Happy Hour 2004  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Mike Bencivenga
Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Eric Stoltz, Caroleen Feeney, Robert Vaughn, Sandrine Holt, Thomas Sadoski, Mario Cantone, Malachy McCourt, Michael Mulheren, Miriam Sirota
Once a promising novelist, heavy drinker Tulley (Anthony LaPaglia) bides his time editing at a NYC advertising firm. His life changes when in the period of one week he falls in love with schoolteacher Natalie (Caroleen Feeney) and then learns he has liver cancer. Best friend Levine (Eric Stoltz) and Natalie offer support as Tulley works to complete the novel he started 17 years ago.
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Sex and the City 2008 R, 145 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Michael Patrick King
Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth, Candice Bergen, Jennifer Hudson, David Eigenberg, Evan Handler, Jason Lewis, Mario Cantone, Lynn Cohen, Willie Garson, Joanna Gleason, Joseph Pupo
Taking on their original roles from the HBO series, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis provide the emotional ups and downs that are at the center of this story. Carrie (Parker) is still an author and lives in a huge penthouse apartment on Fifth Avenue with Mr. Big (Chris Noth) who she plans to marry. Miranda (Nixon) is busy juggling her law career with motherhood while living in Brooklyn with husband Steve (David Eigenberg) and their young son. Meanwhile, Charlotte (Davis) and her husband Harry (Evan Handler) are living happily with their adopted Chinese daughter, and Samantha (Cattrall) is living in Malibu with actor "Smith" (Jason Lewis) whose career she manages. Breakups and reconciliations ensue as the women experience good and bad phases of life and, hopefully, learn from their experiences.
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Surf's Up 2007  PG, 85 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Action
Director: Ash Brannon, Chris Buck
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel, Jon Heder, James Woods, Diedrich Bader, Mario Cantone, Kelly Slater, Rob Machado, Sal Masekela, Ash Brannon, Chris Buck, Brian Posehn, Dana Belben
In this animated, family comedy, under-sized penguin Cody Maverick (voice of Shia LaBeouf) doesn't fit in with his penguin family in Antarctica and dreams of becoming a surfer like his idol Big Z (voice of Jeff Bridges). So, Cody hitches a ride on the back of a whale and ends up on a tropical island where he hopes to win the Big Z Memorial Surf Off. But, the bully Tank Evans (voice of Diedrich Bader) humiliates Cody during the contest. When Cody wipes out, he is rescued by lifeguard Lani (voice of Zooey Deschanel) who introduces him to her Uncle Geek who, it turns out, is really Big Z. Now, Big Z trains Cody for the next surfing competition, and Cody has a chance of getting his act together. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature.
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| 1. Happy Hour (2004)
2. Sex and the City (2008)
3. Surf's Up (2007)
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