Adventureland 2009  R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Greg Mottola
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Martin Starr, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Margarita Levieva, Jack Gilpin, Josh Pais, Wendie Malick, Mary Birdsong, Matt Bush, Paige Howard, Dan Bittner, Ryan Reynolds, Kelsey Ford
James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg) has just graduated from college and learns that he must give up a planned trip to Europe because his parents (Jack Gilpin and Wendie Malick) are hit with the 1987 recession and cannot afford the trip. Instead, James finds work at a local amusement park, Adventureland, in an effort to save money for grad school. Life isn't great, until James makes friends with co-workers Joel (Martin Starr) and Mike (Ryan Reynolds). But the one who really makes a difference in James' life is another co-worker Em Lewin (Kristen Stewart) with whom he falls in love. Now life is looking much better.
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The Alarmist 1998  R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Evan Dunsky
Cast: David Arquette, Stanley Tucci, Kate Capshaw, Mary McCormack, Ryan Reynolds, Tricia Vessey, Ruth Miller, Michael Learned, Lewis Arquette, Hoke Howell
Tommy Hudler (David Arquette) takes on the job of a security systems salesman but soon discovers that the owner of his company, Heinrich Grigoris (Stanley Tucci), uses fear tactics to attract customers-many customers have experienced an unusual number of tragic events. Based on Dunsky's Broadway play "Life During Wartime."
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The Amityville Horror 2005  R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Andrew Douglas
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, Philip Baker Hall, Jesse James, Jimmy Bennett, Chloe Moretz, Rachel Nichols, Isabel Conner, Brendan Donaldson, Annabel Armour, David Gee, Danny McCarthy
George and Kathy Lutz (Ryan Reynolds and Melissa George) move their combined families into a house in Amityville, Long Island, where, one year ago, Ronald Deifio (Brendan Donaldson) had killed six members of his own family. Within days, unexplained events occur; ghosts, blood, and strange writings appear in the home. How long can the Lutz family survive their eerie circumstances?
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 Blade: Trinity 2004  R, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Horror / Comedy / Thriller
Director: David S. Goyer
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Dominic Purcell, Jessica Biel, Ryan Reynolds, Parker Posey, Mark Berry, John Michael Higgins, Callum Keith Rennie, Paul Levesque, Paul Anthony, Francoise Yip, James Remar, Michael Rawlins, Natasha Lyonne
Vampire hunter Blade (Wesley Snipes), who is half-human/half-vampire, joins forces with the Nightstalkers, and, together, they fight Dracula (Dominic Purcell) who has been brought back from his undead state and renamed "Drake" in an effort to get rid of Blade once and for all.
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Coming Soon 1999 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Colette Burson
Cast: Bonnie Root, Gaby Hoffmann, Tricia Vessey, James Roday, Ryan Reynolds, Mia Farrow, Bridget Barkan, Ramsey Faragallah, Ellen Pompeo, Spalding Gray
Three high-school girls–Stream Hodsell (Bonnie Root), Jenny Simon (Gaby Hoffmann), and Nell Kellner (Tricia Vessey)–are in search of the secret for enjoying great sex in this coming-of-age film.
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Definitely, Maybe 2008 PG-13, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Adam Brooks
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Rachel Weisz, Isla Fisher, Derek Luke, Abigail Breslin, Elizabeth Banks, Kevin Kline, Marc Bonan, Kevin Corrigan, Jaime Tierelli, Daniel Eric Gold, Adam Ferrara, Annie Parisse, Liane Balaban, Nestor Serrano
Will Hayes (Ryan Reynolds) is the divorced father of 10-year-old Maya (Abigail Breslin) who has just experienced her first sex-education class at school. One evening, Maya quizzes Will about his sex life and how he met her mother. This leads to a bedtime story told in flashbacks beginning in 1992 about Will's subsequent affairs with Emily (Elizabeth Banks), then with Summer (Rachel Weisz), and finally with April (Isla Fisher). While telling the story, Will changes the real names of the women leaving Maya to guess which one is her mother.
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Finder's Fee 2001  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jeff Probst
Cast: Erik Palladino, James Earl Jones, Matthew Lillard, Ryan Reynolds, Dash Mihok, Robert Forster, Frances Bay, Carly Pope, Colleen Wheeler, Louis Chirillo
"Survivor" host Jeff Probst makes his film directorial debut in this average thriller. Tepper (Erik Palladino) finds a wallet on the street and, being a good samaritan, calls the owner, Avery (James Earl Jones), to tell of his find. The wallet also contains a lottery ticket, which is a six million dollar winner. So Tepper swaps the winning ticket with his losing one. The problems begin when the regularly scheduled poker game takes place and lottery tickets are to be put up as the bet. To add to the problems, Avery arrives to claim his wallet and stays for the game. Good character development and gambling scenes.
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 Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle 2004 R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Danny Leiner
Cast: John Cho, Kal Penn, Paula Garces, David Krumholtz, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Ryan Reynolds, Fred Willard, Ethan Embry, Christopher Meloni, Neil Patrick Harris, Luis Guzman, Jamie Kennedy
While stoner roommates spend hours driving around Princeton looking for a White Castle restaurant, they encounter numerous obstacles.
