Comedy

• Whatever It Takes | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £5.56   |  Saving you £0.43 (7.73%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Like most of the male population at Gilmore High Ryan (Shane West) has a serious crush on the beautiful and popular Ashley Grant (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe) and he is willing to do whatever it takes to win her over. Ryan's best friend Maggie (Marlo Sokoloff) meanwhile has attracted the attention of Ashley's cousin Chris (James Franco) a babe magnet unused to rejection. Although they have never mixed in the same social circles before the guys join forces and weave an hilarious web of fake e-mails plotted phone calls and contrived double dates in order to get the girls of their dreams in time for the prom. A great teen remake of 'Roxanne' 'Whatever It Takes' shows how mistaken identities can be all part of the fun of falling in love.

• Take Me Home Tonight | Blu Ray | (05/09/2011) from £15.41   |  Saving you £7.57 (60.95%)   |  RRP £19.99

  One last blowout before reality sets in: it's Labour Day 1988, and although they graduated from high school four years earlier, the kids from the class of '84 get together for a party that will surely (because we're watching a movie about it) settle old scores and kindle new romance. But a little creative improvisation will be necessary for Matt Franklin (Topher Grace, who also co-produced and co-wrote the story), who is wasting his degree from MIT on a summer job at Suncoast Video; he's just told his secret high-school crush (Teresa Palmer) that he works for Goldman Sachs--and she's going to be at the party. Throw in Matt's loud and newly unemployed buddy (Dan Fogler), who has just found a baggie of cocaine in the glove compartment of the car he "borrowed" from his former job, as well as Matt's ambivalent sister (Anna Faris, not quite unleashed enough), and the ingredients are there for an epic night. That's clearly the intention for this movie, and while the ideas are all in place, its grasp of comedy and drama feels generally forced. Forced in its song list, too: all the lumbering behemoths of '80s rock are rolled out, from "Der Kommissar" to Dexy's Midnight Runners. For anybody with a nostalgia jones for the 1980s, there are enough funny bits along the way to justify a look, and the supporting cast has its share of craziness: Chris Pratt as the clueless host of the party, Demetri Martin as a disgruntled classmate, Michael Ian Black as the dream girl's douche-bag boss. And any movie that sets Balls of Fury cutup Fogler on a toot will not lack in energy. But nope, Take Me Home Tonight falls short of the realm of American Graffiti and Dazed and Confused, to which it obviously aspires, and no amount of Wang Chung on the soundtrack is going to hide that. --Robert Horton

• Little Britain - Series 2 | DVD | (10/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  Meet the characters that inhabit 'Little Britain' once again in the second series of the comedy sketch show.

• The Goods - Live Hard, Sell Hard | DVD | (22/02/2010) from £7.05   |  Saving you £8.94 (126.81%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When Dan Ready (Jeremy Piven), superstar salesman, is asked to help save an ailing local car dealership from bankruptcy, he and his ragtag crew descend on the town of Temecula looking to shake things up!

• Morecambe And Wise - Series 7 | DVD | (03/05/2010) from £14.11   |  Saving you £5.88 (41.67%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Including all 12 episodes from Series Seven of the BBC's The Morecambe and Wise Show. Including guest stars Cliff Richard Robert Morley Lulu Susan Hampshire Frank Finlay Roy Castle and Peter Cushing . The BBC series of The Morecambe and Wise Show was one of the most popular television series ever and represented the legendary comic duo at the height of their powers. In their magnificent sketches musical numbers and magical tomfoolery they would captivate an audience of millions and leave a thousand hilarious memories. This 1973 series finds Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise now established as Britain's finest comedy act with great sketches and hilarious scenes from the flat. Even their opening banter delights the audience: I've extended my repertoire says Ernie. Eric pauses before the inevitable reply: It didn't show from back there. This series features some of their most famous musical numbers with Cliff Richard in 'The Fleets in Town' and Roy Castle in 'Side by Side' as well as Peter Cushing returning to claim his fee and more of Ernie's plays including The Curse of Tutankhamen with Robert Morley and The Mighty Kong with Susan Hampshire.

