Category: Comedy
Posted on May 10, 2012 |
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The Contract / Mai shen qi (1979)
Comedy
The contract is a piece of almost blank paper by which MTV binds all its employees to eight years of impecunious service. Chi-Man, an aspiring but frustrated artist, hates the contract since he is given no chance of getting ahead. He constantly thinks of moving to greener pastures. His brother Chi-Ying is a self-made investor who has just come up with a laugh bomb. By chance, Chi-Man becomes the host of a Cat TV program. With the aid of the laugh bomb, he becomes an instant success, yet…
Starring: Michael Hui, Ricky Hui, Samuel Hui
Director: Michael Hui
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Posted on May 10, 2012 |
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Treasure Inn / Cai Shen Ke Zhan (2011)
Action | Comedy
Master Kung and Lo Pa are two police officers of White Horse City, who have high skills but are underused. A robbery happened at he city's richest man Ho Pak Man's home where his whole family was killed and their family treasure the "White Jade Goddess of Mercy" was stolen and the "Police God" Tit Mo Ching investigates the case. Kung and Lo Pa cannot participate because of their low status.
Coincidentally, Master Kung and Lo Pa arrest a pair of twin sisters, Water Dragon Girl and Fire Dragon Girl, who always pretend to catch wanted criminals to get monetary rewards. The twin sisters know that the "White Jade Goddess of Mercy" would be brought to the "Treasure Inn" for an auction. Wanting to hit big, Master Kung and Lo Pa go to the "Treasure Inn" with the twin sisters to investigate the truth. During that time, Master Kung and Water Dragon Girl become lovers from a kiss.
Starring: Nick Cheung, Charlene Choi, Kenny Ho, Yi Huang, Philip Ng, Nicholas Tse, Yang Liu, Dawei Tong, Hei-Yi Cheng
Director: Jing Wong
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Tags: Charlene Choi, Dawei Tong, Hei-Yi Cheng, Jing Wong, Kenny Ho, Nicholas Tse, Nick Cheung, Philip Ng, Yang Liu, Yi Huang
Posted on May 8, 2012 |
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Hello Goodbye (2008)
Comedy
French film icons Gérard Depardieu and Fanny Ardant star in this romantic comedy about a Parisian couple in their fifties who share a comfortable life, a beautiful home, a posh country club and a midlife crisis.
Following a dream vacation to Israel where Alain (Depardieu) explores his Jewish roots, Gisèle (Ardant) insists they change their life and move to Tel Aviv. While Gisèle, a Jewish convert, finds her new life inspiring; Alain fights to embrace Hebrew, Jewish tradition and a new circumcision. Will Alain and Gisèle learn whether Shalom represents Hello or Goodbye?
Starring: Fanny Ardant, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Benguigui, Lior Ashkenazi, Sasson Gabai
Director: Graham Guit
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Posted on May 8, 2012 |
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The Gore Gore Girls / Blood Orgy (1972)
Comedy | Horror | Mystery
Strippers at a sleazy club are being mutilated at an alarming rate. A pretty reporter enlists the aid of a debonair detective to solve the case and land her a front-page story. Soon, the two are wading through evidence against a vegetable-pulverizing freak, a creepy college student, and a group of angry feminists.
Starring: Frank Kress, Amy Farrell, Hedda Lubin
Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis
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Posted on May 8, 2012 |
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Father of the Bride Part II (1995)
Comedy | Family | Romance
In this sequel to "Father of the Bride", George Banks must accept the reality of what his daughter's ascension from daughter to wife, and now, to mother means when placed into perspective against his own stage of life. As the comfortable family unit starts to unravel in his mind, a rapid progression into mid-life crisis is in his future. His journey to regain his youth acts as a catalyst for a kind of "rebirth" of his attitude on life when he and his wife, Nina, find how their lives are about to change as well.
