| "The Life of David Gale - DVD" |
| "Alan Parker's look at capital punishment in the US. David Gale was a successful lecturer and head of the Philosophy department at Austin University, as well as an activist for the anti-capital punishment movement, Deathwatch. However, he loses everything when he is falsely accused of rape by one of his students, despite being exonerated. Several years later he finds himself on Death Row after being found guilty of the rape and murder of one of his best friends and fellow activist, Constance Harraway (Laura Linney). With only days before his execution, he agrees to an interview with journalist Bitsey Bloom (Kate Winslet), who, during the interview, decides the facts just don't seem to make any sense. Receiving an anonymous tip-off sets her further on the road to solving the mystery before Gale's death by execution and it becomes a race against time.<br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Weird Science - DVD" |
| "American comedy in which two high school nerds hook a doll to their computer and scan in magazine pictures of 'perfect' parts of the female anatomy as part of their experiment. The result is the woman of their dreams - Lisa (Kelly LeBrock), a curvaceous and house-proud beauty - whose mission it is to help them get girls. They soon find themselves the most popular boys at school after Lisa manages to guide them in the right direction.<br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Carlito's Way (Widescreen) - DVD" |
| "Carlito (Al Pacino) is a Hispanic drugs boss just released from prison. Determined to go straight and move to the Bahamas with his girlfriend, Gail (Penelope Ann Miller), Carlito is tempted back to the wrong side of the law by his lawyer, nerdish coke-head David Kleinfeld (Sean Penn), for 'one last job'. Brian De Palma directs this visually eloquent film about a man's inevitable tragic demise with his familiar penchant for the big set piece and violent action.<br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
| "White Palace - DVD" |
| "American drama in which James Spader portrays a widowed advertising executive named Max, who leads a sterile, passionless life until he falls for working-class waitress Nora (Susan Sarandon), 15 years his senior. A torrid affair ensues, but will their differences in age, class and temperament prove insurmountable in the long run?<br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Thoroughly Modern Millie - DVD" |
| "Innocent country girl Millie (Julie Andrews) arrives in Twenties New York determined to vamp it up and become 'thoroughly modern'. She instantly marks out her new boss, Trevor Graydon (John Gavin), as a future husband, makes a new friend in the innocent Miss Dorothy (Mary Tyler Moore) and takes rooms in an establishment run by Mrs Meers (Beatrice Lillie) - unaware that the latter is in fact a white slave trader! When Mrs Meers attempts to abduct Miss Dorothy, Millie calls upon paper clip salesman Jimmy (James Fox) and high society jazz babe Muzzy (Carol Channing) for help. Elmer Bernstein won an Oscar for his score, while Carol Channing was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.<br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Bottom: Live - 2003 - Weapons Grade Y-Front Tour - DVD" |
| "Another live visit to the sordid world of Eddie and Richie (Ade Edmondson and Rik Mayall); this time they are out to save the world from 'bad' underpants.<br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Red Dragon - DVD" |
| "Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) returns in his third film outing (based on the first Thomas Harris novel which introduced the character). FBI agent Will Graham (Edward Norton) has retired with his family to Florida after a near-death experience when he tracked down and captured Lecter. However, when a new serial killer, 'the tooth fairy' who kills whole families, is discovered, Graham finds himself back on the force and asking for Lecter's help. But the tooth fairy has been writing to Lecter and Lecter cannot resist playing each side off each other, to such an extent that Graham's family are to be the next victims.<br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Road to Morocco - DVD" |
| "Third in the 'Road to...' series starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour, this is considered one of the best. Made during the Second World War, Hope and Crosby are shipwrecked near the coast of Morocco and find the country hostile to foreigners. The usual mayhem occurs with the beautiful Princess Shalmar (Lamour) buying Crosby as a plaything. Nominated for two Oscars, although Bob Hope wasn't nominated despite his gag in the film.<br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Along Came Polly - DVD" |
