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2) RocknRolla
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In London, a real-estate scam puts millions of pounds up for grabs. This attracts some of the city's scrappiest tough guys, along with its more established underworld types. All are looking to get rich quick. While the city's seasoned criminals vie for the cash, an unexpected player -- a drugged out rock 'n' roller presumed to be dead but is very much alive. He has the multi-million dollar prize fall, literally, into his hands.
3) Smokin' Aces
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
An FBI agent hunts for Las Vegas stand up comedian and illusionist Buddy 'Aces' Israel. Aces has decided to squeal on the mob but, before he heads off for protective custody, decides to go to the casinos at Lake Tahoe for one last good time, drawing a crowd of assassins. Now Aces will have to pull his greatest disappearing act before the assassins can get to him.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Working for the MI7 agency, Johnny English is suddenly promoted to super spy after Agent One is assassinated and every other agent is blown up at his funeral. When entrepreneur Sauvage sponsors an exhibition of the Crown Jewels and the valuable gems disappear on the opening night, the newly designated agent must jump into action. Tracking the thieves' underground escape route, English locks in on Sauvage despite repeated assurances by boss Pegasus...
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Scott is distressed to learn that his ex-wife and her husband have informed his son, Charlie, that there is no Santa Claus. While a sullen Charlie visits his dad on Christmas Eve, a noise on the roof brings them outside. It turns out that there is a Santa after all, and Scott has just accidentally killed him. Because of "the Santa clause, " Scott inherits the job of Santa. As the next year passes, Scott rapidly gains weight, grows a white beard and...
6) Protocol
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
A daffy Washington D.C. waitress saves a visiting Arab dignitary from an assassination attempt and goes from serving drinks to serving her country in the State Department's protocol branch.
7) The estate
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Two sisters attempt to win over their terminally ill, difficult-to-please aunt in hopes of becoming the beneficiaries of her wealthy estate, only to find the rest of their greedy family members have the same idea in this hilarious comedy about family being the worst.
Publisher
Studio Ghibli
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
日本語
Formats
Description
Join in the hilarious adventures of the quirky Yamada family in this wonderfully offbeat celebration of the little and sometimes bigger victories of life. Presented in a series of brilliant comic vignettes, Takashi Yamada and his wacky wife Matsuko navigate their way through the ups and downs of work, marriage, and family life wiht a sharp-tongued grandmother, a teenage son who wished he had cooler parents, and a young daughter with an unusually loud...
10) Dirty grandpa
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Just before his wedding, a young man is tricked into driving his grandfather to Florida for spring break.
11) Dirty work
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
In this outrageous, wacky comedy, two out-of-work misfits go into business for themselves dishing out cold revenge at a hot price for people who want someone else to do their dirty work.
"MacDonald's 'Saturday Night Live' zingers were on the mark!"--San Diego Tribune.
12) How it ends
Publisher
American International Pictures, an MGM Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In this feel-good apocalyptic comedy, freewheeling Liza scores an invite to one last wild party before the world ends. But making it there won't be easy, after her car is stolen, and the clock is ticking on her plan to tie up loose ends with friends and family. Accompanied by her younger self, Liza embarks on a hilarious journey across Los Angeles, running into an eclectic cast of characters.
13) Pulp fiction
Language
English
Formats
Description
Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction has been hailed by critics and audiences worldwide as a film that redefined cinema. Tarantino delivers an unforgettable cast of characters, including a pair of low-rent hitmen, their boss's sexy wife, and a desperate prizefighter, in a wildly entertaining and exhilarating blend of crime-thriller-drama-comedy that is completely original and entirely unforgettable.
14) The book of life
Series
2000 seen by = volume Hal Hartley
Publisher
Fox Lorber Films
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
In this dark comedy about the Apocalypse, Jesus (Martin Donovan) arrives at JFK Airport with his assistant, Magdalena (P.J. Harvey). He transfers the "Book of Life" to computer disk and battles the Devil (Thomas Jay Ryan) for human souls, with second thoughts about whether these lives are worth saving.
15) The animal
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Marvin is a police evidence clerk who dreams of becoming a real cop someday, he answers a 911 call of a burglary in progress. Seeing this as his opportunity to prove he is cut out to be an officer, he races off to the burglary. But enroute Marvin has a freak car accident and awakens to find that a deranged scientist secretly used animal organs to rebuild his broken parts. Then he finds himself falling in love with the sexy Rianna and its animal magnetism...
16) The last word
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Harriet is a retired businesswoman who tries to control everything around her. When she decides to write her own obituary, a young journalist takes up the task of finding out the truth, resulting in a life-altering friendship.
17) Knockaround guys
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Matt is given the chance to make good by picking up a mob payment. He puts together a crew of three friends, all sons of Brooklyn mobsters, to help him out. Getting the money goes just fine, but during a refueling stop in Montana, the money is left at a airstrip, where it's promptly stolen by a pair of burnouts. When Matt and his crew discover the money is missing, they head back to Montana, but before long they find out the sheriff is on to them,...
18) The lobster
Publisher
Lions Gate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In a dystopian future, single people must find a mate in forty-five days or they are transformed into animals and released into the woods.
19) Whatever works
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
When a sarcastic and bitter middle-aged New York man meets a young woman who has run away from her home in the South, and lets her stay with him, he discovers that he can still find happiness in his life.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
After suffering a heart attack, Atticus Smith, a famous, hard-drinking actor, is forced to drive across country to make it in time for his daughter's wedding. His only hope of making the wedding lies with his estranged son, Adam, who wants nothing to do with him. As the two set out on their adventure, they become closer and realize they are more alike than they thought.