Comedy

• Robin Hood - Men In Tights | DVD | (03/05/2010) from £14.77   |  Saving you £-8.78 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Can this one-joke spoof possibly be from the same man who gave us The Producers, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein? Sadly, the answer is yes. Mel Brooks treads water shamelessly with Robin Hood: Men in Tights and the few laughs to be had depend almost entirely on mocking Kevin Costner's earnest blockbuster Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves from two years earlier ("Unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent", boasts Cary Elwes' Robin). Not only is this far too easy a target for a skit, but the single-film parody concept is stretched way too thin over an entire movie (Brooks elected to repeat the trick with 1995's Dracula: Dead and Loving It). Elwes models his portrayal on Errol Flynn, but only infrequently gets to have fun with the legend: in the climactic sword fight, for example, the shadow play of Flynn and Basil Rathbone's sheriff is affectionately parodied, but such moments are few and far between. Brooks regular Dom DeLuise chips in with a Marlon Brando impersonation, but everyone else is simply taking off characters from the Costner movie: Patrick Stewart even gives us his best Sean Connery impression as a Scottish Richard I. Brooks himself does his stock Jewish act, this time as Rabbi Tuckman; Isaac Hayes has a small cameo in the Morgan Freeman part but seems to think Jerusalem is in Africa; while his on-screen son (David Chappelle) makes the mistake of reminding the audience of what they are missing: "A black sheriff? Why not, it worked in Blazing Saddles". Indeed it did. On the DVD: Precious few extras here, just a small behind the scenes feature and trailer. But the anamorphic picture looks good. --Mark Walker

• Absolutely - Absolutely Everything | DVD | (05/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The legenary Absolutely finally makes its debut on DVD after Absolutely Productions finally re-aquired the rights to all 4 series of Absolutely. Written by and starring Moray Hunter Morwenna Banks Jack Docherty Peter Baikie Gordon Kennedy & John Sparkes the late 80s early 90s sketch show has been described as 'one of Channel 4's best-kept secrets' This box set finally collects together all four seasons - a total of 28 episodes with over 12 hours of material!

• Dick Emery - The Best Of Dick Emery | DVD | (11/07/2005) from £5.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (116.86%)   |  RRP £12.99

  All the greatest clips from Emery's long-running BBC career - a chance for fans both old and new to see what a huge contribution Emery made to contemporary slapstick comedy. Favourite characters include Emery's father and son skinheads (with Roy Kinnear) ""Ooh you are awful!"" and a plethora of slapstick Lords little old ladies vicars and schoolmasters.

• Zelig | DVD | (19/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  With his ability to blend into any bizarre situation Leonard Zelig played an important part in every major historical event of the twentieth century. But only now can the amazing truth be told in Woody Allen's unique mockumentary about the hilarious exploits of a celebrity non-entity...

• Red Dwarf - Series 7 | DVD | (07/11/2005) from £8.84   |  Saving you £14.15 (61.50%)   |  RRP £22.99

  The generator and the back-up system fail in the middle of the night and the crew has to crawl through the mile-long labyrinth of service ducts to restart their engines. On the way they learn a few peculiar things about each other. When two realities converge, the Dwarfers then have to face their most terrifying ordeal yet - they meet a real, live human woman.

• Will Hay - Oh Mr Porter! | DVD | (28/04/2010) from £7.99   |  Saving you £-3.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  A film starring Will Hay Moore Marriot, Graham Moffatt. Directed by Marcel Varnel. Year of production 1937 rereleased by ITV

• Monsieur Hulot's Holiday | DVD | (29/11/2004) from £9.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (100.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In a quiet French coastal resort chaos reigns when it is invaded by a noisy group of holidaymakers who want some fun in the sun. A charming movie with Tati starring as well as directing the film. This version was seen as a landmark in his illustrious career.

• Henning Wehn: No Surrender | DVD | (14/10/2013) from £13.59   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The offbeat German comedian offers his take on life in the UK. Wehn, who styles himself as the 'German Comedy Ambassador to the UK', moved to Britain in 2002 and has since made a name for himself on the stand up comedy circuit and through appearances on TV shows including '8 Out of 10 Cats', 'The Alternative Comedy Experience' and 'Dave's One Night Stand'.

• Cleo from 5 to 7 | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £11.89   |  Saving you £4.10 (34.48%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A highlight of that extraordinary outpouring of energetic, innovative and imaginatively fertile films that emerged from France in the early 60s, Agnes Varda's second feature is an enduring classic.

• Ghostbusters (1984) (UHD & BD DLX - 2 DISCS) | Blu Ray | (02/09/2019) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Suit up for classic comedy! When kooky, spooky college profs Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) and Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis) lose their university jobs, they decide to go freelance, de-haunting houses in a new ghost removal service. As soon as they open their doors, their first order of business becomes saving beautiful cellist Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) and nerdy Louis Tully (Rick Moranis), who've inadvertently opened the gates of hell right in their own apartment building! UHD Synopsis: When kooky, spooky college profs Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) and Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis) lose their university jobs, they decide to go freelance, de-haunting New York City with a new ghost removal service. As soon as they open their doors, their first order of business becomes saving beautiful cellist Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) and nerdy Louis Tuilly (Rick Moranis), who've inadvertently opened the gates of hell...right in their own apar.

