Archive for the ‘Comedy’ Category
Monday, January 21st, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 99 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Changing his attitude will take a miracle.
Cast: Luke Wilson … Henry Poole
Radha Mitchell … Dawn Stupek
Adriana Barraza … Esperanza Martinez
George Lopez … Father Salazar
Cheryl Hines … Meg Wyatt
Richard Benjamin … Dr. Fancher
Morgan Lily … Millie Stupek
Rachel Seiferth … Patience
Beth Grant … Josie
Earl Carroll … Mr. Lawrence
Noah Dahl … Young Henry Poole
Gloria Garayua … Female Worshipper
Molly Hagan … Pediatrician
Michelle Krusiec … Young Nurse
Kate Mulligan … Waitress
Plot: Henry Poole moves in to a house in his old neighborhood, to spend what he believes are his remaining days alone. The discovery of a “miracle” by a nosy neighbor ruptures his solitude and restores his faith in life.
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
All Genres:
Documentary, Comedy, War
Release Year: 2008
Country: France | USA
Runtime: 90 min
Languages: English | Arabic | French
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Jeremy Chilnick (screenplay) & Morgan Spurlock (screenplay)
Cast: Morgan Spurlock … Himself rest of cast listed alphabetically:
George Bush … Himself (archive footage)
Dick Cheney … Himself (archive footage)
Daryl Isaacs … Himself (as Daryl M. Isaacs)
Alexandra Jamieson … Herself
Donald Rumsfeld … Himself (archive footage)
Laken James Spurlock … Himself
Plot: Morgan Spurlock tours the Middle East to discuss the war on terror with Arabic people.
Awards: 2 wins
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 92 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: From the author of Fight Club
Cast: Kathryn Alexander … Mousy Girl / Agnes
Teodorina Bello … Jamaican Lady
Kate Blumberg … Edwin's Wife
Jonah Bobo … Young Victor
Willi Burke … Deranged Socialite (as Wilma 'Willi' Burke)
Heather Burns … Internet Date / Gwen
David Wolos-Fonteno … Edwin (as David Fonteno)
Matt Gerald … Detective Ryan
Clark Gregg … Lord High Charlie
Joel Grey … Phil
Viola Harris … Eva Muller
Brad William Henke … Denny
Paz de la Huerta … Nico (as Paz De La Huerta)
Michelle Hurst … Shapely Nurse
Anjelica Huston … Ida J. Mancini
Plot: A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother’s hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.
Awards: 1 win & 5 nominations
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:92 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Sometimes what you lose is not as important as what you find.
Writers: Doug Bost (additional written material) Sherwood Kiraly (writer)
Cast: Matthew Broderick … Cooper
Virginia Madsen … Charlotte
Alan Alda … Uncle Rollie
Jimmy Bennett … Dillon
Louis C.K. … Stan
Jim True-Frost … Donny Prine
Dylan Baker … Mad Dog McClure
Bobby Cannavale … Lee Vivyan
Jeff Perry … Casey Dean
Lois Smith … Belle Tyke
Tom Aldredge … Wendell Kendall
Ray Thomas … Gordy
Chris Bauer … Lloyd
Heidi Neurauter … Irene Sasso
Carolyn Baeumler … Diane McClure
Plot: A Chicago journalist suffering from memory loss takes leaves from his job and returns to his rural hometown, where he bonds with his Alzheimer’s-impaired uncle Rollie and his old flame. add synopsis
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Sunday, January 20th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: UK | USA
Runtime: 102 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: You name it, we shoot it
Cast: Jack Black … Jerry Gerber
Mos Def … Mike
Danny Glover … Elroy Fletcher
Mia Farrow … Miss Falewicz
Melonie Diaz … Alma
Irv Gooch … Wilson
Chandler Parker … Craig
Arjay Smith … Manny
Quinton Aaron … Q
Gio Perez … Randy
Basia Rosas … Andrea
Tomasz Soltys … Carl
Marcus Carl Franklin … Kid #1
Blake Hightower … Kid #2
Amir Ali Said … Kid #3
Plot: A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend’s video store. In order to satisfy the store’s most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.
