Comedy

• The Wild Life | DVD | (02/04/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Great party movie, following the adventures of Bill & Tom, two high school buddies at opposite ends of the spectrum. Bill (Eric Stolz) prefers to live life straight-laced, while his friend Tom (Chris Penn) takes nothing seriously except partying all the time. When Bill moves out of his mother's house to live on his own he faces many issues, from his girlfriend, to his brother, to his landlord. Meanwhile, his friend Tom moves in to keep the rent down but proceeds to turn Bill's life upside down. This movie is non-stop comedy from start to finish and is a personal favorite of mine. Soundtrack features guitar virtuoso Edward Van Halen throughout the movie, also features cameos by rockers Lee Ving and Ron Wood. 70s Pornstar legend Kitten Navidad also makes an appearance!

• Cry Baby | Blu Ray | (25/07/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Cult director John Waters goes mainstream (well sort of) in this send-up of 1950s teen melodramas. Heart-throb Johnny Depp stars in the title role as a glamorous delinquent who heads a gang of hoods known as the Drapes. Wade 'Cry-Baby' Walker (Depp) is the coolest toughest hood in his Baltimore high school. His ability to shed one single tear drives all the girls wild especially Allison Vernon-Williams (Amy Locane). A beautiful rich square Allison finds herself drawn into the world of Cry-Baby and his drape pals. Their star-crossed romance sets off a rumble between the warring factions and Cry-Baby ends up doing time in reform school... Will Allison still be there for him when he gets out? Cry Baby is chock-full of rock 'n roll and Waters' usual cavalcade of eccentric celebrities; including Patty Hearst Iggy Pop and - former porn star - Traci Lords.

• Count Arthur Strong - The Musical? | DVD | (20/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

• British Comedies of the 1930s 10 | DVD | (25/04/2016) from £6.39   |  Saving you £6.60 (50.80%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The ebullient comedy films of the 1930s brought escape and laughter to millions of British cinemagoers, enabling veteran stars of the music-hall and theatre to reach out to a wider audience making household names of performers like Leslie Fuller, Hal Gordon, Bobby Howes, Ernest Lotinga and Gene Gerrard.Although comedy would prove to be the decade's most successful film genre, many of these classic early talkies have remained unseen since their original release. From boisterous knockabout humour to polished adaptations of popular stage farces, this ongoing collection showcases a wealth of rare features, each presented uncut, in a brand-new transfer from the best available elements in their as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.LETTING IN THE SUNSHINE (1933)A window cleaner bumps into an old flame, and the pair turn detective in an attempt to foil a gang of burglars.Black and White / 70 mins / 1.37:1 / Mono / EnglishLUCKY TO ME (1939)A solicitor's clerk secretly marries the office secretary, but a business matter threatens to cut their one-night honeymoon shorter still!Black and White / 66 mins / 1.37:1 / Mono / English

• Necessary Roughness | DVD | (14/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Texas State Armadillos are fourth down and nowhere-to-go after a corruption scandal nearly ends the football program. Now upstanding coach Ed Gennero (Hector Elizondo) must put together a brand-new team. For the position of quarterback Gennero recruits Paul Blake (Scott Bakula) a 34-year-old former high school star whose field of dreams turned out to be the family farm. Blake still has the arm but can he score with a team that includes a samurai lineman a butterfingered rec

• Carry On Dick | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £14.26   |  Saving you £-4.27 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The 18th century, with its frills and bawds, was ideal territory for the Carry On movies: Carry On Dick is one of the few of the series where one notices the quality of the art direction in intervals between terrible old Talbot Rothwell jokes and the creaking of standard farce moments. Captain Fancy (Kenneth Williams) is sent to the remote village of Upper Denture to arrest Big Dick Turpin (Sid James) and makes the mistake of confiding in the local Rector, the Reverend Flasher (who is Big Dick's secret alter-ego). Dick has troubles of his own: his liaison with his housemaid and henchperson Harriet (Barbara Windsor) is perpetually interrupted by his amorous housekeeper Hattie Jacques). Meanwhile, Joan Sims struts around the plot as the proprietor of a touring show of scantily clad young women. This is not one of the best of the series--a certain mean-spiritedness creeps in to the humour as does the self-conscious awareness that 1974 was a date a little late for some of the more sexist jokes--but any film with Kenneth Williams discussing satin coats with his tailor has something going for it. On the DVD: Sadly, the DVD has no frills: it is presented in mono and 4:3 screen ratio.--Roz Kaveney

• Home Improvement - Series 2 | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £26.99

