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42) Mafia mamma
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Language
English
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While seeing to her long estranged (and now deceased) grandfather’s affairs in Italy, Collette, a mild mannered suburban mom, unexpectedly inherits his mafia empire and finds herself stuck in the middle of a deadly mob war. Guided by the firm’s trusted consigliere (Monica Bellucci), she hilariously defies everyone’s expectations, including her own, as the new head of the family business.
Language
English
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Description
The story of Marisa Ventura (Jennifer Lopez), a single mother born and bred in the boroughs of New York City who works as a maid in a first-class Manhattan hotel. By a twist of fate and mistaken identity, Marisa meets Christopher Marshall (Ralph Fiennes), a handsome heir to a political dynasty who believes that she is a guest at the hotel. Destiny throws the unlikely pair together for one night, but when Marisa’s true identity is revealed, the two...
Language
English
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When an interdimensional rupture threatens to unravel reality, the fate of the world is suddenly in the hands of a most unlikely hero: Evelyn (Michelle Yeoh), a flustered immigrant mother. As bizarre and bewildering dangers emerge from the many possible worlds, she must learn to channel her newfound powers and fight her way through the splintering timelines to save her home, her family, and herself in this big-hearted and irreverent adventure through...
46) Adaptation
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Blends fictional characters and situations with the lives of real people: obsessive orchid hunter John Laroche, "New Yorker" journalist Susan Orlean, Hollywood screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and his twin brother Donald. As Charlie struggles to adapt a best-selling book, he writes himself into the movie plot.
Language
English
Description
Summoned by a will to his late grandfather's castle in Transylvania, young Dr. Frankenstein soon discovers the scientist's step-by-step manual explaining how to bring a corpse to life. Assisted by the hunchbacked Igor and the curvaceous Inga, he creates a monster who only wants to be loved.
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
The Three Stooges (Moe, Larry, Curly) are on a mission. Left on the doorstep of an orphanage run by nuns, the young trio grows up finger-poking, nyuk-nyuking, and woo-woo-wooing their way into trouble. Now years later, with the orphanage forced to close its doors, the Three Stooges embark on a wacky mission to save it. Hilarious mischief and mayhem ensue.
"...achieves a special kind of purity and gentleness."--New Yorker
"For the Farrellys, The...
51) Love and death
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
p2000
Language
English
Description
Woody Allen's satire of "War and Peace". Set in 1812 Russia a man condemned reviews the follies of his life.
52) Rhinoceros
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Rhinoceros tells the story of a French town plagued by rhinoceri. These are not ordinary rhinoceroses, but people who have been victims of "rhinoceritis." Or is it something else entirely?
53) Lights out
Publisher
Comedy Central
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Jo Koy's star continues to rise in his second, uncensored, stand-up special that was filmed at the Alex Theatre in Glendale California. Infectiously funny and painfully honest, Koy hits on such topics as the joys and struggles of fatherhood, growing up with strong and opinionated Filipino women, sleep apnea, and role playing. Special features: two featurettes.
54) The apartment
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
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Description
An ambitious office clerk plans to get ahead by lending out his apartment to his boss, but falls in love with the boss's girlfriend.
56) Road trip
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
p2000
Language
English
Description
The exploits of three college friends as they travel from New York to Texas for adventure and romance.
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Language
English
Description
After falling off the roof at a New Year's party, Owen decides that it's time to make some wholesale changes in his life. Over the next year, he quits drinking, re-enters his estranged son's life, reignites old friendships, falls in love… and soon finds that sometimes in life, you just need a little change.
60) Delicatessen
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006], c1991
Language
Français
Description
A sweet-natured clown takes a room in a rickety apartment building and becomes a catalyst in the lives of the other tenants.