Comedy

• Steamboat Round The Bend | DVD | (23/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  John Ford's view of Americana with Will Rogers in his final screen performance. Fun and games on board as our hero's paddlewheeler is fed into it's own furnace in a steamboat race - until the fuel runs out....

• Padosan | DVD | (02/12/2002) from £10.96   |  Saving you £-4.97 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A rollicking slapstick musical comedy directed by Jyoti Swaroop in which the innocent Bhola (Sunil Dutt) gives up his commitment to celibacy when he falls for a sexy neighbour Bindu (Saira Banu). His rivals in love are his own uncle (Om Prakash) and Bindu's traditionalist Carnatic music teacher (Mehmood). He however wins his girl with the assistance of the crooked drama-troupe guru (Kishore Kumar) when he serenades her using the guru for a musical playback. R D Burman's great soundtrack climaxes in the high point of the film in a zany take-off on the Jugalbandi (musical contest) between the guru and the Carnatic musician `Ek Chatur Naar Karke Singaar' sung by Manna De and Kishore Kumar. The original Bengali story had previously been filmed by Sudhir Mukherjee Pasher Bari in 1952 in Telugu by C Pullaiah Pakkinti Ammayi in 1953 and in Tamil - Raghavaiah's Adutha Veetu Penn in 1960.

• Tail Lights Fade | DVD | (01/10/2002) from £5.88   |  Saving you £-3.89 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  A group of teenagers race to find a drugs haul before the police can find it. The trip becomes wild and the journey involves hippies a scheming seductress and pursuing cops.

• Mulberry - Complete Series 1 & 2 Box Set | DVD | (19/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  For the first time ever series one and two of the BBC hit 'Mulberry' the hilarious tale of Death's reluctant apprentice son and the po-faced recluse Miss Farnaby come together in this two DVD box set. Karl Howman and Geraldine McEwan star as one of TV's most unlikely but endearing duos in this comedy classic from the celebrated writing team of John Esmonde and Bob Larbey creators of classic comedies including 'Brush Strokes' 'The Good Life' and 'Ever Decreasing Circles'. Mulberry (Karl Howman) the cheerful cockney son of Death and Springtime was originally sent to collect Miss Farnaby's soul (Geraldine McEwan) but instead finds himself as her elixir of life and the unofficial head of the household much to the disgruntlement of long-time house staff Bert and Alice. Laughs abound as Mulberry's unique outlook on life brings new vitality to Farnaby Manor.

• Jamie Foxx - Straight From The Foxxhole | DVD | (10/03/2005) from £6.54   |  Saving you £12.45 (65.60%)   |  RRP £18.99

  The one and only Jamie Foxx delivers a slew of sidesplitting impersonations including Michael Jackson Prince Mike Tyson and Bill Cosby. In his irresistible high-energy style Foxx gives a no-holds-barred performance riffing all over the cultural landscape and winds it up with a smooth medley of songs.

• Saturday Night Live - The Best Of Will Ferrell Vol.1 and 2 | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Both volumes of the Best Of Will Ferrell from Saturday Night Live. The best of Will Ferrell's sketches from the cult American comedy show Saturday Night Live. Relatively new to Hollywood superstardom Will Ferrell first made his name as one of Saturday Night Live's most brilliant character players and one of the few cast members ever to receive an Emmy nomination for his work on the show. Saturday Night Live - The Best Of Will Ferrell features the cream of Ferrell's comic creations including Craig the Cheerleader the Culp Brothers and the Roxbury Guys. Guests include Christopher Walken Alex Baldwin Drew Barrymore Sarah Michelle Gellar Jim Carrey Lucy Lawless and Sean Hayes.

• Rhona Cameron | DVD | (02/12/2002) from £10.78   |  Saving you £-2.79 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Rhona Cameron is one of the most gifted female comics in Britain. From comedy club to concert hall and television to film her fiery observations and impeccable delivery have earned praise and adulation from her peers and fans alike. Filmed on a sell-out UK tour this is the long awaited Rhona Cameron DVD.

