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Schoolboy Kevin is rescued from his dull suburban life when a gang of dwarves emerge from his wardrobe and carry him off through space and time. Their travels bring them into contact with some leading historical figures; John Cleese is Robin Hood and Sean Connery is Agamemnon in this bizarre comedy made by several Monty Python members.
A group of golf caddies working at an exclusive country club will do anything to secure the prize of Top Caddy. Viewing from the sidelines are a debonair club member (Chevy Chase) and the course's psychotic greenkeeper (Bill Murray).
Hapless family man Paul Matthews finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. But when his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to navigate his newfound stardom, in this wickedly entertaining comedy from writer-director Kristoffer Borgli and producer Ari Aster.
Corporate billionaire Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) and working class mechanic Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman) are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do before they "kick the bucket" and an unrealized need to come to terms with who they are. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime, becoming friends along the way and learning to live life to the fullest, with insight and humor. Each adventure adds another check to their list.
Hugh Grant stars alongside Tara Fitzgerald, Sam Neill and Elle MacPherson in this romantic comedy. Idealistic young clergyman Reverend Anthony Campion (Grant) arrives in Australia with his wife Estella (Fitzgerald) to convince bohemian artist Norman Lindsay (Neill) not to exhibit his controversial painting of a naked woman on a cross. Living with Norman and his wife Rose (Pamela Rabe) are his three models Pru, Sheela and Giddy (Kate Fischer, MacPherson and Portia De Rossi), whose relaxed attitude towards sexuality shocks the prudish young couple. However, as Estella befriends the models, she becomes aware of her own repressed sexuality, and begins to reassess her relationship with Anthony.
Independent black comedy about a stand up comic whose life takes an unexpected twist. Although his professional life is on the up, Scottish comedian Joey Fisk (Stephen McCole)'s home life is not looking so rosy, with his drink and drug habits starting to cause rifts within his family. One day while taking a sauna he meets an old friend, Frank (Malcolm Shields), from his younger days when they were both in borstal. After offending Frank by joking about their reunion at one of his gigs, Joey takes Frank out for a night on the town, resulting in Joey being evicted by his landlord for threatening behaviour. With nowhere to go, Joey accepts Frank's offer of a place to stay, but soon finds himself involved in some very illegal activity...
Albert Band directs this comedy horror sequel. Set shortly after the first film, the Ghoulies escape from the mansion and appear to put some spice into Larry (Damon Martin)'s failing carnival show, Satan's Den. At first visitors love the surprise attraction but it isn't long before they've seriously outstayed their welcome.
Every episode of the US comedy series about Ryan (Elijah Wood), a depressed ex-lawyer who receives life advice from his neighbour's dog. Whereas everyone around him sees a normal dog, to Ryan, 'Wilfred' (Jason Gann) is a crudely free-thinking, pot-smoking Australian in a dog suit. With Ryan low in self-confidence and contemplating suicide, Wilfred takes on the job of showing his new-found friend how to get the best from life, by dispensing his morally dubious, yet strikingly honest advice, whenever the urge takes him. Season 1 episodes are: 'Happiness', 'Trust', 'Fear', 'Acceptance', 'Respect', 'Conscience', 'Pride', 'Anger', 'Compassion', 'Isolation', 'Doubt', 'Sacrifice' and 'Identity'. Season 2 episodes are: 'Progress', 'Letting Go', 'Dignity', 'Guilt', 'Now', 'Control', 'Avoidance', 'Truth', 'Service', 'Honesty', 'Questions', 'Resentment' and 'Secrets'. Season 3 episodes are: 'Uncertainty', 'Comfort', 'Suspicion', 'Sincerity', 'Shame', 'Delusion', 'Intuition', 'Perspective', 'Confrontation', 'Distance', 'Stagnation', 'Heroism' and 'Regrets'. Season 4 episodes are: 'Amends', 'Consequences', 'Loyalty', 'Answers', 'Forward', 'Patterns', 'Responsibility', 'Courage', 'Resistance' and 'Happiness'.
