Comedy

• Blades Of Glory / Old School / Anchorman | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £5.00   |  Saving you £10.99 (219.80%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Blades of Glory Take two male figure skaters, throw in a preposterous storyline, and you've got Blades of Glory, a surprisingly funny film that almost makes you forgive Will Ferrell for his back-to-back 2005 clunkers Kicking & Screaming and Bewitched. This time around, Ferrell eats the scenery in his role as a sex-addicted, cocky skating champ named Chazz Michael Michaels. When he gets into an on-podium fight with his nemesis and co-gold medallist Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder, Napoleon Dynamite), both skaters are banned from competing in men's figure-skating events. Forever. Their fall from grace is brutal. Chazz is forced to work for a D-list skating show, while pampered Jimmy is disowned by his wealthy and cold-hearted adoptive father (excellently played by William Fichtner), who only wants to be around winners. When Jimmy points out that he tied for gold, his dad cruelly says, "If I wanted to share, I would've bought you a brother." Flash forward 3-1/2 years and Jimmy's No. 1 stalker Hector (Nick Swardson) says he's found a loophole. Jimmy's been banned from men's singles events, but there's nothing that says he can't compete in pairs skating. After a chance meeting with Chazz, mayhem ensues as the two rivals team up to go against the brother-and-sister team of Stranz and Fairchild Van Waldenberg (played by Will Arnett and his real-life wife, Amy Poehler of Saturday Night Live and Mean Girls fame). The Van Waldenbergs will stop at nothing to beat the competition, even if that means literally beating up the competition. They have no qualms manipulating their sweet little sister (Jenna Fischer, The Office) to seduce both men to try to break up the team. The finale will be no surprise to moviegoers who know that comedies like this aren't set up to make its leading men losers. But there is one brief skating sequence set in North Korea that will surprise (and shock) many viewers because of its brutality. Ferrell and Heder make a great comedy team. Though he has been accused of playing the same role since his breakthrough performance in Napoleon Dynamite and, to a certain extent, plays a similar type of role here, Heder is spot-on as Jimmy. He manages to convey innocence, bitterness, and longing--all within the span of a few seconds and while wearing a peacock unitard (You can understand why Hector is so enthralled with him). Look for guest appearances by real-life skating champs Scott Hamilton, Brian Boitano, Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, Nancy Kerrigan, and Sasha Cohen, who gets to sniff Chazz's jockstrap. --Jae-Ha Kim Old School When three thirtysomething friends with woman troubles (Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, and Vince Vaughn) decide to form a fraternity, it's supposedly to save Wilson from losing his house, which the nearby college is trying to claim for academic purposes. But really, Ferrell and Vaughn are desperate to return to the reckless, feckless days of beer bongs and hot chicks, and they drag Wilson along with them as they throw themselves into gathering frat pledges of all ages. Old School could have been just another string of bad jokes hanging on a flimsy plot, but the script and the cast have a jovial energy and just enough grounding in reality--at least, up until the obligatory beat-the-system ending, but by that point you'll forgive the excesses of this silly, cheerful, and frequently funny movie. Featuring Jeremy Piven and Juliette Lewis, with cameos by Snoop Dog, Andy Dick, and others. --Bret Fetzer Anchorman Will Ferrell followed up his star-making vehicle Elf, which matched his fine-tuned comic obliviousness to a sweet sincerity, with a more arrogant variation on the same character: Ron Burgundy, a macho, narcissistic news anchor from the 1970s. Along with his news posse--roving reporter Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd, Clueless), sports guy Champ Kind (David Koechner), and dim-bulb weatherman Brick Tamland (Steve Carell, Bruce Almighty)--Burgundy rules the roost in San Diego, fawned upon by groupies and supported by a weary producer (Fred Willard, Best In Show) who tolerates Burgundy's ego because of good ratings. But when Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate, View from the Top) arrives with ambitions to become an anchor herself, she threatens the male-dominated newsroom. Anchorman has plenty of funny material, but it's as if Ferrell couldn't decide what he really wanted to mock, and so took smart-ass cracks at everything in sight. Still, there are moments of inspired delirium. --Bret Fetzer

• Starter For Ten | Blu Ray | (08/12/2008) from £10.35   |  Saving you £0.64 (6.18%)   |  RRP £10.99

  A working-class student fumbles his way through his first year at an upmarket university in England.

• See No Evil, Hear No Evil | DVD | (05/09/2011) from £11.99   |  Saving you £-6.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Two men are witness to a murder - a blind man who couldn't see it and a deaf man who couldn't hear it but somehow they become prime suspects in the case. They escape the police and set out to catch the bad guy themselves...

