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Meanwhile, the sprawling menagerie of Max’s NYC pet pals get into their own hijinks. Left to guard Max’s favorite toy, pampered Pomeranian Gidget (Jenny Slate) lets the beloved ball bounce through an open window into the local cat lady’s apartment. The pup’s plan to infiltrate the peevish pack of toms and tabbies involves taking lessons in how to pass as a feline from the quintessential cat Chloe (the deliciously droll Lake Bell).
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Based on the 2011 French film The Intouchables, this heartfelt comedy is about the developing friendship between an ex-convict and a quadriplegic Manhattan billionaire. Confined to a wheelchair after a devastating paragliding accident, Philip Lacasse is calmly interviewing potential caregivers when surly Dell Scott wanders into his penthouse by mistake, thinking he’s applying for a janitorial position.
Read moreWhen fabulously wealthy hedge-fund manager, James King (Will Ferrell) faces a 10 year prison term after being convicted on 76 counts of fraud and embezzlement, he hires Darnell Lewis (Kevin Hart), an African-American car-washer whom he assumes is an ex-con, to toughen him up for what lies ahead. One may be patient with raunchy stupidity – but not with those who are proud of it. Read on…
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