"Actor: Ken"

• Unforgiven (Yurusarezaru mono) | DVD | (28/07/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  For the first time in Japanese cinematic history an American Academy Award is coming to life. Released worldwide in 1992 Unforgiven starring and directed by Clint Eastwood was hailed by critics as a cinematic masterpiece. It was nominated for nine Oscars and bought home four including Best Picture and Best Director. Inspired by the film Korean-Japanese filmmaker Lee Sang-il presents Yurusarezarumono a story set in Japan during the same period as the original film with globally renowned Japanese actor Ken Watanabe in the lead role Jubei Kamata a relix of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The story takes place at the dawn of the Meiji Era in 1880 set in Ezo (now Hokkaido) the northernmost island of Japan. After the fall of the Shogunate Jubei fought in a series of battles then vanished. More than ten years have passed. Poverty leads Jubei to abandon his resolve to bury his sword. Once again he finds himself ensnared in a life of violence. With his former comrade-in-arms he confronts hypocrites who profess to represent justice.

• Unlawful Entry | DVD | (25/08/2003) from £9.18   |  Saving you £-3.19 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Jonathan Kaplan (The Accused) directed this creepy thriller about an outwardly friendly cop (Ray Liotta) who attaches himself to a married couple (Kurt Russell, Madeleine Stowe) whom he helps during a crisis. In short order, he's revealed to be a psychopath who wants Russell's wife, but the film is about more than Liotta's mental state. A bold script and Kaplan's astute direction peel away the layers of masculine identity in the male leads and underscore the painful conflicts good men feel when faced with classic territorial challenges. This is not as profound as Straw Dogs, Sam Peckinpah's long-banned on video home-invasion classic, but it is honest and provocative, until mayhem overcomes the final act. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Black Rain | HD DVD | (17/09/2007) from £12.99   |  Saving you £17.00 (130.87%)   |  RRP £29.99

  From Oscar-nominated director Ridley Scott (Gladiator) comes this stylish star-powered crime thriller that crackles with heart-pounding action and taut suspense. Academy Award-winner Michael Douglas is electrifying as Nick Conklin a rough-and-tumble NYC detective under investigation for corruption. Ordered to escort a cold-blooded killer named Sato back to his native Japan Nick and his partner Charlie (Oscar nominee Andy Garcia) unwittingly deliver Sato into the hands of his own gang. With assistance from a by-the-book Japanese cop (Ken Takakura) and a beautiful club hostess (Kate Capshaw) the American cops chase Sato through Osaka's seamy underworld as Nick fights to recapture something as important as the criminal he lost: his honour.

• Saw | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £3.99   |  Saving you £16.00 (401.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Two men wake up chained to the wall of a bathroom. There is a dead body between them. Neither man can remember how they got there and have no idea why a demented serial killer named 'Jigsaw' has given them eight hours to kill each other.

• From Beyond | DVD | (25/02/2013) from £9.05   |  Saving you £6.94 (76.69%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Obsessive scientist Dr. Pretorious and his assistant Crawford Tillinghast have invented 'The Resonator'. A device intended to stimulate the brain's Pineal gland and expand the powers of the mind. The machine gives them more than they bargained for however when a parallel universe inhibited by slimy creatures ready to prey on humans reveals itself. Pretorious meets a sticky end and returns as a grotesque, deformed being and all manner of depravity ensues. Special Features: Stuart Gordon on From Beyond. Gothic Adaptation: An Interview with writer Dennis Paoli. The Doctors is in: An Interview with Barbara Crampton. Monsters and Slime: The FX of From Beyond. Directors Perspective. The Editing room: Lost and Found. An Interview with the Composer. Commentary with Stuart Gordon, Brian Yuzna and Jeffrey Combs. A Photo montage. Storyboard to film comparison.

