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Pub. Date
[2019]
Summary
New York City architect Natalie works hard to get noticed at her job but is more likely to be asked to deliver coffee and bagels than to design the city's next skyscraper. And if things weren't bad enough, Natalie, a lifelong cynic when it comes to love, has an encounter with a mugger that renders her unconscious, waking to discover that her life has suddenly become her worst nightmare, a romantic comedy, and she is the leading lady.
Series
Summary
Four classic comedies starring the Three Stooges. Disorder in the court: the Stooges get involved in the trial of a fan dancer who is accused of shooting her lover. Brideless groom: Shemp must marry to inherit $500,000. Malice in the palace: the Stooges try to recover diamond stolen from King Rutin-Tutin's Tomb. Sing a song of six pants: The Stooges try to pay off past due notes to Skin & Flint by capturing a burglar.
Series
Summary
Sex always gets in the way of friendships between men and women. At least, that's what Harry Burns believes. So when Harry meets Sally Albright and a deep friendship blossoms between them, Harry's determined not to let his attraction to Sally destroy it. But when a night of weakness ends in a morning of panic, can the pair avoid succumbing to Harry's fears by remaining friends and admitting they just might be the perfect match for each other?
Pub. Date
2009
Summary
A committed bachelor who thinks nothing of breaking up with several women on a conference call is visited by the ghosts of his former jilted girlfriends, who take him on a hilarious adventure through his failed relationships - past, present, and future.
"... the season's first genuine guilty pleasure."--New York Post
"McConaughey and Garner have perfect chemistry."--ReelzChannel
"...prankish and inventive..."--Entertainment Weekly
6) Bride wars
Pub. Date
2009
Summary
Best friends Liv and Emma have shared a dream since childhood: each yearns for the perfect June wedding at New York's famed Plaza Hotel. When a clerical error puts them both down for nuptials on the same day at the same time, so one of them will just have to switch the date, right? As if!
Pub. Date
c2003
Summary
Charlie and Louis are from Brooklyn. Charlie's stepfather, Sal, is a crime kingpin who has loaned Charlie a lot of money. Sal sends Charlie and Lewis to Australia, where they're to meet and deliver a large amount of cash to a mysterious Mr. Smith. En route to the outback, Charlie and Louis accidentally run over a kangaroo, and they decide to dress the marsupial in sunglasses and Louis' favorite jacket for snapshots. Since the animal wasn't dead, it...
8) Leap year
Pub. Date
2010.
Summary
When Anna's four-year anniversary to her boyfriend passes without an engagement ring, she decides to take matters into her own hands. Inspired by an Irish tradition that allows women to propose to men on Leap Day, Anna follows Jeremy to Dublin to propose to him. But after landing on the wrong side of Ireland, she must enlist the help of the handsome and carefree local Declan to get her across the country. Along the way, they discover that the road...
9) Cadillac man
Pub. Date
c2002, 1989
Summary
Whether he's pitching himself, or his high-priced luxury cars at Turgeon Auto Sales, Joey O'Brien never lets a day go by without "doing" someone good. But Joey's schmoozed through life on cruise control...and now he's riding in the hot seat.
10) Knives out
Summary
A tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie and a fun, modern-day murder mystery where everyone is a suspect. When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth...
11) Best men
Pub. Date
2002
Summary
Fresh out of jail, the groom is met by his friends to escort him to the altar. But on the way, one friend decides to stop and rob a bank, forcing the angry bride to join them in the stand-off.
Summary
In 1940s Indiana, nine-year-old Ralphie dreams of his ideal Christmas gift: a genuine Red Ryder 200-shot carbine action air rifle. But when gruff dad and doting mom regularly respond with "You'll shoot your eye out!" Ralphie mounts a full-scale Santa-begging campaign. He encounters a slew of calamities from snowsuit paralysis to the dreaded tongue-on-a-frozen-flagpole gambit.
13) The kid
Summary
International superstar Bruce Willis (Unbreakable, The Sixth Sense) along with Lily Tomlin (9 to 5, Tea with Mussolini), Emily Mortimer (Scream 3, The Newsroom), and newcomer Spencer Breslin star in the hilarious and heartwarming comedy Disney's The Kid. Successful, high-powered Russ Duritz (Willis) has spent all of his incredibly empty life forgetting the child he used to be -- until one day, he meets him face-to-face! Thinking this kid is a hallucination,...
Pub. Date
2009
Summary
Trying to better her financial situation, a single mother starts a crime scene cleaning business and asks her unreliable sister to join her. Together they clean up the deadly messes left by others, and deal with the messes in their own lives as well.
"A smartly done morality tale that couldn't be more in synch with these troubled times."--Los Angeles Times
"Dark humor intersperses with poignant moments."--USA Today
"It's a solid depiction of a...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Summary
A backstage look at the making of Nora Ephron's revered trilogy—When Harry Met Sally, You've Got Mail, and Sleepless in Seattle—which brought romantic comedies back to the fore, and an intimate portrait of the beloved writer/director who inspired a generation of Hollywood women, from Mindy Kaling to Lena Dunham.
In I'll Have What She's Having entertainment journalist Erin Carlson tells the story of...
In I'll Have What She's Having entertainment journalist Erin Carlson tells the story of...
17) Despicable me 2
Pub. Date
2013
Summary
Recruited by the Anti-Villain League, Gru helps deal with a powerful new super criminal.
Pub. Date
2016.
Summary
The long-awaited follow-up to the highest-grossing romantic comedy of all time. The film reveals a Portokalos family secret that will bring the beloved characters back together for an even bigger and Greeker wedding.
"The sequel is a little like a bear hug from a beloved old relative..."--Los Angeles Times.
"Vardalos is wonderful, and 88-year-old Michael Constantine casually pockets every scene he's in."--Richard Roeper.
"Some elements are even...
19) A dim valley
Pub. Date
[2020]
Summary
A curmudgeonly biologist and his stoner graduate students encounter a group of mysterious backpackers who disrupt their lives in surprising ways.
