Comedy

• Santa Claus - The Movie | Blu Ray | (02/11/2009) from £5.99   |  Saving you £1.01 (16.86%)   |  RRP £7.00

  The Legend Comes To Life. From the writers of the Superman trilogy comes Santa Claus The Movie! This is the delightful story of a master toymaker who discovers a magical kingdom of elves at the North Pole where he is entrusted with special powers to become Santa Claus! There he meets Patch (Dudley Moore) an eager-to-please elf who becomes mixed up with a dastardly tycoon's plans to take over Christmas!

• Barefoot In The Park | DVD | (07/05/2001) from £7.81   |  Saving you £2.18 (27.91%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Based on Neil Simon's own play, 1967's Barefoot in the Park is a perennially joyous film starring carefree Jane Fonda and staid lawyer Robert Redford as young newlyweds setting up home in Greenwich Village. Although the opening credits are fragrantly idyllic (aided by Neal Hefti's soundtrack, you can almost smell the blossom in Central Park), the film doesn't idealise apartment living in New York, à la Friends, far from it: Fonda and Redford's apartment is up several flights of stairs; there's a hole in the skylight and the bedroom is the size of a cupboard. All of this puts some strain on the marriage. When Fonda introduces fellow free spirit and ageing, behind-on-the-rent Lothario (Charles Boyer) to her somewhat inhibited mother (Mildred Natwick), the hapless Redford in particular is forced to come to terms with his own inhibitions. Although the second half of the film moves at a less cracking pace than the first, Barefoot in the Park is as exhilarating as a romantic weekend city break. Directo r Gene Saks, scriptwriter Neil Simon and composer Hefti would regroup in 1968 to make the similarly wonderful The Odd Couple. On the DVD: With the aid of filtering, the DVD recaptures the almost unreal colour quality common to films of this period, while the sound is faithful to the nuances of Hefti's soundtrack. The special features are miserly--subtitles, a choice of languages and the original trailer, though this at least conveys the engaging naiveté of the period--("The rarest, unsquarest, happiest motion picture in many a year!"). --David Stubbs

• The Pale Face | DVD | (02/01/2006) from £6.47   |  Saving you £3.52 (54.40%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Like Merry Xmas and Happy New Year...They belong together! The Wild West has never been wilder - or funnier - than in this classic six-shootin' farce which introduced the Academy Award winning song ""Buttons and Bows."" In one of his most popular roles Bob Hope plays ""Painless"" Peter Potter a timid correspondence school dentist earninga shaky living in the lawless West. When ""Painless"" is seduced into agreeing to a quickie marriage by the voluptuous Jane Russell he thinks h

• Beginners | DVD | (14/11/2011) from £5.00   |  Saving you £14.99 (299.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover.

• Dinner for Schmucks / I love You Man Double Pack | DVD | (15/10/2012) from £10.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (44.49%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Dinner For Schmucks: There's only one thing keeping aspiring executive Tim (Paul Rudd) from corporate success. He must find the perfect guest to bring to his boss' annual dinner party, where the winner of the evening is the one who arrives with the biggest buffoon. Luckily, Tim meets Barry (Steve Carell), a guy who recreates famous works of art with stuffed mice. When the duo show up to dine, the lunacy kicks into high gear. It's a hilarious feast about two unlikely friends and one out...

• Happy Days - Season 1 | DVD | (27/08/2007) from £29.00   |  Saving you £-4.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Happy Days a cult Emmy and Golden Globe winning American TV sitcom has followers of every age and is a firm family favourite. Set in Milwaukee Wisconsin in the 1950s and aired between 1974 and 1984 events focus on Richie Cunningham (played by now acclaimed Director - Ron Howard) and his family - parents Howard and Marion and brother and sister Chuck and Joanie. Get your collection started with Happy Days Season 1 featuring 16 episodes on a three-disc set and includes episodes suc

