TV Guide Sky Cinema Comedy Thursday

Two hapless Americans get caught up in the machinations of the Mob, and are forced to deliver a cash-stuffed envelope to a mysterious Mr Smith in a far corner of Australia - but a wily kangaroo bounds off with the money, leaving the friends desperate to retrieve it before the gangsters catch up with them. Comedy, starring Jerry O'Connell, Christopher Walken, Anthony Anderson and Estella Warren

Thirtysomething slacker Dupree finds himself out of a job with nowhere to live, and turns to his newly married best friend Carl for a place to stay. But Carl comes to regret his act of hospitality as the layabout shows no sign of ever moving out - not to mention his annoyance when his new wife takes a liking to their laid-back guest. Comedy, starring Owen Wilson, Matt Dillon, Kate Hudson and Michael Douglas.

The cast of a cancelled sci-fi series are reduced to a life of conventions and public appearances, only to find themselves genuinely transported into space. Naive aliens have mistaken the show for real life and want the actors to help defend them from an evil extraterrestrial warlord. Sci-fi comedy, starring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman and Sam Rockwell

A directionless bassist meets the girl of his dreams, but finds that romancing her comes with a dangerous catch. She has seven evil ex-lovers, all endowed with tremendous fighting skills or superpowers - and before he can go out with her, he is expected to face each one in a battle to the death. Comedy adventure, starring Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Jason Schwartzman

An ordinary man has a vision that the end of the world is coming. A series of inexplicable natural disasters confirms that the apocalypse is indeed at hand, and he leads a band of misfits on a perilous journey across their city in search of the means to save Earth. Spoof comedy, starring Matt Lanter and Vanessa Minnillo

A power-crazed bully, a sleazy cocaine addict and a sexual predator each make an employee's life a misery, but the three workers cannot afford to quit their jobs. They resort to desperate measures by conspiring to murder each other's bosses, with a little help from an eccentric ex-convict. Comedy, starring Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston and Colin Farrell

A slobbish guitarist dreams of stardom, but his hopes are dashed when the other members of his band kick him out. Struggling to make ends meet, he takes a job as a supply teacher at an exclusive private school, and sets about moulding his pupils into rock gods. Comedy from director Richard Linklater, starring Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White and Sarah Silverman

A washed-up quarterback ends up in jail after a drunken night out, and is ordered by the warden to put together an American football team to take on the guards, with the help of a former college champ. Remake of 1974 comedy The Mean Machine, with Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Nelly and Burt Reynolds, who starred in the original