"Director: Brian Gibson"

• Poltergeist Trilogy Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (21/09/2020) from £19.97   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Poltergeist: They're here, playful at first...but not for long. Little Carol Anne Freeling is whisked into a spectral void. As her family confronts horrors galore, something else is here too: a new benchmark in Hollywood ghost stories. Producers Steven Spielberg and Frank Marshall and director Tobe Hooper head the elite scream team of this classic chiller. Poltergeist II: The Other Side The sinister supernatural forces return in this thrilling follow-up to the smash hit Poltergeist. The Freeling family settles into a new home, but the spirits of the dead are still hell-bent on luring daughter Carol Anne to the other side. Poltergeist III In this riveting finale to the Poltergeist trilogy, Carol Anne is sent to live in a Chicago high-rise with her aunt and uncle. She must face otherworldly demons more frightening than ever before as they take over the entire skyscraper.

• Still Crazy | DVD | (11/10/1999) from £12.12   |  Saving you £2.13 (19.61%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This gently satirical British comedy chronicles the quixotic reunion of a late, arguably not-so-great and unlamented 70s rock band, Strange Fruit, with a winning mix of humour and poignancy. The "Fruits", as the survivors call themselves without irony, had disbanded after the tragic loss of one member, the mysterious disappearance of another and the aftershocks of internal rivalries, but 20 years later they warily reassemble for a Dutch club tour, a warm-up for a proposed festival appearance. Between that seemingly hare-brained proposal and the fateful festival, director Brian Gibson, working from a sharp script by Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais, captures the absurdities of middle-aged rockers trying to recapture that lost cockiness.Breathing life into the band is a terrific cast, including Stephen Rea, Jimmy Nail, Timothy Spall and Bill Nighy, each managing to juggle deft archetype with believable character traits: Spall's cheerfully crass, flatulent drummer and Nighy's preening, slow-witted lead singer exemplify the approach, grabbing chuckles yet making you actually care about them. Equally impressive is Billy Connolly as the wily roadie, Hughie, at once pragmatic and devoted to his charges. All are well-served by production details and script points that get the group's lost world of late 60s and early 70s rock exactly right, from costuming and stage moves to the long-forgotten bands they name-check--Blodwyn Pig, anybody?The band's music likewise benefits from inspired insiders, cowriters Mick Jones (Spooky Tooth, Foreigner) and Chris Difford (Squeeze), who hit a nifty combination of bombast (for the silly scenes) and earnestness. When Gibson and his cast risk the story's amiable glow on a darker, more dramatic final act, the music rises to the challenge and the whole project, like its fictional subject, achieves an unexpectedly touching victory. --Sam Sutherland

• Tina - What's Love Got To Do With It | DVD | (12/02/2001) from £7.77   |  Saving you £7.22 (92.92%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Tina Turner, that dynamic diva of pop/soul/R&B from the 1960s to the 90s, sings like a woman whose life story is every bit as rough and tough as her voice. And What's Love Got to Do With It, based on her autobiographical account (in I, Tina, written with Kurt Loder) of her years under the iron fist of her abusive husband and musical partner/Svengali Ike, is further proof of what we've always known about Tina: She's what you call a survivor. The movie is sort of the Disney version of Tina Turner's story--a glossy but thoroughly enjoyable, old-fashioned showbiz biopic with laughs, tears, great music, and outrageous (but faithful) period decor, costumes, makeup, and hairstyles. Our Heroine triumphs not only over the rigorous demands of her career in the music business, but finally manages to bust out of her troubled, violent marriage as well and become her own person. This is a movie that'll have you shouting at the top of your lungs: "You go, girl!" --Jim Emerson

• Poltergeist II - The Other Side | DVD | (23/10/2000) from £4.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (160.32%)   |  RRP £12.99

  They're baaaaack! The ghastly ghosts and edge-of-your-seat suspense that made you cringe and cower in the original return in this heart-pounding other-worldly sequel filled with jolting state-of-the-art special effects. The Freeling family may have settled into a new home... but the spirts of the dead have not given up their desire to possess Carol Anne. Led by Kane a demon disguised as a preacher the spirts attempt to convince Carol Anne to join them on ""the other side"". But when

• Poltergeist II | Blu Ray | (07/10/2013) from £10.98   |  Saving you £2.00 (25.03%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The sinister supernatural forces return in this heart-pounding otherworldly thriller filled with jolting state-of-the-art special effects (Leonard Maltin). The Freeling family (JoBeth Williams Craig T. Nelson Heather O'Rourke) settles into a new home following the annihilation of their former residence by terrifying visitors from the netherworld. But the spirits of the dead are still hell-bent on luring the family's clairvoyant daughter Carol Anne to the other side!

