Comedy

• Feeling Minnesota | DVD | (16/04/2001) from £6.05   |  Saving you £13.94 (69.70%)   |  RRP £19.99

  There can be few better ways reminding oneself of the key elements in late 1990s left-of-centre Hollywood than watching Feeling Minnesota. The film attempts to draw together most of the main themes from the post-Pulp Fiction world into one whole. The story--young lovers Freddie and Jjacks (sic) on the run from a criminal past--is pure True Romance, with an attempt to throw in a little Cohen brothers' style weirdness. It's not a bad film--how can any film that opens with a Johnny Cash tune not have some degree of style to it?--just one that misses that certain spark. The casting of Diaz and Reeves is hopelessly mismatched, the former's delightfully light touch during the film's many funny moments merely serving to heighten Reeves' clod hopping. He is slightly better when playing opposite brother and husband to Freddie Sam (Vincent D'Onofrio), but is unavoidably the film's weak link. It can't be denied that by pushing all the relevant buttons, Feeling Minnesota manages to provide a couple of hours of reasonably engrossing entertainment but, like the Bob Dylan version of "Ring of Fire" that closes the film, the originals are still the best. On the DVD: The de rigeur credible rock soundtrack is given extra sparkle by the DVD's audio quality, but the extras available are slight. The "making-of" featurette offers little more than one of those infuriating extended adverts that are passed off as film documentaries, while the cast interview section is presented in a series of a few second answers to a succession of uninspiring questions. --Phil Udell

• Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation | DVD | (29/07/2013) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When grumpy grandpa Roger Hobbs (James Stewart) suggests a quiet vacation to his lovely wife Peggy (Maureen O'Hara) he's thinking of a romantic break for just the two of them. What he gets however is something quite different! Before he knows what's happening Peggy has organised a full family reunion - in the oldest ugliest and most dangerous beach house ever! Now Roger's life has become a living nightmare as he struggles to cope with delinquent toddlers TV-obsessed teenagers a pair of very odd sons-in-law and a young daughter falling for a local heartthrob (Fabian). Returning to work will seem like a dream after this vacation!

• Heavyweights | DVD | (12/04/2004) from £5.38   |  Saving you £9.61 (178.62%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A group of adolescents are enjoying a wild summer at 'Fat Camp' until a neurotic fitness fanatic buys the camp and imposes an absurd diet and exercise regime! Now the kids must gain control before their summer wastes away...

• The Purple Rose Of Cairo | Blu Ray | (09/01/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  "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

• Fun At The Funeral Parlour | DVD | (18/09/2006) from £14.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (33.44%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Featuring many of The Fast Show's finest this series was created and scripted by Rhys Thomas one of the writers behind Swiss Toni - Rhys also played alongside the titular car dealer as his long-suffering apprentice Paul. Welsh funeral directors Ivor Arwell Percy and Gwynne Thomas run a family business that should be doomed to failure. For a start the boss and father of the clan Ivor is scared of dead bodies and socially inept to such a degree that his wife ran o

• The Wedding Singer | Blu Ray | (17/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.94

  Featuring extra footage a radical soundtrack and way cool performances by Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore this Totally Awesome Edition will leave you totally stoked! It's 1985 and Robbie Hart (Adam Sandler) is the ultimate master of ceremonies until he is left at the altar at his own wedding. Devastated he becomes a newlywed's worst nightmare - an entertainer who can do nothing but destroy other people's weddings. It's not until he meets a warm-hearted waitress named Julia (Drew Barrymore) that he starts to pick up the pieces of his heart. The only problem is Julia's about to have a wedding of her own and unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a lifetime the girl of his dreams will be gone forever...

• Death At A Funeral | Blu Ray | (27/09/2010) from £12.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (77.12%)   |  RRP £22.99

  A funeral ceremony turns into a debacle of exposed family secrets and misplaced bodies.

• Love And Other Drugs | Blu Ray | (22/04/2013) from £8.27   |  Saving you £16.72 (202.18%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Maggie (Hathaway) is an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone - or anything - tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie (Gyllenhaal), whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serve him well with the ladies and in the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. Maggie and Jamie's evolving relationship takes them both by surprise, as they find themselves under the influence of the ultimate drug: love. Based on Jamie Reidy's memoir 'Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman.'

