Chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City, who was equal parts politician and gangster.
High production values and a fine ensemble cast: HBO knows how to do TV.

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The big time birth place of Chris Rock, Saturday Night Live. Da Boy kicks a lot a' arse. One of the finest black stand up comics since Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy struts his stuff in the days before his inevitable string of duff films. find out more...

The stuff that was too much for the televison public to watch, but here it is for you to rent. Anyway, the comedy, while a bit bluer, is still a hit and miss affair with pop references becoming more obscure as time moves on. Wildman Steve is a highlight though. find out more...

A chance to see the very best of contemporary American Black stand up, including Chris Rock, Chris Tucker, Bernie Mac, Cedric the Entertainer, George Willborn, Sonya D and… Martin Lawrence? find out more...

Pretty much every class black American to have strutted his stuff and tickled the funny bone in the last 15 years gets an airing in this Def Comedy Jam extravaganza. Only Jamie Foxx has so far escaped the ‘great comic, crap movies' curse, but you can only hope, as all stand ups seem to feel the need to, that comedians this sharp (bar Martin Lawrence?) will, at some point, escape the boards in style. find out more...

Pretty much every class black American to have strutted his stuff and tickled the funny bone in the last 15 years gets an airing in this Def Comedy Jam extravaganza. Only Jamie Foxx has so far escaped the ‘great comic, crap movies' curse, but you can only hope, as all stand ups seem to feel the need to, that comedians this sharp (bar Martin Lawrence?) will, at some point, escape the boards in style. find out more...

Pretty much every class black American to have strutted his stuff and tickled the funny bone in the last 15 years gets an airing in this Def Comedy Jam extravaganza. Only Jamie Foxx has so far escaped the ‘great comic, crap movies' curse, but you can only hope, as all stand ups seem to feel the need to, that comedians this sharp (bar Martin Lawrence?) will, at some point, escape the boards in style. find out more...

Pretty much every class black American to have strutted his stuff and tickled the funny bone in the last 15 years gets an airing in this Def Comedy Jam extravaganza. Only Jamie Foxx has so far escaped the ‘great comic, crap movies' curse, but you can only hope, as all stand ups seem to feel the need to, that comedians this sharp (bar Martin Lawrence?) will, at some point, escape the boards in style. find out more...

Lawrence delivers a piercing look at his life, lifting the metaphorical smokescreen that he feels has clouded the public view, commenting on everything from the dangers of smoking to the trials of relationships, and unleashing a nonstop litany of raucous anecdotes, stinging social commentary and very personal reflections about life. Much better than anything else he's done!! find out more...