3000 Miles to Graceland 2001  R, 125 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Demian Lichtenstein
Cast: Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox, Christian Slater, Kevin Pollak, David Arquette, Jon Lovitz, Howie Long, Thomas Haden Church, Bokeem Woodbine
It's Elvis Presley convention week in Las Vegas, and a group of six conspirators (Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell, Howie Long, David Arquette, Christian Slater, and Bokeem Woodbine) have a plan: dress up like Elvis and rob a casino. As in many movies preceding this one, the thieves soon become enemies, and the result is good entertainment. But this film misses its mark, and we are left with little in entertainment value.
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 Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights 2002  PG-13, 75 min.
Genre: Animation / Comedy / Musical
aka: Eight Crazy Nights
8 Crazy Nights
Director: Seth Kearsley
Cast: Adam Sandler, Jackie Sandler, Austin Stout, Kevin Nealon, Rob Schneider, Norm Crosby, Jon Lovitz, Tyra Banks, Cole & Dylan Sprouse, Blake Clark, Peter Dante, Ellen Albertini Dow, Kevin P. Farley, Tom Kenny, Carl Weathers
In this animated/comedy/musical, a judge orders troublemaker Davey Stone (voice of Adam Sandler) to perform community service as an assistant basketball coach. Davey begins to learn the error of his ways when he reports to the head referee, elf-like Whitey Duvall (also the voice of Adam Sandler).
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An American Tail: Fievel Goes West 1991  G, 75 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy / Drama
Director: Phil Nibbelink, Simon Wells
Cast: Phillip Glasser, James Stewart, Erica Yohn, John Cleese, Dom DeLuise, Jon Lovitz, Amy Irving, Nehemiah Persoff, Cathy Cavadini, Jack Angel, Larry Moss, Mickie McGowan, Fausto Bara
In this sequel about the Russian immigrant family of mice, Fievel Mousekewitz and his relatives move out to the West where fortune awaits.
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Bailey's Billion$ 2005 G, 93 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
aka: Bailey's Billions
Director: David Devine
Cast: Dean Cain, Jon Lovitz, Laurie Holden, Tim Curry, Jennifer Tilly, Max Baker, Angela Vallee, Kenneth Welsh, Sheila McCarthy, Jackie Burroughs, Eugene Lipinski, Melissa DiMarco
When golden retriever Bailey (voice of Jon Lovitz) inherits the entire billion-dollar estate of his owner, Constance Pennington (Jackie Burroughs), two family members–nephew Caspar (Tim Curry) and his wife Dolores (Jennifer Tilly)–set out to prove that Bailey's guardian, Ted (Dean Cain), is abusing Bailey. With this "proof," maybe Caspar and Dolores will be able to get their hands on the fortune.
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 The Benchwarmers 2006  PG-13, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dennis Dugan
Cast: Rob Schneider, David Spade, Jon Heder, Jon Lovitz, Craig Kilborn, Molly Sims, Tim Meadows, Nick Swardson, Erinn Bartlett, Amaury Nolasco, Bill Romanowski, Sean Salisbury, Matt Weinberg, Reggie Jackson, Max Prado
As a result of witnessing young Nelson (Max Prado) being bullied, three inept guys–Gus (Rob Schneider), Richie (David Spade), and Clark (Jon Heder) form a three-player baseball team and compete against Little League teams around the state.
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 Big 1988  PG, 104 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Penny Marshall
Cast: Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Jared Rushton, Robert Loggia, John Heard, David Moscow, Jon Lovitz, Mercedes Ruehl, Rockets Redglare, Tracy Reiner, Josh Clark, Kimberlee M. Davis, Oliver Block, Allan Wasserman, Gary Howard Klar
Annie Spielberg (Steven's talented sister) co-wrote the good screenplay about 13-year-old Josh (David Moscow) who goes to a fortune-telling machine and makes a wish to be "big." Upon waking the next morning, Josh (now played by Tom Hanks) finds that his wish has come true, and he must now cope with the responsible world of adults until he can become a kid again. Tom Hanks is great and was nominated for an Oscar.
