Comedy

• The Maggie (Ealing) *Digitally Restored | DVD | (24/08/2015) from £9.98   |  Saving you £8.01 (44.50%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Ealing Studios comedy set in the Scottish isles. Hollywood's Paul Douglas plays Marshall, an American businessman who becomes involved with The Maggie, a rundown old shipping vessel captained by the taciturn skipper (Alex Mackenzie), when he is trying to find a way to convey his luggage to a remote island. It doesn't take Marshall long to realise that the skipper and his crew have pulled a fast one on him - but what can he do to stop them?

• Corrina, Corrina | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In Corrina, Corrina Ray Liotta plays a 1950s jingle composer whose wife dies, leaving him to raise their grieving young daughter (Tina Majorino) alone. Dad hires an African-American housekeeper (Whoopi Goldberg), who helps fill the gap in the child's life--and then Dad's life. Soon an interracial relationship crossing the social mores of the era is underway. Written and directed by Jessie Nelson (The Story of Us), the film is a spot-on recreation of 1950s suburbia without gratuitous kitsch. Liotta is perfect as a working man of the day, given to white shirts and narrow ties; Goldberg gives one of her finest performances as the level-headed Corrina; and little Majorino is heartbreakingly effective. But the film entirely bears the stamp of one person, and that's Nelson, who has a wonderfully witty eye and a sophisticated but sensitive approach to the crosscurrents of emotion at play in this story. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Mean Girls / Save The Last Dance / Clueless | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Mean Girls (Dir. Mark S. Waters 2004): Raised in the African bush by her zoologist parents Cady (Lindsay Lohan) thinks she knows all about 'survival of the fittest'. But the law of the jungle takes on a whole new meaning when the home-schooled 15 year old enters high school for the first time and falls for the ex-boyfriend of the school's most popular girl. Let the 'Girl World' war begin! Save The Last Dance (Dir. Thomas Carter): Sara (Julia Stiles) is a small-town gi

• Porky's II - The Next Day | DVD | (20/06/2005) from £12.10   |  Saving you £0.89 (7.36%)   |  RRP £12.99

  If you thought the night before was funny wait till you see the next day. Proving they haven't matured a bit since the original Porky's much of the cast is back to take on right-wing bigots religious fanatics and double-talking politicians. Count on more delicious revenge for the gym teacher everyone loves to hate Ms. Balbricker and outrageous antics that never enter the realm of good taste.

• Eddie Murphy - Raw - The Concert Movie | DVD | (22/11/2004) from £5.89   |  Saving you £10.10 (171.48%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The audacious concert film Eddie Murphy Raw rubbed some people the wrong way upon its release in 1987, but there's no denying that between Murphy's more insensitive bits about women and gay men is some of his most inspired material. While the young comedian indulges an unattractive homophobia and rants about the sexual manipulativeness of all females, he makes up for it with an amazing story about being chided by Bill Cosby for obscene humor and does a great impression of Mr. T falling under the spell of a Jedi mind trick. The best stuff comes deep into the show, particularly a long tale of being pressured into a fight at a club, resulting in a phone call to Murphy's drunk father, the latter in the middle of a verbal attack on his wife. The scene is genuinely horrifying and funny, testament to Murphy's early reputation as heir to Richard Pryor's mercilessly autobiographical brilliance. --Tom Keogh

• Do Not Adjust Your Set | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £5.76   |  Saving you £-1.77 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Originally planned as a children's show 'Do Not Adjust Your Set' soon gained a large adult following. With music interludes by Neil Innes' Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band and animations by Terry Gilliam the programme brought together some of the great writers and performers who would eventually create Monty Python.

