Comedy

• Don't Be a Menace | Blu Ray | (10/10/2011) from £16.18   |  Saving you £8.81 (54.45%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Now in high definition: Don't Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood is a parody of the popular hood movies made by African-American directors in the '90s; in particular John Singleton's Boyz 'N the Hood and the Hughes Brothers' Menace II Society are the recipients of some big-time lampooning! The plot focuses on Ashtray, a do-gooder who comes to South Central L.A. to live with his father. Unfortunately, Dad turns out to be a poor role model, as he extols the virtues of unsafe sex and drunk driving. Ashtray's cousin Loc Dog is no better, with his hair-trigger temper and extensive weaponry (including a nuclear bomb). Ashtray manages to find romance with a pretty poet named Dashiki, but it turns out that she's a little too popular with the men in her neighborhood - and not for her writing skills. Will Ashtray become disillusioned by what he's seen and experienced in South Central?

• Transamerica | DVD | (24/07/2006) from £5.89   |  Saving you £14.10 (239.39%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A pre-op transsexual finds a son she never knew existed in this award-winning comedy drama.

• The Apartment Limited Edition | Blu Ray | (18/12/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Romance at its most anti-romantic--that is the Billy Wilder stamp of genius, and this Best Picture Academy Award winner from 1960 is no exception. Set in a decidedly unsavoury world of corporate climbing and philandering, the great filmmaker's trenchant, witty satire-melodrama takes the office politics of a corporation and plays them out in the apartment of lonely clerk CC Baxter (Jack Lemmon). By lending out his digs to the higher-ups for nightly extramarital flings with their secretaries, Baxter has managed to ascend the business ladder faster than even he imagined. The story turns even uglier, though, when Baxter's crush on the building's melancholy elevator operator (Shirley MacLaine) runs up against her long-standing affair with the big boss (a superbly smarmy Fred MacMurray). The situation comes to a head when she tries to commit suicide in Baxter's apartment. Not the happiest or cleanest of scenarios, and one that earned the famously caustic and cynically humoured Wilder his share of outraged responses, but looking at it now, it is a funny, startlingly clear-eyed vision of urban emptiness and is unfailingly understanding of the crazy decisions our hearts sometimes make. Lemmon and MacLaine are ideally matched and while everyone cites Wilder's Some Like It Hot closing line "Nobody's perfect" as his best, MacLaine's no-nonsense final words--"Shut up and deal"--are every bit as memorable. Wilder won three Oscars for The Apartment, for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay (cowritten with long-time collaborator I A L Diamond). --Robert Abele

• It Seemed Like A Good Idea At the Time | DVD | (26/06/2017) from £8.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  John Candy heads up a hysterical cast in this laugh a minute tale of a jealous husband and his attempts to keep his wife from leaving him. When Skeet, played by Anthony Newley, vows to stop at nothing to win back his wife, he signs up for more than he bargained for and one by one his bungled plans descend into comedic chaos!

• Road To Utopia | DVD | (10/01/2005) from £7.61   |  Saving you £2.38 (31.27%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The fourth in the hilarious Bob Hope/Bing Crosby 'Road To...' series is a blizzard of laughs with Bob and Bing playing turn-of-the-century vaudevillians who search for Klondike gold - and find the beautiful Dorothy Lamour instead! After stealing the map to a gold mine from two Alaskan ne'er-do-wells Hope and Crosby assume the identities of the bad guys swagger into Skagway and meet saloon singer Lamour. A series of misadventures ensues as the boys Lamour the criminals and other c

• The Hudsucker Proxy | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Hudsucker Industries is flourishing. Profits are stupendous and stock is at an all-time high. So when their founder Waring Hudsucker leaps to his death from the 44th floor his board of directors is thrown into panic. Hudsucker has not left a will and his majority shareholding in the company must therefore soon be offered for sale to the public. But scheming Vice President Sidney J. Mussburger (Paul Newman) has a plan. He'll install a complete imbecile as Chairman and devalue the stock to a level where the rest of the board can acquire controlling interests for themselves. Enter inexperienced college leaver Norville Barnes (Tim Robbins) a modest mail-room worker who suddenly finds himself elevated to Company Chairman. Not surprisingly such a tale of rags-to-riches soon attracts considerable interest from the press in the form of gorgeous star reporter Amy Archer (Jennifer Jason Leigh). As stock values plummet everything appears to be going according to plan - until Norville actually does the unimaginable and invents a brilliant company-saving idea... something that captures the imagination of an entire nation.