| "Romantic comedy starring Jennifer Aniston and Ben Stiller. Reuben (Stiller) is a risk assessor for an insurance company, and hates taking risks of any kind. But when his new bride runs off with the diving instructor on their honeymoon, he begins to wonder if his risk assessment is so accurate after all. On his return from his disastrous honeymoon, he runs into the beautiful, free-spirited Polly (Aniston), an old acquaintance from junior high, at a party. But is he ready to put his feelings on the line, let himself go and have some fun with her?<br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Thirteen - DVD" |
| "This hard-hitting, coming-of-age drama was the directorial debut of production designer Catherine Hardwicke and was co-written by her and 13-year-old lead actress Nikki Reed. Anxiously trying to fit into the peer-pressure cooker environment of junior high, 13-year-old Tracy (Evan Rachel Wood) goes to shocking lengths in order to befriend Evie (Reed), the most popular girl in school, and also a manipulative liar. Much to the horror of Tracy's fun-loving mother Melanie (Holly Hunter), the two become inseparable, the mother/daughter relationship breaks down and Melanie realises that she may not be able to rescue Tracy from a whirlwind of drugs, sex and crime. The film was based partly on Reed's own experiences and won an award for the director at the Sundance Film Festival.<br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Barton Fink - DVD" |
| "John Turturro stars in this drama by the Coen brothers. Young playwright Barton Fink (Turturro), determined to become a success, travels to Hollywood where he immediately obtains a contract, only to develop writer's block when he discovers he is to write a wrestling movie for a faded 40s star. The Los Angeles heat, his dingy hotel and a noisy neighbour (John Goodman) combine to increase the pressure on him, and Barton begins to lose his grip on reality.<br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Thunderbirds - DVD" |
| "Jonathan Frakes directs this adaptation of Gerry Anderson's 1960s Supermarionation sci-fi TV series. The film follows the intergalactic adventures of the Tracy family, headed by former astronaut Jeff Tracy (Bill Paxton), who lives with his five sons on the top-secret Tracy Island, which also houses the headquarters of the top-secret International Rescue organisation. When villainous criminal The Hood (Ben Kingsley) orchestrates an elaborate plan to remove Jeff and his four eldest sons temporarily from home, so that he can invade the island and attempt to steal some of the organisation's most valuable equipment, it is left to Jeff's youngest son Alan (Brady Corbet) to save the day...<br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Hannibal - DVD" |
| "Sequel to 'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991). It is ten years since the events of the previous film and FBI agent Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore), recently in trouble with her superiors over a bungled shoot-out, suddenly receives a letter from the escaped Hannibal (Anthony Hopkins). It does not reveal his whereabouts but, after many years of inactivity, it does announce his interest in returning to the public domain. Clarice begins scanning the internet, desperately searching for any clues which will help her reach him before he strikes again. Meanwhile, Hannibal victim - multi-millionaire Mason Verger (Gary Oldman) - is also on the trail of his tormentor, eager for revenge and the chance to introduce him to his herd of specially-cultivated carnivorous pigs.<br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Ricky Gervais: Live 2 - Politics - DVD" |
| "Ricky Gervais, aka David Brent of the phenomenally successful BBC comedy series 'The Office', takes to the stage for his first live stand-up tour of the UK And he's out to shock!<br/><br/>"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Scarface - DVD" |
| "Say Hello to my Little Friend!<br/><br/>In the spring of 1980, the port at Mariel Harbor was opened, and thousands set sail for the United States. They came in search of the American Dream. One of them found it on the sun-washed avenues of Miami. wealth, power and passion beyond his wildest dreams. He was Tony Montana. The world will remember him by<br/>another name. Scarface.<br/><br/>Starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana along with Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Robert Loggia, Scarface has become a cultural phenomenon brilliantly directed by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver Stone.<br/><br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Postman Pat: Postman Pat and the Ice Cream Machine - DVD" |
