Comedy

• Bhaji On The Beach | DVD | (16/06/2003) from £8.47   |  Saving you £1.52 (17.95%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Bhaji on the Beach is the directorial debut of Gurinda Chadha, which--like her next film, What's Cooking--features women as the central characters and seems to involve food at every turn. It's an ensemble piece, which takes a while to establish the characters' relationships with each other. But eventually the focus of the film--based on a story by Meera Syal--gets distilled to a group of women taken on a day trip to Blackpool by a progressive thinking "sister". The skies are suitably grey as they arrive in the English resort town, with the amusement arcades, takeaways and shop fronts looking tacky and run down. There's Ginder (Kim Vithana), who has run away from her violent husband, Hashida (Sarita Khajuria), who has a major decision to make and conservative aunties Asha (Lalita Ahmed) and Pushpa (Zohra Sehgal), not to mention youngsters Ladhu (Nisha K Nayar) and Madhu (Renu Kochar) who are just along for the excitement. As the day wears on, tension mounts between the different generations as secrets come out into the open. It matters little that the plot feels a touch contrived--particularly the convergence of significant characters towards the end--as there's a lot of energy in the performances. The result is a bit rough around the edges, but there's a lot to amuse here, not least in the colourful nod to Bollywood contained in Asha's many dream sequences. --Emma Perry

• Naked Video - Series 2 | DVD | (09/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The complete second series of perhaps the funniest sketch show to air during the 1980s on British TV!

• Buck Privates Come Home/One Night in the Tropics | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £5.49   |  Saving you £4.50 (81.97%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Buck Privates: Bud and Lou enlist in the army in order to escape being hauled off to jail and soon find themselves in boot camp. To their dismay the company's drill instructor is none other than the cop who was all set to run them off to the hoosegow in the first place! The boys end up having a whale of a time getting under the skin of their humourless nemesis. One Night In The Tropics: Bud and Lou get mixed up in a ""Love Insurance"" scheme.

• World of Pub | DVD | (18/06/2007) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Brothers Barry and Garry are landlords of the least-successful pub in the East End but help is on hand with their ever-scheming mate Dodgy Phil. One quick call to Renovation Reg Memorabilia Mick or Big Screen Dean and the punters will soon be flocking in. Originally tagged as 'Eastenders meets The Simpsons' World of Pub is one of the most inventive comedy series of recent years following a path from Radio 4 to TV (as with The League of Gentleman and Little Britain) and featuring an all-star line-up of British comedy talent. Welcome to the World of Pub!

• Night At The Museum / Night At The Museum 2 - Escape From The Smithsonian | Blu Ray | (09/11/2009) from £11.69   |  Saving you £23.30 (66.60%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Titles Comprise: Ben Stiller leads an all-star cast including Robin Williams and Dick Van Dyke in this hilarious comedy hit. When good-hearted dreamer Larry Daley (Stiller) is hired as night watchman at the Museum of Natural History he soon discovers that an ancient curse brings all the exhibits to life after the sun sets. Suddenly Larry finds himself face-to-face with a frisky T. Rex skeleton tiny armies of Romans and cowboys and a mischievous monkey who taunts him to the breaking point. But with the help of President Teddy Roosevelt (Williams) Larry may just figure out a way to control the chaos and become a hero in his son's eyes. Boasting jaw-dropping special effects and laugh-out-loud moments Night At The Museum is your ticket to non-stop fun! Night At The Museum 2: Escape From The Smithsmonian: Ben Stiller is back as Larry the security guard who continues to encounter living and breathing museum exhibits in Night In The Museum 2: Escape From The Smithsonian!

• Never The Twain - The Complete Series 1 | DVD | (04/06/2001) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Remarkably, the Johnny Mortimer-scripted series Never the Twain ran to over 50 episodes between 1981 and 1984 on ITV. It starred Donald Sinden as Simon Peel, a stuffy, upper-middle class antiques dealer who lives next door to Oliver Smallbridge (Windsor Davies of It Aint Half Hot, Mum fame), a working-class lad made good, also in the antiques trade. As the first series establishes, theirs is a prickly relationship, not just because theyre rivals in trade but also rivals for the affections of the middle-aged, comely Veronica. They are aghast when they discover their respective son and daughter plan to marry, coming on like the Capulets and Montagues of Middle England. Never the Twain is a pleasantly predictable antique of the sitcom variety, redeemed by Sinden and Davies gruff, blustery and persistent antagonism. It depicts a cosy, never-never world of "dirty weekends", huge suburban houses, borderline homophobic mirth and reliable puns on "genes" and "jeans"--the sort of series in which characters greet surprising news by spraying a mouthful of tea halfway across the room. Some will find it barely endurable, others a welcome reminder of a bygone televisual era before alternative comedy became the ubiquitous norm. This DVD contains an episode guide and picture gallery. --David Stubbs

• Life of Riley The Complete First Series | DVD | (29/03/2010) from £16.18   |  Saving you £3.81 (19.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Brand new smash hit comedy series centring around newly-weds Rosie and Jim and their extended dysfunctional family. Starring Caroline Quentin (Jonathan Creek) and Neil Dudgeon (Silent Witness) and written by Georgia Pritchett (Smack The Pony).

