Category: Comedy
Posted on March 22, 2014 |
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Mortician / Lin Zhong Jiong Shi (2013)
Comedy | Horror
Mortician is a heartfelt story about life and death wrapped in the package of a horror comedy produced by Man Cheun and director Cub Qian ( Lost on Journey, A Happy Chinese New Year). The film revolves around a timid mortician who lost his ability to laugh, but in his line of work he encounters kindhearted yet odd people who help him become a better person and overcome his childhood fears. Due to injuries to his nerve system, orphan Siu Bo (Bao Bei'er) lost his ability to laugh when he was young. Feeling guilty for what happened, his uncle Qing Song (Kim Chim) arranges a position for him in a funeral home in the city. Haunted by what he sees every night there, he braves his fears with the support of his uncle who always reminds him of the meaning of their work for the deceased. Along the way, he also finds a way to cope with death when it finally knocks on his door.
Starring: Sui-man Chim, Bei-Er Bao, Janice Man, Shui-Fan Fung, Monica Mok, Gangshan Jing, Kristy Yang, Chi Chung Lam, Chao Zhang
Director: Cub Chin
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Tags: Bei-Er Bao, Chao Zhang, Chi Chung Lam, Cub Chin, Gangshan Jing, Janice Man, Kristy Yang, Monica Mok, Shui-Fan Fung, Sui-man Chim
Posted on March 21, 2014 |
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Oblomov / Neskolko dney iz zhizni I.I. Oblomova (1979)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
The title character is a 19th century Russian civil servant and landlord who chooses to go to bed one day–and never get up. Preferring to sleep his way through life rather than confront it, Oblomov is shaken from his slumbers by the arrival of a childhood friend Shtoltz. A series of flashbacks show why it is that this friend's presence gets Oblomov out of his 'jammies and back on his feet. Also known as A Few Days in the Life of I. I. Oblomov.
Starring: Oleg Tabakov, Yuri Bogatyryo, Andrei Popov, Elena Soloveyv, Avangard Leontev
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
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Tags: Andrei Popov, Avangard Leontev, Elena Soloveyv, Nikita Mikhalkov, Oleg Tabakov, Yuri Bogatyryo
Posted on March 20, 2014 |
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Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Two successful New Yorkers, Meryl and Paul, are at their wits' ends on how to solve their strained marriage. But when they become the only witnesses to a brutal murder, the police hide them away in Wyoming – together. Now these diehard city dwellers will have to survive the weather, bears, fresh air, and forced time with one another if they want to make it out alive.
Starring: Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sam Elliott, Mary Steenburgen, Elisabeth Moss, Michael Kelly
Director: Marc Lawrence
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Tags: Elisabeth Moss, Hugh Grant, Marc Lawrence, Mary Steenburgen, Michael Kelly, Sam Elliott, Sarah Jessica Parker
Posted on March 20, 2014 |
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Roma / Fellini's Roma (1972)
Comedy | Drama
A virtually plotless, gaudy, impressionistic portrait of Rome through the eyes of one of its most famous citizens.
Starring: Britta Barnes, Peter Gonzales Falcon, Fiona Florence, Pia De Doses, Marne Maitland, Renato Giovannoli, Elisa Mainardi
Director: Federico Fellini
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Tags: Britta Barnes, Elisa Mainardi, Federico Fellini, Fiona Florence, Marne Maitland, Peter Gonzales Falcon, Pia De Doses, Renato Giovannoli
Posted on March 20, 2014 |
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Life Stinks (1991)
Comedy | Romance
A rich businessman makes a bet he can survive on the streets of a rough Los Angeles neighborhood for 30 days completely penniless. During his stay he discovers another side of life and falls in love with with a homeless woman.
Starring: Mel Brooks, Lesley Ann Warren, Jeffrey Tambor, Stuart Pankin
Director: Mel Brooks
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Posted on March 19, 2014 |
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The Full Throttle Girl / Zenkai Girl / Zenkai gâru (TV Series 2011- )
Comedy | Romance
Devoted to becoming an international lawyer, Ayukawa Wakaba is full of ambition. Her hard work pays off when she lands a job at an international law firm, but to her disappointment, the first prestigious assignment that is given to her is to babysit the boss' 5 year old daughter, Hinata. Wakaba loathes kids and nursing, but unwillingly takes on the job as she is fixated on wealth and success. One day when she goes to a preschool to pick up Hinata, she meets a man named Yamada Sota. Sota is a man without higher education, wealth, or a future goal, someone that Wakaba absolutely cannot stand, the complete opposite of her ideals. Once again, contrary to her will, she ends up looking after Hinata and a few other kids along with Sota. Despite being exhausted from all the first-time experiences in child care, Wakaba begins to realize what is truly important to her.