| "Four more animated stories featuring Pat and his black and white cat: 'Postman Pat and the Ice Cream Machine', 'Postman Pat and the Great Greendale Race', 'Postman Pat and the Hungry Goat' and 'Postman Pat and the Jumble Sale'.<br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Pitch Black - DVD" |
| "With forty passengers on board, technical problems force the spaceship Hunter-Gratzner to crash land on a distant planet. The passengers were heading for other worlds and only ten have managed to survive, but one of them, Riddick (Vin Diesel), is an armed and dangerous convict determined to take control of events. The planet at first seems barren, with no evidence of water or living creatures, but when the sun sets the survivors discover they have the planet's terrifying nightlife to contend with.<br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Bridget Jones's Diary (Widescreen) - DVD" |
| "Pity poor Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger). She's the 1990s British everywoman: single, weight-obsessed, and very probably drunk on mid-price white wine. Her life goes from middling to worse when she embarks on a doomed affair with silver-tongued boss Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant). In the background lurks a literal Mr Darcy (Colin Firth), a seemingly cold lawyer who keeps crossing Bridget's path but whose precise intentions seem hard for her to divine. All the while Bridget records her lurches across life's highway in the eponymous diary, as an attempt to take control of her tragi-comic life.<br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Sullivan's Travels - DVD" |
| "Filmmaker John L. Sullivan (Joel McCrea) is looking to make a serious social statement in his next film, and decides to take to the streets disguised as a tramp. Following his return to the studios he plans to hand out thousands of dollars to the needy, But Sullivan becomes a victim of crime when a tramp steals his clothes and his identity. With the world believing that the great filmmaker is dead, following a car accident involving the tramp, Sullivan has to prove who he really is.<br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Vanity Fair - DVD" |
| "Adaptation of Thackeray's satirical masterpiece about the constant battle for wealth and social success amongst the aristocracy of the early nineteenth century. In a society growing rich on the wealth generated by an expanding empire, Becky Sharp (Reese Witherspoon) is the ambitious daughter of a poor family, who will let nothing stand in her way in her attempt to climb the social ladder. Taking a position as nanny to the children of Sir Pitt Crawley (Bob Hoskins), Becky insinuates her way into the family's favours and into London society, eventually marrying Crawley's eldest son Rawdon (James Purefoy). When Rawdon proves to be a gambler and a drunkard, Becky wastes no time in approaching the influential Marquess of Steyne (Gabriel Byrne), in the hope that he will help advance her position. But will Becky Sharp come to regret the ruthlessness of her agenda, and can she keep climbing the social ladder forever?<br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Primary Colors - DVD" |
| "This political satire, based on a book by an (originally) anonymous insider (now known to be Joe Klein) who worked on Bill Clinton's 1992 Presidential campaign, centres on the charismatic, philandering, power-hungry Southern Democrat governor Jack Stanton (John Travolta). Together with his equally headstrong wife (Emma Thompson), Stanton rises from obscurity to become a main player on the political map, but various sexual scandals in his private life threaten to derail his ascent to power. Adrian Lester, Billy Bob Thornton and Kathy Bates feature as part of his eccentric campaign team.<br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Postman Pat: Postman Pat and the Pirate Treasure - DVD" |
| "Three classic adventures featuring Postman Pat and his black and white cat, Jessie. In 'Postman Pat and the Pirate Treasure', Pat and his cousin Matt look for a gold cup they buried when they were young. In 'Postman Pat and the Green Rabbit', Pat babysits Nikhil, who can't go to sleep without his green rabbit toy. Finally, in 'Postman Pat and the Flying Saucers', Pat joins in a hunt for UFOs, which might just have a more rational explanation.<br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Jungle Fever - DVD" |
