"Actor: Palmer"

• Winx Club - The Power of Sirenix | DVD | (25/03/2013) from £3.38   |  Saving you £5.87 (276.89%)   |  RRP £7.99

  The Winx Club find themselves in a race against time to achieve the power of Sirenix and prevent Aisha's evil cousin Tritannus from taking over the magic dimension! Plus, the girls hold a benefit concert to raise money to clean up an oil spill on Earth.

• Janacek: Kat'a Kabanova -- Glyndebourne | DVD | (26/01/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Kát'a Kabanová, Janácek's 1921 tragedy, is proof if any were needed that tales of personal oppression and turmoil will always make fine raw material for opera composers. Janácek took Ostrovsky's tumultuous drama of infidelity , The Storm, and created a compelling piece in which his music heightens the relationship between the troubled landscape of Kát'a's inner mind and the elements doing battle outside. In 1988, this Glyndebourne Festival production successfully distilled the heroine's wretched journey from put-upon wife and daughter-in-law to suicide via the ecstasy of a forbidden love affair into 100 minutes of intensely emotional operatic drama. At its heart, Janácek's unique tonal score underlines a powerful, almost naturalistic dialogue and exposes the impact of Kát'a's experiences on her escalating self-destruction. Felicity Palmer's Kabanicha--the mother-in-law from hell and the real instrument of Kát'a's downfall--is curiously remote and muted rather than the domineering figure of fear that we might expect. But the singing, particularly by Nancy Gustafson (tremendously affecting and emotionally convincing in the title role) and Ryland Davies as Kát'a's weak husband Tichon, is outstanding. Gustafson's performance alone makes this essential viewing for anybody with a passion for the great modern soprano roles. On the DVD: Sadly the only additional features are trailers for Seven Gates of Jersualem and The Damnation of Faust. The sound quality (PCM stereo) is more than fair, but inevitably the film of the production is constrained by the design: the stylised set is either very light or very dark and we don't get as close as we'd like to the characters in what is, after all, a disturbingly intimate piece. Arthaus Musik's booklet meets the expected high standards of information and background. --Piers Ford

• Liverpool - Season Review | DVD | (09/06/2008) from £4.79   |  Saving you £15.20 (317.33%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Liverpool once again proved they are a huge force in European competition as they reached the Semi Final of the Champions League. Re-live the glory and the drama as Liverpool conquer the mighty Inter Milan in their own backyard and then produce an absolute thriller against Arsenal on a night to remember at Anfield. There are highlights from every game including every goal scored in the Barclay's Premier League FA Cup and League Cup. This DVD is the definitive record of Liverpool's 07/08 season.

• Deep Blues | DVD | (25/02/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Rugby World Cup - Official Review 2003 - Scotland | DVD | (08/12/2003) from £9.60   |  Saving you £10.39 (52.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The official review of the 2003 Rugby World Cup for the Scottish rugby team.

• Handel - Rodelinda | DVD | (21/01/2008) from £16.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (47.09%)   |  RRP £24.99

• Better Things | DVD | (27/04/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  "Better Things" is a multi narrative drama depicting everyday life in small town England.

• The Blu-ray Experience: Opera & Ballet Highlights | Blu Ray | (27/10/2008) from £5.40   |  Saving you £-0.41 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Features performance extracts from Verdi's IL TROVATORE, Tchaikovsky's SWAN LAKE, Mozart's THE MAGIC FLUTE, Puccini's LA BOHEME and GIANNI SCHICCHI, Bizet's CARMEN, Mendelssohn's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Strauss' DIE FLEDERMAUS, Rameau's ZOROASTRE, Bellini's NORMA, and Balanchine's JEWELS.

• Rat | DVD | (23/08/2004) from £5.38   |  Saving you £0.61 (10.20%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Pete Postlethwaite is Hubert Flynn Dublin bread deliveryman who loves his pint of Guinness his bet on the horses and his wife Conchita in that order. So when he comes home from the pub one evening and changes into a rat Conchita is slow to forgive. Conchita (played to perfection by Imelda Staunton) at first resists her family's eccentric plans for Hubert but when an opportunistic ghost-writer knocks on the door and proposes to put their story in a book and then a film of the book and a book of the film and riches beyond her dreams... she is tempted. So setting the stage for a series of bizarre and comical adventures for Hubert the rat and his family. Rat is the tale of family values little furry folk and one man's struggle to regain his humanity... literally! Special effects by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

• The Best Videos In The World Ever! | DVD | (29/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Tracklisting1. Duran Duran - Rio2. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax3. Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love4. Pet Shop Boys - Go West5. Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall6. David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes7. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U8. Moby - Natural Blues9. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy10. Coldplay - The Scientist11. Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)12. Blur - Parklife13. Pulp - Common People14. Supergrass - Pumping On Your Stereo15. Madness - Baggy Trousers16. The Specials - Ghost Town17. Meatloaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)18. Ultravox - Vienna19. Bjork - All Is Full Of Love20. Daft Punk - Around The World21. The Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be22. George Michael - FastLove23. The Spice Girls - Wannabe24. Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood

• Kill Me Three Times | Blu Ray | (04/01/2016) from £13.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In the Australian surfing town of Eagle's Nest, a young woman is the thread that binds three tales of murder, blackmail and revenge.

