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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.
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.
Oddball romance. Debut feature from New Zealand director Taika Cohen, about a couple of social misfits who manage to find love. Lily (Loren Horsley), an outcast at the fast food restaurant where she works, meets Jarrod (Jemaine Clement), a nerdy geek who works at a local games store. Realising they have a shared passion in video games, romance blossoms, ultimately leading the pair back to Jarrod's hometown, where, with Lily in tow, he plans revenge on his old high school bully.
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.
Triple bill of comedies starring Will Hay. 'Radio Parade of 1935' (1934) was one of the first screen outings for Hay. He plays the Director General of the National Broadcasting Group (NBG) who hides away in his office unaware that the general feeling about his programming is that it is too high-brow and the public are not happy. However, when he discovers this he decides to take action and promotes Jimmy, his Head of the Complaints Department, to Programme Director. Jimmy decides that a series of variety spectaculars are what the public want and sets about hiring the acts. But obstacles are put in his way and he discovers that the NBG has its own cluster of wannabe variety stars. In 'The Ghost of St Michaels' (1941), the outbreak of the Second World War results in the boys' school of St Michaels relocating to Dubain Castle on the Isle of Skye. The new schoolmaster (Hay) scoffs at the legends of a ghostly piper which haunts the castle - until two headmasters come to a grisly end. Who will become the next victim of the phantom piper? In 'The Black Sheep of Whitehall' (1942), Hay plays Professor Davis, the intrepid head of a correspondence college. Davis gets wind of the fact that a Nazi spy has infiltrated an economic delegation with the intent of undermining attempts to reach a trade agreement between Great Britain and certain South American countries. The effort to expose the dastardly fellow sees Hay adopt various disguises in a steady onslaught of mistaken-identity comedy.
British soccer star Vinnie Jones stars as--no big stretch--a former soccer star named Danny "Mean Machine" Meehan who gets arrested for drunken assault and sent to prison for three years. Behind bars he finds himself embroiled in web of prison politics, caught between a governor with a gambling problem, a crime boss who lost a lot of money on a game that Meehan lost, and a motley crew of surly prisoners and guards with grudges. It all culminates in a soccer match between a team of guards, led by a hard-nosed warden, and a team of convicts, led by Meehan. Mean Machine is a remake of the Burt Reynolds movie The Longest Yard and the plot is pretty sure-fire; it's hard not to get caught up in the tensions of the big game. Plus, the comical game commentators give the movie a good jolt of humor. --Bret Fetzer
Hot shot advertising executive Nick Marshall (Mel Gibson) thinks he's God's gift to women and can get anyone he wants. After an accident he discovers that he can hear what women are really thinking about and is upset that his showing off techniques are not popular with his female colleagues. To make matters worse his dream of being promoted to a higher position has been thwarted by man-eating, new team member Darcy (Helen Hunt). He does not like this and uses his new found powers to ruin her by reading her mind and selling her ideas as his own. But soon his plan backfires as she starts to fall in love with him and there seems to be no way out.
Regarded as one of director Bertrand Blier's greatest achievements, Buffet Froid is also amongst contemporary French cinema’s darkest and most original black comedies. Alphonse Tram discovers his casual subway acquaintance dead with Alphonse's penknife sticking out of his belly. When he tries to report the crime to his neighbour, a police inspector, the latter refuses to listen. Later, Alphonse's wife is killed, and her hapless murderer confesses to Alphonse, but neither Alphonse nor the police inspector seem shocked. Instead, the crime acts as a catalyst for the trio to embark on a series of subversive adventures. A stylish, nocturnal blend of Buñuellian satire and crime thriller, Buffet Froid brilliantly skewers the alienating and dehumanizing effects of urban life, and passes comment on a supposedly civilised society. Blier’s third collaboration with Depardieu, whose personality the director cites as the film’s inspiration, the ensemble acting is terrific. In French with English subtitles.
A Boulting Brothers comedy starring a host of British stars. Roger Thursby (Ian Carmichael) is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wrong way. When he is thrown in at the deep-end, with a particularly hot-tempered judge (Miles Malleson) and tricky case, Thursby learns how to prove himself not only to the judge and fellow barristers but also to the public gallery.
An acclaimed comedy performer on stage, radio and television, these television shows, broadcast in 1964 and 1972, bear witness to her unique talent with a selection of hilarious songs, monologues and sketches from her one woman shows. Joined as ever by her friend William Blezard on piano, Joyce performs all her well-loved and memorable favourites including the inimitable Lumpy Latimer in the Old Girls' School Reunion, Mrs Fanshawe who glides stately as a galleon across the dance floor, three lady choristers making a joyful noise in the Royal Albert Hall and of course, Young George, whose unspeakable and mysterious activities in The Nursery School produced the now famous catch phrase "George - don't do that".
Ahoy there! There's nothing like a Jolly Roger on the Seven Seas with the Carry On team. There's the whiff of mutiny in the air as Juliet Mills runs away to sea disguised as a Midshipman and ends up on a ship commanded by the wicked Captain Fearless. Can Able Seamen Poop-Decker be trusted? Walk the prank plank in this swashbuckling yarn of high adventure and low comedy, as the Carry On gang swing the sauciest jokes and indulge in plenty of nautical anchor panky.
Robert Zemeckis' award-winning fable about the American dream. Forrest Gump is a good-natured but simple man. As he recounts his home-spun words of wisdom, he reminisces on his life's progress, from crippled child to decorated military hero, illustrating how America has changed over the years.
Academy Award Winner
All 19 episodes of the British comedy series starring Lenny Henry as Gareth Blackstock, the volatile chef of the Chateau Anglais restaurant. Episodes comprise: 'Personnel', 'Beyond The Pass', 'Subject to Contract', 'The Big Cheese', 'Fame is the Spur', 'Rice and Peas', 'A River Runs Thru It', 'Time Flies', 'Do the Right Thing', 'A Diploma of Miseries', 'Masterchef', 'Private Lives', 'England Expects', 'When Janice Left Gareth', 'The Owner's Daughter', 'Divorce?', 'Gareth's Father', 'Rochelle' and 'Paris or Jamaica?'.
Six teenagers visit a wax museum at midnight, where they find themselves drawn back in time and into the murderous scenarios that have been dramatised in wax. To get in is free but to get out...
The Monty Python team are at it again in their second movie. This time we follow King Arthur and his knights in their search for the Holy Grail. This isn't your average medieval knights and horses story - for a start, due to a shortage in the kingdom, all the horses have been replaced by servants clopping coconuts together! |
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