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Adventureland (2009)

107m; U.S.

Director: Greg Mottola

Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds

Synopsis: A comedy set in the summer of 1987 and centered around a recent college grad (Eisenberg) who takes a nowhere job at his local amusement park, only to find it’s the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.

 
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Posted by on January 24, 2012 in Comedy, Netflix Watch Instantly

 

Adventures of Power (2008)

89m; U.S. 

Director: Ari Gold

Cast: Adrian Grenier , Jane Lynch, Michael McKean , Shoshannah Stern, Chiu Chi Ling, Ari Gold

Synopsis: An epic rock’n’roll comedy about air-drumming and the American Dream. Small-town mine worker Power loves the beat, but can’t play drums. But after his union leader father calls a strike at the mine, Power discovers an underground subculture of air-drummers who just might hold the key to changing the world.

 
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Posted by on January 24, 2012 in Comedy

 

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All Screwed Up (1974)

105m; Italy

Director: Lina Wertmuller

Synopsis: A group of immigrants from the south of Italy live collectively in the Milano’s suburbia in the 1974. Not only they share the house, but also hopes and troubles that in those years where part of the Italian society.

 
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Posted by on January 24, 2012 in Comedy, Drama

 

American Job (1996)

90m; U.S.

Director: Chris Smith

Synopsis (Wikipedia): American Job is a narrative film about Randy Scott (Randy Russell), a youth caught in the dismal confusion of living and working in the world of minimum wage. The film follows Randy through a number of low-paying, menial jobs including fast food dishwasher, custodian, telemarketer, and factory worker. It highlights the sheer boredom of minimum wage work and is a slightly comical and occasionally depressing look at what life is like in the US minimum wage arena.

 

 
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Posted by on January 24, 2012 in Comedy, Working Class

 

The Apartment (1960)

120m; U.S.

Director: Billy Wilder

Cast: Jack Lemmon, Shirley Maclaine, Fred MacMurray

Synopsis: A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.

 
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Posted by on January 24, 2012 in Comedy, White Collar

 

The Awful Truth (1999-2000)

24 episodes; U.S.

Director: Michael Moore

Synopsis: Activist film director Micheal Moore hosts a show where he continues his crusade to expose wrongdoing by the high and mighty.

 

Bend It Like Beckham (2002)

112m; U.K.

Director: Gurinder Chadha

Cast: Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley and Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Synopsis: Daughter of Indian emigres in England wants to be a soccer star.

 
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Posted by on January 24, 2012 in Comedy, Drama, Immigrants/Immigration

 

Bhaji on the Beach

101m; U.K.

Director: Gurinder Chadha

Cast:  Kim Vithana, Jimmi Harkishin and Sarita Khajuria

Synopsis (IMDB): A group of women, of East Indian origin, mostly Punjabi-speaking, settled in Great Britain, decide to hire a bus and take a day off. They decide to go a beach resort. In the early hours of the morning, they gather together, and get ready for the ride on the bus. This is a day none of them will forget and some will even cherish for the rest of their lives, as events unfold, and each woman must use her individual strength to face the challenges of their life – even during an outing on the beach

 
 

The Big One (1997)

91m; U.S.

Director: Michael Moore

Synopsis: On his book tour, Michael Moore exposes more wrongdoing by greedy big businesses and callous politicians around America.

 

Chicken Run (2000)

84M; U.S.         

Director: Peter Lord/Nick Park        

Cast: Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha and Phil Daniel

Synopsis (IMDB): Having been hopelessly repressed and facing eventual certain death at the chicken farm where they are held, Rocky the rooster and Ginger the chicken decide to rebel against the evil Mr. and Ms. Tweedy, the farm’s owners. Rocky and Ginger lead their fellow chickens in a great escape from the murderous farmers and their farm of doom.

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