Amy Sedaris
Also Known As: Amy Louise Sedaris
Biography: Amy Louise Sedaris (/sɪˈdɛərɪs/; born March 29, 1961) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. Most recently, she has appeared in The Mandalorian (2019–2023) and The Book of Boba Fett (2022) as Peli Motto. She played Jerri Blank in the Comedy Central comedy series Strangers with Candy (1999–2000) and the prequel film Strangers with Candy (2005), which she also wrote. Sedaris appeared as Hurshe Heartshe in the Adult Swim comedy series The Heart, She Holler (2013–2014), as Princess Carolyn in the Netflix animated comedy-drama series BoJack Horseman (2014–2020), and as Mimi Kanasis in the Netflix sitcom Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015–2020). She received critical acclaim as the creator and star of the TruTV surreal comedy series At Home with Amy Sedaris (2017–2020), earning her two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series. Sedaris has appeared in various films, including Maid in Manhattan (2002), School of Rock (2003), Elf (2003), Bewitched (2005), Chicken Little (2005), Shrek the Third (2007), Jennifer's Body (2009), Puss in Boots (2011), Chef (2014), Ghost Team (2016), Handsome (2017), The Lion King (2019), and The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article Amy Sedaris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Endicott, New York, USA
Birthday: March 29, 1961
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Gender: Female
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Shrek the Third
Overview: The King of Far Far Away has died and Shrek and Fiona are to become King & Queen. However, Shrek wants to return to his cozy swamp and live in peace and quiet, so when he finds out there is another heir to the throne, they set off to bring him back to rule the kingdom.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-17
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Elf
Overview: When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-07
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Somebody I Used to Know
Overview: On a trip to her hometown, workaholic Ally reminisces with her first love Sean, and starts to question everything about the person she's become. Things only get more confusing when she meets Sean's fiancé, Cassidy, who reminds her of the person she used to be.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-02-10
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Full Grown Men
Overview: A man stuck in the reveries of his youth tracks down the boyhood friend he once tormented, only to find that simpler times were more complicated than he thought.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-27
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Chicken Little
Overview: When the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chicken Little must hatch a plan to save the planet from alien invasion and prove that the world's biggest hero is a little chicken.
Genres: Animation Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-04
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Strangers with Candy
Overview: A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her life over.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-28
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Sesame Street Elmo's Playdate: Scavenger Hunt
Overview: Silliness and surprise twists abound in the half-hour special, in which Elmo teams up with Abby Cadabby via video chat for a virtual scavenger hunt. Aided by Sesame Street friends Big Bird, Grover, Rosita, Oscar the Grouch, Bert and Ernie, Elmo's dad Louie, and tiger Mr. Stripey, the duo invites children to join in the search for all seven items on their list...along the way, "Monster Foodies" Cookie Monster and Gonger whip up a tasty summer dessert, Amy Sedaris shares an easy craft the whole family can make, and Gabrielle Union leads Elmo and Abby in a sweet sing-along.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-08-06
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Snow Angels
Overview: Waitress Annie has separated from her suicidal alcoholic husband, Glenn. Glenn has become an evangelical Christian, but his erratic attempts at getting back into Annie's life have alarmed her. High school student Arthur works at Annie's restaurant, growing closer to a new kid in town, Lila, after class. When Glenn and Annie's daughter go missing, the whole town searches for her, as he increasingly spirals out of control.
Genres: Drama Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-07
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Romance & Cigarettes
Overview: Ironworker Nick lives with his wife, Kitty, and three daughters. When he meets a significantly younger woman, Tula, he starts an affair with her, much to the chagrin of his wife, and his life is thrown into upheaval. Kitty kicks Nick out of the house, and he is forced to make some difficult decisions.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-13
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Funny Pages
Overview: Thrill ride through the mind of an insecure and indecisive artist.
