"Actor: Mackenzie Crook"

• The Brothers Grimm | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £5.37   |  Saving you £12.62 (235.01%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Will and Jake Grimm are travelling con-artists who find themselves up against a genuine fairy-tale curse.

• The Office: Complete Box Set (Series 1 - 2 plus Christmas Specials) | DVD | (22/11/2005) from £17.53   |  Saving you £22.46 (128.12%)   |  RRP £39.99

  It feels both inaccurate and inadequate to describe The Office as a comedy. On a superficial level, it disdains all the conventions of television sitcoms: there are no punch lines, no jokes, no laugh tracks, and no cute happy endings. More profoundly, it's not what we're used to thinking of as funny. Most of the fervently devoted fan base watched with a discomfortingly thrilling combination of identification and mortification. The paradox is that its best moments are almost physically unwatchable. Set in the offices of a fictional British paper merchant, The Office is filmed in the style of a reality television show. The writing is subtle and deft, the acting wonderful, and the characters beautifully drawn: the cadaverous team leader Gareth (Mackenzie Crook); the monstrous sales rep, Chris Finch (Ralph Ineson); and the decent but long-suffering everyman Tim (Martin Freeman), whose ambition and imagination have been crushed out of him by the banality of ! the life he dreams uselessly of escaping. The show is stolen, as it was intended to be, by insufferable office manager David Brent, played by codirector-cowriter Ricky Gervais. Brent will become a name as emblematic for a particular kind of British grotesque as Basil Fawlty, but he is a deeper character. Fawlty is an exaggeration of reality, and therefore a safely comic figure. Brent is as appalling as only reality can be. --Andrew Mueller The second series exceeded even the sky-high standards of the first. Indeed, it ventured beyond caricature and satire, touching on the very edge of darkness. Ricky Gervais is once again excruciatingly superb as David Brent, but in this series, Brent's to-the-camera assertions concerning his management qualities and executive capabilities are seriously challenged when the Slough and Swindon branches are merged and his former Swindon equivalent Neil (Patrick Baladi) takes over as area manager. To compensate, Brent cultivates his pathologically mistaken image of himself as an entertainer-motivator-comedian whose stage happens to be the workplace. Meanwhile, Tim, who can only maintain his sanity by teasing the priggish Gareth, continues to wrestle with his yearning for receptionist Dawn Tinsley (Lucy Davis), a sympathetic character persisting in a relationship with a man about whom she still maintains unspoken reservations. As ever, it's the awkward, reality TV-style pauses and silences, the furtive, meaningful and unmet glances across the emotional gulf of the open-plan office, that say it all here. As for Brent, his own breakdown is prefaced by a moment of hideous hilarity--an impromptu office dance, a mixture of "Flashdance and MC Hammer" as Brent describes it, but in reality bad beyond description. Then, when his fate is sealed, he at last reveals himself in a memorable finale to perhaps the greatest British sitcom, besides Fawlty Towers, ever made. --David Stubbs The brilliant and devastating comedy of The Office is brought to a satisfying conclusion in The Office Special, originally a two-part Christmas special on the BBC, set three years after the end of the faux-documentary's second season. The former office manager David (Ricky Gervais) now ekes out a desperate existence as an oblivious quasi-celebrity, making awkward, humiliating visits back to the office staff he still believes loves him. Gawky Gareth (Mackenzie Crook) has risen to manager and become a petty tyrant, while the sweet but snide Tim (Martin Freeman) continues to pine for former receptionist Dawn (Lucy Davis), who fled to Florida with her fiance. When the documentary crew pays for Dawn to return for the holiday party, an unpredictable reunion looms ahead. The Office fuses scathing humor and genuine empathy, turning excruciating social discomfort into inspired satire. Fans will find this special rewarding in all respects. --Bret Fetzer

• Cheerful Weather for the Wedding | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  On a crisp December morning in 1932, bride-to-be Dolly (Felictiy Jones) hides in her bedroom as her many family members arrive for the wedding with all of the cheerfulness, chaos and grievances that go with such occasions. But trouble soon appears with the arrival of Joseph (Luke Treadaway), Dolly's lover from the previous summer, who, to her mother's (Elizabeth McGovern - Downton Abbey) exasperation, throws Dolly's feelings into turmoil. With lavish costumes and beautiful English countryside, Cheerful Weather for the Wedding is a joy from start to finish in the grand tradition of English period comedy-dramas, filled with light-hearted humour and steamy romance. Special Features: Behind the Scenes Audio Commentary with Writer and Director Donald Rice, Writer Mary Henely Magill and Editor Stephen Haren

• Three and Out | DVD | (15/09/2008) from £3.81   |  Saving you £12.18 (319.69%)   |  RRP £15.99

  "Three And Out" is a compelling mix of sharp dialogue, comedic capers, painfully funny, and often painful, truths about how far we would go to change our lives.

• Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll | Blu Ray | (09/05/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  "Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll" is the 2009 film of the Ian Dury story starring Andy Serkis in the role of the punk legend.

• Britannia - Season 1 | DVD | (26/03/2018) from £12.71   |  Saving you £6.24 (49.10%)   |  RRP £18.95

  Britannia begins in 43AD as the Roman Army, determined and terrified in equal measure, returns to crush the Celtic heart of Britannia a mysterious land ruled by wild warrior women and powerful druids who can channel the mysterious forces of the Underworld. Arch Celtic rivals Kerra (Kelly Reilly) and Antedia (Zoë Wanamaker) must face the Roman invasion led by the towering figure of Aulus Plautius (David Morrissey) as it cuts a swathe through the Celtic Resistance.

• The Office: Christmas Specials | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £4.89   |  Saving you £15.10 (75.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The two-part conclusion to The Office bids farewell to David Brent and his long-suffering co-workers in a surprisingly poignant not to say dignified manner. Supposedly accompanied by the fly-on-the-wall documentary crew three years after his highly undignified exit from Slough-based paper merchants Wernham Hogg, the first part reveals Brent as a travelling salesman by day and D-list "celebrity" by night, enduring humiliating club appearances organised by his clueless manager. But Brent can't keep away from his old stamping-ground in Slough, especially with the imminent prospect of the annual Christmas party. As much to spite suave rival Neil as anything else, Brent is on an agonisingly painful hunt for a date to bring along. Back at Wernham Hogg, lovelorn Tim has to endure not only the officious behaviour of Gareth, now his manager, but also a cheerless existence bereft of Dawn, who is living in Florida with boorish fiancé Lee. Matters are brought to a head for all concerned--including Lee and Dawn, flown over specially for the occasion--when they finally gather in the office for the party. As ever the script is full of priceless one-liners (witness big Keith's chat-up spiel, as he promises "at least one orgasm" to any woman), and the show is peppered with those direct appeals to camera (Tim's weary "I don't believe he just said that" look, Brent's desperate self-justificatory "Eh?"), as well as achingly effective silences that simultaneously enhance the fly-on-the-wall conceit and heighten the comic effect. Without descending into the sentimental or the trite, somehow The Office closes for business on a genuinely heartwarming note. On the DVD: This single disc has good, if unexceptional, bonus features. There's a behind-the-scenes documentary in similar format to those on the previous releases, a commentary from Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais on Episode 2, a funny and deservedly self-congratulatory featurette on the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, the full video of David Brent's single "If You Don't Know Me By Now" plus a recording session for "Freelove Freeway" (with Noel Gallagher on backing vocals). --Mark Walker

• The Office - Series 1 and 2 | DVD | (05/04/2004) from £17.53   |  Saving you £12.46 (71.08%)   |  RRP £29.99

  It feels both inaccurate and inadequate to describe The Office as a comedy. On a superficial level, it disdains all the conventions of television sitcoms: there are no punch lines, no jokes, no laugh tracks and no cute happy endings. More profoundly, it's not what we're used to thinking of as funny. Most of the fervently devoted fan base that the programme acquired watched with a discomfortingly thrilling combination of identification and mortification. The paradox is that its best moments are almost physically unwatchable. Set in the offices of a fictional Slough paper merchant, The Office is filmed in the style of a reality television programme. The writing is subtle and deft, the acting wonderful and the characters beautifully drawn: the cadaverous team leader Gareth, a paradigm of Andy McNab's readership; the monstrous sales rep, Chris Finch; and the decent but long-suffering everyman Tim, whose ambition and imagination have been crushed out of him by the banality of the life he dreams uselessly of escaping. The show is stolen, as it was intended to be, by insufferable office manager David Brent, played by cowriter Ricky Gervais. Brent will become a name as emblematic for a particular kind of British grotesque as Alan Partridge or Basil Fawlty, but he is a deeper character than either. Partridge and Fawlty are exaggerations of reality, and therefore safely comic figures. Brent is as appalling as only reality can be. --Andrew Mueller On the DVD: Series 1 is tastefully packaged as a two-disc set appropriately adorned with John Betjeman's poem "Slough". The special features occupy the second disc and consist of a laid-back 39-minute documentary entitled "How I Made The Office by Ricky Gervais", with cowriter Stephen Merchant and the cast contributing. Here we discover that Gervais spends his time on set "mucking around and annoying people", and that actress Lucy Davis (Dawn) is the daughter of Jasper Carrott; as well as seeing parts of the original short film and the original BBC pilot episode; plus we get to enjoy many examples of the cast corpsing throughout endless retakes. There are also a handful of deleted scenes, none of which were deleted because they weren't funny. Series 2 is a single-disc release, but the extra features are enjoyable nonetheless. Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant feature in a gleefully shambolic video diary--highlights of which include Gervais flicking elastic bands at his cowriter and taping their editor to his swivel chair. The ubiquitous Gervais also mockingly introduces some outtakes (mostly of him corpsing throughout dozens of takes) and a series of deleted scenes, notably of Gareth arriving in his horrendous cycle shorts. --Mark Walker

