"Actor: Russell"

• Bonanza - The Courtship / The Spitfire | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  The Courtship: Joe and Hoss visit the widow of Ben's friend Josh Layton. Hoss falls in love with Helen Layton and brings her back to Ponderosa intent on marriage but Adam begins to question her motives. The Spitfire: Joe shoots an arsonist in self defence and then finds himself responsible for looking after the man's daughter. It is not long before the man's relatives begin looking for him and revenge.

• Bonanza - The Last Trophy / Bitter Water | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  The Last Trophy: Lord Marion Dunsford and his wife Lady Beatrice visit Ben at the Ponderosa. Lady Beatrice takes an instant shine to Adam someone she considers more of a man than her husband. Bitter Water: Miner Lem Keith wants to buy land next to the Ponderosa even though he knows the rightful owner won't sell. Causing a stir by infecting the Cartwright's herd with ticks might help him achieve his aim.

• Green Mile, The / Pay It Forward / Proof Of Life | DVD | (08/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £40.99

  The book was better" has been the complaint of many a reader since the invention of movies. Frank Darabont's second adaptation of a Stephen King prison drama The Green Mile (The Shawshank Redemption was the first) is a very faithful adaptation of King's serial novel. In the middle of the Depression, Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) runs death row at Cold Mountain Penitentiary. Into this dreary world walks a mammoth prisoner, John Coffey (Michael Duncan) who, very slowly, reveals a special gift that will change the men working and dying on the mile. With Darabont's superior storytelling abilities, his touch for perfect casting, and a leisurely 188-minute running time, his movie brings to life nearly every character and scene from the novel. Darabont even improves the novel's two endings, creating a more emotionally satisfying experience. --Doug Thomas, Amazon.comPay It Forward is a multi-level marketing scheme of the heart. Beginning as a seventh-grade class assignment to put into action an idea that could change the world, young Trevor McKinney (Haley Joel Osment) comes up with a plan to do good deeds for three people who then by way of payment each must do good turns for three other people. These nine people also must pay it forward and so on, ad infinitum. If successful, the resulting network of do-gooders ought to comprise the entire world. While this could have turned into unmitigated schmaltz, the acting elevates this film to mitigated schmaltz. By turns powerful and measured, the performances of Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, and Haley Joel Osment can't make up for the many missteps in a screenplay that sanitises the look of the lower-middle class and expects us to believe that homeless alcoholics and junkies speak in the elevated manner of grad students. One may wonder how it would have been handled by the likes of Frank Capra, who could balance sentiment with humour, clearly Capra would never have let the ending of his version to take the nosedive into cliché and pathos that director Mimi Leder has allowed in this film. --Jim Gay, Amazon.comWhen someone in Proof of Life says "Don't leave me hanging", you can bet they're going to be left hanging. There's little room for delicacy in Tony Gilroy's screenplay, adapted from an article by William Prochnau and the book Long March to Freedom by kidnapping survivor Thomas Hargrove. A hint of romance between Russell Crowe (the soldier-turned-"K&R") and Meg Ryan adds tension as the story shifts back and forth to David Morse's captivity. Avoiding that pitfall, director Taylor Hackford crafts the plot as a latter-day Casablanca that unfolds on a grander canvas (at stunning locations in Ecuador) while favouring an exciting rescue-mission climax over the tragedy of an ill-timed affair. It might have worked better as a straightforward macho action flick (with David Caruso doing lively work as Crowe's gung-ho K&R cohort), but Proof of Life effectively conveys the two-sided torment of a hostage crisis. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Duke Ellington - Live in Montreal 20 April 1964 | DVD | (10/07/2006) from £12.98   |  Saving you £12.01 (48.10%)   |  RRP £24.99

• Incubus | DVD | (09/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Tara Reid stars in this terrifying horror film about a group of young college students who stranded after a car accident find themselves trapped with a deranged killer in an abandoned factory. In a desperate scramble to escape the confines of the building the group encounters a bizarre-looking test patient in a coma suspended in a triple-locked shatterproof clear cell who holds the key to their escape and ultimately their survival.