• Send Me No Flowers | DVD | (02/05/2005) from £3.77   |  Saving you £6.22 (164.99%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Rock is ready to make love yesterday tomorrow and especially to Day (Doris that is!) When he overhears a doctor discussing the imminent death of a patient hypochondriac George (Hudson) believes the doc is referring to him. Convinced he's living on borrowed time George enlists the aid of his best friend Arnold (Randall) to find a new husband for his soon-to-be-widowed wife Judy (Day). Already alarmed by her husband's increasingly strange behavior Judy is even more bewilde

• The American President | Blu Ray | (16/01/2017) from £7.55   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  What sounds like a high-concept romantic comedy pitch from hell--widower president falls for smart lobbyist while the world watches--is actually intelligent, charming, touching and quite funny. Granted, it's wish fulfilment all the way (when was the last time you saw a president who was truly presidential?) but in the capable hands of writer Aaron Sorkin (TV's Sports Night) and director Rob Reiner, TheAmerican President is incredibly enjoyable entertainment with quite a few ideas about both romance and the government. Michael Douglas stars as the president, who after three years in office starts thinking about the possibility of dating. When he auspiciously encounters cutthroat environmental lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade (Annette Bening), sparks begin to crackle and the two begin a tentative but heartfelt romance. Of course, his job gets in the way--their first kiss is interrupted by a Libyan bombing--but darn it if these two kids aren't going to try and make it work! However, they hadn't counted on the president's Republican antagonist (Richard Dreyfuss), who starts carping about family values. The predictable plot--Douglas finally goes to bat for his lady and his country--is leavened by Sorkin's wonderful, snappy dialogue and a light touch from the usually subtle-as-a-sledgehammer Reiner. Both manage to create a believable White House-office atmosphere (with a crack staff including Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Anna Deavere Smith and Samantha Mathis) as well as a plausible and funny dating scenario. The true success of the movie, though, rides squarely on Douglas and Bening; this is unequivocally Douglas's best comedic performance (ergo his best performance, period) and Bening, usually such a good bad girl, takes a standard career-woman role and fleshes it out magnificently. You can see in an instant why Douglas would fall for her. One of the best unsung romantic comedies of the 90s. --Mark Englehart

• Letters to Juliet | Blu Ray | (04/10/2010) from £12.13   |  Saving you £10.86 (89.53%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Set in the beautiful surroundings of Verona, Italy, Letters to Juliet is a story of discovery and the search for that one true love.

• Soul Men | DVD | (17/01/2011) from £5.38   |  Saving you £7.61 (58.60%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac are estranged soul singers Louis and Floyd in this hilarious road-trip comedy. Out of shape and out of practice the duo sets off on a cross country journey to perform a tribute concert at the legendary Apollo Theatre - settling their 25-year-old grudge along the way. Also starring Sharon Leal (Dreamgirls) Isaac Hayes (Hustle & Flow) and Grammy' Award-winning singer John Legend.

• Disaster Movie | DVD | (19/01/2009) from £12.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (38.49%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The team that parodied the teen-horror genre in "Scary Movie", cliched romantic comedies in "Date Movie" and the ultra-macho "300" in "Meet The Spartans" are now putting their stamp on one of the biggest and most bloated movie genres of all time.

• The King of Staten Island (DVD) | DVD | (14/09/2020) from £8.15   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Scott (Pete Davidson) has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He's now reached his mid-20s having achieved little, chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach. As his ambitious younger sister (Maude Apatow) heads off to college, Scott is still living with his exhausted ER nurse mother (Marisa Tomei) and spends his days smoking weed, hanging with the guysOscar (Ricky Velez), Igor (Moises Arias) and Richie (Lou Wilson)and secretly hooking up with his childhood friend Kelsey (Bel Powley). But when his mother starts dating a loudmouth firefighter named Ray (Bill Burr), it sets off a chain of events that will force Scott to grapple with his grief and take his first tentative steps toward moving forward in life. Bonus Features Feature Commentary with Director/ Co-Writer Judd Apatow and Actor/Co-Writer Pete Davidson Alternate Endings (Which Didn't Work!) Deleted Scenes Gag Reel

