Comedy

• Failure to Launch/How to Lose | DVD | (05/09/2011) from £9.02   |  Saving you £3.97 (30.60%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Titles Comprise: Failure To Launch: Matthew McConaughey is Tripp, a 35 year old who still lives with his parents. And who can blame him? It's free, he's got a great room and mom (Kathy Bates) does the laundry. Desperate to get him out of the house, his parents hire a gorgeous woman, Paula (Sarah Jessica Parker), to give him a little...push. They just didn't expect Tripp would push back!In this romantic battle of wills, there's no place like home...How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days: Andie needs to prove she can dump a guy in 10 days. Ben needs to prove he can win a girl in 10 days. Now, the clock is ticking-and the year's most wildly entertaining comedy smash is off and running in this irresistible tale of sex, lies and outrageous romantic fireworks!

• Walk, Don't Run | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £24.22   |  Saving you £-18.23 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Charming ladies' man Academy Award winner Cary Grant (1970 Honorary Award) becomes a charismatic matchmaker in his final screen appearance in Walk Don't Run. When English industrialist Sir William Rutland (Grant) arrives in Tokyo on business the influx of tourists for the upcoming Olympic games makes it impossible to find lodging. So Rutland fast-talks his way into sharing an apartment with beautiful Christine Easton (Samantha Eggar) for a few days. To further confuse matters R

• LA POISON | Blu Ray | (25/02/2013) from £18.88   |  Saving you £1.11 (5.88%)   |  RRP £19.99

  One of the great late period films by Sacha Guitry - the total auteur who delighted (and scandalised) the French public and inspired the French New Wave as a model for authorship as director-writer-star of screen and stage alike. In every one of his pictures (and almost every one served as a rueful examination of the war between the sexes), Guitry sculpted by way of a rapier wit - one might say by way of the Guitry touch - some of the most sophisticated black comedies ever conceived... and La Poison [Poison] is one of his blackest. Michel Simon plays Paul Braconnier, a man with designs on murdering his wife Blandine (Germaine Reuver) - a woman with similar designs on her husband. When Braconnier visits Paris to consult with a lawyer about the perfect way of killing a spouse - that is, the way in which he can get away with it - an acid comedy unfolds that reaches its peak in a courtroom scene for the ages. From the moment of Guitry's trademark introduction of his principals in the opening credits, and on through the brilliant performance by national treasure Michel Simon (of Renoir's Boudu sauve des eaux and Vigo's L'Atalante, to mention only two high-water marks), here is fitting indication of why Guitry is considered by many the Gallic equal of Ernst Lubitsch. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to introduce Sacha Guitry into the catalogue with La Poison for the first time on video in the UK in a dazzling new Gaumont restoration. Special Features: New HD restoration of the film, presented in 1080p on the Blu-ray Newly translated optional subtitles Substantial booklet containing writing on the film, vintage excerpts, and rare archival imagery

• Bill Bailey: Qualmpeddler (Live 2013) | DVD | (18/11/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  After receiving rave reviews in Australia New Zealand and the UK Bill Bailey brings 'Qualmpeddler' to the Hammersmith Apollo London. A brilliant mix of stand-up stories music and old-fashioned wit distilled from his own extraordinary experiences and reactions to the modern world he looks at Cut-Price Shark Diving The Hiding Skills of Dentists A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance and Internet Shopping Mandarin Ambiguity Religious Dubstep and Fashioning Replacement Hamsters. All in all vintage Bill Bailey with trademark musical mash-ups multi-lingual riffs films songs philosophizing and silliness on a grand scale...plus one amazing owl.

• Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (24/10/2011) from £11.48   |  Saving you £10.50 (110.64%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Little Malcolm is released as part of the BFI Flipside DVD and Blu-ray series which is dedicated to unveiling the hidden history of British cinema.

