Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2014)
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The Hour of the Pig (1993)
Biography, Crime, Dark Comedy, Drama, Historie, thriller film
The Hour of the Pig is set in 15th-century France and is based upon the career and case files of Bartholomew Chassenee, an actual lawyer of the time who served as an advocate for animals who were accused of crimes. At the time, animal trials were used to determine if animals were the perpetrators of supernatural mayhem. Animals were subject to the same civil laws and penalties as human beings under French law, 1403–1596.
Revenge of the Red Baron (1994)
Comedy
The Red Baron returns in a toy plane to kill the former World War I flying ace that shot him down.
It's a Disaster (2012)
Comedy, Dark Comedy, disaster film
Four couples gather for a regular brunch which, over the years, has devolved into a gathering fraught with tension and awkwardness. One guest (Glenn) is meeting the others for the first time, on his third date with Tracey, the notoriously picky doctor in the group. As they settle into the afternoon (awaiting an "always late" fifth couple, Jenny and Gordon), they get to know the new member of the group and catch up on old times.
No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
Comedy, comedy thriller, Police Film, thriller film
Christopher Gill is a serial killer fixated on his late mother, a noted stage actress. Gill preys on lonely middle-aged women. A Broadway theatre owner and director, he adopts various disguises in order to put his victims at ease and avoid identification, impersonating characters such as an Irish priest, a German plumber, a flamboyant gay hairdresser, a policeman, and a transvestite.
The World's Greatest Lover (1977)
Comedy, Parody
In the silent film era, Rainbow Studios executives figure they are losing revenue to a rival studio because they do not have Rudolph Valentino. Led by studio head Adolph Zitz, they decide to hold a contest for the World's Greatest Lover in order to find a star to combat Valentino's popularity. Rudy Hickman is a neurotic baker from Milwaukee, but aspires to become a Hollywood star.
Funny About Love (1990)
romantic comedy
New York cartoonist Duffy Bergman marries gourmet chef Meg Lloyd. Meg wants to have a baby. Duffy agrees, but after unsuccessful attempts, Duffy encourages her to focus on her career and come back to the child issue later.
The Time of Their Lives (2017)
Comedy, Road Movie
Joan Collins abandons her usual glamour to play a faded and forgotten movie star living in an old folks home in London, who determines to somehow travel to her ex-lover's funeral in France in the hopes of staging a comeback. She coerces downtrodden housewife Priscilla (Pauline Collins) into accompanying her on the eventful journey, during which the odd duo become involved with a reclusive artist, played by Franco Nero. At the outset the selfish, egocentric, manipulative Helen seems to have little in common with the timid Priscilla, however during the course of their adventure the two women undergo life changes that bond them together.
Class Rank (2017)
romantic comedy
Two high school outsiders join forces in an attempt to overtake the local school board. Guided by their families, they enter the perilous world of politics and in the process, learn a thing or two about love.
Man Trouble (1992)
romantic comedy
Harry Bliss runs a guard dog service and is going through counseling with his wife Adele. A serial killer is on the loose in Los Angeles, so when the apartment of classical singer Joan Spruance is ransacked and she starts receiving threatening phone messages, Joan moves into the Hollywood Hills home of her sister Andy Ellerman. Joan does not feel safe at Andy's home because she is harassed by Andy's ex-lovers.
Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus (2010)
Action, Adventure, Animal horror, Comedy, Comedy horror, disaster film, Drama, Horror, independent film, monster film, natural horror film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film
Deep in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an illegal diamond mining operation awakens a giant prehistoric crocodile of 1,500 feet (460m). Meanwhile, on the Atlantic Ocean, the US Navy warship USS Gibson is attacked and sunk by the megalodon that ended up surviving suffocation by the octopus in the first film. Lt.
Carry on Up the Jungle (1970)
Adventure, Comedy, Parody
Ornithologist Professor Inigo Tinkle tells a less-than-enraptured audience about his most recent expedition to Africa in search of the Oozlum bird, which is said to fly in ever decreasing circles until it disappears up its own rear end. Financing the expedition is Lady Evelyn Bagley and the team is led by the lecherous Bill Boosey and his African guide Upsidasi. Also on the expedition is Tinkle's assistant, Claude Chumley and June, Lady Bagley's maidservant.
The Night Before Christmas (1941)
Cartoon
'Twas the Night Before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. But Jerry emerges from his hole avoiding a Christmas-themed mousetrap placed by his hole. Jerry nears the Christmas presents, jumping merrily around the tree, licking candy canes and jumping onto a plush toy lion that squeaks.
