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Noah Baumbach writes and directs this off-beat comedy drama, based on his own experiences as a young boy growing up in the 1980s and trying to deal with his parents' divorce. Bernard (Jeff Daniels) is the father of an eccentric Brooklyn family who claims to have been a great novelist in his youth, but who has settled down to a teaching job in middle age. When his wife Joan (Laura Linney) discovers a writing talent of her own, her success makes Bernard jealous and splits the family apart, leaving their two young children to form new relationships with their separated parents.
Complete first series of the classic BBC television comedy, about the mismatched suburban couple played by Terry Scott and June Whitfield, forever having to deal with the problems caused by Terry's inept bumbling. Includes all six episodes: 'Long Weekend', 'On the Move', 'Flying Carpets', 'A Bridge Too Far', 'Writing on the Wall' and 'Animal Crackers'.
Sophisticated romantic comedy starring Will Smith. Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens is a legendary - and deliberately anonymous - New York City 'date doctor' who, for a fee, has helped countless men woo the women of their dreams. While coaching Albert (Kevin James), a meek accountant who is smitten with a glamourous celebrity, Allegra Cole (Amber Valletta), Hitch finally meets his match in the person of the gorgeous, whip-smart Sara Melas (Eva Mendes), a gossip columnist who follows Allegra's every move. The ultimate professional bachelor, Hitch suddenly finds himself falling deliriously in love with Sara, a reporter whose biggest scoop could very well be the unmasking of Manhattan's most famous date doctor.
Light-hearted romantic comedy set in North London, starring Summer Phoenix as 20-something Jewish London girl Suzie Gold. Suzie finds herself torn between Anthony (Iddo Goldberg), the nice Jewish boy with a good job that her family approves of, and Darren (Leo Gregory), her non-Jewish boyfriend. Suzie's relationship with Darren comes to an end when she finds herself unable to take him home to meet her family, worried that he won't match up to their expectations. As the pressure builds for Suzie to tie the knot with Anthony, and she can't get Darren out of her mind, Suzie begins to question her role in life, and has to re-define herself outside her family and the traditions that have always been an integral part of her life.
Second in the final 'Only Fools and Horses' trilogy originally broadcast over Christmas 1996. Cassandra is pregnant, Rodney applies for a new job. Del, meanwhile is attempting to convert himself into a 'new man' - he's reading a book and everything.
The entire second series of the US sitcom (based in the bar where everybody knows your name) following the love-hate romance between Sam (Ted Danson) and Diane (Shelley Long), the hate-hate relationship between Carla (Rhea Perlman) and Cliff (John Ratzenberger), and the indestructible love affair between Norm (George Wendt) and his pint.
A compilation of some of the funniest moments starring the legendary comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. Produced by Robert Youngson, it traces the development of the pair's career, beginning with their early solo work and examining all the phases along the way. It also provides a context for their work by setting it alongside that of their contemporaries.
Three more episodes from the first series of the cult TV show, which sees a group of builders from England going over to Germany to work on a site by day, and do their bit for European harmony and understanding by night. The episodes are: 'Private Lives', 'The Fugitive' and 'The Alien'.
Live performance by Jack Dee, TV's funniest hard-man recorded in London's theatreland. Jack combines his unremittingly deadpan take on the world with the tradition of great comic timing.
TV funnyman Ricky Tomlinson takes to the concert stage in this live comedy stand-up performance.
Drama written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. The film follows Paterson (Adam Driver), a New Jersey bus driver with a hidden talent for writing poetry. Following the same routine each day, Paterson uses his observations while driving as inspiration for his writing. With his quirky and ambitious wife Laura (Golshifteh Farahani) pushing him to publish his work, Paterson is reluctant to make any change to his comfortable and serene world. The cast also includes Barry Shabaka Henley and Chasten Harmon.
Outrageous satirical comedy from the creators of 'South Park', with puppets. In the 'War on Terror' Team America is the United States' first line of defence, an elite unit of counter-terrorist operatives whose adventures take them all over the world - frequently destroying most of it as they go. When the team learn that evil Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il is planning to destroy the world, they recruit a Broadway star to go undercover in his hideout. On the way, the team manage to wipe out lots of real-estate as well as take on bleeding-heart, liberal Hollywood celebrities like Sean Penn and film-maker Michael Moore.
Diane is recently widowed after 40 years of marriage. Vivian enjoys her men with no strings attached. Sharon is still working through a decades-old divorce. Carol’s marriage is in a slump after 35 years. Four lifelong friends’ lives are turned upside down to hilarious ends when their book club tackles the infamous Fifty Shades of Grey. From discovering new romance to rekindling old flames, they inspire each other to make their next chapter the best chapter.
