Antz 1998 PG, 83 min. Genre: Family
Director: Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson Cast: Woody Allen, Dan Aykroyd, Anne Bancroft, Jane Curtin, Danny Glover, Gene Hackman, Jennifer Lopez, Sharon Stone, Christopher Walken, Sylvester Stallone, John Mahoney, Paul Mazursky, Grant Shaud, Jerry Sroka
This entirely computer-generated film features Z (voice of Woody Allen) as a nonconformist ant that falls in love with Bala (voice of Sharon Stone). But, Bala is engaged to the power-mad General Mandible (voice of Gene Hackman), so Z trades places with a warrior ant, Weaver (voice of Sylvester Stallone), to impress Bala and enters a battle to the death against the superior termites. Will Z ever see Bala again? Will democracy reign in the insect world?
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Brooklyn Lobster 2005 R, 90 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Kevin Jordan Cast: Danny Aiello, Jane Curtin, Daniel Sauli, Marisa Ryan, Ian Kahn, Heather Burns, Sam Freed, Tom Mason, Barbara Garrick, Henry Yuk, John Rothman, Olivia Archer, Rick Aiello, Austin Lysy, Matt Huffman
Giorgio's Lobster Farm is in big trouble after Frank Giorgio's (Danny Aiello) bank goes under, and the threat of public auction appears to be the only solution. But, despite personal crises, the family struggles to save the shop that represents their identity.
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Coneheads 1993 PG, 86 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Steve Barron Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Michelle Burke, Michael McKean, Laraine Newman, Chris Farley, Jason Alexander, Lisa Jane Persky, Sinbad, Dave Thomas
The Coneheads, who originated on "Saturday Night Live," are back in a feature length film. In this story, the family goes through its usual paces while biding time waiting for their rescue space ship to take them back to their planet.
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How to Beat the High Co$t of Living 1980 PG, 110 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Scheerer Cast: Susan Saint James, Jane Curtin, Jessica Lange, Richard Benjamin, Cathryn Damon, Fred Willard, Dabney Coleman, Eddie Albert, Art Metrano, Garrett Morris
Three housewives figure out how to beat the recession: they plan to rob the local shopping center.
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I Love You, Man 2009 R, 110 min. Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: John Hamburg Cast: Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, J.K. Simmons, Jane Curtin, Jon Favreau, Jaime Pressly, Thomas Lennon, Sarah Burns, Joe Lo Truglio, Rob Huebel, Greg Levine, Jean Villepique, Mather Zickel
Real estate agent Peter Klaven (Paul Rudd) is engaged to Zooey (Rashida Jones) and now has the problem of finding a Best Man for their wedding. Peter does not shine at male bonding and has no male friends. Hoping to help Peter, Zooey urges him to reach out and try to find male friends, hoping he will find a Best Man in the process. Peter picks up on Zooey's suggestion and meets Sydney Fife (Jason Segel). They hit it off–maybe too well because now Peter and Sydney become inseparable, which, of course, causes a problem with Peter's relationship with Zooey.
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The Librarian: Quest for the Spear 2004 TV, 90 min. Genre: Action / Fantasy
Director: Peter Winther Cast: Noah Wyle, Sonya Walger, Bob Newhart, Jane Curtin, Olympia Dukakis, Kyle MacLachlan, Kelly Hu, David Dayan Fisher, Lisa Brenner, Mario Ivan Martinez, Clyde Kusatsu
Thirty-something student living with his mother (Olympia Dukakis), Flynn (Noah Wyle) is forced out of school and takes a job at a library where Judson (Bob Newhart) and Charlene (Jane Curtin) give him the job of overseeing the library's mythical artifacts. When one of the artifacts is stolen, Flynn, with reluctant help from martial-arts-skilled Nicole (Sonya Walger), searches for the artifact to retrieve it from the villains.
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The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines 2006 TV, 92 min. Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Jonathan Frakes Cast: Noah Wyle, Gabrielle Anwar, Bob Newhart, Jane Curtin, Olympia Dukakis, Erick Avari, Robert Foxworth, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Zahn McClarnon, Lisa Brenner
In this sequel to "The Librarian: Quest for the Spear," former librarian Flynn Carson (Noah Wyle) searches for a map that will lead him to the fabled King Solomon's Mines where the Book of Solomon is stored. Sharing his travels with Professor Emily Davenport (Gabrielle Anwar), Flynn ends up uncovering family secrets in his adventure of a lifetime.
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O.C. & Stiggs 1987 R, 109 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Altman Cast: Daniel Jenkins, Neill Barry, Paul Dooley, Jane Curtin, Ray Walston, Louis Nye, Tina Louise, Martin Mull, Dennis Hopper, Melvin Van Peebles
Two teenagers have nothing better to do than make life unbearable for an insurance man and his family.
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The Shaggy Dog 2006 PG, 98 min. Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Brian Robbins Cast: Tim Allen, Kristin Davis, Robert Downey Jr., Zena Grey, Spencer Breslin, Danny Glover, Jane Curtin, Philip Baker Hall, Joshua Leonard, Shawn Pyfrom, Bess Wohl, Craig Kilborn, Jarrad Paul, Annabelle Gurwitch, Joel Moore
While District Attorney Dave Douglas (Tim Allen) prosecutes animal-rights activist Justin Forrester (Joshua Leonard) who is accused of setting fire to a testing lab, Dave takes in a dog that escaped the fire. That dog turns out to be 200-years old and had been kidnapped in Tibet for tests on creating longevity. The dog bites Dave, turns him into a sheepdog, and the fun begins.
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| 1. Antz (1998)
2. Brooklyn Lobster (2005)
3. Coneheads (1993)
4. How to Beat the High Co$t of Living (1980)
5. I Love You, Man (2009)
6. The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004)
7. The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (2006)
8. O.C. & Stiggs (1987)
9. The Shaggy Dog (2006)
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