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Cats & Dogs 2001  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy
Director: Lawrence Guterman
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth Perkins, Alexander Pollock, Sean Hayes, Susan Sarandon, Michael Clarke Duncan, Tobey Maguire, Joe Pantoliano, Alec Baldwin, Charlton Heston, Miriam Margolyes, Frank C. Turner, Jon Lovitz, Salome Jens
This film–definitely for kids under the age of 10–examines the premise that there is a high-tech war being fought between cats and dogs. Unknown to humans, for years war has been raging between the animals for their places in the animal kingdom. Now, Prof. Brody (Jeff Goldblum) is working on a vaccine to erase human allergies to dogs, and a Persian cat, Mr. Tinkles (voice of Sean Hayes), is determined to stop him because Mr. Tinkles seeks world domination and realizes that the vaccine will give the edge to dogs. Mrs. Brody (Elizabeth Perkins) has found a Beagle puppy, Lou (voice of Tobey Maguire), for their son, Scott (Alexander Pollock). Now Lou is caught in the middle of the "dog vs. cat" war when Mr. Tinkles plots to kidnap the Brody family, reverse the formula, and make all humans allergic to dogs. Excellent special effects include animated faces on real animals.
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City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold 1994 PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Western
aka: City Slickers II
Director: Paul Weiland
Cast: Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Jack Palance, Jon Lovitz, Patricia Wettig, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Noble Willingham, David Paymer, Josh Mostel, Bill McKinney, Lindsay Crystal, Beth Grant, Jayne Meadows, Alan Charof
In this sequel, the story begins with Mitch Robbins (Billy Crystal) walking down the street telling his friend that he is getting too heavy. The camera pans to the "friend," who turns out to be Norman, the pet calf from the original "City Slickers." This time around, Mitch is lamenting the death of Curly, and, with his two friends Glen and Duke (Jon Lovitz and Daniel Stern) heads for the hills around Las Vegas and join Curly's twin brother Duke (Jack Palance) in search of a buried treasure.
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 Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star 2003 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sam Weisman
Cast: David Spade, Doris Roberts, Jon Lovitz, Alyssa Milano, Craig Bierko, Mary McCormack, Scott Terra, Jenna Boyd, Fred Wolf, Nicholas Schwerin, John Farley, Rob Reiner, Bobby Slayton, Joey Diaz, Kevin Grevioux
During the 1970s, Dickie Roberts was a precocious child star of a TV show. But, Dickie (David Spade) is now 35 years old and has left stardom behind. He parks cars for a living and plays poker with other child stars of the past. When Dickie hears about a new movie to be directed by Rob Reiner, he hopes for the role of a "normal" guy but is turned down because he wasn't raised in a "normal" environment. Dickie's solution: hire a "normal" family through which he can learn about the things he never experienced growing up.
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Farce of the Penguins 2007  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bob Saget
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Bob Saget, Christina Applegate, Lewis Black, Mo'Nique, Tracy Morgan, Jason Biggs, Dane Cook, Jamie Kennedy, Norm MacDonald, Jason Alexander, James Belushi, Whoopi Goldberg, Jon Lovitz, Harvey Fierstein
In this mockumentary, writer-director Bob Saget teams with an all-star cast providing voices of raunchy penguins as they cross icy Antarctica.
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Good Advice 2001 R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steve Rash
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Angie Harmon, Denise Richards, Jon Lovitz, Rosanna Arquette, Estelle Harris, Barry Newman, Lisa Rinna, John de Lancie, Francoise Surel
Ryan (Charlie Sheen) is a successful stockbroker until he sleeps with the wrong woman and gets bad advice from the woman's husband. Now he's out of work, and his live-in girlfriend, Cindy (Denise Richards), leaves him and heads to Brazil. When Cindy's boss, for whom she writes an advice column for a newspaper, wants to know where her column is, Ryan starts writing it. Ryan falls for the boss, Page (Angie Harmon), in this comedy that's better than most direct-to-video films.
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The Great White Hype 1996 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Reginald Hudlin
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Jeff Goldblum, Damon Wayans, Peter Berg, Jon Lovitz, Cheech Marin, Jamie Foxx, Corbin Bernsen, John Rhys-Davies
This comedy about the boxing world is based loosely on the style of fight-promoter Don King. Samuel L. Jackson plays the King-like character, the Reverend Fred Sultan whose hopes are pinned on heavyweight champion James "The Grim Reaper" Roper (Damon Wayans). From backroom promotion tactics to ringside fight scenes, this is one funny movie.
