Children on Their Birthdays 2002  PG, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Medoff
Cast: Sheryl Lee, Joe Pichler, Jesse Plemons, Tania Raymonde, Christopher McDonald, Tom Arnold, Phyllis Frelich, Tom Brainard, Ritch Brinkley, Brazhal Brewer
Set in a small Alabama town in the summer of 1947, this a warm and humorous coming-of-age story during the post-war era. Thirteen-year-old Lily Jane (Tania Raymonde) arrives in town with her mother (Phyllis Frelich) who is mute. The self-assured Lily Jane quickly fits in, though many schoolmates are shocked when she befriends African-American Rosalba (Brazhal Brewer). She also catches the eye of Billy Bob (Joe Pichler) and his mischievous friend, Preacher (Jesse Plemons). As Billy Bob tries to impress Lily Jane, he also must deal with his widowed mother's romance with a local mechanic. Based on a short story by Truman Capote.
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 Like Mike 2002 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy / Drama
Director: John Schultz
Cast: Bow Wow, Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki, Brenda Song, Jesse Plemons, Julius Ritter, Crispin Glover, Anne Meara, Robert Forster, Eugene Levy, Roger W. Morrissey, Timon Kyle, Alex Krilov, Stephen Thompson, David Brown
Fourteen-year-old Calvin Cambridge (Bow Wow) lives in an orphanage run by Stan Bittleman (Crispin Glover) who doesn't give the kids much encouragement. One day, Calvin slips his feet into a pair of sneakers marked "M.J." and, almost instantly, turns into a super basketball player. He draws the attention of Frank Bernard (Eugene Levy) who manages the Los Angeles Knights and is signed on as an NBA player. With his new sneakers, Calvin believes that he can do anything, and his attitude leads the Knights out of the cellar and onto a possible championship–but not without upsetting Tracey Reynolds (Morris Chestnut) who used to be the team's star player.
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Observe and Report 2009   R, 85 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Jody Hill
Cast: Seth Rogen, Ray Liotta, Michael Pena, Anna Faris, Dan Bakkedahl, Jesse Plemons, John Yuen, Matt Yuen, Celia Weston, Collette Wolfe, Randy Gambill, Alston Brown, Cody Midthunder, Deborah Brown, Aziz Ansari
Dysfunctional Ronnie Barnhardt (Seth Rogen) heads up the mall security at Forest Ridge Mall and lusts after salesgirl Brandi (Anna Faris). When a flasher in the parking lot exposes himself to Brandi, Ronnie comes to her aid hoping to make points with her. The flasher enters the mall and start flashing, which causes the mall's directors to call in the police. Detective Harrison (Ray Liotta) arrives on the scene, and pathetic Ronnie sees his appearance as a chance to show the police department that he should be hired as a police officer if he solves the case before Harrison. And the contest begins with Ronnie constantly getting in the way of the investigation.
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| 1. Children on Their Birthdays (2002)
2. Like Mike (2002)
3. Observe and Report (2009)
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