his childhood aspirations to join the military to his formative years at the USC Film School his legendary work on films such as ‘Apocalypse Now’ ‘Jaws’ ‘Conan The Barbarian’ ‘Dirty Harry’ and ‘Red Dawn’ to his ultimate dismissal from Hollywood due to his radical beliefs and controversial behaviour.

• Survive Style 5+ | DVD | (29/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  As the title implies, there are five main story lines that seem, in the beginning, to exist in parallel universes.

• Gavin And Stacey - Series 3 | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £7.95   |  Saving you £17.04 (214.34%)   |  RRP £24.99

  All six episodes from the third series of the BBC comedy chronicling the ongoing romance between Essex boy Gavin (Mathew Horne) and Cardiff lass Stacey (Joanna Page). As Gavin starts his new job the move to Barry Island means big changes for the whole family. Pam (Alison Steadman) and Mick (Larry Lamb) have to adjust to an empty nest while Gwen (Melanie Walters) relishes having a full house again. Stacey (Joanna Page) is in her element but how will Gavin take to living in Wales?

• A Christmas Carol - The Northern Ballet Theatre | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Charles Dickens' immortal tale here revels in a delightful adaptation for dance drama in three acts by Christopher Gable distinguished choreographer actor and former Royal Ballet star who died in 1998. The work is laced with Carl Davis' sparkling Christmas music which also requires the dancers to sing at various points. The featured company is the renowned Northern Ballet Theatre who here dance with infectious ebullience and vivacity.

• Tom Jones | DVD | (17/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A fantastic collection of DVD's starring Tom Jones Britain's greatest singer. This unique collection demonstrates the width of Tom Jones' talent from all time smash hits to classic country ballads classic R & B and funk. Also featured are 20 classic duets with some of the leading artists of the 20th century. The Ultimate Tom Jones Collection: Over forty sensational songs performed in Tom's inimitable style. Includes duets with Tina Turner Dionne Warwick Gladys Knight Dusty Springfield and more. Tom Jones Classic R & B And Funk: 22 tracks. Tom Jones sings with special guests Tina Turner Issac Hayes and Chakka Khan. Tom Jones Smash Hits: The hits you know and love from the greatest entertainer Britain has ever seen. Tom Jones Duets: This unique DVD programme features the incredible Tom Jones Singing in duet with some of the world's greatest singers and stars. Tom Jones Classic Country: 18 fantastic country renditions from Tom. Tom Jones Classic Ballads: 35 ballads from Wales' finest.

• Christmas Is Here Again | DVD | (02/11/2009) from £5.01   |  Saving you £3.98 (79.44%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Xmas Is Here Again

• Assembly | Blu Ray | (05/05/2008) from £6.78   |  Saving you £18.21 (268.58%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Based on a true story Assembly follows one man's journey in search of truth and honour. The Huaihai Campaign of the Chinese Civil War broke out in the winter of 1948 and became one of the bloodiest battles in Chinese history. Thousands from The People's Liberation Army and the KMT Army fought in a bloodbath in between Xuzhou and Bengbu. Captain Guzidi commanding the Ninth Company led the infantry unit which consisted of a mere 46 men on a sniping mission to defend the south bank of the Wen River. His orders were to fight until the retreat assembly call was charged. After long hours of defence ammunition was running out and the number of men standing in the Ninth Company was quickly decreasing. Everyone began to wonder if they had missed the retreat bugle call. But Guzidi insisted that the bugle had not sounded and that they were to continue to battle at all costs. It was not until later when he found that all the neighbouring troops had already left the field that he realised he might have made a mistake and contributed to his men's deaths. Guzidi woke up in the hospital and discovered that due to a military re-organisation he and the 46 men who sacrificed themselves during the deadly engagement had last their identities and ranks and were deemed missing. Determined to prove the existence of the 46 men and honour their glorious deaths Guzidi embarks on his journey to search for his troops...

• Curdled | DVD | (13/02/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A young women named Gabriela has been fascinated with murder ever since she was a child. Moving one step closer to her obsession, Gabriela takes a job with a crime scene cleaning service in Miami, all the while fantasising about meeting the notorious 'Blue Blood' serial killer. Gabriela's dream is soon filled with a chilling face-to-face encounter with the psychopath... but will she live to tell the tale?

• Madman | Blu Ray | (10/07/2017) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE ALONE. Gather around the campfire, and hearthe tale of Madman Marz an ill-tempered farmer who, one dark night, chopped up his wife and two children into pieces. When the locals learned of his heinous crimes, they exacted revenge sinking an axe into his head and hanging him from a nearby tree. But the next day, Marz s body was gone... Thus the camp counsellor finishes his tale, closing with the warning never to say Marz s name above a whisper, lest the hideously-deformed farmer comes looking for them. Naturally, the first thing that one of the young campers does is calls out Marz s name precipitating a terrifying night of murder, mayhem and sexy Jacuzzi vignettes! Inspired by the same Cropsey urban legend which informed 1981 s The Burning and starring Dawn of the Dead s Gaylen Ross (appearing under the pseudonym Alexis Dubin ), Madman stands as one of the finest offerings from the golden age of hack n slash.