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Summary
The incredible true story of aspiring filmmaker and Hollywood outsider Tommy Wiseau (James Franco) as he and his best friend Greg (Dave Franco) defiantly pursue their dreams and embark on the hilarious odyssey of making the now-infamous cult classic *The Room*. **Oscar** nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. **Golden Globe** winner for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. Nominated for Best Male Lead at the **Film...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Summary
While on the set filming, Bob the Tomato decides to respond to a fan's letter about 'waiting.' Meanwhile, everyone's patience is tested by spitting camels, a confused nurse, and a distracted film crew. Children learn that God always keeps his promises, even if they have to wait a while.
6) Enemy
Pub. Date
2014
Summary
Adam Bell, a glum, disheveled history professor who seems disinterested even in his beautiful girlfriend Mary. Watching a movie on the recommendation of a colleague, Adam spots his double; a bit-part actor named Anthony St. Clair, and decides to track him down. The identical men meet and their lives become bizarrely and irrevocably intertwined.
7) Bewitched
Pub. Date
[2005]
Summary
A feature film adaptation based on the long-running ABC television series. It tells the story of Samantha, a pretty modern day witch who tries to abandon her supernatural powers for the sake of her mortal husband Darren, but temptation gets in the way.
Pub. Date
c2012
Summary
A woman agrees to participate in a reality show designed to choose a bride for a movie star who needs to rebuild his failing career. While she proves a huge hit with both the actor and the audience, she is secretly falling for his manager, who feels torn as following his heart means destroying his friend's comeback.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Summary
The Rose family's dreams of escaping their town are suddenly thwarted when the town's potential buyer succumbs to a diabetic coma. It's now clear that their stay in this simple setting will be much longer than they ever imagined. Faced with this horrific truth, the Roses must do the only thing they can: change the town from within. Contains thirteen episodes and bonus features.
Pub. Date
c2009
Summary
Cilla McGowan is a former child star who buys her grandmother's farmhouse in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley to restore it from ruin. Her hope for serenity is soon shattered by haunting dreams of her famous grandmother who perished in the house thirty years before. She finds comfort in her neighbor, Ford Sawyer, who must protect her when the dark visions and family secrets spiral into a real-life nightmare.
11) Asteroid City
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Summary
The production of a play is frought with drama and romance in and of itself, from its writing and casting to rehearsals and staging. Onstage, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events while each attendee and their family members deal with their own interpersonal issues.
Pub. Date
2015
Summary
Meet the Weiss family, who are making their way in Hollywood rife with money, fame, envy, and relentless hauntings. Stafford Weiss is a famed TV self-help therapist with an A-list celebrity clientele. Meanwhile, Cristina Weiss has her work cut out managing the career of their disaffected child-star son, Benjie, a fresh graduate of rehab at age thirteen. Yet unbeknownst to them, another member of the Weiss family has arrived in town, mysteriously scarred...
13) The Artist
Pub. Date
[2012]
Summary
In 1927, George Valentin is a silent movie superstar. However, the advent of the talkies will kill his career and he will sink into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller, it seems the sky's the limit as major movie stardom awaits. Though their careers are taking different paths their destinies will become entwined.
14) Camp
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Summary
Guitarist Vlad attends Camp Ovation, the summer theater camp for budding actors, dancers, and musicians. Finding himself to be one of the only straight boys around, he soon befriends Ellen. Meanwhile, openly gay Michael develops a crush on him. This sparks dramatic confrontations among fellow campers Jenna, Jill, and Fritzi. The whole camp is run by Bert Hanley, a washed-up Broadway songwriter who decides to enlist the help of his young campers to...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Summary
The Roses have been growing as people and in prominence during their time in Schitt's Creek, and also closer as a family, which makes it even more bittersweet as their lives seem to be heading in vastly different directions. After a disaster-turned-success with "The Crows Have Eyes III" local red-carpet affair, Alexis must decide whether to continue her career or join Ted at his dream job in the Galapagos. Stevie backs away from the Rosebud to be...
16) Last looks
Pub. Date
[2022]
Summary
Charlie Waldo is an ex-LAPD superstar who left the force and now lives a life of simplicity and solitude deep in the woods. Alistair Pinch is an eccentric actor who spends his days drunk on the set of his TV show. When Pinch's wife is found dead, he is the prime suspect and Waldo is convinced to come out of retirement to investigate what happened. The case finds Waldo contending with gangsters, Hollywood executives, and pre-school teachers, all in...
Pub. Date
c2001
Summary
For an awkward, self-conscious girl like Kiki (Julia Roberts), being the personal assistant to a beautiful megastar like Gwen (Catherine Zeta-Jones) is no bowl of cherries. But when she dutifully accepts the task of helping Gwen and her estranged megastar husband Eddie (John Cusack) make it through one last public appearance masterminded by legendary but neurotic press agent Lee Phillips (Billy Crystal), forever devoted Kiki finds that her job satisfaction...
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Summary
To be or not to be? To act or not to act? The questions are the same to Joe, a struggling (jobless) actor whose every sinew and synapse cries out to perform and to soften the blow of not landing a part in a mega budget sci-fi movie. So in the stalwart (desperate) tradition of actors everywhere, Joe vows to put on a show, a special (even more desperate) version of the greatest play in the English tongue.
19) Birdman
Pub. Date
[2015]
Summary
A black comedy story of an actor famous for portraying an iconic superhero as he struggles to mount a Broadway play. In the days leading up to opening night, he battles his ego and attempts to recover his family, his career, and himself.
20) 3 faces
Pub. Date
[2019]
Summary
Actress Behnaz Jafari is distraught when she comes across a young girl's video plea for help after her family prevents her from taking up her studies at the Tehran drama conservatory. Behnaz abandons her shoot and turns to filmmaker Jafar Panahi to help with the young girl's troubles. They travel by car to the rural Northwest, where they have encounters with the charming and generous folk of the girl's mountain village. But Behnaz and Jafar also discover...