Archive for the ‘Comedy’ Category

I Hate Valentine's Day

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Romance

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: USA:98 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: She had him at get lost.

 

Cast: Nia Vardalos … Genevieve Gernier
John Corbett … Greg Gatlin
Stephen Guarino … Bill
Amir Arison … Bob
Zoe Kazan … Tammy Greenwood
Gary Wilmes … Cal
Mike Starr … John
Jason Mantzoukas … Brian Blowdell
Judah Friedlander … Dan O'Finn
Rachel Dratch … Kathy Jeemy
Jay O. Sanders … Tim the Delivery Guy
Lynda Gravatt … Rose
Olive … Rose's Dog
Suzanne Shepherd … Edie
Dan Finnerty … Grouchy Guy

 

Plot: A love story set in Manhattan, where a florist who abides by a strict five-date-limit with any man finds herself wanting with the new restaurateur in town. add synopsis

The Boat That Rocked

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance

Release Year: 2009

Country: UK | Germany | USA | France

Runtime: 116 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: 1 Boat. 8 DJs. No Morals.

 

Cast: Michael Hadley … Mr. Roberts
Charlie Rowe … James
Lucy Fleming … Mrs. Roberts
Philip Seymour Hoffman … The Count
Tom Sturridge … Little Carl
Ian Mercer … Transfer Boatman
Bill Nighy … Quentin
Will Adamsdale … News John
Tom Brooke … Thick Kevin
Rhys Darby … Angus Nutsford
Nick Frost … Doctor Dave
Katherine Parkinson … Felicity
Chris O'Dowd … Simple Simon
Ike Hamilton … Harold
Stephen Moore … Prime Minister

 

Plot: A period comedy about an illegal radio station in the North Sea in the 1960s.

I Love You, Man

Friday, March 20th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Romance

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 105 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Are You Man Enough To Say It?

 

Cast: Paul Rudd … Peter Klaven
Rashida Jones … Zooey Rice
Sarah Burns … Hailey
Greg Levine … Hailey's Date
Jaime Pressly … Denise
Jon Favreau … Barry
Jane Curtin … Joyce Klaven
J.K. Simmons … Oswald Klaven
Andy Samberg … Robbie Klaven
Jean Villepique … Leanne (Davis Dunn Receptionist)
Rob Huebel … Tevin Downey
Kym Whitley … Female Co-Worker #1
Colleen Crabtree … Female Co-Worker #2
Caroline Farah … Female Co-Worker #3
Mather Zickel … Gil

 

Plot: Friendless Peter Klaven goes on a series of man-dates to find a Best Man for his wedding. But when his insta-bond with his new B.F.F. puts a strain on his relationship with his fianc

Super Capers

Friday, March 20th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: USA:98 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline:

 

Cast: Justin Whalin … Ed Gruberman
Sam Lloyd … Herman Brainard (as Samuel Lloyd)
Ryan McPartlin … Will Powers
Danielle Harris … Felicia Freeze
Ray Griggs … Puffer Boy
Pancho Moler … Robo
Bobby 'Slim' Jones … Cretan
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister … Sarge
Chris Owen … Igniter Boy
Oliver Muirhead … Herbert Q
Michael Rooker … Judge / Dark Winged Vesper
Christine Lakin … Red
Jon Polito … Captain Sludge
Clint Howard … Mugger
Tom Sizemore … Roger Cheatem

 

Plot: A good guy with no powers joins a superhero team with no clue against a bad guy with no shame.

 

Awards: 1 win

Observe and Report

Monday, March 16th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Crime, Drama

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 86 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Right now, the world needs a hero.

 

Cast: Seth Rogen … Ronnie Barnhardt
Ray Liotta … Detective Harrison
Michael Peña … Dennis
Anna Faris … Brandi
Dan Bakkedahl … Mark
Jesse Plemons … Charles
John Yuan … John Yuen
Matt Yuan … Matt Yuen
Celia Weston … Mom
Collette Wolfe … Nell
Randy Gambill … Pervert
Alston Brown … Bruce
Cody Midthunder … D-Rock
Deborah Brown … Female Reporter (as Debra-Jayne Brown)
Aziz Ansari … Saddamn

 

Plot: Bi-polar mall security guard Ronnie Barnhardt is called into action to stop a flasher from turning shopper’s paradise into his personal peep show. But when Barnhardt can’t bring the culprit to justice, a surly police detective, is recruited to close the case.

 

Awards: 1 nomination

Women in Trouble

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: USA:92 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: High Hopes, High Anxiety, High Heels.

