Comedy

• Delirious | DVD | (12/08/2002) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-0.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A 1991 comedy, Delirious stars John Candy as the head writer on a soap opera set in the fictional small town of Ashford Falls, whose naff power dressing and power wrangling is distinctly reminiscent of Dynasty. Candy has a crush on the somewhat imperious and Joan Collins-esque star of the show, played by Emma Samms, although waiting in the wings to be written into the show is the more wholesome and unaffected actress Mariel Hemingway. Delirious takes a turn when Candy is felled in an accident and awakes, supernaturally, to find himself in the very world of his own soap, with Ashford Falls a real town and its fictional characters, including Samms, now real people. Candy discovers, however, that in this world he has the power to "write" situations as they suit him--in this case, by casting himself as a dashing, wealthy and mysterious Wall Street hero, able to sweep Samms off her feet. The film is in some ways a precursor of Pleasantville (in which two teens are sucked into the world of a "Honey, I'm home" black and white 1950s sitcom). However, between them the star, writers and director (Tom Mankiewicz) make a ham fist of Delirious. The parody of soap mores is quite well done but quickly palls in its obviousness; Candy's performance is misjudged, as if trying too hard to make the best of a bad job; while overall, the film feels cheap, tacky and broad, once again raising the question why in the 1980s and 90s America produced such great sitcoms but such poor film comedies. On the DVD: Delirious is presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen. It's a decent enough edition but looks its age in places, in terms of colour definition in particular. The only extra is the original trailer. --David Stubbs

• La Cage Aux Folles | DVD | (01/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A likeable 1977 French farce (and the basis for the 1996 American remake, The Birdcage), this popular comedy was one of the most successful international films of all time, and even spawned a Broadway musical and two sequels. It tells the story of a gay couple who--when one man's son from a previous liaison brings home his fiancée--masquerade as husband and wife for their prospective in-laws. Le Cage Aux Folles is saved from becoming an exercise in silliness by the heartfelt characterisations of the gay nightclub owners. La Cage aux Folles is one of the funniest imports from Europe and a great comedy in any venue. --Robert Lane

• Broadway Bill | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £5.25   |  Saving you £7.74 (147.43%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family but one of his sons- in-law Dan Brooks and his daughter Alice are fed up with that. Brooks quits his job as manager of J.L.'s paper box factory and devotes his life to his racing horse Broadway Bill but his bank- roll is thin and the luck is against him he is arrested because of $150 he owes somebody for horse food but suddenly a planned fraud by somebody else seems to offer him a chance... The film was later remade by Capra as Ri

• The Anniversary | DVD | (09/07/2007) from £8.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (44.49%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Mrs Taggart (Bette Davis) a wealthy tyrannical and manipulative matriarch holds a social gathering to celebrate her wedding anniversary even though her husband has been dead for years. She demands the presence of her three sons: a timid cross-dresser a stressed father of five and a secretly engaged youngster. But the party is just an excuse for Mrs. Taggart to maintain her mercilessly firm grip over her offsprings lives. Made by Britains Hammer Studios this deliciously nasty

• Blackbeard's Ghost | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £9.92   |  Saving you £5.07 (51.11%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Award-winning actor Peter Ustinov stars in this hilarious fantasy as the ghost of the legendary pirate Blackbeard. The once blackhearted scoundrel materializes in a small New England town cursed to wander in limbo until he performs a good deed. He gets his chance when he decides to help a local college track team... that hasn't a ghost of a chance of winning! Blackbeard finds himself full of team spirit and dispensing his own brand of invisible coaching... in this warmhearted com

• Green Wing Series 2 | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £5.98   |  Saving you £19.01 (317.89%)   |  RRP £24.99

  An offbeat comedy set in a hospital The Green Wing throws in a bit of soap opera and a dose of the sketch-show to create something unique and hilarious! Following the sordid revelations and cliffhanging drama of series 1 the staff of Green Wing Hospital have reached unfathomable levels of perversity! Caroline finds herself back to square one with Mac while Sue White prepares to dig her Scottish claws into his mane-like ginger 'do; Joanna Claw has to come to terms with the fact that she accidentally slept with her son; Martin tries his hand at pimping; and Dr Statham enters politics under the proviso that his manifesto will be grammatically correct! Created by the team behind Smack the Pony be prepared for one of the most surreal journeys you're ever likely to take as you dive into the anarchic world of Green Wing Hospital!

