Bernard and the Genie 1992  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Paul Weiland
Cast: Alan Cumming, Lenny Henry, Rowan Atkinson, John Gabriel, Denis Lill, Beaux Bryant, Kevin Allen, Andree Bernard, Melvyn Bragg, Janet Henfrey, Marcia Ashton, Sheila Latimer, Sally Geoghegan, Angela Clarke, Bob Geldof
Bernard Bottle (Alan Cumming) is having a bad day, and even loses his job as an art dealer, when he rubs a tarnished lamp and releases a 2,000-year-old genie, Josephus (Lenny Henry). The two become friends. It is Christmas, and Josephus can give Bernard anything he wishes. Troubles arise when Bernard wishes for the "Mona Lisa," and the police think that he stole it, but Josephus' magic powers take care of the problem.
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Penelope 2007 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Mark Palansky
Cast: Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Catherine O'Hara, Reese Witherspoon, Peter Dinklage, Richard E. Grant, Simon Woods, Ronni Ancona, Jason Thornton, Michael Feast, Paul Herbert, Nick Frost, Lenny Henry
Penelope was born into a wealthy family with one problem: a family curse was thrown by a witch years ago that caused Penelope to be born with a nose that resembles that of a pig. The only way to break the curse is for Penelope to find true love with "one of her own kind." Every prospective suitor heads for the door after seeing Penelope's nose, but gambler Max (James McAvoy) is an exception. Max is paid by reporter Lemon (Peter Dinklage) and would-be-bridegroom Edward Vanderman, Jr. (Simon Woods) to woo Penelope and take a picture of her. Now, will Max turn out to be Penelope's Prince Charming, and will they live happily ever after?
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True Identity 1991 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles(3) Lane
Cast: Lenny Henry, Frank Langella, Charles(3) Lane, J.T. Walsh, James Earl Jones, Michael McKena, Melvin Van Peebles, Bill Raymond, Andreas Katsulas, Peggy Lipton
Miles Pope (Lenny Henry) is a New York actor who disguises himself as a white hit man to escape gangster Carver (Frank Langella). British comedian Lenny Henry really makes this movie work as he provides some good moments of humor.
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| 1. Bernard and the Genie (1992)
2. Penelope (2007)
3. True Identity (1991)
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