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Junior doctor Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) gains a position at St Swithin's Hospital in London and ends up sharing 'digs' with a bunch of slightly older young medics, all of whom have failed the previous year on account of their inability to keep to the curriculum. Sparrow tries to find a balance between the antics of his new peers and the ever-terrifying Sir Lancelot Spratt, chief surgeon at St Swithin's and a man on the lookout for miscreant doctors wherever they may be. Menaced by the advances of his landlady's daughter, and feelings for one of the nurses, will Sparrow be able to qualify?
Comedy directed by Rod Daniel and starring James Belushi, Mel Harris and Kevin Tighe. An unorthodox narcotics officer (Belushi) alienates his human partners to such an extent that the only police employee willing to team up with him is Jerry Lee - a highly-trained German Shepherd. The canine turns out to have crime-busting ideas of its own and the two strike up an unlikely partnership, setting out to expose the brains behind a $50 million drug deal.
Cult 1980s comedy directed by Amy Heckerling and starring Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Judge Reinhold. Based on the real events recounted in Cameron Crowe's novel, the film follows a group of high school students in southern California who are looking for love and fun in their teenage years. 15-year-old Stacy Hamilton (Leigh) is desperate for boys to see her as a woman but when she lies about her age to date an older man, she is left feeling hurt and used when she learns he is only after one thing. When Mark (Brian Backer), a friend of Stacy's friend Mike (Robert Romanus), declares his love for sweet, innocent Stacy, Mike agrees to school him in the science of women.
Romantic comedy from Paco Cabezas starring Sam Rockwell, Anna Kendrick and Tim Roth. A kind, if a little quirky, young woman called Martha (Kendrick) dumps her boyfriend after he cheats on her. By chance, she runs into an equally eccentric man named Francis (Rockwell) and there is an immediate spark between them. Francis is very forthcoming when talking to Martha about his activities, but Martha doesn't realise at first that he is serious. Francis is a hitman of sorts, one whose moral compass leads him to assassinate the very people who hire him as punishment for them resorting to murder to get what they want. The new couple are being pursued however, and not just by gangsters who want to hire Francis but also by Francis' old partner, Hopper (Roth). Martha really likes Francis, but can she deal with the baggage that comes with him?
Danny Glover and Martin Short star in this comedy directed by Nadia Tass. After Valerie (Sheila Kelley), the unlucky daughter of powerful businessman Highsmith (Sam Wanamaker), disappears on the first day of her Mexican holiday, Detective Raymond Campanella (Glover) is recruited to track her down. Unable to find her, Highsmith employs the services of the equally unlucky Eugene Proctor (Short) to assist Campanella, hoping his bad luck will somehow help them in their investigation. Stumbling from one mishap to another, the pair must overcome a number of unlikely obstacles as they do all they can to retrace Valerie's steps through the streets of Acapulco.
Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart star as high school buddies on a mission for the CIA in this action comedy. When former bully victim and current CIA agent Bob Stone (Johnson) returns home for a high school reunion, he seeks out the help of former popular student Calvin (Hart). Now a successful accountant, Calvin's expertise are needed to help Stone uncover the mastermind behind a plot to steal classified national security codes. Before Calvin realises what he's got himself into, the unlikely duo set off into a world of espionage, double-crosses and shootouts. The movie also stars Amy Ryan, Aaron Paul and Megan Park.
Farcical British comedy based on the play by Michael Pertwee. Leslie Phillips stars as Sir William Mainwaring-Brown, a Government minister with a roving eye who has just introduced a bill to combat libertarian behaviour in Britain. Sir William, however, is having affairs with both his secretary Miss Parkyn (Joanna Lumley) and Wendy (Anita Graham), the wife of an eminent reporter. A group of hippies who oppose the bill seek to derail his campaign by discrediting co-founders Sir William and his best friend Barry Ovis (Brian Rix).