  Plug in the power drill and break out the socket wrenches! Tim Allen hammers home the laughs as Tim ""The Toolman"" Taylor in Home Improvement's hilarious second season. Tim and his levelheaded wife Jill undertake the challenge of raising three young mischievous boys. It's a tough project but with insightful advice from his wise (and only partially seen) next door neighbour Wilson they're able to get the job done. Now you can own all 25 episodes of the show's second season in this comprehensive DVD set. And with exclusive bonus features it's a must-have for any Home Improvement collection! Episodes comprise: 1. Read My Hips 2. Rights & Wrongs Of Passage 3. Overactive Glance 4. Groin Pulls 5. Heavy Meddle 6. The Haunting Of Taylor House 7. Roomie For Improvement 8. May The Best Man Win 9. Where There's A Will There's A Way 10. Let's Did Lunch 11. Abandoned Family 12. I'm Scheming On A White Christmas 13. Bell Bottom Blues 14. Howard's End 15. Love Is A Many Spintered Thing 16. Dances With Tools 17. You're Driving Me Crazy You're Driving Me Nuts 18. Bye Bye Birdie 19. Karate Or Not Here I Come 20. Shooting Three To Make Tutu 21. Much Ado About Nana 22. Ex Marks The Spot 23. To Build Or Not To Build 24. Birth Of A Hot Rod 25. The Great Race

• Made In Heaven | DVD | (30/04/2018) from £6.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Charming romantic comedy made in 1952 by Rank Studios and starring David Tomlinson, Petula Clark and A.E. Matthews. The Topham family live a blissfully happy life together in the lovely market town of Dunmow in deepest Essex. Recently married Basil Topham (David Tomlinson and his beautiful wife Julie (Petula Clark) are patiently waiting for their house to be built by local builders. Until then, they are forced to live with Basil s parents and eccentric grandfather (A.E Matthews). Basil and Julie have been entered into the Dunmow Flitch, a competition for the happiest married couple and all seems idyllic with our newly-weds. That is until a beautiful maid Marta (Sonja Zieman) arrives from Hungary to run the Topham family home and inadvertently throws everything into chaos!!

• Frank Zappa's 200 Motels | DVD | (05/08/2013) from £9.43   |  Saving you £-2.44 (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  '200 Motels' is a 1971 American-British musical surrealist film co-written and directed by Frank Zappa and Tony Palmer, starring The Mothers of Invention, Theodore Bikel, Ringo Starr and Keith Moon. The film covers a storyline about The Mothers of Invention going crazy in the small town Centerville...

• Blue Murder At St Trinians | DVD | (01/01/2007) from £5.98   |  Saving you £7.01 (54.00%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The second film in the St Trinians series takes the anarchic schoolgirls to Rome having won a UNESCO prize trip. There they become involved with a jewel thief...

• Crazy Stupid Love/Going the Distance Double Pack | DVD | (10/09/2012) from £5.51   |  Saving you £14.48 (262.79%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Crazy Stupid Love A middle-aged husband's life changes dramatically when his wife asks him for a divorce. He seeks to rediscover his manhood with the help of a newfound friend, Jacob, learning to pick up girls at bars. Going The Distance A romantic comedy centered on a guy and a gal who try to keep their love alive as they shuttle back and forth between New York and San Francisco to see one another.

• One Man And His Dog | DVD | (05/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A fresh British comedy One Man And His Dog combines tongue-in-cheek humour with authentic characters a pumping soundtrack and a south London background for a murky slice of real urban life. Although Wayne still lives with his Mum and he and his mates still have the usual problems with girls money and family he is regarded as 'the man' about town. To stay sharp Wayne convinces his mates to take on a job from a gangster just released from prison. They then find out that they will a

• Caroline In The City - The Complete Series 2 | DVD | (07/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Get your pyjamas on your tub of 'Haagen-Dazs' and settle down for a night in with Caroline In The City. Caroline Duffy (Lea Thompson) has her professional life just the way she wants it. ""Caroline in the City "" the comic strip she created turned into merchandising gold with an array of greeting cards books and calendars. Caroline's personal life is not quite as golden but it serves as an endless source of material for her strip. Contains all 25 episodes from Series 2! Episod

• Standby | DVD | (09/03/2015) from £12.98   |  Saving you £2.01 (15.49%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Twenty-something Alan is down on his luck. Stood up at the altar and recently fired from his banking job he finds himself working with his mother as a part-time tourist advisor at Dublin Airport. It’s there that he comes face to face with his first love Alice stuck on standby for a flight home to New York. Their summer romance ended eight years previously with Alan promising to return to the US one day. He never did and they haven’t spoken since. Seizing his chance Alan convinces a reluctant Alice to stay one more night in Dublin. Over the course of an unforgettable evening they may just realise that they are more compatible than ever. But time is running out on this brief encounter. When does an unexpected second change become the one you’ve always been looking for?

