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Neil LaBute directs this Hollywood remake of the 2007 British ensemble comedy farce. Comedian Chris Rock stars as Aaron, who is trying to get through his father's funeral in one piece despite the best efforts of his melodramatic mother (Loretta Devine), his baby-obsessed wife (Regina Hall) and his playboy brother (Martin Lawrence). Meanwhile, his father's secret gay lover (Peter Dinklage) turns up demanding money, and his beautiful cousin (Zoe Saldana) spends the day dodging her infatuated ex (Luke Wilson) while trying to look after her fiance (James Marsden) - who accidentally imbibed a hallucinogen while searching for a tranquiliser to calm his nerves.
'Psycho' meets 'Hotel California' horror in which a young couple are trapped, awaiting their fate. For young couple Amy and David Fox (Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson), a long day bickering in their car suddenly gets much worse when they break down in the middle of nowhere. Luckily for them they find a motel and settle down to watch some TV. Concern rises when they realise the 'snuff' movies the motel thoughtfully supply for their guests seem vaguely familiar. Discovering hidden cameras, they realise that they are about to star in the performance of their lives, or rather the end of it, unless they can somehow escape.
Comedy-drama starring Luke Wilson as a successful businessman who gets caught up in the profit and pitfalls of early 1990s internet commerce. Jack Harris (Wilson) enjoys a comfortable life in the suburbs with his wife (Jacinda Barrett) and two children. He has a reputation as an outstanding and trustworthy financial operator, which encourages ruthless lawyer Jerry Haggerty (James Caan) to direct two of his clients his way. Wayne Beering (Giovanni Ribisi) and Buck Dolby (Gabriel Macht) are non-business savvy drifters who have come up with an innovative idea: using the newly hooked up World Wide Web to set up a pornographic website and charge for access. The millions start rolling in, but it isn't long before Jack's status as a middle man puts him in touch with the other side of the industry - Russian gangsters, FBI investigations and entanglements with 24-year-old porn stars...
Six comedies starring Will Ferrell.
Anchorman (2004)
Anchorman: Wake Up Ron Burgundy (2004)
Blades of Glory (2007)
A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
Old School (2003)
Superstar (1999)
The first three films in the Jackass franchise, in which Johnny Knoxville and friends perform a variety of crazy and dangerous stunts. 'Jackass: The Movie' (2002) sees the boys having 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 Acuna (alias Wee Man) all make an appearance. The original MTV wreckin' crew returns in 'Jackass: Number 2 Uncut' (2006), pushing the limit of what is morally acceptable to commit to celluloid even further. More cringe-worthy stunts, more nasty spills, more stupid pranks than even the first movie. As well as their native US the crew also takes the camera to Australia, India and Moscow in its search for new ways to gross out an audience. In this compendium of the cruel: Chris Pontius makes his private member into a puppet - painting a mouse-face on it. It is then dragged around in a snake's cage until the snake strikes at it and doesn't let go; a fake valentine card is hung on the wall of cast members' hotel rooms and a hidden camera installed to watch the action. Why? Because behind the paper is a pneumatic arm with a huge boxing glove; special guest Spike Jonze is dressed up as an elderly woman named Gloria who goes around L.A. talking to salesmen. After the two parties have conversed, the old lady's shirt drops, revealing fake, drooping breasts; the team baits a hook with Steve-O (hook actually through his cheek) and throws him into the water - crowded with Mako sharks; Johnny Knoxville is blindfolded and charged by an angry Yak. Everything as normal for the Jackass crew, then. 'Jackass 3' (2010) sees another onslaught of insane and painful pranks. 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.
Comedy drama written and directed by Helen Hunt. Jackie (Hunt)'s whole life revolves around her son Angelo (Brenton Thwaites), so when she discovers he has dropped out of college and moved in with his father in order to pursue his dream of surfing, she travels from New York to California to try to convince him to rethink his choices. After a heated exchange between mother and son, Jackie decides that the only way to understand Angelo's reasons for picking surfing over college is to take up the sport herself. Stubborn by nature, Jackie is determined to master the craft by herself, blankly refusing help offered from passers-by, until, that is, she is rescued by handsome surfer Ian (Luke Wilson) who takes it upon himself to give her a few lessons, in life as well as surfing.
