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"The History of Sketch Comedy will appeal to all kinds of comedy fans as well as fans of Keegan-Michael Key. With epic personal tangents and hilarious asides, their story takes you on an illuminating look at all facets of comedy from the stock charactersof commedia del arte in the 16th century, to the rise of vaudeville and burlesque, the golden age of television comedy, the influence of the most well-known comedy schools, and ascension of comedy...
3) The Menu
Publisher
Searchlight Pictures
Language
English
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A young couple travels to a faraway secluded island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared an extravagant menu, with some shocking surprises.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
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Before all 626 experiments landed in Hawaii, Stitch was enjoying his new 'Ohana' with Lilo and Nani. It may have seemed like paradise, but little did they know something strange was about to happen ... Stitch has a glitch!
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"During the course of a career that began in the late 1940s, Lenny Bruce challenged the sanctity of organized religion and other societal and political conventions; he widened the boundaries of free speech. Critic Ralph Gleason said, "So many taboos havebeen lifted and so many comics have rushed through the doors Lenny opened. He utterly changed the world of comedy." Although Bruce died when he was only forty, his influence on the worlds of comedy,...
9) The lobster
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obligated to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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When an American-born Chinese woman attends a wedding in Singapore with her boyfriend, she discovers that his family is very wealthy and other women in his social class are trying to date him.
A native New Yorker Rachel Chu accompanies her longtime boyfriend, Nick Young, to his best friend₂s wedding in Singapore. Excited about visiting Asia for the first time but nervous about meeting Nick₂s family, Rachel is unprepared to learn that Nick has...
12) Long shot
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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A New York journalist gets hired as a speechwriter for a presidential candidate who, as it turns out, was his babysitter and secret love interest during his teenage years.
13) Jack and Jill
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Family guy Jack Sadelstein prepares for the annual event he dreads: the Thanksgiving visit of his twin sister, the needy and passive-aggressive Jill, who then refuses to leave.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
p2007
Language
English
Description
Tommy boy. 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...
16) No hard feelings
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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On the brink of losing her childhood home, Maddie discovers an intriguing job listing: wealthy helicopter parents looking for someone to "date" their introverted nineteen-year-old son, Percy, before he leaves for college. To her surprise, Maddie soon discovers the awkward Percy is no sure thing.
17) Repo man
Series
Criterion collection volume 654
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
About a weathered repo man in desolate downtown Los Angeles, and the nihilistic middle-class punk he takes under his wing. The job becomes more than either of them bargained for when they get involved in reclaiming a mysterious, and other worldly, Chevy Malibu with a hefty reward attached to it. Featuring the ultimate early-eighties L.A. punk soundtrack, this grungily hilarious odyssey is a politically trenchant take on President Reagan's domestic...
18) Instant family
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When a couple decide to become foster parents, they find themselves taking care of three siblings and struggling to learn about parenthood.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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From visionary director Emerald Fennell (Killing Eve) comes a delicious new take on revenge. Everyone said Cassie (Carey Mulligan) was a promising young woman…until a mysterious event abruptly derailed her future. But nothing in Cassie's life is what it appears to be: she's wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she's living a secret double life by night. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs of the...
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