• Dead Heat | Blu Ray | (22/02/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Chewin' The Fat - Series 2 - Episodes 1 To 6 | DVD | (02/10/2000) from £17.59   |  Saving you £2.40 (13.64%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The second series of the hilarious sketch show from Scotland. Episodes comprise: 1. Ronald Villiers Dubs Porn 2. The Rage-Man 3. The Neds vs The Muppets 4. The Big Man 5. Jack And Vic Go Driving 6. Gonay Nae Do That

• The Likes of Sykes / Sykes - With the Lid Off / The Eric Sykes 1990 Show | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £8.98   |  Saving you £8.00 (114.45%)   |  RRP £14.99

  By the early 1970s Oldham-born Eric Sykes had become one of TV's best-loved comedy performers. Following the phenomenal success of the Sykes series he spread his wings in a number of one-off shows and films. This set comprises three shows made for Thames between 1971 and 1982. Filled with Eric's warm observational humour and exploiting his keen eye for the absurd the shows reunite him with several comedy collaborators including fellow Plank star Tommy Cooper and long-term working partner friend and Sykes co-star Hattie Jacques; Diana Coupland (Bless This House) Glaswegian actor/comedian Chic Murray and Dandy Nichols ('Till Death Us So Part) are among the other guest stars with musical interludes from classical guitarist John Williams. Titles Comprise: Sykes - With The Lid Off: Eric dares to take the lid off the many and varied forms of theatrical entertainment with the help of Hattie Jacques Dilys Watling Leslie Noyes Philip Gilbert and dancers The Ladybirds. The Likes Of Sykes: Eric has a Walter Mitty-style dream that he will produce a star-studded spectacular on Broadway - but will his dreams die before his starry eyes? Diana Coupland and John Williams are Eric's special guests. The Eric Sykes 1990 Show: Eric makes a prediction: by 1990 celebrities will have to pay for their own TV shows. Starring in his vision of the future are Tommy Cooper Chic Murray Dandy Nichols Leslie Mitchell and classical guitarist John Williams.

• Ali G, Innit | DVD | (18/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An oasis of chortles in the laugh desert that is Channel 4's The 11 O'Clock Show, Ali G has since progressed to both his own programme and comedy icon status. Innit, meanwhile, rounds up the finest moments from the rapper's time on 11 O'Clock with some extra footage thrown in for good measure, which show Sacha Baron Cohen's vowel-dropping, dope-smoking gangsta wannabe at home in his Berkshire "hood". However, it is the previously seen interview material that produces the best moments as Ali, resplendent in a series of eye-searing day-glo tracksuits, grills the likes of ex-film censor James Ferman ("Why did they ban Chocolate Orange?"), the late Tory educational expert Sir Rhodes Boyson ("Do you think porn stars ought to teach sex education in schools?") and a pre-Clapham Common Ron Davies ("What is so good about Wales? Because, no disrespect, but me's hears it's crap.") Exactly who is being lampooned--publicity-hungry celebs? misogynistic rappers? white middle-class wiggers?--is never entirely made clear but the results are rarely less than hilarious. Only the ever-argumentative Tony Benn succeeds in taking on his shades-sporting persecutor. Anyone yet to fall under Ali G's spell, though, is unlikely to be convinced by his opening assertion that 85% of the video's cost price will be spent on top-quality marijuana. --Clark Collis

• Kevin Smith: Silent But Deadly | DVD | (27/05/2019) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Live performance from comedian Kevin Smith filmed on 25th February 2018 at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California in which Smith discusses his personal life and relationship with his wife.

• Gone Too Far! | DVD | (09/02/2015) from £7.15   |  Saving you £8.84 (123.64%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Gone Too Far is a breezy witty culture-clash comedy adapted from Bola Agbaje's Olivier award-winning play. Peckham teen Yemi (Malachi Kirby) works hard to fit in but his street cred evaporates with the arrival from Nigeria of his long-lost brother Ikudayisi (O.C. Ukeje). The siblings barely know one another and Yemi is less than impressed by his brother's African heritage and uncool fashions. When the pair are forced to spend the day together on their Peckham estate Yemi is forced to confront local bullies the unattainable girl of his dreams and his own African heritage eventually teaching them the values of family and self-respect. Directed by Destiny Ekaragha this is her feature directorial debut.

