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Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now

Ellen DeGeneres has carved out a special place for herself in the pantheon of stand-up comedy superstars, thanks to her honest observations and off-the-wall wit. Now, she's back on stage with this full-length stand-up show taped live at New York City's Beacon Theater. The show features her novel observations about life's everyday realities, and will feature her whimsical take on any number of issues facing men, women and society today.

Bana Masal Anlatma

Riza (Fatih Artman) is a minibus driver universally loved by the folk of Surici, the neighborhood of old Istanbul where he was born and raised. Ayperi (Hande Dogandemir), on the other hand, is the outsider who will turn Riza’s life upside down, as well as everything he knows and is familiar with. Riza, the shy young minibus driver with a heart of gold, who has had no luck with girls... And Ayperi, the exquisite fairytale princess who changes everything she turns a hand to for the better...

Epic Movie

The hilarious hi-jinks begin when a hapless group of orphans from curious backgrounds come together to embark on an adventure that takes them to a special chocolate factory where they fall into an enchanted wardrobe and wind-up in a magical land. Here, hilarity ensues when the bungling bunch run into a colorful collection of characters including a flamboyant pirate and a gang of wizardry-apprentices who they join forces with to overthrow the wicked White Witch of Gnarnia.

Eagle vs. Shark

A funny, fractured romance between two total misfits woven into an all consuming quest for revenge and shot through with the strange, sweet hilarity of the human condition. When Lily (Horsley), a lonely, oddball fast food waitress and hopeless romantic, and Jarrod (Clement), another lonely oddball and video game clerk who has spent the last decade plotting revenge against a bully from high school, connect at a dress as your favorite animal party, it's a match seemingly made in outcast Heaven. But when Lily decides to risk everything for love, her hopes are nearly dashed as, after a brief fling, Jarrod dumps her because he's too busy training for his all important payback mission. But neither of them can anticipate the grit the steadfastly optimistic Lily will show in her heartbreak. As Jarrod's day of reckoning arrives and everything hits the fan, Jarrod and Lily will find something that goes beyond romantic fantasies and revenge faith in who they are.

Friends With Money

Jennifer Aniston, Catherine Keener, Frances McDormand and Joan Cusak star in the story of four best friends whose comfortable lives are thrown off balance as the realities of early middle age set in. It paints a painfully hilarious portrait of modern life in the class-sensitive West side of Los Angeles. Written and directed by Nicole Holofcener (Lovely and Amazing), Friends With Money was the Opening Night Selection at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and is being hailed as "Terrific" (Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times), "Acutely perceptive and slyly quick-witted" (Allison Benedikt, Chicago Tribune).

Breathing Happy

In this mind-bending drama, recovering addict Dylan (Shane Brady, DOCTOR SLEEP and THE ENDLESS) is ready to celebrate one year of sobriety on Christmas Day. Before the clock can strike midnight, his past demons tempt him to fail, in the form of a talking golden door, his ex-drug dealer, and magic tricks. Will Dylan experience relapse, or rebirth? A wildly surreal yet emotionally moving update on IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE.

Now and Then

Demi Moore, Rosie O'Donnell and Melanie Griffith star in this nostalgic story of growing up in America. For four of the brightest and most successful women from Shelby, Indiana, the summer of 1970 was the year they turned 12, discovered what boys looked like naked and made a friendship pact that has lasted into adulthood. Now they have returned to fulfill a promise made that summer.

Wife Versus Secretary

Of course Linda Stanhope trusts her husband Van. Their marriage is based on love and respect. Who cares if Van's secretary has the face of an angel and the body of a chorus girl? Who says a blonde bombshell can't type and take dictation? But people are whispering. And when Linda calls Van's hotel room late at night during his solo business trip to Havana, guess who answers? Four Golden Era greats; Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and Myrna Loy as the romantic triangle and a lanky newcomer named James Stewart as Harlow's beau, gild this sophisticated comedy-drama that takes a savvy look at men, women and love. Wife Versus Secretary: Guess who wins!

St. Vincent

Forced to work long hours, single-mother Maggie (Academy Award-nominee Melissa McCarthy) has no choice but to leave her 12-year-old son Oliver (newcomer Jaeden Lieberher) in the care of their new neighbor, Vincent (Academy Award-nominee Bill Murray). Together with a pregnant stripper named Daka (Academy Award-nominee Naomi Watts of THE IMPOSSIBLE), Vincent brings Oliver along on all the stops that make up his daily routine - the race track, the strip club, and the local dive bar. While Vincent hastens Oliver's introduction to manhood, Oliver begins to see something in Vincent that no one else is able to: a misunderstood man with a good heart. Also starring Chris O'Dowd (BRIDESMAIDS) and Academy Award-nominee Terrence Howard (HUSTLE and FLOW, IRON MAN).

Cold Weather

After abandoning a promising academic career in forensic science, a self-styled Sherlock Holmes, Doug (Cris Lankenau), returns to Portland to live with his more responsible big sister Gail (Trieste Kelly Dunn). He lands a dead-end job working in an ice factory, but soon finds an opportunity to use his passion and skill in detective work when his ex-girlfriend, Rachel (Robyn Rikoon) goes missing. Enlisting a team of ramshackle slacker-sleuths, Doug leads his team down a complex trail of clues and increasingly close to the discovering the mysterious truth about Rachel. COLD WEATHER is a charming mystery -- simultaneously a rich detective story and an affecting tale of siblings uniting after years apart. With it's own idiosyncratic spin on familiar genre conventions, the film features the lyrical style, lush camera work and naturalistic performances that have established director Aaron Katz (DANCE PARTY USA, QUIET CITY) as a major talent to watch. COLD WEATHER premiered to critical acclaim at the 2010 SXSW, San Francisco and Los Angeles Film Festivals.

