30 Days 1999  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Aaron Harnick
Cast: Ben Shenkman, Arija Bareikis, Alexander Chaplin, Bradley White, Thomas McCarthy, Catherine Kellner, Jerry Adler, Barbara Barrie, Arden Myrin, Mark Feuerstein
Four NYC friends (Ben Shenkman, Alexander Chaplin, Bradley White, and Thomas McCarthy) suffer problems with their love lives in this run-of-the-mill romantic comedy.
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Evan Almighty 2007  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Tom Shadyac
Cast: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, John Goodman, Johnny Simmons, Graham Phillips, Jimmy Bennett, Wanda Sykes, John Michael Higgins, Jonah Hill, Molly Shannon, Harve Presnell, Arden Myrin, Brian Howe
In this sequel to "Bruce Almighty" (2003), Steve Carell is back in his role of Evan Baxter who is now a newly elected U.S. Congressman. Evan, his wife Joan (Lauren Graham), and sons (Johnny Simmons, Graham Phillips, and Jimmy Bennett) move to suburban Virginia into the neighborhood of Prestige Crest and settle into the Beltway life. In his congressional campaign, Evan had promised to "change the world," and now God (Morgan Freeman) enters his life and asks him to follow up on his promise. God gives Evan a copy of the book "Ark Building for Dummies" and commands him to build an ark. Evan ignores the challenge, but when God provides him with an overnight growth of beard that he cannot shave off and a myriad of paired animals, Evan becomes convinced and gathers his sons around him to help build that ark.
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Highway 2001  R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Cox
Cast: Jared Leto, Jake Gyllenhaal, Selma Blair, John C. McGinley, Jeremy Piven, Mark Rolston, Stephen Shellen, Kimberley Kates, Arden Myrin, Danny Comden
Jack and Pilot (Jared Leto and Jake Gyllenhaal) are losers in Las Vegas but enjoy their life with their menial jobs. When Jake has sex with a mobster's woman, the thugs are sent out to deal with him. So the two buddies hit the road to Seattle with the baddies in hot pursuit. Along the way, they run across a variety of characters in this, just another weak road picture.
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The Lucky Ones 2008 R, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Neil Burger
Cast: Tim Robbins, Rachel McAdams, Michael Pena, Molly Hagan, Mark L. Young, Howard Platt, John Heard, Arden Myrin, Coby Goss, Vis Brown, Spencer Garrett, Katie Korby, Katherine LaNasa, Conner&William Manning, Glen Allen Pruett
Sgt. Fred Cheaver (Tim Robbins), Sgt. "T.K." Poole (Michael Pena), and Pvt. Colee Dunn (Rachel McAdams) are "the lucky ones" because they made it through Iraq alive and are headed home. When they get stranded at JFK Airport, the relative strangers (they just met on their incoming flight) rent the last available car and set out on a short trip that turns into a much longer one across country. They encounter more than a few problems along the way but end up with a newly found friendship among the three.
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| 1. 30 Days (1999)
2. Evan Almighty (2007)
3. Highway (2001)
4. The Lucky Ones (2008)
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