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Comedy crime drama directed by Michael Bay and starring Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson. Bodybuilder Daniel Lugo (Wahlberg) works at the Sun Gym in Miami for owner John Mese (Rob Corddry). With a host of wealthy clients all living their own version of the American Dream, Lugo becomes more and more dissatisfied with his own personal state of affairs. Believing that his client Victor Kershaw (Tony Shalhoub) is a crook, Lugo enlists the help of fellow bodybuilders Adrian Doorbal (Anthony Mackie) and Paul Doyle (Johnson) in concocting a plan of kidnapping and torturing him until he signs over all his wealth. But as their plan goes into action the gang are forced to take some drastic measures to ensure they aren't caught and that their newfound prosperity isn't short-lived...
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?
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.
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.
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).
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.
Extended cut of the action comedy inspired by the Grimm Brothers fairytale starring Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton. The film is set 15 years after the young Hansel and Gretel were abandoned by their parents in the forest and taken prisoner in a gingerbread house by a child-eating witch. The siblings managed to escape, and in the intervening years have taken advantage of their subsequent immunity to bad spells and curses to set themselves up as expert bounty hunters, becoming world-famous for their skill in tracking down and killing evil-doers around the globe. The film follows the brother and sister on their latest assignment - a campaign against evil sorceress Muriel (Famke Janssen) - which they begin to realise may be their golden opportunity for revenge of a more personal nature.
Ben Wheatley directs this jet-black British comedy in which a romantic break turns into a bloody killing spree. Sheltered teenager Tina (Alice Lowe) accompanies her new boyfriend, 30-something misanthrope Chris (Steve Oram) on an 'erotic odyssey' - aka a caravan tour of the North of England. But unbeknownst to Tina, Chris harbours a dark secret: he is a serial killer whose explosive outbursts result in the violent deaths of any random strangers who happen to mildly inconvenience him. As the body count mounts, even the clueless Tina starts to suspect that her new boyfriend may not be quite what he seems.
Academy Award-winning romantic comedy based on the novel by Matthew Quick. Bradley Cooper stars as Pat Solitano, a former high school teacher fresh from a stint in a mental institution who moves back in with his parents in an ill-fated attempt to reconcile with his ex-wife. His life begins to come together at last when he meets Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), a recently-widowed amateur dancer with problems of her own, and also begins to reconnect with his obsessive-compulsive father, Pat Sr (Robert De Niro). Lawrence won the Academy Award and Golden Globe for her performance and David O. Russell received the BAFTA for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Pat Solatano has lost everything -- his house, his job, and his wife. He now finds himself living back with his mother and father after spending eight months in a state institution on a plea bargain. Pat is determined to rebuild his life, remain positive and reunite with his wife, despite the challenging circumstances of their separation. All Pat's parents want is for him to get back on his feet - and to share their family's obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles football team. But when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own, things get complicated. Tiffany offers to help Pat reconnect with his wife, but only if he'll do something very important for her in return. As their deal plays out, an unexpected bond begins to form between them, and silver linings appear in both of their lives. (2013 Academy Award winner for: Best Actress. Also nominated for: Best Picture; Best Director; Best Actor; Best Supporting Actor; Best Supporting Actress; Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing)
A luckless choirmaster unwittingly causes local rivalries to bubble to the surface when he returns home to his Welsh roots. Accepting the post of choirmaster in the village where he grew up, Geraint Llewellyn (Clifford Evans) returns from London, and sets about planning the choir's latest production, Handel's 'Messiah'. But when it comes to choosing the soloist, Geraint's choice of Mrs. Davies (Betty Cooper) over the seasoned talents of resident leading lady Mrs Lloyd (Rachel Thomas) goes down like a lead balloon, instigating a split not only between the respective families, but between the village itself.
Comedy drama following an old man with onset Rigours Disease, which inevitably turns its sufferers into zombies. With the rise of the disease, a group of local hardmen have been taking out its many victims. When the elderly Harold (Stan Rowe) begins to get stiff, a symptom of Rigours, nurse Penny (Sarah Spencer) comes to care for him, helping to slow down his deteriorating condition. As Harold and Penny find friendship with one another, however, the signs of his illness become more prominent. Is he destined to meet the same end as all the other zombies?
Every episode of the US sitcom set in a Boston bar. When Sam Malone's baseball career came to an end because of his drinking he decided to open a bar. Join Sam and the rest of the Cheers regulars, including Diane, Woody, Frasier, Coach, Carla, Norm and Cliff as they live, laugh and love in the bar where everybody knows your name.
Comedy thriller based on the novel by Janet Evanovich. Katherine Heigl stars as Stephanie Plum, an unemployed and newly-divorced lingerie buyer who decides on a radical career change and reinvents herself as a bounty hunter. Things get personal for Stephanie when she is given her first assignment: to track down a wanted local cop who also just happens to be one of her ex-boyfriends.
