 Catch and Release 2007  PG-13, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Susannah Grant
Cast: Jennifer Garner, Timothy Olyphant, Juliette Lewis, Kevin Smith, Sam Jaeger, Joshua Friesen, Fiona Shaw, Tina Lifford, Georgia Craig, Christopher Redman, Sonja Bennett, Yorgo Constantine, Joyce Krenz
Gray Wheeler's (Jennifer Garner) fiance has died on his bachelor party fishing trip, and while struggling over the tragedy Gray finds comfort in friends Dennis (Sam Jaeger), Fritz (Timothy Olyphant), and Sam (Kevin Smith). The four share a tiny house in Boulder while Gray tries to rebuild her life. It isn't long before her fiance's hidden secret of fathering a child out of wedlock and paying support to the mother (Juliette Lewis) rises to the fore, but at the same time a new romance blooms for Gray.
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Chasing Amy 1997  R, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Kevin Smith
Cast: Joey Lauren Adams, Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, Dwight Ewell, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Ethan Suplee, Scott Mosier, Casey Affleck, Guinevere Turner
Comic book writers Holden (Ben Affleck) and Alyssa (Joey Lauren Adams) meet at a convention and fall in love BUT there is a major obstacle standing in the way of their bliss–Alyssa is a Lesbian.
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 Clerks 1994 R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Kevin Smith
Cast: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Lisa Spoonauer, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Scott Mosier, Walter Flanagan, Scott Schiaffo, Al Berkowitz, Daniel Klein, Ed Hapstak
This story takes place during one day in a convenience store, the Quick Stop, in New Jersey where clerk Dante Hicks (Brian O'Halloran) is not happy to have been called in to work on his day off. His best friend Randal Graves (Jeff Anderson) manages the video store next to the Quick Stop, and, during this particular day, their downtime is spent discussing their views on society's mores.
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 Clerks II 2006 R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Kevin Smith
Cast: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Trevor Fehrman, Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Wanda Sykes, Jake Richardson, Ethan Suplee
In this sequel to the 1994 film, Randal (Jeff Anderson) and Dante (Brian O'Halloran) are now in their early 30s and working as clerks at their convenience stores in New Jersey. When their stores burn down, the pair finds new jobs at Mooby's fast-food restaurant. But, there is a threat to their longtime relationship: Dante is planning to move to Florida with his fiancee Emma (Jennifer Schwalbach Smith) and leave Randal behind in his dead-end job.
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 Dogma 1999  R, 125 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Kevin Smith
Cast: Ben Affleck, George Carlin, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino, Salma Hayek, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, Alan Rickman, Chris Rock, Kevin Smith, Janeane Garofalo, Brian O'Halloran, Bud Cort, Jeff Anderson
In this satire on Catholicism, two renegade angels–Loki (Matt Damon) and Bartleby (Ben Affleck) who were cast out of Heaven–think they have found a loophole that will get them back into Heaven. But Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Kevin Smith) are on to the ploy and are determined to prevent their return.
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Doogal 2006  G, 80 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy
Director: Jean Duval, Frank Passingham, Dave Borthwick
Cast: Daniel Tay, Jimmy Fallon, Jon Stewart, Whoopi Goldberg, William H. Macy, Chevy Chase, Judi Dench, Kylie Minogue, Ian McKellen, Kevin Smith, Cory Edwards, John Krasinski
An old legend relates the story of three magical jewels falling into the wrong hands and combining into a force so powerful that it could freeze the Sun. In this animated family adventure, candy-loving mutt Doogal (Daniel Tay) crashes into the magic carousel, and the accident releases the evil Zeebad (Jon Stewart) from his prison. Zeebad vows revenge by freezing the Earth forever, but first he must find the three magic jewels. Never fear, the good wizard Zebedee (Ian McKellen) tells Doogal about the jewels, and Doogal and friends Dylan (Jimmy Fallon), Brian (William H. Macy), and Ermitrude (Whoopi Goldberg) set out on a fantastic adventure to save the world.
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Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle... 1998  PG, 80 min.
Genre: Animation / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Lynne Naylor
Cast: Kevin Sorbo, Lucy Lawless, Michael Hurst, Renee O'Connor, Kevin Smith, Alexandra Tydings, Josephine Davison, Joy Watson, Peter Rowley, David Mackie, Alison Wall, Ted Raimi
[Full title: "Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus"] Hera, queen of the Olympic gods, decides it is her time to rule the universe, so she unleashes four Titans that have been imprisoned for eons. The Titans are sure to ravage the universe–Hercules and Xena have their hands full if they are to save the day. Poor animation and, overall, not worth your or the children's time.
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 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back 2001 R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Kevin Smith
Cast: Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Renee Humphrey, Shannen Doherty, Ben Affleck, Will Ferrell, Shannon Elizabeth, Ali Larter, Matt Damon, Carrie Fisher
Loud-mouth Jay Phad Buds (Jason Mewes) and his cohort, Silent Bob (Kevin Smith), are forced to stop selling dope outside a video store. Then they learn that a movie is being made about them. Finding that they will get no residuals from the film, they set out to wreck the production. This is one very funny flick.
