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1970s British comedy drama starring John Hurt as an art student-turned-activist. After being expelled from art school, Malcolm Scrawdyke (Hurt) leads his friends, Wick (John McEnery), Irwin (Raymond Platt) and Nipple (David Warner), as they form an anti-establishment group called the Party of Dynamic Erection. Before long they decide their best plan of action as a revolutionary organisation will be to abduct their nemesis. Ex-Beatle George Harrison produced this adaptation of David Halliwell's 1965 stage play.
The debut feature of British actor Richard Ayoade, this coming-of-age comedy follows 15-year-old Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) in his dual quest to keep his family together and to lose his virginity before his 16th birthday. Set in Swansea, the film charts Oliver's growing concerns about the relationship between his father, Lloyd (Noah Taylor), a depressive and recently-unemployed marine biologist, and his mother (Sally Hawkins), who appears to be harbouring a crush on fawning new age guru Graham (Paddy Considine). Meanwhile, Oliver ponders how to broach the sticky subject of sex with his eczema-prone, pyromaniac girlfriend Jordana (Yasmin Paige).
Indie comedy drama written and directed by Matthew Bissonnette. Struggling novelist Michael Brown (Adam Scott) gets a call from his drug-addicted younger brother, Tobey (Joel Bissonnette), who ropes him into driving him around town to carry out various unspecified errands. Together the brothers embark on a meandering odyssey through the streets of Los Angeles, listening to songs and arguing as they go.
Second prequel to the hit BBC sitcom, 'Only Fools and Horses'. This hour-long episode joins the Trotters as they celebrate Christmas 1960, and finally make the long-anticipated move into their high rise flat. Reg Trotter (Shaun Dingwall) and his father Ted (Phil Daniels) are still without work, whilst Del Boy (James Buckley) is up to his old tricks, 'looking for a job' down the Docks, aka selling stolen records. Unappreciated Joan (Kellie Bright) is forced to leave baby Rodney in the care of her mother-in-law in order to continue being the sole breadwinner of the family, and to make matters worse, Freddie (Nicholas Lyndhurst), the father of her recently born baby, has been locked up again.
Collected edition of all four series of the British telvision comedy drama, written by Carla Lane. Ria (Wendy Craig) is the long-suffering wife of detatched dentist Ben (Geoffrey Palmer), and mother to Adam (Nicholas Lyndhurst) and Russell (Andrew Hall). Bored with her mundane life, Ria fantasises about running away and becoming a free spirit, something that seems possible when she meets handsome businessman Leonard (Bruce Montague). But somehow the expected affair never happens, and Ria is left to ponder the meaning of her life while tending to her family.
A gang of hapless crooks, led by Sidney James, successfully perpetrate a robbery only to be caught after the fact. Fifteen years later they emerge from prison intent on retrieving their stolen loot - and discover a police station has been built over its hiding place. Sylvia Syms, Dick Emery, Jim Dale and Joan Sims co-star.
Seasonal family comedy. Ex-police dog Zeus (voiced by Mario López), having failed spectacularly at his former vocation, is adopted by the Bannister family as an early Christmas present and a guard dog for the family home. When the house is broken into while the family are away for Christmas, it is up to the wayward Zeus to save the day.
The final 24 episodes of the long-running ITV comedy series. Famed for his trademark high-speed farce and buxom ladies, Benny Hill reigned supreme as the king of bawdy humour on British television for nearly four decades.
Black comedy directed by Chris Morris ('Brass Eye', 'The Day Today'). Riz Ahmed plays Omar, a devout British-based Muslim who forms a small terrorist group. Omar is an unconvincing leader and his team of fellow terrorists are just as unimpressive. Among them are dim-witted Waj (Kayvan Novak), shy and quiet Faisal (Adeel Akhtar) and recently-converted white Muslim, Barry (Nigel Lindsay), whose passion far outweighs his knowledge. Omar and his comrades come up with several destructive plans, including using birds as explosives and bombing mosques in an attempt to provoke non-violent Muslims. But do this rag-tag team of terrorists really pose a genuine threat to Britain?