Feast III: The Happy Finish (2009)
Action, Animal horror, Comedy horror, monster film, Splatter Film
Honey Pie is mauled and beheaded by a monster, which quickly digests and excretes her head. Lightning survived the explosion near him and stumbles off. The remaining survivors (Biker Queen, Tat Girl, Tit Girl, Secrets, Bartender, Slasher, and Greg, now with a pipe lodged in his head) are then attacked by monsters on the roof of the building where they are hiding.
Walking with the Dead (2015)
Comedy horror, Horror, Post-apocalyptic, zombie comedy
A zombie outbreak is caused by a sushi chef not washing his hands before preparing a meal, gloveless, for homeless dumpster-divers. 29 days later in a hospital, a zombie named Romeo thinks to himself how zombies are slowly regaining humanity. He evades survivors Chicago (who is looking for porn) and Green Bay, who meets idiotic Sheriff Lincoln (Dave Sheridan), who has woken from a coma; his son Chris accidentally hits him with a baseball, making him misremember Chris' name.
Ginger e Fred (1986)
Comedy, Drama
Amelia Bonetti, whose stage name is "Ginger", and Pippo Botticella, whose stage name is "Fred", were a famous dancing team known for imitating Ginger Rogers' and Fred Astaire's dance routines, and have retired for close to thirty years. They have been chosen for a televised reunion on a Christmas special for the variety show We Are Proud to Present. Amelia, now a widowed grandmother, accepts as another moment in the limelight while Pippo needs the money.
Slapstick of Another Kind (1982)
Comedy, Science fiction, science fiction comedy
The People's Republic of China is severing relations with all other nations. They have mastered the art of miniaturization, and have shrunk all their people to the height of two inches. The ambassador of China, Ah Fong, announces during a press conference that the key to all knowledge can be found from twins.
Up Pompeii (1971)
Comedy, historical film, Historie
Lurcio becomes the inadvertent possessor of a scroll bearing all the names of the proposed assassins of Nero. The conspirators need to recover the scroll fast, but it has fallen into the hands of Lurcio's master, Ludicrus Sextus, who mistakenly reads the contents of the scroll to the Senate. Farcical attempts are made to retrieve the scroll before Pompeii is eventually consumed by the erupting Vesuvius.
Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (1966)
crossover fiction, Drama, Horror, Vampire, Western
The film centers on Dracula's plot to convert Billy the Kid's fiancé, Betty Bentley, into his vampire bride. Dracula impersonates Betty's deceased uncle, calling himself "Mr. Underhill", and schemes to make her his vampire bride.
Monster Mash: The Movie (1995)
Comedy, Comedy horror, monster film, musical film, Vampire
A teenage couple, Mary and Scott, are on their way home from a Halloween party when car trouble prompts them to seek help at the old mansion of Victor Frankenstein, a mad scientist from Hyannis Port. Once inside, they meet a host of strange characters resembling the Universal Classic Monsters, at whose mercy Scott and Mary suddenly find themselves when Frankenstein informs them, "I'm sorry the bridge is out, you'll have to spend the night!" Each character has his or her own secret designs on Mary and Scott. Frankenstein wants to take Scott's brain and put it in his latest creation.
Elvis Has Left the Building (2004)
Comedy, romantic comedy
The film opens with Harmony (Basinger) driving down a long, winding road, the music of Elvis playing on the radio. She feels that her life is empty and artificial. She is a traveling cosmetic saleswoman, setting up "Pink Lady" training seminars in the western portion of the United States.
Everybody Says I'm Fine! (2001)
soundtrack
The film revolves around a small group of elite Mumbaikars whose lives converge at a hairdresser's salon. Xen owns the salon and has a unique gift of connecting with the minds of his clients and reading their thoughts while at work. Most of his customers maintain a facade of normality in order to gain semblance and hide their tumultuous lives to some extent.
Stella Street (2004)
comedy television program
Crackerjack (2002)
Comedy, sport film
Jack Simpson is a wisecracking, directionless layabout who works at an inner city telemarketing firm. For years he has been a member at the Cityside Lawn Bowls Club (in fact he has three memberships), but he has never played a single game, having only joined to get the free parking spaces from which he makes extra cash by renting them to his workmates. But Cityside is in dire financial trouble and a greedy developer, Bernie Fowler, wants to turn it into a soulless pokies venue.