"Actor: Ken"

• Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (27/01/2025) from £36.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The final feature produced, photographed, edited and directed by Russ Meyer is a wicked take on Our Town, co-written by Meyer and Pulitzer Prize winner Roger Ebert (BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS). Russ' latter-day muse Francesca ˜Kitten' Natividad stars along with Uschi Digard, Ann Marie, June Mack, Candy Samples and Russ himself in this unwashed look at Small Town, U.S.A., complete with faith healers, war criminals, bosom buddies, and the loin-girding quest for sexual salvation. Because the original elements for BENEATH THE VALLEY OF THE ULTRA-VIXENS had been stored in less-than-optimal conditions, Severin Films devoted months to the painstaking restoration of its weather-damaged negative before scanning it in 4K and compiling 2+ hours of new and archival footage, all with the blessing and cooperation of The Russ Meyer Trust.

• Housesitter | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £9.43   |  Saving you £0.56 (5.94%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A slick, smart vehicle for Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn, Housesitter offers an acceptably daffy premise and enough inventive business to sustain it through to the, not unexpected, happy ending. Architect Martin builds a dream home for his childhood sweetheart (Dana Delaney) only to be rejected when he proposes marriage. After a one-night stand, Hawn--a daffy waitress with a gift for making up improbable but convincing lies--moves into Martin's house and tells his parents (Donald Moffatt, Julie Harris) and the whole community that she is his surprise new wife. When he sees how this impresses Delaney, Martin goes along with the charade, encouraging wilder and wilder fictions and doing his best to join in so that he can rush through to a divorce and move on to the woman he has always wanted. Hawn has to recruit a couple of winos to pose as her parents and impress Martin's boss into giving him a promotion, but we glimpse her real misery at his eventual intention to toss her out of the make-believe world she has created because her own real background is so grim. Its sit-com hi-jinx are manic enough not to be strangled by an inevitable dip in to sentiment towards the end, and Hawn, who always has to work hard, is better matched against the apparently effortless Martin than in their subsequent pairing in Out-of-Towners. Martin, often wasted in comparatively straight roles, has a few wild and crazy scenes as Hawn prompts him into joining her improvised fantasies. Director Frank Oz, a frequent Martin collaborator (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Little Shop of Horrors, Bowfinger), is the model of a proper, competent, professional craftsman when he sets out to put a comedy together--but the film misses streaks of lunacy or cruelty that might have made it funnier and more affecting. On the DVD: The disc offers a pristine widescreen non-anamorphic transfer, letterboxed to 1.85:1. There are no extra features to speak of, just text-based production notes, cast and director bios, plus a trailer and an assortment of language and subtitle options. --Kim Newman

• PRISON WALLS: ABASHIRI PRISON I-III (Masters of Cinema) Special Edition Two-disc Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (27/05/2024) from £29.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Constructed in the late nineteenth century to house political prisoners, Japan's infamous Abashiri Prison served as the inspiration for a popular and prolific run of yakuza movies released between 1965 and 1972. The Masters of Cinemaseries is proud to present the first three entries in this landmark series, directed by the King of Cult Teruo Ishii (Shogun's Joy of Torture) and starring a titan of Japanese genre cinema, Ken Takakura (The Bullet Train).Abashiri Prison, Takakura stars as Shinichi Tachibana, a yakuza sent to Abashiri as punishment for an attack on a rival gangster. He intends to serve his time as a model prisoner until he is shackled to the bullish Gonzo Gonda (Kōji Nanbara), unwittingly roped into an escape attempt orchestrated by Heizo Yoda (Tōru Abe) and forced to face the frozen wilderness of Hokkaidō. In Another Abashiri Prison Story, Tachibana has just been released when he stumbles across a stash of diamonds recently stolen in a heist and attracts unwanted attention from criminals and cops alike. Finally, in Abashiri Prison: Saga of Homesickness, Tachibana reunites with his former yakuza associates, who are trying to go straight. That is, at least, until old rivals come looking for trouble Ken Takakura would reprise the role of Tachibana in another seven films under the Abashiri Prison banner all of them helmed by Teruo Ishii before the series was rebooted as New Abashiri Prison in 1968, leading to a further eight instalments with Takakura in the lead. It all began with these early entries, presented here for the first time ever on Blu-ray from brand new restorations of the original film elements by Toei.Extras:Limited edition O-card slipcase featuring new artwork by Tony Stella [First print run of 2000 copies only] | 1080p HD presentation of all three films from restorations of the original film elements supplied by Toei | Optional English subtitles newly translated for this release | Original Japanese audio (uncompressed LPCM mono) | Brand new audio commentary tracks by Tom Mes, Chris Poggiali and Mike Leeder & Arne Venema | Tony Rayns on Abashiri Prison brand new interview with critic and Asian cinema expert Tony Rayns | Brand new video appreciation by Jasper Sharp and Mark Schilling | Trailers | PLUS: A collector's booklet featuring new writing by Mark SchillingKen Takakura would reprise the role of Tachibana in another seven films under the Abashiri Prison banner all of them helmed by Teruo Ishii before the series was rebooted as New Abashiri Prison in 1968, leading to a further eight instalments with Takakura in the lead. It all began with these early entries, presented here for the first time ever on Blu-ray from brand new restorations of the original film elements by Toei.