• I Didn't Know You Cared - Third Series | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £8.74   |  Saving you £11.25 (56.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From the books of Peter Tinniswood comes one of television's greatest comedy families The Brandons. There's miserable pessimist Uncle Mort his sharp-tongued sister Annie who is constantly arguing with husband Les their laid-back son Carter and his not so laid-back fianc Pat and finally old Uncle Stavely who carries his friend's ashes around his neck in a box and only enters the constant bickering with a cry of ""I 'eard that! Pardon?"" Episodes comprise: 1. Men At Work 2. A Grave Decision 3. Party Games 4. A Bleak Day 5. Stout Deeds 6. Paradise Lost 7. The Last Tram

• The Sasquatch Gang | Blu Ray | (09/12/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Time Out | DVD | (28/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Time Out, which won the Lion of the Year at Venice in 2000, is a midlife crisis film with a difference. Vincent is an out-of-work consultant who fabricates an increasingly complex and unsustainable business life to give his wife and children a secure existence. In the process, old friends are caught up in shady investments and Geneva becomes the focal point of his fugitive career. Then, as the net closes, the eternally routine nature of Vincent's professional life returns to haunt him anew. Aurélien Récoing is persuasively understated in the lead role, conveying a myriad of emotions with his subtle facial gestures. Karin Viard is sympathetic as the trusting Muriel, ready to offer support even when the web of lies has all but unravelled, and there's an engaging contribution from Serge Livrozet--the adept black marketeer sincere in his willingness to help. Laurent Cantet's direction is a fine example of less is more, sustaining the film with relative ease over 129 minutes. Pierre Milon's camerawork makes the most of some stunning scenery on the Franco-Swiss border and Jocelyn Pook's spare but brooding score is a discreetly effective enhancement. As the closing scene ties up loose ends with a neatly barbed irony, you're left in little doubt that Vincent's problems are about to start again. --Richard Whitehouse

• Bad Influence | DVD | (04/08/2003) from £24.99   |  Saving you £-12.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Financial analyst Michael Boll seems to have everything: brains money a socially connected fiancee and a blindingly bright future. Then he meets Alex an impeccably dressed drifter with a fatal charm and an unsatiable appetite for wine women...and danger. Alex befriends Michael and takes him for a walk on the wild side-but Michael soon discovers that there's a terrible price to pay for life in the fast lane because hanging out with Alex...can be murder!

• Gianni Schicchi - Puccini | DVD | (30/05/2005) from £16.37   |  Saving you £3.62 (18.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Alessandro Corbelli takes the title role in Annabel Arden's whirlwind production of Puccini's compact opera in which the scheming Gianni Schicchi retrieves for himself the spoils of a disinherited family to pave the way for his daughter to marry her love.

• Butterflies - Series 2 - The Complete Series | DVD | (07/04/2003) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This classic poignant BBC comedy starring Wendy Craig as the bored suburban housewife Ria looking for more from life. Ria is seemingly happy with two teenage sons but after 19 years of marriage she feels that everyone is taking her for granted and that life is passing her by.

• The Greatest Eighties | DVD | (14/10/2002) from £12.13   |  Saving you £-2.14 (-21.40%)   |  RRP £9.99

  1. Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine 2. Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive 3. Kim Wilde - View From A Bridge 4. J Geils Band - Freeze Frame 5. Hot Chocolate - Girl Crazy 6. Kate Bush - Army Dreamers 7. Stranglers - Strange Little Girl 8. Dexy's Midnight Runners - There There My Dear 9. Fun Boy Three - It Ain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It) 10. Specials - Nelson Mandela 11. Robert Palmer - She Makes My Day 12. Mel & Kim - Respectable 13. Ultravox - The Thin wall

• Thunder Rock | DVD | (26/05/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

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• Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades) | DVD | (21/01/2002) from £20.02   |  Saving you £6.23 (33.21%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This Glyndebourne production of Pique Dame ("The Queen of Spades") received rave reviews when it appeared in 1992 due to its claustrophobic intensity and powerful acting, and these qualities help it to transfer to DVD with great success. Graham Vick's direction ensures that the story is told clearly and simply but includes a wealth of telling details: the pastoral scene from Act 2, for example, uses the boys from the opening chorus as comical sheep and the effect is enchanting. But there are much darker undertones too: Richard Hudson's slanting, angular designs produce a disorientating atmosphere which mirrors Herman's increasing mental deterioration with uncanny precision. There is a brilliant stroke of visual assonance when the Countess returns to haunt Herman and all the furniture from her death scene appears on the roof. The singing is generally good, though Yuri Marusin's voice may not be to everyone's taste; sometimes he sounds like he's shouting, and his frequent lack of vibrato produces a piercing, uncomfortable effect. Nancy Gustafson is a fine Lisa, however, and Dimitri Kharitonov (Yeletsky) is heartbreaking in the famous "Ya vas lyublyu" ("I love you") aria. For overall better singing but a more plodding production, try the 1992 Kirov recording, but for spine-tingling drama this is the one to go for. On the DVD: Pique Dame on disc has subtitles in English, German, French and Spanish. The camerawork captures the odd angularity of the designs and gives an excellent account of a fast-paced, powerful production.--Warwick Thomson