• Drop Dead Diva - Season 1 | DVD | (28/06/2010) from £4.05   |  Saving you £15.94 (393.58%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Life can really throw you curves - especially in this breakthrough Lifetime TV comedy! After beautiful-but-vapid model wannabe Deb (Brooke D'Orsay) has a fatal car accident she finds herself in the body of the recently deceased Jane Bingum (Brooke Elliott) a brilliant plus-size attorney. By a twist of fate and a bolt of divine intervention Deb can no longer rely on her fabulous looks to pull her through. Now the new Jane must confront the challenges of her adventurous new life love and career - as well as her curvier frame - in the ultimate showdown of brains and beauty. Featuring a host of celebrity guest stars including Kathy Najimy Delta Burke Rosie O'Donnell Paula Abdul Liza Minelli and Tim Gunn. Episodes Comprise: 1. Drop Dead Diva Pilot 2. The F Word 3. Do Over 4. The Chinese Wall 5. Lost & Found 6. Second Chances 7. The Magic Bullet 8. Crazy 9. The Dress 10. Make Me A Match 11. What If? 12. Dead Model Walking 13. Grayson's Anatomy

• A Low Down Dirty Shame | DVD | (08/03/2004) from £5.38   |  Saving you £9.61 (178.62%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Outrageous comedian Keenen Ivory Wayans is Shame a down-on-his-luck ex-cop turned private investigator. He's hired to track down his seductive former girlfriend - and $20 million in stolen drug money. With his trusty sidekick Peaches (Jada Pinkett) Shame aims to make a buck and clear his name in what becomes his wildest and most dangerous assignment ever.

• The World Is Yours | DVD | (27/05/2019) from £19.55   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  François is a petty drug dealer whose dream is to settle down and set up a Mr Freeze's ice lolly franchise in Morocco. But his ambition is smashed to pieces when he discovers that his own mother, a compulsive gambler and seasoned scammer, has burnt his savings that he was relying on to start their brand-new life. Putin, the local gang leader, offers François to do one last job in Spain so that he can make some money he desperately needs. Things go from bad to worse when the deal goes wrong and everyone around him gets involved: his disillusioned love Lamya, his stupid former father-in-law who just got out of prison, two inseparable and uncontrollable wannabe gangsters and last but not least... his glamorous and manipulative mother.

• Beautiful Joe | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £6.97   |  Saving you £-3.98 (-133.10%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Beautiful Joe is a well-intentioned film. The problem is that it tries for both comedy and drama, and succeeds in neither. Amiable Irishman Joe (Billy Connolly), after one of the worst days imaginable, decides to leave his adopted New York home and seek adventure. Unfortunately, he runs into Hush (Sharon Stone) and gets "Far More Adventure than He Bargained For". Stone's character is the standard beautiful-but-messed-up-woman-who-needs-rescuing that is for some mystifying reason supposed to be appealing. And yes, of course she has a mute son who just might speak if only he had the right reason. Stone is "stretching" herself here, and is clearly eager to play a character: she mugs, she drawls, she wiggles and she cries. Not a scrap of scenery escapes her gullet; at times her attempts at comedy actually become sort of upsetting. Ally McBeal's Gil Bellows turns in a similarly inept and cartoonish "comic" performance. Beautiful Joe's one saving grace is Connolly, who manages to rise above his fellow cast members and the bizarre editing to turn in a charming, dignified performance. --Ali Davis, Amazon.com