• Cromartie High School - Vol. 1 | DVD | (17/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? The absurd minimalist comedy Cromartie High takes place at the school parents don't want their children to attend: It's an academic disaster area with a student body comprised of deliquents thugs and punks not to mention a robot a gorilla and a mute caricature of Freddie Mercury. Takashi Kamiyama enrolls there to prove that a good student can study anywhere. Although the Cromartie students spend a lot of time bragging a

• Buster Keaton - Vol. 5 | DVD | (26/03/2001) from £7.98   |  Saving you £19.00 (380.76%)   |  RRP £23.99

  Battling Butler / 1921: Keaton stars as Alfred Butler a delicate man whose father decides to toughen him up by sending him to the country. There he is mistaken for the renowned boxer ""Battling Butler"". Rather than admit the truth he carries on with the deceit and embarks on a ridiculous training regime. Things are then complicated by the arrival of the true contender. Haunted House / 1921: A gang of counterfeiters are laundering counterfeit notes in the bank. When some are pla

• Count Arthur Strong's Forgotten Egypt! | DVD | (24/06/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

• The Buster Keaton Collection | DVD | (08/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Buster Keaton's 1926 masterpiece The General shows the great stone-faced comedian at the height of his powers. Buster is a train driver from the South who's caught up in the American Civil War. The film is basically an extended chase, with trains pursuing each other up the track. The level of stuntwork (including a huge train wreck) has to be seen to be believed, but it's the deftness and elegance of Keaton's comedy that is ultimately most memorable. For many, Buster Keaton is the greatest comedian of the silent era rated even above Chaplin, and College (1927) is one of his finest films. A poor student who has to work his way through college, Buster is desperate to win the attention of a pretty girl so takes up sports. Through every disaster, the great "stone face" as he was nicknamed betrays not a flicker of emotion, enduring all humiliations with aplomb. College shows Keaton at the top of his form. Steamboat Bill Jr dates from 1928 and is the last great film Buster Keaton made before he gave up his independence. Buster is the rather fey son of an elderly steamboat owner who is being driven out of business by a wealthy competitor. More by accident than intention Buster turns things around and gets the girl as well. The last 15 minutes are truly astonishing: a storm sequence in which a whole town is blown apart, with Buster experiencing a series of amazing escapes as buildings fall down around his ears. Tragically, the following year he lost his independence when he signed for MGM. His career collapsed, his marriage broke up and he became an alcoholic, never to regain former glories. On the DVD: The organ music accompanying this silent feature is pleasantly unobtrusive, and apart from a short section in the middle where it deteriorates, the print quality is a reasonable 4.3. In addition there are five excellent Keaton shorts, One Week (1920), The Boat (1921) Cops (1922), The Blacksmith (1922) and The Balloonatic (1923). --Ed Buscombe

• Hardware Wars | DVD | (27/05/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This is the universally acknowledged grandaddy of all Star Wars parodies and the only film to feature flying steam iron spaceships and 'Dynaspace' sound! It's time you were reunited with your old friends and fiends Fluke Starbucker Augie Ben Doggie Princess Ann-Droid Ham Salad and the evil Darf Nader!

• Please Sir! - The Best Of Please Sir! - Vol. 2 | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Sporting Life: The sports master has resigned and guess who they get to replace him! Unfortunately Bernard's swimming classes descend into chaos as Duffy's terrified of water and Dunstable just can't seem to keep those unusual swimming trunks on. Norman's Conquest: 5c decide to adopt an animal after watching a wildlife preservation programme. The adopted pet is named after Norman but what exactly is it and will it survive 5c? X Certificate: Determined that 5c will not just be the tea boys this Open Day Bernard and the class make a film about the school. It impresses no-one until a second interpretation catches the attention of a passing journalist...

• Late Night Shopping | DVD | (27/07/2009) from £4.49   |  Saving you £11.50 (71.90%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In this Glasgow-set comedy, four twentysomethings - Sean, Vincent, Jody and Lenny - tackle those nagging issues, like growing up and being responsible.

