Archive for the ‘Comedy’ Category

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

Friday, December 19th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 158

Language: English

Director: Shawn Levy

Plot: Get ready for the wildest and most adventure-filled Night At the Museum ever as Larry (Ben Stiller) spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.

 

Arrete ou je continue

Wednesday, December 17th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 108

Language: French

Director: Sophie Fillieres

Plot: Pomme and Pierre have been together a long time. Passion and spontaneity have given way to predictability and cold shoulders. But there’s a lingering optimism, a hope they can return to the couple they used to be, attending chic art openings and sharing a laugh like young lovers. On a hike together one afternoon, Pomme declares her independence by deciding to stay in the woods rather than return to an underwhelming life with Pierre. Pierre tries to get back to normal, despite his worry over her whereabouts and the indelible sense that he’s missing his better half. Meanwhile, Pomme begins an extended meditation in the forest on where her own life should go next, with or without Pierre. In the end, both are left to contemplate the strength and meaning of each other’s commitment.

 

Expelled

Tuesday, December 16th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 142

Language: English

Director: Alex Goyette

Plot: Felix (Cameron Dallas) is a legendary prankster who gets expelled from his high school and, with his friend’s help, stops at nothing to hide it from his parents.

 

Wiener Dog Nationals

Tuesday, December 16th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 119

Language: English

Director: Kevan Peterson

Plot: A boy and his family adopt a runt of a dachshund from the local shelter and name her Shelly in honor of shelter dogs everywhere. Despite all odds, Shelly surprises the boy’s father (Jason London, Jason and the Argonauts, Dazed and Confused) when she places in the state trials of Wienerschnitzel’s illustrious Wiener Dog Nationals race.

The family pools all of its resources to advance to the next round only to face strong opposition from the reigning champion, Princess, and her owner Ms. Merryweather (Morgan Fairchild, Fashion House, Flamingo Road). Meanwhile, judge Melanie (Alicia Witt, 88 Minutes, Two Weeks Notice) is banned from the race by the head judge (Bryan Batt, Funny People, AMC’s Mad Men) when she tries to help the family prove that Ms. Merryweather is cheating.

Relying only on her skill and her young owner’s passion, little Shelly and her new family must face the challenge of advancing through the cutthroat world of the nation’s greatest wiener dog race. One race. One nation. One wiener!

 

Free the Nipple

Friday, December 12th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 98

Language: English

Director: Lina Esco

Plot: Appalled by America’s glorification of violence and repression of female nudity, disruptive activists LIV and WITH begin a grass roots campaign to “Free the Nipple” and make toplessness legal across the country, and raise awareness of gender inequalities in the US. Their revolution opens a national conversation about the extraordinary amount of violence being blasted at the youth of America.

 

Top Five

Friday, December 12th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 153

Language: English

Director: Chris Rock

Plot: Written, directed by, and starring Chris Rock, “TOP FIVE” tells the story of New York City comedian-turned-film star Andre Allen, whose unexpected encounter with a journalist (Rosario Dawson) forces him to confront the comedy career—and the past—that he’s left behind.

 

The Longest Week

Friday, December 5th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 128

Language: English

Director: Peter Glanz

Plot: Rich guy, Conrad Valmont, who lives in his parents’ Manhattan hotel gets disinherited and evicted all in one week.

 

Take Care

Friday, December 5th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 94

Language: English

Director: Liz Tuccilo

Plot: hen a car crash leaves Frannie immobilized, she is brushed off by everyone she can count on. With nowhere else to turn, Frannie reluctantly calls her ex, Devon, for help. It isn’t before long that old wounds emerge, and are made worse when Devon’s crazy new girlfriend also shows up.

 

Murder of a Cat

Friday, December 5th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 145

Language: English

Director: Gillian Greene

Plot: Clinton Moisey is an iconoclastic, artisan action-figure designer who still lives in his mom’s basement, and is, by the standards of the world, a full-blown loser. But Clinton doesn’t have time to care about what others think of him he is too busy running a yard sale where he promotes his hardboiled detective toy line with his pet cat and best friend, “Mouser.”