• Car Wash | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £11.37   |  Saving you £-5.38 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Car Wash is an earthly irreverent but affectionate look at a typical day in Los Angeles car wash. An ensemble piece which interweaves the lives of employees customers and passers-by Car Wash stars a galaxy of gifted actors most of whom are relatively unknown to movie goers and spotlights an array of guest stars in vivid cameo roles inculding George Carlin ""Professor"" Irwin Corey The Pointer Sisters and Richard Pryor as Daddy Rich a flamboyant Reverend who preaches the

• Married to the Mob | Blu Ray | (20/03/2023) from £16.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Everybody loves Angela but Angela's married to da mob! In a star-making performance, Michelle Pfeiffer (Scarface and The Age of Innocence) is suburban mafia housewife Angela de Marco in Jonathan Demme's hit comedy Married to the Mob. When her unfaithful husband Frank The Cucumber (Alec Baldwin, Miami Blues and Beetlejuice) is iced by his boss Tony The Tiger Russo (Dean Stockwell, Blue Velvet and Paris, Texas), Angela flees her cloistered existence on Long Island for the big city, with several interested parties in hot pursuit: Tony, who's smitten with Angela, Tony's insanely jealous wife Connie (Mercedes Ruehl, The Fisher King and The Warriors) and FBI Agent Mike Downey (Matthew Modine, Full Metal Jacket and TV's Stranger Things), who believes Angela is the key to locking Tony up for a very long time. In between the beloved screwball thriller Something Wild and the Academy Award-winning The Silence of the Lambs, acclaimed auteur Demme helmed this sublime blend of madcap shenanigans, crime and social commentary, the type of genre balancing act he perfected throughout his varied and distinctive career. Inspired equally by the comedies of Preston Sturges and the real-life crimes of John Gotti, the screenplay by Barry Strugatz and Mark R. Burns is one of the great cinematic satires of the American mafia. It's vividly brought to life by Demme, his steady creative collaborators-cinematographer Tak Fujimoto, editor Craig McKay and production designer Kristi Zea, a very game cast and a typically lights out soundtrack, featuring David Byrne, New Order, Q. Lazzarus, Debbie Harry, The Feelies, Tom Tom Club, Brian Eno and more! Married to the Mob has been restored in 2K from its original 35mm interpositive and comes loaded with a bevvy of extra features created exclusively for this edition! Product Features New 2K restoration from its 35mm interpositive A Simple Appreciation of Life, a newly filmed video interview with star Matthew Modine It Barreled into My Life, a newly filmed video interview with star Mercedes Ruehl Writing Married to the Mob, a newly filmed video interview with writers Barry Strugatz and Mark R. Burns Image gallery Theatrical trailer Newly recorded audio commentary by Danielle Henderson and Millie De Chirico of the I Saw What You Did podcast English SDH subtitles

• Peter Sellers Collection | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £19.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (50.03%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Featuring a collection of Peter Sellers' best films. Includes: 1. Heavens Above! (Dir. John Boulting & Roy Boulting 1963) 2. I'm Alright Jack (Dir. John Boulting 1959) 3. Only Two Can Play (Dir. Sidney Gilliat 1962) 4. Very Best Of Peter Sellers

• Delicatessen | DVD | (15/04/2002) from £7.97   |  Saving you £15.01 (301.41%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Delicatessen presents a post-apocalyptic scenario set entirely in a dank and gloomy building where the landlord operates a delicatessen on the ground floor. But this is an altogether meatless world, so the butcher-landlord keeps his customers happy by chopping unsuspecting victims into cutlets, and he's sharpening his knife for the new tenant (French comic actor Dominque Pinon) who's got the hots for the butcher's near-sighted daughter. Delicatessen is a feast (if you will) of hilarious vignettes, slapstick gags, and sweetly eccentric characters, including a man in a swampy room full of frogs, a woman doggedly determined to commit suicide (she never gets it right) and a pair of brothers who make toy sound boxes that "moo" like cows. It doesn't amount to much as a story, but that hardly matters; this is the kind of comedy that leaps from a unique wellspring of imagination and inspiration, and it's handled with such visual virtuosity that you can't help but be mesmerised. French co-directors of Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro have wildly inventive imaginations that gravitate to the darker absurdities of human behaviour, and their visual extravagance is matched by impressive technical skill. There's some priceless comedy here, some of which is so inventive that you may feel the urge to stand up and cheer. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com On the DVD: the special features are pretty standard, with a trailer, "making of" featurette and footage of the rehearsal process. The audio commentary is supplied by Jeunet, which, although interesting, is in French and thus necessitates the use of subtitles which then obliterate the movie's own subtitles. Once the commentary is on it is virtually impossible to turn this option off without reloading the disc. However, the Dolby stereo works wonders for this film, which is rich in sound, and surprisingly the 1.85:1 letterbox ratio is perfect for a film that is grainy by design. --Nikki Disney