Awards: 2 nominations
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Sunday, January 20th, 2008
All Genres:
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 95 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Sometimes life leads you to the most mysterious places.
Cast: Jon Foster … Art Bechstein
Peter Sarsgaard … Cleveland Arning
Sienna Miller … Jane Bellwether
Nick Nolte … Joe Bechstein
Mena Suvari … Phlox Lombardi
Omid Abtahi … Mohammed
Keith Michael Gregory … Keith
Don Wadsworth … Class Instructor
Christian Hand … Punk Rock Bathroom Patron
Jarid Faubel … Mohawk Man
Tim Hartman … Restaurant Manager
Seth Adams … Feldman
Jocelyn Wrzosek … Townie
Patrick Jordan … Phlox's New Boyfriend
Stephen Liska … Jimmy Breezy
Plot: Based on Michael Chabon’s novel, the film chronicles the defining summer of a recent college graduate who crosses his gangster father and explores love, sexuality, and the enigmas surrounding his life and his city.
Awards: 1 nomination
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Saturday, January 19th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 104 min
Languages: English | Hebrew | French
Director:
Tagline: In Hollywood, everybody can hear you scream.
Cast: Robert De Niro … Ben
Sean Penn … Himself
Catherine Keener … Lou Tarnow
Bruce Willis … Actor
John Turturro … Dick Bell
Robin Wright Penn … Kelly
Stanley Tucci … Scott Solomon
Kristen Stewart … Zoe
Michael Wincott … Jeremy Brunell
Jason Kravits … Pollster (as Jason Kravitz)
Mark Ivanir … Johnny
Remy K. Selma … Jimmy (as Remy Selma)
Christopher Evan Welch … Studio Marketing Guy
Lily Rabe … Dawn
Sam Levinson … Carl
Plot: Two weeks in the life of a fading Hollywood producer who’s having a rough time trying to get his new picture made.
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 110 min
Languages: English | French | German
Director:
Tagline: Based on a true story of love, victory and fermentation.
Cast: Chris Pine … Bo Barrett
Hal B. Klein … Shenky
Alan Rickman … Steven Spurrier
Jean-Michel Richaud … Maitre d'
Dennis Farina … Maurice Cantavale
Bill Pullman … Jim Barrett
Kirk Baily … Loan Officer
Freddy Rodríguez … Gustavo Brambila (as Freddy Rodriguez)
Philippe Bergeron … Pierre Tari
Rachael Taylor … Sam Fulton
Louis Giambalvo … George Taber
Jean-Pierre Gillain … Pierre Bréjoux
Greg Collins … Trucker
Luis Saguar … Man #1 (as Louis Saguar)
James Hiser … Man #2
Plot: The story of the early days of California wine making featuring the now infamous, blind Paris wine tasting of 1976 that has come to be known as “Judgment of Paris”. add synopsis
Awards: 1 win
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 99 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Sometimes it's right to do the wrong things.
Cast: Ben Kingsley … Dr. Jeffrey Squires
Josh Peck … Luke Shapiro
Famke Janssen … Kristin Squires
Olivia Thirlby … Stephanie
Mary-Kate Olsen … Union
Jane Adams … Eleanor
Method Man … Percy
Aaron Yoo … Justin
Talia Balsam … Mrs. Shapiro
David Wohl … Mr. Shapiro
Bob Dishy … Grandpa Shapiro
Joanna Merlin … Grandma Shapiro
Shannon Briggs … Bodyguard #1
Roy Milton Davis … Homeless Man
Alexander Flores … Kid in Bar
Plot: It’s the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop. Set against this backdrop, a lonely teenager named Luke Shapiro spends his last summer before university selling marijuana throughout New York City, trading it with his unorthodox psychotherapist for treatment, while having a crush on his stepdaughter.
Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 90 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Get ready for the comeback of a lifetime.
