Category: Comedy

The Way of the Gun

The Way of the Gun VHS cover art. Movie starring Ryan Phillippe, Benicio Del Toro, Juliette Lewis. With Taye Diggs, James Caan, Sarah Silverman. Written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie. 2000.

The Way of the Gun on VHS. Starring Ryan Phillippe, Benicio Del Toro, Juliette Lewis Taye Diggs, James Caan, Sarah Silverman. Written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie. 2000.

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From the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Usual Suspects, this wickedly off-beat mix of crime, comedy and gunplay stars Ryan Phillippe and Benicio Del Toro.

Convinced they’ll score big money fast by kidnapping a young surrogate mother (Juliette Lewis) carrying the child of a wealthy Southwestern couple, the two small-caliber crooks soon run into major problems. Realizing too late that they’re in over their heads, the kidnappers fight to keep their plan from unraveling amid a rising tide of bloodshed, mind-games and greed.

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The Italian Job

The Italian Job VHS box cover art. Comedy crime movie starring Michael Caine, Noel Coward. With Benny Hill, Raf Vallone, Tony Beckley, Rossano Brazzi, Margaret Blye. Directed by Peter Collinson. 1969.

The Italian Job on VHS. Starring Michael Caine, Noel Coward. With Benny Hill, Raf Vallone, Tony Beckley, Rossano Brazzi, Margaret Blye. Directed by Peter Collinson. 1969.

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Forget about the straight and narrow. Clever con Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) intends to go straight to the bank! Fresh from the slammer, he begins work on a heist that will either set him up for life — or send him up forever. Croker and his unruly lot of thieves take on the mob, the police and the gridlocked traffic of Turin to rob a heavily armed shipment of gold bullion in The Italian Job.

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Eat and Run

Eat and Run VHS box cover art. Comedy sci-fi movie starring Ron Silver, Sharon Schlarth, Pat Ryan, John J. Fleming. Directed by Christopher Hart. 1994.

Eat and Run on VHS. Starring Ron Silver, Sharon Schlarth, Pat Ryan, John J. Fleming. Directed by Christopher Hart. 1994.

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A Comedy With Taste.

This is the story of one 400 pound alien who eats Italian. Not the food… the people! EAT AND RUN — a comedy with taste.

When Murray Creature lands on earth, the first person he meets is Aldo Robustelli, an Italian sausage-maker who tells of the virtues of Italian food. Convinced, Creature eats the little sausage-maker and becomes hooked on LIVE Italian food.

It’s up to Mickey McSorely, a tough law-and-order detective, to put a stop to the ravenous rampage and put Creature on a permanent diet. But his is no easy job. He is up against vague laws, a liberal “bleeding heart” girlfriend, and a mountain of menacing man-eating flesh!

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Firewalker

Firewalker VHS cover art. Action adventure movie starring Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett Jr., Melody Anderson. With Will Sampson, Sonny Landham, John Rhys-Davies, Ian Abercrombie. Directed by J. Lee Thompson. 1986.

Firewalker on VHS. Starring Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett Jr., Melody Anderson. With Will Sampson, Sonny Landham, John Rhys-Davies, Ian Abercrombie. Directed by J. Lee Thompson. 1986.

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A Pair Of Down-And-Out Fortune Hunters Cash In On High Adventure!

After ten years of life-threatening, money-losing expeditions, fortune hunters Max Donigan and Leo Porter (Norris and Gossett) are about to call it quits. Then, a beautiful young woman (Melody Anderson) appears with a map to the long-lost gold hordes of the ancient Aztecs. Dollar signs in their eyes, the trio embarks for darkest Guatemala, where it is one cliff-hanger after another as they battle merciless mercenaries, hero-hungry jungle critters and the supernaturally evil Aztec medicine man, El Coyote! It’s a free-spirited, head-over-heels romp into high-adrenaline adventure!

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Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles VHS cover art. Comedy western movie starring Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, Mel Brooks. With Alex Karras, David Huddleston, Liam Dunn, John Hillerman, George Furth, Dom DeLuise. Directed by Mel Brooks. 1974.

Blazing Saddles on VHS. Starring Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, Mel Brooks. With Alex Karras, David Huddleston, Liam Dunn, John Hillerman, George Furth, Dom DeLuise. Directed by Mel Brooks. 1974.

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Never Give A Saga An Even Break!

The railroad’s got to run through the town of Rock Ridge. How do you drive out the townfolk in order to steal their land? Send in the toughest gang you got… and name a new sheriff who’ll last about 24 hours.

But that’s not really what Blazing Saddles is about. Once Mel Brooks’ lunatic film — #6 on the American Film Institute’s List of all-time Top 100 Comedy Movies — gets started, logic is lost in a blizzard of gags, jokes, quips, puns, howlers, growlers and outrageous assaults on one’s funnybone.

Cleavon Little as the new lawman, Gene Wilder as the wacko Waco Kid, Brooks himself as a dimwitted governor, Harvey Korman as hissably corrupt Hedley Lamarr, Alex Karras as the bewildered Mongo and Madeline Kahn as saloon singer Lili Von Shtupp all give this sagebrush saga their lunatic best. And when Blazing Saddles can’t contain itself at the finale, it just proves the Old West will never be the same.

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House Party 2

House Party 2 VHS box cover art. Comedy drama hip-hop music movie starring Christopher Reid and Christopher Martin as Kid 'N Play. With Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, Queen Latifah, Iman. Directed by George Jackson, Doug McHenry. 1991.