• Fletch/Fletch Lives | DVD | (26/12/2006) from £12.08   |  Saving you £0.91 (7.53%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Fletch (1985): Meet the only guy who changes his identity more often than his underwear. Chevy Chase is at his hilarious best in this suspense-packed comedy thriller based on Gregory McDonald's novel. Fletch is an investigative reporter who's constantly changing his identity. While working on a drug expose Fletch attracts the attention of a strange business man (Tim Matheson) who wants to be killed so his wife will inherit more insurance. The wily Fletch senses a scam and soon he's up to his byline in frame-ups murder police corruption and forbidden romance. It'll be the story of the year if he can stay alive to meet his deadline! Fletch Lives (1989): Director Michael Ritchie and Chevy Chase team up once again for Fletch Lives with Chase reprising the role of Irwin ""Fletch"" Fletcher newspaper journalist and master of disguise. When his recently deceased aunt bequeaths her decrepit manor to him Fletch travels down south to rural Louisiana. Initially things go well especially when he hooks up with a flirtatious southern belle. But when he wakes up the morning after he's shocked to find that she has been murdered. In order to catch the killers and clear himself the intrepid chameleon-like Fletch must infiltrate the congregation of Jimmy Lee Farnsworth (R. Lee Ermey) a greedy local preacher who wants to gain control of Fletch's land in order to build a Bible-themed amusement park.

• An Audience With Joan Rivers | DVD | (25/08/2008) from £10.77   |  Saving you £2.22 (20.61%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Outrageous shocking controversial and undoubtedly funny the acid queen of stand-up Joan Rivers hosts An Audience with. The Daytime Emmy Award winner has her celebrity audience crying with laughter from start to finish as well as causing a number of jaws to hit the ground with her countless daring and racy comments. Rivers'' ability to make people laugh in-spite of themselves (including herself) is clearly on display and is what makes her a much acclaimed loved and celebrated stand up comedian.

• War Inc. | DVD | (16/03/2009) from £7.94   |  Saving you £8.05 (50.30%)   |  RRP £15.99

  War Inc stars John Cusack Joan Cusack Ben Kingsley Marisa Tomei and Hilary Duff! War Inc is a political satire set in Turaqistan a country occupied by an American private corporation run by a former US Vice-President (Dan Aykroyd). In an effort to monopolize the opportunities the war-torn nation offers the corporation's CEO hires Brand Hauser (John Cusack) - a hit man - to kill a Middle East oil minister. Now struggling with his own growing demons Brand must pose as the corporation's Trade Show Producer in order to pull off this latest hit while maintaining his cover by organizing the high-profile wedding of Yonica Babyyeah (Hilary Duff) an outrageous Middle Eastern pop star and keeping a sexy left wing reporter (Marisa Tomei) in check.

• Sex Drive | Blu Ray | (04/05/2009) from £12.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (77.12%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Randy, raucous and unexpectedly romantic, "Sex Drive" follows three friends on the road trip of a lifetime!

• Road To Hong Kong | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £9.58   |  Saving you £3.41 (35.59%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Vaudevillians Harry (Crosby) and Chester (Hope) travel to Tibet to search for a drug to restore Chester's memory. Once they find the cure Chester's memory becomes so good that he accidentally memorizes a secret formula for space navigation. Soon the two meet up with a beautiful spy (Collins) and get slightly sidetracked... to another planet!

• Hancock's Half Hour - Vol. 4 | DVD | (14/08/2006) from £7.92   |  Saving you £8.07 (101.89%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The mercurially talented comedian Tony Hancock returns to DVD with more from his epoch-making comedy series Hancock's Half Hour.

• The Blues Brothers | DVD | (07/11/2005) from £12.02   |  Saving you £17.97 (149.50%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The Blues Brothers (Dir. John Landis 1980): They'll never get caught. They're on a mission from God. After the release of Jake Blues (John Belushi) from prison he and brother Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) go to visit the orphanage where they were raised by nuns. They learn that the church stopped its support and will sell the place unless the tax on the property is paid within 11 days. The brothers decide to raise the money by putting their blues band back together and stagin

• Keeping Mum - Series 2 | DVD | (23/03/2009) from £4.75   |  Saving you £10.24 (215.58%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The Beares are back for a second helping of the hit BBC series 'Keeping Mum' as Stephanie Cole and Martin Ball reprise their roles as demanding mother and dutiful son. Peggy is up to her old tricks again and poor Andrew is once more the reluctant guardian teacher peacemaker and pragmatist. Still living in the shadow of older and 'favourite' child Richard this second series sees Andrew more determined than ever to have a life outside of the house and to cut the apron strings once and for all. Featuring the same stellar support cast as series one and a cameo appearance by Prunella Scales as Peggy's sister Marjorie enjoy eight episodes of family fun with the Beares.

• Johnny English | Blu Ray | (04/10/2011) from £8.10   |  Saving you £13.15 (192.25%)   |  RRP £19.99

  He knows no fear. He knows no danger. He knows nothing!Bumbling British intelligence officer Johnny English has to step into the breach when all his fellow agents are suddenly bumped off. With the machinations of mysterious millionaire Pascal Sauvage becoming increasingly threatening, it's up to Johnny to save the crown jewels and the very fate of the Royal family!