 

Cast: Carla Gugino … Elektra Luxx
Adrianne Palicki … Holly Rocket
Connie Britton … Doris
Marley Shelton … Cora
Cameron Richardson … Darby
Garcelle Beauvais … Maggie
Caitlin Keats … Addy Hunter
Paul Cassell … Jay rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Simon Baker … Travis McPherson
Elizabeth Berkley … Tracy
Josh Brolin … Nick Chapel
Emmanuelle Chriqui … Bambi
Sarah Clarke … Maxine McPherson
Joseph Gordon-Levitt … Bert Rodriguez
Isabella Gutierrez … Charlotte
Rya Kihlstedt … Rita

 

Plot: A serpentine day in the life of ten seemingly disparate women: a porn star, a flight attendant, a psychiatrist, a masseuse, a bartender, a pair of call girls, etc. All of them with one crucial thing in common. Trouble. add synopsis

Miss March

Friday, March 13th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 89 min | 90 min (unrated version)

Languages: English | Portuguese

Director: Zach Cregger

Trevor Moore

Tagline: After four years in a coma, Eugene Pratt is going to be reunited with his high school sweetheart…on pages 95-97.

 

Cast: Zach Cregger … Eugene Bell
Trevor Moore … Tucker Cleigh
Raquel Alessi … Cindi Whitehall
Molly Stanton … Candace
Craig Robinson … Horsedick.MPEG
Hugh M. Hefner … Himself
Carla Jimenez … Nurse Juanita
Cedric Yarbrough … Doctor
Geoff Meed … Rick
Slade Pearce … Young Eugene (as Slade Austin Pearce)
Remy Thorne … Young Tucker
Eve Mauro … Vonka
Alexis Raben … Katja
Windell Middlebrooks … Bouncer #1 (as Windell D. Middlebrooks)
Lindsay Schoneweis … Sheila

 

Plot: A young man awakens from a four-year coma to hear that his once virginal high-school sweetheart has…

 

Awards: 1 nomination

17 Again

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 102 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Who says you're only young once?

 

Cast: Zac Efron … Mike O'Donnell (Teen)
Leslie Mann … Scarlett O'Donnell (Adult)
Thomas Lennon … Ned Gold
Matthew Perry … Mike O'Donnell (Adult)
Tyler Steelman … Ned Gold (Teen)
Allison Miller … Scarlett (Teen)
Sterling Knight … Alex O'Donnell
Michelle Trachtenberg … Maggie O'Donnell
Adam Gregory … Dom
Hunter Parrish … Stan
Mario Cassem … Samir
Katerina Graham … Jaime
Tiya Sircar … Samantha
Melissa Ordway … Lauren
Melora Hardin … Principal Jane Masterson

 

Plot: About a guy whose life didn’t quite turn out how he wanted it to and wishes he could go back to high school and change it. He wakes up one day and is seventeen again and gets the chance to rewrite his life.

 

Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination

Fired Up!

Friday, February 20th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 90 min | 91 min (unrated version)

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: 2 Guys. 300 Girls. You Do the Math.

 

Cast: Nicholas D'Agosto … Shawn Colfax
Eric Christian Olsen … Nick Brady
Sarah Roemer … Carly
Molly Sims … Diora
Danneel Harris … Bianca
David Walton … Dr. Rick
Adhir Kalyan … Brewster
AnnaLynne McCord … Gwyneth
Juliette Goglia … Poppy
Philip Baker Hall … Coach Byrnes
John Michael Higgins … Coach Keith
Smith Cho … Beth
Margo Harshman … Sylvia
Hayley Marie Norman … Angela
Jake Sandvig … Downey

 

Plot: The two most popular guys in high school decide to ditch football camp for cheerleader camp. For the girls and for the glory.

 

Awards: 1 win

Madea Goes to Jail

Monday, February 16th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Crime, Drama

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 103 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline:

 

Cast: Tyler Perry … Madea / Joe / Brian
Derek Luke … Joshua Hardaway
Keshia Knight Pulliam … Candace Washington
David Mann … Brown
Tamela J. Mann … Cora
RonReaco Lee … Chuck
Ion Overman … Linda
Vanessa Ferlito … Donna
Viola Davis … Ellen
Sofía Vergara … T.T.
Robin Coleman … Big Sal
Bobbi Baker … Tanya
Aisha Hinds … D.A. Fran Walker
Benjamín Benítez … Arthur
Karan Kendrick … Guard Watson

 

Plot: Mischievous grandma Madea lands in jail, where she meets a variety of mixed-up characters.

