Comedy

• The Magic Christian | Blu Ray | (26/06/2017) from £11.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This zany British comedy finds a homeless hobo (Ringo Starr) being adopted by the world s richest man, Sir Guy Grand (Peter Sellers). Setting sail on the luxury liner The Magic Christian, Sir Grand sets out to test the limit of human avarice. Wilfred Hyde White plays the drunken captain, Yul Brynner a chanteuse transvestite along with notable star appearances from John Cleese as the director of Sothebys, Raquel Welch, Roman Polanski and Richard Attenborough.

• Radio Parade of 1935 | Blu Ray | (12/10/2020) from £9.92   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Comedy legend Will Hay leads an all-star cast in this whimsical critique of the highbrow state of then-contemporary BBC radio programming. Co-starring Hollywood's Helen Chandler, light comedian Clifford Mollison and noted farceur Alfred Drayton, Radio Parade of 1935 also features celebrated music hall acts Western Brothers, Lilly Morris, Nellie Wallace and Clapham & Dwyer. It is presented here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements and features two sequences in their original Dufaycolor. William Garland, Director General of the NBG, is in a quandary. Complaints about his radio station's programming are on the increase and he needs to stem the tide. His solution: promote the Head of Complaints to Head of Programmes! SPECIAL FEATURE: Image gallery

• Carry On Cowboy | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Made in the "classic" period of the series, 1966's Carry On Cowboy is a spoof Western set in Stodge City, about to suffer the arrival of black-hatted outlaw The Rumpo Kid, played by the less-than-youthful Sid James. Kenneth Williams is the aptly named Judge Burke, who appeals to Washington for help to combat this gunslinger and his henchmen. Assistance arrives in the form of Jim Dale's Marshall P Knutt, a drainage, sanitation and garbage expert from England, with a reference from Lady Pushing for doing a "good job on her main sludge channel", whose Christian name provokes a predictable misunderstanding. Fortunately, he's accompanied by Annie Oakley. As ever, much fun is to be had cheering/groaning along to double-entendres about "big ones", but never mind the script, feel the characters. Joan Sims does a good Mae West impression; Syd James "Ha hwa-ha-ha!"s his way through his part with his usual aplomb; the underrated Peter Butterworth is excellent as an inept Doctor; while Bernard Bresslaw adds to his impressively multi-ethnic CV, playing a Native American, with Charles Hawtrey as his incorrigible firewater-loving Chief. On the DVD: No extras, sadly, other than scene selection but Alan Hume's splendidly authentic colour lensing is suitably refurbished here. --David Stubbs

• Family Guy Presents: Something Something Something Dark Side | DVD | (26/12/2009) from £3.95   |  Saving you £13.30 (494.42%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Family Guy: Something Something Something Dark Side

• The Best Of Tommy Cooper | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £6.75   |  Saving you £3.24 (48.00%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Born in 1923 Welsh comedian Tommy Cooper delighted audiences until 1984 when he collapsed on stage at the end of his act and later died (and millions of TV viewers thought it was part of the act!). He has received various accolades for his work including a caricature commemoration (along with four other comedians) on the 1998 special issue of postage stamps. This BBC release compiles highlights of Tommy's long and successful career.

• No Surrender | DVD | (25/07/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  It’s New Year’s Eve at The Charelston, a run-down club in Liverpool owned by the local gangland boss. The new manager has arrives and soon discovers his out of favour predecessor has booked a band that can’t play, a magician with a dead rabbit and two parties of rowdy OAPs. On one coach arrives a devout catholic social club in fancy dress for a non-existent prize, among them a drunker blind ex-boxer, on the other an equally boisterous protestant revellers. When they get together mayhem ensues.

