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Assistant funeral director Bernie When tyrannical dictator Joseph This amazing series takes you Tiede (Jack Black) is one of Stalin dies in 1953, his parasitic from the farthest corners of the most-beloved residents in cronies square off in a frantic the globe to the inside of your the small Texas town of Carthage. power struggle to become the mind, guided by Jacob Ward, who Sunday-school teacher, choir next Soviet leader. Among the brings discoveries and laughter member and creator of spectacular contenders are the dweebish to The Today Show; Along the way, funerals, Bernie is a friend to Georgy Malenkov, the wily you’ll discover why it’s incredibly everyone, including Marjorie Nugent Nikita Khrushchev and easy for others to hack into (Shirley MacLaine), a rich but nasty Lavrenti Beria -- the sadistic your mind and how you widow whom no one else likes. secret police chief. As they bumble, can defend yourself. When Marjorie is found shot to brawl and back-stab their way death and stuffed in a freezer, to the top, the question remains -- Bernie is charged with the murder, just who is running and concerned Carthage citizens the government? immediately spring to his defense. Martin Scorsese’s cinematic Danny Trejo returns as legendary mastery is on full display in this ex-Federale Machete Cortez in sweeping crime saga, which serves this action-packed thrill ride from as an elegiac summation of his innovative director Robert six-decade career. Left behind Rodriguez. In his latest mission, by the world, former hit man and Machete is recruited by the U.S. union truck driver Frank Sheeran President (Carlos Estevez) to stop (Robert De Niro) looks back from a crazed global terrorist (Mel a nursing home on his life’s Gibson) from starting a nuclear journey through the ranks of war. With a bounty on his head, organized crime: from his Machete breaks all the rules as involvement with Philadelphia he faces death at every turn mob boss Russell Bufalino (Joe from a star-studded cast of Pesci) to his association with deadly assassins. Teamsters union head Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino) to the rift that forced him to choose between the two. .

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