 Beerfest 2006  R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Cast: Erik Stolhanske, Paul Soter, Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, M.C. Gainey, Cloris Leachman, Jurgen Prochnow, Eric Christian Olsen, Mo'Nique, Nat Faxon, Bjorn Johnson, Will Forte
This film from the Broken Lizard comedy group involves a family feud through which Todd (Erik Stolhanske) and Jan (Paul Soter) want to beat the German branch of the family in bouts of beer drinking. To that end, Todd and Jan return home to America and recruit their beer-drinking buddies to travel to Germany with them and win the next beer-drinking contest.
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Domino 2005  R, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramirez, Riz Abbasi, Delroy Lindo, Lucy Liu, Mena Suvari, Christopher Walken, Mo'Nique, Dabney Coleman, Jacqueline Bisset, Jerry Springer
This film is very loosely based on the life of Domino Harvey (Keira Knightley) who was the troubled daughter of actor Lawrence Harvey. Domino left her career as a model to become a very successful bounty hunter. The reason she gives for her change in careers: "I want to have a little fun."
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Farce of the Penguins 2007  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bob Saget
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Bob Saget, Christina Applegate, Lewis Black, Mo'Nique, Tracy Morgan, Jason Biggs, Dane Cook, Jamie Kennedy, Norm MacDonald, Jason Alexander, James Belushi, Whoopi Goldberg, Jon Lovitz, Harvey Fierstein
In this mockumentary, writer-director Bob Saget teams with an all-star cast providing voices of raunchy penguins as they cross icy Antarctica.
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Good Fences 2003 R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
Cast: Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Zachary Simmons, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Ashley Archer, Mo'Nique, Marie Cruz, Vincent McCurdy-Clark, Matthew Brown, Chris Collins, Norma Dell'Agnese, Roger Dunn
Tom (Danny Glover) has worked hard to make a name for himself as a successful African-American attorney. After winning a big case, his promotion allowed the family to move to an upscale suburb. But new challenges lie ahead when the neighbors don't take to African-Americans in their midst
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 Phat Girlz 2006  PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nnegest Likke
Cast: Mo'Nique, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Godfrey, Kendra C. Johnson, Joyful Drake, Jack Noseworthy, Eric Roberts, Dayo Ade, Felix Pire, Doug Ballard, Charles Duckworth, Chet Anekwe
Plus-size clerk Jazmin Biltmore (Mo'Nique) works in sales at a department store but would love a career designing clothing for women of her weight. Then, she wins a diet-product contest that awards her a Palm Springs vacation, which includes two of her friends. The women arrive at the same time as a convention of Nigerian doctors whose culture has taught them to prefer women with meat on their bodies, and lives take a turn.
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Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire 2009   R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lee Daniels
Cast: Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe, Lenny Kravitz, Paula Patton, Mo'Nique, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd, Stephanie Andujar, Chyna Layne, Amina Robinson, Xosha Requemore, Angelic Zabrana, Aunt Dot, Nealla Gordon, Grace Hightower, Barret Helms
In Harlem during 1987, 16-year-old, over-weight, African-American Precious (Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe) is pregnant with her second child by her father. Her life appears to be going nowhere–until she is accepted into an alternative school where, under the guidance of her teacher Ms. Rain (Paula Patton) and Nurse John (Lenny Kravitz), Precious finds hope and self-determination for her future. 1 User Review
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Shadowboxer 2006  R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lee Daniels
Cast: Helen Mirren, Cuba Gooding Jr., Stephen Dorff, Macy Gray, Vanessa Ferlito, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Wendy Baron, Alex Avant, Shaun Brewington, Cullen Flynn Clancy, Tomy Dunster, Matt Higgins, Mo'Nique, Ryan Sands
Diagnosed with cancer, trained assassin Rose (Helen Mirren) takes on one more assignment with help from her lover/stepson Mikey (Cuba Gooding Jr.). The job is to kill Vickie (Vanessa Ferlito) who is the pregnant wife of crime boss Clayton (Stephen Dorff). But, Rose has second thoughts and decides to hide Vickie while Mikey continues his work as assassin.
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 Soul Plane 2004 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jessy Terrero
Cast: Tom Arnold, Kevin Hart, Method Man, Snoop Dogg, K.D. Aubert, Godfrey, Brian Hooks, D.L. Hughley, Arielle Kebbel, Ryan Pinkston, Mo'Nique, Missi Pyle
Bathroom humor and ethnic jokes prevail in this story about the charter flight on Nashawn Wade's (Kevin Hart) new airline, which caters to the needs of Blacks. When Mr. Hunkee's (Tom Arnold) White family is added to the passenger list at the last moment, chaos ensues.
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Two Can Play That Game 2001 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Mark Brown
Cast: Vivica A. Fox, Morris Chestnut, Anthony Anderson, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Gabrielle Union, Tamala Jones, Ray Wise, Bobby Brown, Dondre Whitfield, Mo'Nique, David Krumholtz, Colby Kane, Amy Hunter, Lee Anthony, Ian "Blaze" Kelly
In this battle-of-the-sexes comedy, Shante Smith (Vivica A. Fox) has been giving advice on their romantic lives to her girlfriends Karen (Wendy Raquel Robinson) and Tracey (Tamala Jones), and they have listened to her every word. Now, Shante's boyfriend Keith (Morris Chestnut) is caught cheating on her with her rival Conny (Gabrielle Union), and Shante sets up her "Ten Day Plan" to get Keith back in line.
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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. Beerfest (2006)
2. Domino (2005)
3. Farce of the Penguins (2007)
4. Good Fences (2003)
5. Phat Girlz (2006)
6. Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
7. Shadowboxer (2006)
8. Soul Plane (2004)
9. Two Can Play That Game (2001)
10. Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
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