Comedy

• Love Actually/Wimbledon | DVD | (04/02/2008) from £9.98   |  Saving you £5.00 (62.58%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Love Actually: Love actually is all around. From the new bachelor Prime Minister (Hugh Grant) instantly falling in love with a refreshingly real member of the staff (Martine McCutcheon) moments after entering 10 Downing Street... To a writer (Colin Firth) escaping to the south of France to nurse his re-broken heart who finds love in a lake... From a comfortably married woman (Emma Thompson) suspecting that her husband (Alan Rickman) is slipping away... To a new bride (Keira Knightley) mistaking the distance of her husband's best friend for something it's not... From a schoolboy seeking to win the attention of the most unattainable girl in school... To a widowed stepfather (Liam Neeson) trying to connect with a son he suddenly barely knows... From a lovelorn junior manager (Laura Linney) seizing a chance with her long-tended unspoken office crush... To an ageing ""seen it all remember very little of it"" rock star (Bill Nighy) jonesing for an end-of-career comeback in his own uncompromising way... Love the equal-opportunity mischief-maker is causing chaos for all. These London lives and loves collide mingle and climax on Christmas Eve-again and again and again-with romantic hilarious and bittersweet consequences for anyone lucky (or unlucky) enough to be under love's spell. Wimbledon: Pro tennis ""hot shot"" Lizzie Bradbury (Kirsten Dunst) is a rising star who lives to win. But when she falls for long-shot contender Peter Colt (Paul Bettany) amid the glitz and glamour of Wimbledon Lizzie discovers its not if you win or lose but how you play the game...of love. A deliciously witty romantic comedy about chasing your dreams and risking your heart Wimbledon is a fun and charming story of love across the net.

• The Keystone Comedies | DVD | (12/02/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  One of the early classic movie studios Keystone Pictures Studios was founded in 1912 by Mack Sennett and would find lasting fame with their brand of slapstick comedy especially the Keystone Cops. These four films which include The Bangville Police the first popular Keystone Cops film showcase their brand of slapstick to perfection. The Bangville Police: A young farmer's daughter spots some strangers hanging around in the barn and rushes off to call the police. But the police have a haphazard rush across country to get there in time. Her Painted Hero: An heiress decides to use her new found wealth financing her favourite star's new vaudeville show but on the understanding that a part is found for her. Love Speed And Thrills: An injured Walrus who has been shot is carried home by Ambrose but Walrus recovers enough to start flirting with Ambrose' wife! Wife And Auto Trouble: Bossed about at home by his wife and his mother-inlaw a meek husband finds comfort in the arms of his secretary. In gratitude he has bought her a car but unfortunately the wife spots it first.

• Lonesome Jim | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £21.49   |  Saving you £-2.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Change Your Outlook. Change Your Life. Nearing the age of 30 with no real accomplishments to show for his years Jim (Casey Affleck) humbly returns to his small town and moves back in with his eccentric parents (Mary Kay Place and Seymour Cassell) and brother (Kevin Corrigan). As he tries to guide his family through the little dramas of everyday life Jim stumbles into a romance with a kind optimistic nurse (Liv Tyler). Directed by Steve Buscemi Lonesome Jim is a wise smart comedy about the courage it takes to accept the past and to embrace the future.

• Did You Hear About The Morgans? | Blu Ray | (24/05/2010) from £6.36   |  Saving you £18.63 (292.92%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The comedy "Did You Hear About the Morgans?" follows a highly successful Manhattan couple, Meryl and Paul Morgan (Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant), whose almost-perfect lives have only one notable failure - their dissolving marriage.

• Cedar Rapids | Blu Ray | (19/09/2011) from £9.68   |  Saving you £13.30 (198.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When a naive, small-town insurance agent named Tim Lippe (Ed Helms, The Hangover) goes to a convention in the big city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, his life gets turned inside out under the influence of three convention veterans. This sort of fish-out-of-water comedy could have been a flimsy excuse for broad slapstick and absurd high jinks; instead, in the confident hands of director Miguel Arteta (The Good Girl, Chuck & Buck), Cedar Rapids becomes something more humane and, in a quiet way, more ambitious. Helms manages to make Tim genuine, a man-child but not a cartoon; the movie's situations skirt wackiness, yet always remain in the realm of something emotionally real. (The movie also reflects the influence of producers Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, who created the similarly character-rich movies Sideways, Almost Schmidt, and Election.) The whole cast hits the right notes, from such familiar faces as John C. Reilly (Magnolia, Talladega Nights), Anne Heche, and Sigourney Weaver to such stealthy character actors as Stephen Root (NewsRadio), Rob Corddry (Hot Tub Time Machine), Isiah Whitlock Jr. (The Wire), and Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development). Cedar Rapids is sweet without being cloying, funny without being manic, and even a little sad at times, without ever turning up the violins on the soundtrack. It's an honest movie, and there are all too few of them out there. --Bret Fetzer

• My Best Friend's Girl | Blu Ray | (30/03/2009) from £9.79   |  Saving you £15.20 (155.26%)   |  RRP £24.99

  When guys get dumped, they hire Tank to take their ex-girlfriends out on the worst date of their lives - an experience so horrible it sends them running back to their former boyfriends!