• The Wackers - The Complete Series | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An everyday story of me mam, me dar, me kids and me gerl's owl feller... A forerunner to Carla Lane's Bread, this provocative mid-seventies sitcom pulls no punches in its depiction of a working-class Liverpudlian family who share everything... except faith and football teams! The Wackers (Scouse for 'mates') stars Ken Jones - best known as Porridge's 'Horrible' Ives - Alison Steadman, Sheila Fay, a teenaged Keith Chegwin and future Brookside legend Bill Dean, and is written by veteran scree...

• 100 Streets | DVD | (23/01/2017) from £4.37   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Three people, three extraordinary stories. All lived out within a hundred London streets

• Midnight Sun | DVD | (23/07/2018) from £9.90   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A heart-breaking tale of love and dreams lost and realised, MIDNIGHT SUN tells the life-affirming story of 17-year-old Katie Price (Bella Thorne, Disney's Shake It Up, The DUFF), sheltered since childhood with a rare disease that makes even the smallest amount of sunlight deadly. During the day she is housebound, but after nightfall, Katie's world opens up, as she is able to venture out to the local train station and play her guitar for travellers. One night, fate intervenes when she meets Charlie (Patrick Schwarzenegger), a high school all-star athlete, whom she has secretly admired for years. She hides her condition from him as the two embark on a uniquely powerful romance over one nearly perfect summer.

• The Yakuza | DVD | (19/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  REGION 2 UK DVD - OFFICIAL WARNER BROS RELEASE - HARD TO FIND CLASSIC STARRING ROBERT MITCHUM.

• An Audience with Ken Dodd | DVD | (10/05/2010) from £5.02   |  Saving you £7.97 (158.76%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An Audience With Ken Dodd

• Henry: Mind of a Tyrant | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £10.49   |  Saving you £9.50 (90.56%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This four-part television biography of Henry VIII is presented by historian Dr David Starkey who takes us inside the mind of one of the most famous rulers of all time.

• SAMURAI REINCARNATION | Blu Ray | (19/06/2023) from £12.08   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In the aftermath of a failed rebellion, Amakusa Shiro (Kenji Sawada) is crucified, but returns as a vengeance-filled demon with the power to resurrect the dead. Shiro uses his power to assemble a team of undead warriorsincluding legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi (Ken Ogata)and the only one who can stop them is the wandering samurai, Yagyu Jubei (Sonny Chiba).A spectacular chanbara fantasy epic from Kinji Fukasaku (Battle Royale), Samurai Reincarnation makes its UK debut from a stunning 2K restoration as part of the Masters of Cinema series.Special FeaturesLimited Edition Slipcase (First print run of 2000 copies) featuring artwork by Takato Yamamato1080p presentation on Blu-ray from a 2K restoration of the original film elementsUncompressed original Japanese mono audioAlternate English dubbed audioOptional English subtitlesBrand new audio commentary by Tom MesBrand new interview with filmmaker Kenta FukasakuOriginal Japanese trailerPLUS: A collectors booklet featuring new writing on the film

• Postman Pat Special Delivery Service: Flying Christmas Stocking | DVD | (09/11/2009) from £6.29   |  Saving you £6.70 (106.52%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Postman Pat is back as the "Head of Special Delivery Service" with a very special Christmas mission!

