Hansel & Gretel Get Baked (2013)
Comedy | Horror
A brother and sister battle a witch who lures teenagers into her suburban home with her special blend of marijuana where she then proceeds to kill and eat them to maintain her youth and beauty.
Starring: Lara Flynn Boyle, Molly C. Quinn, Lochlyn Munro, Yancy Butler, Michael Welch, Cary Elwes
Director: Duane Journey
My Son the Fanatic (1997)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Parvez was born in Lahore, Pakistan, and as a child was asked to study the Holy scriptures through a Maulvi. When the Maulvi started his sermon, Parvez would fall asleep, this lead to the Maulvi devising a unique punishment, which ultimately compelled Parvez to stop attending. When he grew up, his marriage was arranged with Minoo and they immigrated to a small town in Britain, where Parvez started to make a living driving a taxi, and found himself free from all religious activity. 25 years later, Parvez is an alcoholic, still driving a cab, while people who had immigrated after him have their own businesses and are wealthier. Parvez now has a grown son, Farid, who is the apple of his eye, and is to be engaged to Madeleine Fingerhut, who is the daughter of the local Chief Inspector. After the two families' meet, Farid has a sudden change of heart when he notices that the Chief Inspector detests his family, and it slowly dawns on him that he and his girlfriend are quite different, and he cannot be part of a culture that relies solely on filth, porn, is soaked in sex, along with a mix of Caucasian (white) and Jewish propaganda against Islam. He starts reciting the Holy Quran, and asks permission from his dad to invite some religious leaders from Pakistan, after receiving consent, they do arrive to live in Parvez's home. It is here that Parvez will find that Farid has broken off the forthcoming engagement with Ms. Fingerhut, and has become a born again Muslim. His wife, Minoo, has taken to wearing the Hizaab, remains in the kitchen all day, and is not even permitted to sup or dine with her family, while Parvez finds that he cannot even sleep in his bedroom. Things start to heat up when Farid finds out that his dad has been patronizing a prostitute by the name of Beltina, whose real name is Sandra, and he also notes that his dad is her pimp. Then he and his colleagues set about to cleanse this town of its prostitutes – leading to a confrontation between him and his dad – a confrontation that may well split this family forever.
Starring: Om Puri, Rachel Griffiths, Akbar Kurtha, Stellan Skarsgård, Gopi Desai, Harish Patel
Director: Udayan Prasad
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24 Hour Party People (2002)
Biography | Comedy | Drama | Music
Manchester 1976: Cambridge educated Tony Wilson, Granada TV presenter, is at a Sex Pistols gig. Totally inspired by this pivotal moment in music history, he and his friends set up a record label, Factory Records, signing first Joy Division (who go on to become New Order) then James and the Happy Mondays, who all become seminal artists of their time. What ensues is a tale of music, sex, drugs, larger-than-life characters, and the birth of one of the most famous dance clubs in the world, The Hacienda – a mecca for clubbers as famous as the likes of Studio 54. Graphically depicting the music and dance heritage of Manchester from the late 70's to the early 90's, this comedy documents the vibrancy that made Mad-chester the place in the world that you would most like to be.
Starring: Steve Coogan, John Thomson, Paul Popplewell, Lennie James, Shirley Henderson, Mark Windows, Paddy Considine
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
A recently-widowed man's son calls a radio talk show in an attempt to find his father a partner.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Ross Malinger, Rita Wilson, Victor Garber, Carey Lowell
Director: Nora Ephron
Jim Breuer: And Laughter for All (2013)
Comedy
We met him as the brash young comic who took Saturday Night Live by storm, with his killer Joe Pesci impression and the bizarre brayings of an original character called “Goat Boy.” Now Jim Breuer is all grown up, raising three daughters in the Jersey ‘burbs – and this whole marriage-plus-fatherhood thing has made him more hilarious than ever. As an added bonus, Breuer prides himself these days on crafting family-friendly routines… so no need to wait for the kids (or Aunt Edith) to hit the hay before you watch.