• Hitch/Jerry Maguire/ 50 First Dates | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Hitch: In Andy Tennant's delightful romantic comedy Hitch Will Smith stars as Alex Hitchens an urban ""date doctor"" who helps the common man woo the woman of his dreams. Hitch will use any means necessary--dance lessons back waxing--to instill romantic confidence in his clientele. Why? He was once a lonely wallflower himself who learned about love and heartbreak the hard way. His latest project Albert Brennaman (Kevin James) may be his most difficult. Brennaman a junior accountant prone to clumsiness has fallen head-over-heels for one of his clients Allegra Cole (Amber Valleta) a well-known celebrity. To complicate things further Hitch's dating dogma is shaken when he meets and falls for a beautiful gossip columnist Sara Melas (Eva Mendes) whose sharp wit easily pierces his cool faade. Conflict arises when Melas uncovers Hitch's true profession and blames him for her best friend being dumped. (Dir. Andy Tennant 2005) Jerry Maguire: Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) is a man who knows the score. As a top agent at Sports Management International Jerry is unquestionably master of his universe - until that is he gets a sudden attack of morals and is unceremoniously fired! Hanging on by a thread Jerry is forced to start from scratch supported only be three very unlikely allies- single mother Dorothy Boyd (Renee Zellweger ) her cheeky young son Ray and Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.) a second rank player for the Arizona Cardinals - and Jerry's sole remaining client. (Dir. Cameron Crowe 1996) 50 First Dates: Henry Roth (Sandler) the local marina veterinarian only dates tourists because he's afraid of commitment - that is until he meets Lucy (Barrymore). Unfortunately Lucy lost her short-term memory months ago in a car accident and for her each day is October the 13th. She follows the same routine every day - breakfast at the same restaurant pineapple-picking with her dad and eventually bed time where sleep wipes away her short-term memory. Henry however refuses to be forgotten and as his puppy love matures he embarks on a quest to restore her memory or at least be a part of her everyday routine. But vying for Lucy's attention isn't always easy. Henry explores various approaches before making a video for Lucy to watch every morning reminding her of who she is and what she's doing... (Dir. Peter Segal 2004)

• The Circus | Blu Ray | (15/11/2010) from £29.14   |  Saving you £-9.15 (-45.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Little Tramp brings his slapstick hijinks to the big top. Charlie Chaplin's film The Circus begins in a fading circus where the equestrienne can't jump the hoops and the clowns can't make the audience laugh. Outside on the midway The Little Tramp falls into a series of wonderful comic routines that end when pursued by a cop he bursts into the tent's centre ring and wows the audience. The circus owner/ringmaster auditions The Little Tramp as a clown but discovers he is only funny when he isn't trying. He tricks The Little Tramp into joining the circus as a prop man who wreaks havoc with whatever he does and who unknowingly becomes the star of the show...

• The Addams Family | Blu Ray | (09/11/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Return Of Bulldog Drummond | DVD | (22/06/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Retired British military officer Capt. Hugh Bulldog Drummond is the leader of the Black Clan a secret organisation crusading to rid England of crime by means of a purge against foreign undesirables. When World Peace Conference delegate Brunel is assassinated en-route to Birmingham Drummond and his sidekick Algy kidnap arms dealer Charles Latter and set about threatening a foreign consortium to leave the country within 24 hours after the Black Clan pay them a visit. The ringleader of the syndicate is Drummond's old adversary European arms dealer Carl Peterson who kidnaps Drummond's wife to use her as bait to capture her husband. After walking into Peterson's trap Drummond is drugged and placed in a car that is driven into a nearby river; he narrowly escapes drowning and sets about liberating his wife from the gang's lair. Meanwhile Algy organises for the Black Clan to intervene and rescue Drummond and his wife.

• Shooting Elizabeth | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £4.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (20.04%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Jeff Goldblum and Mimi Rogers star in this dark comedy about a man who feels trapped with his overbearing and cold wife. Sometimes divoce isn't final enough!

• Dragnet | DVD | (01/07/2002) from £11.13   |  Saving you £1.86 (16.71%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In 1987 moviegoers had yet to be crushed under the weight of the 1990s TV remake mania, and Dragnet comes off as fresh and funny. The line between parody and tribute can be hard to draw, but any marginally hip baby boomer who has ever watched Jack Webb's straight-laced Detective Joe Friday caught a glimmer of the comedic vein waiting to be mined beneath Dragnet's gritty Los Angeles streets. Dan Aykroyd plays Joe Friday, the straight-arrow nephew of Webb's iconic cop. This part was made for him (in fact, he's given top writing credit), and under his steely exterior you can tell he's having a ball delivering those rapid-fire recitations of regulations and deadpan expressions of moral outrage. Tom Hanks plays Pep Streebek, the laissez-faire narco agent who is Friday's new partner. Their assignment: bust the Pagans, a wild-and-woolly gang of dope fiends, deadbeats, and beatniks behind a bewildering array of bizarre robberies. Hilarity ensues. Friday and Streebek outfox a corrupt televangelist (Christopher Plummer), bicker over chili dogs and cigarettes, alternately revile and fawn over a porn millionaire (Dabney Coleman), wrestle a 30-foot-long anaconda, and rescue the virgin Connie Swail--the only girl capable of stealing Friday's heart. --Grant Balfour, Amazon.com