• Black Rain | DVD | (04/09/2000) from £6.91   |  Saving you £6.08 (87.99%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A guilty pleasure if ever there was one, Black Rain is a ridiculously entertaining thriller by Ridley Scott (Alien), starring Michael Douglas as a tough New York cop who--along with his partner (Andy Garcia)--goes to Japan to deliver a local mobster. When the latter escapes, Douglas's brand of gonzo crime fighting rubs his Japanese hosts the wrong way. Slick, mechanistic, and absurd, the film is all surface action and attitude (not to mention Scott's incredibly busy, trademark art direction); and one can get lost in the sheer indulgence of it. However, if you can buy Douglas as an iconoclastic lawman, you can buy anything else here, including the notion of Kate Capshaw as a blonde escort highly desired by Japanese businessmen. -- Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Air America | DVD | (04/08/2008) from £6.19   |  Saving you £6.80 (109.85%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr. are two renegade pilots ensnared in the madness of covert operations over Laos during the Vietnam conflict. They lead the crew of Air America a not-so-secret airline that drops everything from live pigs to opium over villages throughout the Vietnam countryside. Join Mel Robert and the crazy crew of wartime flyers in the funniest action-comedy since 'Lethal Weapon 2' and 'Good Morning Vietnam'!

• Old | DVD | (25/10/2021) from £6.40   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Visionary filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan unveils a chilling, mysterious new thriller about a family on a tropical holiday who discover that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly reducing their entire lives into a single day.

• Ian Rankin's Rebus - The Ken Stott Collection | DVD | (15/10/2012) from £29.95   |  Saving you £0.04 (0.13%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Ken Stott stars as the eponymous hero Detective Inspector John Rebus in ten classic adaptations of Ian Rankin's worldwide bestselling detective novels of the same name. Set in Edinburgh, the mercurial Rebus’s investigations lead him through the city's ancient beauty and into its more sinister quarters. Stott's portrayal of Rebus is recognisably Rankin's tough and street savvy character, but is softened by a sense of humour and a taste for romance. So sit back and enjoy more than 12 hours of John Rebus at his very best.

• Porridge | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £5.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher (Ronnie Barker). The new prison officer Beale makes Mackay (Fulton Mackay) look soft and what's more an escape plan is hatching from the cell of prison godfather Grouty and Fletcher wants no part of it. The breakout is set for the day of a morale-raising football match between a ""celebrity"" football team and the inmates of Slade. Everything is going to plan until Godber (Richard Beckinsale) is injured on th

• Dallas - Season 14 | DVD | (21/03/2011) from £25.63   |  Saving you £-0.64 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The 14th and final season of Dallas finds ruthless oil executive J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman) escaping from a mental institution then resuming his Herculean efforts to wrest control of Ewing Oil from his brother Bobby (Patrick Duffy). Episodes Comprise: 1. April in Paris 2. Charade 3. One Last Kiss 4. Terminus 5. Tunnel of Love 6. Heart and Soul 7. The Fabulous Ewing Boys 8. The Odessa File 9. Sail On 10. Lock Stock and Jock 11. 'S' Is for Seduction 12. Designing Women 13. 90265 14. Smooth Operator 15. Win Some Lose Some 16. Fathers and Sons and Fathers and Sons 17. When the Wind Blows 18. Those Darned Ewings 19. Farewell My Lovely 20. Some Leave Some Get Carried Out 21. The Decline and Fall of the Ewing Empire 22. Conundrum

• The Horse Soldiers | DVD | (01/03/2004) from £12.01   |  Saving you £0.98 (8.16%)   |  RRP £12.99

  John Wayne teams with William Holden and eminent western director John Ford for this frontier actioner. Written by John Lee Mahin and Martin Rackin this faithful representation of one of the most daring cavalry exploits in history is both a moving tribute to the men who fought and died in that bloody war and a powerful action-packed drama. Based on an actual Civil War incident The Horse Soldiers tells the rousing tale of a troop of Union Soldiers who force their way deep into Sou

• Audition | DVD | (28/06/2004) from £13.79   |  Saving you £1.20 (8.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  'Audition' is an eerie tale of a man (Ryo Ishibashi) who in his search for a new wife at the insistence of his son holds an audition for potential mates. He disguises his actual intentions by saying that the audition is for an actress to star in a new movie that he is making. When at last he finds the perfect woman (the model Eihi Shiina) she disappears leaving a bizarre trail of gruesome murders in her path... This collector's edition of 'Audition' features specially prepared

• The Last Samurai (Two Disc Edition) | DVD | (07/05/2004) from £4.50   |  Saving you £11.49 (255.33%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When an American military officer is hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country's first army in the 1870s, he is unexpectedly impressed by the Imperial Samurai warriors and their way of life.