Starring: Jim Breuer
Director: Jay Chapman
The Wedding Party (2010)
Comedy | Drama
Steve Thompson, a lovable anti-hero, is the youngest son in the gloriously flawed Thompson family. In a bid to save himself from financial ruin, Steve does the unthinkable and agrees to marry Ana, a Russian woman seeking residency in exchange for a huge sum of cash. Behind closed doors the deal is done, a secret wedding is arranged & in no time life will be back to normal, or so Steve thinks… Until a nosy family friend gets wind of the wedding plans and before sundown the whole Thompson family is gripped by wedding fever. Although Steve's family could use some constructive therapy for their own relationships, they rally together to support Steve in preparation for the world's most farcical wedding. What was once a private registry affair is now a fully-fledged spectacle as Steve's lie takes on a life of it's own, and he is more and more consumed by the fear that he has ruined his chance to be with his true love, Jacqui, forever.
Starring: Josh Lawson, Isabel Lucas, Steve Bisley, Rhonda Burchmore, Nadine Garner, Essie Davis, Kestie Morassi
Director: Amanda Jane
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Meanwhile (2011)
Comedy | Drama
Meanwhile concerns Joe Fulton, a man who can do anything, from fixing your sink to arranging international financing for a construction project. He produces online advertising and he's written a big fat novel. He's also a pretty good drummer. But success eludes him. Having just broken up with his girlfriend in Brooklyn, Joe walks over the Brooklyn Bridge to Manhattan and has a troubling encounter with a women whom he suspects might jump. As he goes about his day, taking care of his own business and helping various strangers with their everyday hassles, he hears on the radio that someone has, in fact, jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge. With his bank account temporarily frozen on account of unpaid taxes, he must traverse the entire length of Manhattan to get the keys to a friend's apartment, giving away the few dollars he has along the way. Is Joe Fulton responsible and selfless to a fault? Maybe. He is certainly the all time hardest working unsuccessful over-achiever in New York.
Starring: D.J. Mendel
Director: Hal Hartley
A Boy and His Dog (1975)
Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A post-apocalyptic tale based on a novella by Harlan Ellison. A boy communicates telepathically with his dog as they scavenge for food and sex, and they stumble into an underground society where the old society is preserved. The daughter of one of the leaders of the community seduces and lures him below, where the citizens have become unable to reproduce because of being underground so long. They use him for impregnation purposes, and then plan to be rid of him.
Starring: Don Johnson, Susanne Benton, Jason Robards, Tim McIntire, Helene Winston, Charles McGraw
Director: L.Q. Jones
Kinky Boots (2005)
Comedy | Drama | Music
Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Yet, the untimely death of his father places him in that position, only to learn that Price & Sons Shoes is failing. While in despair at his failed attempts to save the business, Charles has a chance encounter with the flamboyant drag queen cabaret singer, Lola. Her complaints about the inadequate footwear for her work combined with one of Charles' ex-employees, Lauren, leads to a suggestion to change the product to create a desperate chance to save the business: make men's fetish footwear. Lola is convinced to be their footwear designer and the transition begins. Now this disparate lot must struggle at this unorthodox idea while dealing both the prejudice of the staff, Lola's discomfort in the small town and the selfish manipulation of Charles' greedy fiancée who cannot see the greater good in Charles' dream.
Starring: Joel Edgerton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sarah-Jane Potts, Nick Frost, Linda Bassett, Jemima Rooper
Director: Julian Jarrold
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The In-Laws (1979)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
With his daughter about to marry, Manhattan dentist Sheldon Kornpett is getting in over his head. The groom's father Vince Ricardo (who may/may not be CIA) has been in over his head so long he may have lost it totally.
Starring: Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Richard Libertini, Michael Lembeck, James Hong
Director: Arthur Hiller
Rapture-Palooza (2013)
Comedy | Fantasy | Horror
Two teens battle their way through a religious apocalypse on a mission to defeat the Antichrist.