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The In-Laws 2003 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Thriller
Director: Andrew Fleming
Cast: Michael Douglas, Albert Brooks, Robin Tunney, Lindsay Sloane, Ryan Reynolds, David Suchet, Candice Bergen, Maria Ricossa, Michael Bodnar, Vladimir Radian, Boyd Banks, Chang Tseng
On the eve of his son Mark's (Ryan Reynolds) wedding to Melissa (Lindsay Sloane), CIA agent SteveTobias (Michael Douglas) makes a late appearance at the dinner party being hosted by Mark's future in-laws (Albert Brooks and Maria Ricossa)–who just happen to be Steve's polar opposite. Almost instantly, the mild-mannered podiatrist father of the bride is pulled reluctantly into the world of international smuggling.
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Just Friends 2005 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roger Kumble
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris, Chris Klein, Chris Marquette, Stephen Root, Barry Flatman, Susan Ward, Amy Matysio, Annie Brebner
Ten years after his high-school classmate, Jamie (Amy Smart), rejected him, now-worldly and successful music company executive Chris (Ryan Reynolds) returns to town with rock singer Samantha James (Anna Faris) in tow and tries to romance Jamie.
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National Lampoon's Van Wilder 2002 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
aka: Van Wilder
Director: Walt Becker
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid, Kal Penn, Tim Matheson, Kim Smith, Teck Holmes, Daniel Cosgrove, Tom Everett Scott, Chris Owen, Curtis Armstrong, Deon Richmond, Alex Burns, Emily Rutherfurd, Paul Gleason, Erik Estrada
While thoroughly enjoying his eighth year at Coolidge College, undergrad Van Wilder (Ryan Reynolds) is challenged when his father (Tim Matheson) announces, "No more tuition." What to do? Van Wilder relies on his expertise and becomes a party consultant, which should delay college graduation for many years to come.
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The Proposal 2009  PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Anne Fletcher
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson, Betty White, Denis O'Hare, Malin Akerman, Oscar Nunez, Aasif Mandvi, Michael Nouri, Michael Mosley, Alicia Hunt, Alexis Garcia, Dale Place, Kortney Adams
Manhattan book publisher Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) learns that she is about to be deported to her native Canada. To escape her fate, Margaret blackmails her assistant Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds) into agreeing to marry her. The couple leaves for Andrew's home in Alaska where sex-obsessed matchmaker Grandma Annie (Betty White) is about to celebrate her 90th birthday. Andrew's parents, Grace and Joe (Mary Steenburgen and Craig T. Nelson), are suspicious of why Andrew wants to marry Margaret, but as Andrew and Margaret spend time together, love enters their relationship. 1 User Review
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| | Funny, light | mo 08/12/2009 | | |
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 Smokin' Aces 2007  R, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Joe Carnahan
Cast: Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Ray Liotta, Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Jason Bateman, Peter Berg, Common, Alicia Keyes, Nestor Carbonell, Taraji P. Henson, Martin Henderson, Joseph Ruskin, Alex Rocco, Wayne Newton
Las Vegas magician-turned-gangster Buddy "Aces" Israel (Jeremy Piven) has agreed to turn state's evidence against the Mob, and FBI agents Richard Messner (Ryan Reynolds) and Donald Carruthers (Ray Liotta) are assigned to protect the witness. But, word spreads that Mob boss Primo Sparazza (Joseph Ruskin) has taken out a contract of $1 million on Buddy. Now, a myriad of bounty hunters, thugs, and wanna-be cons descend on Lake Tahoe where the FBI has put Buddy in a high-roller penthouse to protect their witness while working out the deal. Carruthers and Messner have their work cut out for them. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 02/02/2007 | | Very entertaining film. Loved the action, the actors were outstanding in each of there rolls. Not for everybody, but very original and well made. |
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Waiting... 2005 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rob McKittrick
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Justin Long, David Koechner, John Francis Daley, Luis Guzman, Chi McBride, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Kaitlin Doubleday, Andy Milonakis, Alanna Ubach, Dane Cook
Employees at a generic chain restaurant, ShenaniganZ, relieve boredom on the job by participating in witless antics to fill their time. You will laugh, but you will think twice when entering the next restaurant. 1 User Review
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| | vERY FUNNY | Anonymous 05/23/2007 | | i HAVE NOT LAUGHED AT A COMEDY FILM IN A WHILE. GREAT DVD TO RENT |
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2009 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Thriller
Director: Gavin Hood
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiver, Danny Huston, Will i Am, Lynn Collins, Kevin Durand, Dominic Monaghan, Taylor Kitsch, Daniel Henney, Ryan Reynolds, Scott Adkins, Max Cullen, Troye Sivan, Tim Pocock, Julia Blake
This prequel to "X-Men" goes back in time and tells about Logan (Hugh Jackman) growing up with his half-brother Viktor (Liev Schreiver)–before they became Wolverine and Sabretooth. The plot involves Wolverine getting revenge against the villain who has been capturing members of a military team of mutants, which includes Viktor. Viktor tricks Wolverine into being injected by the evil Col. Stryker (Danny Huston) with "Adamantium" that causes his hands to sprout metal claws. Now, Wolverine sets off to put an end to the evil acts.
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| 1. Adventureland (2009)
2. The Alarmist (1998)
3. The Amityville Horror (2005)
4. Blade: Trinity (2004)
5. Coming Soon (1999)
6. Definitely, Maybe (2008)
7. Finder's Fee (2001)
8. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
9. The In-Laws (2003)
10. Just Friends (2005)
11. National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002)
aka: Van Wilder
12. The Proposal (2009)
13. Smokin' Aces (2007)
14. Waiting... (2005)
15. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
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