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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.
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.
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?
All 22 episodes from the fifth season of the US comedy following the schemes devised by members of the parks department of Pawnee, Indiana, to improve their town. Amy Poehler stars as Leslie Knope, the ever-cheerful bureaucrat whose ultimate ambition is to become president, but in the meantime occupies herself with the slightly less heady demands of her current job. The show also stars Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, Chris Pratt and Aubrey Plaza. The episodes are: 'Ms. Knope Goes to Washington', 'Soda Tax', 'How a Bill Becomes a Law', 'Sex Education', 'Halloween Surprise', 'Ben's Parents', 'Leslie Vs. April', 'Pawnee Commons', 'Ron and Diane', 'Two Parties', 'Women in Garbage', 'Ann's Decision', 'Emergency Response', 'Leslie and Ben', 'Correspondents' Lunch', 'Bailout', 'Partridge', 'Animal Control', 'Article Two', 'Jerry's Retirement', 'Swing Vote' and 'Are You Better Off?'.
Aaron Paul, Imogen Poots, Pierce Brosnan and Toni Collette star in this comedy drama based on the novel by Nick Hornby. Martin (Brosnan), Maureen (Collette), Jess (Poots) and J.J. (Paul) all meet one New Year's Eve when they plan to commit suicide by jumping off the roof of the same building. Instead, they form a pact to stay alive and soon become a family of sorts. As they try to help each other through the difficulties in their lives, they decide to wait 90 days before returning to the roof to see if they still want to end it all. The film also stars Rosamund Pike, Sam Neill and Tuppence Middleton.
Tenth entry in the 'Carry On' series. Able seaman Poop-Decker (Bernard Cribbins) signs up for adventure on the high seas with the wicked Captain Fearless (Kenneth Williams). Those swabbing the decks include Juliet Mills, Charles Hawtrey and Donald Houston. The film was originally to be entitled 'Up the Armada', but the British Board of Film Censors objected to such a rude title.
Nick Frost stars as a former salsa dancer desperate to regain his mojo in this comedy directed by James Griffiths. 22 years after a bullying incident robbed him of his shot at glory in the UK Junior Salsa Championships, overweight and self-loathing office worker Bruce Garrett (Frost) falls for the charms of his new, seemingly out-of-reach American boss Julia (Rashida Jones). Bruce's hopes rise, however, when he discovers that Julia also shares a passion for the dance floor, inspiring him to try to turn back the clock and win the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, there's a problem - Bruce's testosterone-fuelled colleague Drew (Chris O'Dowd) has made it quite obvious that he's got his own carnal designs on Julia. Can Bruce regain his confidence, unleash his dormant Latin fire and snatch the ultimate prize?
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...
1950s British comedy adapted from Catherine Cookson's novel. Irish binman James Ignatious Rooney (John Gregson) is a ladies' man and an expert hurler. After moving to a wealthier area with the help of businessman Mr Doolan (Liam Redmond), Rooney falls for his landlady's cousin Maire (Muriel Pavlow) and is picked for the Hurling Championship Final. Can he win the championship and Maire's heart?
Seven years after capturing the heart of his co-anchor and wife, Veronica Corningstone, Ron Burgundy is offered the chance of lifetime: to be in on the world’s first 24-hour global cable news network, GNN, in New York City. The newsman quickly rounds up his classic news team – sports guy Champ Kind, man on the street Brian Fantana and weatherman Brick Tamland – and heads to The Big Apple. Upon arriving, he is quickly challenged by his strong female boss, Linda Jackson, Australian multi-millionaire network owner Kench Allenby and a chiseled popular lead anchor, Jack Lime. It’s up to Ron and the team to find their own way to the top of news – and the top of the ratings.
Charlotte (Winona Ryder) is a teenage girl growing up in the 1960s, torn between her passion for a young man who works at the local church and her desire - despite being Jewish - to become a nun. Newly arrived in town, the tensions soon increase between Charlotte, her swimming-obsessed younger sister (Christina Ricci), and their man-eating mother (Cher) - a single parent who cannot come to grips with her family. Features the hit single 'The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)' as performed by Cher.
He’s rigid, surly, tactless and self-centred but he’s the only doctor in Portwenn. Even on his own wedding day, Dr Martin Ellingham cant raise a smile; but following a suitably disaster-filled honeymoon, he and Louisa must learn to live together, raise a child and manage both their careers as best they can. It’s a big adjustment for them especially Martin, unaccustomed as he is to clutter and noise.
James McAvoy stars as a corrupt, sociopathic Edinburgh cop in director Jon S. Baird's fast-paced black comedy, adapted from the novel by Irvine Welsh. Bored with his duties as a Detective Sergeant in the Edinburgh police force, Bruce Robertson (McAvoy) gorges himself on a mixture of cocaine, alcohol, sexually abusive relationships and endless junk food, whilst plotting to get one over on his colleagues in his quest for a promotion. But although he nurses hopes of getting back together with his ex-wife Carole (Shauna MacDonald), Bruce soon finds his life spiralling out of control, when his drug addiction and unchecked psychological issues combine to test his grip on reality and push him over the edge.
A stand up performance featuring the US actor and comedian. Recorded in front of a sold-out crowd at New York's Madison Square Gardens, the film also follows Hart as he crosses the country and continents on his 2012 'Let Me Explain' tour.
Twelfth entry in the 'Carry On' series. Detective Bung (Harry H. Corbett) investigates a mad professor (Kenneth Williams) and his sister, who are turning their victims into shop window dummies. Those hamming it up in this Hammer horror spoof include Charles Hawtrey, Jim Dale, Joan Sims and Fenella Fielding.