Ian Fitzgibbon directs this Dublin-set crime comedy starring Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson and Jim Broadbent. Indebted to Dublin's most ruthless gangster, Darren Perrier (Gleeson), Michael McCrea (Murphy) embarks on a voyage through the city's underworld in a frantic search for the cash that will save his skin. Along the way he listens to the lamentations of his neighbour Brenda (Jodie Whittaker), confronts his estranged hypochondriacal father Jim (Broadbent) and gets embroiled in a fight at his local pub with Brenda's cheating boyfriend.
A fictionalised musical drama about the formation of legendary disco band The Village People. Samantha Simpson (Valerie Perrine) decides to help her songwriting flatmate by gathering together some of her bohemian friends to record his songs, as she tries to convince uptight lawyer Ron White (Bruce Jenner) to put some money behind them.
The doctor is in! Frasier: The Entire Collection includes all eleven seasons of the award-winning spinoff from Cheers. Kelsey Grammer reprises his Emmy Award-winning role as Dr. Frasier Crane, a stuffy psychiatrist turned call-in radio host who struggles to follow his own advice. Frasier features an amazing ensemble cast, including John Mahoney as Martin, Frasier's gruff, ex-cop father, Jane Leeves as Daphne, the eccentric British housekeeper, and David Hyde Pierce in his Emmy Award-winning role as Dr. Niles Crane, Frasier's neurotic brother. Enjoy the show's most memorable moments like an uncomfortable visit from Sam Mayday Malone (Ted Danson reprising his role from Cheers) in "The Show Where Sam Shows Up", Niles defending his adulterous wife's honor in fencing duel in "An Affair to Forget" and the emotional series finale, "Goodnight, Seattle". Frasier: The Entire Collection features over 250 hilarious episodes.
George Clooney stars in this satirical comedy drama based on the novel by Walter Kirn. Ryan Bingham (Clooney) is a corporate downsizing expert - in other words, his job is to fire people from theirs - and he takes his job very seriously. He travels the length and breadth of the country, racking up air miles and living out of a suitcase, and relishing every moment of it. When his job and way of life come under threat by new centralised procedures implemented by his hotshot colleague Natalie (Anna Kendrick), Ryan determines to show her just how valuable his role is - but instead ends up facing up to some of the pitfalls of his lifestyle. The film won the 2010 BAFTA for Best Adapted Screenplay.
British mockumentary set in the seedy, cash-strapped world of low-budget filmmaking. A year after an independent production company set out to make a micro-budget feature film entitled 'Just for the Record', the cast and crew reunite to discuss the ill-fated production. The cast includes Steven Berkoff, Danny Dyer, Sean Pertwee, Craig Fairbrass, Rik Mayall, Lisa McAllister and Phil Davis.
Eric the postman is slipping through his own fingers... His chaotic family, his wild stepsons, and the cement mixer in the front garden don't help, but it is Eric's own secret that drives him to the brink. Can he face Lily, the woman he once loved? Despite outrageous efforts and misplaced goodwill from his football fan mates, Eric continues to sink. In desperate times it takes a spliff and a special friend to challenge Eric to journey into the most perilous territory of all - the past. As a certain frenchman says, "He who is afraid to throw the dice, will never throw a six."
The Naked Gun
The Naked Gun 2½
The Naked Gun 33 1/3
Woody Allen writes and directs this romantic comedy drama, his fourth consecutive film to be shot outside the United States. When two young American friends, Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson), spend a summer in Barcelona, they both become infatuated with flamboyant artist Juan Antonio (Javier Bardem). Things are further complicated when Juan's emotionally unstable ex-wife Maria Elena (Penelope Cruz, in an Oscar-winning performance) reappears on the scene, and chaos soon reigns as the characters become amorously entangled to varying degrees.
