Archive for the ‘Comedy’ Category

Making the Rules

Tuesday, May 6th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 117

Language: English

Director: Jimbo Lee

Plot: Abby – a workaholic sous chef – works 60 hours a week in a busy kitchen, but after accidentally cutting her hand, she is forced to leave work for the summer. As the hottest summer in L.A. history reaches its peak, she faces an extreme challenge: doing nothing. But with the summer heat intensifying, she confronts the growing emotional gulf between herself and her husband, unsolicited advice from her prying girlfriend, and the temptation of an old flame…

 

Walk of Shame

Friday, May 2nd, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 153

Language: English

Director: Steven Brill

Plot: The outrageous comedy WALK OF SHAME stars Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games, Pitch Perfect) as a resourceful reporter whose one-night stand with a handsome stranger (James Marsden of Anchorman 2) leaves her stranded the next morning in downtown Los Angeles without a phone, car, ID, or money – and only 8 hours before the most important job interview of her career.

 

Bad Johnson

Friday, May 2nd, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 122

Language: English

Director: Huck Botko

Plot: In BAD JOHNSON, directed by Huck Botko and written by Jeff Tetreault, Cam Gigandet (TWILIGHT, EASY A) plays Rich, a suave Chicago ladies’ man who refuses to take personal responsibility for his inability to maintain a lasting relationship. After his constant infidelities alienate yet another girlfriend (Jamie Chung, THE HANGOVER PARTS II & III, SUCKER PUNCH), he wishes he could say goodbye to his ‘little friend.’ The next morning he awakes in horror to find that his wish has been granted and his penis has taken human form: A disgusting, selfish, oversexed jerk riotously portrayed by comedian Nick Thune (KNOCKED UP). Pitted against his alter ego, Rich must figure out how to rein in his penis, both literally and figuratively, in order to finally learn what separates the men from their boys.

 

The M Word

Tuesday, April 29th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 159

Language: English

Director: Henry Jaglom

Plot: Set in a struggling Los Angeles television station threatened by economic downturn, possible in-house graft and massive job loss, Tanna Frederick plays Moxie, a children’s TV show actress who unexpectedly turns into a Joan of Ark (with the passion of Norma Rae) when she finds herself leading an extraordinary band of rebelling women demanding their rights as they anxiously face uncertain futures after their new boss (Michael Imperioli) and his second-in-command (Robert Hallak) arrive from New York on a devastating cost-cutting mission. Corey Feldman, Frances Fisher, Gregory Harrison, Mary Crosby and Eliza Robert co-star in this ‘life changing’ comedy-drama.

 

The Other Woman

Friday, April 25th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 147

Language: English

Director: Nick Cassavetes

Plot: The Other Woman movie trailer – starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Taylor Kinney, NICKI MINAJ, Kate Upton. Directed by Nick Cassavetes. Theatrical Release Date: 4/25/2014
Genre: Comedy
Rating: Pending

 

Fading Gigolo

Friday, April 18th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 150

Language: English

Director: John Turturro

Plot: Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray.

 

Authors Anonymous

Friday, April 18th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 112

Language: English

Director: Ellie Kanner

Plot: After a dysfunctional group of unpublished writers with the motto “all for one” accept Hannah Rinaldi (Kaley Cuoco) into their fold, the last thing they expect is her overnight success – but that’s exactly what they get. While her career takes off, her eccentric and envious colleagues (Chris Klein, Teri Polo, Dylan Walsh, Dennis Farina and Jonathan Bennett) struggle to find their own paths to publishing fame and fortune. Tensions rise, rivalries form, and hearts are broken. Rejection turns to desperation. Good thing they’re only armed with pens…

 

The Formula

Tuesday, April 15th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 81

Language: English

Director: Thomas Beecher

Plot: THE FORMULA tells a story of Quinn (Brandon Baker) and Graham (Mike Schminke), two engineering students who discover a mathematical formula for picking up women. Quinn is a hopeless romantic who falls head over heels for T.J., a pretty student teacher, while Graham is a chauvinistic womanizer who makes it his mission to bed as many co-eds as possible. Believing that “Scoring” is all about the numbers, they test their “formula,” moving from one date to the next, only to discover that there is no shortcut to finding true love. Also starring Sasha Jackson (Blue Crush 2) and Reginald VelJohnson (Die Hard).

