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The long-awaited follow-up to the highest-grossing romantic comedy of all time. The film reveals a Portokalos family secret that will bring the beloved characters back together for an even bigger and Greeker wedding. "The sequel is a little like a bear hug from a beloved old relative..."--Los Angeles Times "Vardalos is wonderful, and 88-year-old Michael Constantine casually pockets every scene he's in."--Richard Roeper "Some elements are even...

A comedy thriller in the vein of Hitchcock's 'The Thirty Nine Steps' and 'The Lady Vanishes'.

An all-star comedy set during the latter years of Hollywood's Golden Age. It follows a single day in the life of a studio fixer who is presented with plenty of problems to fix. "Grade B+...It's coen lite, basically, but still filled with their best signatures..."--Entertainment Weekly "The combination of the Coen brothers' filmmaking acumen and George Clooney in absolute buffon mode is again Hollywood magic."--USA Today "An inside-showbiz lark...

When two fathers find themselves out of work, they start a day care run by men. When their business starts to take off, the head of a competing prestigious academy tries, with hilarious results, to put them out of business. "A fine family flick..."--Cranky Critic "Easy-on-the-sensibilities family film."--Washington Post

Janey is a shy good girl. Lynne is a cool rock chick. But when the two friends scheme to get Janey on television's biggest after-school dance show, they find themselves on a wild adventure.

Based on a true story about a group of women who were looking for a way to raise money for leukemia research. They put together a calendar of themselves nude and hoped to sell a few copies. The calendar became a worldwide sensation and sold thousands. "Charming and sweet-natured."--New York Observer "A grown-up comedy."--Hollywood Reporter "...good-natured confection, filled with breezy humor and heartfelt relationships..."--Ebert & Roeper

A woman discovers she is in the middle of a love triangle after she falls for two different men and wonders, when it comes to love, how do you know? Special features include commentary, deleted scenes, blooper reel, and more. "It's relaxed without being sloppy, or patronizing... "--Michael Phillips "...Brooks serves up funny-ouch humor with slapstick heartbreak."--Philadelphia Inquirer "...a culmination of moments that ring true and sweet."--Washington...

August 1957; from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, a children's baseball team is about to reach US to participate in, neither more nor meno, the World Series child.

"Sally Milz is a sketch writer for The Night Owls, the late night live comedy show that airs each Saturday. With a couple of heartbreaks under her belt, she's long abandoned the search for love, settling instead for the occasional hook-up, career success, and a close relationship with her stepfather to round out a satisfying life. But when Sally's friend and fellow writer Danny Horst begins dating Annabel, a glamorous actress who guest-hosted the...

Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch, Nai-Nai, has been given mere weeks to live, everyone has decided not to tell Nai Nai herself. To assure her happiness, they gather under the joyful guise of an expedited wedding, uniting family members scattered among new homes abroad. As Billi navigates a minefield of family expectations and proprieties, she finds...