• Breaking Wind | DVD | (02/04/2012) from £7.32   |  Saving you £8.67 (118.44%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A spoof of the blockbuster TWILIGHT franchise, BREAKING WIND follows Bella who finds herself the object of everyone's affection including Edward Colon, Jacob the overweight but girthy werewolf and Little Edward the three foot six pint sized version of Edw

• Andy Parsons - Gruntled Live 2011 | DVD | (14/11/2011) from £3.48   |  Saving you £16.51 (474.43%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Panic over he's back! Everyone's favourite grumbling funny man and star of BBC2's Mock The Week Andy Parsons is back on the road with his brand new show Gruntled. Britain's foremost topical comedian returns to the stage and DVD for more logically rigorous cutting edge comedy. Expect the usual clever politically inspired bemusements and disappointedly crushed enthusiasm. This is a sharp thought provoking show by one of our most astute comedians in the UK.

• Alexei Sayle's Stuff | DVD | (05/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This DVD features the popular Liverpudlian comedian in his pomp; a winning combination of Pythonesque surrealism and 'alternative' comedy philosophy honed with a satirical edge.

• Time of Their Lives, The | DVD | (20/02/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Confessions - Confessions Of A Window Cleaner/Confessions Of A Driving Instructor/Confessions From A Holiday Camp/Confessions Of A Pop Performer | DVD | (20/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The 'Confessions' series of films are still entertaining examples of 70s British high camp and go to places the 'Carry On' films never dared! Confessions Of A Window Cleaner (1974): The classic bawdy British sex comedy about a window cleaner who doesn't quite clean up his act... Confessions Of A Driving Instructor (1973): Our randy young hero Timmy Lea progresses from the 'ins and outs' of window cleaning to the joys of 'gear shifting' as he sets himself up as a driving instructor. Guaranteed 0 to 60 in 5 seconds...blonde or brunette! Confessions From A Holiday Camp (1977): Timmy and Sid are entertainment officers at a holiday camp. They must organise a beauty contest successfully or find themselves out of work! Confessions Of A Pop Performer (1975): Hilarious antics a-plenty when Tommy and Sid take on a second-rate pop group and end up on a Royal Charity Show!

• Mulberry - Complete Series 2 | DVD | (18/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Mulberry's at it again in Series Two of the hilarious tale of Death's reluctant apprentice son and the po-faced recluse Miss Farnaby. Karl Howman and Geraldine McEwan resume their roles as one of TV's most unlikely but endearing duos. Originally sent to collect Miss Farnaby's soul Mulberry has instead found himself as her elixir of life and the unofficial head of the household much to Bert and Alice's continued disgruntlement. The second series featuring seven episodes sees a change in atmosphere at Farnaby Manor as there is romance in the air for both the lady of the house and Mulberry but as everyone knows the course of true love never did run smooth... especially if Bert and Alice have anything to do with it! Episodes Comprise: 1. Springtime 2. The Accident 3. The Matchmaker 4. The Art Class 5. A Mysterious Guest 6. A Musical Evening 7. An Unexpected Visit

• Robot Chicken - Series 1-3 - Complete | DVD | (28/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £44.99

  Robot Chicken: Seasons 1 - 3 Boxset (Adult Swim) (8 Discs)

• Futurama - The Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection | DVD | (31/05/2005) from £5.40   |  Saving you £7.59 (140.56%)   |  RRP £12.99

  If you hate switching from DVD to DVD while watching Futurama to get your favorite episodes there is some good news.... Matt Groening and David X. Cohen have hand picked their favorite episodes from each of the four seasons and put them into one collection - this one! Episodes comprise: 1. Hell Is Other Robots (Season 1) 2. Anthology Of Interest I (Season 2) 3. Roswell That Ends Well (Season 3) 4. The Sting (Season 4)

• Smokey and the Bandit | Blu Ray | (24/01/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  One of the all-time big box-office hits Smokey And The Bandit stars Burt Reynolds and Jackie Gleason in an outrageous comedy that boasts full-throttle laughs and high-velocity thrills. Reynolds is the Bandit a king-of-the-road trucker hero who accepts the ultimate challenge: pick up a truckload of Coors beer in Texarkana - the closest place it can be legally sold - and haul it cross-country to Atlanta in 48 hours. The reward? $80 000! The result? The wildest series of car chases and crashes ever filmed in this hilarious all time smash hit!

• Major Movie Star | DVD | (18/05/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When fluffy bubble gum movie star Megan Valentine suddenly finds herself broke and humiliated in the public eye she wanders from the wreckage of a car accident and witlessly enlists in the U.S. Army hoping in vain that it will change her life.

• The Strawberry Blonde | DVD | (28/05/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Complete Dear Ladies and Gala Evenings | DVD | (07/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £30.41

  The Complete Dear Ladies And Gala Evenings