Comedy

• Silver Jubilee | DVD | (30/08/2010) from £4.92   |  Saving you £5.07 (103.05%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Back by popular demand after two Nationwide sell out anniversary tours in 2008 and 2009 - the girls are still celebrating. Recorded live at the Theatre Royal Windsor - Dillie Adele and Liza look forward to entertaining you with a night of hilarious new songs beautiful harmonies and intricate and satirical lyrics.Tracklist: 1. It Isn't Too Late To Be Famous 2. White's Blues 3. Health & Safety 4. They Care 5. Getting It 6. I'm Saving Myself 7. Bulgarian Song Cycle 2010 - Songs 1-7 8. The Markets 9. My Parents 10. It Ain't Mississippi 11. The Enemy Of Beauty 12.. Mistaken Identity 13. I Watched Two People 14. Bulgarian Song Cycle 2010 - Songs 8-11 15. Lerwick Town 16. Lieder 17. Dogging 18. Goodbye Old Friends 19. Tesco Saves 20. Gordon Brown

• Being Human - Series 2 | DVD | (12/04/2010) from £14.90   |  Saving you £10.09 (67.72%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Comedy-drama series about three twenty-something housemates trying to live normal lives despite struggling with unusual afflictions - one is a werewolf one is a vampire and the other is a ghost. In series two the threat is human in the form of the mysterious Professor Jaggat and the cold-hearted Kemp. Jaggat and Kemp are fundamentalists Christians who have discovered the existence of vampires werewolves and ghosts - and are determined to destroy then or carry out brutal experiments upon them. They believe that vampires are the devil incarnate and must be destroyed; that werewolves contain an evil gene that can be removed by violent scientific experiments; and that ghosts must be forced over to the other side whether they like it or not.

• The School for Scandal | DVD | (03/08/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  First performed in 1777, Sheridan's sophisticated comedy of manners satirizes the extravagance and corruption of London society. 'The School for Scandal's' combination of elegant language and earthy comedy weaves a deliciously nasty tale of intrigue, slander and clandestine love affairs. Blair Brown starts in this timeless, witty look at the wages of scandal mongering and social climbing, scheming and hypocrisy.

• The Trouble With Harry | Blu Ray | (10/05/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Office: Christmas Specials | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £4.89   |  Saving you £15.10 (75.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The two-part conclusion to The Office bids farewell to David Brent and his long-suffering co-workers in a surprisingly poignant not to say dignified manner. Supposedly accompanied by the fly-on-the-wall documentary crew three years after his highly undignified exit from Slough-based paper merchants Wernham Hogg, the first part reveals Brent as a travelling salesman by day and D-list "celebrity" by night, enduring humiliating club appearances organised by his clueless manager. But Brent can't keep away from his old stamping-ground in Slough, especially with the imminent prospect of the annual Christmas party. As much to spite suave rival Neil as anything else, Brent is on an agonisingly painful hunt for a date to bring along. Back at Wernham Hogg, lovelorn Tim has to endure not only the officious behaviour of Gareth, now his manager, but also a cheerless existence bereft of Dawn, who is living in Florida with boorish fiancé Lee. Matters are brought to a head for all concerned--including Lee and Dawn, flown over specially for the occasion--when they finally gather in the office for the party. As ever the script is full of priceless one-liners (witness big Keith's chat-up spiel, as he promises "at least one orgasm" to any woman), and the show is peppered with those direct appeals to camera (Tim's weary "I don't believe he just said that" look, Brent's desperate self-justificatory "Eh?"), as well as achingly effective silences that simultaneously enhance the fly-on-the-wall conceit and heighten the comic effect. Without descending into the sentimental or the trite, somehow The Office closes for business on a genuinely heartwarming note. On the DVD: This single disc has good, if unexceptional, bonus features. There's a behind-the-scenes documentary in similar format to those on the previous releases, a commentary from Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais on Episode 2, a funny and deservedly self-congratulatory featurette on the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, the full video of David Brent's single "If You Don't Know Me By Now" plus a recording session for "Freelove Freeway" (with Noel Gallagher on backing vocals). --Mark Walker