When Clinton wakes up one morning to find Mouser impaled by a crossbow arrow, he is devastated. Realizing that the local Sheriff is only interested in flirting with his mom, Clinton sets off on his own to find out who killed Mouser and why.
As Clinton delves deeper into the case, he encounters a free-spirited weed dealer and part-time hair stylist to the elderly, a squeaky-clean Korean store clerk with a dark side, and a local celebrity on the verge of a nervous breakdown, ultimately uncovering a town-wide conspiracy far greater than he ever imagined.

 

Comet

Thursday, December 4th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 132

Language: English

Director: Sam Esmail

Plot: Justin Long and Emmy Rossum are star-crossed lovers whose relationship blooms and unravels over the course of six years in this mysterious, dazzlingly original romance. When a chance encounter brings together the cynical Dell (Long) and the quick-witted Kimberly (Rossum), the stage is set for a tempestuous love affair that unfolds like a puzzle. As the film zigzags back and forth in time—from a meteor shower in LA, to an encounter in a Paris hotel room, to a fateful phone call—an unforgettable portrait of a relationship emerges. Sumptuously shot and boasting incredible chemistry between the leads, Comet is a one-of-a-kind cosmic love story.

 

Dirty Dealing

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 120

Language: English

Director: Christopher Robin Hood

Plot: A group of sexy casino dealers joins forces to try to save the sick child of one of their coworkers. When their unscrupulous boss (Michael Madsen) refuses to get the insurance company to help and then reneges on a promise to help raise the money, the ladies are left with only one option – they plot to rob their casino. But as it turns out, one of their team is not who he claims to be and his true intentions remain unknown until the night of the caper.

 

Horrible Bosses 2

Wednesday, November 26th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 168

Language: English

Director: Sean Anders

Plot: Fed up with answering to higher-ups, Nick (Bateman), Dale (Day) and Kurt (Sudeikis) decide to become their own bosses by launching their own business in “Horrible Bosses 2.” But a slick investor soon pulls the rug out from under them. Outplayed and desperate, and with no legal recourse, the three would-be entrepreneurs hatch a misguided plan to kidnap the investor’s adult son and ransom him to regain control of their company.

 

All Relative

Friday, November 21st, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 121

Language: English

Director: J.C. Khoury

Plot: Availabile Same Day as Theaters. When Harry (Jonathan Sadowski), a graduate student in New York City, meets Grace (Sara Paxton), he immediately falls for her. With the help of some dating tips from a seductive divorcée (Connie Nielsen), Harry successfully courts Grace. But when he’s introduced to her parents, a shared secret turns his world into a living nightmare. Forced to survive a weekend riddled with tension and socially awkward moments, the bonds of both couples are tested to their breaking point in this wildly engaging mix of comedy and drama.

 

Always Woodstock

Friday, November 14th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 98

Language: English

Director: Rita Merson

Plot: Aspiring singer, Catherine Brown (Allison Miller), finds herself living a life she never imagined. Stuck at a dead end job in New York City at a mega music record label, Catherine spends her days as the wrangler for the label’s most difficult star (Brittany Snow). But when Catherine is unceremoniously fired, and then comes home to find her long time fiance (Jason Ritter) in the arms of another woman, she decides that it’s time for a change. Selling off her engagement ring, Catherine moves back to her family home in Woodstock, to get back to what she has always wanted to do: write music. One night at a local bar, Catherine stumbles into handsome town doctor Noah (James Wolk), and cannot deny the moment of magic between them. Little by little, Catherine starts to find herself, and write music, with the help of local legend, Lee Ann (Katey Sagal). As she and Noah start to fall in love, Catherine realizes that becoming successful means becoming your true self first.