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Original Language: en
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Jennifer's Body
Overview: Jennifer, a gorgeous, seductive cheerleader takes evil to a whole new level after she's possessed by a sinister demon. Now it's up to her best friend to stop Jennifer's reign of terror before it's too late.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-18
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Beware the Gonzo
Overview: Eddie "Gonzo" Gilman is starting a revolution. When the wild-eyed rebel journalist is ousted from his prep school's newspaper by its über-popular editor, Eddie fronts an underground movement to give a voice to all the misfits, outcasts, and nerds. Soon the power of the press is in Eddie's hands... but will he use it wisely?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-22
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Save Yourselves!
Overview: A young Brooklyn couple head upstate to disconnect from their phones and reconnect with themselves. Cut off from their devices, they miss the news that the planet is under attack.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-02
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The Boss Baby 3
Overview: Plot: TBA
Genres: Comedy Animation Family
Original Language: en
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Jump Tomorrow
Overview: When shy, straitlaced George meets vivacious, adorable Alicia, he's instantly smitten -- which puts his imminent arranged marriage in jeopardy. He vows to do the right thing, but then he falls in with Gerard, a lovesick, voluble Frenchman who overcomes George's sense of propriety and takes him on a meandering road trip to amour.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-09
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Theater Camp
Overview: After the indomitable and beloved founder of a scrappy theater camp in upstate New York falls into a coma, the eccentric staff must band together with her clueless "crypto-bro" son to keep the thespian paradise afloat.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-07-13
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Puberty: The Movie
Overview: Ernie Goldberg goes on an adventure days before his Bar Mitzvah.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-11
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Ping Pong Summer
Overview: In 1985 a summer vacation in Ocean City, Md., changes the life of a shy white teen who's obsessed with table tennis and hip-hop music.
Genres: Comedy Drama History Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-06
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Goodbye to All That
Overview: Otto Wall is just a little unlucky in life, and unbeknownst to him, in love. When his wife suddenly asks for a divorce, he bounces between a search for answers, desperate attempts to stay connected to his daughter, and his fateful reentry into the dating pool.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-17
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Chef
Overview: When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with his ex-wife, his friend and his son to launch a food truck. Taking to the road, Chef Carl goes back to his roots to reignite his passion for the kitchen -- and zest for life and love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-08
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Monsters vs Aliens: Creature Features
Overview: The members of Team Monster - Susan, Link, Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D. and B.O.B. (the gelatinous blob) - go up against creepy aliens, hungry zombies and even an enormous kitten in 10 hair-raising adventures.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-01
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The Parable of the Disappearing Recliner
Overview: When Frank comes to pick up his favorite recliner from his ex-wife Donna, they learn what is left of their marriage and what must be left behind.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-30
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Clerks III
Overview: After narrowly surviving a massive heart attack, Randal enlists his old friend Dante to help him make a movie immortalizing their youthful days at the little convenience store that started it all.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-04
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Old Dogs
Overview: Charlie and Dan have been best friends and business partners for thirty years; their Manhattan public relations firm is on the verge of a huge business deal with a Japanese company. With two weeks to sew up the contract, Dan gets a surprise: a woman he married on a drunken impulse nearly nine years before (annulled the next day) shows up to tell him he's the father of her twins, now seven, and she'll be in jail for 14 days for a political protest. Dan volunteers to keep the tykes, although he's up tight and clueless. With Charlie's help is there any way they can be dad and uncle, meet the kids' expectations, and still land the account?
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-24
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Hits
Overview: A talentless teen will do anything to get on TV's "The Voice." Meanwhile, her father, a municipal worker, creates an uproar when a video of his rants at City Hall goes viral.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-21
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Ghosted
Overview: Salt-of-the-earth Cole falls head over heels for enigmatic Sadie—but then makes the shocking discovery that she's a secret agent. Before they can decide on a second date, Cole and Sadie are swept away on an international adventure to save the world.
