"Director: Robert Townsend"

• Eddie Murphy - Raw - The Concert Movie | DVD | (22/11/2004) from £5.89   |  Saving you £10.10 (171.48%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The audacious concert film Eddie Murphy Raw rubbed some people the wrong way upon its release in 1987, but there's no denying that between Murphy's more insensitive bits about women and gay men is some of his most inspired material. While the young comedian indulges an unattractive homophobia and rants about the sexual manipulativeness of all females, he makes up for it with an amazing story about being chided by Bill Cosby for obscene humor and does a great impression of Mr. T falling under the spell of a Jedi mind trick. The best stuff comes deep into the show, particularly a long tale of being pressured into a fight at a club, resulting in a phone call to Murphy's drunk father, the latter in the middle of a verbal attack on his wife. The scene is genuinely horrifying and funny, testament to Murphy's early reputation as heir to Richard Pryor's mercilessly autobiographical brilliance. --Tom Keogh

• Phantom Punch | DVD | (24/05/2010) from £6.57   |  Saving you £9.42 (143.38%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Sonny Liston the controversial former world heavyweight boxing champion is brought back to vivid life by actor Ving Rhames in the Robert Townsend directed biopic Phantom Punch. From his discovery by a priest while serving time at the Missouri State Penitentiary to the infamous 'Phantom Punch' by Cassius Clay which effectively ended his career the movie spans the years from 1950 to Liston's mysterious and untimely death in 1971. Phantom Punch shares Liston's triumphs and tragedy as his run ins with racism the mob and the law are examined and his personal relationships with his wife manager and lover are revealed. From the lows of poverty and jail to the heights of a world championship Phantom Punch provides audiences with a compelling portrait of the man behind the headlines.

• Holiday Heart | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Holiday is a choirmaster by day and a female impersonator by night but this creatively talented man is extremely lonely with a broken heart. He becomes frinds with a bright young girl and her drug-addicted mother. Helping them off the streets into an empty flat across from his. He forms an attatchment with them but their worlds are torn apart when the mother hooks up with a dangerous drug-dealing boyfriend. This leads Holiday to confront his own prejudices in order to save the two people he loves the most.

• Bill Cosby: Far From Finished | DVD | (10/11/2014) from £12.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (15.40%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This is the comeback release from the legendary comedian and entertainer. Bill Cosby is Far From Finished. In his first special in 30 years he leaves the audience asking once again How did he get inside our house? This extended concert event is a must see. Bill Cosby is quite simply a national treasure with the unique ability to touch people's hearts.

• Black Listed | DVD | (31/05/2004) from £10.49   |  Saving you £2.50 (23.83%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Frustrated with the legal process a young and ambitious lawyer approaches his former college classmates and colludes with them to meter out strong justice where the all too lacking legal system has failed. These hyper-intelligent modern day vigilantes wreak out justice and vengeance upon those that were spared by the technicalities and limitations of our legal system. Sometimes the defenders of innocence become the criminals.