Starring: Yui Aragaki, Ryô Nishikido, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Misako Renbutsu, Hiroyuki Hirayama, Noriko Aoyama, Jirô Satô, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Ryôhei Suzuki, Sarutoki Minagawa
Creator: Tomoko Yoshida
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Tags: Hiroko Yakushimaru, Hiroyuki Hirayama, Jirô Satô, Misako Renbutsu, Noriko Aoyama, Ryô Nishikido, Ryôhei Suzuki, Sarutoki Minagawa, Tomoko Yoshida, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Yui Aragaki
Posted on March 19, 2014 |
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Le sauvage / Call Me Savage (1975)
Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Romance
Caracas, Venezuela. Just after her engagement with Vittorio, Nelly runs away from him. As he pursued her, she looks for help to Martin, a French middle-aged man she met by accident. He helps her to escape and drives her to the airport and gives her a plane ticket to Paris. Then he thinks he can go back to his peaceful lonely life on his island. Of course, he is wrong and will be bothered again by Nelly…
Starring: Yves Montand, Catherine Deneuve, Vernon Dobtcheff, Dana Wynter, Tony Roberts, Luigi Vannucchi
Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
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Tags: Catherine Deneuve, Dana Wynter, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Luigi Vannucchi, Tony Roberts, Vernon Dobtcheff, Yves Montand
Posted on March 19, 2014 |
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Vlyublyon po sobstvennomu zhelaniyu / In Love by Own Request / Love by Request (1982)
Comedy | Romance
Two people: Igor, an ex-athlete aimlessly living and chasing rubles to get drunk and Vera, an ugly duck librarian, try to find their luck by planning to fall in love with each other based on "psychological conditioning".
Starring: Oleg Yankovskiy, Evgeniya Glushenko, Vsevolod Shilovsky, Irina Reznikova, Yuriy Dubrovin, Vladimir Belousov, Yu. Kopich
Director: Sergei Mikaelyan
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Tags: Evgeniya Glushenko, Irina Reznikova, Oleg Yankovskiy, Sergei Mikaelyan, Vladimir Belousov, Vsevolod Shilovsky, Yu. Kopich, Yuriy Dubrovin
Posted on March 19, 2014 |
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The Wonders (2013)
Comedy | Mystery
The complex relationship between a Jerusalem street artist and a mysterious, modern-day prophet being held prisoner in an abandoned apartment across the alleyway.
Starring: Uri Chizkiya, Efrat Gosh, Ori Hizkiah, Yehuda Levi, Adir Miller, Yuval Scharf
Director: Avi Nesher
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Tags: Adir Miller, Avi Nesher, Efrat Gosh, Ori Hizkiah, Uri Chizkiya, Yehuda Levi, Yuval Scharf
Posted on March 19, 2014 |
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Almost Sharkproof / Sharkproof (2012)
Action | Comedy
Broke, busted, and living in a tent outside their parents backyard. Vince (Cameron Van Hoy) and Freddy (Michael Drayer) hit on the idea of a lifetime, Sharkproof wetsuits, and are determined to strike it rich. They go to a local loan shark, Max (Jon Lovitz) who owns a club in downtown LA to fund the venture. At the club they both fall in love with the same girl, Isabella (Kinga Kierzek) the receiving half of knife throwing duo who are preforming at the club. Yuri (Ken Davitian) is her drunk, knife-throwing partner. When Isabella chooses the boys over Max he sends his goons to reclaim her. Suddenly the boys must become the men they pretend to be, but now it's sink or swim. Almost Sharkproof, a bromantic comedy.
Starring: Jon Lovitz, Cameron Van Hoy, Kinga Kierzek, Michael Drayer, Ken Davitian, Dennis Haskins, Joan Severance
Director: Simon Chan, Joe Rubalcaba
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Tags: Cameron Van Hoy, Dennis Haskins, Joan Severance, Joe Rubalcaba, Jon Lovitz, Ken Davitian, Kinga Kierzek, Michael Drayer, Simon Chan
Posted on March 19, 2014 |
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American Virgins / Gettin' In (2012)
Comedy | Romance
A trio of clueless minors embark on a quest to get into the local bar, in the hopes of scoring with the opposite sex.
Starring: Joe Perry, Joshua Murdoch, Thi Vo
Director: Jason Wan Lim
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Posted on March 18, 2014 |
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Jedna ruka netleská / One Hand Can't Clap (2003)
Comedy
Daffy, overly-ambitious Czech caper comedy displays an appealing, surreal stoner wit but is hamstrung by escalating absurdities and a certain smug distance. Third feature from David Ondricek pokes fun at personal eccentricities and societal mores.