 

Dumb and Dumber To

Friday, November 14th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 152

Language: English

Director: Farrelly Brothers

Plot: Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels reprise their signature roles as Lloyd and Harry in the sequel to the smash hit that took the physical comedy and kicked it in the nuts: Dumb and Dumber To. The original film’s directors, Peter and Bobby Farrelly, take Lloyd and Harry on a road trip to find a child Harry never knew he had and the responsibility neither should ever, ever be given.

 

Hit by Lightning

Friday, October 31st, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 135

Language: English

Director: Billy Blitt

Plot: Hit By Lightning is lighthearted humorous romantic comedy centered on the ideals that true love is able to surmount most obstacles – but not all!

When RICKY MILLER (JON CRYER), a single, quiet 40-year old aspiring writer and manager of Debbie’s (think Denny’s) and probably the last person you’d notice in a crowd is ‘hit by lightning’ and meets the love of his life, the beautiful DANITA on E-Happily.com, he is catapulted into a relationship online but it’s a lot more than what he bargained for – this includes being asked to kill! Hounded by his best friend SETH (WILL SASSO) who thinks no “10” would even go out with a guy like Ricky unless she had ulterior motives (or needed glasses), Ricky starts to get skeptical himself. Turns out, Danita confesses she’s actually married to a handsome affable crime novelist and former Rabbi, Ben Jacobs. Is Danita telling Ricky the truth when she says wants to leave her husband but fears for her life if she does? Will Ricky go through with the plan to kill him so he and Danita can live happily ever after?

 

St. Vincent

Friday, October 24th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 152

Language: English

Director: Theodore Melfi

Plot: Maggie (McCarthy), a single mother, moves into a new home in Brooklyn with her 12-year old son, Oliver (Lieberher). Forced to work long hours, she has no choice but to leave Oliver in the care of their new neighbor, Vincent (Murray), a retired curmudgeon with a penchant for alcohol and gambling. An odd friendship soon blossoms between the improbable pair. Together with a pregnant stripper named Daka (Watts), Vincent brings Oliver along on all the stops that make up his daily routine – the race track, a strip club, and the local dive bar. Vincent helps Oliver grow to become a man, while Oliver begins to see in Vincent something that no one else is able to: a misunderstood man with a good heart

 

Tiger Lily Road

Thursday, October 23rd, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 133

Language: English

Director: Michael Medeiros

Plot: In this sexy, subversive dark comedy, best friends and housemates Annie and Louise, pushing 40, are about to step through the looking glass. ANNIE a small town vet is also a compulsive empathizer, and according to Louise and that’s why the casualty rate on her relationships has been so high. But LOUISE, the “class slut,” hasn’t done any better. After a demeaning encounter with Annie’s old boyfriend, RUSSELL – “probably the last straight, relatively sane, single man in our town” quips Louise – both friends drink tequila and swear a blood oath to give up men for a year. Later that night, as heavy snow begins to fall, a handsome smart ass named RICKY, on the run from the law (he stole a hot dog from a convenience store) breaks into their house trying to escape the storm. When the phones and power go out, Annie and Louise are forced to deal with their attractive and seductive hostage. Louise refuses to back down from the sexual power struggle she’s helped to instigate as she becomes more and more alarmed at the growing bond forming between Annie and Ricky. Friendships and freedom are tested as the situation spins wickedly out of control.

 

Dear White People

Friday, October 17th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 68

Language: English

Director: Justin Simien

Plot: Winner of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival’s Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent, Dear White People is a sly, provocative satire of race relations in the age of Obama. Writer/director Justin Simien follows a group of African American students as they navigate campus life and racial politics at a predominantly white college in a sharp and funny feature film debut that earned him a spot on Variety’s annual “10 Directors to Watch.”

 

Birdman

Friday, October 17th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 161

Language: English

Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Plot: BIRDMAN or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance is a black comedy that tells the story of an actor (Michael Keaton) – famous for portraying an iconic superhero – as he struggles to mount a Broadway play. In the days leading up to opening night, he battles his ego and attempts to recover his family, his career, and himself.