Down with Love 2003   PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Peyton Reed
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, David Hyde Pierce, Sarah Paulson, Tony Randall, Rachel Dratch, Jack Plotnick, John Aylward, Warren Munson, Matt Ross, Michael Ensign, Timothy Omundson, Melissa George, Jeri Ryan, Ivana Milicevic
Barbara Novak (Renee Zellweger) has written a book "Down With Love" that reveals her feelings that women should rely on what will make them truly happy and regard career and sex as more important than love. The book is a hit, and Barbara appears in control of her destiny until she meets and falls for playboy journalist Catcher Block (Ewan McGregor) who plans to write an expose on Barbara and take her down. Catcher's plan works–until he starts to fall in love with Barbara.
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The Hebrew Hammer 2003  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jonathan Kesselman
Cast: Adam Goldberg, Andy Dick, Judy Greer, Mario Van Peebles, Peter Coyote, Nora Dunn, Sean Whalen, Tony Cox, Richard Riehle, Melvin Van Peebles, Rachel Dratch, Harrison Chad
After Santa Claus' evil son (Andy Dick) murders him in a plot to narrow the holiday season back to Christmas by excluding Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, a Jewish superhero (Adam Goldberg)–aided by the head of the Jewish Justice League (Peter Coyote) and Mohammed from the Kwanzaa Liberation Front (Mario Van Peebles)–steps in to save the day.
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I Hate Valentine's Day 2009  PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Nia Vardalos
Cast: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Judah Friedlander, Rachel Dratch, Zoe Kazan, Amir Arison, Dan Finnerty, Stephen Guarino, Jay O. Sanders, Gary Wilmes, Mike Starr, Jason Mantzoukas, Lynda Gravatt, Suzanne Shepherd, Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Genevieve Gernier (Nia Vardalos) owns a flower shop in Brooklyn, NY, and lives by a "five dates" rule, which means that at the end of the fifth date, she gets out of the relationship. When Greg Catlin (John Corbett) walks into Genevieve's flower shop, everything changes. At the end of their fifth date, Genevieve is ready to break her tradition. Greg has left, but can Genevieve change her life around before Greg meets his next date?
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I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry 2007 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dennis Dugan
Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel, Dan Aykroyd, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Nicholas Turturro, Allen Covert, Rachel Dratch, Richard Chamberlain, Nick Swardson, Blake Clark, Mary Pat Gleason, Matt Winston, Lance Bass
Larry Valentine (Kevin James) is a widower working as a New York City firefighter when he is told that only a spouse can claim life insurance benefits. This leaves his children out in the cold. As a solution, Larry and his fellow firefighter Chuck Levine (Adam Sandler), who just happens to be a womanizer, take part in a mock marriage to beat the system. After the fire department sends an inspector (Steve Buscemi) to investigate the "marriage," Chuck and Larry hire a lawyer, Alex McDonough (Jessica Biel). Alex believes their story and recommends that they go to Canada where they can be legally wed because in Canada gay marriage is legal. And, of course, gay jokes prevail throughout the film.
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My Life in Ruins 2009 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Donald Petrie
Cast: Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Alexis Georgoulis, Alistair McGowan, Harland Williams, Rachel Dratch, Caroline Goodall, Ian Ogilvy, Sophie Stuckey, Mario Botto, Maria Adanez, Brian Palermo, Jareb Dauplaise, Simon Gleeson, Natalie O'Donnell
Georgia (Nia Vardalos) works as a tour guide on the Acropolis Temple of Apollo circuit in Greece. Because she is boring, the more interesting tourists are assigned to Georgia's colleague Nico (Alistair McGowan). Fortunately for Georgia, she is able to form a connection with one of her tourists, wisecracking Irv (Richard Dreyfuss), and Georgia begins to see the world in a whole new light.
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The Pleasure Drivers 2005 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Andrzej Sekula
Cast: Lauren Holly, Angus Macfadyen, Lacey Chabert, Meat Loaf, Angelo Spizzirri, Billy Zane, Steffany Huckaby, Jill Bennett, Jason Mewes, Deena Dill, Rachel Dratch, Harrison Young, Eddie Driscoll
The lives of many–including a sex-obsessed call girl (Lacey Chabert), a neurotic professor (Angus Macfadyen), a care-giver turned kidnapper (Lauren Holly), a hit man (Billy Zane), and a drug runner (Meat Loaf)–come crashing together at the end of this dark, but funny, story.
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| 1. Down with Love (2003)
2. The Hebrew Hammer (2003)
3. I Hate Valentine's Day (2009)
4. I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007)
5. My Life in Ruins (2009)
6. The Pleasure Drivers (2005)
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