• Ordinary Lies | DVD | (04/05/2015) from £11.39   |  Saving you £8.60 (75.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From the award-winning creators of Happy Valley and Last Tango in Halifax. Starring Max Beesley, Sally Lindsay, Jason Manford, Mackenzie Crook, Jo Joyner and Michelle Keegan. Set on the shop floor and in the offices of a motor showroom, this warm and compelling series follows an ordinary group of colleagues and friends who, beneath the fun and banter, are struggling to deal with situations they're hiding from those around them. They may see each other every day, but do they really know each other at all? Over the course of the series, the gradual unravelling of each person's tangled web of lies results in revelations, shocks and stunning confessions that could change their lives forever.

• Worzel Gummidge Blu-Ray | Blu Ray | (06/04/2020) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Brand New BBC adventures of Worzel Gummidge. Inspired by the classic books of Barbara Euphan Todd, Worzel Gummidge is the treasured tale of a witty, mischievous scarecrow who mysteriously comes to life. Now reimagined for a modern audience and with CGI technology bringing the characters back to the screens, Worzel Gummidge is a comedic, magical fantasy for all ages. Written by and starring the multi BAFTA award-winning Mackenzie Crook (The Office, Detectorist's, and Pirates of the Caribbean), Mr Gummidge returns for two new adventures, The Scarecrow of Scatterbrook and The Green Man. The series is a timely and revealing examination through humour of how everybody needs a place to call home including scarecrows.

• Eat Locals | Blu Ray | (30/10/2017) from £6.89   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Vampires with machine guns what's not to love? Sebastian Crockett is in for the ride of his life when his night of desire with sexy, alluring cougar Vanessa turns into a fight for survival when she introduces him to some of her friends - a coven of hungry vampires - at a remote farmhouse. As if Sebastian's night couldn't get any worse, a heavily armed band of mercenary vampire hunters led by the steadfast Colonel Bingham crashes the party - and much like the vampires, they're out for blood.....it's going to be a night to remember! Eat Locals is the directorial debut of actor Jason Flemyng (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch), and features fight direction from Jason Statham (Snatch, Spy) as well as an all star cast, including Charlie Cox (Daredevil), Dexter Fletcher (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Layer Cake), Mackenzie Crook (Game of Thrones, Pirates of the Caribbean), Tony Curran (Gladiator), Eve Myles (Broadchuch), Vincent Regan (300), Ruth Jones (Gavin and Stacey), Annette Crosbie (Into the Woods), and Freema Agyeman (Doctor Who).

• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Feature) | Blu Ray | (02/01/2022) from £21.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Blake's Junction 7 / 'Ant Muzak' / World of Wrestling | DVD | (21/01/2008) from £17.21   |  Saving you £0.04 (0.25%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A collection of three comedy shorts starring some of Britains brightest comedy stars. Titles Comprise: Ant Muzak: Even cult Eighties popstars need to shop... Nick Moran (LOCK STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS) and Mackenzie Crook (THE OFFICE) star in this documentary-style comedy about New Romantic punks Adam & The Ants making an eventful late-night trip to their local 24-hour supermarket. Cruising the aisles like some kind of bizarre family-unit the flamboyantly dressed band-members are thrown into crisis when one of their 2 drummers suddenly goes missing. Directed by Ben Gregor and written by Tim Plester 'ANT MUZAK' is a charmingly off-kilter tale of tinned vegetables consumer culture and the fickle nature of fame. Shot over a single weekend on borrowed Super 16mm equipment 'ANT MUZAK' also features a tantalising cameo appearance from former Adam & The Ants bass-player Gary Tibbs. Blake's Junction 7: Imagine the kind of twilight world in which the characters from a bygone British-made space-opera might find themselves making a much-needed pit stop at a Motorway Service Station at 2:45am on a non-descript Tuesday morning... BLAKE'S JUNCTION 7 is a totally unofficial but affectionate 15-minute comedy inspired by the BBC's cult classic sci-fi series BLAKE'S 7. A sequel-of-sorts to Ben Gregor and Tim Plester's first short film 'ANT MUZAK' (Audience Award winner 2003 Sydney Film Festival) it stars Mark Heap (GREEN WING) Martin Freeman (THE OFFICE) and Johnny Vegas (IDEAL). It also features all-new recordings from original BLAKE'S 7 cast-member Peter Tuddenham as the voice of Orac the super super-computer and promises a one-off opportunity to see Mackenzie Crook (PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN) in drag as our heroes' nemesis Supreme Commander Servalan. World Of Wrestling: While most of us sleep the heroes and villains from the Golden Age of British wrestling must grapple against the odds to make it home safely from a night out on the tiles. Set predominantly onboard an iconic red double-decker bus this is a journey into a colourfully skewed world of oversized men ill-fitting leotards Boston-Crabs Half-Nelsons and the unforgiving whims of the British public transport system. The film's all-star cast includes introducing in the red corner; Mackenzie Crook (PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN) Kris Marshall (MY FAMILY) Patrick Baladi (THE OFFICE) Kevin Eldon (BIG TRAIN) and Miranda Hart (HYPERDRIVE). All aboard and seconds away... WORLD OF WRESTLING is the third and final part of Tim Plester and Ben Gregor's critically-acclaimed loose trilogy of short comedy films - following the award-winning success of both 'ANT MUZAK' and BLAKE'S JUNCTION 7 which have both been screened at film festivals worldwide including Edinburgh London Raindance Sydney Toronto Worldwide Montreal Prends Ca Court Foyle Uppsala Cardiff Leeds Manchester Commonwealth Cinequest and Slamdance.

• Sex Lives Of The Potato Men | DVD | (14/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The City Of Ember | Blu Ray | (09/05/2018) from £6.99   |  Saving you £18.00 (257.51%)   |  RRP £24.99

  "City of Ember" is an epic fantasy, which tells of story of a secret subterranean society who must fight for survival before the lights flicker out.

• The Accused | DVD | (27/08/2012) from £18.24   |  Saving you £1.75 (9.59%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Accused (2 Discs)

• Britannia - Season 1 | Blu Ray | (26/03/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £27.99

  Britannia begins in 43AD as the Roman Army, determined and terrified in equal measure, returns to crush the Celtic heart of Britannia a mysterious land ruled by wild warrior women and powerful druids who can channel the mysterious forces of the Underworld. Arch Celtic rivals Kerra (Kelly Reilly) and Antedia (Zoë Wanamaker) must face the Roman invasion led by the towering figure of Aulus Plautius (David Morrissey) as it cuts a swathe through the Celtic Resistance.

• The Gathering | DVD | (28/03/2011) from £8.50   |  Saving you £7.49 (88.12%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Christina Ricci (Monster) stars in this spine-tingling supernatural thriller about an American backpacker in rural England whose life takes a turn for the worse after a car accident. During recovery she is befriended by a researcher (Stephen Dillane) studying a buried 1st Century church embedded with images of Christ's crucifixion. She begins to have horrific visions of the townspeople and their deaths. Is the town cursed or are her visions spirits from the unearthed church grasping for life? What is uncovered will shock and terrify you!

• Eat Locals | DVD | (30/10/2017) from £10.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Vampires with machine guns what's not to love? Sebastian Crockett is in for the ride of his life when his night of desire with sexy, alluring cougar Vanessa turns into a fight for survival when she introduces him to some of her friends - a coven of hungry vampires - at a remote farmhouse. As if Sebastian's night couldn't get any worse, a heavily armed band of mercenary vampire hunters led by the steadfast Colonel Bingham crashes the party - and much like the vampires, they're out for blood.....it's going to be a night to remember! Eat Locals is the directorial debut of actor Jason Flemyng (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch), and features fight direction from Jason Statham (Snatch, Spy) as well as an all star cast, including Charlie Cox (Daredevil), Dexter Fletcher (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Layer Cake), Mackenzie Crook (Game of Thrones, Pirates of the Caribbean), Tony Curran (Gladiator), Eve Myles (Broadchuch), Vincent Regan (300), Ruth Jones (Gavin and Stacey), Annette Crosbie (Into the Woods), and Freema Agyeman (Doctor Who).

• Pope Town | DVD | (05/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Popetown is an animated sitcom that looks at the daily nuisances that exist in the workplace - with one twist... This workplace is the Vatican and the CEO happens to be the Pope. Centring on the long-suffering and good hearted Father Nicholas (voiced by Jam's Kevin Eldon) and his daily struggle against life's up and downs. Also featured amongst the voice cast are: Ruby Wax Jerry Hall Matt Lucas Bob Mortimer and Mackenzie Crook. Due to be shown on BBC 3 the programme was