Diminished Capacity 2008  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Terry Kinney
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Alan Alda, Virginia Madsen, Dylan Baker, Bobby Cannavale, Louis C.K., Tom Aldredge, P.J. Brown, Jimmy Bennett, Anthony Del Negro, Lois Smith, Jim True-Frost
Chicago newspaper editor Cooper (Matthew Broderick) was the recipient of a blow to the head that has left him with short-term memory loss. He travels back to his hometown in Missouri to visit his senile Uncle Rollie (Alan Alda), and while there Cooper discovers that Rollie owns a rare Chicago Cubs baseball card. Cooper and Rollie decide to take a road trip back to Chicago with Cooper's high-school ex-girlfriend Charlotte (Virginia Madsen). The reason for the trip is to sell Rollie's baseball card at a memorabilia convention in Chicago where they will meet more than their share of crooked dealers scheming to get their hands on the card and giving as little as possible to Rollie in return.
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the Invention of Lying 2009  PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ricky Gervais, Matthew Robinson
Cast: Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Louis C.K., Rob Lowe, Jonah Hill, Jeffrey Tambor, Fionnula Flanagan, Tina Fey, Donna Sorbello, John Hodgman, Jimmi Simpson, Nathan Corddry, Stepanie March, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Martin Starr
In a world where everyone tells the truth, loser Mark Bellison (Ricky Gervais) discovers that lying brings him rewards when he lies and everyone believes him. Through his lies, fame and fortune come Mark's way. Now, Mark seems to have everything–except the one thing that he wants most in his life: the love of Anna McDoogles (Jennifer Garner).
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Pootie Tang 2001  PG-13, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Adventure / Musical
Director: Louis C.K.
Cast: Lance Crouther, Jennifer Coolidge, Wanda Sykes, Robert Vaughn, Chris Rock, J.B. Smoove, Reg E. Cathey, Dave Attell, Cathy Trien, David Cross, Mario Joyner, Christopher Wynkoop, Rick Shapiro, Lorria Richards, Qiana Drew
First seen as a comedy skit on HBO's "The Chris Rock Show," this film version results in this story about a superhero, Pootie Tang (Lance Crouther), who refuses to bow to the wishes of an evil manufacturer, Dick Lecter (Robert Vaughn), when he is approached to promote Lecter's cigarettes, alcohol, and fast food for kids.
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Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins 2008  PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Cast: Martin Lawrence, James Earl Jones, Margaret Avery, Joy Bryant, Cedric the Entertainer, Nicole Ari Parker, Michael Clarke Duncan, Mike Epps, Mo'Nique, Damani Roberts, Brooke Lyons, Liz Mikel, Carol Sutton, Louis C.K.
At his 10-year-old son Jamaal's (Damani Roberts) request, Rosco Jenkins, a.k.a. TV personality Dr. R.J. Stevens (Martin Lawrence), agrees to head back to Dry Springs, Georgia, for his parents' (James Earl Jones and Margaret Avery) 50th wedding anniversary and family reunion. Jamaal and Rosco's fiancee, TV star Bianca (Joy Bryant), join him for what Rosco hopes will be a chance to convince his relatives that he turned out well, after all. But, Rosco's family members do not accept his super-star attitude and stop at almost nothing to demean him in an effort to make him decide where his real home is.
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| 1. Diminished Capacity (2008)
2. the Invention of Lying (2009)
3. Pootie Tang (2001)
4. Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
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