Adventureland 2009  R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Greg Mottola
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Martin Starr, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Margarita Levieva, Jack Gilpin, Josh Pais, Wendie Malick, Mary Birdsong, Matt Bush, Paige Howard, Dan Bittner, Ryan Reynolds, Kelsey Ford
James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg) has just graduated from college and learns that he must give up a planned trip to Europe because his parents (Jack Gilpin and Wendie Malick) are hit with the 1987 recession and cannot afford the trip. Instead, James finds work at a local amusement park, Adventureland, in an effort to save money for grad school. Life isn't great, until James makes friends with co-workers Joel (Martin Starr) and Mike (Ryan Reynolds). But the one who really makes a difference in James' life is another co-worker Em Lewin (Kristen Stewart) with whom he falls in love. Now life is looking much better.
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The Brothers Solomon 2007  R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bob Odenkirk
Cast: Will Arnett, Will Forte, Chi McBride, Kristen Wiig, Malin Akerman, Lee Majors, Michael Ormsby, Bob Odenkirk, Sam Lloyd, Charles Chun, Ryun Yu, Bill Hader, Jenna Fischer, Susanne Wright
Woefully lacking in social skills, brothers Dean and John Solomon (Will Forte and Will Arnett) learn that their father Ed (Lee Majors) is comatose and on his deathbed. But, Ed has told his doctor (Charles Chun) of his last wish: to have a grandchild before he dies. When no other women are interested, the inept brothers go online to find the surrogate mother (Kristen Wiig) who is willing to undergo artificial insemination and give their father a grandchild.
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Extract 2009  R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mike Judge
Cast: Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Ben Affleck, Kristen Wiig, Clifton Collins Jr., J.K. Simmons, David Koechner, Dustin Milligan, Beth Grant, T.J. Miller, Gene Simmons, Matt Schulze, Lidia Porto, Javier Gutierrez, Lamberto Gutierrez
Joel (Jason Bateman) owns a flavor extract company where an accident on the assembly line injures an employee, Step (Clifton Collins Jr.). Step threatens to sue, and this is just one of the catastrophes–both personal and professional–that Joel will face. His marriage to Suzie (Kristen Wiig) is reaching the breaking point, and his friend Dean (Ben Affleck) suggests that Joel test Suzie's faithfulness. Meanwhile, scam-artist Cindy (Mila Kunis) has her eyes on taking over Joel's company. Will Joel be able to piece together his personal and professional lives and move on with his life?
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Ghost Town 2008 PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: David Koepp
Cast: Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear, Tea Leoni, Aasif Mandvi, Billy Campbell, Dana Ivey, Kristen Wiig, Bridget Moloney, Jordan Carlos, Dequina Moore, Joseph Badalucco, Brian Hutchison, Tyre Simpson, Julia K. Murney, Claire Lautier
Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais) is a Manhattan dentist who undergoes a colonoscopy, something goes wrong, and he dies–but only for seven minutes. When he awakens, he can see and hear dead people, all of whom have unfinished business and want Bertram to do something for them. One of the dead, Frank Herlihy (Greg Kinnear), wants Bertram to intercede in his widow Gwen's (Tea Leoni) wedding to Richard (Billy Campbell) because Frank believes that Richard is only after her money. Bertram agrees, but once he sees Gwen, he falls for her himself and now wants nothing more than to win Gwen away from Richard. But, because of Bertram's lack of social skills, the task will not be easy.
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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 2009 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Action / Comedy / Adventure
Director: Carlos Saldanha, Mike Thurmeier
Cast: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Simon Pegg, Queen Latifah, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Karen Disher, Jane Lynch
Manny the Mammoth (voice of Ray Romano) and his mate Ellie (voice of Queen Latifah) are expecting a baby, and Manny's life is changing with his approaching fatherhood. Manny's cohort, Diego the Saber-toothed Tiger (Denis Leary), is not thrilled with Manny's changing lifestyle. Meanwhile, Sid the Sloth (John Leguizamo) is jealous of Manny and steals dinosaur eggs so that he can have his own "babies." When the eggs hatch, the real mom retrieves them and hauls Sid and her babies into the underground dinosaur kingdom. Now, Manny and Diego set out to rescue their friend and encounter many dangers along the way.
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 2007 R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Jake Kasdan
Cast: John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Raymond J. Barry, Margo Martindale, Kristen Wiig, Chip Hormess, Tim Meadows, Conner Rayburn, Chris Parnell, Matt Besser, David Krumholtz, Nat Faxon, Gerry Black
Eight-year-old Dewey Cox (Conner Rayburn) accidentally kills his brother with a machete, and his father (Raymond J. Barry) will never let him forget it. When he is 14 years old, Dewey (now played by John C. Reilly) is married to 12-year-old Edith (Kristen Wiig) and is on the rise as a musical star. Over the next 30 years, Dewey becomes involved in multiple marriages, drugs, prison, and career highs and lows in this parody on Hollywood music biopics.
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Whip It 2009 PG-13, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Drew Barrymore
Cast: Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig, Drew Barrymore, Juliette Lewis, Jimmy Fallon, Alia Shawkat, Eulala Scheel, Sarah Habel, Shannon Eagen, Edward Austin Austin, Mary Callaghan Lynch, Barbara Coven, Nina Kircher, Daniel Stern
Seventeen-year-old Bliss Cavendar (Ellen Page) has been competing in beauty pageants to keep her mother, Brooke (Marcia Gay Harden), happy. But, after Bliss and her friend, Pash Amini (Alia Shawkat), watch a roller derby, Bliss decides to forget beauty pageants and try to join the roller derby team, the Hurl Scouts. Her mentor, Maggie Mayhem (Kristen Wiig) suggests that Bliss try out for the team. Bliss is the fastest girl on the track, and now, as "Babe Ruthless," Bliss becomes a star on the team. But, will she be able to keep her new life a secret from her mother?
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| 1. Adventureland (2009)
2. The Brothers Solomon (2007)
3. Extract (2009)
4. Ghost Town (2008)
5. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
6. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
7. Whip It (2009)
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