• Night at the Golden Eagle | DVD | (30/06/2007) from £6.43   |  Saving you £-3.44 (-115.10%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Night At The Golden Eagle

• Angel And The Badman | DVD | (10/12/2001) from £5.48   |  Saving you £7.51 (137.04%)   |  RRP £12.99

• Born And Bred - Series 4 - Part 1 | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Part 1 of the fourth series of the popular BBC drama series starring Richard Wilson and Maggie Steed.

• The Twilight Zone - Vol. 3 | DVD | (29/05/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In 1959 screenwriter Rod Serling first opened the door to the "dimension of imagination" that is The Twilight Zone, a show quite unlike anything that had gone before, and better than much that has followed in its wake. This original and daring television series ran for a magnificent five seasons from 1959 to 1964 and still looks as fresh as ever, particularly on DVD. What distinguished the series (and still does) is the quality of the scripts, many of which were penned by Serling, but with significant contributions from veteran sci-fi authors and screenwriters such as Richard Matheson. Actors of the calibre of Robert Redford, Burgess Meredith, Lee Marvin and William Shatner gave some of their best small-screen performances, while an unforgettable main title theme by Bernard Herrmann and musical contributions from young turks such as Jerry Goldsmith underlined the show's attraction for great creative talent both behind and in front of the cameras. Volume 3 contains another selection of four episodes from across the series. "Steel" (episode 122) stars Lee Marvin in a futuristic Richard Matheson story concerning a penniless boxing manager who is forced into the ring when his robot boxer breaks down. Matheson is concerned to illustrate the lengths to which people are forced to go when desperate, but his moral is undermined a little by setting the story in the far future of 1974; Marvin, however, is a magnetic presence. In the tense and tautly written "A Game of Pool" (episode 70), Jack Klugman (The Odd Couple, Quincy) is a boastful pool player who challenges champion "Fats" Brown (Jonathan Winters) to a match in which the stakes are his life. "Walking Distance" is a slice of wistful, semi-autobiographical nostalgia from Serling in which a burned-out media exec returns to the town of his childhood (watch out for a very young Ron Howard as one of the kids). Bernard Herrmann's masterful score for this episode was composed not long after his music for Hitchcock's Vertigo, and has a similar tragi-romantic streak. Finally, "Kick the Can" (episode 86) is the story of the residents of a retirement home who discover (or rediscover) Peter Pan's secret for staying permanently young: it's easy to see why Steven Spielberg decided to adapt this episode for the 1983 movie. On the DVD: A neat animated menu with a winking eye guides the viewer "Inside the Twilight Zone", which consists of digests of background information on the individual episodes, as well as a general history of the show, season-by-season breakdown and a potted biography of Serling. --Mark Walker

• Dead Fire | DVD | (27/01/2003) from £12.99   |  Saving you £-8.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Earth 2064...The longest light year has begun for the last surviving members of the human race.

• Gladiator | Blu Ray | (29/07/2013) from £14.83   |  Saving you £10.16 (40.70%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Set in the Roman chariot days of films like 'Ben Hur' and 'Spartacus' and in which a Roman general is the presiding Caesar's most fearsome and respected warrior. When Caesar Aurelius Marcus dies suddenly his son Commodus imprisons General Maximus - the most successful and popular of his late father's court. Maximus finds himself in the gladiators arena fighting for his life - but soon becomes triumphant and the most famed gladiator of the time. He then uses his influence to weaken Commodus' weak grasp on the Roman Empire. Threatened Commodus challenges Maximus to a trial in the Arena... Special Features: Theatrical Feature Commentary Extended Feature Commentary Visions from the Elysium Topic Maker Intro by Ridley Scott Scrolls of Knowledge Are You Not Entertained Behind the Scene Historical Pod

• Russell Brand -On The Record | DVD | (02/08/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  This is the story of how this controversial comedian overcame abuse addiction and scandal to become one of Britains top stand-ups with a flourishing Hollywood career. The secrets of his overwhelming success of can be traced in the characteristically candid interviews given by Russell Brand himself. This powerful independent film pulls no punches in the quest to discover the truth behind the legend and features the most important filmed interviews given by Russell to the worlds media in the decade between 2000 and 2010.