Cast: John Malkovich … Buck Howard
Colin Hanks … Troy Gable
Emily Blunt … Valerie Brennan
Ricky Jay … Gil Bellamy
Steve Zahn … Kenny
Tom Hanks … Mr. Gable
Griffin Dunne … Johnathan Finerman
Debra Monk … Doreen
Adam Scott … Alan Berkman
Patrick Fischler … Michael Perry
Wallace Langham … Dan Green
Jonathan Ames … Edward Kelly
Jacquie Barnbrook … Sheila Heller
Paul Darricarrere … Restaurant Manager
Terry Scannell … Kip
Plot: A young man, much to the chagrin of his father, becomes the new assistant to an illusionist in decline.
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 91 min | Germany:102 min (European Film Market)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: life's a messy business.
Cast: Amy Adams … Rose Lorkowski
Emily Blunt … Norah Lorkowski
Alan Arkin … Joe Lorkowski
Jason Spevack … Oscar Lorkowski
Steve Zahn … Mac
Mary Lynn Rajskub … Lynn
Clifton Collins Jr. … Winston
Eric Christian Olsen … Randy
Paul Dooley … Sherm
Kevin Chapman … Carl
Judith Jones … Paula Datzman-Mead
Amy Redford … Heather
Christopher Dempsey … Gun Shop Suicide
Vic Browder … Gun Shop Owner
Ivan Brutsche … Above and Beyond Worker
Plot: In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school, a mom starts an unusual business — a biohazard removal/crime scene clean-up service — with her unreliable sister.
Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Crime, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 104 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: They're having the crime of their lives…
Cast: Diane Keaton … Bridget Cardigan
Ted Danson … Don Cardigan
Katie Holmes … Jackie Truman
Adam Rothenberg … Bob Truman
Queen Latifah … Nina Brewster
Peyton 'Alex' Smith … Older Dante (as Peyton Smith)
Charlie Caldwell … Cop #1
Richard F Law … Cop #2 (as Richard Law)
Meagen Fay … Mindy Arbogast
Christopher McDonald … Bryce Arbogast (as Chris McDonald)
Denise Lee … Counselor
Sylvia Castro Galan … Selina
Morgana Shaw … Molly
Roger R. Cross … Barry (as Roger Cross)
Stephen Root … Glover
Plot: Three female employees of the Federal Reserve plot to steal money that is about to be destroyed.
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Friday, January 11th, 2008
All Genres:
Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:85 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline:
Cast: Phil Vischer … George / Sedgewick / Willory / Sir Frederick / Mr. Hibbing / Bob the Tomato / Pirate Spy / Pirate Philippe Pea (voice)
Mike Nawrocki … Elliot / Pirate Jean Claude Pea / Theater Foe / Pirate Spy Sidekick / Pirate with Dummy / Rock Monster Father (voice)
Cam Clarke … Robert the Terrible / The King (voice)
Yuri Lowenthal … Alexander (voice)
Alan Lee … Blind Man / One-Eyed Louie (voice)
Cydney Trent … Bernadette (voice)
Megan Murphy … Madame Blueberry (voice)
Jim Poole … Pirate Scooter Carrot (voice)
Tim Hodge … Jolly Joe / King's Ship Officer (voice)
Ally Nawrocki … Lucy / Rock Monster Girl (voice)
Joe Spadaford … Jacob Lewis / Stubb Pirate Overboard / Stubb Pirate Coward (voice)
John Wahba … Dungeon Guard / Pirate with Dummy Sidekick (voice)
Colleen Curtis … Theater Customer Woman (voice)
Brian Roberts … Steadfast Soldier / Theater Customer Man / Pirate Pilot (voice) rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sondra Morton Chaffin … Caroline (voice)
Laura Gerow … Eloise (voice)
Patrick Kramer … Collin (voice)
Drake Lyle … George Jr. / Rock Monster Boy (voice)
Keri Pisapia … Ellen (voice)
Sloan Yarborough … Photographer (voice)
Plot: Three lazy misfits – very timid Elliot (Larry the Cucumber), lazy Sedgewick (Mr. Lunt) and no self-confident George (Pa Grape)… add synopsis
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Friday, January 11th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:96 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Keep the faith. Steal the rest.