Comedy trilogy from director Todd Phillips. In 'The Hangover' (2009) Ed Helms, Bradley Cooper and Zach Galifianakis star as three friends who lose their best friend, Doug (Justin Bartha), just 40 hours before his wedding during the various drunken misadventures that occur at his Las Vegas bachelor party. The trio must attempt to retrace all the bad decisions they made the night before and figure out where things went wrong. Heather Graham co-stars. In 'The Hangover: Part 2' (2011), Alan, Doug, Phil and Stu jet out to Bangkok for Stu's wedding to his Thai girlfriend (Jamie Chung). With the mortifying memories of Doug's bachelor party in Las Vegas forever etched in everyone's minds, Stu decides to play things safe. Surely nothing can go wrong with a sedate pre-wedding brunch... or can it? The supporting cast includes Liam Neeson and Juliette Lewis, while former president Bill Clinton makes a cameo appearance. In 'The Hangover: Part 3' (2013), following the death of Alan's father, he, Phil and Stu, aka the Wolfpack, head out on a road trip on which they get caught up in another misadventure, encountering a number of eccentric characters on the way and ending up back in Las Vegas. Bartha, Graham, Ken Jeong and John Goodman co-star, with Mike Tyson also making an appearance.
Steve Coogan's legendary chat show host and broadcaster finally receives the big screen treatment in this comedy directed by Declan Lowney. Occupying a career stasis-defining role as a mid-morning DJ on North Norfolk Digital Radio, Alan Partridge (Coogan)'s hopes for one last shot at the big time suffer a severe setback when it emerges that his employers have been taken over by a giant media conglomerate. Alan soon finds himself back in the spotlight, however, when newly-sacked fellow DJ Pat Farrell (Colm Meaney) returns to the studio with a shotgun and begins taking hostages. Called in by the police to act as a hostage negotiator, can Britain's most famous Toblerone addict turn the tables and finally save the day?
Old-timer gangster comedy starring Academy Award winners Al Pacino and Christopher Walken. Aging gangster Val (Pacino) is picked up by his old friend and partner Doc (Walken) as he is released from prison after serving a 28-year sentence for refusing to snitch on another associate. The two reflect on the times they've spent together before deciding to break their other partner (Alan Arkin) out of a retirement home to reunite the whole gang. In an attempt to relive their glory days they steal a car and wind up at a nearby brothel, but as time progresses they learn that one of them is holding a secret and there may be one last job on the cards...
All six episodes of the BBC sitcom that follows the relationships of staff and pupils at Greybridge Secondary School. The arrival at the school of the new French teacher Miss Postern (Catherine Tate) causes disillusioned deputy head of chemistry Mr Church (David Walliams) to change his mind about leaving. His amorous intentions soon face competition, however, in the shape of the school's resident alpha male, PE teacher Mr Gunn (Philip Glenister), and clinically depressed geography teacher Mr Barber (Steve Speirs).
Ensemble family comedy with an all-star cast headed by Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried, Robin Williams, Ben Barnes and Topher Grace. Don (De Niro) and Ellie (Keaton) are a long-divorced middle-aged couple who are forced by circumstance to pretend that they are still happily married as they attend their son's wedding. As the ramifications of their elaborate hoax unfold among their family and friends, a poignantly funny story emerges about the comedy and complexity of the tangled ties that bind.
Collection of films from the popular comedy franchise. 'Jackass: The Movie' (2002) is the first big screen outing for Johnny Knoxville and friends and features a variety of silly and dangerous stunts, including fun and games with golf carts, urine-soaked snow cones and self-inflicted paper cuts. Series regulars Bam Margera, Steve-O, Dave England, Chris Pontius (alias Party Boy) and Jason Acuņa (alias Wee Man) all make an appearance. 'Jackass: Number 2' (2006) features more cringe-worthy stunts, more nasty spills, and more stupid pranks. As well as their native US, the crewmembers also take their camera to Australia, India and Moscow in their search for new ways to gross out the audience. 'Jackass 2.5' (2007) is another insane foray into stupidity, featuring all the stuff they couldn't show you on television. The boys take their stunts to all-new heights that will leave you laughing, squirming, and begging for more (or, possibly, less). In 'Jackass 3' (2010), bull riding, a paintball shootout, rocket jet-skiing and bungee jumping while strapped to a (full) toilet are just some of the pranks the boys get up to this time round, as well as 'the worst wake-up in the world', in which Bam Margera wakes up his sleeping friend in the most brutal and disgusting ways he can dream up. 'Jackass 3.5' (2011) includes stunts which couldn't be included in the previous instalment 'Jackass 3'. The latest additional footage features the likes of firework stunts, skateboarding through a series of dangerous obstacles, 'extreme' skiing and Steve-O being painfully introduced to a snapping turtle.
Michael Winterbottom directs this comedy drama based on the life of the Soho property tycoon and adult magazine publisher Paul Raymond (Steve Coogan). Charting his life from his early Liverpool roots, the film follows Raymond as he steadily progresses up the financial and social ladder, accumulating wealth and notoriety in equal measure. But as his Soho-based adult entertainment empire grows, his marriage to wife Jean (Anna Friel) teeters under the pressure of his relationship with glamour model Fiona Richmond (Tamsin Egerton), whilst the love he holds for cherished daughter Debbie (Imogen Poots) suffers a tragic fate. |
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