Starring: Anna Kendrick, Ken Jeong, John Francis Daley, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson
Director: Paul Middleditch
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Finding Joy (2013)
Comedy
A self-absorbed writer, stuck in more ways than one, rediscovers himself, his offbeat family, and what it means to be happy when he meets Joy, a spirited young woman who asks him to write her obituary.
Starring: Josh Cooke, Liane Balaban, Barry Bostwick, Lainie Kazan, Tyler Bunch, Kiki Harris
Director: Carlo De Rosa
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Crazy Kind of Love (2013)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
While re-evaluating her life as a newly single mother, a woman relies on her carefree son and his awkward brother to keep their lives interesting. When an unlikely romance blossoms between the youngest son and the new girl in town, she realizes the key to her happiness can be found where she least expects it, and there's only one kind of love worth living for – the crazy kind.
Starring: Virginia Madsen, Graham Rogers, Amanda Crew, Zach Gilford, Sam Trammell, Madeline Zima
Director: Sarah Siegel-Magness
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Jackie (2012)
Comedy | Drama
Dutch twin sisters travel to America to look for their long-lost mother.
Starring: Carice van Houten, Jelka van Houten, Holly Hunter
Director: Antoinette Beumer
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After Hours (1985)
Comedy | Drama | Thriller
An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho whom he met that evening at a coffee shop.
Starring: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin
Director: Martin Scorsese
I Give It a Year (2013)
Comedy | Romance
After a year of marriage a pair of newlyweds begin to suspect that they've made the wrong choice in this British comedy from first-time director Dan Mazer. Nine months after the wedding that all their friends thought wasn't such a great idea, Nat (Rose Byrne) and Josh (Rafe Spall) are beginning to recognise that perhaps the naysayers were right after all. But as they both agree to try and make a go of it, neither wanting to be the one to admit defeat, Nat begins to fall for the charms of Guy (Simon Baker), one of her clients, whilst Josh realises that he still has the hots for his ex, Chloe (Anna Faris).
Starring: Simon Baker, Rose Byrne, Rafe Spall, Anna Faris, Minnie Driver, Stephen Merchant
Director: Dan Mazer
Tad, the Lost Explorer / Las aventuras de Tadeo Jones (2012)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family
Tadeo Jones is a construction worker who dreams of becoming an archaeologist. A misunderstanding leads him to be mistaken as an expert of tombs and ancient cities and thus he embarks on an exciting adventure to Peru in the company of a diverse and unique group of friends.
Starring: Michelle Jenner, Miguel Ángel Jenner, Adam James, Fiona Glascott, Carles Canut, Óscar Barberán
Director: Enrique Gato
21 & Over (2013)
Comedy
When Straight-A college student Jeff Chang's two best friends take him out for his 21st birthday on the night before an important medical school interview, what was supposed to be a quick beer becomes a night of humiliation, over indulgence and utter debauchery.
Starring: Justin Chon, Skylar Astin, Miles Teller, Sarah Wright, François Chau
Director: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave / Return of the Living Dead 5 (2005)
Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi
This fifth film in the Return of the Living Dead series proves the zombies haven't lost any of their bite. A hard-partying college student discovers a container that houses a mysterious chemical. His enterprising mind thinks that it may make the next great party drug, and so he sells "Z" to students throughout the school. But Z doesn't just make a party more fun; it turns the user into a starving zombie, just in time for the Halloween rave.
Starring: Aimee-Lynn Chadwick, Cory Hardrict, John Keefe, Jenny Mollen, Peter Coyote, Claudiu Bleont
Director: Ellory Elkayem
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Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis / Return of the Living Dead 4 (2005)
Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi
The Hybra-Tech Corporation is experimenting with the Living Dead Zombies, trying to create a super-army, ready for world domination and fed on brains. When teenaged Zeke is taken into the bowels of Hybra-Tech for a little live experimentation, a gang of his teenage buddies break into the research facility and try to rescue him — but in the process, all hell and a few hundred zombies break loose…
Starring: Aimee-Lynn Chadwick, Cory Hardrict, John Keefe, Jana Kramer, Peter Coyote, Elvin Dandel
Director: Ellory Elkayem
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