"Actor: Pau Giamatti"

• Christmas Triple 2011 - Fred Claus / National Lampoons Christmas Vacation / Jack Frost | DVD | (07/11/2011) from £11.50   |  Saving you £6.49 (56.43%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Griswolds are trying to have nice old-fashioned Christmas-even though all in-laws are dropping in including Clark's redneck cousin Eddie & his clan. It's going to be holly-jolly holiday. A hilarious and heartwarming comedy starring Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti about Santa's brother and complete opposite Fred Claus. A heartwarming story for the whole family! Following the death of his father a young boy is befriended by a magical snowman who turns out to be his reincarnated father.

• Big Fat Liar | DVD | (30/01/2013) from £8.72   |  Saving you £4.26 (74.35%)   |  RRP £9.99

  After a young boy's school essay erroneously finds its way into the hands of a Hollywood producer who turns the idea into a hit film, the boy travels to Los Angeles to claim his credit.

• Safe Men | DVD | (04/06/2007) from £9.43   |  Saving you £0.56 (5.94%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Welcome To The World Of Disorganized Crime. For the first time on DVD from comic filmmaker John Hamburg (Meet the Parents Zoolander Along Came Polly Meet the Fockers) comes this offbeat tale of inept lounge singers Sam (Sam Rockwell Lawn Dogs) and Eddie (Steve Zahn Out of Sight) who find themselves breaking into the burglary biz when they're mistaken by a low-level mobster (Paul Giamatti Sideways) for the best safecrackers in town. Now two guys who can't carry a tune are carrying off a series of hysterical heists in this comic gem

• Big Momma's House/ Big Momma's House 2 Double Pack | DVD | (01/10/2012) from £5.39   |  Saving you £7.60 (141.00%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Titles Comprise: Big Momma's House: Disguise the limit in this hilarious heavyweight hit that's 'bigger than Mrs. Doubtfire and badder than Tootsie' (Mike Cidoni, ABC-TV). 'Martin Lawrence brings down the house' (E! Online) as crafty FBI agent Malcolm Turner - he's willing to go through thick and thin in order to catch an escaped federal prisoner. 'Nia Long is captivating' (Checkout.com) as Sherry, the con's sexy former flame - she might have the skinny on m...

• Big Momma's House | DVD | (14/05/2001) from £5.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (53.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  No one tries very hard in Big Momma's House, so your enjoyment of this Martin Lawrence vehicle pretty much depends on how much amusement you're able to derive from a guy dressed up as a very ample woman. The setup is of the eye-rolling, only-in-Hollywood nature: Lawrence, as detective Malcolm Turner, is after a killer, and apparently the only way to capture him is to pose as the bad guy's ex-girlfriend's grandmother, who--the film cannot stress this point too much--is quite large. Apparently, Sherry (Nia Long), the young woman in question--she's as attractive as Big Momma is, well, you know--is none too bright, for she falls for Malcolm's ruse, which of course ostensibly amuses mainly because it's so transparent. She at least has an excuse--she hasn't seen Big Momma in two years--but Big Momma's oblivious friends must be functional morons. Screenwriters Darryl Quarles and Don Rhymer didn't tax themselves very much, as they have Malcolm-as-Big-Momma going through fairly predictable motions--botching a meal and delivering a baby unconventionally (Big Momma's a midwife), but ruling at basketball and self-defence and protecting Sherry while trying vainly not to flirt with her. Paul Giamatti is wasted as Malcolm's partner; director Raja Gosnell's clunky sense of comic rhythm is bewildering, because he used to be an editor (he brought a similar lack of magic to Home Alone 3). Lawrence won't have anyone forgetting Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot, Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie, or Robin Williams in Mrs Doubtfire anytime soon. Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps is far more accomplished, versatile, and funny. --David Kronke, Amazon.com

• Love & Mercy | Blu Ray | (04/01/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The life of reclusive Beach Boys songwriter and musician Brian Wilson, from his successes with highly-influential orchestral pop albums to his nervous breakdown and subsequent encounter with controversial therapist Dr. Eugene Landy.

• Barney's Version | DVD | (23/05/2011) from £5.38   |  Saving you £14.61 (271.56%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The publication of a book accusing him of murder leads schlock television producer Barney Panofsky (Paul Giamatti) to reflect on his tumultuous life--from his troubled first marriage to his best friend sleeping with his second wife to his one true love… and how he destroyed the happiest time in his life. By turns comic and self-lacerating, Panofsky is a richly drawn character given vivid life by Giamatti, who's built a remarkable career on prickly people (Sideways, American Splendor, John Adams). Regrettably, the women in his life aren't as fully realized, but the strong performances from the actresses playing them (Rachelle Lefevre, Minnie Driver, and Rosamund Pike) do a lot to make up for the thinness of how they're written. Rounding out the cast is Dustin Hoffman as Panofsky's father, a crude but vigorous ex-cop who loves his son unreservedly. Adapted from an award-winning Canadian book, Barney's Version feels, in the best sense, like a novel; small details and incidents build up to the picture of a man's life. The movie depicts that life without judgment, never manipulating the audience for cheap laughs or sentiment--and yet it is by turns wildly funny and achingly sad, largely due to Giamatti. He holds the viewer's attention effortlessly, quietly, never showboating his emotions or flaunting his intelligence. He's simply a superb actor, and this is a superb performance. --Bret Fetzer