Genres: Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-04-18
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The Clerks 3 Documentary
Overview: Documentary on the making of Clerks 3
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-10-21
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Gym Teacher: The Movie
Overview: Dave Stweie was America's hope for the gold in the 1988 Seoul Games.... until he ran face first into the vault. After Suffering humiliation on a global scale, Dave eventually faded into obscurity and became a gym teacher. A gym teacher with the drive of a former Champion, that is, who takes his job seriously. Very seriously!
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-12
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Smurfs
Overview: When Papa Smurf is mysteriously taken by evil wizards, Razamel and Gargamel, Smurfette leads the Smurfs on a mission into the real world to save him. With the help of new friends, the Smurfs must discover what defines their destiny to save the universe.
Genres: Animation Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-07-16
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Happy To Help You
Overview: A self-involved therapist at a crisis phone line clashes with a depressed caller.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-06-09
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Larger than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story
Overview: Iconic makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin was one of the most in-demand makeup artists in the world in the 1980s and '90s and died mysteriously in 2002. Aucoin knew from an early age that the world of makeup was his calling, and his life and work are recalled through interviews with some of his famous clients, including Cindy Crawford, Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-16
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School of Rock
Overview: Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' roll. The school's hard-nosed principal is rightly suspicious of Finn's activities. But Finn's roommate remains in the dark about what he's doing.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-03
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Stay
Overview: Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his parents. As reality starts to contradict fact, Sam spirals into an unstable mental state. Then he finds a clue as to how and when Henry may try to kill himself, and races to try to stop him.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-24
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Six Days Seven Nights
Overview: In the South Pacific island of Makatea, career-driven magazine editor Robin Monroe is on a week-long vacation getaway with her boyfriend, Frank Martin. An emergency work assignment in neighboring Tahiti requires Robin to hire the cantankerous pilot Quinn Harris who had flown them to Makatea on a small transport plane. While flying, a powerful storm forces Quinn to make an emergency landing on a nearby deserted island. The dissimilar pair avoid each other at first, until they're forced to team up to escape from the island -- and some pirates who want their heads.
Genres: Comedy Action Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-12
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No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie
Overview: Lincoln and the Louds are ecstatic to welcome their new Gran-Gran, Myrtle, into the family with a tropical wedding celebration; but the festivities are cut short when an old nemesis from Myrtle's secret agent past appears on the island.
Genres: Animation Action Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-06-21
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Ghost Team
Overview: A paranormal-obsessed man mounts his own investigation into the beyond with his depressed best friend, misfit nephew, a cable access medium and an overeager security guard.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-07-21
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Dance Flick
Overview: Street dancer, Thomas Uncles is from the wrong side of the tracks, but his bond with the beautiful Megan White might help the duo realize their dreams as they enter in the mother of all dance battles.
Genres: Music Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-22
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Super Buddies
Overview: When the Buddies stumble upon the Five Power Rings of Inspiron, they all develop super powers, and are enlisted in Captain Canine's battle against the evil Commander Drex. The pups have to master their abilities quick - for the Commander is headed to Earth, determined to defeat Captain Canine.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-07
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Puss in Boots
Overview: Long before he even met Shrek, the notorious fighter, lover and outlaw Puss in Boots becomes a hero when he sets off on an adventure with the tough and street smart Kitty Softpaws and the mastermind Humpty Dumpty to save his town. This is the true story of The Cat, The Myth, The Legend... The Boots.
Genres: Animation Family Fantasy Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-27
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Maid in Manhattan
Overview: Marisa Ventura is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life for her and her young son. One fateful day, hotel guest and senatorial candidate Christopher Marshall meets Marisa and mistakes her for a wealthy socialite. After an enchanting evening together, the two fall madly in love. But when Marisa's true identity is revealed, issues of class and social status threaten to separate them. Can two people from very different worlds overcome their differences and live happily ever after?