Nia Vardalos writes, directs and stars in this Manhattan-set romantic comedy. 40-something florist Genevieve Gernier (Vardalos) has had a tricky time with love. In order to avoid the complications and risks she associates with lasting relationships, she has devised a rule for herself that she may have no more than five dates with a man. However, her trusted edict is put to the test when she meets Greg Gatlin (John Corbett), a handsome restaurateur who sets up a new business near her shop.
This feature-length episode of the popular sitcom, originally shown on TV as a three-part mini series, marks the return of the Red Dwarf crew after a break of ten years. Lister (Craig Charles), Rimmer (Chris Barrie), Kryton (Robert Llewellyn) and Cat (Danny John-Jules) have aged but apparently not matured. The crew find themselves back on Lister's home planet after discovering a dimension-travelling monster in their water tank. It seems that Lister's prayers have finally been answered but things are never that simple...
Peter Bogdanovich directs this comedy drama set during the Great Depression. At her mother's funeral nine-year-old Addie Loggins (Tatum O'Neal) meets Moses Pray (Ryan O'Neal), a man who many of the locals suspect of being her long-absent father. Although he denies the allegations, Moses is persuaded to take Addie to her new home with her aunt in Missouri. Along the way, the young orphan discovers that Moses is a travelling conman who preys on recently widowed women by selling them a personalised Bible. The pair form a formidable partnership after Addie demonstrates a natural talent for confidence tricks and joins Moses on the road to execute his scams. But their success and friendship is threatened when Moses becomes fascinated with an exotic dancer named Trixie Delight (Madeline Kahn), leaving Addie to devise a plan to bring him back to his senses.
All eight films from the sex-obsessed US teen comedy franchise. In 'American Pie' (1999), prom night at East Green Falls High is only three weeks away and hormonal teens Jim (Jason Biggs), Oz (Chris Klein), Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas) and Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas) all vow to lose their virginity before the big night... In 'American Pie 2' (2001), the gang get together a year later, older but not necessarily any wiser. With their end-of-semester vacation ahead Jim, Oz, Kevin, Vicky (Tara Reid) and new girl Heather (Mena Suvari) gather to spend summer in a beachhouse by the sea... In 'American Pie: The Wedding' (2003), the gang have left college and are reunited when Jim proposes to Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) and enlists his friends to help him organise the wedding. In 'Band Camp' (2005), Matt Stifler (Tad Hilgenbrinck) is facing expulsion from high school when he hears about his brother's wife's experiences at Band Camp when she was younger. Convincing the school to send him to the camp for the summer, Matt plans on setting up hidden cameras and making his own real-life porno video... In 'The Naked Mile' (2006), Eric Stifler (John White) is feeling the pressure of having an infamous older cousin. He's also feeling fit to pop his cork at not having done the deed yet when his chums all claim they're already well into their sexual careers... In 'Beta House' (2007), the students of a frat house at a University in Michigan are pitted against a rival house and their power-hungry leader. The ensuing contest becomes so intense that only the re-introduction of 'The Games' can determine which house will stand victorious. In 'Book of Love' (2009), after discovering a guide to seduction skills written by former pupils in the library of their school, Great Falls High students Rob (Bug Hall), Nathan (Kevin M. Horton) and Lube (Brandon Hardesty) decide to follow the advice to the letter. Unfortunately, a few of the pages have disappeared over the years... Finally, in 'American Reunion' (2012), the characters descend on their hometown East Great Falls, Michigan, for their ten-year high school reunion. Over the course of a wild weekend, sparks fly as Jim, Stifler (Sean William Scott), Oz and Finch reconvene and reconnect.
