Molly Shannon
Author
Language
English
Description
A candid, hilarious, and heartbreaking memoir of resilience and redemption by comedic genius Molly Shannon. At age four, Molly Shannon's world was shattered when she lost her mother, baby sister, and cousin in a car accident with her father at the wheel. Held together by her tender and complicated relationship with her grieving father, Molly was raised in a permissive household where her gift for improvising and role-playing blossomed alongside the...
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Molly Shannon plays Peggy, a happy-go-lucky secretary who is a great friend, employee, and sister living alone with her beloved dog Pencil. But when Pencil unexpectedly dies, Peggy must find meaning in her life. John C. Reilly, Peter Sarsgaard, Regina King and Laura Dern turn in great comic performances as the significant people in Peggy's life who give her ill-fitting advice.
Series
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In the mid-19th century, Emily Dickinson is writing prolifically, baking gingerbread, and enjoying a passionate, lifelong romantic relationship with another woman, her friend and sister-in-law Susan...yes this is the iconic American poet, popularly thought to have been a recluse. Beloved comic Molly Shannon leads in this humorous yet bold reappraisal of Dickinson, informed by her private letters. While seeking publication of some of the 1,775 poems...
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the manager of an American chain restaurant is selected to attend a special training program in Italy, her head swims with dreams of European glamour and romance. But the trip turns out to be much different and possibly more dangerous than the exotic getaway she imagines.
6) Igor
Series
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
To prove he can create his own diabolical invention, a mad scientist's (John Cleese) nice-guy assistant IGOR (John Cusack) creates a female Franken-monster. But his creation, Eva (Molly Shannon), is sweet and sings show tunes! That is, until she falls into the clutches of Dr. Schadenfreude (Eddie Izzard) and his girlfriend (Jennifer Coolidge). Now, Igor and his sidekicks (Steve Buscemi and Sean Hayes) must save Eva - and their village - from evildoers,...
8) Other people
Publisher
Wolfe Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A struggling gay comedy writer in New York City, fresh off a breakup and in the midst of the worse year of his life, returns home to Sacramento to care for his dying mother in this affecting family drama from "Saturday Night Live" writer Chris Kelly.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A uniquely funny and moving story about Greg, a high school senior who avoids deep human relationships as a way to safely navigate the social mine field that is teenage life. In fact, he describes his best friend Earl, with whom he makes short-film parodies of classic movies, as being "more like a co-worker". But when Greg's mom insists he spends time with Rachel, a girl in his class who has just been diagnosed with cancer, Greg discovers just how...
Publisher
Universal
Language
English
Formats
Description
Why is the Grinch such a grouch? No one seems to know, until little Cindy Lou Who takes matters into her own hands and turns both Whoville and the Grinch's world upside down, inside out ... and funny side up in her search for the true meaning of Christmas.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
It seems like Steve and Doug Butabi will never be cool enough to make the Roxbury Club's guest list. That is, until they have a fender bender with their role model, club regular Richard Grieco. Eager to avoid litigation, Grieco befriends the pair and escorts them into the glittery world they only dreamed about. No longer will the hapless Butabis be A-club wannabes.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A uniquely funny and moving story about Greg, a high school senior who avoids deep human relationships as a way to safely navigate the social mine field that is teenage life. In fact, he describes his best friend Earl, with whom he makes short-film parodies of classic movies, as being 'more like a co-worker'. But when Greg's mom insists he spends time with Rachel, a girl in his class who has just been diagnosed with cancer, Greg discovers just how...
14) A good person
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Allison's life falls apart following her involvement in a fatal accident.
16) Igor
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In a world filled with mad scientists and evil inventions, one talented evil scientist's hunch-backed lab assistant has big dreams of becoming a mad scientist himself. He dreams of winning the annual evil science fair. Determined to prove he can create his own diabolical invention, Igor creates a female Franken-monster. But his creation, Eva, is sweet and sings. That is, until she falls into the clutches of Dr. Schadenfreude.
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A documentary film that will tell the bittersweet story of one of the most innovative comedians who ever graced the stage, screen and television, before his untimely death from a drug overdose at the tender age of only 33. Immortalized for his uniquely bold, energetic, and in-your-face comedic style, Chris Farley's off the charts talent cemented his place as a key player in a movement that evolved and redefined the comedic genre.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cassie is wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she's living a secret double life by night. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs of the past but will jeopardize her future.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The monster family embarks on a vacation on a luxury monster cruise ship so Drac can take a summer vacation from providing everyone else's vacation at the hotel. It's smooth sailing for Drac's Pack as the monsters indulge in all of the shipboard fun the cruise has to offer. But the dream vacation turns into a nightmare when Mavis realizes Drac has fallen for the mysterious captain of the ship, Ericka, who hides a dangerous secret that could destroy...
20) Life after Beth
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Zach is devastated after his girlfriend Beth dies unexpectedly. After Beth suddenly and mysteriously returns to life, Zach is overjoyed to have the second chance to prove his love for her. But when Beth starts developing some bizarre tendencies, including a rather disturbing taste for flesh, Zach has to confront facts. Can love survive among the living dead?