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Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Emma Wheeler longs to be a screenwriter. She's spent her life studying, obsessing over, and writing romantic comedies. But she's also been the sole caretaker for her dad. Now, when she gets a chance to re-write a script for famous screenwriter Charlie Yates, it's a break too big to pass up. Emma's sister steps in for caretaking duties, and Emma moves to LA for six weeks. Charlie Yates doesn't want to write with anyone, but Emma's not going down without...
Publisher
Gunpowder & Sky
Language
English
Formats
Description
A subversive, hilarious comedy, THE LITTLE HOURS introduces three bored and volatile nuns Alessandra (Alison Brie), Fernanda (Aubrey Plaza), and Ginevra (Kate Micucci) who live under the watchful eye of Father Tommasso (John C. Reilly). The arrival of a handsome new groundskeeper (Dave Franco) - introduced to the sisters as a deaf mute to discourage temptation - soon leads to a frenzy of hormones, substance abuse, and wicked revelry.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Arabic
Description
Bursting with mordant wit and alive with urgent real-life dramatic energy, Rashid Masharawi's Laila's birthday is a "fleet, dark urban comedy," (New York Times) that "moves at a brisk clip, ticking incidents like a meter on overtime" (Time Out New York).
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
New York City architect Natalie works hard to get noticed at her job but is more likely to be asked to deliver coffee and bagels than to design the city's next skyscraper. And if things weren't bad enough, Natalie, a lifelong cynic when it comes to love, has an encounter with a mugger that renders her unconscious, waking to discover that her life has suddenly become her worst nightmare, a romantic comedy, and she is the leading lady.
9) Between us
Publisher
Monterey Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In this darkly comedic drama, two couples reunite over two incendiary evenings where anything can happen. Grace and Carlo are a newly married New York couple who visit their old friends Sharyl and Joel in their huge Midwestern home. Despite their wealth, the hosts are in a bitterly destructive marriage. A few years later, the couples reunite in New York, only to find tables turned.
10) Almost adults
Publisher
Gravitas
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This comedy feature follows two best friends in their final year of college while they transition into adulthood. One embraces her sexuality and tries to catch up on everything she has missed during her teenage years, while the other ends a long term relationship with her boyfriend and discovers her life isn't going as planned. Both struggle to keep their friendship together as they begin growing apart.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Seven comedies, including four restored from turn of the century Italy and France, a recently-discovered nitrate negative of Charlie Chaplin's first appearance in his tramp attire, a frenetic Mack Sennett gag fest replete with tin lizzies, and The pest (1922), starring a pre-Hardy Stan Laurel.
12) The general
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Consistently ranked among the greatest films ever made, Buster Keaton's The general is so brilliantly conceived and executed that it continues to inspire awe and laughter with every viewing.
13) Wonder man
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Description
A murdered actor is in spiritual communication with his twin brother. The live twin impersonates his brother and gets the goods on the murderers.
14) Bean: the movie
Publisher
Polygram Video
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Description
Mr. Bean is sent on a mission to accompany the world famous painting, Whistler's Mother to its new home in a California art gallery.
Publisher
Disney DVD
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Eloise is a fun-loving little girl with a knack for finding adventure every place she looks. While under the care of her 'rawther' wonderful Nanny, Eloise tries to play matchmaker to a lonely prince and wrangle an invitation to the society event of the season.
16) Tommy boy
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2002].
Language
English
Description
Party animal Tommy Callahan is definitely a few cans short of a six-pack. But after seven years, Tommy's finally earned his diploma -- and a cushy job at Callahan Auto Parts. Returning home, Tommy gets some more great news: his dad is marrying a real "10," and Tommy will get the stepbrother he always wanted. But as fast as you can say "Who killed the keg?," the family business starts tanking. Now Tommy's got to hit the road with his dad's right-hand...
17) Fits and Starts
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
David Warwik (Wyatt Cenac) is a struggling writer who has been toiling away at the same novel for years. His wife Jennifer (Greta Lee) is a hot young literary figure, who has just released a new masterpiece. When her publisher invites the couple to an artists' salon at his home in Connecticut, the pair embark on a twisted journey, and David must face his demons and try to "not be weird" among the waspy salon guests and competitive artists in attendance....
18) Operator
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Joe (Martin Starr, Silicon Valley) is a programmer with a crippling anxiety problem who is unable to deal with uncertainty. At work he is tasked with creating an interactive call center answering machine that can convey empathy. Joe recruits his wife Emily (Mae Whitman, Arrested Development) who has the perfect voice for the system.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
Bumbling Ernest P. Worrell is assigned to jury duty, where a crooked lawyer notices a resemblance with crime boss Mr. Nash, and arranges a switch. Nash assumes Ernest's job as a bank employee, while Ernest undergoes Nash's sentence to the electric chair. But instead of killing him, the electrocution gives Ernest superhuman powers, enabling him to escape from jail and foil Nash's attempt to rob the bank.
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