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Acclaimed author of The Adults Alison Espach’s short story "In-Depth Market Research Interviews with Dead People" is an at-once hilarious and heart-breaking portrait of a dead woman’s marriage and the Volvo that stood in the middle of it all.

What’s in a name? A lot. The name Tinaca, for example, has been passed down in the Jones family for generations of women. In fact, the Joneses name a Tinaca every other generation, to let the name breathe a little. To let each Tinaca shine. And shine is exactly what Tinaca Jones intends to do.

Holiday Greetings from Sugar and Booze is a music-filled holiday comedy starring Ana Gasteyer and Maya Rudolph, with a jolly cast including Patti LuPone, Rachel Dratch, and Richard Kind. In this heartwarming story of love and friendship, we follow the journey of “Sugar” and “Booze” as they go from inseparable college buddies to busy working moms who mostly keep in touch with each other, and their close friends and family, through annual holiday letters.

Was, wenn man dem Weihnachtsmann schreibt... und der auch noch antwortet? Für die kleine Lu startet so eine ungewöhnliche Brieffreundschaft, die zeigt, was passiert, wenn wir unsere Augen und Herzen ein bisschen weiter öffnen. Denn das schönste Weihnachtswunder liegt oft viel näher, als man denkt - vielleicht sogar fast vor der eigenen Haustür. Erzählt wird diese Kurzgeschichte von der deutschen Stimme von Jennifer Lawrence, Maria Koschny.

Diesmal wird es brandgefährlich: Lauert der Tod im Zug? Für Auftragskiller gelten besondere Regeln: keine Frauen, keine Kinder... und keine unerledigten Aufträge. Wer diese ungeschriebenen Gesetze bricht, muss sich um seine Rente garantiert keine Sorgen machen. Zwischen den Stationen beginnt schleichend ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, erzählt von der deutschen Stimme von George Clooney.

Gleich zum Auftakt unseres Hollywood-Quartetts wird's richtig haarig. Denn schließlich steht nichts weniger als Weihnachten auf dem Spiel! "Wer hat dem Christkind die Haare geklaut?" fragt sich unser aufgeweckter Erzähler, gesprochen von der deutschen Stimme von Robert Downey Junior. Schließlich droht ohne die himmlische Lockenpracht das ganze Weihnachtsfest ins Wasser zu fallen.

Mike has teamed up with director Eric Martin to adapt the novelization into a fully immersive cinematic audio experience, and an epic all-star cast has come together to introduce Stinker to a whole new generation of fans! It's Smokey and the Bandit meets Every Which Way But Loose meets Smokey and the Bandit Parts 2 and 3. Feel the thrill as Stinker teams up with old pals Boner and Jumbo, plus new friends Buck and Rascal the Chimp, for a crazy ride across the highways and byways of Bicentennial America.

In the shadows of a seismic shift in American politics comes Tom Rachman's timely and hilarious new work. Basket of Deplorables takes an incisive and satirical look at the United States in the era of Trump data breaches, liberal self-righteousness, red-hat rancor, Starbucks macchiatos, Ultimate Fighting factories, and Internet sinkholes.

Barbara Lee Handbook (pronounced “Hanbok”), whom fans will know as Barbie Moran, the ‘80s bombshell and star of the cult sci-fi film Weird Menace, sits down with Director Toner Low to discuss the making of the classic film - set on a distant planet, featuring mutant attackers, cyber ladies of the 34th century, and no shortage of warring spaceships - for the Blu-ray edition, in this absurdly funny and poignant meditation on art, legacy, and our ambivalence about the life choices that define us.

Julie a 30 ans et n'a, jusque-là, jamais rien géré de plus que sa petite vie. Alors qu'elle n'attendait plus de réponse de la part de son prod, celui-ci l'appelle pour lui annoncer une grande nouvelle : "je crois qu'on va le faire ton film !"

Meet the Bourgeois family, the most wealthy and powerful clan of conniving schemers in all of Baldwin Hills, CA. High above Los Angeles in their palatial mansion, the Bourgeoises bask in luxury and vie for control of the Fine Swine skincare empire. Dark secrets from the past bubble up to the surface, and before long somebody winds up dead. Who is getting stabbed in the back? Who is doing the stabbing? What other secrets will refuse to stay buried?

Sometimes recording an album is easy for Bobby Bird, and sometimes it's hard. But never has it been harder than the time he recorded "Cherry on Top." Carson Mell's first novel, Saguaro, chronicled rock legend's Bobby Bird's entire life, save for the period when the rock star was at the peak of his fame, a period which caused Bobby too much shame and embarrassment to illuminate. In Cherry on Top, Bobby Bird shines a light on one of those hilarious and harrowing years when the world was Bobby's oyster and he was absolutely out of control.

Cuando las puertas de la iglesia se cierran, algo peculiar sucede: las figuras de santos y vírgenes cobran vida. San Antonio, cansado de sentirse inútil, decide lanzarse a cumplir el sueño de Leslie: conocer Acapulco antes de quedarse ciega. Así comenzarán un viaje que pondrá todo de cabeza.

Campbell Parkes será un idiota, pero es un idiota con programa de radio propio, aunque se emita a medianoche y su público vaya menguando por momentos. Su resignada productora, Michelle, sueña con dedicase al periodismo de verdad, pero no tiene más remedio que conformarse con soportar los desvaríos de Campbell sobre el precio de las entradas del cine y los vasos reutilizables para el café.

It used to be: Make good grades, get good SAT scores, write a good essay, and you were on your way to a good college. Now? Kiss that world goodbye. Merit isn’t a sure thing. Connections are everything. And money talks– a lot. Enter Kelly Pritzker (Abbi Jacobson), a shrewd, New Jersey-based college “consultant” who isn’t above faking athletic profiles, seducing administrators, greasing palms, and juicing GPAs. When it comes to getting the under-qualified and uber-privileged into the Ivy League, Kelly’s the closest thing you’ll find to a guarantee...If you can afford her, that is.

Hay lugares que guardan secretos inconfesables, metas inconclusas, promesas no cumplidas. Voluntades tan fuertes, que son capaces hasta de levantar a los muertos. Este Panteón es uno de esos lugares. Y es que en ocasiones, hay quienes no saben cómo morirse.