Comedy

• It's The Rage | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £3.29   |  Saving you £2.70 (82.07%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Mixing a superb cast with a serious salting of dark humour "gun culture" comedy It's The Rage is that rare thing, a genuinely outstanding film which went straight-to-video. Like Magnolia (1999) it makes coincidence a virtue in telling the stories of a group of disparate characters, and how their lives are entwined and sometimes ended because of America's obsession with firearms. When Jeff Daniels shoots his business partner, his wife, Joan Allen, leaves for a job with a software billionaire, Gary Sinise, and the film expands to encompass brother and sister punks (Giovanni Ribisi and Anna Paquin), a video store assistant, a pair of detectives and a gay couple. Adapted from his own play, Keith Reddin ensures the script remains pointed, while Sinise delivers a wonderful performance of supreme eccentricity recalling Peter Seller's Dr Strangelove. Indeed, there is much akin to Kubrick's tense, pitch-black humour in this anti-gun parable, while in various ways, from the central Daniels/Allen couple to the sardonic detachment of the music to Paquin's "almost-relationship" with an older man It's the Rage parallels the contemporaneous American Beauty (1999). It's actually the more powerful film, and though made for cable deserved all the praise it received on its festival screenings. On the DVD: The trailer doesn't capture the spirit of the film at all, while the 13-minute making-of documentary is routine promotional material. The commentary by first time film director (but veteran stage director) James D. Stern is exceptionally good, both enthusiastic and packed with information; the fact that It's The Rage really bites can almost certainly be attributed to Stern's college roommate being shot dead. The sound is Dolby Digital 5.1 and while this isn't the sort of film to show-off a sound system,it's atmospheric and the diverse music score becomes almost a character in itself. The anamorphically enhanced 1.77-1 image is good but a little grainy and shows occasional compression artifacting. --Gary S Dalkin

• The Three Stooges - Swing Parade / Jerks Of All Trades | DVD | (20/02/2006) from £22.90   |  Saving you £-5.91 (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Unless you're a die hard Stooges fan you might be surprised to learn that there were four - not three - Stooges. In 1930 the Stooges were part of a vaudeville comedy team called 'Ted Healy And His Rocketeers'. Healy employed his boyhood pal Moe Howard his brother Shemp and their friend Larry Fine as 'Stooges' or 'second banana's'. Before long Hollywood called and the public's obsession with the three Stooges has never stopped. Shemp was replaced by his kid brother Jerry 'Curly' Howard - but only after he shaved his head. The rest is history....

• Between Two Worlds | DVD | (08/02/2016) from £11.15   |  Saving you £8.84 (79.28%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Young writer Ryan (Chris Mason) is desperately searching for inspiration for his new novel whilst suffering a badly broken heart after being dumped by his glamorous girlfriend Lucy (Wallis Day) and adjusting to life away from his beloved Liverpool. In a misguided effort to cheer him up, his two best mates, John (Elliot Gleave / Example) a successful city trader and Connor (Lucien Laviscount) a budding Hollywood actor, take him out on a tour of the wild excesses of London's party scene where he meets the girl of his dreams, art gallery owner Anna (Hannah Britland). However, on his journey Ryan becomes torn and conflicted between life's priorities; to his friends, to his writing and to his roots. Filmed in London and Liverpool, Between Two Worlds was written by Stephen Morris in his feature debut and directed by James Marquand (ONE NIGHT IN ISTANBUL). The film stars Chris Mason (LEGEND), Hannah Britland (RUSH) Lucien Laviscount (SCREAM QUEENS) Wallis Day (HOLLYOAKS) and Elliot Gleave (Example) in his first film role.

• The Secret Policeman's Ball - The - The Alternative Years | DVD | (18/03/2002) from £11.09   |  Saving you £-5.10 (-85.10%)   |  RRP £5.99

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• Trafic | DVD | (14/11/2013) from £13.90   |  Saving you £1.09 (7.84%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This is the missing feature to complete the collection from one of the world's best directors of all time. Trafic was Jacques Tati's last outing as the bumbling amiable Monsieur Hulot one of cinema's most beloved comic personas following his appearance in films such as Les Vacances de M. Hulot Mon Oncle and Playtime. In Trafic he accompanies his car firm's new vehicle-an absurd Hulot-esque camper van-to a motor show in Amsterdam. This prescient satire on a man's obsession with motorised transport mixes wonderful observational comedy with laugh-out-loud moments. Tati's typically subtle choreography of people and objects is a rewarding lesson in how to see the world anew.