• 2 Guns | Blu Ray | (01/08/2023) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Tommy Boy | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £22.94   |  Saving you £-9.95 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Party animal Tommy Callahan is definitely a few cans short of a six pack. But after seven years Tommy's finally earned his diploma - and a cushy job at Callahan Auto Parts. Returning home Tommy gets some more great news: his dad is marrying a real '10' and Tommy will get the stepbrother he always wanted. But as fast as you can say 'Who killed the keg?' the family business starts tanking. Now Tommy's got to hit the road with his dad's right-hand man a smug number-cruncher. And what

• Josh Widdicombe (Live 2013) | DVD | (18/11/2013) from £3.85   |  Saving you £17.40 (671.81%)   |  RRP £19.99

  And Another Thing... is stand-up sensation and star of Channel 4's 'The Last Leg' BBC2's 'Mock The Week' and Channel 4's 'Stand Up For The Week' Josh Widdicombe's highly anticipated debut DVD. Recorded at London's Hammersmith Apollo viewers of this tale twisting perfectionist can expect an insight into Josh's everyday annoyances and gripes. Delivered with his unique style and trademark wit Josh proves that even the most mundane aspects of life can be turned into unbelievable accounts with hilarious consequences.

• ICH GLAUB MICH KNUTSCHT EIN E | Blu Ray | (22/09/2011) from £9.32   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Rumour Has It | Blu Ray | (20/11/2006) from £8.95   |  Saving you £16.04 (179.22%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A woman learns that her family was the inspiration for "The Graduate" - and that she just might be the offspring of the well-documented event.

• Carry On Dick | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £6.23   |  Saving you £6.76 (108.51%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The 18th century, with its frills and bawds, was ideal territory for the Carry On team: Carry On Dick is one of the few of the series where one notices the quality of the art direction in intervals between terrible old Talbot Rothwell jokes and the creaking of standard farce moments. Captain Fancy (Kenneth Williams) is sent to the remote village of Upper Denture to arrest Big Dick Turpin (Sid James) and makes the mistake of confiding in the local Rector, the Reverend Flasher (who is Big Dick's secret alter ego). Dick has troubles of his own: his liaison with his housemaid and henchperson Harriet (Barbara Windsor) is perpetually interrupted by his amorous housekeeper (Hattie Jacques). Meanwhile, Joan Sims struts around the plot as the proprietor of a touring show of scantily clad young women. This is not one of the best of the series--a certain mean-spiritedness creeps in to the humour as does the self-conscious awareness that 1974 was a date a little late for some of the more sexist jokes--but any film with Kenneth Williams discussing satin coats with his tailor has something going for it. --Roz Kaveney

• Elf 20th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition with Steelbook | Blu Ray | (09/12/2024) from £41.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  LIMITED worldwide to 2,000 copies. Buddy (Will Ferrell) is different from all of Santa's other elves. For one thing, he's a cotton-headed ninny muggins when it comes to making toys. For another, he's 6'3 . And the real clincher: He's human! So one special December, Buddy sets off on a holiday adventure to New York CIty in search of his real dad. How buddy finds his father (James Caan) and the meaning of Christmas is a joyous, jaunty, sweet-as-a-candy-cane gift for everyone. Product Features On-Disc Special Features 4K: Commentaries by Will Ferrell and Director Jon Favreau BD: Deleted/Alternate Scenes Behind the Scenes: Tag Along with Will Ferrell; Film School for Kids; How They Made the North Pole; Lights, Camera, Puffin!; That's a Wrap; Kids on Christmas; Deck the Halls; Santa Mania; Christmas in Tinseltown Music from Elf Elf Karaoke Theatrical Trailer Featured In-Pack Steelbook with gloss finish Bauble Box Rigit Slipcase with Die-Cut Window Double-Sided Poster 3 Iconic Scenes Art Cards 3 Character Art Cards Buddy the Elf Postcard Numbered Sticker

• Lucy Show - Vol. 3, The (DVD) | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £6.51   |  Saving you £-1.52 (-30.50%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Features four more episodes from the popular television series.