Starring: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short, Kimberly Williams, Kieran Culkin
Director: Charles Shyer
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Posted on May 8, 2012 |
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Father of the Bride (1991)
Comedy | Family | Romance
In this remake of the Spencer Tracy classic, George and Nina Banks are the parents of young soon-to-be-wed Annie. George is a nervous father unready to face the fact that his little girl is now a woman. The preparations for the extravagant wedding provide additional comic moments.
Starring: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short, Kimberly Williams, Kieran Culkin
Director: Charles Shyer
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Posted on May 7, 2012 |
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One for the Money (2012)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Unemployed and newly-divorced Stephanie Plum lands a job at her cousin's bail-bond business, where her first assignment puts her on the trail of a wanted local cop from her romantic past.
Starring: Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara
Director: Julie Anne Robinson
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Posted on May 7, 2012 |
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Stir Crazy (1980)
Comedy | Crime
Skip and Harry are framed for a bank robbery and end up in a western prison. The two eastern boys are having difficulty adjusting to the new life until the warden finds that Skip has a natural talent for riding broncos with the inter-prison rodeo coming up.
Starring: Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, JoBeth Williams, Georg Stanford Brown, Craig T. Nelson
Director: Sidney Poitier
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Posted on May 3, 2012 |
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99 francs / 39,90 (2007)
Comedy | Drama
Octave is the master of the universe. Octave exercises the profession of copywriter. Today he decides what you will want tomorrow. For him, "man is a product like everything else." Octave works for the world's largest advertising agency, Ross & Witchcraft, nicknamed "The Ross." He's swimming in money, girls and coke. Even so, he has his doubts. Two events will turn Octave's life on its head: his love affair with Sophie, the agency's most beautiful employee, and a meeting at Madone to sell an advertisement to this major company in the diary sector. Gifted Octave loses the plot and decides to rebel against the system that created him, by botching his greatest publicity campaign. From Paris, where agency bosses negociate deals, to Miami, where advertisements get shot while gulping anti-depressants, from Saint-Germain-de-Près to an isolated island in Central America, will Octave manage to escape his golden prison?
Starring: Jean Dujardin, Jocelyn Quivrin, Patrick Mille
Director: Jan Kounen
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Posted on May 2, 2012 |
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Rio Sex Comedy (2010)
Comedy
A group of strangers from different countries end up on Rio's sensual beaches. Seeking self fulfillment, they are looking for answers to existential questions. Yet it isn't until their different paths cross that they begin to understand why they came.
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Bill Pullman, Irène Jacob
Director: Jonathan Nossiter
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Posted on May 2, 2012 |
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Parenthood (1989)
Comedy | Drama
A comedy about parenthood, and dealing with the lives of a family, from several points of view.
Starring: Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Dianne Wiest, Jason Robards, Rick Moranis
Director: Ron Howard
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Posted on May 2, 2012 |
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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Adventure | Comedy
When best buddies Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Kevin Smith) discover that a major motion picture is being based on their likenesses, they head for Hollywood to claim the big movie money they deserve. But when the dopey duo learns that they've been cut out of the cash, they set out to sabotage the flick at all costs. Featuring a host of celebrity cameos set to a hot hit soundtrack, Jay and Silent Bob's raucous cross-country road trip is a crash course in the rules of the road with a nonstop assortment of outrageous characters that will have you laughing out loud!
Starring: Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Ben Affleck, Shannon Elizabeth
Director: Kevin Smith
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Posted on May 2, 2012 |
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Armageddon / Tin dei hung sam (1997)
Action | Comedy | Fantasy
In the near future 10 men are voted as the 10 who could lead the world; on the list is leading Hong Kong scientist Dr. Ken (Andy Lau). When some of the other important figures on the list start dying in suspicious cases of spontaneous human combustion, the Hong Kong CID and the British MI6 get involved to try and protect Dr. Ken. Ken's close friend in the Hong Kong police, Chiu (Anthony Wong) helps Ken stay out of trouble.