• Tommy Cooper - A Feztival Of Fun With Tommy Cooper | DVD | (16/09/2002) from £6.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (43.12%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Join in this feztival of fun which contains the best loved sketches and classic routines from one of Britain's favourite clowns who returns for yet more side-splitting sketches. Watch as all his conjuring tricks misfire and let his maniacal laugh take you over in his unique and inimitable style. A true comic genius with his unmistakable fez he will make you laugh out loud... just like that!

• Big Trouble | DVD | (03/11/2003) from £5.38   |  Saving you £9.61 (64.10%)   |  RRP £14.99

  In this new comedy the lives of several Miami denizens, from ad agents to gunrunners to street thugs to law enforcement to school-children, intersect with dangerous results.

• The Dilemma | Blu Ray | (30/05/2011) from £8.47   |  Saving you £16.52 (195.04%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Vince Vaughn and Kevin James headline an all-star comedy from director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer about a man who finds out that what you don't say to a friend is just as important as what you do.

• Midgets vs Mascots | DVD | (14/03/2011) from £9.67   |  Saving you £3.32 (34.33%)   |  RRP £12.99

  5 Midgets and 5 Mascots fight it out in 30 ridiculous Jackass like challenges for a $10 Million prize left by an eccentric midgets-mascot-loving millionaire. Wrestling live alligators risking their lives and generally humiliating themselves this motley cast will do anything to win resulting in hilarious consequences! Watch as mascots are mauled by bulls midgets are challenged to drinking games and Gary Coleman fights NBA star Scottie Pippen in his last ever role in the most outrageous film of the year! We dare you not to laugh!

• Forgetting Sarah Marshall/Knocked Up/You, Me And Dupree | DVD | (26/01/2009) from £6.99   |  Saving you £1.02 (14.59%)   |  RRP £8.01

  Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008): Struggling musician Peter Bretter (Jason Segel) has spent six years idolizing his girlfriend television star Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell). He's the guy left holding her purse in paparazzi photos and accidentally omitted from acceptance award speeches. But his world is rocked when she dumps him and Peter finds himself alone. After an unsuccessful bout of womanizing and an on-the-job nervous breakdown he sees that not having Sarah may just ruin his life. To clear his head Peter takes an impulsive trip to Hawaii where he is confronted by his worst nightmare: his ex and her tragically hip new British-rocker boyfriend Aldous (Russell Brand) are sharing his hotel. But as he torments himself with the reality of Sarah's new life he finds relief in a flirtation with Rachel (Mila Kunis) a beautiful resort employee whose laid-back approach tempts him to rejoin the world. He also finds relief in several hundred embarrassing fruity cocktails. Knocked Up (2008): Allison Scott (Katherine Heigl) is an up-and-coming entertainment journalist whose 24-year-old life is on the fast track. But it gets seriously derailed when a drunken one-nighter with slacker Ben Stone (Seth Rogen) results in an unwanted pregnancy. Faced with the prospect of going it alone or getting to know the baby's father Allison decides to give the lovable doof a chance. An overgrown kid who has no desire to settle down Ben learns that he has a big decision to make with his kid's mom-to-be: will he hit the road or stay in the picture? Courting a woman you've just Knocked Up however proves to be a little difficult when the two try their hands at dating. As they discover more about one another it becomes painfully obvious that they're not the soul mates they'd hoped they might be! You Me & Dupree (2006): Two's company. Dupree's a crowd. For newlyweds Carl (Matt Dillon) and Molly Peterson (Kate Hudson) life can't get any sweeter as they begin anew to settle down into married life. With a nice house and established careers in tow nothing seems to get in their way. However Carl is about find out just how much friendship means when Randy Dupree (Owen Wilson) his best friend has been displaced from his home and fired from his job because of attending their wedding. Taking his friend in what Carl and Molly are about to experience is that the fine line between a few days and whatever else after can be a lot more than they bargained for!

• Diary Of A Wimpy Kid 3 - Dog Days | DVD | (23/10/2017) from £5.30   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3: Dog Days, the third instalment in the Wimpy Kid films, is sublimely funny for all ages. That's a tall order, but it's really true. The script, the jokes, the acting, the dialogue are all appropriate for pretty much all ages of children, but manage to be super-appealing to adults too. Zachary Gordon is back as Greg, the wimpy kid who just can't quite square his true desires--to play video games all summer, indoors--with his well-meaning dad's intention that he do something worthwhile, and preferably outside. When Greg starts hanging out at the swanky country club pool to be nearer his crush, Holly (Peyton List), he lets his dad (Steve Zahn) believe he's gotten a job there. The jokes and gags are not highbrow, and yet director David Bowers and the talented cast and well-written script keep things moving along, if you will, swimmingly. What's great about the Wimpy Kid films is that the kids are believable and on-trend, and yet wear age-appropriate clothes and don't drop swear words. It's endearing to see middle-schoolers treated as the almost-teens they are--emphasis on "almost." Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3: Dog Days is truly a comedy that the whole family can enjoy together. --A.T. Hurley

• Moving Wallpaper - Complete Series 1 | DVD | (24/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Moving Wallpaper depicts the behind-the-scenes backbiting at the making of ITV1 brand new soap entitled 'Echo Beach'. Mastermninded by producer Jonathan Pope(Ben Miller)who is determined to make it the most talked-about show in Britain.