 

Cuban Fury

Friday, April 11th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 153

Language: English (International)

Director: James Griffiths

Plot: In 1987 a thirteen-year-old natural born dancer with fire in his heels and snakes in his hips is working himself up to explode all over the UK Junior Salsa Championships. But then: a freakish bullying incident on the mean streets of London robs him of his confidence, and our young hero finds his life diverted down a very different path.

Twenty-two-years later, an adult Bruce Garrett (Nick Frost) finds himself out-of-shape and unloved – trapped in a downward spiral of self-pity, repression and Nando’s take-outs. Only Julia (Rashida Jones), his smart, funny, gorgeous new American boss, gives him reason to live. But she’s untouchable out of his league. Luckily for him, she also has a secret passion. Thus, Bruce is once again brought face-to-face with the darkest and most powerful of his inner demons. Somehow, someway, Bruce must learn how to unshackle his dancing beast, regain his long lost fury and claim the love of his life…and he’s going to do it all On The Dance Floor…

 

Jesus People

Friday, April 11th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 134

Language: English

Director: Jason Naumann

Plot: Based on the hilarious FunnyorDie.com web series, Pastor Jerry gets potentially bad medical news and decides to start a Christian pop band to keep his son on a “righteous” path. Supported by the best names in improv, this comedy rocks with laughter.

 

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

Friday, April 4th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 148

Language: English (International)

Director: Declan Lowney

Plot: ALAN PARTRIDGE finds Alan at the center of a siege, when a disgruntled fellow DJ (Colm Meaney) decides to hold their station hostage after learning that he’s getting sacked by the new management.

 

10 Rules for Sleeping Around

Friday, April 4th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 144

Language: English

Director: Leslie Greif

Plot: 10 Rules for Sleeping Around tells the wildly amusing story of two young couples one married, one planning to be, all best friends, dealing with the temptation of infidelity….both real and imagined. Ben and Kate are on the verge of marriage but waiting for Ben’s company to take off before committing. Their best friends Vince and Cameron have been married for years and are finally sharing the secret that keeps their relationship exciting…the ten rules for sleeping around.

As Ben and Vince’s e-publishing business is hanging on by a thread, Vince has been trying to land a contract with successful children’s book author, Emma Cooney, with hopes that this is the opportunity they’ve been waiting for. The only option to sign Emma is to follow her to the Hamptons and crash millionaire media magnate Jeff Field’s annual summer ball. But there is more to the Hamptons than meets the eye.

 

A Haunted House 2

Friday, March 28th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 72

Language: English

Director: Michael Tiddes

Plot: Crossing new lines and breaking old barriers, A HAUNTED HOUSE 2 is the sequel to the hilarious box-office hit starring Marlon Wayans as Malcolm who, after exorcising the demons of his ex, is starting fresh with his new girlfriend and her two children. After moving into their dream home, Malcolm is once again plagued by bizarre paranormal events. With spine-tingling tension and hilarious punch-lines A HAUNTED HOUSE 2 is inspired by the latest supernatural horror movie franchises and shows that this time… it’s not just the house that’s haunted!

 

Bad Words

Friday, March 21st, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 153

Language: English

Director: Jason Bateman

Plot: Bateman stars as Guy Trilby, a 40-year old who finds a loophole in the rules of the National Quill Spelling Bee and decides to cause trouble by hijacking the competition. Contest officials, outraged parents, and overly ambitious 8th graders are no match for Guy, as he ruthlessly crushes their dreams of victory and fame.

As a reporter attempts to discover his true motivation, Guy finds himself forging an unlikely alliance with a competitor: awkward 10-year old Chaitanya, who is completely unfazed by Guy’s take-no-prisoners approach to life.