Cast: Ice Cube … Durell
Katt Williams … Rickey
Tracy Morgan … LeeJohn
Loretta Devine … Sister Doris
Michael Beach … Deacon
Keith David … Judge B. Bennet Galloway
Regina Hall … Omunique
Malinda Williams … Tianna
Chi McBride … Pastor Arthur Mitchell
Clifton Powell … Officer Eddie King
Nicholas Turturro … Officer D'Agostino
Olivia Cole … Momma T
Red Grant … Harold
C.J. Sanders … Durell Jr.
Rickey Smiley … Bernice Jenkins
Plot: Durell and LeeJohn are best friends and bumbling petty criminals. When told they have one week to pay a $17,000 debt or Durell will lose his son, they come up with a desperate scheme to rob their neighborhood church. Instead, they end up spending the night in the presence of the Lord and are forced to deal with much than they bargained for. add synopsis
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 111 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: This January, always a bridesmaid, never a bride.
Cast: Brian Kerwin … Hal
Charli Barcena … Young Tess
Peyton List … Young Jane (as Peyton Roi List)
Jane Pfitsch … Cousin Lisa
Katherine Heigl … Jane
Jennifer Lim … Bridal Salesgirl #1
Brigitte Bourdeau … Salesgirl Olga
Judy Greer … Casey
Danielle Skraastad … Bride Suzanne
Marilyn L. Costello … Bride Suzanne's Minister
James Marsden … Kevin
Michael Ziegfeld … Taxi Driver Khaleel
Yetta Gottesman … Hip Bridesmaid
Erin Fogel … Shari Rabinowitz
Bern Cohen … Rabbi
Plot: After serving as a bridesmaid 27 times, a young woman wrestles with the idea of standing by her sister’s side as her sibling marries the man she’s secretly in love with.
Awards: 4 wins & 3 nominations
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2007
Country: Norway | Germany | France
Runtime: 90 min
Languages: Norwegian
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Bent Hamer (writer) Harold Manning (french adaptation)
Cast: Baard Owe … Odd Horten (as Bård Owe)
Espen Skjønberg … Trygve Sissener
Ghita Nørby … Fru Thøgersen
Henny Moan … Svea
Bjørn Floberg … Flo
Kai Remlow … Steiner Sissener (as Kai Remlov)
Per Jansen … Lokfører
Bjarte Hjelmeland … Konduktør rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tone Stern Bergersen … Jente i svømmebasseng
Peter Bredal … Brevmann
Einar Breian … Flyveleder
Dag Brekke … Skliende forretningsmann
Bård Brinchmann … Toller
Andreas Cappelen … Cateringpersonell
Kjell Ove Carlsen … Ground service luggage
Øyvind Dahle … Sivilpoliti
Øyvind Dvergsdal … Lokomotivfører
Gard B. Eidsvold … Stinesen
Nils Gaup … Same
Anton Lohne Hamer … Nordahls storebror
Peder Anders Lohne Hamer … Nordahl
Jørn Hansen … Arrestert kokk
Elin Hamnes Holm … Ground service
Peter Hredal … Man with letter and stamp
Trond Hultgren … Stamgjest på Valkyrien
Lina Jagels … Jente i svømmebasseng
Bjørn Jenseg … Valkyrijen kelner
Kari Loland … Vera Horten
Nils Petter Mørland … Lokomotivfører
Kjell Arvid Odden … Sivilpoliti
Tor Øines … Ground service security
Lars Øyno … Connery
Claus Plapp … Cateringpersonell
Lasse Ramstad … Nordahls far
Morten Rudå … Röhmer
Anette Sagen … Ung Vera Horten
Paal Schøyen … Mann i badstu
Kristine Rui Slettebakken … Nordahls mor
Thorolv Stangnes … Valkyrienpar
Elisabeth Stavenes … Valkyrienpar
Fredrik Steen … Ground service luggage
Ronald Stiansen … Flyveleder
Karl Sundby … Kjell
Trond-Viggo Torgersen … Opsahl
Michael Tung … Engineer
Terje Alsvik Walløe … Man på pissoar
Lena Wermelin … Gate service
Plot: A drama focused on a life-changing moment in 67-year-old train engineer Odd Horten’s existence: the evening of his retirement. add synopsis
Awards: 3 wins & 7 nominations
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Friday, December 21st, 2007
All Genres:
Comedy, Music
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 96 min | 120 min (extended edition)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Life made him tough. Love made him strong. Music made him hard.