All 13 episodes from the first series of the comedy following a high school student whose encounter with chemicals from the local power plant leaves her with special powers. Alex Mack (Larisa Oleynik) considers herself an ordinary teenage girl, dealing with the traumas of adolescence. However, after being drenched in the top secret contents of a truck from the chemical plant, Alex comes to realise she has inherited a variety of unusual powers, including telekinesis and the ability to shoot lightning from her fingertips, which will surely complicate her teenage years further. The episodes are: 'The Accident', 'Hoop War', 'Shock Value', 'The Videotape', 'School Dance', 'Science Fair', 'False Alarms', 'The Feud', 'Alex and Mom', 'Cold Day in Paradise Valley', 'Annie Bails', 'The Solo' and 'Road Trip'.
Teen comedy double. Lindsay Lohan stars in the survival-of-the-fittest comedy 'Mean Girls' (2004) as Cady Heron, a pretty 15-year-old who has spent most of her life in the wilds of Africa being home-schooled by her zoologist parents. Her upbringing has taught her a lot about survival in the wilderness and the subtleties of animal behaviour, but nothing she has learned can prepare her for the unspoken social etiquette of a mid-American high school, where jocks, cheerleaders, stoners and cool kids jostle for popularity, and a clique of rich and popular girls known as 'the Plastics' rule the school. This group of alpha females, led by 'professional life-ruiner' Regina George (Rachel McAdams), is initially contemptuous of Cady but then accepts her as a new member. Cady, who in the meantime has become friends with punky misfits Janis and Damian, starts to get close to the 'mean girls', initially out of curiosity - but it isn't long before she's enjoying the buzz of being one of the most popular girls in the school. However, when she inadvertently crosses the line by going on a date with one of Regina's ex-boyfriends, the gorgeous Aaron (Jonathan Bennett), the Plastics go on the warpath, and Cady must pay for her initiation into their mean Plastic world. In the made-for-television sequel 'Mean Girls 2' (2011), 17-year-old tomboy Jo Mitchell (Meaghan Jette Martin) moves to a new school where she befriends fellow social outcast Abby Hanover (Jennifer Stone), and together they take on the 'Plastics', led by uber mean girl Mandi Weatherly (Maiara Walsh).
Josh Radnor makes his writing and directing debut in this romantic comedy drama in which he also stars. When young Rasheen (Michael Algieri) gets lost on the subway, writer Sam (Radnor) befriends him and takes him to his apartment. Soon the problems faced by those important to Sam become apparent: his friend, Annie (Malin Akerman), is struggling to deal with her alopecia, his cousin, Mary Catherine (Zoe Kazan)'s relationship with boyfriend Charlie (Pablo Schreiber) comes under strain as they discuss a possible move to Los Angeles and Sam's crush, waitress Mississippi (Kate Mara), is trying to make it as a singer. As they each work through their separate issues, they are all linked by their common search for love and happiness.
Festive comedy starring Jim Broadbent, Rafe Spall and Warwick Davis. When nine-year-old Tom (Kit Connor) discovers that Santa Claus (Broadbent) has crashed his sleigh into his parent's garden shed he tries to get his dad Steve (Spall) to help him get Santa home to Lapland in time for Christmas. There is just one problem: Santa's reindeer have escaped and are running wild through the streets of London. The cast also includes Jodie Whittaker, Stephen Graham and Nonso Anozie.
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?
John Michael McDonagh writes and directs this Irish crime comedy. Unconventional small-town policeman Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) is less than pleased to find himself teamed up with rule-abiding FBI agent Wendell Everett (Don Cheadle) when he is called upon to investigate an international cocaine smuggling ring. It soon becomes clear that the case is tainted with bribery and corruption but will they be able to make their partnership work in order to catch the bad guys? Mark Strong, Liam Cunningham and David Wilmot co-star.
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.
Christmas comedy about a jealous dog who doesn't want her owner to find love. When university professor Madeline (Cynthia Gibb) starts dating single architect Kevin (Cynthia Gibb), her Maltese puppy, Cinnamon, decides she doesn't want to share her owner. She quickly sets about acting up, trying everything possible to ruin the couple's chance for romance. Events soon come to a head when Cinnamon runs off while under Kevin's care, leaving the worried architect in a desperate race-against-time to find the missing pooch before Madeline finds out.
A stressed executive (Steve Martin) and a bluff travelling salesman (John Candy) form an uneasy alliance when their plane is grounded due to bad weather. Candy offers to share a hotel room with Martin while they wait for the storm to subside, and Martin accepts. But from this point on the two seem to be stuck with each other, as they come up against a series of unlikely obstacles which continually and comically frustrate their attempts to get home for Thanksgiving.
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). |
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