• The Ref | DVD | (13/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Caustic wit gets a full-body workout in this 1994 comedy (known as The Ref in the US), in which a cat burglar (Denis Leary) gets trapped in an affluent Connecticut neighbourhood and is forced to hold a bickering couple hostage on Christmas Eve, only to discover that their Yuletide spirit is anything but cheerful. Caroline (Judy Davis) and her husband, Lloyd (Kevin Spacey), have been at each other's throats for so long that they've developed domestic arguments into an art form, and the would-be kidnapper turns into a reluctant mediator, even after he's got the battling couple wound up in bungee cords. The situation grows even more complicated when the couple's smart-aleck son comes home from military school, but it's not the plot here that's a top priority. Instead it's the sheer pleasure of witnessing a three-way verbal jousting match, written with razor-sharp skill and delivered by actors who are perfect for their roles. The movie's got a dark edge, but it never gets too dark--you know that it's not going to slide into more seriously damaging territory, so you can sit back and enjoy the volleys of scathing insults and sarcasm the way you would a Bill Hicks performance. If that sounds like your idea of entertainment, Hostile Hostages will serve it up with style. --Jeff Shannon

• The Old Dark House (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (20/05/2024) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• All Ladies Do It | DVD | (05/06/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  With its star's bottom looming large on the cover, erotic adventure All Ladies Do It is clearly the work of Italian director Tinto Brass. It is another tale of a young woman and her quest to fulfil her sexual desires, in this case Claudia Koll's Diane, who embarks on a series of casual affairs much to the interest of husband Paul who, assuming that her tales are merely the product of an active imagination, finds himself aroused by their content. In the meantime, Diane is increasing her circle of lovers before a trip to Venice threatens to bring her dual life crashing down. The plot is frankly secondary to Brass' appreciation of the female form (absolutely no opportunity is missed to focus on Koll's behind) and it all becomes a little ludicrous. The original Italian title ("Cosi fan tutte") is derived from Mozart's comic opera but, unlike the opera's convoluted sexual politics, here there is only a rather confused attempt at expressing a quasi-feminist message about female independence. All Ladies Do It is best viewed as a piece of glossy titillation and nothing more. On the DVD: Brass certainly knows how to make the best of a location and there are some exceptionally beautiful shots of Venice to be found among the carnal adventures. The extras include a filmography and photo gallery as well as a low quality but telling interview with the director, during which he expounds on a rather strange theory regarding women's bottoms and the fact that, unlike their faces, they cannot lie. --Phil Udell

• Crimewave (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (22/03/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Louise Lasser, Paul L Smith,After the colossal success of The Evil Dead, director Sam Raimi teamed up with the Coen brothers (fresh from Blood Simple) to make his next film, Crimewave, an unusual mixture of screwball comedy, film noir and B-movie homage. Raimi's film tells the bizarre story of a security-system installer, Vic (Reed Birney), who finds himself in the electric chair when he falls in love with Nancy (Sheree J Wilson), a femme fatale on the run from two bumbling exterminators ˜of all sizes' (Paul L Smith, Popeye, and Brion James, Blade Runner). A notoriously troubled production which flopped upon its original release, Crimewave can now be enjoyed as a riotously entertaining showcase for Raimi and the Coens, which also benefits from a highly amusing performance from cult-horror star Bruce Campbell. Extras High Definition remaster Original mono audio Alternative presentation with pre-release Broken Hearts and Broken Noses title sequence Audio commentary with actor Bruce Campbell (2013) The Crimewave Meter with Bruce Campbell (2013): the Evil Dead star revisits Crimewave and his various collaborations with Sam Raimi Made in Detroit with Edward Pressman (2013): the producer discusses his participation in the making of the film Leading Man with Reed Birney (2013): the actor talks about his lead role in Crimewave and his wider career Rank Outsider (2021): genre-film expert, critic and author Kim Newman remembers the film's original UK cinema release New appreciation by the comedian, musician and writer Rob Deering (2021) Alternative titles and credits Original theatrical trailers TV spots Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Amanda Reyes, interview extracts with cast and crew members, an overview of contemporary critical responses and film credits UK premiere on Blu-ray Limited edition of 3,000 copies All extras subject to change

