 Epic Movie 2007  PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Cast: Kal Penn, Adam Campbell, Jennifer Coolidge, Jayma Mays, Faune A. Chambers, Crispin Glover, Tony Cox, Hector Jimenez, Darrell Hammond, Carmen Electra, Fred Willard, David Carradine, Kevin McDonald, George Alvarez
Orphans Edward (Kal Penn), Peter (Adam Campbell), Lucy (Jayma Mays), and Susan (Faune A. Chambers) are invited to tour Willy's (Crispin Glover) candy factory, and, too late, they realize that they are there to be ingredients in the candy. They escape that fate by stumbling into an enchanted wardrobe that transports them to the fantasy land of Gnarnia where they have been brought to defeat the evil White Bitch (Jennifer Coolidge) and restore Aslo (Fred Willard) to the throne. And the film goes on–continuing to make fun of "epic" movies made over the last few years.
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Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay 2008  R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure
Director: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
Cast: Kal Penn, John Cho, Rob Corddry, Jack Conley, Roger Bart, David Krumholtz, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Neil Patrick Harris, Missi Pyle, Beverly D'Angelo, Eric Winter, Danneel Harris, Paula Garces
In this sequel to "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle," stoners Harold Lee (John Cho) and Kumar Patel (Kal Penn) head off to Amsterdam on vacation. They sneak a bong aboard the airplane, and after Kumar lights up the bong in the restroom, they end up in a cell in Guantanamo Bay as suspects in a terrorism plot. They manage to escape and, with Deputy Chief of Homeland Security Ron Fox (Rob Corddry) on their trail, try to reach the wedding of Kuma's ex, Vanessa (Danneel Harris), in Texas. Their hope is that Vanessa's fiance Colton (Eric Winter) will use his connections to clear their names, but more than a few obstacles lie in their way.
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 Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle 2004  R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Danny Leiner
Cast: John Cho, Kal Penn, Paula Garces, David Krumholtz, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Ryan Reynolds, Fred Willard, Ethan Embry, Christopher Meloni, Neil Patrick Harris, Luis Guzman, Jamie Kennedy
While stoner roommates spend hours driving around Princeton looking for a White Castle restaurant, they encounter numerous obstacles.
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Love Don't Cost a Thing 2003  PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Troy Beyer
Cast: Nick Cannon, Christina Milian, Steve Harvey, Kenan Thompson, Al Thompson, Kal Penn, Kevin Christy, Nichole Mercedes, Melissa Schuman, Sam Sarpong, Gay Thomas Wilson, Imani Parks
Nerdy, high-school senior Alvin Johnson (Nick Cannon) thinks he has the solution for becoming popular: if he pays cheerleader Paris Morgan (Christina Milian) the money needed to repair her mother's wrecked car, she will pretend to be his girlfriend for two weeks.
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Malibu's Most Wanted 2003 PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: John Whitesell
Cast: Jamie Kennedy, Taye Diggs, Anthony Anderson, Blair Underwood, Regina Hall, Damien Dante Wayans, Ryan O'Neal, Bo Derek, Snoop Dogg, Jeffrey Tambor, Kal Penn, Nick Swardson, Keili Lefkovitz, Greg Grunberg, J.P. Manoux
Bill Gluckman (Ryan O'Neal) plans to run for governor of California and is afraid that his son Brad (Jamie Kennedy) will embarrass him by acting like and believing that he is from the "hood." Even his psychiatrist can't convince Brad that he is not Black. Bill's solution: have Brad kidnapped and dropped off in a Black neighborhood to "scare the White into him."
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The Namesake 2007  PG-13, 122 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Mira Nair
Cast: Kal Penn, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Jacinda Barrett, Zuleikha Robinson, Brooke Smith, Sahira Nair, Glenne Headly, Mura Guha Thakurta, Sabyasachi Chakravarthy, Tamal Sengupta, Dhruv Mookerji, Michael Countryman, Heather MacRae, Stuart Rudin
Ashima (Tabu) leaves her home in Calcutta and arrives in New York for her arranged marriage to Ashoke (Irrfan Khan). The couple misses the culture of India but live the good life in Queens. As time passes, they have a son and a daughter, but as their son (Kal Penn) grows up he has problems dealing with the two cultures. After graduating from Yale, he even changes his name from Gogol to Nick and becomes involved with a WASP princess (Jacinda Barrett). But, a family tragedy convinces Nick to reconsider his decisions, and he sets off in a different direction with a new appreciation for his past.
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National Lampoon's Van Wilder 2002 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
aka: Van Wilder
Director: Walt Becker
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid, Kal Penn, Tim Matheson, Kim Smith, Teck Holmes, Daniel Cosgrove, Tom Everett Scott, Chris Owen, Curtis Armstrong, Deon Richmond, Alex Burns, Emily Rutherfurd, Paul Gleason, Erik Estrada
While thoroughly enjoying his eighth year at Coolidge College, undergrad Van Wilder (Ryan Reynolds) is challenged when his father (Tim Matheson) announces, "No more tuition." What to do? Van Wilder relies on his expertise and becomes a party consultant, which should delay college graduation for many years to come.
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National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj 2006 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
Director: Mort Nathan
Cast: Kal Penn, Lauren Cohan, Daniel Percival, Glen Barry, Anthony Cozens, Steven Rathman, Holly Davidson, Tom Davey, William de Coverly, Shobu Kapoor, Beth Steel, Amy Steel, Kulvinder Ghir, Jonathan Cecil
In this sequel to the 2002 film, Taj (Kal Penn) heads off to England's prestigious Camden University where he plans to work on his graduate degree. After arriving on campus, Taj ends up living with a group of campus losers, and together they take on the uptight student body.
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 Superman Returns 2006 PG-13, 157 min.
Genre: Animation / Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Bryan Singer
Cast: Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, James Marsden, Parker Posey, Sam Huntington, Eva Marie Saint, Frank Langella, John Di Maggio, Kal Penn, Tristan Lake Leabu, David Fabrizio, Ian Roberts, Doug Abrahams, Todd Williams
After disappearing for six years, Superman (Brandon Routh) returns to Metropolis as Clark Kent and finds that the citizens of Metropolis have learned to live without him. Add to that the fact that his beloved Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth) is in a relationship with Richard White (James Marsden), and they have a five-year-old son, Jason (Tristan Lake Leabu). Now, Superman must deal with those problems and, at the same time, face arch-enemy Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey) on a journey that will take him into the realm of outer space.
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Where's the Party Yaar? 2003 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: For She's a Jolly Good Fellow
Director: Benny Mathews
Cast: Kal Penn, Sunil Malhotra, Prem Shah, Tina Cherian, Serena Varghese, Sunil Thakkar, Mousami Dave, Indrevan Trivedi, Prakash Desai, Shaan Puri
FOB (fresh off the boat) college student Hari (Sunil Malhotra) has left his native India to stay with relatives, the Bakshi family, in Houston. But American-born cousin Mo (Kal Penn), like his friends, is embarassed by Hari's appearance (floral shirt, clean sneakers, suspenders, accent, and greasy hair). Mo makes sure that Hari knows he is not welcome at the upcoming Desi Fever dance party on campus, but Hari is convinced that it is his destiny to attend the event. Hence, the title, "Where's the Party Yaar?"
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| 1. Epic Movie (2007)
2. Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)
3. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
4. Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003)
5. Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)
6. The Namesake (2007)
7. National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002)
aka: Van Wilder
8. National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (2006)
aka: Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
9. Superman Returns (2006)
10. Where's the Party Yaar? (2003)
aka: For She's a Jolly Good Fellow
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