10 Things I Hate About You
The story of high school newcomer Cameron James, and his pursuit of Bianca, the girl of his dreams. His plans are thwarted when he finds out he cannot date Bianca until her older sister, the social outcast Kat, has a boyfriend. A witty high school re-telling of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW….
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High Fidelity (Wide Screen)
Nick Hornby’s popular novel makes the shift from London to Chicago in this Hollywood adaptation from the writing team responsible for GROSSE POINT BLANK. John Cusack stars as Rob, a thirtysomething record store owner who searches for the answer to the seemingly impossible question: Does he listen to pop music because he feels miserable, or is the music the cause of his misery…
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Deuce Bigalow Male Gigolo
Schneider is Deuce Bigalow, a bumbling fish tank cleaner. When Antoine, a successful gigolo with a sick fish, has to leave the country for a few weeks, he offers Deuce the opportunity to housesit for him. Predictably, Deuce manages to trash the place and must enlist the aid of pimp TJ (Griffin) to help him pay for the damages. TJ turns him, in a series of absurd preparations, into a prostitute. The subsequent encounters with self-conscious females provide the film with its biggest laughs, and ev…
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Blackbeard’s Ghost
Blackbeard has been cursed by his wife so that his spirit constantly lingers between the world of the living and the dead. In an attempt to break the curse, he returns to Earth to enact a good deed, but can he break away from his evil past?…
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Raising Helen
Helen Harris (Kate Hudson) is a rising star in the New York City fashion world, just on the brink of being promoted to agent at a premiere modeling agency. The sudden death of her older sister (Felicity Huffman) and her brother-in-law shocks Helen from her exciting life of photo shoots, nightclubs, and hot dates. It brings her back to reality, a reality that includes custody of two nieces (ages 15 and five) and a 10-year-old nephew. Free-spirited Helen suddenly finds her life turned upside down….
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Frank McKlusky
FRANK MCCLUSKY, C.I. is a comedy about a very dedicated insurance investigator who goes to great lengths to root out conspiracies and frauds. Dave Sheridan stars as Claims Inspector McKlusky, a man driven into the insurance fraud investigation profession after the tragic death of his father, the inept stunt man Daredevil McKlusky (Quaid), left young McKlusky and his mother (Parton) penniless because of insurance fraud. However, when his partner dies in a mysterious accident, McKlusky becomes con…
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Waking Up In Reno
Billy Bob Thornton, Natasha Richardson, Charlize Theron, and Patrick Swayze star in this redneck road trip comedy that is a twisted mixture of the 1969 wife-swapping classic BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE and 1997’s VEGAS VACATION. Lonnie Earl (Thornton) is a self-centered Little Rock, Arkansas car dealer who is married to Darlene (Richardson). Lonnie is looking for a little excitement, so together with his dim-witted best friend Roy (Swayze) and Roy’s wife Candy (Theron), the foursome decide to make…
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Down And Out In Beverly Hills
Bette Midler and Richard Dreyfuss star as Barbara and Dave Whiteman, a nouveau riche Beverly Hills couple whose entire household is turned upside down with one act of uncharacteristic generosity. On a typically sunny afternoon, Dave spies Jerry (Nick Nolte), a homeless man, attempting to drown himself in their swimming pool. Dave rescues Jerry and then invites him to stay with the family, shocking Barbara, his high maintenance wife; Max (Evan Richards), his disgruntled son; and Carmen (Elizabeth…
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Ruthless People
A comedy based on the rag trade, where new designs are fair game for ruthless competitors. A fashion millionaire’s wife is kidnapped, but when the kidnappers try to extort money they find that he has gone out celebrating with his mistress….
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Tin Men
In 1963 two less than honest ‘tin men’, aluminium cladding salesmen, meet in a traffic accident. Their quick tempers turn the minor crash into an hilarious game of one-up-manship in which their cars become the targets of their mutual hot blood….
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The Distinguished Gentleman
Following the death of Senator Jeff Johnson, Florida conman Thomas Jefferson Johnson decides to put his name on the ballot papers and is elected into Congress. His plan to extort as much money as possible is hindered, however, when he meets political activist Celia Kirby……
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The Station Agent
When his friend and co-worker suddenly dies, train enthusiast Finbar McBride (Peter Dinklage) inherits an abandoned railway station in rural New Jersey. A dwarf who avoids social contact whenever possible, Fin treks out to the property and moves in. However, his newly isolated life is disrupted by the arrival of the well meaning Joe and Olivia. Joe (Bobby Cannavale), is an outgoing operator of a roadside refreshment stand, and Olivia (Patricia Clarkson), is a reclusive artist who is grieving the…
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Our House
Danny DeVito directs Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore in this devilish black comedy reminiscent of DeVito’s THROW MOMMA FROM THE TRAIN and THE WAR OF THE ROSES. Alex Rose (Stiller) and Nancy Kendricks (Barrymore) are a young, professional, New York couple in search of their dream home. When they finally find the perfect Brooklyn brownstone house they are giddy with anticipation. The house is a dream come true, complete with multiple fireplaces, except for one thing: Mrs. Connelly (Eileen Essel), t…
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Haunted Mansion
Eddie Murphy stars in this spooky, CGI-packed Disney film, based on the famous Disney World attraction. He plays Jerry, a workaholic estate agent who interrupts his family’s vacation to check out a remote mansion that’s for sale. But soon he and his family are trapped in the haunted house and are screaming for their lives. Terence Stamp is the ghost butler, and Nathaniel Parker is the ghost owner who falls for Jerry’s wife, Sara (Marsha Thomason), believing she is the reincarnation of his lost l…
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View From The Top
This breezy comedy from director Bruno Barreto (FOUR DAYS IN SEPTEMBER) stars Gwyneth Paltrow as Donna, a young woman who dreams of escape from her rural Nevada home town. Her life changes when she sees Sally Weston (Candice Bergen) on TV talking about her book, My Life in the Sky, and her fabulous career traveling the world as a flight attendant. Soon, the plucky Donna has a job at a small Nevada airline that caters to gamblers and drunks and, along with fellow trainees Sherry (Kelly Preston) a…
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The Three Fugitives
Lucas, a bank robber newly released from prison, is given a lift to the bank by two local cops who are taking bets on how long they think he’ll remain straight. Once inside the bank Lucas is taken hostage by an amateur thief and is forced into going on the run with the man and his six-year-old daughter……
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The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain
A mapmaker upsets an entire town when he declares their prized landmark too short to be called a ‘mountain’. While the local people rally to defend their ‘hill’ a young barmaid charms the mapmaker into seeing things their way……
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Disorganised Crime
Frank Salazar has cooked up the perfect crime. Enlisting the help of four crooks he plans to rob a bank. But he didn’t realise that he could be arrested before the crime over something completely different and neither did the rest of the gang……
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Straight Talk
A poor country girl becomes Chicago’s hottest radio celebrity….
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A Pyromaniac’s Love Story
An arsonist burns down a local bakery and everyone except the real culprit pleads guilty… Romantic comedy….
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