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81) Lead Balloon: S4
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Hapless Rick Spleen is back, and in this series, his career hits an all-time low - even by his own dismal standards. From public humiliation on live TV to private embarrassment at a comedy workshop, it seems everything Rick touches turns to mould. His idea of writing a novel gets stuck on page one, and when he lands a job as a presenter on a shopping channel, it seems he has finally found his niche. But when he's taken hostage by a knife-wielding...
82) Stella: S2
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
40-something mum Stella continues to juggle the ups and downs of family life amid the chaos of her eccentric friends, relatives and children's fathers.
83) Local Hero
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
English
Description
Peter Riegert and Academy Award winner Burt Lancaster star in Bill Forsyth's charming, offbeat comedy about Texas oilmen seduced by the charms of a tiny Scottish village -- LOCAL HERO.Oil billionaire Felix Happer's (Lancaster--Field of Dreams) company has struck oil in the North Sea, but it needs a port out of which to base its drilling operations. The perfect harbor is found in a seaside village, and Happer sends Mac (Riegert) to buy then entire...
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Adapting the award-winning novel by Paolo Cognetti, directors Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch portray through observant detail and stunning landscape photography the profound, complex relationship between Pietro and Bruno, who first meet as children when Pietro’s Milan family vacations in an isolated village at the base of the Alpine slopes. As they mature, Pietro becomes estranged from his business-minded father even as Bruno takes...
85) Him & Her
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
An intimate anti-romantic comedy about real-life love in its lazy, messy, everyday glory.
Publisher
GKIDS Films
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
From award-winning director Anca Damian comes the poetic and life-affirming story of Marona, an optimistic stray dog who looks back on the human companions she has loved throughout her life. Born the last in the litter, little Marona’s adventures take her through a series of names and owners – a colorful acrobat, a sensitive construction worker, and a little girl – with dazzling style, pushing animation in bold new directions. But through all...
87) The Ticket
Publisher
Shout Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
After James (Dan Stevens), a blind man, inexplicably regains his vision, he becomes possessed by a drive to make a better life for himself. However, his new improvements—a nicer home, a higher paying job, tailored suits, luxury car—leave little room for the people who were part of his old, simpler life: his plain wife (Malin Akerman) and close friend Bob (Oliver Platt). As his relationships buckle under the strain of his snowballing ambition,...
88) Enterprice
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Comedy written by Kayode Ewumi. Kazim and Jeremiah are two young entrepreneurs in the early stages of rolling out their home delivery service, Speedi-Kazz. Both are blessed with different skill sets: Kazim has the energy and confidence, Jeremiah has the brains - but on occasion these differences can leave them at loggerheads.
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
Edina runs a fashion agency, wears designer clothes and lives the life of a jet-setter. Her friend Patsy smokes like a chimney, drinks like a fish and dresses like a dream. Life would be one long party - if only Edina's swotty daughter would stop complaining and start joining in like a normal teenager…
90) The Intruder
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Français
Description
After receiving a heart transplant, an enigmatic loner (Michel Subor) journeys to Tahiti to reconnect with the son he fathered many years earlier.
91) The Big Red One
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
1980.
Language
English
Description
In one of the most powerful films ever made about World War II, director Samuel Fuller tells the semi-autobiographical story of a squad of sharpshooters trying not to die in THE BIG RED ONE. World War I veteran Sergeant Possum (Academy Award winner Lee Marvin) wants to get the job done and to get himself and his squad of green recruits out alive. It's just a job: Kill the enemy before they kill you. And through the seemingly endless bloodshed from...
92) Love Life
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
日本語
Description
Taeko and her husband, Jiro, are living a peaceful existence with their son. A tragic accident brings the boy's father, Park, back into her life.
93) Gigli
Publisher
Revolution Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
From director Martin Brest comes GIGLI, an unconventional romantic comedy starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez. When low-level hood Larry Gigli (Affleck) is given an assignment that gets him in way over his head, Ricki (Lopez), a gorgeous free spirited female enforcer is sent in to assist him. Gigli finds himself falling for the unavailable Ricki and goes to great lengths to win her affection. Yet the harder she resists him, the stronger their...
Publisher
GKIDS Films
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
日本語
Description
When you’re a bored teenager looking for thrills, sometimes the only thing you can turn to is rock ‘n roll. Having no skill, money, or even a full set of drums, a feared trio of high school delinquents nevertheless decide they are destined for musical glory in a quest to impress their only friend Aya, avoid a rival gang, and – most importantly – jam out. Animated almost entirely by director Kenji Iwaisawa, and featuring a lead performance...
96) Stella: S1
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Starring and created by Gavin and Stacey's Ruth Jones, Stella is a heartwarming comedy drama portraying family life in working class Wales. The fictional town of Pontyberry in the South Wales Valleys is home to Stella Morris - a 40-something divorcee with three kids and an ironing business. Eldest child Luke is in prison. Daughter Emma is 16, gorgeous, lazy and in love whilst Ben, the 13 year old brains of the family, has a natural inquisitiveness...
97) Wannabe
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Maxine used to be famous. Shiny, fabulous famous. Back in the '90s, Maxine released a hit single with teenage girl group Variety. But success was short-lived. Now Maxine's husband writes cheesy jingles for a living, her PA is a mobile phone app and the girl band she manages are threatening to fire her. Maxine decides to form Mum Pop, a girl band made up entirely of mums. Now Maxine just needs to find some mums. And music. And an audience.
99) The Haunting
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
1963.
Language
English
Description
Hill House has a reputation for evil. The mysterious New England mansion has been the scene of grisly murders. But when four people spend the night, they find themselves trapped by THE HAUNTING.Anthropologist Dr. John Markway (Richard Johnson), who seeks to disprove the legends; heir to the mansion Luke Sannerson (Russ Tamblyn); psychic Theo (BAFTA Award winner Claire Bloom); and Eleanor Vance (Julie Harris), who has a tenuous hold on sanity, slowly...
100) I Want My Wife Back
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Ben Miller stars in a romantic comedy about one man's struggle to win back his wife. Murray is a devoted husband; he works hard, and is a loyal friend and colleague. When he throws a surprise birthday party for his wife Bex, it's Murray who gets the biggest shock of the night - she's leaving him. Murray's quest to win Bex back is going to be quite a battle. Whether accidentally assaulting a romantic rival, or failing to impress Bex with a tenuous...
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