Oscar-nominated comedy about an oddball New York family of former child geniuses from writer-director Wes Anderson. Before their marriage floundered, Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) and his wife Etheline (Angelica Huston) succeeded in raising three prodigies: business supremo Chas (Ben Stiller), prize-winning playwright Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) and tennis champion Richie (Luke Wilson). Now, after years of separation, the children grown-up and the memory of their prodigy faded, Royal returns to his family and tries to make amends. However, with Royal's history of lies and betrayal, his offspring - who all now have problems of their own - are going to have trouble welcoming him back.
Comedy-drama starring Luke Wilson as a successful businessman who gets caught up in the profit and pitfalls of early 1990s internet commerce. Jack Harris (Wilson) enjoys a comfortable life in the suburbs with his wife (Jacinda Barrett) and two children. He has a reputation as an outstanding and trustworthy financial operator, which encourages ruthless lawyer Jerry Haggerty (James Caan) to direct two of his clients his way. Wayne Beering (Giovanni Ribisi) and Buck Dolby (Gabriel Macht) are non-business savvy drifters who have come up with an innovative idea: using the newly hooked up World Wide Web to set up a pornographic website and charge for access. The millions start rolling in, but it isn't long before Jack's status as a middle man puts him in touch with the other side of the industry - Russian gangsters, FBI investigations and entanglements with 24-year-old porn stars...
Collection of three Wes Anderson films. In 'The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou' (2004) internationally famous oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) and his crew, Team Zissou, set sail on an expedition to hunt down the mysterious, elusive, possibly non-existant Jaguar Shark that killed Zissou's partner during the documentary filming of their last adventure. They are joined on their voyage by a young airline co-pilot who may or may not be Zissou's son (Owen Wilson), a beautiful journalist (Cate Blanchett) assigned to write a profile of Zissou, and Zissou's estranged wife and co-producer Eleanor (Anjelica Huston). They face overwhelming complications including pirates, kidnapping and bankruptcy. Narrated by Alec Baldwin, 'The Royal Tenenbaums' (2001) is about an oddball New York family of former child geniuses. Before their marriage floundered, Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) and his wife Etheline (Angelica Huston) succeeded in raising three prodigies: business supremo Chas (Ben Stiller), prize-winning playwright Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) and tennis champion Richie (Luke Wilson). Now, after years of separation, and with the children grown-up and the memory of their prodigy faded, Royal returns to his family and tries to make amends. However, with Royal's history of lies and betrayal, his offspring - who all now have problems of their own - are going to have trouble welcoming him back. In 'Rushmore' (1998) Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) is a 10th grade pupil at Rushmore Academy. When not daydreaming, Max pours all of his energy into his beloved extra-curricular activities, often to the neglect of his studies. His determination to make a name for himself is sent into overdrive by the arrival of pretty new teacher Miss Cross (Olivia Williams). Outside of school, Max is taken under the wing of middle-aged steel tycoon Herman Blume (Murray), whose sons are boorish thugs. Things begin to go awry when Mr Blume falls for Miss Cross himself, and Max becomes unhinged with jealousy. His schemes to win the affections of his teacher grow ever more extreme, while his academic life threatens to collapse around him.
This acclaimed comedy stars Jason Schwartzman as Max Fischer, a 10th grade pupil at Rushmore Academy. When not daydreaming, Max pours all of his energy into his beloved extra-curricular activities, often to the neglect of his studies. His determination to make a name for himself is sent into overdrive by the arrival of pretty new teacher Miss Cross (Olivia Williams). Outside of school, Max is taken under the wing of middle-aged steel tycoon Herman Blume (Bill Murray), whose sons are boorish thugs. Things begin to go awry when Mr Blume falls for Miss Cross himself, and Max becomes unhinged with jealousy. His schemes to win the affections of his teacher grow ever more extreme, while his academic life threatens to collapse around him.