• The Beverly Hillbillies Collection - Volume 3 | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £12.99   |  Saving you £-8.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Pygmalion And Elly: Sonny Drysdale continues his tempestuous courtship of Elly May. Elly Races Jethrine: The Clampetts want Sonny to Propose to Elly May before cousin Pearl can get her daughter Jethrine married. The Great Feud: Sonny Jilts Elly May prompting a Clampett invasion of the Drysdale Estate. Home For Christmas:The Clampetts Return to their Mountain Cabin for a surprise Christmas visit.

• Sawako Decides | DVD | (24/10/2011) from £24.70   |  Saving you £-9.71 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Sawako has lived in Tokyo for five years, is working her fifth office job, and is dating her fifth boyfriend, who is also her boss at the office. Her life with Kenichi, her boyfriend, and his daughter from a previous marriage, Kayoko, feels like a compromise, and she endures each day feeling distressed about her career and love life. One day, she receives word that her father, Tadao, who runs a freshwater clam processing business in her hometown, has fallen ill. There is a reason why Sawako would rather not go back home so easily, but she reluctantly decides to return at Kenichi's insistence. But Kenichi, who had actually quit his job shortly before Sawako, uses this opportunity to come along with Sawako to her hometown with his daughter in tow.Thus Sawako's ordeals continue. Still, she takes over her father's clam processing company and begins to work there.

• The Ladykillers | Blu Ray | (18/10/2010) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tom Hanks teams up with the Coen brothers for a remake of the classic 1955 Ealing comedy about a group of thieves trying to bump off their landlady.

• Nutty Professor II: The Klumps | DVD | (11/04/2016) from £8.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (66.74%)   |  RRP £14.99

  America's funniest family is back for seconds! Eddie Murphy is hilarious when he stars as the entire Klump family in this enormous comedy blockbuster. The hilarity begins when professor Sherman Klump finds romance with fellow DNA specialist, Denise Gaines (Janet Jackson), and discovers a brilliant formula that reverses ageing. But Sherman's thin and obnoxious alter ego, Buddy Love, wants out...and a big piece of the action. And when Buddy gets loose, things get seriously nutty. Now, it's up to Mama, Papa, Ernie and Granny Klump to throw their weight around and save the day in this whopping, gut busting comedy Good Morning America calls an incredible piece of film making.

• Paddy McGuinness - Plus You! Live | DVD | (17/11/2008) from £4.98   |  Saving you £15.01 (301.41%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Paddy McGuiness found fame with friend and co-star Peter Kay in Phoenix Nights and Max & Paddy's Road To Nowhere and has now turned his hand to stand-up comedy.

• Middle Of Nowhere | DVD | (09/05/2011) from £4.92   |  Saving you £5.07 (103.05%)   |  RRP £9.99

  An irresponsible mother blows her eldest daughter's college fund on her youngest daughter's modeling campaign.

• Orphans | Blu Ray | (31/10/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The directorial debut from renowned Scottish actor Peter Mullan (The Magdalene Sisters, Neds), Orphans tells the story of four siblings, who gather for their mother's funeral in Glasgow and face individual torments over a single night. This grittily realistic and deeply moving black comedy/drama brings together the finest of Scottish talent and wowed audiences all over the world on its original release.This Blu-ray release features a brand new HD restoration of the film, together with a selection of early Peter Mullan short films: Fridge (1995), Close (1993) and Good Day for the Bad Guys (1995). Extras include: Trailer Photo Gallery First reels Interview: Peter Mullan on Close

• Barry Welsh Is Coming - The Cream | DVD | (26/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Barry Welsh Is Coming--The Cream brings together the highlights of three series from the nightmare spoof TV presenter. Drawn from a fine pedigree--the show was created by the people behind the marvellous Trigger Happy TV and Barry himself is portrayed with cringe-worthy accuracy by John Sparkes from Absolutely--the programme draws much of its humour from the same vein as Steve Coogan's mercurial Alan Partridge creation. Extremely regional in its source humour, other characters featured include Fishguard's own reporter Hugh Pugh, Celtic daredevil Geraint Pillock and Dave, Dave and Dave, the men from Animal Rescue Squad (think about it). It's all very rude, parochial and immature but also often very funny indeed. Those who have come across the TV show and indulged should not hesitate (there is much unbroadcast material), while those without a sensitive nature should certainly give it a thought.--Phil Udell

• Tapeheads | DVD | (29/06/2009) from £4.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (60.44%)   |  RRP £7.99

  After being fired from their jobs as security guards lifelong friends Ivan (John Cusack) and Josh (Tim Robbins) form 'Video Aces' to break into the world of music videos. But when they try to resuscitate the career of legendary soul duo The Swanky Modes (Junior Walker and Sam Moore) they find themselves careening through an outrageous underworld of chicken & waffles Scandinavian synth bands Menudo concerts and a presidential candidate with a fairy princess fetish. Tapeheads features appearances by Don Cornelius Connie Stevens Stiv Bator Martha Quinn Ted Nugent Bob Goldthwait Susan Tyrrell Jello Biafra Doug E. Fresh and Michael Nesmith plus a killer soundtrack of songs by Fishbone Devo Circle Jerks Dead Kennedys They Might Be Giants King Cotton Bob Roberts and more!

