Cake 2005  R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Nisha Ganatra
Cast: Heather Graham, David Sutcliffe, Taye Diggs, Sandra Oh, Keram Malicki-Sanchez, Cheryl Hines, Bruce Gray, Sarah Chalke, Sabrina Grdevich, Michael McMurtry, Amy Price-Francis, Reagan Pasternak, Frank Chiesurin
Travel writer Pippa McGee (Heather Graham) arrives home to be a bridesmaid in a friend's wedding when her magazine-mogul father, Malcolm (Bruce Gray), suffers a heart attack and asks Pippa to help run his bridal magazine, "Wedding Bells." Always-a-bridesmaid Pippa is less than thrilled with his request but promises to help her father with the magazine. Malcolm has chosen up-tight Ian (David Sutcliffe) as Pippa's publishing mentor, and it looks like their professional relationship could turn into a serious romance–certainly a new experience for the noncommittal Pippa.
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The Grand 2008  R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Zak Penn
Cast: Woody Harrelson, David Cross, Dennis Farina, Cheryl Hines, Richard Kind, Chris Parnell, Ray Romano, Werner Herzog, Gabe Kaplan, Mike Epps, Judy Greer, Estelle Harris, Michael McKean, Michael Karnow, Jason Alexander
In this mockumentary, the Grand Championship of Poker is being held in Las Vegas. Newly released from rehab "One Eyed Jack" Faro (Woody Harrelson) is trying to win the $10,000,000 in order to keep his grandfather's hotel casino away from the wrecking ball. His task is not easy as he joins five other eccentric characters–siblings Lainie and Larry Shwartzman (Cheryl Hines and David Cross), autistic Harold Melvin (Chris Parnell), internet poker player Andy Andrews (Richard Kind), and Las Vegas regular "Deuce" Fairbanks (Dennis Farina)–duking it out at the table while other players and relatives provide amusing moments.
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 Herbie: Fully Loaded 2005  G, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Adventure / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Angela Robinson
Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Michael Keaton, Breckin Meyer, Justin Long, Matt Dillon, Cheryl Hines, Jimmi Simpson, Jill Ritchie, Thomas Lennon, Jeremy Roberts, Patrick Cranshaw, Scoot McNairy, E.E. Bell, Peter Pasco, Mario Larraza
Maggie Peyton's (Lindsay Lohan) college graduation gift from her father Ray (Michael Keaton) is picked up for $75 at a junkyard, and it turns out to be that free-wheeling Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own, Herbie. In the blink of a bug's eye, Maggie and Herbie are competing on the NASCAR circuit.
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Keeping Up with the Steins 2006 PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Scott Marshall
Cast: Jami Gertz, Daryl Hannah, Garry Marshall, Jeremy Piven, Doris Roberts, Daryl Sabara, Cheryl Hines, Richard Benjamin, Marc John Jefferies, Tom Hines, Carter Jenkins, Sandra Taylor, Miranda Cosgrove, Larry Miller
As his bar mitzvah nears, 13-year-old Benjamin Fiedler (Jami Gertz) is not thrilled that over-the-top party plans are the order of the day. Then Benjamin's ponytailed grandfather (Garry Marshall) shows up early with his air-head girlfriend (Daryl Hannah), and problems in the dysfunctional family rise to the fore as the difference in lifestyles between Benjamin's business-oriented father (Jeremy Piven) and his free-spirited grandfather cause a rift. Can Benjamin reunite his relatives in time for the bar mitzvah?
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RV 2006 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Adventure
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, JoJo, Josh Hutcherson, Jeff Daniels, Kristin Chenoweth, Hunter Parrish, Chloe Sonnenfeld, Alex Ferris, Will Arnett, Tony Hale, Brian Howe, Richard Cox
Advertising executive Bob Munro (Robin Williams) is scheduled for a meeting in Colorado at the same time he has scheduled a family vacation in Hawaii with his wife Jamie (Cheryl Hines) and kids–teenager Cassie (JoJo) and pre-teen Carl (Josh Hutcherson). Bob finds a solution: a cross-country trip in an oversized RV. The family embarks on the camping trip, but problems arise; in fact, they erupt in the form of the septic tank's contents. That's when they meet the Gornecke family (Jeff Daniels, Kristin Chenoweth, Hunter Parrish, Chloe Sonnenfeld, and Alex Ferris). As homeless campers, the Gornickes home-school their kids at the campground. The snooty Munros try to avoid the Gornickes, but they keep crossing paths, and, by story's end, the Gornickes have taught the Munros a valuable lesson in family relationships.
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Space Chimps 2008 G, 81 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy
Director: Kirk De Micco
Cast: Andy Samberg, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Daniels, Patrick Warburton, Kristin Chenoweth, Kenan Thompson, Carlos Alazraqui, Zack Shada, Omid Abtahi, Patrick Breen, Jane Lynch, Kath Soucie, Stanley Tucci, Wally Wingert, Jessica Gee
Ham III (voice of Andy Samberg) is the grandson of the first chimpanzee in space, and now Ham III is recruited by a plotting Senator (voice of Stanley Tucci) to retrieve a $5 billion dollar infinity space probe. The probe had been sucked through a wormhole and landed on the distant planet Malgor where the evil Zartog (voice of Jeff Daniels) is using it for his own power. Now, Ham III and his crew–Luna (voice of Cheryl Hines) and Titan (voice of Patrick Warburton)–take off through the black hole and onto Malgor where they must battle Zartog and rescue the space probe.
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The Ugly Truth 2009  R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Robert Luketic
Cast: Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, Bree Turner, Eric Winter, Nick Searcy, Jesse D. Goins, Cheryl Hines, John Michael Higgins, Noah Matthews, Bonnie Somerville, John Sloman, Yvette Nicole Brown, Nathan Corddry, Allen Maldonado, Steve Little
Morning show producer Abby (Katherine Heigl) is still single but continues to look for Mr. Perfect. Now she is teamed with Mike (Gerard Butler) to help boost the show's ratings. He immediately offends all women, prompting Abby to want to fire him. But, she agrees to a deal that he will help her in her quest to land Dr. Colin (Eric Winter). And the fun begins.
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 Waitress 2007 PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Adrienne Shelly
Cast: Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Cheryl Hines, Jeremy Sisto, Andy Griffith, Adrienne Shelly, Eddie Jemison, Lew Temple, Darby Stanchfield, Heidi Sulzman, Lauri Johnson, Sarah Hunley, Cindy Drummond
Jenna (Keri Russell) is married to her no-good husband Earl (Jeremy Sisto) and works as a server at Joe's (Andy Griffith) Pie Diner. She is secretly saving up money and planning a way out of her unhappy marriage by entering a pie bake-off through which Jenna hopes to win the large cash prize. Plans change when Jenna discovers she is pregnant after getting drunk and sleeping with Earl. But Jenna finds a way to drown her sorrows: an extramarital affair with her married OB/GYN, Dr. Pomatter (Nathan Fillion).
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| 1. Cake (2005)
2. The Grand (2008)
3. Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)
4. Keeping Up with the Steins (2006)
5. RV (2006)
6. Space Chimps (2008)
7. The Ugly Truth (2009)
8. Waitress (2007)
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