Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown of celebrity. Andy Millman (Ricky Gervais) is back and more miserable than ever in this darker and devastatingly funny finale to the Emmy-winning series. Though his sitcom When the Whistle Blows rates six million viewers, he is, as ever, mindful of the critics' barbs and jealous of colleagues landing the prestige film roles he covets. "I'm not proud of ...
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UKStarring: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Ashley JensenDirected By: Ricky Gervais
It feels both inaccurate and inadequate to describe The Office as a comedy. On a superficial level, it disdains all the conventions of television sitcoms: there are no punch lines, no jokes, no laugh tracks, and no cute happy endings. More profoundly, it's not what we're used to thinking of as funny. Most of the fervently devoted fan base watched with a discomfortingly thrilling combination ...
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain VideoStarring: Ricky Gervais, Martin Freeman, Mackenzie Crook, Lucy Davis, Ewen MacIntosh
Both series of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's triumphant Extras are united in this box, and with nothing more than a Yuletide special planned beyond these episodes, it's a great chance to catch up with this star-packed, offbeat programme. Unlike their previous The Office, Gervais and Merchant have delivered a less accessible but no less rewarding programme with ...
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures VideoStarring: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Ashley Jensen, Shaun Williamson, David Bowie
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UKStarring: Ricky Gervais, Robert De Niro, Orlando Bloom, Chris Martin, David BowieDirected By: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
Attracting yet more star names, while wisely moving the narrative on, the second series of Extras really finds the show maturing nicely, and unsurprisingly, cleaned up more awards in the process.That said, it remains a far more divisive programme than its forerunner, The Office. Written by, directed and featuring Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais, its appeal is more concentrated ...
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures VideoStarring: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, David Bowie, Robert De Nero
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures VideoStarring: Ricky Gervais
The two-part conclusion to The Office bids farewell to David Brent and his long-suffering co-workers in a surprisingly poignant not to say dignified manner. Supposedly accompanied by the fly-on-the-wall documentary crew three years after his highly undignified exit from Slough-based paper merchants Wernham Hogg, the first part reveals Brent as a travelling salesman by day and D-list ...
An irresistible concept meets computer-generated wonders in Night at the Museum, inspired by a 1993 children's book by Milan Trenc. Ben Stiller stars as Larry Daley, an underachieving inventor waiting for his ship to come in while getting evicted from one apartment after another for lack of funds. Larry's son needs some stability, so the well-meaning ne'er-do-well takes a job as night ...
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home EntertainmentStarring: Ben Stiller, Jake Cherry, Ricky Gervais, Dick Van Dyke, Owen WilsonDirected By: Shawn Levy
Manufacturer: Boulevard EntertaimentStarring: Ben Stiller, Dick Van Dyke, Kim Raver, Carla Gugino, Steve CooganDirected By: Shawn Levy
It feels both inaccurate and inadequate to describe The Office as a comedy. On a superficial level, it disdains all the conventions of television sitcoms: there are no punch lines, no jokes, no laugh tracks and no cute happy endings. More profoundly, it's not what we're used to thinking of as funny. Most of the fervently devoted fan base that the programme acquired watched with a ...
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain VideoStarring: Ricky Gervais, Mackenzie Crook, Lucy Davis, Martin Freeman, Ewen MacIntosh
