 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2004  PG-13, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
aka: Anchorman
Director: Adam McKay
Cast: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner, Fred Willard, Chris Parnell, Kathryn Hahn, Fred Armisen, Seth Rogen, Paul F. Tompkins, Danny Trejo, Scot Robinson, Darcy Donavan, Ian Roberts
In the 1970s, a pompous, TV news anchorman, Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell), rules the roost in his San Diego newsroom–until station manager Ed Harken (Fred Willard) decides it's time for a change. He appoints ambitious Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) as a new member of the news staff, and a battle of the sexes ensues in this good satire on the 1970s' lifestyles.
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The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard 2009  R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Neal Brennan
Cast: Jeremy Piven, Ving Rhames, James Brolin, David Koechner, Kathryn Hahn, Ed Helms, Jordana Spiro, Tony Hale, Ken Jeong, Rob Riggle, Alan Thicke, Charles Napier, Wendie Malick, Bryan Callen, Jonathan Sadowski
Car salesman Don Ready (Jeremy Piven) and his team, including Jibby Newsome (Ving Rhames), head for Temecula, California. They have been hired to sell over 200 cars during the Fourth of July weekend at Selleck Motors, which is owned by Ben Selleck (James Brolin). All is going well–until Don falls in love with Ben's daughter, Ivy (Jordana Spiro), and begins to lose his focus on the job he has been hired to perform.
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 The Holiday 2006  PG-13, 138 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Nancy Meyers
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black, Eli Wallach, Edward Burns, Rufus Sewell, Miffy Englefield, Emma Pritchard, Sarah Parish, Shannyn Sossamon, Bill Macy, Shelley Berman, Kathryn Hahn, John Krasinski
While on an online search for a getaway, British wedding correspondent Iris Simkins (Kate Winslet) and Los Angeles movie trailer editor Amanda Woods (Cameron Diaz) discover each other and trade houses for the holidays. Amanda's life picks up when Iris' brother, Graham (Jude Law), appears on her doorstep. Meanwhile, Iris begins a relationship with sound-track editor Miles (Jack Black) and befriends screenwriter Arthur Abbott (Eli Wallach). These events are destined to change the lives of both Iris and Amanda.
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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 2003 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Donald Petrie
Cast: Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Kathryn Hahn, Robert Klein, Bebe Neuwirth, Annie Parisse, Adam Goldberg, Michael Michele, Shalom Harlow, Thomas Lennon, Samantha Quan, Justin Peroff, Celia Weston, James Murtaugh, Archie MacGregor
When advertising executive Benjamin Barry (Matthew Conaughey) bets his friends that he can make a relationship last more than 10 days, he meets his match in Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson) who he hooks up with in a bar. She is on assignment for her magazine to write a story about dumping a guy in 10 days and thinks she wants nothing more than to get rid of Benjamin within the given time.
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The Last Mimzy 2007 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Director: Robert Shaye
Cast: Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, Chris O'Neil, Joely Richardson, Timothy Hutton, Rainn Wilson, Kathryn Hahn, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kirsten Williamson, Irene Snow, Marc Musso, Nicole Munoz, Scott E. Miller, Tom Heaton
Ten-year-old Noah Wilder (Chris O'Neil) and his five-year-old sister Emma (Rhiannon Leigh Wryn) find a box of "toys" from the future. They play with the toys, which include a stuffed rabbit named Mimzy that appears to be causing their intelligence levels to soar. Soon their entire family is drawn into a strange new world as the children dream about an intergalactic bridge that will connect Earth to a dying planet. By story's end, they end up at a research lab where the children are found to be connected to philosophical belief systems that support human survival.
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Revolutionary Road 2008 R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Sam Mendes
Cast: Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kathy Bates, Michael Shannon, Kathryn Hahn, David Harbour, Dylan Baker, Richard Easton, Zoe Kazan, Jay O. Sanders, Max Casella, Keith Reddin, Ty Simpkins, Ryan Simpkins, Max Baker
Problems are developing in the marriage of a Connecticut couple, Frank and April (Leonardo DeCaprio and Kate Winslet), as they find themselves becoming a typical suburban family, which is what they vowed never to do. April's solution is to move as a family to France where they believe that they will be free from consumer demands and will be able to enjoy their artistic spirits. They brag to their neighbors about their decision, but will they be able–amidst constant arguments–to carry out their plans for a new lifestyle in France? Mentally challenged John Givings (Michael Shannon) appears to the only one to understand the Wheelers' problem. The film received three Academy Award nominations including Shannon for Best Supporting Actor.
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Step Brothers 2008 R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Adam McKay
Cast: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Mary Steenburgen, Richard Jenkins, Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn, Andrea Savage, Lurie Poston, Elizateth Yozamp, Logan Manus, Travis T. Flory, Lili Rose McKay, Shira Piven, Seth Morris, Wayne Federman
Both 39-year-old Brennan Huff (Will Ferrell) and 40-year-old Dale Doback (John C. Reilly) have never left their homes and live with their single parents. Now, their parents Nancy Huff (Mary Steenburgen) and Dr. Robert Doback (Richard Jenkins) get married, and Brennan and Dale must share a bedroom. They are step-brothers, and they hate everything about each other–until they find a mutual enemy in Brennan's younger brother Derek (Adam Scott) who tries to convince his father to sell the house, sail around the world, and kick those two grown men out into the real world.
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 Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! 2004 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Luketic
Cast: Kate Bosworth, Topher Grace, Josh Duhamel, Nathan Lane, Ginnifer Goodwin, Sean Hayes, Gary Cole, Kathryn Hahn, Octavia Spencer, Amy Smart, Wendy Worthington, Stephen Tobolowsky
Rosalee (Kate Bosworth) wins a date with bad-boy celebrity Tad Hamilton (Josh Duhamel). Tad falls in love with Rosalee's small town charms and follows her home to West Virginia. This leaves her best friend, Pete (Topher Grace), at a disadvantage in his secret crush on Rosalee. Will Pete find the courage to pursue Rosalee, or will she find happiness with Tad?
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| 1. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
aka: Anchorman
2. The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009)
3. The Holiday (2006)
4. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
5. The Last Mimzy (2007)
6. Revolutionary Road (2008)
7. Step Brothers (2008)
8. Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)
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