• Catfight | Blu Ray | (24/04/2017) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  THEY'RE IN FOR THE FIGHT OF THEIR LIVES! Prepare to sink your claws into Catfight, a brutal and darkly hilarious film that combines the violence of Fight Club and the poignant comedy of Arrested Development, all mashed into one of the most original and funniest movies of recent years. Struggling artist Ashley (Anne Heche) and wealthy housewife Veronica (Sandra Oh) were friends at college, but their paths have not crossed since. When they find themselves attending the same event (Ashley working as a waiter at Veronica's rich husband's party), their initial thinly-veiled verbal pleasantries soon take a turn, leading to an all-out brawl and all-consuming rivalry that will keep these two locked in combat for years. With supporting appearances from Alicia Silverstone as Ashley's lesbian love interest, and Dylan Baker playing an overworked coma doctor, Catfight turns the portrayal of women's fights in movies on its head in the most violent of ways possible, landing a killer satirical blow at modern day society. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Commentary with writer-editor-director Onur Tukel Commentary with actors Sandra Oh and Anne Heche Fight Choreography featurette Deleted Scenes Trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by The Red Dress FIRST PRESSING ONLY: O-Card, Booklet featuring new writing on the film

• Duets | DVD | (16/07/2007) from £5.38   |  Saving you £0.61 (11.34%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A musical comedy about six very different people all travelling to Nebraska in the hope of wining a major karaoke competition!

• Modern Toss - Series 1 | DVD | (26/11/2007) from £6.73   |  Saving you £13.26 (197.03%)   |  RRP £19.99

  What's it all about eh? It's the stink of excellence in a world gone t*ts up. It's flies and sneezing and illegal alphabets and astronauts and drive by abusing ducks and a bloke who turns into a giant red monster when he sees Alan Titchmarsh and swearing. Lots and lots of swearing... ...Seriously this DVD may cause offence. Excellent.

• Fresh Fields - Series 1 | DVD | (12/04/2010) from £8.98   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  William and Hester Field have been very happily married for twenty years. Their children have flown the nest and Hester thinks there should be a few things left to do between now and the pension book. With a renewed zest for life and a fresh dynamism in their relationship she insists that the couple take up a number of new pastimes and challenges - even if William sometimes lacks his wife's enthusiasm and seemingly boundless energy. Starring Anton Rodgers (May to September) as accountant William and Julia McKenzie (Cranford) as accomplished cook Hester Fresh Fields' wry gentle humour made it a firm favourite with viewers spawning an equally popular sequel - French Fields - and earning McKenzie a BAFTA nomination for Best Light Entertainment Performance. The series which aired between 1984 and 1986 was produced and directed by sitcom veteran Peter Frazer-Jones (George and Mildred After Henry). This release contains the complete first series originally screened in 1984.

• Zoolander / Zoolander 2 Double Pack | DVD | (04/07/2016) from £9.98   |  Saving you £17.00 (212.77%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Zoolander: At the end of his career, a clueless fashion model is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia. Zoolander 2: Derek Zoolander is back and better-looking than ever in this outrageously funny sequel to the smash hit. Derek and Hansel were once top male supermodels, now reunited to uncover an international conspiracy against the world's most beautiful people. Bonus Features: Deleted and extended Scenes 1997 VH1 Fashion Awards Skit Rehearsal footage 1996 VH1 Fashion Awards Skit MTV's Cribs Interviews The Zoolander Legacy Go Big or Go Rome

• Bored to Death - Season 2 | DVD | (25/06/2012) from £5.82   |  Saving you £19.17 (329.38%)   |  RRP £24.99

  New Cases. No ClueWhen we last dropped in on Jonathan Ames - New York writer, romantic, unlicensed private detective - he was taking a pounding in the boxing ring while still licking his (more painful) breakup wounds. Now that his second novel has been completed (and rejected), Jonathan is augmenting his income by moonlighting as a creative-writing teacher, while taking on some new, desperate clients, ranging from a kinky policeman to the publishing rival of his sexagenarian pal, George Christopher. How he solves anything is a mystery.

• Facejacker | DVD | (17/05/2010) from £21.24   |  Saving you £-1.25 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From the makers of Fonejacker comes a new show for Channel 4...Facejacker. Kayvan Novak once again plays the man of mystery but this time he is up close and personal with his subjects rather than on the other end of a telephone line. He plays a succession of fictional characters thrust into real life situations butting up against unsuspecting members of the public. The show features a mix of some of the characters that we saw in Fonejacker (outspoken car salesman Terry Tibbs and Mr Doovde) and some that we only heard but who have now been brought to life: Brian Badonde - the charlatan art critic who knows very little but who is more than happy to pass off your wisdom as his own whilst presenting his TV show. Dufrais - the Jewish wheelchair-bound fantasist who is obsessed with the minutiae of life and who is desperate to attract a cast for the feature film that he is written; Schindler's Other List Dr. Ali - Saddam Hussein's plastic surgeon of choice. But that was in the 80s. Now he plies his trade in the UK. Donald Donaldson - A British-born former Hollywood director who finds himself back in England auditioning dogs and directing wedding videos but still wanting to give them the Hollywood treatment. A character-based sketch show set in the real world performed by one man in a prosthetic mask and numerous members of the public.

• Leprechaun 5 - Back 2 Tha' Hood | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £4.66   |  Saving you £5.33 (114.38%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The evil Leprechaun is now in Da Hood!! When a gold medallion is stolen from an ugly statue the statue transforms into the Leprechaun who then goes on a killing spree looking for his gold.