"Director: Alfonso Arau"

• A Walk in the Clouds | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £16.16   |  Saving you £-3.17 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Keanu Reeves is completely wooden in this romantic misfire by Alfonso Arau (Like Water for Chocolate). Reeves plays a World War II vet who hits the road as a travelling salesman and agrees to help a desperate, pregnant woman (Aitana Sanchez-Gijon)--who is afraid to let her father (Giancarlo Giannini) see her condition--by pretending to be her husband. Most of the story takes place in the old man's vineyard, and Arau makes a life of swollen fruit, grape-stomping, sunlight and tan flesh that looks amazingly erotic. But there are plenty of sillier distractions, such as the sight of farm hands chasing insects with flapping gossamer wings attached to their arms. Reeves is terribly self-conscious, while stalwart Anthony Quinn is memorable as the damsel's benevolent grandfather. --Tom Keogh

• Like Water For Chocolate | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £17.98   |  Saving you £5.00 (33.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Expect to be very hungry (and perhaps amorous) after watching this contemporary classic in the small genre of food movies that includes Babette's Feast and Big Night. Director Alfonso Arau (A Walk in the Clouds), adapting a novel by his former wife, Laura Esquivel, tells the story of a young woman (Lumi Cavazos) who learns to suppress her passions under the eye of a stern mother, but channels them into her cooking. The result is a steady stream of cuisine so delicious as to be an almost erotic experience for those lucky enough to have a bite. The film's quotient of magic realism feels a little stock, but the story line is good and Arau's affinity for the sensuality of food (and of nature) is sublime. You might want to rush off to a good Mexican restaurant afterward, but that's a good thing. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• A Walk in the Clouds | Blu Ray | (03/02/2014) from £21.99   |  Saving you £-9.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Keanu Reeves Anthony Quinn Giancarlo Giannini and Aitana Sanchez-Gijon star in this visually spectacular film an old-fashioned romance combined with warm family tradition. After returning from World War II Paul Sutton (Reeves) a young G.I. finds he has little in common with the wife he left behind. Disillusioned he heads north to work as a travelling salesman when he meets Victoria (Sanchez-Gijon) the daughter of a wealthy vineyard owner (Giannini). On her way home Victoria is terrified of what her domineering father will do when he learns she is unmarried and pregnant. Paul gallantly offers to help by posing as her husband for one night unaware that doing so will change both of their lives forever.

• Keanu Reeves - Speed / Point Break / Johnny Mnemonic / Chain Reaction / A Walk In The Clouds | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Speed (1994): Hold on tight for a rush of pulse-pounding thrills breathtaking stunts and unexpected romance in a film you'll want to see again and again. Keanu Reeves stars as Jack Traven an LAPD Swat team specialist who is sent to defuse a bomb that a revenge-driven extortionist (Dennis Hopper) has planted on a bus. But until he does Jack and passenger Sandra Bullock must keep the bus speeding through the streets of Los Angeles at more than 50 miles an hour - or the bomb wi

• Like Water For Chocolate | Blu Ray | (02/03/2015) from £17.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (25.02%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Expect to be very hungry (and perhaps amorous) after watching this contemporary classic in the small genre of food movies that includes Babette's Feast and Big Night. Director Alfonso Arau (A Walk in the Clouds), adapting a novel by his former wife, Laura Esquivel, tells the story of a young woman (Lumi Cavazos) who learns to suppress her passions under the eye of a stern mother, but channels them into her cooking. The result is a steady stream of cuisine so delicious as to be an almost erotic experience for those lucky enough to have a bite. The film's quotient of magic realism feels a little stock, but the story line is good and Arau's affinity for the sensuality of food (and of nature) is sublime. You might want to rush off to a good Mexican restaurant afterward, but that's a good thing. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Picking Up The Pieces | DVD | (04/02/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

• Picking up the Pieces | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £2.42   |  Saving you £1.57 (64.88%)   |  RRP £3.99

  A small Mexican village discovers a severed hand that is considered a miracle of God when it actually belongs to a murdered spouse with a husband in search of it.... Woody Allen plays Tex a kosher butcher. Sharon Stone plays his unfaithful wife Candy. Tex catches Candy in the act and in a fit of rage he kills her. To conceal his crime he cuts up her body and buries it in the desert in New Mexico. However when her hand surfaces a blind woman trips over it and it restores her sight. The hand is then considered to be the hand of the Virgin. Despite the church's fallen priest (played by David Schwimmer) objecting the ambitious mayor of the town (Cheech Marin) creates an international three-ring circus of miracle-seekers TV crews and born-again local prostitutes all interested in the hand. All of this goes on while Tex is desperately trying to recover the hand before the sheriff (Kiefer Sutherland) finds it and uses it as evidence against him.

• Edward Scissorhands/A Walk In The Clouds | DVD | (19/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Edward Scissorhands (Dir. Tim Burton 1991): An Avon lady discovers the half-made creation of a mad scientist living in the neighborhood's old abandoned castle. The scientist died leaving the shy boy with scissors for hands. When she attempts to bring him into suburbia his hands a metaphor for adolescence make for some awkward and hilarious situations. An unforgettable contemporary fairy tale a poignant celebration of a visionary spirit struggling to survive in an unforgiving world. A Walk In The Clouds (Dir. Alfonso Arau 1995): Sutton's wife shows little interest in him or his plans for their future together so fuelled by rejection he takes to the road in search of a new way of life. Sutton soon meets up with Victoria Aragon the daughter of a proud and fanatical vineyard owner. Victoria's pregnant and she fears for her new life when it comes to telling her fathers the news so Sutton decides to help her out by posing as her husband but suddenly they discover a mutual attraction.