• The Road To Wellville | DVD | (28/06/2004) from £49.99   |  Saving you £-35.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This wrong-headed adaptation of the very funny (and scatological) novel by T. Coraghessan Boyle was written and directed by Alan Parker, who doesn't seem to have much of a clue. It's not a botch, just a movie that hammers its efforts at humour too hard. The focus is split between three storylines: the life of cereal tycoon John Kellogg (Anthony Hopkins with buck teeth), who has created a health spa for the wealthy that focuses on regular cleansing of the digestive tract (as well as applications of electricity); the troubles of an unhappy young couple (Matthew Broderick and Bridget Fonda), who come to the spa hoping to cure their marital ills (Broderick gets the worst of the deal); and the efforts of a young hustler (John Cusack), who is trying to break into the breakfast-cereal business but gets taken by an even bigger hustler (Michael Lerner). There are subplots about Kellogg's children but they add little. For all the excrement and enema jokes, the joys of this movie are distinctly scattered. --Marshall Fine

• In Bruges | Blu Ray | (19/08/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Following a job that's gone very badly wrong, two hitmen Ray and Ken are sent to Bruges by their boss Harry and told to lie low and await instructions. Ken falls in love with the cobbled streets and canals of the picturesque city but for Ray it's torturous boredom and he upsets both locals and tourists. When the call finally comes from Harry it may not be the ticket out he was hoping for.

• Outnumbered - Series 3 | DVD | (15/11/2010) from £7.10   |  Saving you £15.88 (386.38%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Conspiracy theories sex education psychotherapy colonoscopies astrology and kangaroo saliva. These are just a handful of the obstacles that the Brockman family must negotiate in the third series of the multi-award winning comedy Outnumbered. In this new series Karen busies herself recreating Britain's Got Talent and introduces her family to the wonderful world of superstition Ben tackles the school chess league in his own ineffable style and mum worries that Jake's healthy interest in the girl-next-door is turning unhealthy. Meanwhile Dad is grumbling about an ailment that much to the children's amusement may require some invasive investigation. To make things even more uncomfortable Gran has come to stay and made the family a generous offer that may be difficult to refuse. And there are rocky waters ahead after Pete makes a very foolish mistake.

• A Guy Thing | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When a man wakes up the morning after his bachelor party in bed with a strange woman he presumes he must have cheated on his fiancee!

• My Stepmother Is An Alien | DVD | (02/05/2005) from £11.08   |  Saving you £-5.09 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The title pretty much says it all, folks: A gorgeous ET cosies up to an eccentric scientist (a disarmingly straight Dan Ackroyd) in an attempt to save her dying planet and falls in love in the process. Much wackiness ensues. Art it ain't, but this likably lightweight film does deliver the laughs, with assured leading performances (for once, Kim Basinger's formica loveliness is utilised as an effective comedic asset), a surprisingly bawdy sense of humour and a riotous supporting turn by a then dewy-fresh Jon Lovitz. --Andrew Wright

• Richard Herring - Hitler Moustache | DVD | (25/10/2010) from £16.91   |  Saving you £-3.92 (-30.20%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Has Adolf Hitler ruined that little moustache for everyone? The only time you'll see it these days is carved into the pubic hair of a naughty lady. Is it possible to reclaim the toothbrush moustache (as it should be called) for comedy? After all Chaplin had it first. In the critically acclaimed Hitler Moustache comedian Richard Herring (star of BBC2's Fist of Fun and the Collings and Herrin podcast) determines to find as well as discovering how people will respond to this contentious face furniture when it's growing out of his face. Will they assume he's crazy or a fascist or both? Will they spit at him punch him or just laugh in his face? It's a show that examines iconography the way we judge and are judged the dangers of political apathy the point where comedy and madness touch and the very ethics of such a comedy stunt. Is it worth Herring upsetting strangers risking physical and psychological damage and ruining his parent's Golden Wedding photos for the sake of a stand up show? And can Herring use the moustache as Chaplin did before him to satirise fascism and expose the culpability of apathetic liberals in the success of the BNP?

