Malin Åkerman
Also Known As: 말린 에커만, Μαλίν Άκερμαν, 玛琳·阿克曼, Malin Maria Akerman, مالین آکرمن
Biography: Malin Maria Akerman (born May 12, 1978) is a Swedish actress, producer and model. In the early 2000s, she had several small television and film parts in both Canadian and American productions, including The Utopian Society (2003) and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004). Following a supporting role on the HBO mockumentary sitcom The Comeback (2005), she gained her first co-starring roles in the romantic comedy films The Heartbreak Kid (2007) uncredited in The Invasion (2007) 27 Dresses (2008). She played the female lead in Watchmen (2009) as Silk Spectre II, a role for which she was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2009, she had supporting and starring roles in the romantic comedies The Proposal and Couples Retreat. From 2010 to 2016, she starred on the Adult Swim comedy series Childrens Hospital. In 2012, she co-starred in the comedy Wanderlust and the musical film Rock of Ages. She had her first lead television role with the short-lived ABC comedy series Trophy Wife (2013–2014). She later co-starred in the film I'll See You in My Dreams (2015) and the action film Rampage (2018). Since 2016, she has had a main role on the Showtime drama series Billions as Lara Axelrod. Apart from acting and modelling, she had a brief music career as the lead vocalist for alternative rock band The Petalstones in the early 2000s, but eventually left to focus on her acting career. She has been married twice, first from 2007 to 2014 to Petalstones drummer Roberto Zincone, with whom she has a son, and, since 2018, to English actor Jack Donnelly.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden
Birthday: May 12, 1978
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Gender: Female
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The Brothers Solomon
Overview: A pair of well-meaning, but socially inept brothers try to find their perfect mates in order to provide their dying father with a grandchild.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-07
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The Donor Party
Overview: Follows Jaclyn who really wants a baby, and realizes she doesn't need a husband to be a mother after a messy divorce and wasted years of online dating, so she and her best friends create a plan to get her pregnant at a very special party.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-03-03
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Overview: Nerdy accountant Harold and his irrepressible friend, Kumar, get stoned watching television and find themselves utterly bewitched by a commercial for White Castle. Convinced there must be one nearby, the two set out on a late-night odyssey that takes them deep into New Jersey. Somehow, the boys manage to run afoul of rednecks, cops and even a car-stealing Neil Patrick Harris before getting anywhere near their beloved sliders.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-02
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27 Dresses
Overview: Altruistic Jane finds herself facing her worst nightmare as her younger sister announces her engagement to the man Jane secretly adores.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-10
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Slayers
Overview: A group of superstar influencers are drawn to a reclusive billionaire's mansion only to find themselves trapped in the lair of an evil vampire. The only way out is to be saved by a famous online gamer and an old school vampire hunter.
Genres: Horror Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-10-21
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The Heartbreak Kid
Overview: Eddie, the 40-year-old confirmed bachelor finally says "I do" to the beautiful and sexy Lila. But during their honeymoon in Mexico, the woman of his dreams turns out to be a total nightmare, and the guy who could never pull the trigger realizes he’s jumped the gun.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-05
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Heavy Petting
Overview: Charlie thinks he's met the perfect woman, but in order to be with her, he must first get past her dog. Just when he thinks all is lost, he realizes that he loves the dog too! Now he must do everything he can to keep them both.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-20
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Watchmen
Overview: In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so they uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.