 

Muppets Most Wanted

Friday, March 21st, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 151

Language: English

Director: James Bobin

Plot: The entire Muppets gang is on a global tour, selling out grand theaters in some of Europe’s most exciting destinations, including Berlin, Madrid and London. But mayhem follows the Muppets overseas, as they find themselves unwittingly entangled in an international crime caper headed by Constantine—the World’s Number One Criminal and a dead ringer for Kermit—and his dastardly sidekick Dominic, aka Number Two, portrayed by Ricky Gervais, creator of “Derek” and the Golden Globe®- and Emmy®-winning series “The Office” and “Extras.” The film stars Golden Globe-, Emmy- and SAG Award®-winning actress and writer Tina Fey (“30 Rock,” “Mean Girls,” “Date Night”) as Nadya, a feisty prison guard, and Emmy Award winner Ty Burrell (TV’s “Modern Family”) as Interpol agent Jean Pierre Napoleon.

 

A BIRDER’S GUIDE TO EVERYTHING

Friday, March 21st, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 129

Language: English

Director: Rob Meyer

Plot: A Birder’s Guide To Everything movie trailer – starring Ben Kingsley, Kodi Smit-McPhee, James Le Gros, Katie Chang, Alex Wolff, Ethan Cohn. Directed by Rob Meyer. Theatrical Release Date: 3/21/2014
Genre: Comedy
Rating: Pending

 

Le Week-End

Friday, March 14th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 136

Language:

Director: Roger Michell

Plot: Academy Award winner Jim Broadbent (IRIS, TOPSY-TURVY, ANOTHER YEAR) and Lindsay Duncan (the forthcoming ABOUT TIME, ALICE IN WONDERLAND, MANSFIELD PARK) give exquisite performances as Nick and Meg, a long-married British couple revisiting Paris for the first time since their honeymoon in an attempt to rekindle their relationship. During a two-day escapade, diffident, wistful Nick and demanding, take-charge Meg careen from harmony to disharmony to resignation and back again as they take stock of half a lifetime of deep tenderness — and even deeper regret. A surprise invitation from Nick’s old friend Morgan (Jeff Goldblum), an amusingly boorish American academic with a fancy Parisian address, soon leads them to an unexpectedly hopeful vision of what their love and marriage might still become.

 

The Art Of The Steal

Friday, March 14th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 151

Language: English

Director: Jonathan Sobol

Plot: Crunch Calhoun (Kurt Russell), a third rate motorcycle daredevil and semi-reformed art thief, agrees to get back into the con game and pull off one final lucrative art theft with his untrustworthy brother, Nicky (Matt Dillon). Reassembling the old team, Crunch comes up with a plan to steal a priceless historical book, but the successful heist leads to another far riskier plan devised by Nicky. They fail to realize each other’s separate agendas when their plan goes awry in this con comedy about honor, revenge and the bonds of brotherhood.

 

Shirin in Love

Friday, March 14th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 152

Language: English

Director: Ramin Niami

Plot: Love has no borders and therein lies the premise of the hilarious, new Iranian-American romantic comedy “Shirin in Love.” Nazanin Boniadi plays Shirin, an absent-minded, young Iranian-American living in “Tehrangeles” (the large Iranian community in Los Angeles) with her overbearing mother and empathetic father. Despite being engaged for years to a successful Iranian plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, Shirin finds herself breaking loyalty and tradition when she falls in love with a mysterious young man who lives in a lighthouse in northern California. As her secret unravels and cultures clash, Shirin discovers what it ultimately means to be true to herself.

 

Awful Nice

Friday, March 7th, 2014

Genre: Comedy

Release Year: 2014

Runtime: 120

Language: English

Director: Todd Sklar

Plot: Todd Sklar’s AWFUL NICE centers on estranged brothers Jim (James Pumphrey) and Dave (Alex Rennie) who are forced to travel to Branson together to renovate and flip the lake house they’ve inherited from their just-deceased father. A series of hilarious mishaps and costly misadventures follow as they attempt to restore the dilapidated house and rebuild their strained relationship.