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-13
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Space Buddies
Overview: B-Dawg, Mudbud, Budderball, and all the rest of the Buddies are back, but this time, they're setting their sights even higher -- as in, the moon! With the help of their new pals Spudnick (voiced by Jason Earles) and Gravity, these pooches are go for launch. But to pull off their moon landing and make it home safely, our canine heroes will have to summon all their bravery and imagination...
Genres: Comedy Adventure Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-02-02
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Bewitched
Overview: Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic show "Bewitched".
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-21
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Observatory Blues
Overview: Fernando Music, a handless writer of erotic science-fiction, inadvertently predicts, in precise detail, our discovery of extraterrestrial life. This is the story of an expanding universe, in which all things grow apart, and in which Fernando still has no hands.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-10
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Tanner Hall
Overview: A manipulative childhood acquaintance worms her way into a teenager's circle of friends at an all-girls boarding school.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-14
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The Lion King
Overview: Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his.
Genres: Adventure Drama Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-07-12
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My Baby's Daddy
Overview: A trio of young men are forced to grow up quick when their girlfriends all become pregnant around the same time.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-09
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Commandments
Overview: Seth Warner has reached the end of his rope. Ever since his wife died two years earlier, his world has been in turmoil. He is despondent, his career has fallen apart, even his house has been destroyed. There seems to be nothing left for him to live for. Confused and angry after two years of suffering, he finally directs his wrath at God from the rooftop of his apartment building in New York City. In the midst of a wild thunderstorm he demands to know why he has been betrayed by the god he has believed in and honored his whole life. God's answer is to strike down Seth's dog in a bolt of lightning. Pushed beyond his limits, Seth decides to respond to his years of torment by breaking each of the biblical Ten Commandments.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-02
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Dedication
Overview: A modern love story in which a misanthropic, emotionally complex author of a hit children's book is forced to team with a beautiful illustrator after his best friend and collaborator passes away. As Henry struggles with letting go of the ghosts of love and life, he discovers that sometimes you have to take a gamble at life to find love.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-24
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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend
Overview: Kimmy's a famous author and she's about to marry a prince! But first she has to foil the Reverend's evil plot. It's your move: What should Kimmy do next?
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-05-12
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Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie
Overview: LA homicide detective Gene Handsome's knack for solving mysteries is matched only by his inability to make sense of his own problems.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-05-05
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The Boss Baby: Family Business
Overview: The Templeton brothers — Tim and his Boss Baby little bro Ted — have become adults and drifted away from each other. But a new boss baby with a cutting-edge approach and a can-do attitude is about to bring them together again … and inspire a new family business.
Genres: Animation Comedy Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-07-01
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The Best and the Brightest
Overview: Set in the world of New York City's elite private kindergartens, The Best and the Brightest centers on a fresh-faced young couple, Samantha and Jeff, who have only recently moved into town. The comedy centers on their dawning realization of the lengths they must go to in order to get their five-year-old daughter into school.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-16
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I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Overview: Life has its downs for James, living with his mom in Chicago at 39, an aging performer at Second City, eating and weighing too much. A woman he's been dating drops him, as does his agent, her brother. James turns down roles in local TV, roles that make him sad. Someone's remaking his favorite movie, "Marty," a role he'd love, but he doesn't even get an audition.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-28
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Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell
Overview: Interviews with the cast, creators, journalists and celebrity fans, plus behind-the-scenes footage from season six.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-04-07
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The Pout-Pout Fish
Overview: An original adventure of the fish with a “frowny face and a big heart”, as he and his friends navigate the undersea world.
Genres: Animation Family Adventure
Original Language: en
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Bojack Horseman
Overview: BoJack Horseman follows the life of BoJack, a washed-up sitcom star from the 1990s struggling with depression, addiction, and his fading relevance in Hollywood. As he attempts to revive his career with a memoir, he navigates complicated relationships with his agent Princess Carolyn, slacker roommate Todd, ghostwriter Diane, and rival Mr. Peanutbutter, all while battling his self-destructive tendencies in a darkly comedic yet deeply emotional journey.
Genres: Animation Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-22
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