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Primas of power volume 1
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Rendered the subject of tabloid gossip by a messy public breakup, soap star Jasmine takes a part in a new bilingual comedy at the side of a telenovela costar who would revitalize his career.
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"From culture writer and GQ contributor Scott Meslow, an in-depth celebration of the romantic comedy's modern golden era and its role in our culture, tracking the genre from its heyday in the 80s and the 90s, its slow decline in the 2000s, and its explosive reemergence in the age of streaming, featuring exclusive interviews with the directors, writers, and stars of the iconic films that defined the genre" --
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"Directed by Amy Heckerling and starring Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Paul Rudd, and Brittany Murphy, and set in Beverly Hills, Clueless is an American comedy film loosely based on Jane Austen's novel Emma. Will we ever get tired of watching Cherilyn "Cher" Horowitz navigate Beverly Hills high school and discover true love? Originally released as a motion picture by Paramount in 1995, Clueless is still one of the most streamed movies on Netflix....
5) McLintock!
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In this legendary John Wayne film, the cattle rancher McLintock puts his brand on the territory and every woman in it! The lovely Louise Warren plays a widow who moves with her two children onto McLintock’s ranch to serve as cook, while Maureen O’Hara plays the estranged wife. Every great Western staple is accounted for: Cowboys, Indians, gun battles and fistfights. Plus, that pair of (now infamous) spanking scenes!A western version of "Taming...
6) If you like Monty Python: here are over 200 movies, tv shows, and other oddities that you will love
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From their perfectly insane television show to their consistently irreverent and riotous movies, Monty Python has owned the zany and absurd side of comedy since their debut. Their influence can be felt in every comedy show that followed them, from Saturday Night Live and Second City television, to The Kids in the Hall, not to mention all the laughs writ large on the silver screen, where their brand of absurdity opened the doors for such people as...
7) CATCH-22
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Mike Nichols superbly directed this cinematic adaptation of Joseph Heller’s scathing black comedy, a tale of a small group of flyers in the Mediterranean in 1944. There are winners and losers, opportunists and survivors. Separately and together they are nervous, frightened, often profane and sometimes pathetic. Almost all are a little crazy. Catch-22 is an anti-war satire of epic proportions.
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Naughty Dennis Mitchell, a mischievous five-year-old rascal, is dedicated to making his forbearing next-door neighbor George Wilson's life miserable, even though he really doesn't mean it. But now that school is out for the summer, he has all the time in the world to channel his overbearingly excessive energy to his beloved pensioner who only wants to be left alone with his garden. Meanwhile, a tattered thief visits the town. Undoubtedly, Dennis only...
10) The French Way
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It's a farcical romantic-comedy set in contemporary WWII France, about young lovers forbidden to marry by their respective families. Baker, as "Zazu," the owner of a nightclub, inherits a job restoring harmony between the two families and allowing the young lovers to 'se marier.' A mélange of French character actors add to the fun!
11) A.C.O.D
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Carter, a seemingly well-adjusted Adult Child of Divorce. After surviving his parents' divorce, Carter has a successful career and girlfriend. But when his brother gets engaged, Carter must reunite his bitterly divorced parents for the wedding.
12) Housebound
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A troubled young woman is convicted of petty felonies and place under house arrest in the home of her superstitious mother, odd stepfather and a bunch of evil spirits.
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