Attention Shoppers 2000  R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie
Cast: Nestor Carbonell, Luke Perry, Cara Buono, Kathy Najimy, Martin Mull, Michael Lerner, Carlos Jacott, O-Lan Jones
When Enrique Suarez (Nestor Carbonell), a sitcom actor, agreed to grace the grand opening of a K-Mart store, he entertained high expectations of fans crowding around him asking for autographs. Wrong!
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 Bats 1999  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Louis Morneau
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Dina Meyer, Bob Gunton, Leon, Carlos Jacott, David McConnell, Marcia Dangerfield, Oscar Rowland
When genetically mutated bats are unleashed on a small Texas town, Sheriff Emmett Kinsey (Lou Diamond Phillips) joins forces with a bat expert, Sheila Casper (Dina Meyer), to annihilate the swarming predators.
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Being John Malkovich 1999  R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Spike Jonze
Cast: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, Orson Bean, Mary Kay Place, John Malkovich, Charlie Sheen, Byrne Piven, Ned Bellamy, K.K. Dodds, Carlos Jacott, W. Earl Brown
Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) is an unsuccessful puppeteer who discovers a door in his office that allows those passing through to spend 15 minutes each inside the mind of John Horatio Malkovich (John Malkovich). You must see this one for yourself! Oscar nominations included Best Director and Supporting Actress (Catherine Keener).
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 Fun with Dick and Jane 2005 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dean Parisot
Cast: Jim Carrey, Tea Leoni, Alec Baldwin, Richard Jenkins, Carlos Jacott, Angie Harmon, John Michael Higgins, Richard Burgi, Jeff Garlin, Stacey Travis, Timm Sharp
Dick Harper (Jim Carrey) is a rising star at Globodyne Corporation, but there is a problem: the C.E.O. (Alec Baldwin) leaves the company under dire circumstances. Stocks plummet, Dick loses his job, and Dick and wife Jane (Tea Leoni) cannot pay their bills. To make ends meet, Dick and Jane begin robbing banks–and having fun in the process.
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 Grosse Pointe Blank 1997 R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: George Armitage
Cast: John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Alan Arkin, Dan Aykroyd, Joan Cusack, Jeremy Piven, Hank Azaria, K. Todd Freeman, Mitch Ryan, Michael Cudlitz, Carlos Jacott, Benny Urquidez, Audrey Kissel, Duffy Taylor, Brian Powell
Martin Q. Blank (John Cusack), a professional assassin, heads to Grosse Pointe, Michigan for two purposes: his 10-year high-school reunion and a business venture as a hit man. Once in town, he runs into Debi (Minnie Driver), the girl he stood up at the high-school prom. Former classmates cannot comprehend Blank's world and think he is joking when he describes his occupation as "professional killer." Good dialogue enhances this strange comedy/thriller.
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Jiminy Glick in Lalawood 2005  R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Vadim Jean
Cast: Martin Short, Jan Hooks, Linda Cardellini, Janeane Garofalo, John Michael Higgins, Elizabeth Perkins, Larry Joe Campbell, Mo Collins, Corey Pearson, Carlos Jacott, Aries Spears, Robert Trebor
TV interviewer Jiminy Glick (Martin Short), wife Dixie (Jan Hooks), and their two sons head to the Toronto Film Festival where he becomes the toast of the town, But, in the process, he finds himself in the middle of a murder plot in which alcoholic actress Miranda Coolidge (Elizabeth Perkins) is the intended victim.
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Kicking and Screaming 1995  R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Noah Baumbach
Cast: Josh Hamilton, Olivia d'Abo, Chris Eigeman, Parker Posey, Jason Wiles, Eric Stoltz, Elliott Gould, Cara Buono, Carlos Jacott, Catherine Kellner, John Lehr, Christopher Reed, Marissa Ribisi, Perrey Reeves, David Deluise
Five college friends (Eric Stoltz, Josh Hamilton, Chris Eigeman, Jason Wiles, and Carlos Jacott) hang around together after graduation–having not quite made it into the real world and resisting any moves toward finding jobs. Writer/director Noah Baumbach has written and delivered a good script that highlights the ironies of life as this group of young men lives it.
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The Movie Hero 2003  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Brad T. Gottfred
Cast: Jeremy Sisto, Dina Meyer, Peter Stormare, Brian J. White, Carlos Jacott, Frances Bay, Alexis Arquette, Reedy Gibbs, Robert Sutton, Marcia Strassman, Eric Pierpoint, Aviva Gale
Blake Gardner (Jeremy Sisto) constantly addresses his "audience" and lives his life as if he is on stage in a movie awaiting the happy ending.
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Mr. Jealousy 1997 R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Noah Baumbach
Cast: Eric Stoltz, Annabella Sciorra, Chris Eigeman, Carlos Jacott, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Brian Kerwin, Peter Bogdanovich, Bridget Fonda, John Lehr, Noah Baumbach
Lester Grimm (Eric Stoltz) is so jealous of his girlfriend Ramona's (Annabella Sciorra) last lover, Dashiell (Chris Eigeman), that he joins a therapy group to get close to Dashiell and learn whether or not he still has feelings for Ramona.
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These Old Broads 2001 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Matthew Diamond
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Joan Collins, Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor, Jonathan Silverman, Nestor Carbonell, Peter Graves, Gene Barry, Pat Harrington Jr., Carlos Jacott, Pat Crawford Brown, Suzanne Carney, Heath Hyche, Hinton Battle, Betty Carvalho
After a re-release of a 1960s film gains cult status, a TV executive, needing a hit show, decides to bring the three stars Kate Westbourne, Addie Holden, and Piper Grayson (Shirley MacLaine, Joan Collins, and Debbie Reynolds) together for a reunion special on TV. But the three stars dislike each other and always have. They all have the same agent, Beryl Mason (Elizabeth Taylor). Will she be able to convince them to make the special? Some funny lines here and there.
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| 1. Attention Shoppers (2000)
2. Bats (1999)
3. Being John Malkovich (1999)
4. Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
5. Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
6. Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2005)
7. Kicking and Screaming (1995)
8. The Movie Hero (2003)
9. Mr. Jealousy (1997)
10. These Old Broads (2001)
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