Niyazi Gül Dörtnala

Professor Niyazi Gül, a veterinary surgeon, leads what he considers a quiet life. He divides his time between teaching university students in the veterinary department and, with his assistant, Hediye’s help, searching for the missing ingredient in a magic formula handed down from his grandfather. But when the troublesome lovers, Sultan and Rıza, decide to race their horses and hear about Niyazi’s elixir for animals, things begin to get complicated. In his mission to find the missing ingredient, Niyaz finds himself pitched into an action-packed adventure full of surprises...

Dan Cummins: Don't Wake the Bear

Dan Cummins sets to impress with his new release, Don't Wake the Bear. Cummins offers the audience his own brand of odd, featuring his trademark unusual, yet pointed observations, mixed with a slight twist of delusion. Unabashedly tackling any subject from gun control laws to raising a child that is clearly smarter than you, Dan Cummins unloads some of his funniest material to date! Directed by Adam Rothlein and filmed over two sold-out shows at the historic Salt Lake City venue, The Depot, this is a comedy extravaganza not to be missed.

Darling, How Could You!

When an imaginative girl has fantasies that her mother is having an affair, her visions almost ruin her parents domestic life. Based on the play "Alice Sit By The Fire" by James M. Barrie.

Broken Lizard's Club Dread

The crazy comedy troupe that brought you Super Troopers takes you on a trip that is so outrageously fun, it's murder, in Broken Lizard's Club Dread. At Coconut Pete’s Pleasure Island, a sun-kissed, booze-soaked resort, high-spirited comic hijinx are about to meet up with machete-wielding horror. It all starts when a group of fun-seeking young travelers arrive on the island ready to party with the resort’s staff, who are there to provide them with every legal form of leisure on earth, and then some. Run by the washed-up pop star Coconut Pete (Bill Paxton), still basking in the fame of his hit '70s single “Piña Colada-Burg,” the island provides the ultimate kick-back holiday... that is, until islanders start kicking the bucket.

George Carlin: Personal Favorites

For more than four decades, George Carlin has made us laugh and think with his salty, provocative style of standup comedy. This HBO special presentation highlights the best of his live performances in Los Angeles, New Jersey, Phoenix and New York from 1977 to 1998. Includes “Hello-Goodbye,” “Earrings,” “Hitler,” “We Like War,” “It’s Not a Sport,” “Football,” and an alternative version of “A Place for My Stuff.”

Born Yesterday (1993)

BORN YESTERDAY stars screen favorite Melanie Griffith (Working Girl) as Billie Dawn, a Las Vegas showgirl whose lack of sophistication makes for some hilariously embarrassing moments in the Washington, D.C., social scene. That’s when her overbearing boyfriend (John Goodman – The Babe) hires a well-educated and handsome journalist (Don Johnson – Guilty As Sin) to smarten her up. The improbable romance that blossoms between Billie and her tutor turns all of their lives – and Washington, D.C. – upside down!

Sick of It All

Which came first the chicken or the egg? The child or the adult? Sometimes it's hard to tell. The adults act more childish than the children. This is a major theme that is explored within the story of Sick Of It All. Sick Of It All's leading hero is ANTHONY is a stressed out Adult toy collector who has lost his youthful ways which gave him his original love for toy collecting. Perhaps it's because he is a telemarketer who enjoys the past and hates technology. Or it is because he finds himself in what might appear to be a loveless relationship with his live in girlfriend ROSE? Is it time for Anthony to grow up and join the new age "sonic healing cult" with Rose? Or will he take the advice of his whimsical, old soul, 7 year old nephew known as L.P., and find his youth and himself again?

Confessions of Sorority Girls

Hot young stars Alyssa Milano (TV's Charmed and Melrose Place) and Jamie Luner (Friends And Lovers, TV's Profiler and Melrose Place) heat up this sexy thriller about a snobby rich girl who goes seductively bad! When Rita (Milano) befriends Sabrina (Luner) at their college, Sabrina quickly shows she plans on doing things her way! Blackmailing, backstabbing and spreading malicious rumors, Sabrina demonstrates that nothing will stop her from getting what she wants!

Big Fat Liar

Get ready for big FAT laughs! Featuring Hollywood's hottest teen stars, Frankie Muniz (Malcolm in the Middle) and Nickelodeon's Amanda Bynes, Big Fat Liar is the hilarious revenge comedy filled with nonstop action and laugh-out-loud fun! Fourteen-year-old Jason Shepherd (Muniz) has a reputation for stretching the truth. So, when big-time Hollywood producer Marty Wolf (Paul Giamatti) steals his class paper and turns it into a smash hit movie, no one believes Jason's latest tall tale! On a cross-country adventure to set the record straight, Jason and best friend Kaylee (Bynes) devise a high-tech plan to squeeze the truth out of Wolf through a series of outrageous pranks, crazy stunts and big laughs. It's payback time - BIG TIME!