• 48 Hrs. - 80s Collection | DVD | (27/08/2018) from £4.63   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Return to the disco days of the 1980s in this exclusive collection, featuring ALL NEW ARTWORK that celebrates Generation X's neon dream decade, and the movies that defined it. Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy make one of the most unusual and entertaining teams ever in Walter Hill's roller-coaster thriller, 48 HRS. Nolte is a rough-edged cop after two vicious cop-killers. He can't do it without the help of smooth and dapper Murphy, who is serving time for a half-million dollar robbery. This unlikely partnership trades laughs as often as punches as both pursue their separate goals: Nolte wants the villains; Murphy wants his money and some much-needed female companionship. Watch for Murphy's hilarious scene in a redneck country-western bar - you'll want to see it again and again. BONUS FEATURES: Theatrical Trailer

• Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt | DVD | (25/05/2009) from £17.99   |  Saving you £-5.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Selwyn Froggitt is the kind of man everybody comes across - all too often. The kind of man who thinks he can fix anything. The kind of man who when you see him coming you run for cover. Selwyn's favourite phrase is 'Leave it to me.' Whatever the problem he knows what to do and how to handle it. The trouble is that despite boundless confidence in his own abilities Selwyn really knows very little and can handle even less. But that doesn't stop him... Bill Maynard stars as the council labourer hapless handyman and all-round public nuisance in this classic Yorkshire Television sitcom from the pen of award-winning writer Alan Plater (Beiderbecke). Oh No - It's Selwyn Froggitt boasts a regular supporting cast featuring Bill Dean (Brookside) - who also wrote lyrics for each show's theme song - and Robert Keegan (Z-Cars) and remained a firm favourite with the viewing public throughout its two-year run establishing Bill Maynard as a household name. This release combines the pilot episode screened in 1974 as part of a run of single plays and the complete first series broadcast in 1976.

• Mystics | DVD | (27/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Dave (Kelly) and Locky (O'Shea) are a couple of old-timers who have found the perfect scam offering solace and peace to the bereaved and an injection of cash to their pockets. Posing as a medium in touch with the other side Dave acts as the front man whilst his partner relays messages from 'beyond the grave'. All is going swimmingly until Larry the kingpin from the local mob gets killed and his wife wants to know where he's hidden his last haul. Unable to refuse a request from

• How I Met Your Mother - Series 1 | DVD | (07/05/2007) from £3.99   |  Saving you £26.00 (651.63%)   |  RRP £29.99

  A Love Story in Reverse. A love story in reverse: How I Met Your Mother is a fresh new comedy about Ted (Josh Radnor) and how he fell in love. When Ted's best friends Marshall (Jason Segel) and Lilly (Alyson Hannigan) decide to tie the knot it sparks the search for his own Miss Right. Helping him in his quest is his bar-hopping ""wing-man"" Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) a confirmed bachelor with plenty of wild schemes for picking up women. Ted's sites are set on the charming and independent Robin (Cobie Smulders) but destiny may have something different in mind. Told through a series of flashbacks Ted recalls his single days the highs and lows of dating and the search for true love. Episodes Comprise: 1. Pilot 2. Purple Giraffe 3. Sweet Taste of Liberty 4. Return of the Shirt 5. Okay Awesome 6. Slutty Pumpkin 7. Matchmaker 8. The Duel 9. Belly Full of Turkey 10. The Pineapple Incident 11. The Limo 12. The Wedding 13. Drumroll Please 14. Zip Zip Zip 15. Game Night 16. Cupcake 17. Life Among the Gorillas 18. Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M. 19. Mary the Paralegal 20. Best Prom Ever 21. Milk 22. Come On

• Watch Your Stern | DVD | (24/05/2004) from £12.96   |  Saving you £1.03 (7.95%)   |  RRP £13.99

  All hands on deck for Titanic seaside laughs with the saucy Carry On crew! When an accident-prone sailor damages a secret blueprint his only hope is to get another from London. But then the Admiral arrives and he's forced to pose as a scientist - a female scientist!

