Ajay Naidu
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These eight stories by beloved and bestselling author Jhumpa Lahiri take us from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand, as they explore the secrets at the heart of family life. Here they enter the worlds of sisters and brothers, fathers and mothers, daughters and sons, friends and lovers. Rich with the signature gifts that have established Jhumpa Lahiri as one of our most essential writers, Unaccustomed Earth exquisitely renders the
...3) Ashes
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An Indian-American man (Ajay Naidu) falls in with a group of small-time gangsters while trying to support his mentally ill big brother (Faran Tahir).
4) Office space
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In this screwball comedy, a cubicle slave tires of mind-numbing corporate life and actively tries to get fired. Instead, his "straight-shooting" attitude gets him promoted, where he can play out his grand embezzling scheme.
5) SubUrbia
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Eric Bogosian (Talk Radio) adapts his hit stage play for the screen with acclaimed director Richard Linklater (Slacker, Dazed and Confused) in this drama inspired by their own experiences. When a famous rock star visits his small Texas hometown to flaunt his success, the young underachievers he left behind must not only suppress their envy but explore the frustrations of their unrealized personal dreams. After a single night of whirlwind drinking,...
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A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night.
9 to 5: Three secretaries live every female worker's dream after discovering they share the same resentment towards their sexist boss.
Office Christmas party: When the CEO tries to close her hard-partying brother's branch, he and his Chief Technical Officer must rally their co-workers and host an epic office Christmas party in an effort to impress a potential...
8) Bad Santa
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You'd better watch out - Santa Claus Willie T. Stokes is coming to town and he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. Willie's favorite holiday tradition is to fill his sacks with loot lifted from shopping malls across the country. But this year his plot gets derailed by a wisecracking store detective, a sexy bartender and a kid who's convinced Willie is the real Santa Claus.
10) The Honeymooners
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Bus driver Ralph Kramden and sanitation engineer Ed Norton are best friends who dream of making it big. Their most recent "get-rich-quick" plan finds the boys out to make their fortune by hiring a dog trainer to race their pet greyhound.
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Requiem for a dream: Harry and his best friend, Tyrone, are impoverished heroin addicts living in Coney Island, NY. Harry's girlfriend, Marion, is a fellow addict trying to distance herself from her wealthy father. Harry's mother, Sara, spends her days watching television and wants to lose weight to go on a game show. She visits a sleazy doctor who prescribes her amphetamines and soon Sara has a drug habit of her own.
[Pi]: A brilliant mathematician...