Beverly Hills sorority queen Elle (Reese Witherspoon) is shocked when her boyfriend Warner (Matthew Davis) takes her out for a meal and then dumps her, saying that because he is about to attend Harvard Law School, he should now start dating a more serious-minded woman. Elle refuses to take this lying down and follows Warner to Harvard, enrolling herself in the law school and taking on the bookworms in an all-out contest of designer-wardrobed Malibu frivolity versus mean-spirited Ivy League ambition. When Elle and Warner then begin working as interns in a prestigious law firm, the California girl gets a chance to prove her worth by defending a fitness instructor who has been accused of murder.
Offbeat sci-fi comedy starring Luke Wilson. In 2005, Private Joe Bowers (Wilson) is a soldier chosen to take part in a secret military scientific experiment in which he will be put into induced hibernation for one year, along with a woman named Rita (Maya Rudolph). Bowers is chosen for the assignment because he is statistically the most average man in the army, while Rita is a hooker ordered to do community service. Unfortunately, Bowers and Rita are forgotten about when the military base where the experiment took place is closed down, and when they wake up in the year 2505. Bowers finds himself living in a society where intelligence has taken such a landslide he's now the smartest man in the world.
1940s Mississippi and shy boy Willie Morris embarks on a journey with his new best friend, the family pet Skip. But Skip is no ordinary dog. Sensing Willie's shyness he takes him on an adventure which will change his life forever, helping Willie face up to the local bullies and turning them into his friends, as well as rekindling his friendship with Dink the soldier and getting him a date with the school sweetheart - even though they are both only eight-years-old.
Double bill of comedies starring Reese Witherspoon as airhead-turned-legal eagle Elle Woods. In 'Legally Blonde' (2001), Beverly Hills sorority queen Elle is shocked when her boyfriend Warner (Matthew Davis) takes her out for a meal and then dumps her, saying that because he is about to attend Harvard Law School, he should now start dating a more serious-minded woman. Elle refuses to take this lying down and follows Warner to Harvard, enrolling herself in the law school and taking on the bookworms in an all-out contest of designer-wardrobed Malibu frivolity versus mean-spirited Ivy League ambition. When Elle and Warner then begin working as interns in a prestigious law firm, the California girl gets a chance to prove her worth by defending a fitness instructor who has been accused of murder. In the sequel, 'Legally Blonde 2' (2003), Elle is back in all her pink and fluffy glory. She has become a rising star in a law firm and is planning her wedding to Emmett (Luke Wilson). But when she discovers that her firm represents a company that tests cosmetics on animals (and some of these are relatives of her Chihuahua, Bruiser), she expresses her views and is promptly fired. Elle, now on a crusade, decides to take her views to Washington DC with all cannons firing. However, the political arena is not easy to break into - especially if you don't wear grey - but with the help of a worldy bellhop (Bob Newhart), Elle manages to convince Congresswoman Rudd (Sally Field) to take her on as an aide and get her views heard.
Family comedy based on the novel by Carl Hiaasen. When a Montana boy (Logan Lerman) moves to Florida, he unearths a disturbing threat to a local population of endangered owls. Along with his two schoolfriends, he takes on greedy land developers, corrupt politicians, and clueless cops in an attempt to protect his new environment.
Comedy from the producer of 'Sideways' (2005), this is a story about an annual holiday gathering of an unconventional New England family. Before the holidays are done, relationships will unravel while new ones are formed, secrets will be revealed and the Stone family will come together through its extraordinary capacity for love.
Publish or perish! Alex has just 30 days to finish his romance novel and collect his writing fee - money he owes to loan sharks threatening his life. So stressed-out Alex hires Emma to be his stenographer and discovers she's opinionated, direct, a cause of exasperation... and a source of inspiration. From director Rob Reiner comes a movie about when Alex met Emma, a fun affair set in both the modern world Emma and Alex share and the 1920s Gatsby-like world of the book they're creating. With love & laughs, Alex & Emma writes the book on romance.
