Jenny Slate
1) Landline
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Language
English
Description
When sisters Dana and Ali suspect their father is having an affair, cracks in their family façade begin to surface. The two sisters bond as they discover the reality of love while trying to uncover the truth about their father without their mother knowing. Set in 1990s Manhattan, Landline is a comedic drama about a family united by secrets and lies, co-written and directed by Gillian Robespierre.
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English
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The Sunlit Night follows an aspiring painter (Slate) from New York City to the farthest reaches of Arctic Norway for an assignment she hopes will invigorate her work and expand her horizons. In a remote village, among the locals, she meets a fellow New Yorker (Sharp), who has come in search of a proper Viking funeral only to find that the Chief (Galifianakis) is but a re-enactor from Cincinnati. The eclectic crew ranges from "home" to "lost," within...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
"To see the world through Jenny Slate's eyes is to see it as though for the first time, shimmering with strangeness and possibility. As she will remind you, we live on an ancient ball that rotates around a bigger ball made up of lights and gasses that are science gasses, not farts (don't be immature). Heartbreak, confusion, and misogyny stalk this blue-green sphere, yes, but it is also a place of wild delight and unconstrained vitality, a place where...
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English
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"The 'best short story writer in English' (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores ideas of power, ethics, and justice, and cuts to the very heart of what it means to live in community with our fellow humans. With his trademark prose--wickedly funny, unsentimental, and perfectly tuned--Saunders continues to challenge and surprise: here is a collection of prismatic, deeply resonant stories that encompass joy and despair, oppression...
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Series
Kroll Show volume 12
Language
English
Description
Nick Kroll and the Kroll Show cast revisit their favorite characters from Season 1.
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Kroll Show volume 7
Language
English
Description
The Rich Dicks join a cyber-revolution, young Larry Bird competes in a two-point shooting contest, and PubLIZity's Cassandra gets her own reality show.
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Series
Kroll Show volume 8
Language
English
Description
George and Gil's excessive tuna consumption comes back to haunt them, two Pennsylvania pawnshop owners switch places, and Dr. Armond consults with public defender Ron Funches.
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Series
Kroll Show volume 6
Language
English
Description
George and Gil make trouble at a local Y, C-Czar learns a lesson in patience, and tensions mount at Gigolo House when Bobby clashes with Eagle Wing.
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Series
Kroll Show volume 2
Language
English
Description
Bobby Bottleservice and Peter Paparazzo become gigolos to make some money, and on "Wheels, Ontario," Mikey prepares to lose his virginity.
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Series
Kroll Show volume 9
Language
English
Description
Doctor Armond's murder trial heats up, C-Czar reconnects with his mom, and Bobby Bottleservice helps Farley record a single.
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Series
Kroll Show volume 11
Language
English
Description
C-Czar starts acting out as his graduation from Dad Academy approaches, the Lizzes hold a red carpet event for Blisteritos, and Wendy and Aspen have a costume party.
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Kroll Show volume 10
Language
English
Description
Doctor Armond gets used to living with his father, Tunes goes down a shady path after discovering her hidden rap talents, and "Show Us Your Songs Toronto" has its epic finale.
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Series
Kroll Show volume 3
Language
English
Description
Dr. Armond finds himself under house arrest after being accused of murdering his wife, and the Rich Dicks compose a eulogy for Wen's Grampy Goobie.
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Series
Kroll Show volume 4
Language
English
Description
Mikey and Tunes experience culture shock while visiting an American university, Nash Rickey tries to reunite his old band, and Ref Jeff makes a new friend.
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Series
Kroll Show volume 5
Language
English
Description
The kids in Gene Creemers's "Get Out!" PSA give updates on their lives, Ref Jeff gets a job working for the TSA, and contestants compete for startup cash on "Signing Bonus."
Author
Series
Kroll Show volume 1
Language
English
Description
C-Czar begins his training at Dad Academy, Liz B. gets a visit from her niece Denise, and Gil and George prank a British nanny.
17) Obvious Child
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Donna Stern is a Brooklyn comedian who gets heartlessly dumped by her two-timing boyfriend. While trying to drown her troubles at the stand-up comedy club, she has a drunken one night stand with a cute young professional named Max (who's not even remotely her type) and ends up pregnant. Donna has to do what is expected of a "responsible adult" just in time for the best/worst Valentine's Day of her life.
18) The Longest Week
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Language
English
Description
When Conrad (Jason Bateman) is kicked out and cut off at the age of forty, he crashes with his only friend (Billy Crudup) and falls in love with his friend's girlfriend (Olivia Wilde).
19) Gifted
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Frank Adler is a single man raising a child prodigy, his spirited young niece Mary, in a coastal town in Florida. Frank's plans for a normal school life for Mary are foiled when the seven-year-old's mathematical abilities come to the attention of Frank's formidable mother Evelyn, whose plans for her granddaughter threaten to separate Frank and Mary.
20) The Lorax
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
�2012
Language
English
Description
In a place where the brown Bar-ba-loots frisk and the Humming-Fish splash around, you will find the Lorax. The Lorax speaks of the trees, which the Once-ler is chopping down as fast as he pleases. Will the Once-ler change his destructive ways and heed the wise warnings of the Lorax?