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 Happiness 1998 R, 139 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Todd Solondz
Cast: Jane Adams, Lara Flynn Boyle, Cynthia Stevenson, Dylan Baker, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ben Gazzara, Louise Lasser, Jared Harris, Jon Lovitz, Elizabeth Ashley
Middle-class New Jersey sisters–Joy (Jane Adams), Helen (Lara Flynn Boyle), and Trish (Cynthia Stevenson) live their individual lives, each filled with misery, in this story of inter-connected episodes focusing on self-absorption, aimlessness, pedophilia, and murder.
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High School High 1996 PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hart Bochner
Cast: Tia Carrere, Louise Fletcher, Jon Lovitz, John Neville, Mekhi Phifer, Malinda Williams, Guillermo Diaz, Lexie Bigham, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Marco Rodriguez
An idealistic teacher opts for teaching in a tough, inner-city school.
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Jumpin' Jack Flash 1986 R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Romance / Thriller
Director: Penny Marshall
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, Carol Kane, Jonathan Pryce, James Belushi, John Wood, Roscoe Lee Browne, Annie Potts, Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, Peter Michael Goetz, Sara Botsford, Jeroen Krabbe, Lynne Marie Stewart, Vyto Ruginis
Bored computer operator Terry Dolittle (Whoopi Goldberg) works at Manhattan's First National Bank and sends personal messages. She receives a reply from British spy Jack (Jonathan Pryce), using the code name "Jumpin' Jack Flash," who needs help getting out of the Soviet Union. Terry loves spy movies and decides to help Jack. Her decision results in her finding herself in the dangerous world of spies where she is kidnapped by the KGB and given truth serum. Will she be able to overcome her desperate situation and warn Jack in time for him to escape?
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A League of Their Own 1992  PG, 124 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Penny Marshall
Cast: Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Madonna, Rosie O'Donnell, Megan Cavanagh, Tracy Reiner, David Strathairn, Garry Marshall, Bill Pullman, Tea Leoni, Jon Lovitz, Bitty Schram, Don S. Davis, Ann Cusack
During World War II, the All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League was formed to make up for the dearth of men playing the sport. This is the story of one team in the league, the Rockford Peaches, and centers on Oregon sisters Dottie and Kit (Geena Davis and Lori Petty) who come to Chicago to play ball. Other players who also make the team include Mae Mordabito (Madonna), Doris Murphy (Rosie O'Donnell), and Marla Hooch (Megan Cavanagh). The team's owner (Garry Marshall) picks ex-baseball star Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks), who ruined his career with alcoholism, as the manager. Training begins, Dugan stops drinking, and the underdog team works hard and gains success.
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 Little Nicky 2000 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steven Brill
Cast: Adam Sandler, Patricia Arquette, Harvey Keitel, Rhys Ifans, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Reese Witherspoon, Rodney Dangerfield, Allen Covert, Dana Carvey, Jon Lovitz
Satan's (Harvey Keitel) mentally challenged son Nicky (Adam Sandler) heads off to NYC on a mission to bring his brothers–Adrian (Rhys Ifans) and Cassius (Tommy "Tiny" Lister) –back to Hell. It seems that when Adrian and Cassius left, they froze the gates to Hell, and now no new souls can enter. Without a new population supply, Satan literally begins falling apart. Nicky has just one week to retrieve them. Will he succeed?
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 Lost & Found 1999 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jeff Pollack
Cast: David Spade, Sophie Marceau, Patrick Bruel, Artie Lange, Mitchell Whitfield, Martin Sheen, Jon Lovitz, Estelle Harris, Rose Marie, Marla Gibbs
Dylan Ramsey (David Spade) wants to impress the beautiful Lila Dubois (Sophie Marceau). His solution: kidnap her dog and then return to her home as the savior of the dog's life. But, as can be imagined, events do not proceed quite so simply.
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Mom and Dad Save the World 1992 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Greg Beeman
Cast: Teri Garr, Jeffrey Jones, Jon Lovitz, Dwier Brown, Kathy Ireland, Thalmus Rasulala, Wallace Shawn, Eric Idle, Debbie Lee Carrington, Danny Cooksey, Tony Cox, Ed Gale
Emperor Tod Springo (Jon Lovitz) beams up Marge and Dick Nelson (Teri Garr and Jeffrey Jones) to his planet with plans to make Marge his wife before destroying Earth. But Dick–by reliving Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers adventures–comes to Marge's rescue and, in the process, saves Earth as well.