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 Jersey Girl 2004 PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Kevin Smith
Cast: Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Raquel Castro, George Carlin, Jennifer Lopez, Jason Biggs, Mike Starr, Stephen Root, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Matthew Cloran, Paul Litowsky, Charles Gilbert, Will Smith
As this story begins, Ollie Trinke (Ben Affleck) seems to have it all. He is a successful Manhattan publicist, and his wife, Gertrude (Jennifer Lopez), is pregnant. But Gertrude dies in childbirth, leaving Ollie with a baby girl, Gertie. Now, seven years later, Ollie lives with his father (George Carlin) in Hylands, NJ, along with Gertie (Raquel Castro). This story not only deals with the father/daughter relationship but with father/son and father/new love interest (Liv Tyler)/daughter relationships as well.
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Live Free or Die Hard 2007 PG-13, 130 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Len Wiseman
Cast: Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Long, Maggie Q, Cliff Curtis, Jonathan Sadowski, Andrew Friedman, Kevin Smith, Yorgo Constantine, Cyril Raffaelli, Christopher Palermo, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Sung Kang, Zeljko Ivanek, Jake McDorman
In this fourth installment of the "Die Hard" films, NYPD detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) takes part in an FBI operation when he picks up hacker Matt Ferrell (Justin Long) and drives him to Washington, D.C.. It is the Fourth of July, and the U.S. transportation system is under attack. Other government departments are next in line in the plot devised by former government security agent/now computer terrorist Thomas Gabriel (Timothy Olyphant) after no one heeded his warnings that America could be destroyed by hackers. Farrell had unknowingly written a computer program that will help Gabriel, and the FBI needs his help to save America's infrastructure. As Gabriel seeks his revenge fights, chases, more fights, and more chases ensue in this action-packed thriller.
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Mallrats 1995 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Kevin Smith
Cast: Shannen Doherty, Jason Lee, Jeremy London, Claire Forlani, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Priscilla Barnes, Michael Rooker, Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Renee Humphrey, Ethan Suplee, Stan Lee, Carol Banker, Kyle Boe
This teen movie is about one day in the life of 17-year-olds who hang out at the Eden Prairie Center Mall. Brodie (Jason Lee) and T.S. (Jeremy London) both broke up with their girlfriends, Rene (Shannen Doherty) and Brandi (Claire Forlani). Now, they are wandering around the mall looking for anything to do and manage to appear on Stan Lee's (playing himself) game show, and all is going well–until Brandi and Rene come to the mall.
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TMNT 2007  PG, 87 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Fantasy
aka: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Director: Kevin Munroe
Cast: Chris Evans, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mako, Kevin Smith, Patrick Stewart, Zhang Ziyi, Laurence Fishburne, Mitchell Whitfield, James Arnold Taylor, Mikey Kelley, Nolan North, John Di Maggio, Kevin Michael Richardson
The Teenage Mutant Turtles–Donatello (voice of Mitchell Whitfield), Leonardo (voice of James Arnold Taylor), Michelangelo (voice of Mikey Kelly), and Raphael (voice of Nolan North)–have grown apart, but strange things are going on in New York City, and Turtle pal April (voice of Sarah Michelle Gellar) helps to bring them together. With aid from April's boyfriend Casey (voice of Chris Evans), the Turtles fight mystical beings that tech-industrialist Max Winters (voice of Patrick Stewart) has resuscitated.
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 Vulgar 2002  R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bryan Johnson
Cast: Brian O'Halloran, Bryan Johnson, Jerry Lewkowitz, Ethan Suplee, Matthew Maher, Jay Petrick, Jason Mewes, David Klein, Kevin Smith, Scott Schiaffo
Professional clown Will Carlson (Brian O'Halloran) wants to make more money so he reinvents himself as a transvestite clown, Vulgar, who hires out for bachelor parties. The only thing about this film that hits the mark is its title.
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Zack and Miri Make a Porno 2008 R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Kevin Smith
Cast: Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Jason Mewes, Jeff Anderson, Traci Lords, Katie Morgan, Ricky Mabe, Brandon Routh, Gerry Bednob, Justin Long, Craig Robinson, Anne Wade, Tom Savini, Jim Norton
Platonic friends Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) live together in Pittsburgh and decide to make some extra money to pay off their many unpaid bills. The idea of making a porn film comes to them at their high school reunion when they talk to porn actors (Brandon Routh and Justin Long) who are attending the party. In preparation for making their film, they enlist strippers Bubbles (Traci Lords) and Stacey (Katie Morgan) in their project, and then, to top it off, Zack and Miri decide to put themselves in leading roles of the film. Will the act of performing sex in front of the crew be what it takes for true love to enter their lives?
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| 1. Catch and Release (2007)
2. Chasing Amy (1997)
3. Clerks (1994)
4. Clerks II (2006)
5. Dogma (1999)
6. Doogal (2006)
7. Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle... (1998)
8. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
9. Jersey Girl (2004)
10. Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
11. Mallrats (1995)
12. TMNT (2007)
aka: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
13. Vulgar (2002)
14. Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
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