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A genuinely funny book is one of life's simplest pleasures, but finding the real stand-outs is never as easy.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 139 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Evelyn Wang, a flustered immigrant mother, is contacted from a parallel universe and told that only she can save the world. The unlikely hero must learn to channel her newfound powers and fight through the splintering timelines of the multiverse to save her home, her family, and herself in this big-hearted and irreverent adventure.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures Corporation
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Vulvus, Viago, and Deacon are vampires who live here, among us. They are real vampires; undead, immortal creatures who stalk the night and search for human blood, preferably virgins. Witness the many horrid, abominable aspects of vampire life, such as hunting and feeding, vampire rivalry and fighting with werewolves, as well as normal night to night aspects that make them not so different from us like keeping the flat clean, jobs, shopping, meeting...
3) I, Tonya
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on the unbelievable but true events, I, Tonya is a dark comedic tale of American figure skater, Tonya Harding, and one of the most sensational scandals in sports history. Though Harding was the first American woman to complete a triple axel in competition, her legacy was forever defined by her association with an infamous and poorly executed attack on fellow Olympic competitor Nancy Kerrigan. I, Tonya is an absurd, irreverent, and piercing portrayal...
4) Parasite
Language
Korean
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Formats
Description
Greed and class discrimination threaten the relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan in Bong Joon Ho's darkly hilarious modern fairytale. Winner of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Film at the Academy Awards. Winner of Best Foreign Motion Picture – Foreign Language at the Golden Globe Awards. Winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
5) Krampus
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
This darkly festive tale of a yuletide ghoul reveals an irreverently twisted side to the holiday. The horror-comedy tells the story of young Max, who turns his back on Christmas as his dysfunctional family comes together and comically clashes over the holidays. When they accidentally unleash the wrath of Krampus, an ancient entity from European folklore, all hell breaks loose and beloved holiday icons take on a monstrous life of their own.
6) Hustlers
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 110 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a true story, Hustlers follows Destiny, a young stripper struggling to make ends meet. That is, until she meets Ramona, the club's savvy top earner, who shows her the way toward making big bucks. But when the 2008 economic collapse hits their Wall Street clientèle hard, Destiny and Ramona concoct a plan with their fellow strippers to turn the tables on these greedy power players in this wild, modern-day Robin Hood.
7) Knives out
Publisher
Lionsgate
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
A tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie and a fun, modern-day murder mystery where everyone is a suspect. When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth...
8) Live!
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A network president and a filmmaker decide to make a reality show where contestants play Russian Roulette with loaded guns for a chance to win 5 million dollars.
Author
Language
English
Description
Two friends on vacation at their dilapidated mountain house are mistaken for murderous backwoods hillbillies by a group of obnoxious, preppy college kids. When one of the students is separated from the group, the boys try to lend a hand, but as the misunderstanding grows, so does the body count and the laughs.
10) The family
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A mafia boss and his family are relocated to a sleepy town in France under the witness protection program after snitching on the mob. Despite Agent Stansfield's best efforts to keep them in line, Fred Blake and his family can't help resorting to old habits by handling their problems the 'family' way. Chaos ensues as their former Mafia cronies try to track them down, and scores are settled in the unlikeliest of settings.
11) Accidental love
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Alice's perfect life is turned upside down when a freak accident leaves a nail lodged in her head, causing erratic behavior. After her fiance calls off the engagement, Alice sets off in search of a cure and falls into the arms of Howard Birdwell, a sexy senator who champions her cause. Caught up in a love triangle held together by a nail, will Alice listen to her head or her heart?
12) Bad education
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The beloved superintendent of New York's Roslyn school district and his staff, friends and relatives become the prime suspects in the unfolding of the single largest public school embezzlement scandal in American history.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at William Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.
14) Dream Scenario
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hapless family man Paul Matthews finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. When his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to navigate his newfound stardom.
Series
Criterion collection volume 157
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Widescreen version (2.35:first).
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three grown prodigies, all with a unique genius of some kind, and their mother are staying at the family household. Their father, Royal, had left them long ago, but now returns to make things right with his family.
16) A New leaf
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Henry Graham is a man with a problem: he has run through his entire inheritance and is completely unequipped to provide for himself. His childhood guardian, Uncle Harry, refuses to give him a dime, so Henry devises a plan with the help of his imaginative butler to make his money the old-fashioned way, he can marry it.
17) Arachnophobia
Publisher
Hollywood Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A doctor who is deathly afraid of spiders moves his family to a small town where the disgusting arachnids are attacking the townspeople. He must overcome his fear to save the community, but it may already be too late!
18) Summer of blood
Publisher
Dark Sky Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Writer/director Onur Tukel stars as the monumentally lazy, socially oblivious and commitment-shy Erik Sparrow, who is dumped by his career-woman girlfriend when he rejects her rather charitable marriage proposal. Feeling lost, he turns to a disastrous string of online dates that successively eat away at his already-deteriorating confidence. That is, until a lanky vampire turns him into an undead lady-killer, with a maniacal sex drive matched only...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Full screen and widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Daniel is a decent young man who lives at his father's home. When his father dies, it his up to him to organize his funeral. On the morning of the funeral, Daniel is ready to welcome his father's friends and relatives. But preserving the dignity inherent in such a circumstance will be a hard task.
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Norwegian
Description
Ulrik is a somewhat gentle man, as far as gangsters go. Reluctantly back on the streets following a stint in prison, Ulrik's boss greets him with open arms and a plan to settle an old score. With a demented sense of professional pride, Ulrik's boss sets in motion a plan to right the wrong done to his star employee. The problem is, Ulrik would rather go about his own business, however mundane, than get involved with his ragtag colleagues again.
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