• The Mary Millington Collection | Blu Ray | (18/08/2023) from £48.09   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This special edition Blu-ray box set features Mary's most glamorous film roles, with stunning 2K restorations, including: Come Play with Me (1977), The Playbirds (1978), Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair (1979), Queen of the Blues (1979), Mary Millington's True Blue Confessions (1980) plus Respectable: The Mary Millington Story (2015), an in-depth documentary chronicling her extraordinary life.

• Still Game - Series 6 | DVD | (03/09/2007) from £6.19   |  Saving you £15.06 (305.48%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A comedy based around the lives of pensioner pals Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade Still Game is set in and around a fictional part of Glasgow called Craiglang and Jack and Victor's home in Osprey Heights. Focusing on the ironies and comedy of old age with humour tenderness and pathos these OAPS prove they're still game for anything the world can throw at them!

• Home Again | Blu Ray | (05/02/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Reese Witherspoon (Legally Blonde, Big Little lies) stars as Alice Kinney in Home Again a modern and heartwarming romantic comedy. Recently separated from her husband (Michael Sheen, Passengers), Alice decides to start over and move back to Los Angeles with her two young daughters as she struggles to get a new career off the ground. On a night out celebrating her 40th Birthday, life takes an unexpected turn when Alice meets three young, charismatic filmmakers looking for their big Hollywood break and decides to let them stay temporarily. As Alice develops an exciting new romance an unconventional family dynamic emerges, until everything suddenly changes when her ex-husband turns up and Alice is forced to make some big decisions...

• That Awkward Moment | DVD | (02/06/2014) from £3.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (300.75%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When Mikey (Michael B. Jordan) is dumped by his wife his best friends Jason (Zac Efron) and Daniel (Miles Teller) make a pact to remain single with him until he gets back into the whirlwind of the New York dating game. But when Jason meets Ellie (Imogen Poots) and Daniel's friendship with Chelsea (Mackenzie Davis) turns into something more the guys realise that the line between casual dating and a serious relationship is more complicated than they thought.

• Milton Jones - Live Universe Tour - Part 1 - Earth | DVD | (22/11/2010) from £5.74   |  Saving you £14.25 (248.26%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Comedian writer and actor whose stand-up is full of surrealism nonsense and sharp wit. Milton Jones' style is a quick-fire barrage of one-liners delivered with a goggle-eyed stare. He has performed regularly for Radio 4 and his three series of The Very World Of Milton Jones won a Sony Radio Award. He was the winner of the Perrier Best Newcomer Award in 1996 and was subsequently nominated for the main prize. He received the Time Out 'Best Comedy Performer' prize in 2003 and has been nominated for the British Comedy Awards. A comedy legend and one of the funniest men in the country.

• Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie | DVD | (24/12/2001) from £5.66   |  Saving you £10.33 (182.51%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Translating Rowan Atkinson's Mr Bean character from British television to the big screen takes a bit of a toll, but there are some hilarious sequences in this popular comedy. The eponymous Bean, a boy-man twit with a knack for getting into difficult binds (and then making them worse and worse and worse), is a London museum guard who is sent to Los Angeles in the company of the famous painting Whistler's Mother. He's mistaken as an art expert by the well-meaning curator (Peter MacNicol) of an LA museum, but Bean's famously eccentric behaviour soon causes the poor guy to almost lose his family and job. The insularity of Bean's TV world is sacrificed in this film, and that change diminishes some of the character's appeal. But Atkinson is a man naturally full of comedy, and he doesn't let his fans down. --Tom Keogh

• Mallrats | Blu Ray | (02/07/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  From Kevin Smith, the acclaimed director of Clerks, comes this outrageous story of two loafers, Jeremy London (Dazed & Confused) and Jason Lee (My Name is Earl), who spend way too much time hanging out in the mall. When Brodie (Lee) is dumped by his girlfriend, Shannen Doherty (Heathers, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun), he retreats to the mall with his friend T.S. (London), whose girlfriend has also left him. Between brooding and visits to the food court, the unmotivated twosome decide to win their girlfriends back with the help of the ultimate delinquents, Silent Bob (Kevin Smith) and Jay (Jason Mewes), whose continuing adventures take the word “nuisance” to a whole new level.

• King Ralph | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £6.73   |  Saving you £-0.74 (-12.40%)   |  RRP £5.99

  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....

• Failure To Launch | DVD | (17/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tripp has never been able to leave the nest. His parents hire the gorgeous girl of his dreams to get him to move out of the house.

• Blame It On Rio | Blu Ray | (10/08/2015) from £6.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (114.45%)   |  RRP £14.99