Comedy

• How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Christmas Decoration) | DVD | (24/10/2016) from £3.96   |  Saving you £2.03 (51.26%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Jim Carrey is up to all his old tricks (and some nifty new ones) in The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, a live-action film of Dr Seuss's holiday classic. Under a thick carpet of green-dyed yak fur and wonderfully expressive Rick Baker makeup, he commands the title role with equal parts madness, mayhem, pathos and improvisational genius, channelling Grinchness through his own screen persona so smoothly that fans of both Carrey and Dr Seuss will be thoroughly satisfied. Adding to the fun is a perfectly pitched back-story sequence (accompanied by Anthony Hopkins's narration) that explains how the Grinch came to hate Christmas, with a heart "two sizes too small". Ron Howard proves a fine choice for the director's chair with a keen balance of comedy, sentiment and light-hearted Seussian whimsy. Production designer Michael Corenblith gloriously realises the wackiness of Whoville architecture, and his rendition of the Grinch's Mt Crumpit lair is a marvel of cartoonish, subterranean grime. Then there's Cindy Lou Who (Taylor Momsen), the thoughtful imp who rallies her village to recapture the pure spirit of Christmas and melts the gift-stealing Grinch's cold, cold heart. You've even got a dog (the Grinch's good-natured mongrel, Max) who's been perfectly cast, so what's not to like about this dazzling yuletide movie? The production gets a bit overwhelmed by its own ambition, and the citizens of Whoville (including Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Molly Shannon and Bill Irwin) pale in comparison to Carrey's inspired lunacy, but who cares? If a film can unleash Jim Carrey at his finest, revamp the Grinch story and still pay tribute to the legacy of Dr Seuss, you can bet it qualifies as rousing entertainment. (Ages five and older.) --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com.On the DVD: You'd be hard pushed to cram any more special features on to this disc: as well as four deleted scenes, there's over an hour of behind the scenes featurettes. From a documentary about the stunts, the Oscar-winning make-up and how the team visually translated Dr Suess' festive tale to the screen, to a segment on the visual effects and CGI, allowing you to follow the filmmaker's process from beginning to end. And just when you think you have filled up on Grinchy extras there's another menu with the cinema trailer, "Wholiday" recipes, statistics about the film, cast and crew biographies, a trailer for the PlayStation game and the Faith Hill music video "Where are you Christmas". In a bid not to exclude the kids in this DVD bonanza, the Grinch's canine chum takes you through "Max's Playhouse" including interactive games and music, Dress the Grinch, a read-along story and a rhyming game. The candy-cane colours of the Christmas-obsessed town of Whoville shine brightly in anamorphic widescreen; the Dolby 5.1 Soundtrack will fill your house with festive cheer; and the intelligent commentary from Ron Howard give you some great behind the scenes info. --Kristen Bowditch

• The Full Monty | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £4.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (220.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Six men. With nothing to lose. Who dare to go....the full monty! Dole queue Job Club domestic discord - the world is falling apart for six unemployed Sheffield steelworkers. But one of them has had enough. Determined to beat the system Gaz (Carlyle) hatches a plan that will make him and his friends serious rich - and quickly! He convinces them that a strip routine will bring in the punters especially when that act reveals the ultimate - the Full Monty! As our local heroes

• Bicentennial Man | DVD | (06/03/2006) from £31.11   |  Saving you £-25.12 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  From director Chris Columbus comes this original funny and heart-warming film. When Richard Martin (Sam Neill) introduced a robot named Andrew (Robin Williams) to the family nobody expects anything more than an ordinary household appliance. But this is no ordinary robot! Andrew is a unique machine with real emotions a sense of humour and a burning curiosity to discover what it means to be human. Over the course of his service with the Martins spanning two hundred years and several