Spanish sci-fi comedy written and directed by Nacho Vigalondo. After a one-night stand he doesn't remember, Julio wakes up in the apartment of Julia, who likewise can't remember what happened between them. Faced with an awkward situation already, their morning is made even worse when they realise that an alien invasion is happening outside and that much of the city has been evacuated. Told to stay indoors while the extraterrestrial threat is dealt with, any hope of a relationship forming between the two is jeopardised with the arrival of Julia's jealous boyfriend Carlos...
Welsh comedian, Max Boyce on stage at the Sydney Opera House in October 2003 (during the rugby World Cup).
Stanley Kubrick's classic black comedy about a group of war-eager military men who plan a nuclear apocalypse is both funny and frightening - and seems as relevant today as ever. Through a series of military and political accidents, two psychotic generals - U.S. Air Force Commander Jack D. Ripper and Joint Chief of Staff "Buck" Turgidson - trigger an ingenious, irrevocable scheme to attack Russia's strategic targets with nuclear bombs. The brains behind the scheme belong to Dr. Strangelove, a wheelchair-bound nuclear scientist who has bizarre ideas about a mans's future. The President is helpless to stop the bombers, as is Captain Mandrake. Dr Strangelove is truly a brilliant film classic. In black and white.
Spoof whodunnit featuring a host of stars playing variations on well-known fictional detectives. Reclusive millionaire Lionel Twain (Truman Capote) invites a selection of famous sleuths to his mansion and subjects them all to a number of perilous and puzzling scenarios. The guests include Chinese crimefighter Sidney Wang (Peter Sellers), hardboiled detective Sam Diamond (Peter Falk), high society sleuths Dick and Dora Charleston (David Niven and Maggie Smith), and for Agatha Christie fans, the Marple and Poirot clones Jessica Marbles (Elsa Lanchester) and Milo Perrier (James Coco). Written by Neil Simon.
Comedy following the Jones brothers, celebrity Harry (Michael Sheen) and lawyer Ben (Jason Hughes). Harry takes Ben to Donegal - the place they last vacationed together, back when they were young and happy - for Ben's stag night. While there, however, the discovery of an old flame (Angeline Ball) leads them both into a world of trouble.
'Top Gun'-style air adventure films are spoofed in this collection of sight gags and slapstick sequences from one of the creators of 'Airplane', Jim Abrahams. Charlie Sheen stars as an ace pilot now living in a tee-pee, with Lloyd Bridges as his commanding officer.
Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern star in this double bill of comedies directed by Chris Columbus. In 'Home Alone' (1990), Kevin (Culkin) finds that his family have gone on holiday without him and he is left alone in the house over Christmas. To make matters worse, two local crooks (Pesci and Stern) have their beady eyes on the seemingly empty property. Kevin must find a way of stopping his home from being robbed and comes up with some rather inventive ways to deter the thieves. In the sequel, 'Home Alone 2: Lost in New York' (1992), Kevin and his family are preparing to go away to Miami for the Christmas break, but when they get to the airport they find that Kevin has mistakingly got on a plane to New York. As he tries to find his way round the big city he comes across two familiar faces...
Stanley Kubrick's Oscar-nominated black comedy starring Peter Sellers and Sterling Hayden. When lunatic General Jack D. Ripper (Hayden) launches a nuclear attack on Russia, President Merkin Muffley of the United States (Sellers) consults his advisors, among them the wheelchair-bound, ex-Nazi scientist Dr Strangelove (also Sellers). Meanwhile, British officer Captain Mandrake (Sellers again) attempts to cancel the unplanned attack. George C. Scott, Keenan Wynn, James Earl Jones and Slim Pickens all co-star.
A double bill of Monty Python comedies. In 'The Holy Grail' (1975), King Arthur and his trusty knights fearlessly (for the most part) travel the length and breadth of the country in search of the mythical Holy Grail. On their way they have to deal with the sarcastic taunts of the French Knight, the Knights who say 'Ni', Tim the Enchanter and the Terror of the Cave of Caerbannog. 'Life of Brian' (1979), set during Biblical times, tells the story of Brian (Graham Chapman), an accidental messiah whose life runs in eerie parallel to that of Jesus Christ. His misadventures come to the attention of Pilate, crucifixion inevitably follows, and the film ends with the infamous group rendition of the song 'Always Look On the Bright Side of Life'.