 

Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations

My One and Only

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Drama

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: USA:108 min | Germany:108 min (Berlin International Film Festival)

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: An almost perfect portrait of a family comedy

 

Cast: Renée Zellweger … Anne Deveraux
Logan Lerman … George Devereaux
Kevin Bacon … Dan Devereaux
Troy Garity … Becker
David Koechner … Bill Massey
J.C. MacKenzie … Tom
Eric McCormack … Charlie
Chris Noth … Dr. Harlan Williams
Molly C. Quinn … Paula
Mark Rendall … Robbie
Nick Stahl … Bud
Phoebe Strole … Wendy
Steven Weber … Wallace McAllister
Robin Weigert … Hope
Dan John Miller … Mickey

 

Plot: An unusual road trip movie about a mother driving her two sons from New York to Pittsburgh to St. Louis and eventually Hollywood in her quest to find a man to take care of them all.

 

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination

Next Day Air

Friday, February 6th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Comedy, Crime

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: USA:84 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: It's all in the delivery.

 

Cast: Donald Faison … Leo
Mike Epps … Brody
Wood Harris … Guch
Omari Hardwick … Shavoo
Emilio Rivera … Bodega
Darius McCrary … Buddy
Cisco Reyes … Jesus
Yasmin Deliz … Chita
Lobo Sebastian … Rhino
Malik Barnhardt … Hassie
Mos Def … Eric
Debbie Allen … Ms. Jackson
Lauren London … Ivy
Jo D. Jonz … Wade
Shawn Michael Howard … Derrick

 

Plot: Two inept criminals are mistakenly delivered a package of cocaine and think they’ve hit the jackpot, triggering a series of events that changes ten people’s lives forever.

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Romance

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 104 min

Languages: English | Finnish

Director:

Tagline: All she ever wanted was a little credit…

 

Cast: Isla Fisher … Rebecca Bloomwood
Hugh Dancy … Luke Brandon
Krysten Ritter … Suze
Joan Cusack … Jane Bloomwood
John Goodman … Graham Bloomwood
John Lithgow … Edgar West
Kristin Scott Thomas … Alette Naylor
Fred Armisen … Ryan Koenig
Leslie Bibb … Alicia Billington
Lynn Redgrave … Drunken Lady at Ball
Robert Stanton … Derek Smeath
Julie Hagerty … Hayley
Nick Cornish … Tarquin
Wendie Malick … Miss Korch
Clea Lewis … Miss Ptaszinski

 

Plot: A college grad lands a job as a financial journalist in New York City to support where she nurtures her shopping addiction and falls for a wealthy entrepreneur.

 

Awards: 3 nominations

He's Just Not That Into You

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA | Germany | Netherlands

Runtime: 129 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Are you the exception…or the rule?

 

Cast: Morgan Lily … 5 yr. old Girl
Trenton Rogers … 6 yr. old Boy
Michelle Carmichael … Mother
Jasmine Woods … Crying 20-Something (as Kristen Faye Hunter)
Sabrina Revelle … Consoling Friend
Zoe Jarman … Sorority Girl #1
Alia Rhiana Eckerman … Sorority Girl #2
Julia Pennington … Sous Chef #1
Renee Scott … Sous Chef #2
Chihiro Fujii … Tokyo Girl #1
Sachiko Ishida … Tokyo Girl #2
Claudia DiMartino … Jogger #1
Eve Curtis … Jogger #2
Carmen Perez … Army Recruit #1
Traycee King … Army Recruit #2

 

Plot: The Baltimore-set movie of interconnecting story arcs deals with the challenges of reading or misreading human behavior.

 

Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations

New in Town

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Romance

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA | Canada

Runtime: 97 min

Languages: English | Spanish

Director:

Tagline: She's an executive on the move. But her career is taking her a little farther than she expected.

 

Cast: Renée Zellweger … Lucy Hill
Harry Connick Jr. … Ted Mitchell
Siobhan Fallon … Blanche Gunderson (as Siobhan Fallon Hogan)
J.K. Simmons … Stu Kopenhafer
Mike O'Brien … Lars Ulstead
Frances Conroy … Trudy Van Uuden
Ferron Guerreiro … Bobbie Mitchell
Barbara James Smith … Joan
James Durham … Rob Deitmar
Robert Small … Donald Arling
Wayne Nicklas … Harve Gunderson
Hilary Carroll … Kimberley
Nancy Drake … Flo
Stewart J. Zully … Wallace Miller (as Stewart Zully)
Marilyn Boyle … Winnie

 

Plot: A Miami businesswoman adjusts to her new life in a tiny Minnesota town.