• Rich Hall - The Live Collection | DVD | (14/11/2011) from £29.93   |  Saving you £-9.94 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Titles Comprise:Otis Lee Crenshaw & The Black Liars: Rich Hall LiveRich Hall With Special Guest Otis Lee Crenshaw And The Honky Tonk A**holes: Hell No I Aint Happy - Live At The Hammersmith Apollo

• Carry On At Your Convenience | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £7.53   |  Saving you £2.46 (32.67%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In 1971 when Carry On at Your Convenience hit the screen, the series had long since become part of the fabric of British popular entertainment. Never mind the situation, the characters were essentially the same, film after film. The jokes were all as old as the hills, but nobody cared, they were still funny. But it's just too easy to treat them as a job lot of postcard humour and music hall innuendo. This tale of revolt at a sanitary ware factory--Boggs and Son, what else?--certainly chimed in with the state of the nation in the early 1970s when strikes were called at the drop of a hat. Here, tea urns, demarcation and the company's decision to branch out into bidets all wreak havoc. Kenneth Williams as the company's besieged managing director, Sidney James and Joan Sims give their all as usual, but it's the lesser roles that really add some lustre. Hattie Jacques as Sid's budgerigar-obsessed, sluggish put-upon wife and Renee Houston as a superbly domineering battleaxe with a penchant for strip poker remind us that in the hands of fine actors, even the laziest of caricatures becomes a real human being. On the DVD: Presented in 4:3 format with a good clean print and standard mono soundtrack, Carry On at Your Convenience feels as comfortable as an old pair of shoes. But where's the context? The lack of extras leaves the viewer wanting biographies and some documentary sense of the film's position in the series. The scene index is often arbitrary and the budget packaging means that we don't even get a full cast list. --Piers Ford

• Beethoven/Beethoven's 2nd | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £9.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (30.03%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Beethoven: A St. Bernard puppy 'adopts' a new home after escaping from dog thieves. The Newton family just haven't realised the trouble that 185lbs of dog can get into... (Dir. Brian Levant 1992) Beethoven's 2nd: Beethoven has fallen in love with the fetching Missy and is ready to settle down with a family of his own. Like it or not George Newton his hapless owner is about to discover the meaning of chaos - times four! Tchaikovsky Chubby Dolly and Mo a quartet of irresistible puppies that have definitely inherited their father's talent for getting into mischief. Trouble ensues when Missy's evil owner Regina heartlessly severs Beethoven from his lady love and plots to steal the pups too. Will Beethoven and the puppies be reunited with Missy? Will Regina get her comeuppance? Will George Newton ever know peace and quiet again? (Dir. Rod Daniel 1993)

• Masters Of Comedy - Les Dawson | DVD | (12/03/2007) from £7.49   |  Saving you £2.50 (33.38%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A look into Les Dawson's fantastic life through his comedy.

• Bruce Campbell Collection | DVD | (02/03/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  My Name Is Bruce: Something evil is stirring in the small mining town of Gold Lick and it's not happy. Guan-di the Chinese protector of the dead with a strange affinity for bean curd has been awakened by reckless teenagers and now his bloody crusade to wipe out the town's entire population can only be stopped by one man - Bruce Campbell (the guy who starred in all three Evil Dead movies and Bubba Ho-tep) B-move star and deadbeat ex-husband extraordinaire who's recruited to be their unwitting savior. Thinking the whole scenario's a publicity prank Bruce is distracted from his mission by a hot mom and fan boys aplenty - but when our hero has to face off against a dark force more fearsome than a Hollywood agent the laughs and screams start flying! Bubba Ho-Tep: When it comes down to the King of Rock n' Roll against the King Of The Dead the little Texas town of Mud Creek is about to get all shook up! When mysterious deaths plague the Shady Rest retirement home it's up to its most sequined senior citizen & a curmudgeon-in-chief to defeat a 3 000-year-old Egyptian mummy with a penchant for sucking the souls from the barely living! Will this Bubba Ho-Tep make sure there's never another Elvis sighting? Or can the King show the world that he can still take care of business? The Man With The Screaming Brain: Man with the Screaming Brain is a story of greed betrayal and revenge in the big bad city. William Cole wealthy industrialist winds up with part of his brain replaced by that of Yegor a Bulgarian street hustler. The two couldn't be more different but they share one thing - both were killed by the same woman. Brought back to life by a mad scientist William and Yegor form an unlikely partnership to track down their common nemesis. Alien Apocalypse: Bruce Campbell stars as Dr. Ivan Hood a cocky astronaut who returns to Earth after a 40-year cryogenic space nap to discover civilization destroyed and the planet enslaved by a race of giant alien termites. But when Hood is captured he begins to plot the impossible: escape his captors track down the long-missing president and build a rebel army to destroy these insect overlords. In a desperate time ruled by head-chomping bugs that spew green crap can one brave hero lead a not-very-bright world to freedom? Ren''e O'Connor (Gabrielle of Xena: Warrior Princess) and Peter Jason (Deadwood) co-star in this Sci-Fi Channel sensation written and directed by Josh Becker (Running Time Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except) that became the highest-rated original movie in network history!