Cast: Nat Faxon … Awards Show Stage Manager
John C. Reilly … Dewey Cox
Tim Meadows … Sam
Conner Rayburn … Dewey – Age 8
Chip Hormess … Nate
Raymond J. Barry … Pa Cox
Terrence Beasor … Country Doctor
Margo Martindale … Ma Cox
Honeyboy Edwards … Old Bluesman (as David Honeyboy Edwards)
Gerry Black … Harmonica Player
Aron Johnson … Teenage Band
Jack Donovan Saperstein … Teenage Band (as Jack Saperstein)
Taylor Hubert … Teenage Band (as Taylor Jamison Hubert)
Christopher Hurt … Teenage Band
Matt Price … MC
Plot: Singer Dewey Cox overcomes adversity to become a musical legend. add synopsis
Awards: Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 2 nominations
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Sunday, December 16th, 2007
All Genres:
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 97 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: When he closed his eyes, his heart was opened
Cast: Jack Nicholson … Edward Cole
Morgan Freeman … Carter Chambers
Sean Hayes … Thomas
Beverly Todd … Virginia Chambers
Rob Morrow … Dr. Hollins
Alfonso Freeman … Roger Chambers
Rowena King … Angelica
Annton Berry Jr. … Kai
Verda Bridges … Shandra
Destiny Brownridge … Maya
Brian Copeland … Lee
Ian Anthony Dale … Instructor
Jennifer Defrancisco … Emily (as Jennifer DeFrancisco)
Angela Gardner … Female Administrator
Noel Gugliemi … Mechanic
Plot: Two terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and head off on a road trip with a wish list of to-dos before they die.
Awards: 3 nominations
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Thursday, December 13th, 2007
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 92 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Here comes trouble.
Cast: Jason Lee … Dave
David Cross … Ian
Cameron Richardson … Claire
Jane Lynch … Gail
Justin Long … Alvin (voice)
Matthew Gray Gubler … Simon (voice)
Jesse McCartney … Theodore (voice)
Allison Karman … Female Intern #1
Tiara Parker … Female Intern #2
Kira Verrastro … Female Intern #3
Veronica Alicino … Amy
Beth Riesgraf … Mother in Store
Adriane Lenox … Vet
Don Tiffany … Engineer
Lorne Green … Director
Plot: A struggling songwriter named Dave Seville finds success when he comes across a trio of singing chipmunks: mischievous leader Alvin, brainy Simon, and chubby, impressionable Theodore. add synopsis
Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
All Genres:
Comedy, Family, Romance
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:96 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: This Christmas, the perfect man just happens to be Santa.
Cast: Morris Chestnut … Benjamin Armstrong
Gabrielle Union … Nancy
Faizon Love … Jamal
Charles Q. Murphy … J-Jizzy (as Charlie Murphy)
Katt Williams … Delicious
Jill Marie Jones … Robin
Rachel True … Brenda
Malik Hammond … John-John
Khail Bryant … Emily
Pedro Kim … Clerk
David Anzuelo … Maintenance Man
Frank Bonsangue … Police Sergeant
John Bryant … Rottweiler
Paul Woodburn … Driver
Modi … Father in Line
Plot: A young girl turns to a department store Santa in the hopes that he will help find a new husband for her divorced mother.
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