Comedy

1997 – The Love Bug

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  • Title: The Love Bug (1997)
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Largely forgotten, the 1997 entry in the Herbie franchise was a TV-movie which premiered on The Wonderful World of Disney. Perhaps the first requel, The Love Bug follows the same structure of the original film with Herbie falling through the hands of a villain (John Hannah) and into the possession of a mechanic and failed race car driver who has seen better days. While confused by the odd things which happen in the car, Hank Cooper (Bruce Campbell) refuses to acknowledge its sentience, or Herbie’s help in winning a race, leaving his wacky best bud (Kevin J. O’Connor) to be the one who first connects with the car. And, just for good measure, we get a romantic story thrown in as well.

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(Herbie) The Love Bug

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  • Title: The Love Bug
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1969’s The Love Bug introduced audiences to Herbie, a sentient 1963 Volkswagen Beetle who comes into the possession of washed-up racecar driver Jim Douglas (Dean Jones). Douglas regains confidence driving the remarkable little car, finds love in the unlikely assistant (Michele Lee) to his villainous rival (David Tomlinson), and finally learns to accept and appreciate Herbie as far more than a car.

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The Sheep Detectives

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  • Title: The Sheep Detectives
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When a lovable shepherd (Hugh Jackman) dies who will solve his murder? Why, his sheep of course! Based on Leonie Swann’s novel, a flock of sheep (who have been raised on murder mysteries) set out to solve the death of their beloved owner. As Lily (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), the smartest of our GCI woolly investigators, knows, there are rules to every investigation which, believe it or not, with the unlikely help of a buffoonish local police officer (Nicholas Braun), are destined to lead to the truth.

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Balls Up

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  • Title: Balls Up
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In a library of mediocre to awful Prime original movies, Balls Up asks them all to hold their beer. This aggressively unfunny comedy stars Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser as employees for a company that invents a condom that also covers a man’s balls (hence the film’s title) who cause an incident at the World Cup making them the target of an entire country of insane soccer fans. We also get the likes of Benjamin Bratt, Sacha Baron Cohen, Eva De Dominici, Daniela Melchior, and Molly Shannon for equally unamusing moments.

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American Psycho

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  • Title: American Psycho
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Adapted from the novel of the same name, 2000’s American Psycho cast Christian Bale as investment banker (and serial killer) Patrick Bateman. Satirizing yuppie and corporate culture, perhaps never more pointedly than Bateman’s insecurity and jealousy of another banker’s business card, the dark comedy includes a number of familiar faces in supporting roles including Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Chloë Sevigny, Samantha Mathis, Justin Theroux, and Reese Witherspoon.

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