Big Fat Liar 2002  PG, 87 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Adventure
Director: Shawn Levy
Cast: Frankie Muniz, Paul Giamatti, Amanda Bynes, Amanda Detmer, Donald Faison, Lee Majors, Matthew Frauman, Sandra Oh, Russell Hornsby, Sean O'Bryan, Michael Bryan French, Christine Tucci, Amy Hill, John Cho, Matthew Frauman
Sleazy Hollywood producer Marty Wolf (Paul Giamatti) gets his hands on a school essay written by 14-year-old Jason (Frankie Muniz) who just happens to be a compulsive liar. When Marty turns the essay into a movie, no one believes Jason when he claims it is his story. What to do? Well, Jason and his friend, Kaylee (Amanda Bynes), head for Hollywood with intentions of outwitting Marty and forcing him to give Jason the writing credit for the film.
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Boys and Girls 2000  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Robert Iscove
Cast: Freddie Prinze Jr., Claire Forlani, Jason Biggs, Amanda Detmer, Heather Donahue, Alyson Hannigan, Brendon Ryan Barret, Raquel Beaudene, David Smigelski, Blake Shields
Jennifer (Claire Forlani) and Ryan (Freddie Prinze Jr.) meet when they are preteens and carry on an infrequent friendship for 10 years–UNTIL they sleep with each other when they are students at UC Berkely. The result is a disaster when Jennifer wants to stay friends but stop the intimacy, and Ryan is very hurt by her decision.
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Final Destination 2000  R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: James Wong
Cast: Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, Kristen Cloke, Amanda Detmer, Chad Donella, Brendan Fehr, Daniel Roebuck, Tony Todd, Barbara Tyson, Roger Guenveur Smith, Seann William Scott, Forbes Angus, Lisa Marie Caruk, Christine Chatelain
Alex (Devon Sawa) has a premonition about his high-school group's flight to Paris and, along with some of his friends, is able to get off the plane before it leaves. True to his premonition, the plane explodes shortly after takeoff. But Death does not like to be cheated, and the students saved by Alex start dying, one-by-one. A slightly different take on the teen slasher genre.
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Kiss the Bride 2002 R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Vanessa Parise
Cast: Amanda Detmer, Sean Patrick Flanery, Burt Young, Talia Shire, Alyssa Milano, Brooke Langton, Vanessa Parise, Monet Mazur, Johnathon Schaech, Johnny Whitworth, Frances Bay, Frank D'Amico, Lillian Adams, Vanna Salviati, Ric Mancini
Danni (Amanda Detmer) and Tom (Sean Patrick Flanery) are getting married, and her bickering sisters arrive at their parents' home for the celebration. Niki (Brooke Langton) brings rude boyfriend Marty (Johnny Whitworth); wealthy Chrissy (Vanessa Parise) arrives alone; and rock-singer Toni (Monet Mazur) escorts her new lover, Amy (Alyssa Milano). All help to ruin the celebration–for awhile.
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Lucky 13 2004 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Chris Hall
Cast: Brad Hunt, Harland Williams, Lauren Graham, Sasha Alexander, Debra Jo Rupp, John Doe, Kaley Cuoco, Amanda Detmer, Brande Roderick, Taryn Manning, Michael Landes
Abbey (Lauren Graham) is the girl Zack (Brad Hunt) wants to marry, but he has never given her a clue about his feelings, and she plans to move to New York in three days. What will Zack do? His solution: find his old girlfriends, interview them, and figure out where he has failed in the romance department.
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The Majestic 2001 PG, 152 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Frank Darabont
Cast: Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Laurie Holden, Allen Garfield, Amanda Detmer, David Ogden Stiers, Jeffrey DeMunn, Hal Holbrook, James Whitmore, Daniel von Bargen, Bob Balaban, Brent Briscoe, Ron Rifkin, Gerry Black, Brian Howe
Blacklisted in 1951, Hollywood scriptwriter Peter Appleton's (Jim Carrey) troubles continue; he suffers from amnesia after a car accident and ends up in a small town where a family thinks he is their long missing son, Luke. But the government tracks Peter down and hauls him in for a Senate hearing.
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Saving Silverman 2001 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Dennis Dugan
Cast: Steve Zahn, Jack Black, Jason Biggs, Amanda Peet, Amanda Detmer, R. Lee Ermey, Neil Diamond, Kyle Gass, Norman Armour, Colin Foo, Max Fomitchev, Tony Parsons, Chris Logan, Esme Lambert, Brett Armstrong
Darren Silverman (Jason Biggs) is headed to the altar, but his possessive bride-to-be, Judith (Amanda Peet), is interfering with Darren's long-standing friendships with Wayne (Steve Zahn) and J.D. (Jack Black). What next? Why, Wayne and J.D. kidnap Judith, fake her death, and set up a past love, Sandy (Amanda Detmer), to appear on the scene.
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You, Me and Dupree 2006 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Cast: Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson, Matt Dillon, Michael Douglas, Seth Rogen, Amanda Detmer, Ralph Ting, Todd Stashwick, Bill Hader, Jason Winer, Billy Gardell, Lance Armstrong, Eli Vargas, Houston Mack, Sidney S. Liufau
Newlyweds Carl and Molly Peterson (Matt Dillon and Kate Hudson) are enjoying their lives together when Carl's best friend Randy Dupree (Owen Wilson)–fired from his job and homeless–moves in with them for "a few days." In those "few days," Randy manages to order HBO, take over the answering machine, and throw his own party. Carl asks him to leave, Molly allows him to return, and havoc ensues in this romantic comedy.
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| 1. Big Fat Liar (2002)
2. Boys and Girls (2000)
3. Final Destination (2000)
4. Kiss the Bride (2002)
5. Lucky 13 (2004)
6. The Majestic (2001)
7. Saving Silverman (2001)
8. You, Me and Dupree (2006)
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