Baby Mama 2008  PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael McCullers
Cast: Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Greg Kinnear, Dax Shepard, Romany Malco, Sigourney Weaver, Steve Martin, Maura Tierney, Stephen Mailer, Holland Taylor, James Rebhorn, Denis O'Hare, Kevin Collins, Will Forte, Fred Armisen
Kate Holbrook (Tina Fey) is an overachieving vice-president at Round Earth organic markets. But, she has never had a child, and that is something she wants more than anything else. When she learns that her chances of getting pregnant are nil, Kate's solution is to contact a fertility agency run by Chaffee Bicknell (Sigourney Weaver) and decides that Angie (Amy Poehler) will be the surrogate mother. A short time later, when now-pregnant Angie appears at Kate's door with no place to live, Kate invites her to move in. Chaos and comedy reign as the slovenly Angie takes over Kate's well-ordered world.
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 Blades of Glory 2007 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Josh Gordon, Will Speck
Cast: Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Will Arnett, Amy Poehler, Jenna Fischer, William Fichtner, Craig T. Nelson, Romany Malco, Nick Swardson, Scott Hamilton, Andy Richter, Greg Lindsay, Rob Corddry, Tom Virtue
Figure skaters Chazz Michael Michaels (Will Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder) compete in a rivalry that extends off the ice in a brawl on the podium, which results in the loss of their medals and being banned from singles competition. But, after looking at the rule book, they come up with a loophole that allows them to compete in doubles competition. They form a team and decide to include the Iron Lotus (a maneuver that has only been performed once in the past and resulted in the decapitation of one of the partners). As if this does not cause enough trouble for them, they must also deal with the brother and sister team of champions–Stranz and Fairchild Van Waldenberg (Will Arnett and Amy Poehler)–who are determined to sabotage the Chazz and Jimmy team.
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Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo 1999  R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mike Mitchell
Cast: Rob Schneider, William Forsythe, Eddie Griffin, Arija Bareikis, Oded Fehr, Gail O'Grady, Richard Riehle, Jacqueline Obradors, Dina Platias, Amy Poehler, Big Boy, Torsten Voges, Deborah Lemen, Bree Turner, Andrew Shaifer
Deuce Bigalow (Rob Schneider) is a fish-tank cleaner who takes on the job of house-sitting and fish-keeping for a gigolo, Antoine Laconte (Oded Fehr), while Antoine is in Europe. Deuce answers Antoine's telephone and finds himself filling in for Antoine as a gigolo with some of Antoine's less glamorous "clients." Now, Deuce must deal with pimp T.J. (Eddie Griffin) who sets out to restyle him, and that is only one of the problems that he will encounter.
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Envy 2004  PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Rachel Weisz, Amy Poehler, Christopher Walken, Ariel Gade, Sam Lerner, Lily Jackson, Connor Matheus, Hector Elias, Angee Hughes, Manny Kleinmuntz, Blue Deckert, John Gavigan, Terry Bozeman
When Nick (Jack Black) gets rich marketing Vapoorize (a spray that evaporates dog droppings), his friend, Tim (Ben Stiller), grows increasingly jealous. Along comes a drifter, J-Man (Christopher Walken), with ideas for how Tim can vent his frustrations, and, of course, nothing works as planned.
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The Ex 2007 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Jesse Peretz
Cast: Zach Braff, Amanda Peet, Jason Bateman, Donal Logue, Charles Grodin, Mia Farrow, Lucian Maisel, Amy Poehler, Fred Armisen, Bob Stephenson, Yafit Hallely, Josh Charles, Marin Hinkle, Yul Vazquez, Paul Rudd
Tom Reilly (Zach Braff) is a chef in Manhattan who fights with his boss (Paul Rudd) and is fired. Needing money, Tom moves with his pregnant wife Sofia (Amanda Peet) to her hometown where his father-in-law (Charles Grodin) gives him a job at his advertising agency. Tom's new manager is a wheelchair-bound paraplegic, Chip (Jason Bateman), who just happens to be Sofia's high-school boyfriend. To make matters worse, Tom is sure that Chip is scheming to get Sofia back. In an effort to clear the air, Tom sets out to prove that Chip's disability is not for real, and many problems rise to the fore in the process.
