D-War 2007  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Fantasy
aka: Dragon Wars
Director: Hyung-rae Shim
Cast: Jason Behr, Amanda Brooks, Robert Forster, Aimee Garcia, Craig Robinson, Chris Mulkey, John Ales, Elizabeth Pena, Billy Gardell, Holmes Osborne, Cody Arens, Kevin Breznahan, Geoffrey Pierson
Young Ethan (Cody Arens) enters a Los Angeles antiques shop run by Jack (Robert Forster) and is zapped by something emanating from an old Korean Chest. It turns out that Ethan has absorbed the spirit of a warrior from 500 years ago who had saved his beloved from the monstrous Buraki–Serpents and Dragons that devastated the land. Jack presents a pendant that has powers and tells Ethan to seek out the modern-day incarnation of the warrior's lover, which, after she reaches age 20, they will be able to call up Imoogi dragons to take on the Buraki. Later, Ethan (now played by Jason Behr) does meet up with the woman, Sarah (Amanda Brooks). And yes, the Buraki are released on Los Angeles, wreaking havoc, and yes, the Ethan/Sarah duo take on the monsters via the Imoogi.
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Miss March 2009  R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Zach Cregger, Trevor Moore
Cast: Zach Cregger, Trevor Moore, Raquel Alessi, Molly Stanton, Craig Robinson, Hugh M. Hefner, Geoff Meed, Carla Jimenez, Cedric Yarbrough, David Wells, Slade Pearce, Remy Thorne, Tanjareen Martin, Eve Mauro, Alexis Raben
Best friends Eugene (Zach Cregger) and Tucker (Trevor Moore) are seniors in high school who have very different personalities. Tucker's life revolves around his interests in girls and Playboy magazines, while Eugene is a good boy who does not participate in sex with his girlfriend Cindi (Raquel Alessi). When Cindi talks Eugene into agreeing to have sex with her on prom night, a very nervous Eugene accepts help from Tucker who serves him liquor. As a result, a drunken Eugene falls down the stairs and goes into a four-year coma. When Eugene finally awakens, once-virgin Cindi is now a Playboy Playmate, and Tucker leads him on an outrageous cross-country road trip with plans to crash a party at the Playboy Mansion and win back Cindi.
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Pineapple Express 2008  R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: David Gordon Green
Cast: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Danny McBride, Kevin Corrigan, Craig Robinson, Gary Cole, Rosie Perez, Joe Lo Truglio, Ed Begley Jr., Noa Dunn, Amber Heard, Arthur Napiontek, Cleo King, Bill Hader
When lazy pothead Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) stops by the apartment of his dealer Saul Silver (James Franco), Saul offers him a rare strain of marijuana, Pineapple Express. Dale and Saul smoke for a few minutes, and then Dale, who is a process server, heads out to serve his subpoena on drug lord Ted Jones (Gary Cole). While waiting to approach Jones, Dale witnesses crooked cop Carol (Rosie Perez) and Jones kill a man. Dale panics and flees the scene, leaving behind his still-smoldering joint. Jones finds the joint, gets help from middle man Red (Danny McBride), and tracks it back to Saul and Dean. Now, hit men appear on the scene, and Dale and Saul try to escape while bullets and body parts fly through the air.
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Zack and Miri Make a Porno 2008 R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Kevin Smith
Cast: Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Jason Mewes, Jeff Anderson, Traci Lords, Katie Morgan, Ricky Mabe, Brandon Routh, Gerry Bednob, Justin Long, Craig Robinson, Anne Wade, Tom Savini, Jim Norton
Platonic friends Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) live together in Pittsburgh and decide to make some extra money to pay off their many unpaid bills. The idea of making a porn film comes to them at their high school reunion when they talk to porn actors (Brandon Routh and Justin Long) who are attending the party. In preparation for making their film, they enlist strippers Bubbles (Traci Lords) and Stacey (Katie Morgan) in their project, and then, to top it off, Zack and Miri decide to put themselves in leading roles of the film. Will the act of performing sex in front of the crew be what it takes for true love to enter their lives?
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| 1. D-War (2007)
aka: Dragon Wars
2. Miss March (2009)
3. Pineapple Express (2008)
4. Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
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