All six episodes of the dark Channel 4 comedy drama starring Olivia Colman and Julian Barratt. The series follows the warring lives of the eccentric and dysfunctional Flowers family, which consists of depressed writer Maurice (Barratt), his wife Deborah (Colman) and their grown-up twin children Donald and Amy (Daniel Rigby and Sophia Di Martino), who all live under the same roof in the English countryside with Maurice's elderly mother Hattie (Leila Hoffman) and his Japanese illustrator Shun (Will Sharpe).
A new regime has arrived at Litchfield in Season Three of the Primetime Emmy-winning series. With it comes new business interests, spiritual movements, and parental problems that turn life behind bars upside down and ignite power struggles among Litchfield’s residents and guards.
The trials and tribulations of family life, as seen through the eyes of three generations. Gil Buckman (Steve Martin) is a father rather too determined to give his kids the love and care which had been withheld from him as a child. Meanwhile, his Yuppie brother-in-law Nathan (Rick Moranis) is preparing his 3-year-old daughter for life in the fast lane by an accelerated learning programme which causes her to miss out on the more basic joys of childhood. Gil's sister Helen (Dianne Wiest), a single parent, struggles to control her uncommunicative son and wild daughter, while black sheep of the family Larry (Tom Hulce) returns to sponge off his father Frank (Jason Robards) in order to pay off gambling debts.
Roger Corman directs this post-apocalyptic sci-fi comedy. Following an accidental military gas leak everyone over the age of 25 is wiped from the Earth. The story follows the surreal adventures of hippie Coel (Robert Corff) and his new girlfriend Cilla (Elaine Giftos) who meet various colourful characters who have also survived the deadly gas leak. They travel to a commune where some remaining survivors have grouped together to try to start a fresh human civilisation in the wake of the devastation.
Classic British comedy from 1950 starring Alastair Sim and Margaret Rutherford. Nutborne is an all-boys school and content to stay that way, but after an evacuation of local private all-girls school, St. Swithins, the two educational establishments must find a way to co-exist as a battle of the sexes commences. A power struggle between Nutborne's headmaster Wetherby Pond (Sim) and St Swithins' headmistress Muriel Whitchurch (Rutherford) inevitably takes place, leading to much silliness and mayhem.
Early 1960s Cockney comedy directed by Joan Littlewood. Returning home from sea after two years, Charlie Gooding (James Booth) finds his home demolished and his wife Maggie (Barbara Windsor) missing. When he finally tracks her down, she's moved in with bus driver Bert (George Sewell) and has a new baby, the parentage of whom is in doubt. As Charlie attempts to win his wife back, his explosive temper soon threatens to undo all his good work.
British drama adapted by writer John Mortimer from his own stage play. Shirley Anne Field stars as a young artist who gets a job designing wallpaper in a factory. There she meets a married executive (Robert Stephens) and the two start spending their lunch hours together, talking and flirting. But as the pair find themselves on the brink of a full-blown affair, various obstacles and misunderstandings arise to stand in their way.
All 13 episodes from the second season of the Netflix comedy drama adapted from Piper Kerman's memoir about her time spent in a women's prison. Taylor Schilling stars as Piper Chapman, who ten years previously transported drug money for her then girlfriend Alex Vause (Laura Prepon). Piper is now serving a 15-month sentence as a result. In this season, Piper receives some unsettling news from her fiancé Larry Bloom (Jason Biggs), while Alex finds herself living in fear when she is released from prison after testifying against her former drug boss. The past lives of some of Piper's fellow inmates are explored in flashblacks, including Taystee (Danielle Brooks), Crazy Eyes (Uzo Aduba), Lorna (Yael Stone), Red (Kate Mulgrew) and Rosa (Barbara Rosenblat). The episodes are: 'Thirsty Bird', 'Looks Blue, Tastes Red', 'Hugs Can Be Deceiving', 'A Whole Other Hole', 'Low Self Esteem City', 'You Also Have a Pizza', 'Comic Sans', 'Appropriately Sized Pots', '40 Oz of Furlough', 'Little Mustachioed S**t', 'Take a Break from Your Values', 'It Was the Change' and 'We Have Manners. We're Polite'.
