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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Idiocracy 2006 R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Director: Mike Judge
Cast: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Terry Crews, Anthony Campos, David Herman, Sonny Castillo, Kevin McAfee, Robert Musgrave, Mike McCafferty, Justin Long, Heath Jones, Patrick Fischler, Darlene Hunt
Because he is an under-achiever, G.I. Joe Bauers (Luke Wilson) is chosen for the Pentagon Human Hibernation Project in which he is to be cryogenically frozen for one year. Joining him in the project is a prostitute, Rita (Maya Rudolph), who agreed to be part of the experiment in exchange for clearing her criminal record. Problems develop, and it isn't until 500 years later that Joe and Rita are thawed out. Because stupid people now far outnumber intelligent people, Joe and Rita re-enter the world as the smartest people on the planet. Are they stuck in this new world, or will they be able to travel back those 500 years in time?
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 Office Space 1999  R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Mike Judge
Cast: Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, David Herman, Ajay Naidu, Diedrich Bader, Stephen Root, Gary Cole, Richard Riehle, Alexandra Wentworth, John C. McGinley, Joe Bays, Paul Wilson, Todd Duffey, Greg Pitts, Kinna McInroe
In this satire on the corporate world, white-collar workers at Initech hate their jobs but put up with insufferable management mandates. Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston) is near a breakdown when his girlfriend, Anne (Alexandra Wentworth), suggests a hypnotherapist for help. But under hypnosis, the hypnotist dies–leaving Peter in a perpetually relaxed state, which brings about major changes: he drops Anne, dates beautiful waitress Joanne (Jennifer Aniston), and determines to talk his coworkers into joining him in getting back at the greedy Initech boss.
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Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 2002 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Steve Buscemi, Mike Judge, Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin, Matt O'Leary, Emily Osment, Ricardo Montalban, Holland Taylor
Those Cortez kids–Carmen and Juni (Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara)–are at it again. This time they travel with rival spy kids–Gary and Gerti Giggles (Matt O'Leary and Emily Osment)–to the mysterious island of Yukara where big trouble awaits in the form of a mad scientist.
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| 1. Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)
2. Extract (2009)
3. Idiocracy (2006)
4. Office Space (1999)
5. Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
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