• Buck and the Preacher (1972) (Criterion Collection) UK Only | Blu Ray | (26/09/2022) from £21.84   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  !With his rousingly entertaining directorial debut, SIDNEY POITIER (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner) helped rewrite the history of the western, bringing Black heroes to a genre in which they had always been sorely underrepresented. Combining boisterous buddy comedy with blistering, Black Powerera political fury, Poitier and a marvellously mischievous HARRY BELAFONTE (Carmen Jones) star as a tough and taciturn wagon master and an unscrupulous, pistol-packing preacher, who join forces in order to take on the white bounty hunters threatening a westward-bound caravan of recently freed enslaved people. A superbly crafted revisionist landmark, Buck and the Preacher subverts Hollywood conventions at every turn and reclaims the western genre in the name of Black liberation. Special Features New digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack New interview with Mia Mask, author of Black Rodeo: A History of the African American Western Behind-the-scenes footage featuring actor-director Sidney Poitier and actor Harry Belafonte Interviews with Poitier and Belafonte from 1972 episodes of Soul! and The Dick Cavett Show New interview with Gina Belafonte, daughter of Harry Belafonte English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by critic Aisha Harris

• Goosebumps 2 | Blu Ray | (18/02/2019) from £8.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Be careful what you wish for. With their after school junk business, best friends Sonny and Sam hope to find treasure in other people's trash. But when cleaning out the old Stine house, they open a locked book that frees a supernatural nightmare - Slappy! Now, with the help of Sonny's sister Sarah, they're in a race against time to get the sinister dummy and all the creatures he's brought to life back into the pages before he unleashes total pandemonium.

• Fortitude - Season 1-2 | DVD | (01/05/2017) from £15.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Season 1 About the Show, Filming in Iceland, On the Glacier, From Script to Screen, Rogue Secrets, The Set Tour, Let it Snow, Beware the Bear, Reflection of Reality, Killer Revealed, Recipe for Blood, Graphic Content Season 2 The Story So Far: Fortitude, Fortitude: New Faces, New Dangers, Investigate Fortitude Part 1: Climate Change & Human Health, Investigate Fortitude Part 2: From Wildlife Behaviour to Pathogens, Investigate Fortitude Part 3: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Investigate Fortitude Part 4: Creating a Healthy Future

• Sooty - Holiday Fun Double Pack | DVD | (15/06/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

• Torpedo Run | DVD | (03/09/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Another Audience With Ken Dodd - Comedy Gold (2010) | DVD | (18/10/2010) from £4.79   |  Saving you £3.20 (66.81%)   |  RRP £7.99

  You're sure to be tickled by this hilarious audience with veteran comedian Ken Dodd.

• Trial By Fire | DVD | (20/05/2013) from £4.98   |  Saving you £2.00 (66.89%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Known for her special rapport with troubled students,Paulette seems just the person to help Kip Bauchmoyer through various issues when he joins her literature class. But rumours soon start circulating that the bond between Kip and the good-looking,sympathetic Paulette goes far beyond any acceptable pupil teacher relationship. Following Kip's suicide,the wealthy community to which he belongs closes ranks against Paulette and she finds herself on trial amid a blaze of intrusive media attention...

• Scrubs - Series 3 | DVD | (13/02/2006) from £6.49   |  Saving you £24.50 (377.50%)   |  RRP £30.99

  All the episodes of the groundbreaking show's third season! Episodes Comprise: 1. My American Girl 2. My Journey 3. My White Whale 4. My Lucky Night 5. My Brother Where Art Thou 6. My Advice To You 7. My Fifteen Seconds 8. My Friend The Doctor 9. My Dirty Secret 10. My Rule Of Thumb 11. My Clean Break 12. My Catalyst 13. My Porcelain God 14. My Screw Up 15. My Tormented Mentor 16. My Butterfly 17. My Moment Of Un-truth 18. His Story 2 19. My Choosiest Choice Of All 20. My Fa