• Breaking Glass - Uncut Collectors British Edition | DVD | (05/11/2012) from £18.96   |  Saving you £1.03 (5.43%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Kate Crowley is an idealistic young musician who performs angry songs that rail against a dehumanising world. Hustler Danny has ambitions for her, and almost overnight she is transformed into a huge star. Once at the top, however, the pressure ratchets up. Kate's trusted musicians are manoeuvred out of her band and she is left at the mercy of a ruthless and exploitative music industry. Before long, the social disintegration of the external world begins to mirror Kate's tragic descent into obl...

• Dennis Potter - Blue Remembered Hills | DVD | (26/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Dennis Potter's play is set in the Forest of Dean on a summer day in 1943. Seven children go out to play. The seven children are all played by adult actors to act as 'A magnifying glass to show what it's like to be a child'.

• Dennis Potter | DVD | (26/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £99.99

  This mammoth box set features eight works of Dennis Potter spread over eleven discs. The Singing Detective:Slowly recovering from a terrible skin disease in a busy National Health hospital cynical thriller writer Phillip Marlow continues to unravel the traumas of his wartime boyhood while working through the plot of his greatest detective story - with himself as a crooning '40s detective on the trail of murderous Nazi plotters. But what is real and what is imagined? As childh

• The Juror | DVD | (23/01/2006) from £14.82   |  Saving you £-8.83 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Of all the men and women in the jury he chose her. He knows everything about her what she's thinking what she's feeling but most of all; he knows what scares her. Demi Moore stars as Annie a single mother determined to set her son a good example by serving as a juror in the trial of a powerful mobster. During the jury selection procedure Annie is evaluated not only by the judge and attorneys but also by ""The Teacher"" a lethal onlooker. He has been hired by the Mafia to do

• Still Crazy | DVD | (13/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Twenty-one years after an acrimonious split '70's rock band Strange Fruit are about to regroup and go on the road again. Their goal is to perform at the Wisbech Open Air Rock Festival the venue of their final disastrous performance which heralded their demise two decades earlier. The intervening years have seen the band members settling in to lives ranging from simply ordinary to the outright poverty stricken. 'Still Crazy' takes a sharp and acutely funny look at what it takes to get yourself back on stage with a group of people you haven't spoken to since glam-rock and platform shoes were all the rage! This hilarious film charts Strange Fruit's increasingly desperate efforts to recapture the magic the music the lost opportunities and the missed romance of their prime. Are they 'Still Crazy' enough to succeed?

• Breaking Glass | DVD | (22/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  An old, old story as told circa 1980, Breaking Glass, written and directed by Brian Gibson, follows the path of Stardust not to mention A Star is Born and most other films about showbusiness, by following the rise of a talented young hopeful who learns that success comes with strings. Kate Crowley (Hazel O'Connor) begins as a bleached New Wave ranter, fly-posting on the tube and yelling songs about dehumanisation over fascist chants in rowdy pubs, but ends up a stoned glam zombie dressed as a robot, packaging her anger for the benefit of corporate music biz baddies and retreating to a sanatorium. The plot may be familiar, but the film still works, thanks to persuasive central performances from O'Connor, who wrote her own songs and shows real acting muscle that sadly didn't lead to anything like a film career, and Phil Daniels as her hustling manager/boyfriend/conscience. The fine supporting cast includes Jon Finch and Jonathan Pryce as a Bond villain-style record producer and a deaf junkie sax player, with glimpses of later perennials such as Jim Broadbent and Richard Griffiths. Made and set at the start of the 1980s, it catches its times exactly: a "Rock Against 1984" outdoor gig that turns into a riot, a routine police harrassment of a band rehearsal, a power cut that transforms a concert into a before-its-time "unplugged" session. Credits trivia: the executive producer was Dodi al Fayed. On the DVD: A nice letterboxed transfer looks a bit soft and grainy--but that's the way it's supposed to be. The only extras are cribbed-from-the-IMDB filmographies, a trailer with a wonderfully unconvincing narration and an image gallery (posters, ads and stills). --Kim Newman

• Dinner At The Sporting Club | DVD | (03/11/2003) from £4.85   |  Saving you £5.14 (105.98%)   |  RRP £9.99

  BBC drama about young boxers entertaining dressed diners at a club with a bout or two. Thaw plays the manager of one of the boxers. Written by Leon Griffiths (also the writter of 'Minder').