• Guest House Paradiso (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (26/08/2024) from £19.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  After a decade of honing their signature characters, Richie and Eddie, across TV and stage-show appearances, British comedy legends Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson (The Comic Strip Presents..., The Young Ones) finally gave the pair the big-screen outing which they truly deserved in the riotous, vomit-soaked entertainment that is Guest House Paradiso. When Mr Nice (Simon Pegg, Shaun of the Dead) and his family check in to 'the cheapest hotel in Britain' - run with maximum inefficiency and malfeasance by Richie and Eddie - it sets off an outrageous chain of events involving rubber underwear, a beautiful Italian film star (Hélène Mahieu), her abusive fiancé (Vincent Cassel, Irreversible), and a consignment of radioactive fish. Featuring a spectacular supporting cast, which also includes Fenella Fielding (Carry On Screaming!, Hammer's The Old Dark House) and Bill Nighy (Love Actually), this slapstick tour-de-force is a latter-day classic of disreputable British comedy, which has to be seen to be believed. INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES 4K restoration from the original interpositiveOriginal 5.1 surround sound and stereo audio tracksThe Making of 'Guest House Paradiso' (1999): archival documentary featuring interviews with actor, co-writer and director Adrian Edmondson, actor and co-writer Rik Mayall, producer Phil McIntyre, and actors Fenella Fielding, Hélène Mahieu and Simon PeggParadiso Pegg (2023): interview with celebrated actor, writer and comedian Simon Pegg in which he looks back at his time making the filmInterview with Colin Towns (2024): the prolific film and television composer discusses his scoreInterview with Sean Barton (2024): the veteran editor recalls his work on the filmInterview with Tom Brown (2024): the production designer explores the guest house's unique challenges From the Cutting Room Floor (1999): outtakes from the film's productionOriginal theatrical trailersImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearingLimited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Jon Robertson, archival articles on the making of the film, and full film creditsUK premiere on Blu-rayLimited edition of 3,000 copies for the UK All extras subject to change

• Guess Who | DVD | (12/09/2005) from £5.15   |  Saving you £10.84 (210.49%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Bernie Mac and Ashton Kutcher star in this modern reworking of "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner"

• Minder - Series 2 - Parts 1 To 4 | DVD | (15/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The jewel in the Thames TV crown this BAFTA award winner for Best Comedy Drama was watched by 18 million viewers per episode! The box set includes all the episodes from series 2. Contains the following episodes: 1.National Pelmet (11 Sep 80) 2.Whose Wife Is It Anyway? (18 Sep 80) 3.You Lose Some You Win Some (25 Sep 80) 4.Don't Tell Them Willie Boy Was Here (2 Oct 80) 5.Not A Bad Lad Dad (9 Oct 80) 6.The Beer Hunter (16 Oct 80) 7.A Nice Little Wine (23 Oct 80) 8.All Mod Cons (30 Oct 80) 9.Diamonds Are A Girl's Worst Enemy (6 Nov 80) 10.The Old School Tie (13 Nov 80) 11.All About Scoring Innit? (20 Nov 80) 12.Caught In The Act Fact (27 Nov 80) 13.A Lot Of Bull And A Pat On The Back (4 Dec 80) Series 2 is also available as individual volumes. The most entertaining tightly scripted inventively comic and sharply directed series to be found on any of our television channels. - Daily Telegraph

• The Pink Panther Film Collection | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £34.52   |  Saving you £25.47 (73.78%)   |  RRP £59.99

  A set of 5 feature films starring Peter Sellers as Inspector Jacques Clouseau plus a special 6th disc loaded with extra features! The movies comprise: The Pink Panther (1963) When the famous Pink Panther diamond goes missing the bumbling Inspector Clouseau goes on the trail of notorious jewel thief The Phantom but looks everywhere except in the right place! Starring: David Niven: Sir Charles Litton Peter Sellers: Inspector Jacques Clouseau Robert Wagner: George Litton Cap

• Not The Nine O'Clock News - The Best Of Not The Nine O'Clock News - Vol. 2 | DVD | (30/08/2004) from £9.89   |  Saving you £6.10 (61.68%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Between 1979 and 1982 the Not the Nine O'Clock News team produced the sharpest comedy to be found on British television and launched the careers of the stars production team and writers and was the most talked-about comedy series of the 1980s with an enormous following worldwide. Sketches flow with the sharpest wit. News clippings and archive material are mixed with monologues and music. This selection of their quick-fire blend of satire pastiche pop and witty sketches includ

