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The Ideal Husband

Comedy

A couple is joyously expecting their first child, but a secret from the husband's past threatens to destroy their happiness. Tracey (Shanti Lowry, BET’s The Game), soon to be a new mother, is overjoyed at finally being able to have a child and prepares for a visit from her family for a big celebration. Her husband Devin (Darrin Dewitt Henson, Stomp The Yard, Soul Food), sidelined from the NFL due to a football injury, is also elated while physically working to build up his strength to return to the game. Their world, despite their financial hardships, is a happy one until Tracey receives a visitor at her beauty shop that reveals a past indiscretion that makes her question if her world is as happy and stable as she believes.

It Happened On 5th Avenue

Comedy

Each Christmas, an industrial tycoon and his family travel from New York City to Florida to spend the holiday season in the sun, and while they are gone, a philosophical homeless man takes up residence in the millionaire's Fifth Avenue mansion. Letting himself in through a hole in the fence, he puts on designer clothes, smokes expensive cigars, eats gourmet food, and opens up the townhouse to his homeless friends so that they, too, can share in the holiday spirit. When the real homeowner's daughter returns to NYC early and discovers the house has been taken over, the homeless haven is in danger of disappearing forever. However, the warmhearted nature of the homeless intruders reinvigorates the unhappy wealthy family, and everyone succumbs to the true spirit of Christmas. Starring Victor Moore ("Swing Time," "The Seven Year Itch"), Academy Award-nominee Ann Harding ("Holiday," "When Ladies Meet") and Emmy Award-nominee Charles Ruggles ("Bringing Up Baby," "The Parent Trap").

Leonard, Part 6

Comedy

Bill Cosby is a retired master secret agent-turned-restauranteur who suddenly finds himself in the midst of a perilous madcap action-adventure to save the world from lobsters, frogs, ostriches and other denizens of the animal kingdom. This comedic action-adventure co-stars Tom Courtenay, Joe Don Baker, Moses Gunn.

Another You

Comedy

Pryor and Wilder, the funniest combination since Wilder and Pryor, are up to some more funny business in Another You. In their fourth comic outing together following the classics, Silver Streak, StirCrazy, and See No Evil, Hear no Evil, the two play George and Eddie, two liars who just can't seem to kick the habit. What begins as a few harmless lies leads the two into a labyrinth of hilarious complications involving a missing millionaire, his beautiful wife, a dangerous estate executive and a major mistaken identity crisis. As the lies pile up, so do the laughs in this star-powered comedy featuring the sexy Mercedes Ruehl (Big, Married to the Mob) and Stephan Lang (Last Exit to Brooklyn, The Hard Way). With Another You, Pryor and Wilder prove once again to be one of the great comedy teams of their generation - and that's no lie.

Dear Heart (1964)

Comedy

Like a sailor with a girl in every port, Harry Mork has his own list of people, pulchritude and places. But that's changing for this roving salesman with a roving eye. He's found his match: a haughty, worldly-wise widow he plans to marry. But Harry's in for a big surprise. A blossoming wallflower named Evie has found him! With its bittersweet title tune (music by Henry Mancini), a tender, funny script by Tad Mosel (Up the Down Staircase) and top-notch stars under the direction of Academy Award winner Delbert Mann (Marty), Dear Heart has the kind of magic that wins hearts everywhere. Glenn Ford is errant-but-earnest Harry, dutifully engaged to a calculating small-town matron (Angela Lansbury). And Oscar® winner Geraldine Page is Evie, an out-of-towner in New York City for a convention – and embarking on a momentous journey following her wistful heart where it's never gone before.

Tommy Tiernan: Under the Influence

Comedy

The 1998 Perrier winner shows he is still one of the best in this autobiographical and irreverent collection of musings on all things sex, drugs and religion. Brilliantly peppered with some truly brilliant animal impersonations, settle down and enjoy a near perfect hour of gripping comedy from a top comic on top form.

John Branyan: Demeaning of Life

Comedy

In November of 1990, John took the stage at an Indianapolis comedy club with the intention of getting comedy out of his system.

Dog (2022)

Comedy

In this road-trip comedy, two hard-charging former Army Rangers paired against their will — Briggs (Channing Tatum) and a Belgian Malinois named Lulu — race down the Pacific Coast in hopes of making it to a fellow soldier’s funeral on time. Along the way, they’ll drive each other completely crazy, confront the possibility that pet psychics are real, and begin to reckon with the one thing they were trained never to do: surrender.

Something Big

Comedy

Dean Martin and Brian Keith star in this high-spirited Western packed with laughs and plenty of action. All Joe Baker (Martin) ever wanted was to do "something big", really big. But in order to accomplish it, he has to hold up a stagecoach and try to outrun his fiancé who's come to reclaim her man. Something Big is a classic, grand style adventure from the director of Chisum, Hellfighters and The Wild Geese.