Drama directed by JT Mollner and starring Chad Michael Murray, Teri Polo and Frances Fisher. Following a brutal bank heist in New Mexico, Henry (Murray) and his gang of thieves head for the border to find a safe place to split the fruits of their labour. Hot on their heels is a skilled bounty hunter by the name of Josiah (Luke Wilson) who along with his own crew intends to capture the robbers and claim the bounty placed on them. As night falls, the thieves decide to stake out for the night in an isolated farmhouse. But to complicate matters the farmhouse is not uninhabited and the pastor who lives there with his family must face the growing tension between them and their criminal lodgers.
Collection of animal family features. In 'Free Willy' (1993) 12-year-old Jesse (Jason James Richter), an orphan living in a foster home, befriends Willy, an unhappy killer whale imprisoned in a seedy adventure park in Oregon. After getting a job at the park and growing closer to Willy, Jesse resolves to return his new friend to his home in the sea and reunite him with his family. In 'My Dog Skip' (2000), set in 1940s Mississippi, shy boy Willie Morris (Frankie Muniz) embarks on a journey with his new best friend, the family pet Skip. But Skip is no ordinary dog. Sensing Willie's shyness he takes him on an adventure that will change his life forever, helping Willie face up to the local bullies and turning them into his friends, as well as rekindling his friendship with soldier Dink Jenkins (Luke Wilson) and getting him a date. In 'Kangaroo Jack' (2003) Charlie (Jerry O'Connell) and Louis (Anthony Anderson) accidentally run over a kangaroo and decide to dress it in sunglasses and Louis' jacket. But the kangaroo wasn't killed as they imagined, and it hops away out of sight - with stolen money in his pocket, taking the two boys on a kangaroo chase around the Australian outback. In 'Black Beauty' (1994), based on Anna Sewell's classic novel set during the late 19th century, a horse which has been badly treated tells his life story.
All ten episodes from the first season of the US comedy drama starring co-creator Laura Dern as Amy Jellicoe, a 40-year-old woman who has recently suffered a mental breakdown. After a four-week stint at a holistic treatment centre, Amy returns to the real world with a fresh outlook, incorporating meditation and inner healing into her daily life. She attempts to use these new methods to fix her relationship with her mother, Helen (Diane Ladd), and to help her ex-husband, Levi (Luke Wilson), battle his addictions. Meanwhile, she goes back to work but is demoted from her former executive position. However, this leads Amy to discover corruption within the company that motivates her to help change the lives of those around her. The episodes are: 'Pilot', 'Now Or Never', 'Someone Else's Life', 'The Weekend', 'Not Good Enough Mothers', 'Sandy', 'Lonely Ghosts', 'Comrades Unite!', 'Consider Helen' and 'Burn It Down'.
Oscar-nominated comedy about an oddball New York family of former child geniuses from writer-director Wes Anderson ('Rushmore'). Before their marriage floundered, Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) and his wife Etheline (Angelica Huston) succeeded in raising three prodigies: business supremo Chas (Ben Stiller), prize-winning playwright Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) and tennis champion Richie (Luke Wilson). Now, after years of separation, and with the children grown-up and the memory of their prodigy faded, Royal returns to his family and tries to make amends. However, with Royal's history of lies and betrayal, his offspring - who all now have problems of their own - are going to have trouble welcoming him back.
Mike Million writes and directs this college-set comedy. Luke Wilson stars as Charlie Thurber, a 30-something professor at a private New England college who, despite his popularity with the students, has failed to publish any articles for a long time and is under increasing pressure to secure his tenure in the department. Charlie must now attempt to overcome the competitive manouevres of his colleagues while dealing with his father's problematic living arrangements and attempting to get a new romance off the ground. Gretchen Mol co-stars.
High-spirited romantic comedy about the crazy things people will do for love. When Joline (Heather Graham) discovers that her husband Jay (Casey Affleck) has left her to 'find himself', she drives to New York City in search of him. When she finds him in the west Texas desert, Joline demonstrates that she'll do anything to win him back.
Early modern Britain witnessed a transformation in legal reasoning
about human volition and intentional action, which contributed to
new conventions and techniques for the theatrical representation of
premeditated conduct. "Theaters of Intention" examines the relation
between law and theater in this period, reading plays by
Shakespeare, Jonson, Marlowe, and others to demonstrate how legal
understanding of willful human action pervades sixteenth- and
seventeenth-century English drama. |
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