• The Nutty Professor/The Nutty Professor 2 Boxset | Blu Ray | (29/08/2016) from £14.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (100.07%)   |  RRP £29.99

• Bachelorette | DVD | (07/10/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  On the night before an old friend's wedding three frisky bridesmaids go searching for a little fun but find much more than they bargained for. With lovely Becky (Rebel Wilson) set to marry her handsome sweetheart Dale (Hayes MacArthur) the remaining members of her high school clique reunite for one last blowout in New York. Regan (Kirsten Dunst) is an overachieving uber-Maid of Honour who's secretly smarting over the fact that she's not the first to marry while Gena (Lizzy Caplan) is a whip-smart sarcastic who's actually a closet romantic and Katie (Isla Fisher) is a ditzy beauty who loves the good life. But when Becky insists on keeping the bachelorette party tame the women proceed with an after-hours celebration of their own.

• Hole In One | DVD | (06/06/2011) from £5.05   |  Saving you £4.94 (97.82%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Girls beer parties hustling ... and golf! Steve Talley (star of American Pie presents Beta House) plays Eric P. Keller an undisciplined college student with an awesome gift for playing golf. His best buddy Tyler sees Eric's potential for making money as a pro and as model for his hip clothing company. But Eric is more interested in using golf for gambling and hitting on Tyler's sister! When his bet with two sadistic plastic surgeons leads to him receiving a boob-job(!) Eric and Tyler are forced to play a hilarious round of Best-Ball with the devious doctors - to fight for Eric's life honour ...and golf swing!

• Kevin Bridges - The Story So Far...Live in Glasgow | DVD | (22/11/2010) from £3.74   |  Saving you £16.25 (434.49%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Star of TVs Live at the Apollo & Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow Kevin Bridges is the next big thing in comedy and the one to watch in 2010. His unique brand of social commentary astute observations and sharp one-liners arguably make him the hottest act to come out of Scotland in the last ten years.

• Mermaids | DVD | (23/07/2001) from £9.41   |  Saving you £3.58 (38.04%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Richard Benjamin's off-beat 1990 comedy Mermaids found Cher at the peak of her big-screen form. She plays Mrs Flax to the manner born. The eccentric mother feeds her two daughters on hors d'oeuvres and sticks a pin in the map to decide the family's next destination when her love affairs have run their course. When they reach New England, however, events--and an unlikely but amiable suitor (Bob Hoskins)--interrupt her self-centred progress and bring the facts of life home to roost with a vengeance. It's a well-made comedy with good performances from Cher and Hoskins, although neither of them is particularly stretched. There is also enough tension in the relationship between Mrs Flax and her eldest child to make it poignant as well as funny. As the Flax daughters, Winona Ryder (neurotic, unworldly Charlotte) and Christina Ricci (swimming-mad "fishhead") show plenty of the promise which has since made them two of America's most appealing film actresses. Stuffed with authentic 1960s detail, Mermaids is actually a modern "woman's picture" which affirms the often precarious bonds of family relationships. On the DVD: Presented in widescreen format, optimised for high-resolution television sets, Mermaids is a vibrant visual treat for anybody with an affection for 1960s kitsch and fashion. The picture quality is superb and the Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack sharp; some cracking dialogue has to share the sound waves with thumping hits of the day and, over the final credits, Cher's global smash hit rendering of "It's in His Kiss". But apart from a multilingual choice of soundtracks and subtitles and the original theatrical trailer, there are no extras. --Piers Ford

• I Can't Think Straight | DVD | (04/05/2009) from £11.89   |  Saving you £8.10 (68.12%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend.

• Scooby-Doo! and Krypto Too! | DVD | (25/09/2023) from £7.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The world's greatest super heroes, the JUSTICE LEAGUE, have mysteriously VANISHED and a terrifying PHANTOM has taken up residence in their famed headquarters, THE HALL OF JUSTICE! Now it's up to the world's greatest super sleuths, Scooby and the gang, to solve the mystery and save our heroes... with a little help from their new pal KRYPTO THE SUPERDOG!