• Comedy Collection - 10 movies | DVD | (07/12/2009) from £12.99   |  Saving you £-5.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Oh Marbella Where a weekend can change your life! Welcome to Marbella the original Costa De Sol paradise for the rich and famous - and for those wishing they were. Where the sun shines down on you regardless of how bad your luck is who your last 'hit' was or however much you just enjoy hanging out with your fellow nudists - oh Marbella where dreams are made! Cake Have Your Life And Eat It Too Always the bridesmaid but never the bride Pippa McGee flies home for yet another wedding. Jet-lagged and late she downs one martini too many and flirts with every guy in sight. It's a disaster made worse when Pippa discovers her publisher dad urgently needs a new editor for one of his magazines. She volunteers only to discover the job is her idea of hell - she's in charge of 'Wedding Bells'. My Date With Drew My Date With Drew is a digital diary through the rose-tinted glasses of 27-year-old Brian Herzlinger who aspires to have a date with his dream girl: Drew Barrymore. Shot entirely for 100 that Herzlinger won on a game show the production used a camera purchased on credit from Circuit City and then returned it under the store's 30-day refund policy. My Brother The Pig When her younger brother is turned into a pig a young girl her brother's friend and their nanny head south to Mexico to reverse the spell before the parents get home! Girls Just Want To Have Fun Two teenage girls Janey and Lynne dream of being selected as the new 'DTV' dance regulars so they attend an open audition. There they meet two teenage boys Drew and Jeff who have the same idea... Emerald City A tale of two cities four people and life's little pleasures... money lust temptation greed power and ambition. My Five Wives The Nugget Picking Up The Pieces Tex (Woody Allen) a kosher butcher from New York under the witness protection program in Arizona has a problem. He has just killed his wife Candy (Sharon Stone) in a jealous rage after discovering she's having an affair with the local sheriff (Keifer Sutherland). Daydream Believer Nell (Miranda Otto) always loved horses more than she loved people until she meets a millionaire playboy (Martin Kemp). He's the kind of guy women always fall for she's the kind men fall over. Romatic fairytale comedy.

• The Hollywood Comedy Box Set | DVD | (30/01/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Five great comedy films in one amazing value box set! I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore The heartwarming story of an unlikely romance between a quiet shy and somewhat overweight shoe salesman and the outgoing beautiful psychology student whose initial interest in him is purely academic. Or is it? When The Party's Over It's a non-stop party for a group of beautiful teens living it up in a posh area of Los Angeles. And one very sexy lady M.J. has found a congenial way to capitalize on her friendships and advance her position. But when the music stops and the mad whirl starts to slow down M.J. must suddenly face up to a void in her life. Picking Up The Pieces Tex (Woody Allen) a kosher butcher from New York under the witness protection program in Arizona has a problem. He has just killed his wife Candy (Sharon Stone) in a jealous rage after discovering she's having an affair with the local sheriff (Keifer Sutherland). He's cut her body into pieces and has taken them to the Mexican border but he's lost one of her hands! A blind old village woman stumbles upon the hand hits her head and miraculously regains her eyesight. Soon thousands are flocking to the local church to see the hand of the 'Madonna' and miracles are granted to all who ask. But the village priest (David Schwimmer) who is in love with the town hooker (Maria Grazia Cucinotta) senses that the hand's origin is not quite 'virginal'. Tex the Sherrif and the Priest all want something done with the hand and the unpredictable outcome proves to be both magical and hilarious! Combat Academy A wise-cracking hipster and a nerd are sent to a military academy to be straightened out. But the two manage to turn the academy inside out with their comic capers and war games! Better Living Nora (Olympia Dukakis) and her three grown daughters living in the suburbs of New York City are stunned when Tom (Roy Scheider) Nora's husband and the father of the girls comes back after 15 years and reunites their family. But he has changed. He insists that the family build a shelter underneath their house in which to live. 'Better Living' is an intrigueing psychological family portrait that is at once funny and frightening.

• Hollywood DVD Comedy | DVD | (29/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Picking Up The Pieces Tex (Woody Allen) a kosher butcher from New York under the witness protection program in Arizona has a problem. He has just killed his wife Candy (Sharon Stone) in a jealous rage after discovering she's having an affair with the local sheriff (Keifer Sutherland). He's cut her body into pieces and has taken them to the Mexican border but he's lost one of her hands! A blind old village woman stumbles upon the hand hits her head and miraculously regains her eyesight. Soon thousands are flocking to the local church to see the hand of the 'Madonna' and miracles are granted to all who ask. But the village priest (David Schwimmer) who is in love with the town hooker (Maria Grazia Cucinotta) senses that the hand's origin is not quite 'virginal'... Combat Academy A wise-cracking hipster and a nerd are sent to a military academy to be straightened out. But the two manage to turn the academy inside out with their comic capers and war games. When The Party's Over It's a non-stop party for a group of beautiful teens living it up in a posh area of Los Angeles. And one very sexy lady M.J. has found a congenial way to capitalize on her friendships and advance her position. But when the music stops and the mad whirl starts to slow down M.J. must suddenly face up to a void in her life.

• Picking Up The Pieces / Miss Firecracker | DVD | (21/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99