"Actor: Tom Snyder"

• U.S. Marshals | DVD | (04/01/1999) from £7.19   |  Saving you £6.80 (94.58%)   |  RRP £13.99

  An ultimately futile attempt to make lightning strike twice, this so-called spin-off from 1993's blockbuster The Fugitive avoids the label of "sequel" by forging ahead without the first film's star, Harrison Ford. The idea is to showcase the return of Tommy Lee Jones in his Oscar-winning role as tenacious U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard, this time testing his mettle against a covert government operative (Wesley Snipes) accused of murdering two secret service attachés. Unfortunately, Jones and the entire cast have been trapped in a rambling plot, and the underdog status that made Ford such a compelling hero is sacrificed to an evenly matched and eventually tiresome game of cat and mouse, with a villain whose identity is far too predictable. With no dramatic build-up and several superfluous characters to distract its focus, the film's momentum plays out like a rote exercise compared to the high stakes of the earlier film. --Jeff Shannon

• Marked For Death | DVD | (25/08/2003) from £8.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The glowering brutality that is aikido head-banger Steven Seagal's substitute for a star persona at least gives us a rancid taste of authenticity in Marked for Death, a cookie-cutter action picture. This glum lug seems really to enjoy hurting people; he snaps limbs and shatters noses with visible relish. Pitted against a gang of Jamaican gangsters who invade his (white ethnic) Chicago neighbourhood and threaten his family, retired DEA agent John Hatcher sets out to solve the case with robotic efficiency, kicking butt in just about every scene. Not quite as pudgy in this 1990 outing as he became a few films later, Seagal looks like the genuine, lethal article in the fight sequences but like a hopeless amateur when he tries to act his way out of the waterlogged-paper-bag of a script. So what else is new? The one bright spot here is Basil Wallace, a mostly unsung actor who throws himself into the showy role of the Rasta gang-boss Screwface, a garishly scarred psycho with piercing ice-blue eyes. --David Chute, Amazon.com

• Hearts In Atlantis | DVD | (02/09/2002) from £12.89   |  Saving you £4.09 (41.31%)   |  RRP £13.99

  In this latest film adaptation of a Stephen King novel Anthony Hopkins stars in the tale of a widowed mother and her son whose lives change when a mysterious stranger moves into the apartment above them.

• Fools Rush In | DVD | (10/05/2004) from £7.07   |  Saving you £-1.08 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Opposites attract in Fools Rush In, a conventional but refreshingly unpredictable romantic comedy. New York nightclub designer (Matthew Perry, from television's Friends) is in Las Vegas to supervise the construction of a new project when he meets a fiery Mexican beauty (Salma Hayek). It's lust at first sight, and their one-night stand takes an unexpected turn when she shows up three months later to announce that she's pregnant. They're determined to do right for each other, so they get married in a Vegas chapel with an Elvis impersonator as their witness. Then comes the hard part--trying to figure out if they're actually compatible. The plot complications are mostly familiar, but Perry and Hayek throw some bright sparks as their initial bliss turns to more realistic concerns for family and future. Along the way there's some sharp dialogue and a few good laughs to give this all-too-human comedy an enjoyable spin. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• True Believer | DVD | (14/05/2001) from £7.17   |  Saving you £12.82 (178.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  True Believer is an effective mystery by thrillmeister director Joseph Ruben (Sleeping with the Enemy), that allows star James Woods to do some real acting as he conveys his character's denial and sense of disappointment in himself. Eddie Dodd (Woods) is a former '60s radical lawyer who now spends his time cynically defending drug dealers for the big bucks. But an idealistic young protégé (Robert Downey Jr.) convinces him to take one case from the heart: a young Chinese immigrant unjustly accused in a gang slaying. Woods (complete with add-on ponytail) fairly hums with energy once he gets cooking here. Playing the been-there-done-that mentor--not to mention legal gadfly--gives him plenty of opportunity to run off at the mouth with spicy one-liners and zingers. --Marshall Fine, Amazon.com

• The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder - John, Paul, Tom And Ringo | DVD | (30/09/2010) from £14.12   |  Saving you £-1.13 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Los Angeles CA - On April 25 1975 John Lennon gave what was to be his last televised interview on The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder. No one knew then that Lennon would be taking an extended hiatus from public life taking time to raise his son and live a less public life.Speaking openly on the subjects of drug use the breakup of the Beatles and his immigration problems while seeking permanent residency in the U.S. the interview Lennon gave Tom Snyder in 1975 revealed he had tremendous humility and an affecting sense of humor.

• Weird Al Yankovic - The Ultimate Video Collection | DVD | (29/01/2007) from £14.95   |  Saving you £-6.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  'Weird Al' Yankovic has established himself as one of the biggest selling musical-parody acts in the world. No one is safe from Al's cutting wit and there is always a highly humorous video to back up his hilarious songs which mostly centre around food religion disease and more food! This collection of his videos (presented for the first time in 5.1 Surround sound) offers a glimpse at the Weird Al career to date including promo's for 'Fat' 'Eat It' 'Like A Surgeon' 'Amish Paradise' 'Smells Like Nirvana' and more! Track Listing: 1. Fat 2. Amish Paradise 3. It's All about the Pentiums 4. Smells Like Nirvana 5. You Don't Love Me Anymore 6. Bedrock Anthem 7. Gump 8. Jurassic Park 9. Headline News 10. Dare To Be Stupid 11. Eat It 12. Like a Surgeon 13. UHF 14. Money for Nothing / Beverly Hillbillies 15. One More Minute 16. I Lost on Jeopardy 17. This Is the Life 18. Living with a Hernia 19. Spy Hard 20. Ricky 21. Christmas at Ground Zero 22. I Love Rocky Road 23. Bob 24. The Saga Begins

• Tom Snyder/the Grateful Dead - Electric Kool Aid Talk Show | DVD | (27/11/2006) from £7.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (162.70%)   |  RRP £20.99