Share your favourite DVD’s with us!
Do you suffer from the DVD shop blank stare? You know, when you go in and find yourself agonisingly mesmerised by the totally uninspiring shelves? When you feel like you’ve seen it all and can’t bear to repeat-view? When you think that Scandal may make a better option than film? Rather depressing. So we think it’s time we share the love a bit and let everybody know about those gems that are really worth watching. Please help all fellow uninspired dvd shoppers and let us know what’s worth watching.
To kick off, we discovered two brilliant series at a DVD shop last week:
THE WORST WEEK OF MY LIFE – BBC – 2004 – Comedy
Featuring: Ben Miller, Sarah Alexander, Alison Steadman
Anyone with any sense of humour, except of course the cheesy US sitcom type, will enjoy this series. It’s highly entertaining, excrutiatingly nail-biting, frustrating and absolutely exhausting.
The series takes us through the 7 days in the run up of Howard’s marriage to his darling Mel who comes from a rather ‘poash’ family. This poor dude just cannot get it right with his in laws, everything he touches falls to pieces and despite his best intentions, he is a disastrous son-in-law to be. The first few days are the strongest and funniest, as you feel totally frustrated by his hapless and painful well-intentioned stuff ups and stumblings… A much see for a good laugh.
EXTRAS
Another classic BBC comedy, this time from the team behind THE OFFICE, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Gervais plays ANDY, an extra who just wants to be an actor and his extras mate MAGGIE, who constantly puts her foot in it but somehow always manages to come right each episode – with the boys that is. It’s a brilliant look at the mundane life of an Extra, anyone who has had the pleasure will tell you just how awful it can be.
This series captures that almost depressing desperation suffered by many a wannabe ‘actor’ but is lightened by the guest appearance of famous face in each episode including Ben Stiller, Samuel L Jackson and Kate Winslet. Super-high cringe factor and Andy and Maggie put their foot in it in nearly every episode. Apparently Series 2 is out – can’t wait to devour it. Ricky Gervais rocks! PS: If you haven’t seen OFFICE and you enjoy this, make sure to watch the OFFICE too.
