Amy Poehler
1) Yes please
Author
Language
English
Description
The actress best known for her work on "Parks and Recreation" and "Saturday Night Live" reveals personal stories and offers her humorous take on such topics as love, friendship, parenthood, and her relationship with Tina Fey.
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Bitter figure skating rivals Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy find a loophole that will allow them to skate again after being banned from the men's competition - pair skate together!
"Blissfully silly..."--Wall Street Journal
"...the triple axel of comedy."--Variety
"Fast, light, frequently funny comedy."--New York Times
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
A late-night talk show host and popular comedian turns the country upside down when he runs for president and wins. The White House will never be the same when he moves in!
"It is laugh-out-loud hysterical."--Chicago Sun-Times
"...a movie that can be smart-funny and astutely topical."--Washington Post
"...topical and suspenseful..."--Variety
4) Sisters
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The story of two disconnected sisters summoned home to clean out their childhood bedroom before their parents sell the family house. Looking to recapture their glory days, they throw one final high-school-style party for their classmates, which turns into the cathartic rager that a bunch of ground-down adults really need.
5) Free birds
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history, and get turkey off the holiday menu for good.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When Joel and Molly meet, it's hate at first sight: his big Corporate Candy Company threatens to shut down her quirky indie candy shop. Plus, Joel is hung up on his sexy ex. But amazingly, they fall in love, until they break up about two thirds of the way through, and Molly starts dating her accountant. But then right at the end, well you'll just have to see. (Hint: Joel makes a big speech and they get back together.).
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"Camp Firewood, 1981. It's the last day of summer camp and everyone is busy. Camp director Beth (Janeane Garofalo) is trying to keep order while falling in love with astrophysicist Henry (David Hyde Pierce). Henry is trying to save the camp from being hit by a piece of SKYLAB hurtling toward Earth. Camp counselor Coop is in love with Katie, who is in love with lifeguard Andy. If that's not enough, there's a waterfall rescue, talking vegetable cans,...
8) Are You Here
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Language
English
Description
Two childhood best friends, one a superficial womanizer and the other a barely functioning bipolar, embark on a road trip back to their hometown after one of them learns his estranged father has died.
Author
Language
English
Description
Comedy guru Del Close, mentor to everyone from Bill Murray to Tina Fey, sets out to write his autobiography for D.C. Comics. As he leads us through sewers, mental wards, and his peculiar talent for making everyone famous but himself, Close emerges as a personification of the creative impulse itself. He's a muse with BO and dirty needles, offering transcendence despite (or because of) the trail of wreckage behind him.
10) Love, Gilda
Author
Language
English
Description
LOVE, GILDA is a unique window into the world of Gilda Radner. Director Lisa D'Apolito unearthed a collection of diaries and personal audio and videotapes documenting her childhood, comedy career, relationships and, her struggles with cancer.
11) Freak Dance
Author
Language
English
Description
A spoiled rich girl who wants to be a dancer finds herself caught into between two rival dance groups set to do battle at an underground competition.
Author
Language
English
Description
Alec Baldwin, Anthony Hopkins, Kim Cattrall, Dan Aykroyd, and Jennifer Love Hewitt star in this re-imagining of Walter Huston's The Devil and Daniel Webster - this time concerning a struggling writer who sells his soul to Old Scratch (Hewitt) in a desperate bid to find fame and fortune on the literary circuit.
13) Envy
Author
Language
English
Description
A man becomes increasingly jealous of his friend's newfound success.
14) A.C.O.D
Author
Language
English
Description
Carter, a seemingly well-adjusted Adult Child of Divorce. After surviving his parents' divorce, Carter has a successful career and girlfriend. But when his brother gets engaged, Carter must reunite his bitterly divorced parents for the wedding.