• Batman Begins | Blu Ray | (01/10/2018) from £34.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Acclaimed director Christopher Nolan explores the origins of the legendary Dark Knight. After his parents' murders, disillusioned heir Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels the world seeking the means to fight injustice. With the help of his trusted butler Alfred (Michael Caine), Detective Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and his ally Lucius Fox (morgan freeman), Wayne returns to Gotham and unleashes his alter ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses strength, intellect and high-tech weaponry to fight evil. Extras: The Dark Knight IMAX Prologue, Tankman Begins: A Batman Begins spoof, Batman - The Journey Begins: Concept, design and development of the film as well as the casting of Batman himself, Shaping Mind and Body: Observe Christian Bale's transformation into Batman, Gotham City Rises: Witness the creation of Gotham City, the Batcave, Wayne Manor and more, Cape and Cowl: The development of the Batsuit, Batman - The Tumbler: the reinvention of the Batmobile, Path to Discovery: A look at the first week filming on rugged and remote Iceland locations, Saving Gotham City: The development of minatures, CGI and effects for the monorail chase scene, Genesis of the Bat: A look at the Dark Knight's incarnation and influences on the film, Reflections on Writing Batman Begins with David S. Goyer, Digital Batman: The effects you may have missed, Batman Begins Stunts, Theatrical Trailer.

• Plunkett And Macleane | DVD | (06/09/2010) from £10.43   |  Saving you £-0.44 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  No-one will be neutral about Plunkett and Macleane. Either you go with its notion of cheeky, stylish fun or you want to grab first-time director Jake Scott by the ear and slap him silly. Your inclination may depend on whether you recall his dad Ridley's own directing debut, The Duellists (1977), and savour the correspondences. Dad took a Joseph Conrad tale of the Napoleonic Wars, cast it with the ultra-contemporary Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel, and filmed it with a swooping, mobile camera. Son Jake has made a feisty period piece about a pair of thieves (Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller) in 1748 London and filled it with blatant anachronisms. A decadent aristo (Alan Cumming), asked whether he "still swings both ways," replies, "I swing every way!" A ballroom full of revellers dances the minuet (or is it the gavotte?) while our ears--if not theirs--are filled with a trance ballad. And so forth. Is this sophomoric? Maybe. But it's also often fresh and inventive. Why shouldn't a filmmaker be allowed to speak directly to a contemporary consciousness, even flaunt it, as long as he also delivers startling imagery and convincing period detail? The solid cast includes Michael Gambon as a corrupt magistrate, Ken Stott as a very nasty enforcer named Mr Chance (who favours a thumb through the eye socket and into the brain as a mode of execution) and Terence Rigby as a philosophical jailer. Even Liv Tyler looks more interesting than usual. In the end pretty frivolous, Plunkett and Macleane is nonetheless a lively debut. --Richard T Jameson, Amazon.com

• From Beyond | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £15.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (42.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Obsessive scientist Dr. Pretorious and his assistant Crawford Tillinghast have invented 'The Resonator'. A device intended to stimulate the brain's Pineal gland and expand the powers of the mind. The machine gives them more than they bargained for however when a parallel universe inhibited by slimy creatures ready to prey on humans reveals itself. Pretorious meets a sticky end and returns as a grotesque, deformed being and all manner of depravity ensues. Special Features: Stuart Gordon on From Beyond. Gothic Adaptation: An Interview with writer Dennis Paoli. The Doctors is in: An Interview with Barbara Crampton. Monsters and Slime: The FX of From Beyond. Directors Perspective. The Editing room: Lost and Found. An Interview with the Composer. Commentary with Stuart Gordon, Brian Yuzna and Jeffrey Combs. A Photo montage. Storyboard to film comparison.

• Jack The Ripper | DVD | (05/09/2002) from £26.51   |  Saving you £-9.52 (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  A TV version of the Jack The Ripper story which claims to show the truth behind the grisly murder of prostitutes in Victorian London. Detective Abberline (Caine in a Golden Globe award winning performance) must find the murderer while under terrific pressure from the public and the Government...