• Fast Times At Ridgemont High | DVD | (04/02/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The script for Fast Times at Ridgemont High is based on filmmaker Cameron (Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous) Crowe's time as a reporter for Rolling Stone. He was so youthful looking that he was able to go undercover for a year at a California high school and write a book about it. The film launched the careers of several young actors, including Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates and, above all, Sean Penn. The story line is episodic, dealing with the lives of iconic teen types: one of the school's cool kids, a nerd, a teen queen and, most enjoyably, the class stoner (Penn), who finds himself at odds with a strict history teacher (a wonderfully spiky Ray Walston). This is not a great film but very entertaining and, for a certain age group, a seminal film experience.--Marshall Fine, Amazon.com On the DVD: Amy (Clueless) Heckerling and Cameron Crowe's commentary is revealing and indicative of a time where nudity on celluloid was shocking rather than the norm as they talk about the issues which contributed to the film's original X-rating, as well as all the actors who originally auditioned for the roles. The transfer quality is high with little grain, and although the soundtrack is in mono rather than Dolby 5.1 it is not detrimental to the film. There's a retrospective documentary called "Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High" featuring new interviews with most of the cast and crew, plus a highly original feature about the locations used in the film, how they looked in 1982 and how they look now. For fact buffs there's the usual mix of biographies, theatrical trailer and production notes.--Kristen Bowditch

• Tango | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £19.79   |  Saving you £0.20 (1.01%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Available for the first time on DVD!!! Vincent a stunt pilot is acquitted of murdering his wife and her lover. However a few years later the judge in the case comes to blackmail him. The judge's nephew is having trouble with his wife and they demand that Vincent kill her. The judge a confirmed bachelor takes Paul and Vincent on the road to search for Paul's wife Marie... Patrice Leconte's outrageously fun black comedy is available for the first time on DVD!

• Funny People | Blu Ray | (18/01/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Funny People pulls off quite a feat: it examines the sources of comedy and manages to be knockout funny. Adam Sandler plays George Simmons, a successful comedian of Adam Sandler proportions who is diagnosed with a fatal blood disease. Faced with impending death, he recognizes that he has no friends and decides to make a best friend out of an aspiring young comedian named Ira (Seth Rogen, Knocked Up). This lopsided relationship gradually takes on aspects of true friendship as Ira forces George to try to reconnect with the people in his life, including his ex-girlfriend Laura (Leslie Mann, 17 Again). But forging real relationships conflicts with all the impulses that feed George’s comedy: can he truly re-create his life? Funny People has enough raw, no-inhibitions comedy to satisfy Sandler fans, but the core of the movie is far more complex and compelling--and significantly, Sandler rises to it. He, Rogen, and Mann all deliver superb performances, as does the supporting cast (including Jonah Hill, Superbad; Jason Schwartzman, Rushmore; and Eric Bana, Munich). Funny People fits into the ranks of such classics as Hannah and Her Sisters and Terms of Endearment: movies that blend sadness and joy into a vibrant picture of life. --Bret Fetzer

• The Chris Rock Show - Series 1 And 2 | DVD | (25/06/2007) from £12.92   |  Saving you £12.07 (48.30%)   |  RRP £24.99

  For the first time Chris Rock's ground-breaking Emmy winning comedy series is collected in this outrageously funny DVD set. Featuring the comic's incomparable stand-up monologues wildly inventive sketched and parody commercials musical performances from the industry's top talents and candid interviews with major celebrity and political figures this set is a testament to a show that was truly ahead of its time. The first two series of the unrated uncensored uninhibited hilarity from one of America's finest comic minds Chris Rock.

• John Shuttleworth -Southern Softies | DVD | (05/04/2010) from £12.55   |  Saving you £4.44 (35.38%)   |  RRP £16.99

  John Shuttle worth is the character created by musician Graham Fellows who has also on occasion been known as Jilted John best remembered for his massive hit in the seventies Jilted John. John Shuttleworth is a completely different kettle of fish. A fifty something unemployed man living in Sheffield who is fond of DIY and writing songs on his Yamaha keyboard which are inspired by his life. John has also made a film entitled It's Nice Up North which received excellent critical reviews. Southern Softies is the hilarious sequel to It's Nice Up North and follows John's half-hearted quest to see if it's soft down South. The DVD includes unseen deleted scenes and extras including the beloved Savoury promo as seen on Youtube. As with other releases from John Shuttleworth Southern Softies will appeal to the large and dediucated fan base built up by John Shuttleowrth over the last ten years.