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Mr. Destiny 1990 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Orr
Cast: James Belushi, Linda Hamilton, Michael Caine, Jon Lovitz, Hart Bochner, Bill McCutcheon, Rene Russo, Jay O. Sanders, Maury Chaykin, Pat Corley, Douglas Seale, Courteney Cox
Larry (James Belushi) is not happy in his life. His marriage to the beautiful Ellen (Linda Hamilton) isn't what it should be, his friend won't leave him alone, his car breaks down, his dog has bladder problems, etc. He KNOWS his life would had been different if he hadn't struck out in the bottom of the ninth inning when he was 15 years old. Despondent, he goes into a bar and tells his problems to the bartender (Michael Caine), who mixes a potion, and Larry walks out into the world that he would have experienced had he made that hit. He finds that all is not perfect in that world, either.
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My Stepmother Is an Alien 1988 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Benjamin
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Kim Basinger, Jon Lovitz, Alyson Hannigan, Joseph Maher, Seth Green, Harry Shearer, Ann Prentiss, Wesley Mann, Tony Jay
A spaceship from a doomed planet lands in Southern California carrying in it an alien (Kim Basinger) who just happens to have a snake that she carries in her purse. Her mission is to find an inept scientist (Dan Aykroyd) who might be able to re-create a ray that has affected the gravity on her planet.
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National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon I 1993 PG-13, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Drama
aka: Loaded Weapon 1
Director: Gene Quintano
Cast: Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Lovitz, Tim Curry, Charlie Sheen, Bruce Willis, Erik Estrada, Frank McRae, William Shatner, F. Murray Abraham, Kathy Ireland, Dhiru Shah, Denis Leary, Tom Bruggeman, Bill Nunn
This take-off on "Lethal Weapon" and its sequels has moments that are very funny between cop Jack Colt (Emilio Estevez) and his irritated partner Wes Luger (Samuel L. Jackson). While they are investigating the murder of Luger's ex-partner, Colt and Luger uncover General Mortars (William Shatner) drug conspiracy. Watch for cameo appearances by Bruce Willis, Erik Estrada, Larry Wilcox, Corey Feldman, and Martin Sheen.
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North 1994 PG, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Elijah Wood, Bruce Willis, Jon Lovitz, Matthew McCurley, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alan Arkin, Dan Aykroyd, Jerry Lewis, Kathy Bates
North (Elijah Wood) divorces his biological parents and sets out to scour the earth for the ideal set of replacements. To help him along the way, a confidante (Bruce Willis) advises and abets the search for North's elusive "perfect" adoptive parents.
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 The Producers 2005 PG-13, 134 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Susan Stroman
Cast: Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell, Roger Bart, Gary Beach, Eileen Essell, Michael McKean, David Huddleston, Andrea Martin, Debra Monk, Jon Lovitz, Richard Kind, Meg Gillentine, Kevin Ligon
Broadway producer Max Bialystock (Nathan Lane) and his neurotic accountant, Leo Bloom (Matthew Broderick), hatch a scheme to raise more money than is necessary to produce a musical that they know will flop, and then they can keep the surplus money for themselves.
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Rat Race 2001 PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jerry Zucker
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese, Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding Jr., Seth Green, Jon Lovitz, Breckin Meyer, Kathy Najimy, Amy Smart, Vince Vieluf
Las Vegas casino owner Donald Sinclair (John Cleese) sponsors a race on which only his wealthiest patrons can bet. The randomly chosen team participants are given keys to a Silver City, New Mexico, train station locker. The first team to get to the locker will be awarded the $2 million locked inside. Insane comedy runs rampant in this one.
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Small Time Crooks 2000 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Tracey Ullman, Michael Rapaport, Tony Darrow, Jon Lovitz, Elaine May, Elaine Stritch, Hugh Grant, George Grizzard, Brian McConnachie
Despite Frenchie Winkler's (Tracey Ullman) warning to her husband Ray (Woody Allen) to keep away from criminal activity, Ray has one more plot up his sleeve: buy a cookie store and tunnel from it into the neighboring bank vault. As luck would have it, the bank heist is fraught with problems, but the cookie store becomes a huge success. Tracey and Ray become millionaires, which brings on its own problems.