• Are You Being Served? - Season 1 And Pilot | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  ""I'm free!"" With these words just one unforgettable character among many in this classic TV sitcom was born. From the comedy pens of Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft (Dad's Army) came the DepartMental comedy madness that is Are You Being Served?. There's hilarity at Grace Brothers the High Street department store with a difference. Join in the fun as limp-wristed Mr Humphries and that blue-rinsed batle axe Mrs Slocombe lead the outrageous department store staff t

• Carry On Constable | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £7.20   |  Saving you £9.79 (135.97%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Made in 1960, Carry On Constable is one of the earliest Carry On comic romps, arriving before they'd carved out their bawdy niche in British cinema. In fact, this Gerald-Thomas-directed effort isn't dissimilar to most of the mainstream Brit-com of its era. A flu epidemic has forced a police station to take on a brace of callow recruits: Kenneth Connor, a superstitious bag of nerves; Leslie Phillips, playing his usual rapscallion self; the ludicrously effete Charles Hawtrey and Kenneth Williams. The "plot" is a sequence of thoroughly creaky gags at the expense of this bumbling quartet. The staple characters hadn't settled into their "classic" personae yet. Here, Sid James is an exasperated sergeant, not the sort of crinkly rogue he played in later years, Kenneth Williams is dry, detached and supercilious, while Hattie Jacques is no matron but a sympathetic sergeant, whose every walk-on is not yet accompanied by the portly strains of tubas and bassoons. The comedy here is, frankly, dismal--banana skins are slipped upon and officers' legs urinated upon bydogs, all to a rueful soundtrack of wah-wah trumpets. The main appeal of this movie is as a period slice of damp, pre-Beatles London in glorious black and white.On the DVD: Although picture and sound are adequate (though poorly dubbed in places), there are no extras at all, a shame for the hardcore Carry On aficionados to whom this release would surely, perhaps exclusively, appeal. --David Stubbs

• Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Surprises | DVD | (12/11/2018) from £4.49   |  Saving you £5.50 (122.49%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Christmas is a time for rest and relaxation - except in the Brown household! The Brown family return for another TWO CHRISTMAS SPECIALS packed with madness and of course the love of family at Christmas. Mammy's Mummy Agnes is worried about Rory, who is undergoing plastic surgery. What will he look like when the bandages finally come off? Cathy has a new date with a handsome man she met on the internet, but Agnes is worried about whether he will measure up in real life. Meanwhile, Grandpa thinks the house is haunted... Buster Brady has deli delivered Agnes a magical new Christmas tree, which he got at a clearance sale. It's coin-operated, although Buster has said not to put any coins into it. Will Agnes be able to resist temptation? CSI: Mammy When a crime wave hits Finglas, the garda prompts Father Damien and Maria to put together a neighbourhood watch scheme. Agnes and Winnie promptly sign up, but are they really the best people to tackle crime in the area? After Cathy goes on yet another disastrous date, Agnes is determined to put Cathy's man troubles to rest once and for all. Although when they say it's good to 'air your problems', they probably don't mean literally. Meanwhile, Betty and Mark lock horns over whether Bono should go to his school disco.

• The Cannonball Run - (Dual Format Blu-ray & DVD) | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £10.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  An absolute classic comedy with big name stars and lots of cool cars. Based on a true race event, Burt Reynolds leads an all star cast in this ultimate quest to win The Cannonball Run. A bunch of people in souped-up cars, some disguised, vie for the title of 'Winner' and they will do anything to get it. Never before has such an amazing array of talent been assembled for one film. We are treated to the combined acting prowess of Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom Deluise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jnr, Jackie Chan, Peter Fonda, Bianca Jagger and the one and only Burt Reynolds. Bonus Extras: Newly restored and remastered HD master. New bonus features to be announced Theatrical Trailer Still Gallery TV spots Plus much more.

• Four Rom Com Classics | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £14.99   |  Saving you £-3.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Titles Comprise: Dave: Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver star in this box office winner about an uncanny Presidential look-alike recruited as a momentary stand-in for America's Chief Executive. However things don't turn out exactly as planned and Dave finds himself continuing the masquerade indefinitely. Real life Washington politicos and pundits join the fun as Dave uses ordinary-guy savvy to deal with the extraordinary responsibilities of the Oval Office. Mickey Blue Eyes: Hugh Grant plays dapper Manhattan art auctioneer Michael Felgate in this lively fish-out-of-water comedy romp. Eager to marry Gina (Jeanne Tripplehorn) the lovely teacher he's been dating for three months Michael feels it's time he met her family. What he meets is the family. Gina's father Frank (James Caan) is a gangster a 'juicer' who extracts money for the mob. Now the squeeze is on Michael to use the auction house as a money laundering scam for dubious artwork plunging fumbling bumbling Michael into a world where he must pose as a notorious wise guy called Mickey Blue Eyes. You'll call him hilarious. Sandra Bullock stars as a bumbling female FBI agent assigned to go undercover as a participant in the Miss United States beauty pageant when it is discovered that one of the contestants is being targeted for murder. Benjamin Bratt leads the undercover team while also playing the reluctant love interest. Candice Bergen and William Shatner manage the pageant and hire Michael Caine to turn Bullock from rough and tumble agent to stunning beauty queen. The physical transformation is impressive although the klutzy personality remains. Everything seems to be fine once the killer is suddenly caught but Bullock suspects there is more to this story and the truth eventually unfolds with an unexpected twist. Doc Hollywood: A brash young medical resident is driving across the country to begin a career in Beverly Hills as a cosmetic surgeon to the stars. But an accident of fate strands him in a small southern town. There his outlook on life - and love - gets a down-home twist that changes him forever.