The Year Between

Comedy

Inspired by true events, college sophomore Clemence Miller is coming home to the suburbs and a bedroom in her family's basement. After dropping out of school with a newly diagnosed mental illness, she now faces the challenges of bipolar disorder, the responsibilities of adulthood, and her damaged relationships with family and friends. Clemence struggles to figure out what it means to heal without driving everyone around her… well, crazy.As if reckoning with everything and everyone she has taken for granted wasn’t enough, Clemence has to wrestle with the thought that on top of it all, she might also just have a really bad personality.

Laurel & Hardy: Going Bye-Bye!

Comedy

After testifying against a murderer who promises vengeance, two witnesses decide to leave town. The plot echoed DO DETECTIVES THINK? but was timely because the biggest story in America then was the John Dillinger manhunt. The initial working title was PUBLIC ENEMIES. Directed by Charley Rogers. With Walter Long and Mae Busch.

It Happens Every Spring

Comedy

Chemistry professor Vernon Simpson (Ray Milland) has virtually no money, so marriage to the daughter (Jean Peters) of the university's president is out of the question. But when Vernon accidentally discovers a liquid that repels wood, it doesn't take long for the baseball lover to realize he has hit on something big. With the magic liquid in his glove, Vernon's astounding pitching performance for the local St. Louis team lands him a contract. As he pitches his team all the way to the World Series, success is just a game away until Vernon finds his catcher (Paul Douglas) has given away the last bottle of his special "hair tonic".

Get Low

Comedy

Academy Award® winner Robert Duvall (1984, Best Actor, Tender Mercies) is Felix Bush, the “Hermit of Caleb County,” a man so haunted by his secrets that he has lived in quiet desolation in the Tennessee backwoods for over 40 years. Realizing that he is near his own mortality, Bush decides to have a “living funeral party,” inviting people to tell their stories about him. Enlisting the help of Frank Quinn(Golden Globe® winner Bill Murray, 2004, Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, Lost in Translation) and Buddy Robinson (Lucas Black, Legion), Bush goes through a process of self-discovery, allowing him to deal with his past secrets, including ones involving old flame (and new widow) Mattie (Academy Award®winner Sissy Spacek, 1980, Best Actress, Coal Miner's Daughter).

Mom's Day Away

Comedy

Laura Miller is a happily married mother of two, but as another Mother’s Day draws near, Laura begins to feel unappreciated in her household. Feeling as though motherhood has halted her own personal and professional aspirations, Laura seeks escape with her unmarried, but very successful friend. Though Laura thrives during her Mother’s Day break in Napa, she soon discovers that without family, the thrills of life’s successes and adventures don’t mean as much.

Hannah And Her Sisters

Comedy

Hannah is almost the perfect TV housewife, giving up a promising acting career to raise a family. Even after she begins to suspect her husband of philandering with one of her sisters, she continues to be the perfect wife and mother. When her hypochondriac ex-husband/ TV producer shows up, things really begin to happen.

Dependent’s Day

Comedy

In this hilarious romantic comedy, non-working actor Cam is claimed as a “dependent” by his successful breadwinning girlfriend Alice. As he stumbles from one humiliating job to the next, he still tries to keep his dream alive as well as his relationship. Will Cam ever rise to the occasion? Will Alice have the patience to find out? 'Dependent's Day' is a funny and heartfelt look at dreams, compatibility, and the crazy adventures of being in love.

Spaced Invaders

Comedy

They're hip! They're hilarious! Earth will never be the same! It's a close encounter of the hilarious kind when five of the universe's coolest aliens crash-land on Planet Earth. Piloted by an ultra-hip Martian, the cosmic crew ends up in a sleepy Midwestern town. Unfortunately, it's Halloween night and the citizens mistake these spaced invaders for harmless trick-or-treaters. Instead of the global invasion they planned on, these misguided Martians bungle their way into a series of madcap misadventures! Get set for an outrageous blast of intergalactic fun and outlandish special effects in this whacked-out comedy-adventure!

Teenage Rebel

Comedy

A fifteen year old girl is reunited with her mother after spending eight years living with her divorced father and is resentful of her mother, her new step-Father and her step-Brother. The younger brother along with the neighborhood kids gradually help the girl realize she is loved and wanted.

David Cross: The Pride Is Back

Comedy

Comedian David Cross hits the stage with this stand-up special. The co-star of HBO's cult comedy series 'Mr. Show With Bob and David,' Cross promises to skewer anything and everything in this performance taped live at the Show Box Theater in Seattle.

Plain Clothes

Comedy

"Whodunnit?" might be grammatically incorrect, but it's a question undercover cop Nick Dunbar must answer to unravel the mysteries surrounding the murder of a high school teacher. Posing as a student, Nick faces the same peer pressures and bureaucratic problems that plagued his real high school years - including some outrageous extracurricular activities. Arliss Howard (Full Metal Jacket) is hilarious as Nick. And Suzy Amis (Fandango), George Wendt (Cheers), Robert Stack and Abe Vigoda are wonderfully weird as the teachers of Stevenson High. Together, they make Plain Clothes a textbook case of comedy and suspense.

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