• Fun With Dick And Jane/ Liar Liar/The Cable Guy | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Fun With Dick And Jane: See Dick Run. Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni star in this fantastic re-make of Ted Kotcheff's original 1977 comedy hit. Dick (Jim Carrey) and Jane (Tea Leoni) are a typical suburban couple. They have a nice house in a development she works as a travel agent to supplement his white-collar income. Things change in the blink of an eye when Dick's company folds; his pension has no future and he can't find a job to save his life. Their front lawn is even repossessed! To make matters worse Jane has quit her job their house has lost value and all their savings went down along with his former employers. In increasingly dire straits Dick has a brainstorm: he'll steal to supplant his income. Jane joins him and soon the dynamic duo is dressing in elaborate costumes and ineptly attempting to make it big on the wrong side of the law! (Dir. Dean Parisot 2005) Liar Liar: Trust Me In this uproarious hit from the director and producers of the Nutty Professor comic genius Jim Carrey stars as a fast talking attorney and habitual liar who forced by his son's birthday wish must tell the truth for the next 24 hours. Co-starring Jennifer Tilly Swoosie Kurtz and Amanda Donohoe Siskel & Egbert give 'Liar Liar' ""Two thumbs up!"" (Dir. Tom Shadyac 1997) Cable Guy: There's No Such Thing as Free Cable The manic madness of Jim Carrey strikes again in this totally wired out of control comedy! Slip the cable guy fifty bucks and you'll get the movie channels for free - it's a time honoured urban ritual. But when Steven Kovacs (Matthew Broderick) moves into his new apartment he picks the wrong cable guy - this guy doesn't want fifty bucks; he just wants a friend for life. And he won't take no for an answer. (Dir. Ben Stiller 1996)

• Pallbearer | DVD | (13/02/2012) from £6.73   |  Saving you £13.26 (197.03%)   |  RRP £19.99

  David Schwimmer makes a hilarious big-screen debut in this outrageous comedy hit! As Tom Thompson, the popular star plays a befuddled college grad whose social life is practically D.O.A... that is, until he's asked to be a pallbearer at the funeral of a classmate he can't remember! Comic chaos follows as Tom fends off the seductive advances of the grieving mother (Barbara Hershey), and tries desperately to find the nerve to ask out the beautiful girl of his dreams (Gwyneth Paltrow) - who can't remember him!

• Chris McGlade - True Blue | DVD | (30/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Be warned... He's arrived with his much awaited adult comedy DVD. Not for the faint hearted or anyone easily offended Chris McGlade's quick-fire wit and gags come at you hard and fast. Hillariously outrageous extremely funny and obscenely rude. Quite simply made for anyone who wants to be offended you won't be disappointed!

• Orange County | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Des Bishop - Desfunctional | DVD | (09/11/2009) from £8.98   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Des Bishop: Desfunctional Live

• Fletch / Sergeant Bilko / King Ralph | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  King Ralph: This heart warming comedy starring John Goodman as the unlikliest king ever.... A freak accident kills off the whole Royal Family and a new heir must be found. The last person anyone expects it to be is lounge singer Ralph Jones who goes from one disaster to another as he reluctantly becomes King Ralph.... Sgt. Bilko: Sgt. Bilko is back and up to his old tricks. The arrival of Major Thorn threatens to put a stop to the casino under-the-table deals and Bilko's other illicit businesses... Fletch: 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!

• Dead Heat | DVD | (19/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Violent criminals who can't be killed are shooting up Los Angeles and the investigation leads LAPD detectives Roger Mortis (Treat Williams) and Doug Bigelow (Joe Piscopo) to a mysterious pharmaceutical firm. But when Mortis is suddenly murdered his coroner girlfriend and loose cannon partner discover the company's 'ressurection machine' that turns Roger into the walking dead. Now the department's most unstoppable cops must battle zombie hit men a butcher shop gone berserk and the deceased industrialist (the legendary Vincent Price in one of his final film roles) who may hold the key to it all. But can Mortis solve his own homicide case before he completely.

• Sweet Liberty | DVD | (03/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  It's Alan Alda vs. Hollywood in the writer-director-star's hilarious madcap comedy about the bawdy barbaric and beautifully crazed world of moviemaking. College professor Michael Burgess' life and town are turned upside down when a film company arrives to make a movie out of his best selling book on the American Revolution. To the earnest heartfelt Professor's horror leading man Michael Caine is a philandering adventurer the movie's director wants to turn his historic story into a youth-oriented lusty romp and female star Michelle Pfeiffer is so obsessed by Burgess' heroine that he begins to inexplicably fall in love with the zany actress. Spilling over with charm wry observation and riotous comedy the divine and delightful Sweet Liberty co-stars Academy Award nominee Bob Hoskins and the legendary silent film goddess Lillian Gish.