David Tennant, Rosamund Pike and Billy Connolly star in this family comedy written and directed by Andy Hamilton. As Doug (Tennant), his wife Abi (Pike) and their three children prepare to travel up to the Scottish Highlands for Doug's father Gordie (Connolly)'s 75th birthday, they give their children a list of things that are to be kept secret, including the fact that daddy lives in a different house to mummy. While their offspring set about telling Grandpa the ins and outs of their lives down in London, including intimate details of arguments their parents have had, Doug and Abi try to put aside their differences and have an enjoyable weekend.
Triple bill of the comedy franchise starring Ben Stiller. In 'Night at the Museum' (2006), Larry Daley (Stiller) is a kind-hearted dreamer who always knew that he was destined for greatness. In need of money he takes a job as a lowly graveyard-shift security guard at the Museum of Natural History in order to provide a more stable life for his ten-year-old son. On his first night on the job, however, he finds that the guardianship of the museum is far from stable. At nightfall an Egyptian spell brings the artefacts and wax figures to life. With Attila the Hun (Patrick Gallagher) charging through the hallways, miniature Romans and cowboys embroiled in a deadly feud, and a two-ton Tyrannosaurus Rex nagging to play fetch, Larry turns to a wax replica of President Theodore Roosevelt (Robin Williams) for a little advice on keeping things intact. In 'Night at the Museum 2: Escape from the Smithsmonian' (2009), Larry receives news that the Museum of Natural History is to be closed for renovations, and the exhibits moved into federal storage at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, where the collection includes artefacts associated with many of the great figures of American history including Amelia Earhart (Amy Adams), General Custer (Bill Hader) and Al Capone (Jon Bernthal). Larry must infiltrate the museum's tight security to rescue Jedediah (Owen Wilson) and Octavius (Steve Coogan), who have been shipped there by mistake. In 'Night at the Museum 3: Secret of the Tomb' (2014), as the magic of the Tablet of Ahkmenrah begins to fade, Larry travels around the world in order to reunite members of his museum crew including Roosevelt, Jedediah and Octavius and, of course, Ahkmenrah (Rami Malek) to try to save the magic before it's too late.
Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin star in this classic '80s comedy directed by Martin Brest. Bounty hunter Jack Walsh (De Niro) is assigned a case that involves catching an accountant (Grodin) who has jumped bail. However, the Mafia and a rival bounty hunter are also after the same target, and when Jack catches up with him, he finds himself cast in the unlikely role of his charge's protector.
Simon Pegg and Rosamund Pike star in this romantic comedy from director Peter Chelsom. Psychiatrist Hector (Pegg) is tired of helping other people fix their problems and sets off on a journey around the world to find his own true state of happiness. As he experiences the hidden delights of China, stays in a Tibetan monastery, gets kidnapped in Africa and concludes some unfinished business with ex-girlfriend Agnes (Toni Collette), he realises that true happiness actually lies much closer to home than he originally thought.