• Shameless Series 3 | DVD | (30/10/2006) from £26.48   |  Saving you £0.50 (2.04%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The critically acclaimed and brilliantly funny drama from award-winning writer Paul Abbott features the Chatsworth Estate's Gallaghers probably the UK's most dysfunctional family. Head of the family Frank embarks on a series of adventures with his remarkably well-balanced children Fiona Lip Ian Debbie Carl and Liam - not forgetting the other two with Frank's valium-fuelled lover Sheila. Shameless: Series 3 is packed with sex drugs gratuitous violence love and scams. Chaos ensues with more tales of how one extraordinary family goes about its normal everyday life.

• Summer Heights High & We Can Be Heroes Box Set | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £37.15   |  Saving you £2.84 (7.64%)   |  RRP £39.99

  We Can Be Heroes: The internationally acclaimed hit comedy series created and written by Chris Lilley. This ground breaking mockumentary follows the daily lives of five very special individuals who are among the thousands of citizens nominated for the prestigious title of Australian of the Year. As portrayed by Lilley the five nominees are from different parts of the country and represent the full spectrum of Australian society: young and old male and female urban and rural; native and emigrant. Summer Heights High: Hilarious absurd and frequently shocking Summer Heights High reveals a world where small issues become huge social groups are important careers are built young minds are moulded hopes are shattered and dreams are realised.

• Porky's 2 Film Collection | DVD | (27/08/2012) from £14.35   |  Saving you £-1.36 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Porky's: This hilarious, raunchy comedy hit takes an unblushing look at teenage adolescence in the 1950's. It follows the comic misadventures of six high schoolers whose most fervent wish is to find some sexual satisfaction at Porky's, a notorious honky-tonk strip joint. When they're ripped off and thrown out by the owner, they plot a revengeful scheme that is truly unforgettable.Porky's II: The Next Day: Proving they haven't matured a bit since the original Porky's, much of the original cast is back to take on right-wing bigots, religious fanatics and double-talking politicians. Count on more delicious revenge for the gym teacher everyone loves to hate, Ms. Balbricker, and outrageous antics that never enter the realm of good taste.

• Jim Davidson Live - No Further Action | DVD | (01/12/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Very few comedians could turn the worst year of their life into a resounding success. Fresh from winning the most successful ever series of Big Brother by a landslide comedy king Jim Davidson has done exactly that. No Further Action will see Jim tell the story of his arrest and the nightmare 12 months that followed the clearing of his name and winning the heart of the nation all over again. It promises to be the most outrageous hilarious and insightful show Jim has ever performed but most of all it will be the truth.

• Carry On Don't Lose Your Head | DVD | (17/02/2003) from £6.64   |  Saving you £6.35 (95.63%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Carry On Don't Lose Your Head parodies the adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel, with crinkly cackling Sid James as master of disguise the Black Fingernail and Jim Dale as his assistant Lord Darcy. He must rescue preposterously effete aristocrat Charles Hawtrey from the clutches of Kenneth Williams' fiendish Citizen Camembert and his sidekick Citizen Bidet (Peter Butterworth). The Black Fingernail is assisted in his efforts to thwart the birth of the burgeoning republic by the almost supernatural stupidity of his opponents, who fail to recognise the frankly undisguisable Sid James even when dressed as a flirty young woman. What with an executioner who is tricked into beheading himself in order to prove the efficacy of his own guillotine, it's all a little too easy. As usual, no groan-worthy pun is left unturned, or unheralded by the soundtrack strains of a long whistle or wah-wah trumpet. This is pretty silly stuff even by Carry On standards, with most of the cast barely required to come out of first gear and an overlong climactic swordfight sequence hardly raising the dramatic stakes. Most of the humour here resides neither in the script nor the characterisation but in the endlessly watchable Williams' whooping, nasal delivery (occasionally lapsing into broad Cockney) and the jowl movements of the always-underrated Butterworth. --David Stubbs