Genres: Mystery Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-04
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The Romantics
Overview: Alliances are tested when seven college pals reunite to watch two of their own say “I do” at a seaside wedding. But the maid of honor and the groom share a passionate history, and the bride isn’t the only one who’s wondering if it’s all in the past.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-10
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The Bang Bang Club
Overview: In the early to mid '90s, when the South African system of apartheid was in its death throes, four photographers - Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter, Ken Oosterbroek and João Silva - bonded by their friendship and a sense of purpose, worked together to chronicle the violence and upheaval leading up to the 1994 election of Nelson Mandela as president. Their work is risky and dangerous, potentially fatally so, as they thrust themselves into the middle of chaotic clashes between forces backed by the government (including Inkatha Zulu warriors) and those in support of Mandela's African National Congress.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-22
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Happythankyoumoreplease
Overview: Captures a generational moment - young people on the cusp of truly growing up, tiring of their reflexive cynicism, each in their own ways struggling to connect and define what it means to love and be loved. Six New Yorkers juggle love, friendship, and the keenly challenging specter of adulthood. Sam Wexler is a struggling writer who's having a particularly bad day. When a young boy gets separated from his family on the subway, Sam makes the questionable decision to bring the child back to his apartment and thus begins a rewarding, yet complicated, friendship. Sam's life revolves around his friends — Annie, whose self-image keeps her from commitment; Charlie and Mary Catherine, a couple whose possible move to Los Angeles tests their relationship; and Mississippi, a cabaret singer who catches Sam's eye.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-04
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In This Together: A Bell Let's Talk Day Special
Overview: 2021’s Bell Let’s Talk Day features Canadians and their mental health journeys through a disruptive year that posed unique challenges.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-01-28
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The Proposal
Overview: When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-02
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Wanderlust
Overview: Rattled by sudden unemployment, a Manhattan couple surveys alternative living options, ultimately deciding to experiment with living on a rural commune where free love rules.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-02-23
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Couples Retreat
Overview: Four couples, all friends, descend on a tropical island resort. Though one husband and wife are there to work on their marriage, the others just want to enjoy some fun in the sun. They soon find, however, that paradise comes at a price: Participation in couples therapy sessions is mandatory. What started out as a cut-rate vacation turns into an examination of the common problems many face.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-19
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Rock of Ages
Overview: A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-13
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The Christmas Classic
Overview: Elizabeth works for her fiancé’s father’s real estate company in the big city. Fed up with Elizabeth’s unprofessional antics, her soon-to-be father-in-law sends her back to her hometown during the holiday season to convince an old flame, Randy, to sell his ski resort to the firm in order to keep her job. Randy agrees to sell, but only if she can win the town’s annual winter challenge, which includes outrageous and fun ski events. Aggravating her plans further, she must face off against the perennial champion, her estranged sister Lynn, now more determined than ever to ‘out-sleigh’ her rivals!
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-11-03
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Elektra Luxx
Overview: A favor for a woman from her past throws the life of a pregnant, retired porn star into chaos.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-11
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The Final Race
Overview: A street racing legend Dennis who neglected his marriage and 16 year old daughter Hanna. One day he finds out that his daughter will participate in a race with her new boyfriend. To stop Hanna, Dennis and his ex-wife Tove go on a trip.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2023-12-25
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Catch.44
Overview: The lives of three female assassins take a sudden turn when their charming boss lures them into one last job. They soon find themselves thrust into a bizarre situation involving a psychotic hit man, a grizzled trucker and a delusional line cook.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-08
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The Numbers Station
Overview: When the moral values of a longtime wetwork black ops agent is tested during his last operation, he receives an unfavorable psych evaluation. Now he is given a break and a seemingly uncomplicated assignment of simply protecting the security of a young female code announcer, code resources and remote station they are assigned to. After an ambush and one phone call later, it becomes a complicated fight for their survival.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-18
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The Giant Mechanical Man
Overview: An offbeat romantic comedy about a silver-painted street performer and the soft spoken zoo worker who falls for him.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-27
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Cottage Country
Overview: When Todd takes his girlfriend Cammie up to the family cottage for a reclusive proposal, the last thing he expected to be doing was dealing with was his slacker brother and his hippie girlfriend. But in this comedy of errors, Todd and Cammie, have to deal with his accidentally murdered brother in order to live happily ever after.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime Romance Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-13
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The Aviary
Overview: A twisted journey of two women’s desperate flee to escape the clutches of Skylight, an insidious cult. Lured in by the promise of “freedom” in the isolated desert campus called The Aviary, Jillian and Blair join forces to escape in hopes of real freedom. Consumed by fear and paranoia, they can’t shake the feeling that they are being followed by the cult’s leader, Seth, a man as seductive as he is controlling. The more distance the pair gains from the cult, the more Seth holds control of their minds. With supplies dwindling and their senses failing, Jillian and Blair are faced with a horrifying question: how do you run from an enemy who lives inside your head?
