"Director: Philip Kaufman"

• Marked For Death / Rising Sun / Unlawful Entry | DVD | (15/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Marked For Death: Just retired from the Drug Enforcement agency John Hatcher (Seagal) returns to his hometown and quickly discovers that drugs have infiltrated his old neighbourhood. Determined to drive the dealers out Hatcher crosses paths with a ferocious Jamaican druglord who vows that Hatcher and his family are now marked for death... Rising Sun: Special liaison officer (Snipes) is called to investigate the murder of a call-girl in the boardroom of a Japanese corporation. Accompanied by a detective with unusual knowledge of the Japanese culture (Connery) the two men must unravel the mystery behind the murder by entering an underground shadow world of futuristic technology ancient ways and confusing loyalties... Unlawful Entry: After an armed robbery attempt on their suburban home a young couple (Kurt Russell and Madeleine Stowe) do what anyone would do - they call the police. That's when they meet Los Angeles Policeman Pete Davis (Ray Liotta) and immediately warm up to his caring and sensitive attitude. He makes the couple's safety his personal concern and begins frequent patrols of their property. But this friendship turns into a twisted obsession as Davis's relationship with the couple develops and forces his way into their lives. Plunged into a nightmare where protector becomes predator the couple must somehow escape from the web of security that has become their ultimate enemy...

• From Hell/Quills | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  From Hell (Dir. Albert Hughes Allen Hughes 2001): 'From Hell' referring to the return address on a letter penned by the Ripper is about people who are in hell trying to survive the grimmest circumstances. At the core are five impoverished prostitutes who share a desperate friendship drawn tighter as their ranks are terrorized by a gruesome murderer. Mary Kelly Kate Eddowes Liz Stride Dark Annie Chapman and Polly exist on the brink earning a meagre living with their bodies in a society that concurrently dishonours and feeds upon them. Owning virtually nothing of value they are threatened by a monster that would steal from them their only possession: existence. Quills (Dir. Philip Kaufman 2000): Academy Award Winner Geoffrey Rush (Shine) stars as the infamous Marquis de Sade who has shocked generation after generation with his highly charged erotic writings. Rush's powerful performance is supported by an exceptional ensemble cast including the seductive Kate Winslet (Titanic) rising star Joaquin Phoenix (Gladiator) and Academy Award Winner Michael Caine (Cider House Rules) . Imprisoned from the world in an asylum the prolific Marquis crafts his tales of perversion with the help of a chambermaid the beautiful and innocent Madeleine. When their relationship is discovered it results in a disturbing and provocative confrontation between one man's freedom of expression and the State's need for control.

• Sean Connery - Entrapment / Rising Sun / The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen / Zardoz / Family Business | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Entrapment (1999): When a priceless Rembrandt is stolen in New York the evidence points to a solitary master thief (Connery) who is about to meet the insurance company's most cunning and seductive investigator (Zeta-Jones). Following a nerve-wracking game of cat and mouse the two join forces or so it seems to attempt a daring multi-billion dollar heist tied to the dawn of the new millennium... (Dir. Jon Amiel Cert. 12) Family Business (1989): Connery Hoffman

• The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen/Rising Sun | DVD | (16/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Dir. Stephen Norrington 2003): A hunter a scientist a vampire an invisible man an immortal a spy a beast....when a masked madman known as ""The Fantom"" threatens to launch global Armageddon legendary adventurer Allan Quatermain (Sean Connery) commands a legion of superheroes the likes of which mankind has never seen. Now despite fighting their own personal demons - and each other - they must join forces to save the world. Rising Sun (Dir. Philip Kaufman 1993): Based on Michael Crichton's provocative bestseller Rising Sun is as entertaining as it is thought provoking. Special liaison officer (Snipes) is called to investigate the murder of a call-girl in the boardroom of a Japanese corporation. Accompanied by a detective with unusual knowledge of the Japanese culture (Connery) the two men must unravel the mystery behind the murder by entering an underground ""shadow world"" of futuristic technology ancient ways and confusing loyalties...