| "A married black architect (Wesley Snipes) begins an affair with a white temporary secretary (Annabella Sciorra) from his office, causing turmoil in their social worlds. Spike Lee plays Snipes' best friend Cyrus, who counsels against succumbing to the temptation of 'jungle fever'.<br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Do the Right Thing - DVD" |
| "American comedy drama directed by Spike Lee. On the hottest day of the year in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, pizzeria owner Sal Fragione (Danny Aiello) opens his establishment as he has done for the last 25 years. When one of his customers, Buggin Out (Giancarlo Esposito), makes a complaint that the gallery of photos on the restaurant's wall shows only white Italian-Americans, chaos ensues as the rest of the predominantly African-American neighbourhood band together to incite change.<br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Tracy Beaker - The Movie of Me - DVD" |
| "Children's feature based on the novel by Jacqueline Wilson, about the orphan girl Tracy Beaker (Danielle Harmer). On the eve of her 13th birthday, Tracy is told that Cam (Lisa Coleman) wants to foster her again, but before she can do so, Tracy's real mother (Ruth Gemmell) turns up at the 'Dumping Ground' orphanage and wants to take her back.<br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Mr Bean - The Animated Adventures: Number 2 - DVD" |
| "Second volume of the animated series based on the popular British television comedy about the eccentric loner and his slapstick adventures, voiced by Rowan Atkinson. In this volume, Mr Bean tries to remove a mole from the back garden, and he has to find a new home after his landlady throws him out. Episodes are: 'No Pets'; 'Ray of Sunshine'; 'Birthday Bear'; 'The Mole'; 'Roadworks'; 'The Sofa'; 'Treasure!'; and 'Homeless'.<br/><br/>"
Price: 2.99 |
| "Very Bad Things - DVD" |
| "Laura (Cameron Diaz) and Kyle (Jon Favreau) are a happy couple, about to celebrate the wedding of their dreams. To help set them off in style, Kyle's buddies organise a stag night that turns out to be unforgettable - for all the wrong reasons. During the debauched festivities, a young stripper is killed and rather than going to the police, Kyle is convinced that he should dispose of the body in the desert. This sets off a chain of events which spirals out of Kyle's control. Hardly the best preparation for the most important day of his life.<br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - DVD" |
| "In 1971, journalist Raoul Duke (Johnny Depp) and his companion Dr Gonzo (Benicio Del Toro) arrive in Las Vegas, ostensibly so Raoul can cover the Mint 400 off-track race. The duo embark on a massive drugs binge, checking into the Mint hotel before visiting the Bazzoka Circus casino while high on ether. The hedonistic weekend continues the following day, with Raoul and Gonzo meeting various way-out characters along the way. Watch out for cameos by Cameron Diaz, Christina Ricci and Gary Busey in Terry Gilliam's visually stunning adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's cult novel.<br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Saboteur - DVD" |
| "Factory worker Barry Kane (Robert Cummings) finds himself branded an industrial saboteur after a fire breaks out in the workplace. The extinguisher he handed to his colleague and best friend itself burst into flame, and Kane is now on the run, determined to find the real culprit and so prove his innocence. The only person who believes his story is Patricia Martin (Priscilla Lane), who aids him in his flight from the authorities. Alfred Hitchcock's suspenseful chase film, a contribution to America's wartime propaganda, can be seen as a precursor to his later success 'North by Northwest'.<br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
| "The Skeleton Key - DVD" |
| "Kate Hudson stars in this horror, set in New Orleans. Caroline (Hudson) is a care worker who moves in with terminally ill Ben (John Hurt) to look after him. Suspicious of his emotionally cold wife Violet (Gena Rowlands), and able to sense a strange atmosphere in the house, Caroline gets hold of a skeleton key that allows her access to the house's many locked rooms. In the attic she finds a room decked out with the grotesque remains of a voodoo ritual, although Violet claims not to have known of its existence. As Ben suffered his stroke shortly after discovering the room himself, Caroline is determined to find the secret to the sinister house, and its dark history as a centre of occult worship.<br/><br/>"
Price: 4.99 |
