Comedy

• Lesbian Vampire Killers | DVD | (03/08/2009) from £4.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (260.52%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Comedy duo James Corden and Mathew Horne ("Gavin & Stacey") go toe-to-toe with a bunch of over-amorous and curious vampires in the madcap horror comedy "Lesbian Vampire Killers"

• Matilda | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £9.19   |  Saving you £3.80 (41.35%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Danny DeVito's adaptation of the Roald Dahl book for children is mostly just fine, helped along quite a bit by the charming performance of Mara Wilson (Mrs Doubtfire) as the eponymous young Matilda, a brilliant girl neglected by her stupid, self-involved parents (DeVito and Rhea Perlman). Ignored at home, Matilda escapes into a world of reading, exercising her mind so much she develops telekinetic powers. Good thing, too: sent off to a school headed by a cruel principal, Matilda needs all the help she can get. DeVito takes a highly stylized approach that is sometimes reminiscent of Barry Sonnenfeld (director of Get Shorty, a DeVito production), and his judgement is not the best in some matters, such as letting the comic-scary sequences involving the principal go on too long. But much of the film is delightful and funny.--Tom Keogh

• Down Among The Z Men | DVD | (24/06/2002) from £7.29   |  Saving you £8.70 (119.34%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Although they made their name in the medium of radio, the legendary Goons also made brief forays into the world of television and, with Down Among the Z Men, film. It captures the team at a very early stage in their career, with Michael Bentine still in the fold, and with their unique, anarchic brand of humour still in its infancy. Sadly, the style and feel of the film does little to suit their comedy style. While radio offered an opportunity for their imaginations to run riot, here the four find themselves tied to a few stock characters, most of whom would make a more animated appearances later in their career. The plot--with its tale of eccentric professors and evil spies--sees a series of musical numbers and a variety performance crow barred into the proceedings. Those who wish to add to an already existing Goons collection may want to consider this, but anyone wondering what all the fuss is about should head straight for the many radio collections available and hear the sound of true genius at work. On The DVD: Down Among the Z Men offers little to recommend, with the DVD lacking in any extras whatsoever. Being taken from an original fifties print, the black and white picture is of reasonable quality yet cannot help but look extremely dated. At best it is the sort of curio that would pass time on a Sunday afternoon but it is hard to consider this a particularly essential DVD release. –-Phil Udell

• Mirror, Mirror (Double Play)(2012) | Blu Ray | (30/07/2012) from £6.24   |  Saving you £18.75 (300.48%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Mirror Mirror is a fresh and funny retelling of the Snow White legend, a family adventure for all ages, starring Oscar-winner Julia Roberts as the evil Queen who ruthlessly rules her captured kingdom and Lily Collins (The Blind Side) as Snow White, the princess in exile, plus Armie Hammer (The Social Network) as the Prince.

• Welcome to Collinwood | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £5.37   |  Saving you £8.62 (160.52%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Five hapless inner-city low-lifes unsuccessfully attempt to burgle a pawnbroker's safe, but wind up gaining more than they lose.

• Bonnie Scotland (Laurel & Hardy) | DVD | (08/11/2010) from £13.49   |  Saving you £-0.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Stan and Ollie mistakenly enlist in the army and find themselves posted to the Northwest Frontier in India on a dangerous mission.

• The Morecambe And Wise Movie Collection | DVD | (20/05/2002) from £24.95   |  Saving you £0.04 (0.16%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Morecambe & Wise Collection brings together the total cinematic oeuvre of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise: The Intelligence Men (1965), That Riviera Touch (1966) and The Magnificent Two (1967). Though intermittently amusing, they serve mostly to confirm that Morecambe & Wise did the smart thing in devoting the majority of their career to television sketch show. Their comedy was most potent in small doses. The Intelligence Men is an obvious but likeable parody of the early Bond films and sets the pattern for all three films: Eric and Ernie as two well-meaning blunderers cast into an unfamiliar milieu (in this case, international espionage) and forced to survive armed with little more than a repertoire of wince-inducing puns. That Riviera Touch is an obvious but likeable parody of the heist genre. Again, Eric and Ernie are cast as hapless ingénues, in this case a pair of traffic wardens whose holiday in France intersects with the plottings of a gang of jewel thieves. If anything, it’s even more contrived than that sounds, but the scenes in which Eric cleans out the casino by accident are wonderfully understated, and a reminder of a peerless comic actor. The Magnificent Two, the final and by some distance the least funny of the three, is an updated though rather laboured subversion of the Spaghetti Western, relying rather too much on the notion that anything and everything to do with foreigners is inherently hilarious. On the DVD: The Morecambe & Wise Collection has English subtitles for all three discs and all include the original cinematic trailer. That Riviera Touch is presented in 4:3 format, the remaining two in 16:9. As special features go, these are annoyingly desultory for a release that will certainly only be purchased by die-hard fans. It wouldn’t have killed the producers to commission some liner notes at the very least.--Andrew Mueller

