Danny DeVito
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English
Description
In this black-comedy spin-off of Alfred Hitchcock's STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, a writing student tries to persuade his instructor to "trade murders"...he will murder the instructor's ex-wife if the instructor will return the favor and kill his demented, domineering mother.
4) Get Shorty
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Language
English
Description
Chili Palmer (John Travolta) is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni (Dennis Farina), to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman), a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady (Rene Russo), the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all...
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English
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Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family.
6) Tin men
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Language
English
Description
Two less-than-honest aluminum siding salesmen meet in a fender bender, but their bruised egos and quick tempers turn the minor accident into a major vendetta against each other's symbols of success--their prized Cadillacs.
7) Dumbo
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Circus owner Max Medici enlists former star Holt Farrier and his children to care for a newborn elephant whose oversized ears make him a laughingstock in an already struggling circus. But when they discover that Dumbo can fly, the circus makes an incredible comeback, attracting entrepreneur V.A. Vandevere, who recruits the Dumbo for his newest entertainment venture, Dreamland. Dumbo soars to new heights until Holt learns that beneath its shiny veneer,...
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Trona, California-- a dead-end desert town for people with dead-end lives. And no one is going nowhere faster than Ray Tuckby, a mild-mannered underground parking lot attendant saddled with a neurotic shut-in wife and an ill-mannered, sexually-frustrated son. That is, until Ray's life totally bottoms out. Now, with the help of a childhood sweetheart and a concerned stranger, Ray is about to take back his life and his town in this offbeat...
9) Get shorty
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Loan shark Chili Palmer is bored with the business. So when he arrives in LA to collect a debt from down-and-out filmmaker Harry Zimm, Chili talks tough, and then pitches Harry a script idea. Immediately, Chili is swept into the Hollywood scene: He schmoozes film star Martin Weir, romances B-movie queen Karen Flores and even gets reservations at the hottest restaurants in town. Bonus features included.
10) Smallfoot
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A bright young yeti finds something he thought didn't exist: a human. News of this throws the simple yeti community into an uproar over what else might be out there in the big world beyond their snowy village, in an all-new story about friendship, courage, and the joy of discovery.
11) Deck the halls
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Two neighbors in a small New England town go to war when one of them decides to decorate his house with a so many Christmas lights that they are visible from space. The neighborhood is turned upside down as the families try to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
12) Be cool
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A sequel to Get shorty. Gangster-turned-movie producer Chili Palmer is tired of producing movies after being forced to make a useless sequel, and decides to try his hand at the music business.
14) Batman returns
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Gotham City faces two monstrous criminal menaces: the bizarre, sinister Penguin and the slinky, mysterious Catwoman. Can Batman battle two formidable foes at once? Especially when one wants to be mayor and the other is romantically attracted to Gotham's hero?
15) Gattaca
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Story about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. Vincent is an "In-Valid," who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect. With a relentless investigator in pursuit and the colleague he has fallen in love with beginning to suspect his deception,...
16) The Lorax
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Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In a place where the brown Bar-ba-loots frisk and the Humming-Fish splash around, you will find the Lorax. The Lorax speaks of the trees, which the Once-ler is chopping down as fast as he pleases. Will the Once-ler change his destructive ways and heed the wise warnings of the Lorax?
17) Dumbo
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Circus owner Max Medici enlists former star Holt Farrier and his children to care for a newborn elephant whose oversized ears make him a laughingstock in an already struggling circus. But when they discover that Dumbo can fly, the circus makes an incredible comeback, attracting entrepreneur V.A. Vandevere, who recruits the Dumbo for his newest entertainment venture, Dreamland. Dumbo soars to new heights until Holt learns that beneath its shiny veneer,...
18) Migration
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The Mallard family is in a bit of a rut: while dad Mack is content to keep his family safe paddling around their New England pond forever, mom Pam is eager to shake things up and show their kids - teen son Dax and duckling daughter Gwen - the whole wide world. After a migrating duck family alights on their pond with thrilling tales of far-flung places, Pam persuades Mack to embark on a family trip, via New York City, to tropical Jamaica.
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English
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Joan Wilder is a mousy romance novelist who receives a treasure map in the mail from her recently murdered brother-in-law. Meanwhile, her sister Elaine is kidnapped in Colombia and the two criminals responsible demand that she travel to Colombia to exchange the map for her sister. Joan does, but quickly becomes lost in the jungle. She is waylayed by Zolo, a vicious and corrupt Colombian cop who will stop at nothing to obtain the map. Joan meets an...
20) The comedian
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A look at the life of an aging insult comic named Jack Burke.