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Hamlet 2 2008 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Andrew Fleming
Cast: Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Joseph Julian Soria, Skylar Astin, Phoebe Strole, Melonie Diaz, Arnie Pantoja, Michael Esparza, Natalie Amenula, Marshall Bell, David Arquette, Elisabeth Shue, Amy Poehler, Shea Pepe, Marco Rodriguez
Dana Marschz (Steve Coogan) teaches drama at West Mesa High School in Tucson, Arizona, where his latest play has been panned by the school's ninth-grade drama critic. Now, the school is considering getting rid of the drama department, and Dana will lose his job. Meanwhile, things at home are not great either–Dana's unhappy wife Brie (Catherine Keener) and their boarder Gary (David Arquette) make his life difficult. In an effort to save the drama department, Dana comes up with an idea to put on a musical sequel to "Hamlet," and, almost immediately, complaints roll in from the citizens of Tucson and school officials about the play's contents. But, the show must go on.
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Horton Hears a Who! 2008  G, 88 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy
aka: Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Director: Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino
Cast: Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, Will Arnett, Seth Rogen, Dan Fogler, Isla Fisher, Jonah Hill, Amy Poehler, Jaime Pressly, Charles Osgoood, Josh Flitter, Niecy Nash, Jesse McCartney, Jack Angel
Dr. Seuss' 1954 book is brought to the screen with Jim Carrey as the voice of the cheerful elephant Horton who discovers the city of Whoville after a speck of dust containing what he is sure are living creatures blows past. Horton talks to the Mayor of Whoville (voice of Steve Carell) and agrees to help the residents. But, Kangaroo (voice of Carol Burnett) considers the Whos to be nothing more than Horton's hallucination and rounds up other jungle animals to teach Horton a lesson. Horton will not relent and tells the others, "a person is a person, no matter how small." Will the Whos speak up and be saved?
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 Man of the Year 2006  PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, Laura Linney, Lewis Black, Jeff Goldblum, David Alpay, Faith Daniels, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Doug Murray, Chris Matthews, James Carville, Rick Roberts, Linda Kash
In this satirical comedy, Robin Williams plays comedian Tom Dobbs who hosts a late-night talk show. One night, Dobbs jokes about how he would make a better President than the man now serving. His fans listen to him, stage a grass-roots campaign, and Dobbs wins the election for President of the United States. But, problems arise when electronic voting system technician Eleanor Green (Laura Linney) tries to expose the glitch in her company's machine that falsely totaled the election results.
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Martin & Orloff 2003 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lawrence Blume
Cast: Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh, Amy Poehler, Matt Besser, H. Jon Benjamin, David Cross, Katie Roberts, Andy Richter, Sal Graziano, Les J.N. Mau, Kim Raver, Janeane Garofalo
After cleaning up following his failed suicide attempt, Martin Flam (Ian Roberts) makes an appointment with a psychiatrist, Dr. Eric Orloff (Matt Walsh), who turns out to be even crazier than his patients. Wild escapades of Martin and Orloff make for funny moments in this film.
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 Mean Girls 2004  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Mark Waters
Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lizzy Caplan, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried, Tina Fey, Daniel Franzese, Tim Meadows, Amy Poehler, Ana Gasteyer, Neil Flynn, Jonathan Bennett, Rajiv Surendra, Elana Shilling, Graham Kartna
Previously home-schooled in Africa, Cady (Lindsay Lohan) moves to Chicago and enters North Shore High School where she makes friends with rebels Janis (Lizzy Caplan) and Damian (Daniel Franzese). Then, Regina (Rachel McAdams), Gretchen (Lacey Chabert), and Karen (Amanda Seyfriend) invite Cady to join a catty clique. She accepts and then finds that her new group hates the rebels. Cady becomes a mean girl but ends up in a battle against the members of the clique when she discovers that they define social acceptability at the school.