A collection of five classic Ealing comedies. 'Kind Hearts and Coronets' (1949) is a period comedy set in the early 20th century. Young Louis Mazzini (Dennis Price) vows to take revenge on his family, the D'Ascoynes, when he learns how they disinherited his mother. Working his way into their trust, Louis begins to bump off his distant relatives (all played by Alec Guinness) one by one, but complications set in when Edith D'Ascoyne (Valerie Hobson), the widow of his first victim, falls in love with him. In 'The Ladykillers' (1955), eccentric landlady Mrs Wilberforce (Katie Johnson) believes her new lodger Professor Marcus (Guinness) and his associates the Major (Cecil Parker), Louis (Herbert Lom), Harry (Peter Sellers) and One-Round (Danny Green) to be amateur musicians. They are in fact, however, the perpetrators of a bank heist, looking to whisk their ill-gotten gains out of London. All goes well until Mrs Wilberforce is persuaded by Marcus to claim his 'trunk' from the station; it is only then that the criminal genius's carefully laid plans begin to go awry. In 'The Man in The White Suit' (1951), Sidney Stratton (Guiness) is a laboratory cleaner in a textile factory who invents a material that will neither wear out nor become dirty. Initially hailed as a great discovery, Sidney's astonishing invention is suffocated by the management when they realise that if it never wears out, people will only ever have to purchase one suit of clothing. In 'Passport to Pimlico' (1949), an unexploded bomb goes off in Pimlico, uncovering documents which reveal that this part of London in fact belongs to Burgundy in France. An automonous state is set up in a spirit of optimism, but the petty squabbles of everyday life soon shatter the Utopian vision of a non-restrictive nation. Finally, in 'The Lavender Hill Mob' (1951), nobody would ever suspect gold bullion delivery man Henry Holland (Guinness) of anything other than total devotion to his job. However, with the aid of fellow lodger Pendlebury (Stanley Holloway), he gathers together a gang to carry out a heist, intending to smuggle the gold out of the country by melting it down into miniature models of the Eiffel Tower. All goes well until the consignment of models becomes muddled up with another, non-golden batch. Watch out for an early cameo by Audrey Hepburn.
Triple bill of films following the Christmas adventures of the irrepressible dog, Zeus. 'The Dog Who Saved Christmas' (2009) sees ex-police dog Zeus (voiced by Mario Lopez), who failed spectacularly at his former vocation, adopted by the Bannister family as an early Christmas present. When the house is broken into while the family are away on holiday it is up to Zeus to save the day with his dubious crime-fighting skills. 'The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation' (2010) follows the Bannister family and Zeus to a plush Rocky Mountain resort, where Zeus strikes up a promising friendship with flirtatious poodle Bella (voice of Paris Hilton). Finally, 'The Dog Who Saved the Christmas Holidays' (2012) sees Zeus and his owners fly to California to stay with their relative, Aunt Barbara (Shelley Long), at her extravagant beach mansion. Here Zeus finds a rival for human affection, the boisterous puppy, Eve. How will he deal with the young pretender?
Jon Favreau directs, writes and co-produces this movie in which he also stars alongside John Leguizamo, Scarlett Johansson, Sofía Vergara, Robert Downey Jr and Dustin Hoffman. Restaurant owner Riva refuses to let his chef Carl Casper's creative juices flow, giving him an ultimatum - either cook the dishes on the menu or leave. Although Carl sticks to the menu, bad reviews criticising his lack of creativity result in a Twitter war and he loses his job. With the help of his friend Martin, ex-wife Inez and son Percy, Carl opens up a food truck and tours the country with his culinary delights, rediscovering his passion for cooking along the way.
Double bill of goofball comedies directed by former Saturday Night Live writer Adam McKay. In 'Anchorman - The Legend of Ron Burgundy' (2004), Will Ferrell stars as Ron Burgundy, a top-rated 1970s San Diego anchorman who believes women have a place in the newsroom - so long as they stick to covering fashion shows or late-breaking cooking news, that is. So when Ron is told he'll be working with a bright young newswoman (Christina Applegate) who's beautiful, ambitious, and intelligent enough to be more than eye candy, it's not just a clash of two TV-people with really great hair: it's war. In 'Anchorman 2 - The Legend Continues' (2013), accompanied by his former Channel 4 news team including Brick Tamland (Steve Carell), Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd) and Champ Kind (David Koechner), Ron Burgundy moves to New York City where he is introduced to the world of cable TV and 24-hour news coverage. But with his estranged wife Veronica (Applegate) back in San Diego clocking up the ratings, Ron and the team will have to bring their A game to get back to the top...
Canadian comedy horror in which a police officer turns into a werewolf. Alcoholic cop Lou Garou (Leo Fafard) is used to feeling out of sorts but things take a turn for the worse when, after a number of bizarre, violent incidents, he becomes aware that he has been transformed into a werewolf. With his partner's help, he investigates the circumstances around his transformation. |
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