Starring: Andy Lau, Michelle Reis, Anthony Wong, Claudia Lau, Angel Wong, Yiu-Cheung Lai, Vincent Kok
Director: Gordon Chan
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Posted on May 1, 2012 |
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Time Bandits (1981)
Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A curious boy named Kevin is whisked away from his dreary English home by six mischievous dwarfs who have stolen/borrowed a map from the Supreme Being. The map reveals "time holes" that allow them to travel through history where they meet Robin Hood, King Agamemnon, and Napoleon and steal their treasures. However, the Supreme Being really wants his map back and continually interrupts Kevin and the time bandits as they rob their way through time.
Starring: Michael Palin, Sean Connery, John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm
Director: Terry Gilliam
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Posted on May 1, 2012 |
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The Benchwarmers (2006)
Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sport
Three guys (Rob Schneider, David Spade and Jon Heder) try to make up for their lack of athleticism when they were younger by forming a three-man baseball team to challenge a full squad of elementary school baseballers. They develop a large following of left-out kids as they head into a high-stakes, winner-take-all game with the best team of kids in the state.
Starring: Rob Schneider, David Spade, Jon Heder, Jon Lovitz, Craig Kilborn
Director: Dennis Dugan
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Posted on April 30, 2012 |
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This Is Not a Movie (2011)
Comedy | Drama
With the end of the world imminent, Pete Nelson (Edward Furlong) locks himself inside a Las Vegas hotel. There, he tries to understand his confused reality influenced by film, TV, pop culture, disinformation, drugs and propaganda. The journey that follows is a surreal, psychedelic, apocalyptic quest where nothing is what it seems.
Starring: Edward Furlong, Peter Coyote, Edi Gathegi
Director: Olallo Rubio
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Posted on April 29, 2012 |
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Men in Black II / MIIB (2002)
Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi
When a renegade Kylothian monster disguised as a lingerie model threatens the survival of the human race, the boys of the MIB get the call to step up and get busy. With their headquarters under siege and time running out, Agents Kay and Jay enlist the help of Frank the Pug and a posse of hard-living worms to help them kick some seriously sexy alien butt!
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Rip Torn, Lara Flynn Boyle, Johnny Knoxville
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
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Posted on April 29, 2012 |
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Men in Black / MIB (1997)
Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi
The adventures of J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones), two federal agents aka, The Men in Black, who are assigned to investigate all alien related phenomena. The agents uncover an intergalactic plot to assasinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies who happen to reside in New York City. Jay and Kay's mission is to foil the plot by tracking down the terrorist, thereby preventing the earth from being destroyed.
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rip Torn
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
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Posted on April 29, 2012 |
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The Host / Gwoemul (2006)
Comedy | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Careless American military personnel dump chemicals into South Korea's Han River. Several years later, a creature emerges from the tainted waters and sinks its ravenous jaws into local residents. It abducts Hyun-seo (A-sung Ko) the daughter of Kang-du (Kang-ho Song), who works at a food-stand on the banks of the river. The government announces that the monstrous thing is the Host of an unidentified virus. Having feared the worst, Kang-du receives a phone call from his daughter who is frightened, but very much alive. Kang-du soon makes plans to infiltrate the forbidden zone near the Han River to rescue his daughter.
Starring: Kang-ho Song, Hie-bong Byeon, Hae-il Park, Doona Bae, Ah-sung Ko
Director: Joon-ho Bong
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Tags: Ah-sung Ko, Doona Bae, Hae-il Park, Hie-bong Byeon, Joon-ho Bong, Kang-ho Song
Posted on April 29, 2012 |
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It's Only Money / It'$ Only Money (1962)
Comedy
Lester is a clumsy and awkward TV repair man who is nevertheless gifted technically. In helping out a friend, he is drawn into a mystery involving a missing heir in a rich family. He begins to notice little things, like how much those family portraits look like him. Surely..no..he can't be…can he ?
Starring: Jerry Lewis, Joan O'Brien, Zachary Scott
Director: Frank Tashlin
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