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Monsters vs. Aliens 2009 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Sci-Fi
Director: Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Laurie, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland, Stephen Colbert, Rainn Wilson, Paul Rudd, Julie White, Jeffrey Tambor, Renee Zellweger, Amy Poehler, Ed Helms, John Kransinski, Sean Bishop
This 3-D animated adventure begins with bride Susan Murphy ( voice of Reese Witherspsoon) preparing for her wedding to TV weatherman Derek Dietl (voice of Paul Rudd). Outside the church, Susan is hit by a meteor, and, instantly, she begins to grow to the enormous size of 50 feet tall. Military helicopters arrive on the scene, swoop her up, and deliver her to a government prison for monsters. Susan is given the new name of Ginormica (voice of Witherspoon), and is welcomed by the other imprisoned monsters–insect-headed Dr. Cockroach (voice of Hugh Laurie), blobish B.O.B. (voice of Seth Rogen), and half-human/half-fish Missing Link (voice of Will Arnett)–welcome her. Susan is doomed to spend her life in the prison–until an evil alien, Galaxhar (voice of Rainn Wilson), threatens to conquer Earth. Now, Gen. W.R. Monger (voice of Kiefer Sutherland) convinces the President (voice of Stephen Colbert) to promise the monsters their freedom if they can defeat Galaxhar and his army of clones and robots.
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Mr. Woodcock 2007 PG-13, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Craig Gillespie
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Seann William Scott, Susan Sarandon, Amy Poehler, Melissa Sagemiller, Ethan Suplee, Jacob Davich, Kyley Baldridge, Alec George, M.C. Gainey, Lyle Kanouse, Brent Briscoe, Lisa K. Wyatt, Kurt Fuller
John Farley (Seann William Scott) has written a best-selling, self-help book and comes home to receive the Corn Cob Key at his town's Cornival Festival. While visiting his widowed mom Beverly (Susan Sarandon), John learns that she is dating his nemesis during his school days: sadistic gym teacher Mr. Woodcock (Billy Bob Thornton). John begs Beverly to not marry Mr. Woodcock, but she won't listen. He decides to extend his stay, and the battle of wits rages between John and Mr. Woodcock.
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Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny 2006 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Liam Lynch
Cast: Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Jason Reed, Tim Robbins, Ben Stiller, Ronnie James Dio, Paul F. Tompkins, Troy Gentile, Ned Bellamy, Meat Loaf, Fred Armisen, Kirk Ward, Amy Poehler, David Grohl
Fans of Jack Black and Kyle Gass will enjoy this fictionalized account of the forming of their band "Tenacious D" and how it rose from an obscure beginning to fame and fortune.
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 Wet Hot American Summer 2001 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Wain
Cast: Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Michael Showalter, Marguerite Moreau, Paul Rudd, Zak Orth, Christopher Meloni, A.D. Miles, Molly Shannon, Gideon Jacobs, Michael Ian Black, Ken Marino, Joe Lo Truglio, Amy Poehler, Bradley Cooper
The last day of summer camp should mean the talent show that polishes off 1981's summer of gags and sex for nerd and hippie campers alike. But, when Professor Neumann (David Hyde Pierce) takes a group of campers on an excursion, they learn that a portion of NASA's Skylab is projected to fall on Camp Firewood's mess hall. Now the race is on to warn the other campers.
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| 1. Baby Mama (2008)
2. Blades of Glory (2007)
3. Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)
4. Envy (2004)
5. The Ex (2007)
6. Hamlet 2 (2008)
7. Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
aka: Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
8. Man of the Year (2006)
9. Martin & Orloff (2003)
10. Mean Girls (2004)
11. Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
12. Mr. Woodcock (2007)
13. Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny (2006)
14. Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
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