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Romantic comedy starring Jude Law, Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet and Jack Black. Iris (Winslet) is in love with a man who is about to marry another woman. Across the globe, Amanda (Diaz) realises the man she lives with has been unfaithful. Two women who have never met and live 6000 miles apart, find themselves in the exact same place. They meet online at a home exchange website and impulsively switch homes for the holiday. Iris moves into Amanda's L.A. house in sunny California as Amanda arrives in the snow-covered English countryside. Shortly after arriving at their destinations, both women find the last thing either wants or expects: a new romance. Amanda is charmed by Iris' handsome brother Graham (Law) and Iris, with inspiration provided by legendary screenwriter Arthur (Eri Wallach), mends her heart when she meets film composer Miles (Black).
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?
Crime comedy caper starring Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel Weisz. Brothers Stephen Bloom (Ruffalo) and Bloom Bloom (Brody) have been professional con artists since childhood, and have honed the art of swindling fortunes to perfection. When they meet beautiful but lonely New Jersey heiress Penelope (Weisz), they determine to pull off one last spectacular heist through an elaborate scheme that takes them all around the world. But as Stephen's elaborate web of deception pulls ever tighter, Bloom begins to wonder exactly who is conning who.
British comedy horror in which an Indian mother takes her obsession with marriage a little too far. Widow Mrs Sethi (Shabana Azmi) is desperate to see her only daughter, Rupi (Goldy Notay), get married. When Rupi is rudely rejected by a series of suitors, Mrs Sethi resorts to cooking her killer curry in order to bump them off, one by one. But the spirits of her victims soon come back to haunt her as they are unable to be reincarnated until their murderer dies. Mrs Sethi must now kill herself in order to free the spirits, but is determined to get her daughter married off before she enters the afterlife.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Wes Anderson directs this comedy set in 1920s Europe starring Ralph Fiennes as a hotel concierge who finds himself mixed up in the search for a valuable Renaissance painting. Gustave H. (Fiennes) is a leading concierge at the Grand Budapest Hotel. An eccentric figure known for his dalliances with older women, Gustave has a one night stand with Madame D. (Tilda Swinton) and finds himself bequeathed a valuable painting, 'Boy With Apple', when she passes away - much to the fury of her son Dmitri (Adrien Brody). With Dmitri intent on framing Gustave for his mother's murder, the concierge and his lobby boy Zero Moustafa (Tony Revolori) hatch a plan to hide the painting and evade the authorities. Will they succeed? The ensemble cast for the film includes Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Tom Wilkinson and Owen Wilson.
Downbeat comedy about two childhood friends who have withered into two hapless, desperate Dublin junkies, tied together by habit and necessity. The difference today is that Adam and Paul - already near rock bottom - have finally run out of luck, credit and friends. The film follows the pair through a single day, which, like every other, is entirely devoted to the business of scrounging and robbing.
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."
Collection of all three Mighty Ducks adventures following the fortunes of a very special ice hockey team. In 'The Mighty Ducks Are the Champions' (1993) Gordon Bombay (Emilio Estevez) is a luckless yuppie forced to do community service after being caught drink driving. His penance is to train one of the worst ice hockey teams in the world. However, while Gordon tries to whip them into shape, he learns from his new team that winning is not always everything. In 'D2 - The Mighty Ducks' (1994), the action takes place at the Junior Goodwill Games in LA, as Bombay is invited to lead Team USA to victory over the favourites, Iceland, whilst also having to cope with the distractions of an enveloping media circus. In 'D3 - The Mighty Ducks' (1996), the Ducks are about to begin a scholarship at a prestigious new school, which means a new, no-nonsense coach (Jeffrey Nordling). An icy reception from the school hockey team results in a loss in the Ducks' form. Can they defeat the unbeaten senior team and regain their reputation?
Comedy drama set in a seaside town in 1980s England, depicting the unusual friendship between a lonely ten-year-old, Edward (Bill Milner), and retired magician Clarence (Michael Caine). Growing up in the inauspicious setting of the old people's home run by his distracted parents (Anne-Marie Duff and David Morrissey), the inquisitive Edward spends his time tape-recording the elderly residents in an attempt to learn about death, a subject by which he is endlessly fascinated. His life changes with the arrival of the irrascible, embittered Clarence, who becomes part of Edward's ongoing quest to untangle the mysteries of mortality.
A collection of all three 'Beverly Hills Cop' films. In the first film Eddie Murphy plays fast-talking Detroit cop Axel Foley, whose regular assignments include tracking down cigarette thieves. When a friend is killed, he begins an unofficial investigation which leads him to Beverly Hills, where he runs into trouble with the straight-laced police force who disapprove of his anarchic methods. However, with the help of fellow cops Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and Taggart (John Ashton), he tracks down the killers. In the second film Foley (Murphy) is called off a credit card case when his Beverly Hills buddies are foiled on a trail more suited to his unique skills - that of an illegal arms dealer (Jurgen Prochnow). With Brigitte Nielsen as a James Bond-style hitwoman. Finally in the third film Axel's boss is gunned down in a bungled raid in Detroit, and Axel (Murphy) swears to catch the killers. The trail leads him, once again, to Beverly Hills and a huge theme park, which is run by the head of a private security firm. After many capers, it transpires that the theme park is printing counterfeit cash.
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.
1950s comedy drama starring Bill Travers. Not content with being so small and slight in stature anymore, young Scots lad Geordie (Travers) sends away for a home body building kit in an effort to bulk himself up. As the months progress, Geordie becomes a muscley, toned athlete with a particular aptitude for hammer throwing. As he becomes a national champion, he finds himself being selected to represent the UK in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia.
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?
Director Todd Phillips (the man behind the controversial exposé 'Frat House'') looks at what happens to the guys after they have left college and settled down. Mitch (Luke Wilson) catches the early flight home after a business trip and finds his wife (Juliette Lewis) in bed with a room full of naked strangers. He moves out and rents a house near the campus of his old college. With the help of his two best friend (both married and with kids), he gets down to serious partying. However, their partying soon attracts the students of the college - and the anger of the dean of the college who tries to make Mitch's neighbourhood a student-only area. To counter this, the friends form a fraternity with its headquarters at Mitch's house. But their high-jinks begin to take its toll on Mitch's potential love-life.
Coming-of-age comedy based on the best-selling series of novels by Louise Rennison. The film follows quirky 14-year-old Georgia Nicolson (Georgia Groome) who keeps a journal about the ups and downs of being a teenager. Georgia has two main desires in life: to get a gorgeous boyfriend and to throw the greatest 15th birthday party ever. As well as having to deal with her own problematic life, Georgia must also keep her interfering parents (Alan Davies and Karen Taylor) happy.
A romantic comedy from director Rob Reiner, who went on to make 'When Harry Met Sally'. Gib (John Cusack) is promised a devastating woman at a party across the country in Los Angeles. The only problem is that he has to share the car journey with prudish Alison (Daphne Zuniga), a fellow student whose priorities in life couldn't differ more. During the journey, however, the disparate couple find they have a few things in common.
Comedy horror starring Andy Serkis and Reece Shearsmith as two brothers who kidnap a crime boss's daughter and hold her for ransom in a secluded country cottage. Everything seems to be going to plan, but the brothers hadn't counted on a couple of things - firstly, that their hostage, Tracey (Jennifer Ellison), would put up so much of a fight, and secondly, that their dimwitted accomplice, Andrew (Steven O'Donnell), would be followed to the cottage by a group of bloodthirsty henchmen. To make matters worse, the owner of the seemingly abandoned cottage returns and it turns out he has a murderous temper and a bitter hatred of trespassers.
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.
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. |
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