• Just Like A Woman | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A successful American banker faces all sorts of opposition after revealing his penchant for dressing in women's clothing...

• Beavis & Butthead Do America (Special Collector's Edition) | DVD | (30/10/2006) from £4.98   |  Saving you £11.01 (221.08%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When their TV is stolen Beavis & Butt Head hit the road in their hilarous film debut that proves what millions of fans already know; Beavis & Butt-Head RULE!

• Ed | DVD | (06/04/2009) from £6.73   |  Saving you £9.26 (57.90%)   |  RRP £15.99

  You'll go bananas for baseball's funniest rookie when Friends star Matt LeBlanc teams up with the hottest third baseman this side of Cooperstown: Ed a chimp who's the reigning champ of friendship and fly balls. Pitcher Jack 'Deuce' Cooper (LeBlanc) is in a major bind when he makes it to the minor leagues and gets stage fright on the mound. Back on the farm he's dynamite; in front of a crowd he chokes. But good luck swings to the rescue when a hairy hero steps up to the plate! Jack'

• Girls Night In | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Set Comprises: 13 Going On 30 (2004): It is 1987 and Jenna is a 13-year-old girl on the brink of womanhood. The problem is that adulthood is just not arriving fast enough! She's suffocated by her dorky parents ignored by the hip kids in school and the cute guy she has a crush on barely knows her name. No longer content to spend time only with her best friend and neighbour Matt Flamhaff Jenna invites the cool kids to her 13th birthday party which turns into a disaster. Jenna is humiliated when she's locked in the closet for a game of 'Seven Minutes In Heaven' and everyone deserts her. Alone in the closet Jenna makes an earnest wish. If only she could be all grown up she'd have the life she's always wanted... The next day when Jenna emerges from the closet it's 2004 and she's 30 years old. What's more she is a gorgeous successful woman with a great job and a fabulous Fifth Avenue apartment. She is finally cool and popular. The only hitch? She has absolutely no idea how she got there! Initially frightened but gradually enchanted by her new life Jenna soon realizes there's something missing--Matt. When she looks him up she is horrified to discover that she and Matt are no longer in contact and furthermore he is engaged to be married. Jenna learns that 'having it all' is not enough and decides to take a second chance at first love... 50 First Dates (2004): Henry Roth (Sandler) the local marina veterinarian only dates tourists because he's afraid of commitment - that is until he meets Lucy (Barrymore). Unfortunately Lucy lost her short-term memory months ago in a car accident and for her each day is October the 13th. She follows the same routine every day - breakfast at the same restaurant pineapple-picking with her dad and eventually bed time where sleep wipes away her short-term memory. Henry however refuses to be forgotten and as his puppy love matures he embarks on a quest to restore her memory or at least be a part of her everyday routine. But vying for Lucy's attention isn't always easy. Henry explores various approaches before making a video for Lucy to watch every morning reminding her of who she is and what she's doing... Maid In Manhattan (2002): Marisa Ventura is a single mother born and bred in the boroughs of New York City. She works as a maid in a first-class Manhattan hotel. By a twist of fate and mistaken identity Marisa meets Christopher Marshall a handsome heir to a political dynasty who believes that she is a guest at the hotel. Fate steps in and throws the unlikely pair together for one night. When Marisa's true identity is revealed the two find that they are worlds apart even though the distance separating them is just a subway ride between Manhattan and the Bronx.

• Lily In Love | DVD | (09/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  An ageing actor is desperate to star in a film written by his wife but he's entirely the wrong type for the role. Undaunted he disguises himself as a sexy Italian actor wins the part and heads to Budapest. His wife hasn't the slightest idea its him and complications arise when she falls in love with this 'young' man...

• Doris Day Collection - Series 4 - Episodes 1 To 26 | DVD | (21/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Universally adored film and recording star Doris Day triumphed television comedy rating number one in her timeslot with this light-hearted hit on CBS-TV from 1968-1973. The fourth year of THE DORIS DAY SHOW introduces a new boss Cy Bennett (played by John Dehner) for Doris at Today's World magazine and a new secretary friend Jackie Parker (portrayed by Jackie Joseph). Peter Lawford also joins the cast as Doris' boyfriend Dr. Peter Lawrence. Among the guest stars featured are Bob