In Blythe, California, a small town in the remote California desert, Ethan Inglebrink is an eccentric, agoraphobic heroin addict who is obsessed with his garden. This dark comedy follows the last days of Ethan’s life as he struggles to find purpose at a time when it might be too late to even matter. After convincing his senior poker buddies that he is diabetic, in order to explain his frequent use of syringes, Ethan shoots up while trying to win poker money to fund his gardening hobby and drug use. Nearing eviction, Ethan gardens furiously in hopes of winning the $10,000 first prize in the “Garden of the Year” contest so he can pay his delinquent rent. Between sugar-munching binges and exchanges with a motley crew of neighbors, Ethan tries to grow the perfect “American cowslip”, a beautiful, rare flower that will be the centerpiece….
It is about a lusty and lecherous boss, played by Javed Jaffrey, of three young and beautiful fashion designers, who has evil eyes on them. The series of events that take place therein lead to a laughter riot! But soon the young beauties realise that they need to unite and take on their boss to free themselves of his clutches and regain control of the situation and ruin his devilish plans! They have to be smarter. Who wins this battle of the sexes? Who outsmarts whom is the basis of this fun filled hilarious comedy.
Turning the zombie film on its head, “Wasting Away” is an oddball comedy from the perspective of the brain munching monsters themselves.
Voted the top comedian of 2009 by Humor Mill Magazine, Kevin Hart stars in his second solo stand-up performance live from Cleveland, Ohio. Seriously Funny features Kevin Hart performing in front of a sold out crowd at the Allen Theater where he delivers his hilarious and unique brand of comedy. In this unforgettable night of comedy, Kevin Hart is in rare form and funny as ever!
“Tere Bin Laden” is a tongue-in-cheek comedy about an ambitious young news reporter from Pakistan who is desperate to migrate to the US in pursuit of the American dream. His repeated attempts to immigrate are shot down as his visa is always rejected. But when things couldn’t look worse he comes across an Osama bin Laden look alike. Ali then hatches a scheme to produce a fake Osama video and sell it to news channels as a breakthrough scoop! Unfortunately there are serious ramifications as the White House gets involved and dispatches a overzealous secret agent on Ali’s trail.
A comedy centered on a rock ‘n’ roll band that will do anything to become famous.
Chris Rock brings his critically acclaimed brand of social commentary-themed humor to this 1999 standup comedy presentation from HBO. Also released as an album, Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker features Rock on-stage extolling his razor-sharp wit and wisdom on such topics as gun control, President Clinton, homophobia, racism, black leaders, and relationships.
Based on the novel by Alain de Botton, My Last Five Girlfriends tells the story of Duncan, played by Brendan Patricks, who when we meet him, is seriously considering taking his own life. It’s not the jolliest way to open up a romantic comedy, granted, but it kick-starts a journey for Brendan where he tracks down his previous five girlfriends. The idea, as you might have guessed, is to find out from them just where he’s being going wrong in life. Brought to the screen by Julian Kemp, who directs the film and wrote the screenplay too, and he makes Duncan’s journey in My Last Five Girlfriends an interesting and entertaining one. It’s very much off the beaten track where romantic comedies are concerned and…..
A dark comedy which chronicles the final day in the life of self-proclaimed artist and genius, K. Roth Binew. Binew is a dreamer who elevates his drab and somewhat pitiful existence into a personal mythology. For his final day K. Roth Binew enlists his best friend, the unrecognized poet and biographer Mills Joquin to chronicle his final hours. Mills Joquin drives Binew around town on a bicycle-powered rickshaw. As the eccentric duo go about their day, Binew hands out invitations to his final party, a living wake, where Binew will do a short performance before dropping dead on the spot.
A coming-of-middle-age comedy that chronicles the unlikely friendship between failed author Richard Dunne and a Long Island teen who teaches him a thing or two about growing up, all under the disapproving eye of his long-suffering wife and his imaginary Superhero friend.