• Drop The Dead Donkey - Complete Season 1 | DVD | (27/06/2005) from £9.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Drop the Dead Donkey was a situation, satirical comedy, set in the offices of "Globelink News", a fictional TV news company in the style of CNN, ITN, Sky News, etc. Globelink has been acquired by a multi-millionaire tycoon who prefers a more sensationalist stance to the news. The characters were created to exaggerate the perceived ideas of office/media stereotypes and each programme was recorded close to transmission, allowing script changes to incorporate maximum topicality in particularly of a political nature. The last scene, or voiceover for the ending credits was filmed either the day before or even on the day of broadcast to coincide with relative news stories. First aired in 1990, Drop the Dead Donkey was an innovative comedy that launched the careers of several successful comic actors.

• Comedy Films of the 1950s | DVD | (07/06/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• King of Queens - Season 1 | DVD | (29/01/2007) from £12.98   |  Saving you £22.01 (169.57%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The man. The myth. The driver. Doug Hefferman (Kevin James) is The King of Queens but his wife Carrie (Leah Remini) really rules the roost. Doug is the ultimate guy's guy but he loves Carrie so much he's willing to sacrifice his games room (plus his 70-inch TV) so that her father Arthur (Jerry Stiller) can move in a decision he's regretted ever since. Doug's free time is split between quality time with his wife and play time with his mates. A parade of crazy neighbours and oddball citizens of New York's middle-class borough help make this show the reigning comedy champ. The King of Queens proves you don't have to have a huge castle to live like royalty. Episodes Comprise: 1. Pilot 2. Fat City 3. Cello Goodbye 4. Richie's Song 5. Paternal Affairs 6. Head First 7. The Rock 8. Educating Doug 9. Road Rayge 10. Supermarket Story 11. Noel Cowards 12. Fixer Upper 13. Best Man 14. Dog Days 15. Crappy Birthday 16. S'ain't Valentine 17. Court Date 18. White Collar 19. Rayny Day 20. Train Wreck 21. Hungry Man 22. Time Share 23. Where's Poppa 24. Art House 25. Maybe Baby

• Pret-a-Porter | DVD | (13/02/2001) from £14.94   |  Saving you £0.05 (0.33%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Robert Altman's much-anticipated broadside at the world of fashion, Pret A Porter is a disappointment. The film's crazy-quilt Nashville-like narrative structure and ensemble casting (Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Lauren Bacall, Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren) are a thing to behold, but the story's many interlocking pieces lack overall depth and resonating emotion. There is a grand, satiric statement about fashion and society at the end of the film, and there are hints of an aging, nostalgic filmmaker's scepticism about our post-modern world of short-lived attachments and meanings. But watching this film is a long, long uphill climb, with a lot of thin air to endure before arriving at a destination. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Men Behaving Badly - Jingle B***s! | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £7.95   |  Saving you £-1.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Includes the classic Christmas special plus a bumper selection of outtakes and bloopers!