• Poltergeist 2 - The Other Side/Poltergeist 3/Stigmata | DVD | (05/02/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Poltergeist 2 (Dir. Brian Gibson 1986): They're baaaaack! The ghastly ghosts and edge-of-your-seat suspense that made you cringe and cower in the original return in this heart-pounding other-worldly sequel filled with jolting state-of-the-art special effects. The Freeling family may have settled into a new home... but the spirts of the dead have not given up their desire to possess Carol Anne. Led by Kane a demon disguised as a preacher the spirts attempt to convince Carol Anne to join them on ""the other side"". But when the plan fails Kane Unleashes the hellish fury of the Poltergeist on the Freelings.... forcing the desperate family to turn for help to a mysterious medicine man a medium a grandmother and most of all to each other. Poltergeist 3 (Dir. Gary Sherman 1988): They're back... again! And they're still looking for Carol Anne (the late Heather O'Rourke) in this riveting and climactic finale to the Poltergeist trilogy. Sent by her parents to live in a Chicago high rise with her aunt (Nancy Allen) uncle (Tom Skerritt) and cousin (Lara Flynn Boyle) Carol Anne must face demons more frightening than ever before as they move from invading homes to taking over an entire skyscraper! Stigmata (Dir. Rupert Wainwright 1999): A lost soul has just received the wounds of Christ...and a shocking message that will alter history. Stunning performances from Patricia Arquette (True Romance) Gabriel Byrne (The Usual Suspects) and Jonathan Pryce (Ronin) and a cutting edge score by Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins and Elia Cmiral make Stigmata ""a visual and visceral feast. Frankie Paige (Arquette) has absolutely no faith in God. All of that changes when she suddenly begins to suffer the stigmata - the living wounds of the crucified Christ. Frankie's miraculous bleeding comes to the attention of the Vatican's top investigator Father Kiernan (Byrne). But when Cardinal Houseman (Pryce) discovers that Frankie is actually channeling an extraordinary and provocative message that could destroy the Church he's convinced that she - and the force possessing her - must be forever silenced. Determined to stop this deadly conspiracy Kiernan risks his faith - and his life - to save her and the message that will change the destiny of mankind forever.

• Juror, the / the Chamber / Gin | DVD | (26/09/2011) from £16.18   |  Saving you £-1.19 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Titles Comprise:The Juror: Of all the men and women in the jury he chose her. He knows everything about her, what she's thinking, what she's feeling, but most of all; he knows what scares her.Demi Moore stars as Annie, a single mother determined to set her son a good example by serving as a juror in the trial of a powerful mobster. During the jury selection procedure, Annie is evaluated, not only by the judge and attorneys, but also by The Teacher, a lethal onlooker. He has been hired by the Mafia to do whatever it takes to get one of the jurors to vote for an acquittal.Now, Annie is at the hands of this obsessive and maniacal hitman, and she's about to discover that justice always has a price, and this time it could be her life.The Chamber: Chris O'Donnell, two-time Academy Award winner Gene Hackman and Oscar winner Faye Dunaway star in this gripping suspense thriller based on John Grisham's explosive best-selling novel.O'Donnell stars as idealistic young attorney Adam Hall who takes on the death row clemency case of his onetime Klansman grandfather, Sam Cayhall (Hackman). With just 28 days before the execution, Adams sets out to retrace the events leading to the crime for which Sam was convicted. As the impending death sentence looms closer, Adam works quickly to uncover the family's history for any hidden clues. In a white-knuckle series of twists and turns, Adam discovers deceptions and dark secrets that ultimately lead him to the startling truth...Gingerbread Man: Successful Savannah lawyer Rick Magruder (Kenneth Branagh), becomes obsessed with a mysterious, seductive waitress, Mallory Doss (Embeth Davidtz) who is being stalked by her fundamentalist father, Dixon Doss (Robert Duvall). When Magruder tries to protect Mallory, he is drawn into a web of deceit and danger, his life falling apart as he peels away the layers of intrigue and mystery that surround her.

• The Juror | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-14.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Of all the men and women in the jury he chose her. He knows everything about her what she's thinking what she's feeling but most of all; he knows what scares her. Demi Moore stars as Annie a single mother determined to set her son a good example by serving as a juror in the trial of a powerful mobster. During the jury selection procedure Annie is evaluated not only by the judge and attorneys but also by ""The Teacher"" a lethal onlooker. He has been hired by the Mafia to d

• Barkley's Barnyard Critters - A Mystery Tail | DVD | (18/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Barkley's Barnyard Critters is the continuing saga of rocker dog Barkley and his band of animal friends. In this latest installment, soaring popularity equals rising tension, ultimately forcing Barkley to quit the band and embark on a drunken voyage of discovery through a sea of confusion. While Barkley's away, record label CEO Snakeworthy Price comes up with a devious scheme to replace Barkley and make colossal profits. Watch as Barkley claws his way back to the Battle of the Bands to lay it all on the line!