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Southland Tales 2007 R, 144 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller
Director: Richard Kelly
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Curtis Armstrong, Joe Campana, Nora Dunn, Beth Grant, Wood Harris, John Larroquette, Bai Ling, Jon Lovitz, Christopher Lambert, Mandy Moore, Holmes Osborne, Lisa K. Wyatt
A nuclear strike on Texas has resulted in political and environmental disasters that have caused the United States to institute strict security measures to ward off terrorists. Action-movie star Boxer Santaros (Dwayne Johnson) is married to Madeline (Mandy Moore) whose father, Senator Bobby Frost (Holmes Osborne), is a Republican vice-presidential candidate plotting a national takeover. But, Boxer is kidnapped under mysterious circumstances and now, after gaining freedom, suffers amnesia, can not remember Madeline, and has teamed up with porn princess Krysta (Sarah Michelle Gellar). He is also involved with a Hermosa Beach police officer (Sean William Scott) whose identity has split in two–resulting in twins, Roland and Ronald Taverner. Taverner's efforts to find himself just might provide the key to a dangerous conspiracy.
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 The Stepford Wives 2004 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Thriller
Director: Frank Oz
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler, Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, Roger Bart, David Marshall Grant, Jon Lovitz, Dylan Hartigan, Faith Hill, Matt Malloy, Kate Shindle, Fallon Brooking, Tom Riis Farrell, Lorri Bagley
Joanna (Nicole Kidman), Walter (Matthew Broderick), and their kids move to Stepford, Connecticut, where the wives in the neighborhood appear to be much too perfect. Walter loves Stepford, but suspicious Joanna investigates and discovers that the idyllic wives are really robots programmed to serve their husbands.
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 Three Amigos! 1986 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Western
Director: John Landis
Cast: Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Patrice Martinez, Alfonso Arau, Tony Plana, Joe Mantegna, Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, Philip Gordon, Fred Asparagus, Santos Morales, Tino Insana, Kai Wulff, Norbert Weisser
This film is a parody of "The Magnificent Seven," minus four of the heroes. Three silent-screen cowboys–Dusty Bottoms (Chevy Chase), Lucky Day (Steve Martin), and Ned Nederlander (Martin Short)–have been fired from the studio when they receive a message from Carmen (Patrice Martinez) begging them to save her Mexican town. They think that Carmen is paying them to perform their singing routine in a show, but she really wants them to rid her town of marauding El Guapo (Alfonso Arau) who is terrorizing her friends and neighbors. They do head south of the border and arrive in Carmen's town and then learn that Carmen has been kidnapped by El Guapo. What do they do? They perform acts of heroism–just like they have done on the screen–and save the town.
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Trapped in Paradise 1994 PG-13, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Gallo
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Jon Lovitz, Dana Carvey, Donald Moffat, Madchen Amick, Richard Jenkins, Richard B. Shull, Sean McCann, John Ashton, Angela Paton
The three unsavory Firpo brothers (Nicolas Cage, Dana Carvey, and Jon Lovitz) rob the bank in the town of Paradise that happens to have citizens so good that the brothers wish they had never stolen from them.
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| 1. 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
2. Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002)
aka: Eight Crazy Nights
aka: 8 Crazy Nights
3. An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)
4. Bailey's Billion$ (2005)
aka: Bailey's Billions
5. The Benchwarmers (2006)
6. Big (1988)
7. The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
8. Cats & Dogs (2001)
9. City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)
aka: City Slickers II
10. Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)
11. Farce of the Penguins (2007)
12. Good Advice (2001)
13. The Great White Hype (1996)
14. Happiness (1998)
15. High School High (1996)
16. Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)
17. A League of Their Own (1992)
18. Little Nicky (2000)
19. Lost & Found (1999)
20. Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
21. Mr. Destiny (1990)
22. My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
23. National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon I (1993)
aka: Loaded Weapon 1
24. North (1994)
25. The Producers (2005)
26. Rat Race (2001)
27. Small Time Crooks (2000)
28. Southland Tales (2007)
29. The Stepford Wives (2004)
30. Three Amigos! (1986)
31. Trapped in Paradise (1994)
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