If you were sitting around wondering if the guys who brought you Airplane! and The Naked Gun are crazy, the answer is "yes." And Top Secret! proves it beyond a shadow of a doubt! 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 for disaster movies.
All the episodes from the first two series of the classic 1960s TV comedy. Series 1 episodes are: 'Munster Masquerade', 'My Fair Munster', 'A Walk On the Mild Side', 'Rock-a-Bye Munster', 'Pike's Pique', 'Low-Cal Munster', 'Tin Can Man', 'Herman the Great', 'Knock Wood, Here Comes Charlie', 'Autumn Croakus', 'The Midnight Ride of Herman Munster', 'The Sleeping Cutie', 'Family Portrait', 'Grandpa Leaves Home', 'Herman's Rival', 'Grandpa's Call of the Wild', 'All-Star Munster', 'If a Martian Answers, Hang Up', 'Eddie's Nickname', 'Bats of a Feather', 'Don't Bank On Herman', 'Dance With Me, Herman', 'Follow That Munster', 'Love Locked Out', 'Come Back, Little Googie', 'Far Out Munsters', 'Munsters On the Move', 'Movie Star Munster', 'Herman the Rookie', 'Country Club Munsters', 'Love Comes to Mockingbird Heights', 'Mummy Munster', 'Lily Munster, Girl Model', 'Munster the Magnificent', 'Herman's Happy Valley', 'Hot Rod Herman', 'Herman's Raise' and 'Yes Galen, There Is a Herman'. Series 2 episodes are: 'Herman's Child Psychology', 'Herman, the Master Spy', 'Bronco Bustin' Munster', 'Herman Munster, Shutterbug', 'Herman, Coach of the Year', 'Happy 100th Anniversary', 'Operation Herman', 'Lily's Star Boarder', 'John Doe Munster', 'A Man for Marilyn', 'Herman's Driving Test', 'Will Success Spoil Herman Munster?', 'Underground Munster', 'The Treasure of Mockingbird Heights', 'Herman's Peace Offensive', 'Herman Picks a Winner', 'Just Another Pretty Face', 'Big Heap Herman', 'The Most Beautiful Ghoul in the World', 'Grandpa's Lost Wife', 'The Fregosi Emerald', 'Zombo', 'Cyrano De Munster', 'The Musician', 'Prehistoric Munster', 'A Visit from Johann', 'Eddie's Brother', 'Herman, the Tire Kicker', 'A House Divided', 'Herman's Sorority Caper', 'Herman's Lawsuit' and 'A Visit from the Teacher'.
All six episodes from the first series of the cult favourite Channel 4 sitcom which centres on a house of three Catholic priests (Fathers Ted, Dougal and Jack), situated on a remote Irish island. In 'Good Luck, Father Ted', Ted has a chance of appearing on television but is thwarted by Dougal, Jack and the arrival of the worst fair in the world. In 'Entertaining Father Stone', Ted decides that he has had enough of Father Stone's visits to Craggy Island, but a bolt of lightning changes his mind. Whilst in 'The Passion of St Tibulus', Ted and Dougal demonstrate outside the local cinema that is showing a film banned by the Pope, but the film becomes more successful despite their protestations. The priests do their 'Three Stages of Elvis' act in the All Priests Look-a-Like Competition in 'Competition Time', while in 'And God Created Woman', Ted finds his vows of celibacy tested by the arrival on Craggy Island of a steamy authoress. Finally in 'Grant Unto Him Eternal Rest', Jack consumes too much floor polish and leaves Ted and Dougal half a million pounds in his will, but he may not stay dead long enough for them to collect. |
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