• Doc Martin - Series 1-4 - Complete | DVD | (01/03/2010) from £34.96   |  Saving you £-22.97 (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Dr Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes) is forced to give up his career as an eminent surgeon and retrain as a GP after developing a phobia to blood. A vacancy arises in the sleepy Cornish hamlet of Portwenn following the death of the local GP. A regular visitor to Portwenn as a child with his Aunt Joan (Stephanie Cole) Martin applies for the position. However his complete lack of social skills and human understanding are going to get him into plenty of scrapes that's for sure!

• Eddie Murphy Delirious 25th Anniversary Edition | DVD | (12/10/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Taped live and in concert at Constitution Hall in Washington D.C. in August 1983 Eddie Murphy: Delirious captures Eddie Murphy's wild and outrageous stand-up comedy act which he performed in New York and eighteen other cities across the U.S. to standing-room-only audiences. Eddie's comedy was groundbreaking completely new razor sharp and definitely funny. Eddie Murphy pontificates in his own vulgarly hilarious fashion on everything from bizarre sexual fantasies to reliving the family barbecue and is peppered with Eddie's one-of-a-kind wit. Laugh along as Eddie reminiscences of hot childhood days and the ice cream man intermixed with classic vocal parodies of top American entertainers. Experience Eddie Murphy at his best live and red hot! Delirious! Uncensored and Uncut!

• Lessons In Love | DVD | (09/11/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  By day, Richard Haig (Pierce Brosnan), is a well-respected professor at Trinity College in Cambridge, where he teaches 18th century romantic poetry. By night, Richard indulges his own romantic fantasies with a steady stream of beautiful undergraduates, including his most recent beau Kate (Jessica Alba). But when Kate tells him that she is pregnant the confirmed bachelor has mixed feelings as he's just met, and fallen for, her gorgeously sassy sister Olivia (Salma Hayek). Richard and Kate move to Malibu to raise their son Jake and Olivia returns to New York. Richard is devoted to his son and the few two years on the Pacific are idyllic. But professionally he has stalled and Kate has been distant, so Richard is a little hurt but not surprised when Kate confesses she has fallen in love with a younger man, Brian (Ben McKenzie). Richard wants to stay in the U.S. for Jake, but also to be with Olivia who has moved in, along with his father Gordon (Malcolm McDowell), who convinces Richard not to give up and do whatever it takes to hold his family together.

• The Royle Family 2009 Special | DVD | (01/02/2010) from £7.93   |  Saving you £10.06 (126.86%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The Royle Family: 2009 Special

• Watermelon | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £13.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  After being dumped by her boyfriend soon after she moved to London Claire begins a relationship with a man who helped her get a job. However she discovers she's pregnant.

• Michael Ball, Past and Present, Tour Live | DVD | (23/11/2009) from £13.48   |  Saving you £6.51 (48.29%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Michael Ball: Past And Present - 25th Anniversary Tour

• Manhattan Murder Mystery Blu-Ray | Blu Ray | (05/04/2021) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Diane Keaton stars as Carol Lipton, a bored Manhattan housewife who becomes convinced that her next-door neighbour has committed a murder. When her sceptical husband Larry (Woody Allen) rejects the idea, Carol turns to a flirtatious friend (Alan Alda) to help her search for clues. And as their enthusiasm for the case grows, so does their interest in each other. Spurred on by jealousy and by a seductive writer (Anjelica Houston) who also excited by the mystery Larry reluctantly joins the chase, only to learn that much more than his marriage is at stake.

• City Slickers | DVD | (11/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Comic genius Billy Crystal (When Harry Met Sally) stars in this hilarious film about cowboys careers and mid-life crises. Co-starring Daniel Stern Bruno Kirby and Jack Palance in an Academy Award-winning role City Slickers is ""the rowdiest western jokefest since Blazing Saddles (Rolling Stone). It'll rope you in...and keep you laughing from first frame to last. New Yorker Mitch Robbins (Crystal) is 39 and miserable. He's tired of his job and bored with his life. And his two bes

• Edge Of Seventeen | DVD | (26/09/2005) from £24.28   |  Saving you £-9.29 (-62.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Set in 1984 in Sandusky Ohio Edge of Seventeen follows the coming-out of a naive 17-year-old teenager at exactly the moment when gender-bending pop stars like Boy George and Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics were flaunting androgynous images. As the youth played with a heartbreaking sweetness by Chris Stafford goes through his first rites of gay passage (after being callously used by the slightly older boy who brings him out he tries to retreat to heterosexuality with