Ben Palmer directs this romantic comedy starring Simon Pegg and Lake Bell. When 40-year-old divorcee Jack (Pegg) mistakenly believes 34-year-old Nancy (Bell) to be his much younger blind date she decides to go along with it, taking a chance in the hope of finding the right man for her. The pair have a great, if chaotic, time together until Jack discovers the truth about Nancy's identity. Has she ruined her chance of a future with Jack? The cast also includes Ophelia Lovibond, Olivia Williams, Rory Kinnear and Ken Stott.
Surreal comedy starring award-winning British comedian, author and TV presenter Harry Hill. Featuring machine gun-toting chickens and a terminally ill hamster, the film follows Harry and his Nan (Julie Walters) as they travel to Blackpool while being pursued by a mentally unstable veterinarian (Simon Bird). While on the journey, the pair are met with a whole host of other weird and wonderful characters including Harry's long-lost twin Otto (Matt Lucas) and Michelle (Sheridan Smith), an underwater shell person.
A stand up performance featuring the US actor and comedian. Recorded in front of a sold-out crowd at New York's Madison Square Gardens, the film also follows Hart as he crosses the country and continents on his 2012 'Let Me Explain' tour.
Ensemble family comedy with an all-star cast headed by Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried, Robin Williams, Ben Barnes and Topher Grace. Don (De Niro) and Ellie (Keaton) are a long-divorced middle-aged couple who are forced by circumstance to pretend that they are still happily married as they attend their son's wedding. As the ramifications of their elaborate hoax unfold among their family and friends, a poignantly funny story emerges about the comedy and complexity of the tangled ties that bind.
A gang of hapless crooks, led by Sidney James, successfully perpetrate a robbery only to be caught after the fact. Fifteen years later they emerge from prison intent on retrieving their stolen loot - and discover a police station has been built over its hiding place. Sylvia Syms, Dick Emery, Jim Dale and Joan Sims co-star.
A romantic comedy from director Rob Reiner, who went on to make 'When Harry Met Sally'. Gib (John Cusack) is promised a devastating woman at a party across the country in Los Angeles. The only problem is that he has to share the car journey with prudish Alison (Daphne Zuniga), a fellow student whose priorities in life couldn't differ more. During the journey, however, the disparate couple find they have a few things in common.
When hitman Jimmy 'The Tulip' (Bruce Willis) hides out from the mob in a quiet Montreal suburb fate conspires to interwine his path with that of his dentist neighbour Oz Oseransky (Matthew Perry). Oz's wife Sophie (Rosanna Arquette) persuades Oz to travel to Chicago and reveal Jimmy's whereabouts to the mob, then in order to keep the anticipated reward money all for herself, takes out a contract on Oz's life. However, when Oz returns to Montreal he finds himself thrown together with Jimmy - they both have contracts on their lives and, in order to stay alive, have to work together.
All five episodes from the fifth series of the BBC comedy series expanded from occasional short sketches on Jasper Carrott's 'Canned Carrott' show. Jasper Carrot and Robert Powell star as bumbling duo Detective Constables Bob Louis and David Briggs, promoted well beyond their crime-fighting talents. In the never-ending high-tech war against crime they are the Scud missiles of the police arsenal: inefficient, unreliable and utterly aimless. Episodes are: 'Special Branch', 'Cardiac Arrest', 'The Beast of Hackney Marshes', 'The Curse of the Commanches', 'Best Man', 'Mine's a Large One' and 'Go West Old Man'.
One of the most successful of the George Formby films, and his first major film role after leaving the music halls. Assistant chimney sweep George Shuttleworth (Formby) is laughed at by his friends when he dreams of winning the Isle of Man's TT Motor Cycle Race.
The third film in the 'Carry On' series. Trouble erupts at a secondary school when inspectors arrive to evaluate the teachers' work. A group of pupils (led by a youthful Richard O'Sullivan) who don't want their teacher transferred to a different job play up. Teachers attempting to keep order include Kenneth Williams, Leslie Phillips, Charles Hawtrey and Kenneth Connor.
Notorious religious satire from the Monty Python team which was banned in 17 countries on release. Set during Biblical times, the film tells the story of Brian (Graham Chapman), an accidental messiah whose life runs in eerie parallel to that of Jesus Christ. His misadventures come to the attention of Pilate (Michael Palin), crucifixion inevitably follows, and the film ends with the infamous group rendition of the song 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life'. |
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