Crime comedy starring Diane Keaton, Katie Holmes and Queen Latifah. When two bored bank clerks, Nina (Latifah) and Jackie (Holmes), become embroiled in a heist along with career mother-turned-cleaner Bridget (Keaton), the unlikely alliance changes all three women's lives forever. The women all have very different reasons for needing the cash: Bridget is trying to maintain the comfortable, upper-middle-class lifestyle that her husband (Ted Danson) can no longer fund after being downsized from his job; hard-working single mother Nina is doing her best to keep her two sons out of trouble despite their surroundings; and exuberant free spirit Jackie is doing her own thing and chasing the dreams that have always seemed to be just outwith her reach. But can they stay ahead of the law - and remain friends - for long enough to fulfil their ambitions?
Comedy starring Dustin Hoffman and Natalie Portman. Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium is the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world. It's a tantalising toy haven in which everything inside literally comes to life - including the store itself - and where marvels of every imaginable, possible kind, and beyond, never cease... until now. When Mr. Magorium, the store's extraordinary 243 year-old proprietor (Hoffman), announces that he will at long last hand over the reigns of his wonder-expanding Emporium to his unconfident young manager, Molly Mahoney (Portman), the store decides to throw an unusual tantrum. As a skeptical accountant named Henry (Jason Bateman) comes in to audit the Legos and Lincoln Logs, not to mention the Whodathoughts and Whatchamacallits, the once sparkling, colour-saturated Emporium is suddenly embattled by mysterious changes. The playful toys are all still there, but they've turned gray and quiet - and only Mahoney and Henry can revive them if, with the help of a superdexterous 9 year-old (Zach Mills), they can find the source of magic inside themselves.
Two classic 1980s comedies that share the theme of women fighting for respect in the workplace.
Working Girl (1988)
9 To 5 (1980)
The first big screen outing for the teenage characters made popular on the TV show 'Harry Enfield and Chums'. When Kevin (Harry Enfield) is given a reward for helping to foil a bank robbery, he decides to use the money to fund a holiday in Ibiza for himself and his friend Perry (Kathy Burke). They hope the holiday will be their chance to both loose their virginity and make a mark as world-class DJs, but when they arrive on the island and suffer humiliation at the hands of their DJ hero Eye Ball Paul, it becomes clear that things aren't going to go smoothly for this unlikely duo.
Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "Spiritual Quest", however, veers rapidly off-course (Due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup. and pepper spray), and they eventually find themselves stranded alone in the middle of the desert with eleven suitcases, a printer, and a laminating machine. At this moment, a new, unplanned journey suddenly begins. Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, and Jason Schwartzman star in this film about their adventure and their friendship.
After stubborn, aging Southern widow, Miss Daisy, crashes her car into the neighbour's fence, her son insists on hiring her a driver. At first, the self-sufficient Miss Daisy is reluctant to accept the services of her chauffeur, Hoke, but his quiet, wise and tolerant nature slowly wins her over. As the years pass the unlikely friends develop a deep mutual respect and admiration, and slowly build a relationship that transcends their differences.
Academy Award Winner
Andy Samberg stars as Rod Kimble, a stunt man with a fake mustache and a dream, in this outrageous comedy so unpredictable you won't know what hit you! Rod has never landed a jump without wiping out. Hisfamily and friends think he's a joke. And, to top it off, his stepfather Frank uses him as his own personal punching bag. But he's not going to let a few minor problems keep him from the biggest stunt of his life! Co-starring Isla Fisher and lan McShane, Hot Rod scales the heights of hilarity as Rod defies death to win the money, win the girl and, ultimately, win some respect.
Adam and his friends are young, party-goers who cannot keep still for a moment. Among all the madness, Adam is trying to raise enough money to marry Nina. While his attempts are constantly thwarted, his friends are slowly on the road to destruction in their search for newer and faster sensations. |
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