In the Loop

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy

Release Year: 2009

Country: UK

Runtime: 106 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: The fate of the world is on the line.

 

Writers: Harold Manning (French adaptation) and Jesse Armstrong (written by)

 

Cast: Peter Capaldi … Malcolm Tucker
Tom Hollander … Simon Foster
Gina McKee … Judy Molloy
James Gandolfini … Lt. Gen. George Miller
Chris Addison … Toby Wright
Anna Chlumsky … Liza Weld
Enzo Cilenti … Bob Adriano
Paul Higgins … Jamie MacDonald
Mimi Kennedy … Karen Clarke
Alex Macqueen … Sir Jonathan Tutt
Johnny Pemberton … A.J. Brown
Olivia Poulet … Suzy
David Rasche … Linton Barwick
Joanna Scanlan … Roz
James Smith … Michael Rodgers

 

Plot: The US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war. But not everyone agrees that war is a good thing…

 

Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 16 nominations

Motherhood

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: USA:90 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: There are no time-outs in…

 

Cast: Uma Thurman … Eliza Welsh
Anthony Edwards
Minnie Driver … Sheila rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Samantha Bee
Carol Commissiong … Bakery Customer #2
Alice Drummond
Arjun Gupta
Jenny Kirlin … Bakery Clerk
Clea Lewis
Aaron Mathias … Model boyfriend
Javier Picayo … Male College Student
Vincent James Russo … Pedestrain
David Schallipp … Lucas Welsh
Matthew Schallipp … Lucas Welsh
Jake M. Smith … PA
Jackie Stewart … Model
Stephanie Szostak … Sandrine Dumas
Daisy Tahan … Clara

 

Plot: In Manhattan, a mother of two preparing for her daughter’s sixth birthday party has no idea of the challenges she’s about to face in order to pull off the event.

Adam

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 99 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: A story about two strangers. One a little stranger than the other…

 

Cast: Hugh Dancy … Adam Raki
Rose Byrne … Beth Buchwald
Peter Gallagher … Marty Buchwald
Amy Irving … Rebecca Buchwald
Frankie Faison … Harlan
Mark Linn-Baker … Sam Klieber
Haviland Morris … Lyra
Adam LeFevre … Mr. Wardlow
Mike Hodge … Judge
Peter O'Hara … Williams
John Rothman … Beranbaum
Terry Walters … Michael
Susan Porro … Jen
Maddie Corman … Robin
Jeff Hiller … Rom

 

Plot: Adam, a lonely man with Asperger’s Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.

 

Awards: 2 wins & 2 nominations

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: USA:103 min

Languages: English | Ukrainian

Director:

Tagline: We're not in Manhattan anymore.

 

Cast: Hugh Grant … Paul Morgan
Sarah Jessica Parker … Meryl Morgan
Natalia Klimas … Monique Rabelais
Vincenzo Amato … Girard Rabelais
Jesse Liebman … Adam Feller
Elisabeth Moss … Jackie Drake
Michael Kelly … Vincent
Seth Gilliam … U.S. Marshal Lasky
Sándor Técsy … Anton Forenski (as Sandor Tecsy)
Kevin Brown … U.S. Marshal Henderson
Steven Boyer … U.S. Marshal Ferber
Sharon Wilkins … U.S. Marshal King
Sam Elliott … Clay Wheeler
Mary Steenburgen … Emma Wheeler
Kim Shaw … Nurse Kelly

 

Plot: In New York City, an estranged couple who witness a murder are relocated to small-town Wyoming as part of a witness-protection program. add synopsis

 

Awards: 1 nomination

Adventureland

Monday, January 19th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: Argentina:107 min | USA:107 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: It was the worst job they ever imagined… and the best time of their lives.

 

Cast: Jesse Eisenberg … James Brennan
Kelsey Ford … Arlene
Michael Zegen … Eric
Ryan McFarland … Brad
Jack Gilpin … Mr. Brennan
Wendie Malick … Mrs. Brennan
Matt Bush … Tommy Frigo
Todd Cioppa … Velvet Touch Manager
Stephen Mast … Rich
Kristen Wiig … Paulette
Bill Hader … Bobby
Martin Starr … Joel
Adam Kroloff … Adult Contestant
Kristen Stewart … Em Lewin
Kevin Breznahan … Molly Hatchet T-Shirt Guy

 

Plot: A comedy set in the summer of 1987 and centered around a recent college grad (Eisenberg) who takes a nowhere job at his local amusement park, only to find it’s the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.

 

Awards: 2 nominations