• Cosmopolis | DVD | (12/11/2012) from £6.06   |  Saving you £16.92 (551.14%)   |  RRP £19.99

  New York is in turmoil, the age of capitalism is drawing to a close and Eric Packer, a high finance golden boy is chauffeured across the city in his extravagant limousine to get a haircut. A visit from the President of the United States paralyses Manhattan and as the day goes by, an eruption of wild activity unfolds on the city's streets. Eric watches helplessly as his empire collapses and as his paranoia intensifies during the 24-hour period, he starts to piece together clues that lead him to a most terrifying secret: his imminent assassination.

• Ken Burns - The Roosevelts | DVD | (15/09/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  THE ROOSEVELTS: AN INTIMATE HISTORY chronicles the lives of Theodore Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part 14 hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century from Theodore’s birth in 1858 to Eleanor’s death in 1962. The series encompasses the history the Roosevelts helped to shape: the creation of National Parks the digging of the Panama Canal the passage of innovative New Deal programs the defeat of Hitler and the postwar struggles for civil rights at home and human rights abroad. It is also an intimate human story about love betrayal family loyalty personal courage and the conquest of fear. Features: A definitive look at one of the great families in American history. An all-star cast includes Paul Giamatti as Theodore Roosevelt Edward Herrmann as Franklin Roosevelt and Meryl Streep as Eleanor Roosevelt. Release timed to coincide with the UK television premiere on PBS America (Sky 534 & Virgin Media 243). Packed with bonus material.

• Big Fat Liar | DVD | (02/11/2015) from £5.89   |  Saving you £4.10 (69.61%)   |  RRP £9.99

• Almost Christmas | DVD | (02/11/2015) from £5.16   |  Saving you £3.32 (152.99%)   |  RRP £5.49

  When Dennis (Paul Giammati The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Saving Mr. Banks) is released from prison just before the Christmas holidays, he is intent on getting his life back on track. But he soon realises going straight doesn't come easy. Not only has his estranged wife told his young daughter he is dead, but he finds out she's now shacked up with his ex-partner in crime Rene (Paul Rudd, Ant Man, Anchorman 2). Determined to turn things around and buy his daughter the present she's always wanted, he gets back in business with Rene, selling Christmas trees in New York City. First, he just has to smuggle himself across the border, resist all light-fingered temptations, and compete with the big-budget Christmas tree stall across the street. With business dwindling and Rene going AWOL, things don't look so bright, but with the help of one of their customers, a straight-talking house sitter named Olga (Sally Hawkins, Made in Dagenham, An Education), they orchestrate a masterful heist just in time for Christmas.

• If These Walls Could Talk 2 | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £15.51   |  Saving you £-1.52 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  A look at the lesbian experience over different decades and social climates in America told through three stories of love. An elderly woman 'widowed' when her companion of 50 years dies in 1961; a feminist co-ed discovering her attraction to an outsider in 1972; a loving couple eager to experience parenthood in 2000: three couples three different decades. 'If These Walls Could Talk 2' is an honest portrayal of women in three very different times all searching for love and acceptance.

• Cold Souls | DVD | (15/03/2010) from £3.96   |  Saving you £11.03 (278.54%)   |  RRP £14.99

  In response to shiny, bigger, better American consumerism comes "Cold Souls", a surreal comedy in which souls can be extracted and traded as commodities.

• Sideways | Blu Ray | (04/03/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Now even more intoxicating on Blu-ray, this breathlessly funny comedy stars Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church as Miles and Jack, old college buddies who take a wine-tasting road trip through California's famed central coast to celebrate Jack's upcoming nuptials. But Miles' desire to savour the regions’ wines suddenly takes a back seat to Jack's desire to sample its women! Co-starring Sandra Oh and Virginia Madsen, Sideways has it all: inspired direction... bracing wit and emotional gravity - (Rolling Stone)!

• Ironclad | Blu Ray | (11/07/2011) from £9.52   |  Saving you £13.47 (141.49%)   |  RRP £22.99

  In 13th century a determined group of Knights Templar defends Rochester Castle against the tyrannical King John.