• RMS In Concert With Special Guest Gil Evans | DVD | (21/01/2013) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Ray Russell Mo Foster and Simon Philips (aka RMS) flew in from London and Gil Evans flew in from New York. That evening further inspired by the beautiful music of Herbie Hancock who preceded them on stage the band played a wide ranging collection of titles. Everyone had a ball and as a the final chord died away Gil shook his clasped hands above his head his familiar gesture seeming to say 'we got there'. Tracklisting: 1. Broadway Rundown 2. First Love 3. The Whole Of Tomorrow 4

• Hip-Hop Nation - Notes From The Underground - Vol. 1 | DVD | (24/01/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In April of 2000 50 Cent was shot 9 times in front of his grandmother's house in Queens. Dropped by Columbia Records he didn't fold. Hear him talk exclusive to Hip Hop Nation about his rise back to stardom after being signed to Eminem's Label. Find out all the gossip and truth behind those stories straight from the lips of the biggest acts in Hip Hop. Featuring 50 Cent Lil Romeo Master P Russell Simmons D12 and many many more. Ten crammed packed episodes with interviews musi

• The Gaffer - Series 2 - Complete | DVD | (05/07/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Gaffer: The Complete Second Series

• Ridley Scott Collection | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Includes the double disc editions of 'Gladiator' 'Black Hawk Down' and 'Hannibal'. Gladiator: The great Roman General Maximus (Russell Crowe) has once again led the legions to victory on the battlefield. The war won Maximus dreams of home wanting only to return to his wife and son; however the dying Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) has one more duty for the general - to assume the mantle of his power. Jealous of Maximus' favor with the emperor the heir to the throne Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) orders his execution - and that of his family. Barely escaping death Maximus is forced into slavery and trained as a gladiator in the arena where his fame grows. Now he has come to Rome intent on avenging the murder of his wife and son by killing the new emperor; Commodus... Black Hawk Down: Action adventure about the disastrous mission in Somalia on October 3 1993 where nearly 100 U.S. Army Rangers commanded by Capt. Mike Steele were dropped by helicopter deep into the capital city of Mogadishu to capture two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord which leads to a large and chaotic firefight between the Rangers and hundreds of Somali gunmen which destroys two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters... Hannibal: Having escaped the asylum in 'Silence of the Lambs' Dr Lecter goes into hiding in Florence. Back in America Mason Verger an old victim of the doctor's seeks revenge. Disfigured and confined to a life-support system he plans to draw Lecter out of his hiding place using the one thing he truly cares for: Clarice Starling...

• Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Russell Crowe stars as "Lucky" Jack Aubrey, who pits his crew of the HMS Surprise against a much better armed and ruthless enemy in a chase that takes him all the way to the far side of the world.

• Beyond The Limits | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The ultimate evil has awakened! When a young investigative reporter Vivian arrives at a creepy cemetary to interview its equally suspicious keeper Frederick he tells her two strange stories which may unlock an unspeakable secret... The first story is about a powerful LA mobster who invites his friends to a dinner that with the arrival of a mysterious suitcase spins totally out of control. The second story takes place in medieval Europe where a sadistic inquisitor searche

• Ken Russell's Fall Of The Louse Of Usher | DVD | (18/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Maverick director Ken Russell offers up a truly outrageous take on the Edgar Allen Poe story that has to be seen to be believed! When Roderick Usher is found guilty of the brutal murder of his wife he is branded insane and sent to the county lunatic asylum. There he is locked in a padded cell and left at the mercy of Dr. Calahari (Ken Russell) whose mind-blowing shock treatment gives rise to a series of bizarre and nightmarish adventures. As Roderick undergoes mind bending therapy Dr. Calahari and the beautiful but strange Nurse Smith gradually unravel the horrible truth behind the Louse of Usher.

• Sky High | UMD | (06/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

  The son of two legendary superheroes must try and find his own powers in this comedy.