• Spitting Image - Series 4 - Complete | DVD | (03/11/2008) from £12.13   |  Saving you £2.86 (19.10%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A milestone in television comedy Spitting Image lifted satire to a new level for over a decade through the 1980's and 90's. No target was safe from the series' gunsights: politicians of all persuasions Ronald Reagan the Pope and even the Royal Family could find themselves up for a ribbing on any given programme. Exceptionally topical the series was worked around that current weeks news stories to retain its biting edge and many famous impressionists honed their craft portraying the voices behind the wickedly accurate rubber puppets: Chris Barrie Rory Bremner Phil Cornwell Steve Coogan John Culshaw Harry Enfield and Kate Robbins (among many others).

• P.S. Your Cat Is Dead | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Life. Love. And a little payback! It's New Years Eve and poor Jimmy Zoole is having a day from hell. His all puppet Shakespeare play is a flop his beautiful girlfriend has just dumped him his beloved cat is in hospital and his flat has been broken into almost daily. But Jimmy takes the world by the throat when he captures a burglar in the act and decides to change from victim to boss! Actor Steve Guttenberg's directorial debut of comic misadventures is a hilarious pitch

• Balls | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £14.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (20.09%)   |  RRP £17.99

  In the tradition of The Full Monty Billy Elliot and Bend It Like Beckham comes a tremendous feel good movie for everyone. Winner of numerous festival audience awards including Outfest Los Angeles BALLS will bring you to your feet cheering. Ecki revealed his sexuality by mistake and his team-mates started to practice discrimination deeming 'softies' like him would not be able to catch a ball. Disgraced and ostracized from his local football team Ecki swears revenge. With the help of his sister he forms a rag-tag all-gay team in the ultimate grudge match. It is a hilarious journey for Ecki his family and the entire town in this thoroughly surprising comedy.

• The Blues Brothers: Reel Heroes Sleeve | Blu Ray | (29/07/2013) from £33.73   |  Saving you £-8.74 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Two bumbling brothers Jake and Elwood Blue try to reassemble their band after one of them is released from prison. They have to try to raise $5 000 to pay for the taxes on the childhood home where they were raised - an orphanage. As a result a series of many hilarious and comedic routines car chases and musical numbers ensue. Special Features: The Stories Behind the Making of The Blues Brothers Transporting the Music Remembering John

• Bikini Car Wash - 3D | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £8.08   |  Saving you £6.91 (85.52%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A pair of `losers` discover a stash of very friendly leaves.with aphrodisiac powers getting on in high school and meeting chicks.its in the bag !!!!

• The People I've Slept With | DVD | (17/09/2012) from £7.98   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.94%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Raunchy 'who's the Daddy?' comedy -in the vein of 'Knocked Up' and 'Sex & The City'. Party girl Angela loves sex, and isn't afraid to show it - after all, she says, a 'slut' is just a woman with the morals of a man. She takes photos of her many conquests to remember them and gives each one a nickname - such as the unfortunate Five-Second Guy. Angela's fun-loving lifestyle takes a sharp downturn when she discovers she's pregnant. With the help of her gay best friend Gabriel, Angela tracks down the last few guys she slept with, and has to work out how to steal a DNA sample from each, in the hope of finding out who's the babyfather. Beneath the laugh-out-loud raunchy comedy, this film is a very modern and engaging story about friendship and family.

• All's Faire In Love | DVD | (13/08/2012) from £2.09   |  Saving you £10.90 (83.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The tale begins when a collage football star Will (Owen Benjamin - The House Bunny) arrives at All's Faire In Love... Renaissance Faire to work off his class non-attendance obligation to Prof. Shockworthy (Cedric The Entertainer - Barbershop, Madagascar 1, 2 & 3) by joining the rag-tag peasant Greenbriar Theatre Troupe. The same is true for Kate (Christina Ricci - Black Snake Moan, The Addams Family), a performer who left her investment banking opportunities to join her cousin Jo (Louise Griffiths) to blossom on stage and in Will's heart. Will and Kate get the chance to prove themselves when the Faire's chief benefactress (Ann-Margret - The Break Up, Grumpy Old Men) create the ultimate competition to determine who will be a Royal and who a Common Peasant threatening to hand over the Troupe's most coveted Shakespearean stage at the Faire - to the treacherous and devious Troupe of Royals lead by Rank (Chris Wylde). Will and Kate must overcome all manner of opposition and treachery to prove their worth, win the day and perhaps together fall in love.