• Billy Connolly - Live At The Odeon Hammersmith London | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £9.55   |  Saving you £10.44 (109.32%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Unexpurgated Billy Connolly at the Odeon Hammersmith London June 1991. Includes: Doomsday Parliament Sheep Dogs Japanese Dogs Shark On A Leash Doggy Sex Chatting Up Women Scottish Scones Blue Haired Women Father Crimplene Suit Loonies Knickers It's Not Easy Being A Man Multiple Orgasms Women's Movement Sunny Spain Inventing Walks Scottish Football Sumo Wrestlers Underpants Tweed Trousers Army Beds Scottish Holidays Also Included: 'Billy Connolly Live 199

• Caroline In The City - The Complete Series 3 | DVD | (20/02/2006) from £31.03   |  Saving you £-6.04 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The complete Third Series of the smash US hit sitcom 'Caroline In The City' in which our heroine (Lea Thompson) battles to control her feelings for her ever-depressive assistant Richard and fight bouts of jealousy as he starts married life with the beautiful Julia. Episodes Comprise: 1. Caroline and the Reception 2. Caroline and the Kink 3. Caroline and the Novelist 4. Caroline and the Free Cable 5. Caroline and the Blind Date 6. Caroline and the Egg 7. Caroline and the Desp

• Perfect World - Series 1-2 - Complete | DVD | (01/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Uncle Buck | Blu Ray | (04/07/2011) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  An idle good natured bachelor is left in charge of his nephew and nieces during a family crisis. Unaccustomed to family life Buck soon charms his younger relatives but his style doesn't impress everyone including his girlfriend. The film charts his progress from slob to a reasonable human being by having to manage with girlfriend troubles unemployment a sex mad neighbour cooking breakfast and a beautiful but rebellious niece.

• Dear White People | DVD | (02/11/2015) from £7.99   |  Saving you £17.00 (283.81%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Justin Simien writes and directs this race-themed satirical comedy. At the prestigious and predominantly white Winchester University, film major Sam (Tessa Thompson) tries to shake up her school's student body and confront its widespread racial disparity with her campus radio show 'Dear White People'. She quickly gains attention and wins the election to be head of the all black campus house Armstrong/Parker ahead of her popular ex-boyfriend Troy (Brandon Bell). While Sam succeeds in making more enemies, gay student Lionel (Tyler James Williams) thinks he may have finally found a place for himself when he is recruited to the school's newspaper.

• Happiest Season | DVD | (21/10/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Night of the Demons 2 | Blu Ray | (25/02/2019) from £9.80   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  NIGHT OF THE DEMONS (1988) was one of the most popular and prolific shockers of the VHS rental era so it was inevitable that a sequel would be forthcoming - but few fans could have expected that NIGHT OF THE DEMONS 2 (1994) would be so outrageous, gooey, creature-packed and over-the-top! Arguably even more beloved than the original monster mash, NIGHT OF THE DEMONS 2 introduces a new line-up of young victims for the glamorous Angela (Amerlia Kinkade), who is ready to munch and mutilate anyone who treads into her haunted abode. A perfect late night shocker, NIGHT OF THE DEMONS 2 highlights stunning special effects by Steve Johnson (GHOSTBUSTERS) and a typically gross-out approach from director Brian Trenchard-Smith (TURKEY SHOOT). This is the BluRay that horror-hounds have been waiting for - and NIGHT OF THE DEMONS 2 does not disappoint in this gruesome HD restoration!! Extras: Interview with Effects Guy, Steve Johnson Booklet Notes by Film Journalists Dave Wain and Matty Budrewicz

