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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Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 2000 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Segal
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Janet Jackson, Larry Miller, John Ales, Richard Gant, Anna Maria Horsford, Melinda McGraw, Jamal Mixon, Gabriel Williams, Chris Elliott, Earl Boen, Freda Payne, Sylvester Jenkins, Duffy Taylor, Nikki Cox
This sequel revolves around the lovable Professor Sherman Klump (Eddie Murphy) and his attempts to rid himself of his obnoxious alter ego, Buddy (also Eddie Murphy–as are all seven Klump family members). Buddy's actions threaten to doom Sherman's budding romance with the brainy and beautiful Denise (Janet Jackson).
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 The Nutty Professor 1996 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi / Romance
Director: Tom Shadyac
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith, Dave Chappelle, James Coburn, Larry Miller, John Ales, Patricia Wilson, Jamal Mixon, Nichole McAuley, Hamilton Von Watts, Quinn Duffy, Chao Li Chi, Tony Carlin, Montell Jordan, Doug Williams
This remake of the 1963 Jerry Lewis film is about Sherman Klump (Eddie Murphy), an obese chemistry professor, who uses himself as a guinea pig in an experiment to test a potion to eliminate fat. Murphy is great as he takes on roles of four family members–including fat Sherman and svelte alter ego Buddy. The film provides good satire in the Eddie Murphy manner.
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Spy Hard 1996 PG-13, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rick Friedberg
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan, Charles Durning, Marcia Gay Harden, Barry Bostwick, Andy Griffith, John Ales, Elya Baskin, Clyde Kusatsu, Downtown Julie Brown
Dick Steele (Leslie Nielsen) returns to the Agency to track down General Rancor (Andy Griffith) who has kidnapped (despite the fact that he has no arms!) the beautiful daughter of Steele's past love and is using her to achieve world domination. Typical Nielsen, stupid but funny.
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The Zeros 2000  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Ryman
Cast: Mackenzie Astin, John Ales, Rachel Wilson, Sam Vlahos, Jennifer Morrison, Dwier Brown, John Diehl, Kyle Gass, Shishir Kurup, Howard S. Miller
Upon finding that he has only weeks to live, Joe (Mackenzie Astin) embarks on a cross-country trip in search of childhood sweetheart Joyce (Jennifer Morrison). Along the way, he meets assorted oddballs in this dark comedy.
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| 1. D-War (2007)
aka: Dragon Wars
2. Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
3. The Nutty Professor (1996)
4. Spy Hard (1996)
5. The Zeros (2000)
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