House Party 2 on VHS. Starring Christopher Reid, Christopher Martin, Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, Queen Latifah, Iman. Directed by George Jackson, Doug McHenry. 1991.

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The Pajama Jam!

Hip-hop heroes Kid ‘N Play are back in action — with a plan to turn a college campus into the ultimate party zone — in this music-powered, funk-filled comedy free-for-all. Original stars Kid ‘N Play (Christopher Reid and Christopher Martin), Martin Lawrence (The Line Between Love and Hate) and Tisha Campbell (Boomerang) return to break it down, rap it up… and boldly party where no movie has partied before!

Kid’s dreams of higher education go up in smoke when Play “lends” his buddy’s stash of college cash to a gorgeous — and crooked! — music promoter (Iman). On top of that, Kid’s girl Sidney has discovered “Sister’s Lib,” thanks to a consciousness-raising friend — rapmistress Queen Latifah (Sell it Off). And the muscle-headed FULL FORCE brothers are dishing Kid ‘N Play some serious trouble. What’s the solution? Stage the Mother of All Pajama Parties… and unleash the freshest, funniest, non-stop hip-hop bash since the invention of cool.

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Maverick

Maverick VHS cover art. Adventure comedy western movie starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner. With Graham Greene, Alfred Molina, James Coburn, Danny Glover, Margot Kidder, John Fogerty, Reba McEntire, Waylon Jennings, Clint Black, Corey Feldman. Directed by Richard Donner. 1994.

Maverick on VHS. Starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner. With Graham Greene, Alfred Molina, James Coburn, Danny Glover, Margot Kidder, John Fogerty, Reba McEntire, Waylon Jennings, Clint Black, Corey Feldman. Directed by Richard Donner. 1994.

From the box:

Ante up — for laughter and action aplenty! Mel Gibson is sly gambler Bret Maverick. Jodie Foster is a charming scam artist and James Garner (the original Bret Maverick, from the Emmy-winning TV series) is a laid-back lawman in Maverick, the crowd-pleasing hit that deals you a winning hand.

With more twists than a switchback trail and more sleights of hand than a shell game, Maverick is rollicking proof of how the West was fun. A riverboat poker tourney promises a winner-take-all $500,000… and Bret aims to be the winner who does the taking! But first he must cope with the hangman’s noose, a runaway stage, a wily Indian chief, outlaws, ingrates, a bagful of rattlesnakes and more close calls than a long-tailed cat in a roomful of rocking chairs. So don’t miss the excitement. The jokers — Gibson, Foster and Garner — are wild!

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Top Secret!

Top Secret! VHS box cover art. Action comedy romance movie starring Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge. With Peter Cushing, Jeremy Kemp, Christopher Villiers, Michael Gough, Harry Ditson, Jim Carter, Eddie Tagoe, Omar Sharif. Directed by David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams. 1984.

Top Secret! on VHS. Starring Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge. With Peter Cushing, Jeremy Kemp, Christopher Villiers, Michael Gough, Harry Ditson, Jim Carter, Eddie Tagoe, Omar Sharif. Directed by David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams. 1984.

From the box:

From the makers of the original Airplane!

Top Secret! pits American rock star Nick Rivers against the dreaded East German High Command. It’s a race against time as Nick teams up with Hillary Flammond to find her father before he can create the ultimate super weapon–the Polaris Mine. Along the way, Top Secret! manages to do for war epics and Elvis films what Airplane! did to disaster movies.

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A Midwinter’s Tale

A Midwinter's Tale VHS box cover art. Comedy movie starring Richard Briers, Hetta Charnley, Joan Collins, Nicholas Farrell, Mark Hadfield, Gerard Horan, Celia Imrie, Michael Maloney, Jennifer Saunders, Julia Sawalha, John Sessions. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. 1995.

A Midwinter’s Tale on VHS. Starring Richard Briers, Hetta Charnley, Joan Collins, Nicholas Farrell, Mark Hadfield, Gerard Horan, Celia Imrie, Michael Maloney, Jennifer Saunders, Julia Sawalha, John Sessions. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. 1995.

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“… an ‘absolutely fabulous’ instant classic.” — Daphne Davis Movie & Video

Joe Harper is in a rut. His girlfriend just left him and he hasn’t had an acting job in over a year. In a last-ditch effort to build his self-esteem and renew his faith in his chosen profession, Joe spends the last of his savings (plus a loan from his agent) to direct a Christmas production of Hamlet in the sleepy English village of Hope. His open casting call brings a string of misfit performers to audition, and from this very shallow talent pool, Joe enlists six eccentric characters who each have problems of their own. With only two weeks between first rehearsal and opening night, Joe and his eclectic band of thespians tackle both the Bard’s greatest play and their own inadequacies and fears, with surprising — and often hilarious — results.

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Kung Fu Hustle

Kung Fu Hustle on VHS. Comedy action movie starring Stephen Chow, Yuen Wah, Leung Siu Lung, Dong Zhi Hua. Directed by Stephen Chow. 2004.

Kung Fu Hustle on VHS. Starring Stephen Chow, Yuen Wah, Leung Siu Lung, Dong Zhi Hua. Directed by Stephen Chow. 2004.

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From Walking Disaster To Kung Fu Master

In a town ruled by the Axe Gang, Sing desperately wants to become a member. He stumbles into a slum ruled by eccentric landlords who turn out to be kung fu masters in disguise.

Sing’s actions eventually cause the Axe Gang and the slumlords to engage in an explosive kung fu battle. Only one side will win and only one hero will emerge as the greatest kung fu master of all.

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