Starring: Jirí Machácek, Ivan Trojan, Marek Taclík, Klára Pollertová, Isabela Bencová, Kristina Lukesová, David Matásek
Director: David Ondrícek
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Tags: David Matásek, David Ondricek, Isabela Bencová, Ivan Trojan, Jirí Machácek, Klára Pollertová, Kristina Lukesová, Marek Taclík
Posted on March 18, 2014 |
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Authors Anonymous (2014)
Comedy
After a dysfunctional group of unpublished writers with the motto "all for one" accept Hannah Rinaldi (Kaley Cuoco) into their fold, the last thing they expect is her overnight success – but that's exactly what they get. While her career takes off, her eccentric and envious colleagues (Chris Klein, Teri Polo, Dylan Walsh, Dennis Farina and Jonathan Bennett) struggle to find their own paths to publishing fame and fortune. Tensions rise, rivalries form, and hearts are broken. Rejection turns to desperation. Good thing they're only armed with pens…
Starring: Kaley Cuoco, Chris Klein, Dennis Farina, Jonathan Bennett, Dylan Walsh, Teri Polo, Tricia Helfer, Jonathan Banks
Director: Ellie Kanner
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Tags: Chris Klein, Dennis Farina, Dylan Walsh, Ellie Kanner, Jonathan Banks, Jonathan Bennett, Kaley Cuoco, Teri Polo, Tricia Helfer
Posted on March 17, 2014 |
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Varjoja paratiisissa / Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
An episode in the life of Nikander, a garbage man, involving the death of a co-worker, an affair and much more.
Starring: Matti Pellonpää, Kati Outinen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Esko Nikkari
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
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Posted on March 16, 2014 |
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The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Biography | Comedy | Crime | Drama
Belfort, a Long Island penny stockbroker who served 20 months in prison for refusing to cooperate in a massive 1990s securities fraud case that involved widespread corruption on Wall Street and in the corporate banking world, including mob infiltration.
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey, Jon Bernthal, Kyle Chandler, Jon Favreau
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Posted on March 15, 2014 |
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story / Walk Hard (2007)
Comedy | Drama | Music
America loves Cox! Behind the music is the up-and-down-and-up-again story of a legend whose songs would change a nation. On his rock 'n' roll spiral, Cox sleeps with 411 women, marries three times, has 22 kids and 14 stepkids, stars in his own '70s TV variety show, collects friends ranging from Elvis to the Beatles to a chimp, and gets addicted to – and then kicks – every drug known to man… but despite it all, Cox grows into a national icon and eventually earns the love of a good woman – longtime backup singer Darlene. This Blu-ray release includes both the Theatrical Version and the Director's Cut of the movie.
Starring: John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Raymond J. Barry, Kristen Wiig, Tim Meadows, Jack McBrayer
Director: Jake Kasdan
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Tags: Jack McBrayer, Jake Kasdan, Jenna Fischer, John C. Reilly, Kristen Wiig, Raymond J. Barry, Tim Meadows
Posted on March 15, 2014 |
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Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
Comedy | Family | Fantasy
While vacationing in the Pacific Northwest, the Henderson clan accidentally run over a strange animal with their car, and when they get out to see what it is, they find the seemingly dead body of a hairy Bigfoot-type monster. Believing that the creature is a grizzly bear, the Hendersons take it home, planning to stuff the beast and put it on display in their living room. Predictably, the hirsute monster revives and is adopted by the family as a pet.
Starring: John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Margaret Langrick, Joshua Rudoy, Kevin Peter Hall, David Suchet
Director: William Dear
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Posted on March 15, 2014 |
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Leap of Faith (1992)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Fake faith healer Jonas Nightingale is stranded in a small town in Kansas where he finds he can't fool all of the people all of the time.
Starring: Steve Martin, Debra Winger, Lolita Davidovich, Liam Neeson, Lukas Haas, Meat Loaf
Director: Richard Pierce
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Tags: Debra Winger, Liam Neeson, Lolita Davidovich, Lukas Haas, Meat Loaf, Richard Pierce, Steve Martin
Posted on March 14, 2014 |
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Barfi! (2012)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Set in the Darjeeling and Calcutta of the 70s, Barfi! is the story of three young people who learn that love can neither be defined nor contained by society's norms of normal and abnormal. Barfi, a hearing and speech impaired boy falls in love with the beautiful, ethereal Shruti. Worlds collide. And in spite of her deep affection for Barfi, Shruti gives in to societal and parental pressure to marry a 'normal man' and lead a 'normal life'. Many years later, their paths cross once again when Barfi, on the run from the police, is in search o f Jhilmil, a mentally challenged girl who he grew up with.
Starring: Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Ileana
Director: Anurag Basu
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Posted on March 14, 2014 |
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Les fugitifs / Fugitives (1986)
Comedy | Crime
Coming out from jail, Lucas has decided to change his life and behave like a good citizen. But when he is taken hostage in a bank by a hare-brained robber, no cops can believe he is not part of this action.
Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Pierre Richard
Director: Francis Veber
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