• Carry On Behind | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £7.66   |  Saving you £2.33 (30.42%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The discovery of valuable archaeological remains beneath a holiday caravan site is the cause of the mayhem in Carry On Behind. That said, the sub-"plots", which involve Windsor Davies and Jack Douglas as a pair of randy fishermen, a couple sharing their caravan with an outsize dog (no, it's not like that...), the obligatory giggling dolly birds and so on are all typical grist to the Carry On mill. The location is of course as bleakly miserable as such a place could ever be and will bring a frisson of familiarity to many Brits. Widely held to be one of the best in the series, the film would in fact have been a rather lacklustre effort were it not for the superbly over-the-top presence of Elke Sommer, whose performance as the strapping assistant to archaeologist Roland Crump (Kenneth Williams) seems like a wonderful hybrid of Ute Lemper and Charlie Dimmock. --Roger Thomas

• Uncle Buck/Stripes/Brewster's Millions | DVD | (06/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Uncle Buck (Dir. John Hughes 1989): An idle good natured bachelor is left in charge of his nephew and nieces during a family crisis. Unaccustomed to family life Buck soon charms his younger relatives but his style doesn't impress everyone including his girlfriend. The film charts his progress from slob to a reasonable human being by having to manage with girlfriend troubles unemployment a sex mad neighbour cooking breakfast and a beautiful but rebellious niece. Stripes (Dir. Ivan Reitman 1981): The story of a man who wanted to keep the world safe for democracy...and meet girls. When John Winger (Bill Murray) loses his job his car his apartment and his girlfriend-all in one day-he decides he only has one option: volunteer for Uncle Sam. Way over their head they eventually learn the ropes and manage to take a top-secret U.S. recreational vehicle behind the Iron Curtain on a road trip... Brewster's Millions (Dir. Walter Hill 1985): Brewster (Pryor) a lowly pitcher with the minor league Hackensack Bulls baseball team suddenly is left $300 million by a distant relative. But there's a catch; he must spend $30 million in thirty days without having any assets to show for it. And if he reveals it to a soul the real reason why he's throwing away all his cash he will forfeit everything! So aided and abetted by his team mate Spike (Candy) and a stream of hangers-on Brewster begins a spending spree that would bring any self-respecting accountant to his knees...

• Date Movie | DVD | (17/07/2006) from £6.43   |  Saving you £13.56 (210.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Alyson Hannigan headlines this outrageous swipe at the teen romcom genre.

• Win Win | DVD | (30/01/2012) from £3.59   |  Saving you £16.40 (82.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Writer-director Tom McCarthy excels at tales about men who feel isolated from their surroundings. In Win Win, it's Kyle (Alex Shaffer, recalling the young Sean Penn), a teenager who enters the life of New Jersey attorney Mike Flaherty (Paul Giamatti). Flaherty's journey begins when he represents Kyle's grandfather, Leo (Burt Young), who suffers from dementia. When Flaherty finds out about the substantial fee, he signs up as Leo's guardian, because he's been having trouble paying his bills. He and his wife, Jackie (Amy Ryan), meet Kyle when the kid shows up on his grandfather's doorstep. Kyle's mother (Melanie Lynskey) is in rehab and her boyfriend is abusive, so Kyle wants to live with Leo. Because Mike placed him in a retirement home--against the man's wishes--he agrees to host Kyle for a few weeks, during which Mike learns about his wrestling skills and invites him to join the high-school team he coaches with Stephen (Jeffrey Tambor). His best friend, Terry (Bobby Cannavale), offers to assist the duo to get his mind off his ex (the one plot line that doesn't work). When Kyle's mother shows up to collect her son and cash in on her father's situation, Mike risks losing everything he has gained. Win Win doesn't surprise as much as The Station Agent, which featured Cannavale, or cut as deep as The Visitor, but Giamatti and Ryan make for a believable suburban couple, doing their best to make ends meet in the face of an unsympathetic economy. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

• Believe Nothing | DVD | (09/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Rik Mayall stars as Adonis Cnut apparently the cleverest man in Britain and somehow irresistible to the opposite sex.