• Two and a Half Men - Season 7 | DVD | (11/10/2010) from £9.39   |  Saving you £15.60 (62.40%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Emmy Award nominated Two And A Half Men has been the Number One-rated sitcom on television for the past four seasons. It's a comedy about men women sex dating divorce mothers single parenthood sibling relations surrogate families money and most importantly love. More specifically it's about the lives of two brothers one brother's son and the many women who surround them. Charlie Harper is a well-to-do bachelor with a house at the beach a Mercedes in the garage and an easy way with women. His casual Malibu lifestyle was interrupted when his tightly wound brother Alan and Alan's son Jake came to stay with him. Complicating matters further are Charlie and Alan's narcissistic emotionally toxic mother Evelyn; Alan's deeply neurotic ex-wife Judith and Charlie's domineering unapologetically blue-collar housekeeper Berta. Despite the complexities of their lives and their own strained relationship Charlie and Alan have one thing in common - they both love Jake and want what's best for him. As a result they manage to create a little family unit that promises to make each of them a better man.

• Laurel & Hardy Volume 13 - Sons of the Desert/Related Shorts | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £5.06   |  Saving you £0.93 (18.38%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Comedy with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Contains: Sons Of The Desert (b/w) Sons Of The Desert (colourised) We Faw Down Their Purple Moment On The Wrong Trek In 'Sons Of The Desert' Stan and Ollie attend the Chicago convention of their lodge but tell their wives they are going on an ocean voyage for the sake of Ollie's health - then discover that the ship has sunk! The silent short 'We Faw Down' anticipates this story with Stan and Ollie claiming to have attended a stage show - unaware that the theatre has burned down. In 'Their Purple Moment' Stan and Ollie go out for an evening without their wives only to discover that their money has been replaced with useless coupons. 'Sons Of The Desert' includes a guest contribution from fellow-Roach comedian Charley Chase; 'On the Wrong Trek' sees L&H returning the compliment in one of Chase's own films.

• Trapped In Paradise | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £11.66   |  Saving you £-1.67 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Bill Firpo (Nicholas Cage) is trying to stay straight but at the behest of his brothers Dave played by John Lovitz and Alvin (Dana Carvey) he agrees to help out on a bank robbery which they assure him cannot go wrong. Dave and Alvin have recently gotten out of jail and the poorly guarded bank in the small town of Paradise Pennsylvania provides an opportunity for easy money they just can't pass up. The robbery proves successful but they don't manage to beat the huge snowstorm out of town; snowed in with their loot they are taken in by the unwitting townspeople they've just robbed who give new meaning to the phrase ""killing with kindness!""

• Adam Hills: Inflatable | DVD | (05/11/2012) from £4.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (40.08%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Inflatable' is Adam Hills' long awaited debut UK DVD release. Finally comedy fans in the UK can see the man in action! Australian stand up king, Adam Hills celebrates his 21st year in stand up comedy, and his 40th birthday live on stage at Melbourne's Athenaeum Theatre, with a special performance of his critically acclaimed show. Inflatable is a raucous, poignant and ultimately uplifting show that received five star reviews from Melbourne to Edinburgh, and played to sold out audiences across the UK. Adam discusses the intricacies of sign language, the politeness of the Dutch, prostate awareness, what it feels like to have an old man rant and the joy of seeing the Paralympics live. Of course, no Adam Hills show is complete without including members of the audience, so you'll see an impromptu Boy Band performance, a sexy toy goody bag and much more. Let Adam Hills inflate you with this riotous live show. Joyous, uplifting - Inflatable. A sign language interpreter was present on stage with Adam when the show was filmed and the DVD has an English HOS track.

• Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World | DVD | (05/11/2012) from £3.70   |  Saving you £16.29 (440.27%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The end of the world is nigh and two strangers, Dodge and Penny, meet and decide to go on a road trip to see Dodge's long-lost childhood sweetheart.

