Code Name: The Cleaner 2007 PG-13, 91 min. Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama
Director: Les Mayfield Cast: Cedric the Entertainer, Lucy Liu, Nicollette Sheridan, Mark Dacascos, Callum Keith Rennie, Niecy Nash, DeRay Davis, Will Patton, Kevin McNulty, BJ Davis, Bart Anderson, Tom Butler
After being hit in the head and having his wallet stolen, Jake (Cedric the Entertainer) wakes up in a hotel room with a dead FBI agent lying next to him. While Jake tries to regain his memory, he finds himself at the center of a government conspiracy–and to add to Jake's confusion, Diane (Nicollette Sheridan) claims to be his wife, while waitress Gina (Lucy Liu) tells him she is his girlfriend. Jake, himself, begins to suspect that he is a spy.
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Horton Hears a Who! 2008 G, 88 min. Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy aka: Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Director: Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino Cast: Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, Will Arnett, Seth Rogen, Dan Fogler, Isla Fisher, Jonah Hill, Amy Poehler, Jaime Pressly, Charles Osgoood, Josh Flitter, Niecy Nash, Jesse McCartney, Jack Angel
Dr. Seuss' 1954 book is brought to the screen with Jim Carrey as the voice of the cheerful elephant Horton who discovers the city of Whoville after a speck of dust containing what he is sure are living creatures blows past. Horton talks to the Mayor of Whoville (voice of Steve Carell) and agrees to help the residents. But, Kangaroo (voice of Carol Burnett) considers the Whos to be nothing more than Horton's hallucination and rounds up other jungle animals to teach Horton a lesson. Horton will not relent and tells the others, "a person is a person, no matter how small." Will the Whos speak up and be saved?
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Not Easily Broken 2009 PG-13, 99 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Bill Duke Cast: Morris Chestnut, Taraji P. Henson, Maeve Quinlan, Jenifer Lewis, Kevin Hart, Wood Harris, Eddie Cibrian, Niecy Nash, Cannon Jay, Albert Hall, Jeff Krebs, Nathaniel Carter, Brendon Terrell Ferguson, Kwame Boateng, Henry Brown
Dave (Morris Chestnut), who loves baseball and children, enjoys helping troubled kids as their Little League coach. But, his wife Clarice (Taraji P. Henson) has other ideas. She is a career woman and finds that she doesn't have time for children. The breaking point in their marriage comes when Clarice is injured in a car accident. Her mother (Jennifer Lewis) moves in to help, and the gap widens. Physical therapist Julie Sawyer (Maeve Quinlan) comes to Clarice's aid and gives her the inspiration needed for her healing. Meanwhile, Clarice and Dave drift apart, and Dave becomes emotionally attached to Julie.
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Reno 911: Miami 2007 R, 84 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Ben Garant Cast: Thomas Lennon, Ben Garant, Niecy Nash, Mary Birdsong, Kerri Kenney, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Carlos Alazraqui, Cedric Yarbrough, Alejandra Gutierrez, Danny DeVito, Lennie Loftin, David Koechner
Bio-terrorists have attacked a national police convention in Miami Beach leaving those at and around the convention center quarantined. Those bumbling Reno Sheriff's Department officers (from Comedy Central) are the only police officers in the area not under quarantine, and they attempt to take charge of the situation–in their own unique ways.
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| 1. Code Name: The Cleaner (2007)
2. Horton Hears a Who! (2008) aka: Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
3. Not Easily Broken (2009)
4. Reno 911: Miami (2007)
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