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Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
An ache in every stake (1941): When three icemen agree to help Mrs. Lawrence prepare a fancy birthday party, their particular specialty (an exploding, gas filled cake) goes off with a bang.
No census, no feeling (1940): Three gung-ho census-takers let nothing stand in their way of an accurate count, whether it be crashing a fancy bridge party, spiking drinks or invoking a riot at a professional football game.
Violent is the word for Curly (1938):...
2) Total recall
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid, even though he's got a beautiful wife who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man.
3) Duck soup
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
After being appointed the dictator of Freedonia, Rufus T. Firefly proceeds to bring the mythical nation to a halt by showing up late and insulting everyone at his inauguration. Hoping to oust the unfit new leader, two spies are sent from the neighboring Sylvania. Soon enough, war is declared between the two nations with outrageous results. Including Groucho's famous mirror scene and final battle scene, it remains as entertaining and relevant today...
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"As the world fell, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the Wasteland, they come across the Citadel presided over by The Immortan Joe. While the two Tyrants war for dominance, Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home." --
Publisher
Arrowstorm Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
" Having defeated Dred and retaken the Outpost, Talon and Gwynn prepare for War. Talon delves deeper into demon summoning, while Gwynn recruits allies. The prime order trinity known as "The Three" reveal mysterious powers as they send spies, assassins and a devastating weapon to the Outpost. As Talon uncovers the legacy of her people, she must decide who to trust and separate her real friends from her enemies before the Prime Order attacks."--Amazon....
Publisher
Distribution Solutions
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
It tells the story of Talon, the lone survivor of the "Blackbloods," as she tracks the men who killer her family to a lawless border town. Talon must awaken powers lying dormant in her dark blood and make true friends at the Outpost to lead a rebellion against the regime.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video/MK2 Editions
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Chaplin plays the double role of the persecuted Jewish barber and Adenoid Hynkel, dictator of Tomania. The barber is imprisoned, escapes, and is finally mistaken for the dictator at which point he makes an impassioned, humanistic speech which amazes the dictator's followers.
8) Total recall
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
In the year 2084 a worker leaves Earth for the mind-bending nightmarish reality of a Martian mining colony ruled over by a dictator who can alter reality to suit his whims.
9) Freelance
Publisher
Relativity Media Llc
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Ex-special forces operative Mason Pettis is stuck in a dead-end desk job when he reluctantly takes on a freelance gig to provide private security for washed-up journalist Claire Wellington as she interviews the ruthless but impeccably dressed dictator, Juan Venegas. When a military coup breaks out just as she's about to get the scoop of a lifetime, the unlikely trio must figure out how to survive the jungle AND each other to make it out alive!
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