• Can You Keep It Up For A Week? | DVD | (27/01/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Annette (Jill Damas) promises to marry her accident-prone boyfriend Gil (Jeremy Bulloch), on the condition that he keeps his hands off other women and holds down a proper job for seven days. If he breaks the bargain then he has to march up to Buckingham Palace stark naked. The trouble is, Bulloch just can't keep a job for five minutes and is continually getting into sexual misunderstandings with luscious females!

• Laurel And Hardy Collection - Vol. 1 | DVD | (08/09/2003) from £4.13   |  Saving you £-2.14 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Hustling For Health (1919): Stan's holiday plans go awry when he misses his train and accepts an invitation to stay with a complete stranger. The Paper Hanger's Helper (1920): The paper hanger (Oliver Hardy) and his assistant answer an urgent call from a mental hospital. A Lucky Dog (1921): The very first pairing of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy on screen with Oliver playing a crook who tries to rob Stan. The Soilers (1923): A parody of The Spoilers (a major hit the same ye

• Mrs Merton And Malcolm - Series 1 - Complete | DVD | (10/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Described as possibly the most disturbing show on television by Time Out magazine Mrs Merton and Malcolm was a spin off from the wildly successful The Mrs Merton Show. Created by Caroline Aherne Craig Cash and Henry Normal the programme developed Aherne's spoof chat show host Mrs Merton into a sitcom mum looking after her grown-up son Malcolm. The duo lived a highly structured life alongside Mr Merton who was only ever seen on screen as an immobile silent lump in bed upstairs.

• The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas | DVD | (24/12/2001) from £14.99   |  Saving you £-5.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This is an energetic, but ultimately mediocre adaptation of the play, directed on Broadway by Tommy Tune. Burt Reynolds is the town sheriff and a regular patron of a local bordello. He wages a public battle to keep it open after it is targeted as the devil's den by a television minister. Charles Durning won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and there are some lively song and dance numbers featuring Dolly Parton as the madam of the Chicken Ranch. However, this becomes bogged down in too many serious moments for it to be more than a lightweight musical comedy. --Rochelle O'Gorman, Amazon.com

• Shameless - Series 2 | DVD | (16/01/2006) from £11.98   |  Saving you £15.00 (150.15%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Paul Abbott's Shameless returns to DVD for a second series. Seven months on from the first series and Manchester's favourite son Frank Gallagher is expecting another addition to the clan this time with his agoraphobic lover Sheila. On the back of a fiddled insurance claim the Gallagher children have extended their home into the house next door. Fiona and boyfriend Steve are now hopeful for a bit of privacy; but Lip Ian Debbie Carl and Liam cause havoc everywher

• Sliding Doors | DVD | (06/09/2010) from £9.00   |  Saving you £3.99 (44.33%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The split-second moments that can take a life down one path instead of another form the tantalising 'what if?' in this delightful romantic comedy starring Gwyneth Paltrow. Paltrow plays London publicist Helen effortlessly sliding between parallel storylines that show what happens if she does or does not catch a morning train back to her apartment. Love. Romantic entanglements. Deception. Trust. Friendship. Comedy. All come into focus as the two stories shift back and forth overlap then surprisingly converge in the most romantic comedy in years. Don't miss it - romance was never this much fun!

• Outnumbered Series 1 | DVD | (17/11/2008) from £1.95   |  Saving you £18.04 (925.13%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Outnumbered follows the daily chaos of family life with two parents and three young children locked in an unequal contest. Containing strong elements of improvisation, this comedy is an honest portrayal of the well meaning parental incompetence that happens in most homes, as Mum and Dad attempt to raise their kids with the minimum of emotional damage for all concerned. From the creators of Drop The Dead Donkey, Andy Hamilton & Guy Jenkin, Outnumbered is quite unlike any other family comedy seen before.

• We're No Angels | DVD | (07/11/2005) from £15.29   |  Saving you £0.70 (4.58%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Three convicts - Joseph (Bogart) Albert (Aldo Ray) and Jules (Peter Ustinov) - are plotting their escape from Devil's Island. Fate intervenes when they hide out with kindly but inept Felix (Leo G. Carrol) and his family. Felix manages a store for his arrogant cousin Andre (Basil Rathbone) who makes the fatal mistake of stealing Albert's pet a poisonous snake. After resolving Felix's problems the convicts return to prison convinced that the world is much too wicked!