• Keep Fit | Blu Ray | (16/03/2020) from £15.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One of the successful run of pre-war Ealing comedies that secured George Formby's enduring popularity with the British public, Keep Fit sees everyone's favourite gawp trying, once again, to win the girl of his dreams! It is presented here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Gormless George, a feeble department store barber's assistant, has a thing for attractive manicurist Joan. Hector, his rival for Joan's attention, is a handsome, moustache-sporting man-about-town who is no stranger to playing dirty tricks. When scrawny George becomes mistakenly involved in a local fitness campaign, he finds himself competing against the caddish Hector for his true love's affections! Special Feature: Extensive image gallery

• The Mighty Boosh on Tour: Journey of the Childmen | DVD | (15/11/2010) from £7.91   |  Saving you £12.08 (152.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Come with us now and take a journey through the minds of The Mighty Boosh The Mighty Boosh is a unique comedy that has transferred from radio and television success to a national phenomenon catapulting its creators Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding to rock star status. Made by Oliver Ralfe BIFA winning director musician and Boosh associate Journey of the Childmen chronicles their roller coaster ride on The Future Sailors Tour 2009 as never seen before. This film is an exclusive & intimate behind the scenes look into the chaos and genius of The Mighty Boosh as they navigate a nation hooked on their cult.

• Carry On Up The Jungle | DVD | (07/07/2003) from £4.88   |  Saving you £8.11 (166.19%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Carry On Up the Jungle has worn less well than some of the others in the series, simply because the African exploration genre it parodies--with its cannibals, great white hunters and lost Amazon tribes--is so entirely out of fashion. Still, Frankie Howerd made so comparatively few films that in one which has him as an ornithologist searching for rare birds in the company of Joan Sims and Sid James is not going to be entirely without interest. He has few great moments here, but runs through his usual repertoire of groans and horse-faced sorrowful expressions with brio. The idea of Terry Scott playing Tarzan is in itself such a good joke that it hardly matters that most of what follows is him swinging, on ropes, into obstacles. --Roz Kaveney

• Roseanne - Series 1 | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £16.95   |  Saving you £8.04 (47.43%)   |  RRP £24.99

  In 1988 it exploded onto TV full of unprecedented honesty attitude and flat-out hilarity. No other series - before or since - has had such a worldwide impact. In this groundbreaking debut series meet the working class Conners of Lanford Illinois - wife / mother / domestic goddess Roseanne husband Dan her sister Jackie and kids Becky Darlene and D.J. Watch as they live their lives like no other family in television history as they launch the legendary sitcom that changed our culture for ever. It all begins with these 23 classic episodes - featuring such guest stars as George Clooney Bruce Willis and many more... Episodes comprise: 1. Life And Stuff 2. We're In The Money 3. D-I-V-O-R-C-E 4. Language Lessons 5. Radio Days 6. Lovers' Lanes 7. The Memory Game 8. Here's To Good Friends 9. Dan's Birthday Bash 10. Saturday 11. Canoga Time 12. The Monday Through Friday Show 13. Bridge Over Troubled Sonny 14. Father's day 15. Nightmare On Oak Street 16. Mall Story 17. Becky's Choice 18. The Slice Of Life 19. Workin' Overtime 20. Toto We're Not In Kansas Anymore 21. Death And Stuff 22. Dear Mom And Dad 23. Let's Call It Quits

• Police Academy 5 (DVD) | DVD | (30/04/2007) from £6.96   |  Saving you £4.02 (101.26%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Sun fun and babes in shades. Where else but Miami Beach? Buffoons blockheads and party-hearty animals. Who else but the Police Academy gang? Put them all together for Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach the caper that takes our klutzy cops on the road. Our badge-carrying bunglers are in Miami for a convention honoring Cmdt. Lassard. But crime doesn't take a vacation even if our heroes do. Lassard is kidnapped. And not even the lure of limbo beach parties will stop the intrepid troopers' uproarious rescue attempts. So join your armed and hilarious favorites. If there's a Most Wanted List for laughter these loony coppers have just gotta be on it.

• Army Game - Vol.2 | DVD | (14/08/2006) from £28.25   |  Saving you £11.74 (41.56%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The Army Game was a sitcom giant of its time and one of ITV's most popular shows. Created by Sid Colin it pre-dated the more famous Dad's Army by a number of years. A group of men serving out time as conscripts in the army are determined to dodge duty and derive maximum fun out of a situation they'd rather not be in. Because WWII was only 12 years passed and national service was very much a reality many viewers found they could identify with the characters and the situation they found themselves in.

• How To Lose Friends And Alienate People | DVD | (16/03/2009) from £4.75   |  Saving you £15.24 (320.84%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York. Based on Toby Young's memoir "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People".

• Pups Alone | DVD | (15/11/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  US children's film featuring the voice talents of Jerry O'Connell, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Rob Schneider. When inventor Robert (Tyler Hollinger) goes on holiday with his young daughter, Jenna (Isadora Swann), thieves attempt to break into their home and steal Robert's latest technical innovation. However, their pet dog Charlie (O'Connell) calls on his canine companions to ensure the house remains safe and secure.