• The First Wives Club (1996) | DVD | (02/10/2000) from £4.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (160.32%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler and Diane Keaton prove revenge is a dish best served cold. Former college buddies, they reunite at the funeral of a dear friend who took a swan dive onto Fifth Avenue. All three discover they share the same unhappy history of husbands who dove into middle-age by dumping them for trophy wives. Forming a warring triumvirate, they decide to get even, and along the way remind themselves of long-forgotten capabilities. The action gets a little too "wacky" at times, but the gals are great. Portraying an ageing actress, Hawn is sometimes a little too flamboyant, but there is much fun to be had in her flashiness, especially when she pokes fun at Tinseltown and her persona. Instead of her usual brashness, Midler stretches herself and shows us a woman who is not just unhappy, but also deeply sorrowful. Not that she isn't quick with a wisecrack, but her expressive face alone tells the story of her marriage. As the repressed and guilt-ridden spouse of a self-involved ad executive, Keaton finds her anger, and her voice, when her psychiatrist (Marcia Gay Harden) oversteps ethical boundaries. Watching Keaton grow from an ineffectual homemaker into a powerful businessperson reminds us that it has been far too long since she has done a comedy. Director Hugh Wilson smartly chose supporting players who each brought something unique to the film. However, he does not maintain the first hour's effervescent humour throughout the film, as the ending is weakened by a softening of the wives' resolve. --Rochelle O'Gorman

• My Name Is Earl: Season 1 | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Karma is a funny thing. Earl's life has been full of poor choices and mistakes. Upon discovering that he is the holder of a winning ticket Earl is hit by a car and the ticket blows out of his limp hand as he lies unconscious in the street. While recovering in the hospital and watching television Earl has a karmic epiphany thanks to Carson Daly who attributes his success to doing good for others. A light bulb goes off in Earl's dim head and he sets out to right every wrong he has done... Episodes Comprise: 1. Pilot 2. Quit Smoking 3. Randy's Touchdown 4. Faked His Own Death 5. Teacher Earl 6. Broke Joy's Fancy Figurine 7. Stole Beer From A Golfer 8. Joy's Wedding 9. Cost Dad The Election 10. White Lie Christmas 11. Barn Burner 12. O Karma Where Art Thou 13. Stole P's Hd Cart 14. Monkeys In Space 15. Something To Live For 16. The Professor 17. Didn't Pay Taxes 18. Dad's Car 19. Y2K 20. Boogeyman 21. The Bounty Hunter 22. Stole A Badge

• The Paper | DVD | (14/06/2004) from £6.23   |  Saving you £-0.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Sometimes a day is all it takes. Today Henry Hackett (Michael Keaton) metro editor of a New York tabloid has some very big decisions to make. His heavily pregnant wife (Marisa Tomei) is facing urgent deadlines of her own. Henry' boss the managing editor (Glenn Close) is also reaching a crisis in her life and her senior (Robert Duvall) has just discovered he is an extremely sick man. To top it all the paper is in pursuit of a hot story that could expose a major scandal and fre

• Atoll K (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (03/12/2018) from £18.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Still in original shrink-wrap. I post very fast and you will receive it within a few days after order.

• Laurel & Hardy - The Collection (21-disc Box Set) | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £35.00

  The ultimate collection for fans of Laurel and Hardy: 21 discs of classic comedy! Content comprises: 1. A Chump At Oxford / Related Shorts 2. Classic Shorts / Someone's Ailing 3. Way Out West / Shorts 4. Classic Shorts / Ollie And Matrimony 5. Our Relations / Dual Roles Shorts 6. Classic Shorts / Murder In The Air 7. Blockheads / Themed Shorts 8. Classic Shorts / Blackmail 9. The Bohemian Girl / Related Shorts 10. Classic Shorts / Be Big / Laughing Gravy 11. Saps At Sea / Themed Shor