 Happily N'Ever After 2007   PG, 85 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy / Comedy
Director: Paul J. Bolger, Yvette Kaplan
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr., Andy Dick, Wallace Shawn, Patrick Warburton, George Carlin, Jon Polito, Michael McShane, John Di Maggio, Lisa Kaplan, Jill Talley, Tress MacNeille, Rob Paulson, Kath Soucie
While the Wizard (voice of George Carlin) is away on a golf outing, the evil Frieda (voice of Sigourney Weaver) plots to take over Fairy Tale Land and bring an end to happy endings. Frieda's stepdaughter, Ella (voice of Sarah Michelle Gellar), is waylaid on the way to meet the prince (voice of Patrick Warburton), Rapunzel is yanked from her tower, and a prince falls asleep after kissing Sleeping Beauty. Now Ella searches for help and turns to the Seven Dwarfs and to Prince Charming's servant, Rick (voice of Freddie Prinze, Jr.), for help in bringing back those happy endings.
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 The Ladies Man 2000  R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Reginald Hudlin
Cast: Tim Meadows, Karyn Parsons, Billy Dee Williams, John Witherspoon, Jill Talley, Lee Evans, Will Ferrell, Sofia Milos, Eugene Levy, Ken Hudson Campbell
Based on his "Saturday Night Live" character, Tim Meadows brings to the big screen Chicago radio love doctor Leon Phelps–complete with leisure suit and giant Afro haircut. No one said it is easy to transform a short comedy sketch into a full-length movie. But, that doesn't mean there are not some good laughs in this one.
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 Little Miss Sunshine 2006  R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Abigail Breslin, Paul Dano, Alan Arkin, Jill Talley, Brenda Canela, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Marc Turtletaub
The dysfunctional Hoover family–motivational speaker dad, Richard (Greg Kinnear); energetic mom Sheryl (Toni Collette); silent, teenage son Dwayne (Paul Dano); seven-year-old Olive (Abigail Breslin); suicidal Uncle Frank (Steve Carell); and heroin-snorting Grandpa (Alan Arkin)–boards their VW bus and embarks on a road trip to California so that Olive can compete in a pre-teen beauty pageant. On their arrival in Redondo Beach, the Hoovers face the winning-crazed world of young girls made-up to look like beauty queens, and the family gains strength through their ultra-weird experience. The film received two Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Actor (Alan Arkin), and nominations were received for Best Picture and Supporting Actress (Abigail Breslin).
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Run Ronnie Run! 2002  R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Troy Miller
Cast: David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, Nikki Cox, E.J. De La Pena, R. Lee Ermey, M.C. Gainey, Tom Kenny, David Koechner, Suli McCullough, Jill Talley, Becky Thyre, Mandy Patinkin
Based on HBO's comedy series "Mr. Show," this full-length skit features loser Ronnie (David Cross) who is arrested frequently–often showing up on the TV series "Fuzz" (spoof of "Cops"). Along comes producer Terry (Bob Odenkirk) who convinces Ronnie to star in a reality show on which he gets arrested each week. The show is a hit, and Ronnie must deal with the fame that follows. Some fun skits spoofing TV shows with many cameo appearances.
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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2004 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy
Director: Stephen Hillenburg
Cast: Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Mr. Lawrence, Clancy Brown, Jeffrey Tambor, Alec Baldwin, Scarlett Johansson, Mary Jo Catlett, David Hasselhoff, Carolyn Lawrence, Sirena Irwin, Jill Talley, Dee Bradley Baker
SpongeBob SquarePants (voice of Tom Kenny) and Patrick (voice of Bill Fagerbakke) leave Bikini Bottom in search of King Neptune's crown, which Mr. Krabs (voice of Clancy Brown) has been falsely accused of stealing.
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| 1. Happily N'Ever After (2007)
2. The Ladies Man (2000)
3. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
4. Run Ronnie Run! (2002)
5. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
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