• Rob Zombie Presents The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto | Blu Ray | (22/02/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  El Superbeasto aka Beasto is an unstoppable superhero masked wrestler Producer/Director/Star of BeastoWorld Enterprises - and world-famous man of action! In his first full-length animated adventure based on the comic book created by Rob Zombie Beasto and his super-sexy sister Suzi X must stop the unholy marriage of foul-mouthed stripper Velvet Von Black and diabolical Dr. Satan or unleash all the sudsy powers of Hell! Welcome to a depraved domain of outrageous comedy non-stop ultra-violence and bad-ass theme songs! Featuring a horde of Nazi zombie bikers seven original songs by Hard 'n Phirm and the voice talents of Tom Papa Sheri Moon Zombie Rosario Dawson Brian Posehn and Paul Giamatti as Dr. Satan in The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto!

• John Dies At The End (BLU RAY) | Blu Ray | (17/02/2014) from £12.13   |  Saving you £0.86 (7.09%)   |  RRP £12.99

  It's a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. On the street they call it Soy Sauce and users drift across time and dimensions. But some who come back are no longer human. Suddenly a silent otherworldly invasion is underway and mankind needs a hero. What it gets instead is John and David a pair of college dropouts who can barely hold down jobs. Can these two stop the oncoming horror in time to save humanity? No. No they can't. Special Features: Feature Length Commentary with Cast and Crew Deleted Scenes Getting Sauced: The Making of John Dies at the End Creature Corps: The Effects of Soy Sauce Casting Sessions Fangoria Interview with Paul Giamatti Trailer

• The Descendants / Sideways Double Pack | DVD | (17/06/2013) from £4.98   |  Saving you £8.01 (160.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The DescendantsOnly Oscar-winning writer-director Alexander Payne (Sideways) would think to cast the famously handsome George Clooney as a dishevelled dad in his outstanding adaptation of Kaui Hart Hemmings's tragicomic novel. Clooney dials down the glamour to play Matt King, a Hawaii real-estate attorney with a propensity for unflattering shirts and ill-fitting trousers. When Matt's wife, Elizabeth, ends up in a coma after a water-skiing accident, Matt must learn to balance the parenting of his resentful daughters, Scottie (Amara Miller) and Alexandra (Shailene Woodley, The Secret Life of the American Teenager), with the sale of a pristine plot of Kauai land that stands to make the King cousins, including scruffy Hugh (Beau Bridges), a fortune. As Elizabeth's condition worsens, Matt contacts friends and relatives, like her fiercely protective father (Robert Forster), so that they'll have the chance to say goodbye. In the process, he finds out she was having an affair with realtor Brian Speer (Matthew Lillard, effectively cast against type), so he and the girls, including Alex's hilariously mellow friend, Sid (Nick Krause), go on an island-hopping trip, ostensibly to add Brian to the mix, but Matt really wants to find out what his wife saw in the guy. His journey from naiveté to knowledge brings out Clooney's soulful side, creating a believably flawed, deeply sympathetic figure. If Payne leans too heavily on the slack-key soundtrack, his love for his characters, including Judy Greer as Matt's female counterpart, results in his most emotionally satisfying movie to date. --Kathleen C. Fennessy SidewaysWith Sideways, Paul Giamatti (American Splendor, Storytelling) has become an unlikely but engaging romantic lead. Struggling novelist and wine connoisseur Miles (Giamatti) takes his best friend Jack (Thomas Haden Church, Wings) on a wine-tasting tour of California vineyards for a kind of extended bachelor party. Almost immediately, Jack's insatiable need to sow some wild oats before his marriage leads them in into double-dates with a rambunctious wine pourer (Sandra Oh, Under the Tuscan Sun) and a recently divorced waitress (Virginia Madsen, The Hot Spot)--and Miles discovers a little hope that he hasn't let himself feel in a long time. Sideways is a modest but finely tuned film; with gentle compassion, it explores the failures, struggles, and lowered expectations of mid-life. Giamatti makes regret and self-loathing sympathetic, almost sweet. From the director of Election and About Schmidt. --Bret Fetzer

• Ironclad / Ironclad 2: Battle for Blood Double Pack | DVD | (28/07/2014) from £9.69   |  Saving you £13.30 (137.26%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Ironclad: In 13th-century England, a small group of Knights Templar fight to defend Rochester Castle against the tyrannical King John. Ironclad 2: Battle For Blood: A survivor of the Great Siege of Rochester Castle fights to save his clan from from Celtic raiders. A sequel to the 2011 film, 'Ironclad.'

• Storytelling | DVD | (24/06/2002) from £9.28   |  Saving you £13.70 (217.81%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Director Todd Solondz presents this characteristically bleak and darkly comic drama in two distinct parts. The first story ""Fiction"" stars Selma Blair as Vi a confused university student who engages in an impulsive tryst with her Pulitzer Prize-winning professor (Robert Wisdom) after arguing with her cerebral palsy-afflicted boyfriend (Leo Fitzpatrick). The second (and longer) tale ""Non-Fiction "" stars Paul Giamatti as Toby a down-on-his-luck documentary filmmaker who turns his ca