Comedy > 1967 Comedy > 5 GBP to 10 GBP

Advantages: great, classic and funny
Disadvantages: a bit short

This is a very good DVD for all of the family and for anyone who just want a really big laugh on the sofa. With the brilliance of Eric Sykes and Tommy Cooper makes it superb and very special to anyone as it was certainly a treat for me. I have got to admit that I produced really good laughter on these two little films and the casting and storylines are great. It is the kind of DVD you just want to watch over and over again as you cannot take your ... Read review

Advantages: Jack Lemmon & Walter Matthau at their best!
Disadvantages: It has a slow ending

...were vitamins! He could be the healthiest one in the room!" The term 'odd couple' has been used for countless films, mostly in buddy cop flicks, such as 'Rush Hour' or 'Shanghai Noon' as starkly different personalities play off each other so well. 'The Odd Couple' then, of 1968, is the defining moment. Never has there been such a pairing as Felix Ungar and Oscar Madison, one an obsessed health freak, and the other, the laziest slob in the city! ...
...they are kept low until the end, when Oscar ultimately cannot stand his roomate. "You leave me little notes on my pillow. Told you 158 times I can't stand little notes on my pillow. 'We're all out of cornflakes. F.U.' Took me three hours to figure out F.U. was Felix Unger!" This is probably one of the funniest films of certainly the 1960s and perhaps of all time. It is intelligent in its situations and has well written, now classic, gags. A sequel ... Read review

Advantages: Funny, great acting
Disadvantages: Story falls apart towards the end

...film is about two friends, Zack Brown (Seth Rogan) and Miriam Linky (Elizabeth Banks) who find themselves in financial difficulty to the extent where they are unable to pay their bills and their electricity, water and heating has been cut off. Fearing that they would be kicked out of their home, they start to brain storms ways in which they can make money. After having gone to a high school reunion and meeting an actor who makes pornos, Zack comes ...
...not finish making it. Instead Zack and Miri realise that they are in love with each other. So although the ending is weak, it is a happy ending. The movie to begin with was rather funny. For the first 30 minutes I was bursting out laughing. Some of the quotes were so forward, for example, Miri: 'No, don't thank me, just fuck me', they made me burst out laughing. When they started getting into making the porno, the humour started to slow down. The ... Read review

Advantages: beautiful cast, easygoing and crowdpleasing
Disadvantages: dull, dull and far too predictable

Film - What happens in Vegas Stars - Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher Whats it about - Joy (Diaz) has just been dumped rather publicly by her fiancé. Having bought him tickets to Vegas for his birthday, her friend suggests that they use them in a bid to help Joy get over the break up. Meanwhile Jack (Kutcher) is happy-go-lucky bloke who gets fired by his own dad, and decides to make himself better by, you guessed it……..going to Vegas with his best ...
...the best they could with what they were given, however it didn't cover up a really weak script and lack of imagination. The characters were all one dimensional (I can barely even remember either of the best friends) and it was all a bit boring to me by the end. There are much better comedies out there so wouldn't bother with this one unless you happen to be a huge Cameron Diaz or Ashton Kutcher fan. There isn't really much else to say about this ... Read review

Advantages: A good concept but it didn't live up to its potential.
Disadvantages: Where do I start?

...picking up a copy of Be Kind Rewind. I'd only seen the infamous Jack Black in one previous film, Nacho Libre, which was a flop as far as I was concerned. In fact, I only endured the entire film to get my monies worth, having paid an entire penny to watch it using my TV on demand. Unfortunately for me, my memory chose not to remind me of that awful night as a paid my £2 and left the library in anticipation of an amusing evening. And so I climbed ...
...of the World journalist and Be Kind Rewind is perhaps a perfect case in point. The film follows Jerry (Jack Black) who, following a botched attempt to sabotage the local power plant, becomes magnetised. When he next visits his friend Mike (Mos Def) at the local video store, this leads to all the tapes in the shop being erased. Jerry and Mike then come up with the genius idea to film their own remakes of classic films to rent out. And surprisingly, ... Read review