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-04-29
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CBGB
Overview: A look at New York's dynamic punk rock scene through the lens of the ground-breaking Lower East Side club started by eccentric Hilly Kristal in 1973 which launched thousands of bands.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-11
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Stolen
Overview: Master thief Will Montgomery is just released from the State penitentiary after serving a 10 year sentence, is contacted by Vincent, his ex comrade in crime, who is holding Will’s teenage daughter ransom in a hijacked taxi cab. Vincent will only surrender her when Will reveals the whereabouts of the 20 million dollars he contrived to conceal from their last robbery.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-06
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Hotel Noir
Overview: Los Angeles, 1958: a detective holes up in a downtown hotel awaiting killers to come get him. During the course of one night he will meet various occupants of the hotel and the truth of how he came to be in his present situation will be revealed.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-09
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The Fraternity
Overview: Some students at Runcie prep school form an elite club. The group is implicated in a cheating scandal and one of the club members dies mysteriously. Another member decides to try and discover the dangerous truth about Runcie.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-16
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Us or Them
Overview: While enjoying a luxury holiday won on a mobile game app, childhood best friends Jude and Andy agree to play another game despite the foreboding caveat that once the game begins, they must play to the end.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-09-08
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Nowhere Men
Overview: To be confirmed.
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Original Language: en
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The Final Girls
Overview: A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom's most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film's maniacal killer.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-09
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I'll See You in My Dreams
Overview: A sudden loss disrupts Carol’s orderly life, propelling her into the dating world for the first time in 20 years. Finally living in the present tense, she finds herself swept up in not one, but two unexpected relationships that challenge her assumptions about what it means to grow old.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-15
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The Ticket
Overview: A blind man who regains his vision finds himself becoming metaphorically blinded by his obsession for the superficial.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-09
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The Utopian Society
Overview: 6 college students from different backgrounds, are assigned to work together on a final project. These six students have so far spent no time together, can't stand each other and must pass this final assignment in order to pass the class. The assignment is to create a utopian society, on paper. They've had all semester to work on the project but in the tradition of most college group assignments, have opted to wait until the last minute to cram the entire semester's work into one night.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-20
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The Skulls
Overview: A senior at an Ivy League college, who depends on scholarships and working on the side, gets accepted into the secret society The Skulls. He hopes it betters chances at Harvard but The Skulls is not what he thought and comes at a price.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-31
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Misconduct
Overview: An ambitious lawyer finds himself caught in a power struggle between a corrupt pharmaceutical executive and his firm’s senior partner. When the case takes a deadly turn, he must race to uncover the truth before he loses everything.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-02-05
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Unity
Overview: Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one another, the animals, and nature. UNITY is a film about why we can't seem to get along, even after thousands and thousands of years.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-12
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A Path Appears
Overview: The film follows intrepid reporters Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn and actor/advocates Malin Akerman, Mia Farrow, Ronan Farrow, Jennifer Garner, Regina Hall, Ashley Judd, Blake Lively, Eva Longoria, and Alfre Woodard to Colombia, Haiti, Kenya, and throughout the United States as they uncover the harshest forms of gender-based oppression and human rights violations, as well as the effective solutions being implemented to combat them.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-26
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The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics
Overview: The history and impact of the graphic novel Watchmen.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-21
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The Invasion
Overview: Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that transforms anyone who comes into contact with it into unfeeling drones while they sleep. Carol realizes her son holds the key to stopping the spread of the plague and she races to find him before it is too late.
