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• Blue Streak | DVD | (26/06/2000) from £4.90   |  Saving you £1.09 (22.24%)   |  RRP £5.99

  If Eddie Murphy's comic tone turns on a dime, Martin Lawrence can perhaps be described as sauntering around the dime, looking around to see if anyone else has seen it, then picking the dime up, pocketing it, and casually walking off. He lazily indicates his humour, as if it's too much trouble to actually make the joke--and that distance is what makes him funny. At his best, Lawrence describes a kind of comic space and wanders around in it, claiming it for himself the way a dog might mark his territory, suggesting that what you think is funny doesn't matter to him; he just happens to be where the jokes are, and if you aren't laughing, that's your problem. In Blue Streak, Lawrence plays a jewel thief who plants a stolen diamond in the ventilation duct of a building under construction. When he's released from prison a few years later, he discovers that the building is now a Los Angeles police station. His solution: he impersonates a detective. Of course, everyone believes his disguise. Not only that, using his inside knowledge, he solves several crimes and earns the general admiration of the force. It's a standard fish-out-of-water setup and the plot doesn't take any chances with the formula, but Lawrence wears his role like a loose suit and does a little low-key boogie whenever he can, drawing you into the absurdity with a cock of his head and a roll of his eyes. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com

• Nothin' 2 Lose | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A woman gives her hot-shot music producer boyfriend 30 days to change from a partying bachelor into a respectable marrying man...

• For Real | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Mac Sinclair music mogul has got it all. CeCe is sexy sassy street wise and the headstrong niece of Mac's trusted housekeeper. After a run in with the law CeCe is put on lockdown at Mac's waterfront mansion by a vengeful judge with an old score to settle. CeCe and Mac living under one roof becomes a clash between Old School style and New Skool Flava. Sparks fly in this romantic comedy set in the vibrant world of the music business.