• Sunshine Cleaning | Blu Ray | (16/11/2009) from £10.41   |  Saving you £14.58 (140.06%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A single mum and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in the off-beat dramatic comedy "Sunshine Cleaning".

• Safety Not Guaranteed | Blu Ray | (24/02/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  From the producers of Little Miss Sunshine - When an unusual classified ad inspires three cynical Seattle magazine employees to look for the story behind it, they discover a mysterious eccentric named Kenneth, a likable but paranoid supermarket clerk.

• Secrets And Lies | DVD | (10/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  If a film fan had never heard of director Mike Leigh, one might explain him as a British Woody Allen. Not that Leigh's films are whimsical or neurotic; they are tough-love examinations of British life--funny, outlandish and biting. His films share a real immediacy with Allen's work: they feel as if they are happening now. Leigh works with actors--real actors--on ideas and language. There is no script at the start (and sometimes not at the end). Secrets and Lies involves Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), an elegant black woman wanting to learn her birth mother's identity. She will find it's Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn), who is one of the saddest creatures we've seen in film. She's also one of the most real and, ultimately, one of the most loveable. Timothy Spall is Cynthia's brother, a giant man full of love who is being slowly defeated by his fastidious wife (Phyllis Logan). There is a great exuberance of life in Secrets & Lies, winner of the Palme D'Or and best actress (Blethyn) at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival--not Zorba-type life but the little battles fought and won every day. Leigh's honest interpretation of daily life is usually found only on the stage. Secrets & Lies is more realistic than a stage production, however, especially when Leigh shows us uninterrupted scenes. Critic David Denby states that Leigh has "made an Ingmar Bergman film without an instant of heaviness or pretension." If that sounds like your cup of tea, see Secrets & Lies. --Doug Thomas

• Dudley Do Right | DVD | (01/06/2009) from £4.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (100.60%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Dudley Do-Right follows the hilarious exploits of the dedicated but hapless young Mountie (Brendan Fraser) as he struggles to outwit the evil Snidely Whiplash (Alfred Molina). Snidely has devised the scam of the century setting off the biggest gold rush since the Klondike. Prospector Kim J. Darling (Eric Idle) is an unsuspecting oaf who joins the millionaire wannabes streaming into the town that has since been named Whiplash City. It's up to the usually sweet and naive Dudley to lead the charge defeat the villain win the heart of Nell Fenwick (Sarah Jessica Parker) and bring peace back to Semi-Happy Valley. Hopefully he won't screw it up.

• The Pope Of Greenwich Village | DVD | (06/05/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Set among the Italian-American community of Manhattan and adapted by Vincent Patrick from his own novel, 1984's The Pope of Greenwich Village just about gets by on its charm. It stars Mickey Rourke as Charlie, a small-time grafter who is on the point of making his big move and breakaway. Unfortunately, the pull of family ties means that he's hampered by his cousin Paulie (Eric Roberts), an ambitious and excitable idiot who manages to cock up absolutely everything he turns his hand to, bringing down Charlie with him every time. After he gets the pair of them sacked from a restaurant, Paulie helps set up a safecracking deal with older hand Kenneth MacMillan. Trouble is, they’re robbing the local mafia boss. Rourke and Roberts' relationship is modelled closely on that of Harvey Keitel and Robert DeNiro in Scorcese's Mean Streets, only without quite the same harrowing consequences. This being the 1980s there's much De Niro-esque methodology, which generally consists of repeating lines at least twice ("Fix your tie! Fix your tie!"). The element of improv sees the film veer off course occasionally, while Darryl Hannah is her usual oddly semi-detached self in the role of Rourke's girlfriend. However, it's Roberts' performance as the exasperating and energetic Paulie which carries the film, with solid support from numerous Goodfellas and Sopranos regulars. On the DVD: The Pope of Greenwich Village arrives on disc in a decent enough but hardly pristine print. The sole extra is the original trailer, which means the only real benefit of acquiring this on DVD is storage convenience. --David Stubbs

• Amar Akbar Anthony | DVD | (21/01/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Kishanlal was a chauffeur to Robert though sometimes Robert would drive. So it was that one day Robert kills someone in an accident. Swearing that he would take care of Kishanlal's family if Kishanlal would take the blame the chauffeur goes to jail. As time goes by Robert does not honour his pledge and the family split up losing touch with eachother. Years pass before they all reunite and the sons plot to avenge their father.....