• Long Shot | DVD | (09/09/2019) from £2.48   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Fred Flarsky (Seth Rogen) is a gifted and free-spirited journalist with an affinity for trouble. Charlotte Field (Charlize Theron) is one of the most influential women in the world. Smart, sophisticated, and accomplished, she's a powerhouse diplomat with a talent for well, mostly everything. The two have nothing in common, except that she was his babysitter and childhood crush. When Fred unexpectedly reconnects with Charlotte, he charms her with his self-deprecating humour and his memories of her youthful idealism. As she prepares to make a run for the Presidency, Charlotte impulsively hires Fred as her speechwriter, much to the dismay of her trusted advisors. A fish out of water on Charlotte's elite team, Fred is unprepared for her glamourous lifestyle in the limelight. However, sparks fly as their unmistakable chemistry leads to a round-the-world romance and a series of unexpected and dangerous incidents.

• The Good Life - Complete Boxed Set | DVD | (04/10/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £79.99

  Celebrating 35 years since its original broadcast and available for the first time in series order this is the comedy series that put organic foods self-sufficiency and green thinking on the map. On his 40th birthday Tom Good (Richard Briers) decides that he's had enough of the rat race and that he and his wife Barbara (Felicity Kendal) should become self-sufficient. Overnight they begin to convert their suburban garden into a farm complete with crops pigs and chickens homemade beer and more. But their choice of lifestyle doesn't exactly fit in with the neighbours in particular Margot Leadbetter (Penelope Keith) and her henpecked husband Jerry (Paul Eddington) who find themselves hindering but even sometimes helping against their better judgement. Unique in its vision consistent in its comedy this is entertainment at its finest the kind that only comes with The Good Life.

• Maverick | DVD | (11/05/1998) from £7.19   |  Saving you £6.80 (94.58%)   |  RRP £13.99

  The joined-at-the-hip team of director Richard Donner and star Mel Gibson (all the Lethal Weapon movies and Conspiracy Theory) had obvious fun resurrecting the Wild Western comedy television series about a roguish rambler-gambler. In Maverick, Gibson assumes the role of cardsharp Bret Maverick, equally quick with a pair of aces and a pair of guns. Good sport James Garner (who played Maverick on TV) takes another role, as a lawman who travels alongside the hero to a big-money poker game on a riverboat. The real peach in this fruit salad of satire and broad jokes, however, is Jodie Foster, who plays a crafty Southern belle quite adept at poker herself. Sexy, funny, and (from the onscreen evidence) a great kisser, Foster has never been more of a delight. Written by William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid). --Tom Keogh

• Club Dread | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £6.51   |  Saving you £9.48 (145.62%)   |  RRP £15.99

  From the creators of "Super Troopers" comes the comic tale of a booze-soaked island resort owned by a rock star has-been. But the non-stop party takes a turn for the weird when dead bodies start turning up...

• Groundhog Day | Blu Ray | (29/01/2018) from £34.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Bill Murray is at his wry, wisecracking best in this riotous romantic comedy about a weatherman caught in a personal time warp on the worst day of his life. Teamed with a relentlessly cheerful producer (Andie MacDowell) and a smartaleck cameraman (Chris Elliott), TV weatherman Phil Connors (Bill Murray) is sent to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to cover the annual Groundhog Day festivities. After a surprise blizzard traps him in smalltown hell, things get even worse; Phil wakes the next morning to find it's Groundhog Day all over again... and again... and again. Features: Deleted Scenes Audio Commentary with Director Harold Ramis NeedleNose Ned's Picture in Picture Track The Study of Groundhogs: A Real Life Look at Marmots featurette A Different Day: An Interview with Harold Ramis featurette The Weight of Time Documentary