Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Stan loses at poker and is asked to play a role that he has misgivings about. However, with some coaching from Oliver, Stan admirably rises to the occasion.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Susan sings “The Moon Kissed the Mississippi” to Miss Emily, her supposedly rich aunt and potential investor in Mr. Bennett's show. The song was composed for the film by Lew Pollack and the lyrics are by Charles Newman.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Miss Emily, who is Stan in disguise, is delighted with Susan and the show. Mr. Bennett thinks he's got Miss Emily on the hook for five thousand dollars. Meanwhile, "Watty" literally empties Mr. Bennett's pockets.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Mr. Bennett wants Tony Queen to advance him five thousand dollars to stuff in an envelope — part of a con to cheat Miss Emily out of her investment in the show. Chester has cooked up a similar swindle involving the switching of envelopes for Stan and Ollie to carry out on Mr. Bennett.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
It's time for the envelope routine and both groups are sure they've pulled a fast one. Miss Emily proposes a drink to celebrate while Chester takes the envelope to the hotel safe.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
When Bennett opens the envelope, Stan and Ollie make a hasty getaway — but not fast enough. Tony Queen plans on turning the showboat into a casino, which will include roulette and the bird cage (a game played with three dice). Queen also has plans for Susan.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Ollie is tasked with shoveling coal into the boiler to heat the riverboat while Miss Emmie (Stan) gets to sit it out. Susan entertains the nightclub patrons with a musical number.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
The pills meant to turn water into gasoline were a bust, but they come in handy for Stan, Ollie, and Susan. Some of their problems just float away.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
The guard in the engine room accidentally causes the nightclub riverboat to set off at full speed and chaos ensues. Chester comes to give Susan some welcome news, while Stan and Ollie end up in the Mississippi River.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Oliver and Dorcas get acquainted in the hotel room while Stan hides under the furniture. Susan worries that Chester may double-cross her, and Chester does seem to be plotting something.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
The movie Barbie from writer/director Greta Gerwig stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken. Barbie Land is a perfect place to be perfect and have fun, unless you have a full-on existential crisis.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Talk show host Seth Meyers delivers a comedic monologue based on the biggest stories from that week’s news on Late Night with Seth Meyers.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Tom Hanks stars as Otto in this movie about a grumpy widower who spends his life angry with anyone and everyone he meets. But when new neighbors move in, he’s forced to be a kinder, more helpful man whose heart might finally be about to soften.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
This bizarre, satirical film from Calvin Communications satirizes a typical approach to industrial promotional films, showing how the idea of the "American Dream" is utilized to sell products.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
We are repeatedly invited to imagine our own company or product name inserted in a film parodying generic advertising films and their efforts to play on and profit from our dreams and aspirations.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Jennifer and Jimmy find they have something in common, they both love to diagnose their own illnesses and do so with some degree of success—on Jimmy’s side at least!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
Jimmy enjoys diagnosing other people’s illnesses just as much as his own, and Jennifer once saved a life with her self-taught medical knowledge!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
This classic American cartoon from the 1940s tells the story of the most famous reindeer of all, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Shunned by his peers for his unusual appearance, he’s called on by Santa for a special job on Christmas Eve!
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
In this short scene, a deeply star-struck Sheldon meets one of his heroes, the great actor James Earl Jones, whom Sheldon knows as the voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars movies.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
Mummy and Daddy Pig take Peppa and little brother George ice skating for the first time! Peppa is sure it will be easy, until she steps onto the slippery ice...
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
All of the ridicule turns to love and acclaim as Rudolph’s unique nose becomes a beacon in the darkness, lighting Santa’s way on that dark and foggy Christmas Eve.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
This is the trailer for Charlotte’s Web, a classic story and a great feel-good film for the holidays. A tiny piglet named Wilbur is helped by Charlotte, a friendly spider, to achieve miracles and stay off the Christmas menu!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
A reclusive author finds herself in danger when her books begin to mirror the real-life activities of a criminal gang. This is the trailer for Argylle, a comedic action film with an all-star cast that includes pop star Dua Lipa and British actor Henry Cavill.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
Gwen Stefani talks about her Christmas album, You Make It Feel Like Christmas, and how Blake Shelton's adjusting to life as People's Sexiest Man Alive.
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