This January, we’ve got the laughs! January 9th - 10th, join us for our Comedy Movie Marathon, featuring some Hollywood’s funniest stars, perfect for the whole family. Titles include Jack Black as the eponymous character in Richard Linklater’s now-classic BERNIE, Edward Norton-times-two as twins who are complete opposites in Tim Blake Nelson’s LEAVES OF GRASS, Ron Livingston as a yuppie who discovers that his biological parents are Danny Devito and Kathy Bates in RELATIVE STRANGERS and more.
Later this month, we’ve got a primo line-up of your favorite BBC medical shows with our “MD TV” marathon January 23rd - 24th. Some of our best British MDs are on call, including the titular “Doc Martin,” Sue White and the cast of “Green Wing,” Adrian Lukis and team in “Peak Practice” and more. Add this to your Watch List... STAT!
Finally, we’re also ringing in the new year with some brand new TV titles to our catalogue. One is “West of Liberty,” a critically-acclaimed German/Swiss series about a former Stasi double agent who is asked by his old CIA contact to work one more case. The other is Canadian series “Little Dog,” a drama about a boxer who makes a comeback to redeem his past.
Comedy Movie Marathon (January 9th - 10th)
Available on FilmRise Free Movies via The Roku Channel, IMDb TV, Samsung TV Plus, Redbox Free Live TV, VIZIO Free Channels and TiVo+
Outrageous star-studded comedies starring Jack Black, Lindsay Lohan, Danny DeVito and more!
Programming Highlights:
BERNIE (Dir. Richard Linklater, 2011) In small-town Texas, an affable mortician (Jack Black) strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow (Shirley MacLaine), though when she starts to become controlling, he goes to great lengths to separate himself from her grasp.
LABOR PAINS (Dir. Stacy Kramer, 2009) A young woman (Lindsay Lohan) pretends to be pregnant in order to avoid being fired from her job. When that gets her special treatment by everyone involved in her life, she tries to keep up the lie for nine months.
LEAVES OF GRASS (Dir. Tim Blake Nelson, 2009) An Ivy League professor (Edward Norton) is lured back to his Oklahoma hometown, where his twin brother (also Edward Norton), a small-time pot grower, has concocted a scheme to take down a local drug lord.
RELATIVE STRANGERS (Dir. Greg Glienna, 2006) A hip, well-dressed yuppie (Ron Livingston) tracks down his biological parents (Danny Devito & Kathy Bates), only to find that they live in a trailer park.
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MD TV (January 23rd - 24th)
Available to Stream on FilmRise Classic TV via The Roku Channel, IMDbTV, Samsung TV Plus, Redbox Free Live TV, VIZIO Free Channels and TiVo+
If you’ve got cabin fever, we prescribe these thrilling medical dramas and hilarious hospital-themed comedies like “Doc Martin,” “Green Wing,” “Peak Practice” and more.
Programming Highlights:
“Doc Martin” (BBC) The trials and tribulations of Dr. Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes), a socially challenged doctor who moves from London to the picturesque village of Port Wenn in Cornwall.
“Green Wing” (BBC) Funky hospital-based sketch-comedy-drama type show.
“Peak Practice”(BBC) Beth Glover and Will Preston are doctors in partnership at a Derbyshire clinic when they hire Jack who's returned from Africa. The next several years deal with their personal and professional lives with Jack and Beth marrying.
“Bramwell” (BBC) In 1895, women were not expected to work - or even know about - medicine. Women were expected to work as house-wives, mothers, teachers and nurses. One woman was determined to change that.
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“West of Liberty” - New Series Available
Coming to Amazon Prime, Peacock, Pluto TV, The Roku Channel, Redbox On Demand, VUDU, XUMO and the FilmRise App.
Based on the novel by Thomas Engström, a former Stasi double agent is asked by his old CIA contact to work one more case. Sweden/Germany.
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“Little Dog” - New Series Available
Coming to Amazon Prime, Pluto TV, The Roku Channel, Redbox On Demand, VUDU, XUMO and the FilmRise App.
Five years after quitting a match, boxer Tommy "Little Dog" Ross begins a quest for redemption. Canada.
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