• Mighty Aphrodite | DVD | (04/02/2002) from £10.94   |  Saving you £4.05 (37.02%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Released in 1995, Mighty Aphrodite was arguably Woody Allen's most successful film since Hannah and Her Sisters almost a decade earlier. The story follows Allen's neurotic New York sports writer Lenny, who becomes obsessed with tracking down his adopted son's birth mother, Linda. His odyssey is narrated and commented upon with coruscating wit by a Greek chorus led by F Murray Abraham. Despite their dire warnings at his rather ham-fisted attempts at hubris, there is nothing tragic in the ultimately uplifting tale. Lenny eventually locates Linda (an Oscar-winning performance from the enchanting Mira Sorvino) and discovers that she's caught up in just about every aspect of the sex trade. Without revealing his reasons, he sets about improving her life with hilarious results. Sorvino is a wonder as the tall, alluring and vulnerable Linda, who talks with candid innocence of her adventures in vice (she offers a blow job as if it was a pound of apples) and clearly deserves a better hand than she has been dealt. Helena Bonham Carter, not entirely convincing as a driven Manahattanite, plays Allen's ambitious art dealer wife whom Lenny ultimately realises is the love of his life. And a host of stars including Claire Bloom, Gwenn Verdon and Olympia Dukakis (Jocasta) contribute shining moments to this intelligent and touching comedy. When the chorus bursts into "When You're Smiling" at the end, it's like the sun coming out. On the DVD: The widescreen (1.85:1) presentation gives the location-shot chorus scenes marvellous resonance, although the Dolby Digital mono soundtrack is occasionally rather flat. Both picture and sound quality, however, preserve the intimacy which is the trademark of Allen's finest work. There are no extras beyond a choice of subtitles and the usual scene selection menu.--Piers Ford

• Futtocks End | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £6.65   |  Saving you £3.34 (50.23%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Scripted and starring Ronnie Barker Futtock's End makes its way to DVD for the first time! This 45-minute silent film eschews dialogue in favour of increasingly bizarre sound effects. The story features rude and rumbustious goings-on at a country mansion presided over by the monocled General Futtock - played by Barker himself.

• 40 Year Old Virgin | Blu Ray | (01/12/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Forty-year-old Andy has done quite a few things in his life - but he's still got one experience to come.

• Anchorman 1-2 DVD | DVD | (06/10/2014) from £6.99   |  Saving you £18.00 (72.00%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Anchorman - Legend of Ron Burg-Ron Burgundy is San Diego's top rated newsman in the male dominated broadcasting of the 1970's, but that's all about to change when a new female employee with ambition t; Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

• Crossing Delancey | DVD | (17/05/2016) from £20.46   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Withnail and I | DVD | (12/11/2001) from £12.96   |  Saving you £10.02 (100.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The cult classic about two unemployed actors returns ot the big screens some twenty years after it's debut.

• Bring It On - In It To Win It | DVD | (26/12/2007) from £5.97   |  Saving you £4.02 (67.34%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Southern California high school senior Carson arrives at the all-important Cheer Camp Nationals determined to lead her squad the West High Sharks to victory. But chic New Yorker Brooke and her team the East High Jets are equally steadfast in their pursuit of the competition's coveted Spirit Stick. As tension mounts between the two rival squads Carson falls for fellow cheerleader Penn not realizing he's a Jet. When Brooke discovers the budding romance she raises the stakes by challenging Carson to a one-on-one cheer-off. A spectacular cheer fighting sequence erupts into a no-holds-barred brawl and cheerleaders on both sides are suspended from the competition. With their dreams of taking home the top prize all but shattered the leaders of both squads realize they'll have to take drastic measures to stay in the game.

• The Sure Thing | DVD | (20/10/2008) from £6.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A sure thing comes once in a lifetime... but the real thing lasts forever. Rob Reiner directs this enchanting romantic comedy about a boy who wants a girl and a girl who wants a man. The boy is Gib (John Cusack) who is out to find 'The Sure Thing'. A no questions asked no strings attached no guilt involved 100% safe bet. The girl is Alison (Daphne Zuniga) who likes her men to be mature prefers an early night to a party and wants to go and see her tea drinking fiance. This disparate couple are off to LA - together. Both in search of romance but not with each other until...

• Waking Up In Reno | DVD | (13/02/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Not long after Roy (Swayze) and Candy (Theron) and Lonnie Earl (Thornton) and Darlene (Richardson) arrive in Reno for their dream vacation together at the Monster Truck Show, these Arkansas natives learn they're sharing more than a two-bedroom suite! With side-splitting laughs and a sizzling cast, let yourself go because you're sure to enjoy this fun-filled guilty pleasure!

• Le Gout Des Autres | DVD | (19/11/2001) from £12.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (53.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Castella is a successful industrialist out of boredom he allows his wife to drag him to an amateur stage show. Much to his surprise he is overwhelmed by the power of the lead actress Clara. He becomes so infatuated with her that he goes back to the play night after night. His world is turned upside down and his obession impacts on the lives of everyone around. Winner of 4 Cesars including Best Film.

• This Time With Alan Partridge - Series 1 & 2 Boxset | DVD | (05/07/2021) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Includes series 1 & 2 of BBC One's hit comedy starring Oscar nominee and five-time BAFTA winner Steve Coogan.