Genres: Horror Mystery Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-17
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Say It Ain't Solo
Overview: A father and son learn that their favorite movie ("Star Wars") is about to become Hollywood's latest remake, so they enlist the help of some friends to try and stop this madness.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-01
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Camp Hollywood
Overview: A porn star, a bank robber and a Shakespearean actor are some of the subjects of Camp Hollywood, a feature documentary about the residents of a legendary Hollywood hotel. Seen through the eyes of a Canadian comic who's come out to L.A. for the first time, Camp Hollywood is an intimate portrait of the actors, musicians and other transients he meets during his two-month stay.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-19
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Perfectly Imperfect
Overview: Jake, a by the numbers single dad, sets off on a cruise with his quirky family and his childhood friend Reuben. Onboard, he unexpectedly crosses paths with Meg, a woman he once had an awkward date with on the mainland. As they get a second chance to connect, Jake and Meg discover that while neither of them is perfect, they might actually be perfectly imperfect for each other.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
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Rampage
Overview: Primatologist Davis Okoye shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of enormous size. To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered there are other similarly altered animals. As these newly created alpha predators tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with a discredited genetic engineer to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but to save the fearsome creature that was once his friend.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-11
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Friendsgiving
Overview: Newly-divorced actress Molly, her recently-dumped lesbian best friend Abby and Molly’s mother Helen host a dysfunctional, comical and chaotic Thanksgiving dinner for their motley crew of close friends and strange acquaintances.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-23
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To the Stars
Overview: Under small-town scrutiny, a withdrawn farmer’s daughter forges an intimate friendship with a worldly but reckless new girl in 1960s Oklahoma.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-01-25
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A Piece of My Heart
Overview: Isabella (35) is a driven business woman in Stockholm’s finance world. When she goes home to the small town she grew up in to celebrate her father’s sixtieth birthday, she feels like a winner, the only one in her old school gang that things have really gone well for. Isabella’s selfconfidence falters when she realizes that Simon, her great love from her teen years, is going to marry Isabella’s childhood friend Molly, and that she isn’t invited to the wedding. Isabella is accustomed to getting what she wants, and it disturbs her to see Simon so happy with someone else. Unfortunately, there are some feelings that never go away.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2019-12-25
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The Sleepover
Overview: Two siblings who discover their seemingly normal mom is a former thief in witness protection. Mom is forced to pull one last job, and the kids team up to rescue her over the course of an action-packed night.
Genres: Family Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-08-21
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Kaylien
Overview: An autistic child's first day in a new school.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-24
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Bye Bye Sally
Overview: Life has been cruel to Sally Grimshaw and she has had enough. It's time to end it all. In a last ditch effort to save herself she calls a suicide hot-line and is persuaded to come in and see one of their mental health counsellors - Mr. Vincent. But Mr. Vincent has no intention of talking her out of killing herself. In fact, he runs a service that matches suicidal clients with potential hits. I mean, if you're going to kill yourself you might as well take out some human scum at the same time. At first she refuses, but life is never going to be kind to Sally and she finally agrees - she's in. Sally is faced with the moment of truth when she has to perform the hit. And it is always in such moments that we discover a truth about ourselves. And in such a moment, Sally discovers a reason to live.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-01
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Chick Fight
Overview: When Anna Wyncomb is introduced to an underground, all-female fight club in order to turn the mess of her life around, she discovers she is much more personally connected to the history of the club than she could ever imagine.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-11-13
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The Farrelly Bros.: In the French Tradition
Overview: A making-of, focusing on the script and direction by the Farrellys. The material here is culled from on-set interviews with Farrellys and the main cast, plus a pretty good amount of behind-the-scenes footage.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-26
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A Week in Paradise
Overview: Actress Maggie's world collapses when her director husband is outed by the paparazzi when it’s discovered his new leading lady is pregnant with his baby. Seeking solace and healing, Maggie escapes to her ex-pat cousin’s beautiful hotel in Nevis. After a week in paradise, she discovers herself and meets a new love interest. Then reality comes crashing back in.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-02-11
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Singing in My Sleep
Overview: A brilliant teenage songwriter is stuck living in the shadow of her deceased Dad's music legacy when the 20-year anniversary of his debut album forces her to face his abandonment.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-09-27
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Let's Love
Overview: When a director, actor, screenwriter and actress reunite for the 10th Anniversary of their one-hit wonder film for a convention that suddenly gets cancelled, they must improvise and come up with ideas for a sequel while in rural Wales.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
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