• King Solomon's Mines | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £19.93   |  Saving you £-3.95 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  King Solomon's Mines had been filmed several times before, but this 1985 adaptation of H Rider Haggard's novel is far and away the most absurdly tongue-in-cheek. Making no disguise of riding Indiana Jones's coattails, the adventure starts fast and grows ever wilder. Richard Chamberlain wears Allan Quatermain's fedora and expression of grim determination. Supposedly concerned with the novel's quest for lost gold, the movie is really an excuse to string together numerous sight gags and low-budget attempts to upstage Raiders of the Lost Ark (hardly surprisingly, it fails). Pursued by a wax-moustachioed and Wagner-obsessed Herbert Lom, Quatermain and a dizzily blonde Sharon Stone escape an avalanche and crocodiles before being boiled in a cauldron with plastic vegetables at the Village of the Upside Down People. Nothing lingers in the memory, though, than the sight of Chamberlain skiing behind a locomotive. Cheap and rudely plagiaristic it may be, but Indy never got to be as (un)intentionally hilarious. On the DVD: King Solomon's Mines has come up exceptionally well on disc in this widescreen print. Sound is in Dolby 2.0 and is a faithful representation of the effort put into the film's sound design. The only extra is the original trailer. --Paul Tonks

• Vs. The Life and Films of Ken Loach | DVD | (27/06/2016) from £5.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.95%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Louise Osmond (Dark Horse) directs this candid documentary on one of Britain's most celebrated and controversial filmmakers, Ken Loach. Following the director as he prepares to release his final major film I, Daniel Blake later this year, Osmond looks back at the trials and tribulations of Loach's fifty year career, from his roots in television to his award winning features. Featuring interviews his friends and collaborators including Cillian Murphy, Melvyn Bragg, Sheila Hancock and Ricky Tomlinson, this is a funny and provocative account of Loach's life and career. Extras: Bertha DocHouse Q&A with Ken Loach and Louise Osmond Additional Interviews Loach on Location Stills Gallery (Ken's Collaborators) Theatrical Trailer

• Dead or Alive Trilogy | Blu Ray | (27/03/2017) from £24.69   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Beginning with an explosive, six-minute montage of sex, drugs and violence, and ending with a phallus-headed battle robot taking flight, Takashi Miike's unforgettable Dead or Alive Trilogy features many of the director's most outrageous moments set alongside some of his most dramatically moving scenes. Made between 1999 and 2002, the Dead or Alive films cemented Miike's reputation overseas as one of the most provocative enfants terrible of Japanese cinema, yet also one of its most talented and innovative filmmakers. In Dead or Alive, tough gangster Ryuichi (Riki Takeuchi) and his ethnically Chinese gang make a play to take over the drug trade in Tokyo's Shinjuku district by massacring the competition. But he meets his match in detective Jojima (Show Aikawa), who will do everything to stop them. Dead or Alive 2: Birds casts Aikawa and Takeuchi together again, but as new characters, a pair of rival yakuza assassins who turn out to be childhood friends; after a botched hit, they flee together to the island where they grew up, and decide to devote their deadly skills to a more humanitarian cause. And in Dead or Alive: Final, Takeuchi and Aikawa are catapulted into a future Yokohama ruled by multilingual gangs and cyborg soldiers, where they once again butt heads in the action-packed and cyberpunk-tinged finale to the trilogy. Each of them unique in theme and tone, the Dead or Alive films showcase Miike at the peak of his strengths, creating three very distinct movies connected only by their two popular main actors, each film a separate yet superb example of crime drama, character study, and action filmmaking. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: High Definition digital transfers of all three films Original uncompressed stereo audio Optional English subtitles for all three films New interview with actor Riki Takeuchi New interview with actor Sho Aikawa New interview with producer and screenwriter Toshiki Kimura New audio commentary for Dead or Alive by Miike biographer Tom Mes Archive interviews with cast and crew Archive making-of featurettes for DOA2: Birds and DOA: Final Original theatrical trailers for all three films Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Orlando Arocena