• Lola Versus | Blu Ray | (12/11/2012) from £9.98   |  Saving you £15.01 (150.40%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Lola Versus captures the obsessions, confusions, and neuroses of contemporary urban middle class consciousness. Lola (Greta Gerwig) thinks her life is perfect--until her fiancé Luke (Joel Kinnaman) breaks up with her mere weeks before their wedding. What follows is a comic floundering, what might be a 21st-century update to 1970s "finding herself" movies like An Unmarried Woman, only the men are just as sensitive and self-absorbed as the women. Fortunately, the filmmakers keep a sense of perspective and humour about it all, and just as fortunately the movie is grounded in the unusual presence of its lead actress. Gerwig is strikingly beautiful, a fusion of a 1920s movie star and a Renaissance Madonna, but projects ordinariness. When juxtaposed with typical movie stars, she seems awkward and goofy, but when she's the centre of a movie, it all becomes suffused with her sweet approachability. The rest of the cast gets in tune, including Bill Pullman and Debra Winger as Lola's earnest, supportive parents and Hamish Linklater as Lola's best friend, Henry. The ending feels a bit tacked on, as if suddenly trying to harness the movie to a particular agenda, but the rest of Lola Versus enjoyably spins and wobbles in ways that resist easy labelling. --Bret Fetzer

• Hedwig And The Angry Inch | DVD | (21/01/2002) from £24.98   |  Saving you £-4.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Adapted from the critically acclaimed off-Broadway rock theatre hit, Hedwig and The Angry Inch tells the story of an "internationally ignored" rock singer, Hedwig, and her search for stardom and love.

• Free Guy - Steelbook Edition | Blu Ray | (07/10/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Stanley Baxter Collection | DVD | (03/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Stanley Baxter Collection (5 Discs)

• The Adventures Of Barry McKenzie | DVD | (05/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Barry McKenzie a loud-mouthed sex crazed innocent travels to London to get a cultural education. His Aunt Edna Everidge accompanies him to keep him out of harm's way. Barry's adventures take him from the Australian colony of Earl's Court to Rickmansworth and the strange perversions of England's upper classes then along the hippie trail meeting the swindlers of the British music industry before landing him back in London this time among the poofters and lezzas of Notting Hill.

• The Purple Rose Of Cairo | DVD | (11/03/2002) from £10.16   |  Saving you £5.83 (57.38%)   |  RRP £15.99

  I've just met a wonderful new man. He's fictional but you can't have everything." So says Cecilia (Mia Farrow), the central figure in Woody Allen's lyrically humorous Purple Rose of Cairo. The era is the Great Depression, and she is the bullied wife who finds escape in romantic movies, falling in love with the explorer hero, Tom Baxter (Jeff Daniels), of the eponymous film. So far, nothing remarkable. But Allen has Baxter spot her in the audience, fall in love with her, and desert the picture, much to the irritation of the other characters. The surreal quality of the situation develops further when Gil Shepherd--the actor who played Baxter (Daniels again)--seeks out his fictional alter ego to persuade him back into the film and thus save both their reputations. Naturally Shepherd, too, falls in love with Cecilia, and she's left to choose between fiction and reality, chooses the latter and is then cruelly jilted. The message seems clear: fairytales are just that, make-believe. There's no such thing as a happy ending. Dating from 1985 (after Broadway Danny Rose and immediately before Hannah and her Sisters), this is one of the few movies in which Allen doesn't actually appear, though he's recognisable in every line of Farrow's character. It's also a nostalgic tribute to the era that defined movie glamour, the close-up of Cecilia's face at the end a moment of pure Hollywood. At 81 minutes, this is a small but brilliant gem. On the DVD: Aside from the technological improvement of DVD over video, the new format adds little by way of features: you can view the original trailer, scan the film scene by scene, and there's a choice of subtitles in eight languages.--Harriet Smith

• Whoops Apocalypse | Blu Ray | (27/06/2022) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  MASH's Loretta Swit stars alongside comedy icon Peter Cook, Seinfeld's Michael Richards and the immortal Rik Mayall in the riotous feature film version of one of television's most outrageously controversial satires! Co-starring Ian Richardson, Alexie Sayle and Herbert Lom, Whoops Apocalypse is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio.Chaos ensues when a US-backed Central American regime invades a nearby British dependency. When subsequent peace talks are sabotaged by a corporately-funded world-class assassin, events begin to run away with themselves - in the direction of nuclear armageddon!Product FeaturesTheatrical trailerImage gallery