 Bad Santa 2003  R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Terry Zwigoff
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Lauren Graham, Lauren Tom, Bernie Mac, John Ritter, Ajay Naidu, Lorna Scott, Alex Borstein, Dylan Charles, Billy Gardell
Santa (Billy Bob Thornton) and his elf (Tony Cox) are really con men who, year after year, have worked in department stores and robbed the stores' safes on Christmas Eve. Could this be the year that these two will get their comeuppance?
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 Date Movie 2006  PG-13, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Aaron Seltzer
Cast: Alyson Hannigan, Adam Campbell, Jennifer Coolidge, Tony Cox, Fred Willard, Eddie Griffin, Sophie Monk, Meera Simhan, Marie Matiko, Judah Friedlander, Carmen Electra, Mauricio Sanchez
In this spoof on romantic comedies, extremely obese Julia Jones (Alyson Hannigan) falls for Grant Fonckyerdoder (Adam Campbell) and, in order to attract him, goes for a full-body makeover after which she emerges as a very sexy young woman. Her ploy works, wedding plans are in order, and now it is time to meet the parents–Julia's Greek-Indian-Jewish-Japanese relatives and Grant's White, English family. From that point on, you have seen it all before as the movie pokes fun at such films as "Big Fat Greek Wedding," "Meet the Parents," and "The Wedding Planner."
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Disaster Movie 2008  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Cast: Matt Lanter, Vanessa Minnillo, G. Thang, Nicole Parker, Crista Flanagan, Carmen Electra, Kimberly Kardashian, Ike Baninholtz, Tony Cox, Tad Hilgenbrink, Nick Steele, John Di Domenico, Jason Boegh, Valerie Wildman, Abe Spigner
Will (Matt Lanter) has just broken up with Amy (Vanessa Minnillo) when asteroids, tornadoes, and earthquakes appear to be attacking Earth. The world is coming to an end if a stolen skull is not returned. Amy works at the Museum of Natural History, which holds the skull, and Will risks his life to rescue Amy who is now trapped in the museum and holds to key to survival for all.
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 Epic Movie 2007 PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Cast: Kal Penn, Adam Campbell, Jennifer Coolidge, Jayma Mays, Faune A. Chambers, Crispin Glover, Tony Cox, Hector Jimenez, Darrell Hammond, Carmen Electra, Fred Willard, David Carradine, Kevin McDonald, George Alvarez
Orphans Edward (Kal Penn), Peter (Adam Campbell), Lucy (Jayma Mays), and Susan (Faune A. Chambers) are invited to tour Willy's (Crispin Glover) candy factory, and, too late, they realize that they are there to be ingredients in the candy. They escape that fate by stumbling into an enchanted wardrobe that transports them to the fantasy land of Gnarnia where they have been brought to defeat the evil White Bitch (Jennifer Coolidge) and restore Aslo (Fred Willard) to the throne. And the film goes on–continuing to make fun of "epic" movies made over the last few years.
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The Ewok Adventure 1984  TV, 96 min.
Genre: Family / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Fantasy
aka: Caravan of Courage: The Ewok Adventure
Director: John Korty
Cast: Warwick Davis, Aubree Miller, Eric Walker, Fionnula Flanagan, Guy Boyd, Burl Ives, Daniel Frishman, Debbie Lee Carrington, Kevin Thompson, Tony Cox
George Lucas' furry creatures, the Ewoks, from the "Star Wars" series, are brought back in two made-for-TV movies. This is the first one, and was followed by "Ewoks: The Battle for Endor." In this episode, the Towani family's shuttle crashes on the moon Endor, and the parents are captured by the giant Gorax. Their son and daughter come across the friendly Ewoks and talk them into helping find their parents. And the search begins with perils and magic along the way.
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Ewoks: The Battle for Endor 1985 TV, 96 min.
Genre: Family / Sci-Fi
Director: Jim Wheat, Ken Wheat
Cast: Warwick Davis, Aubree Miller, Wilford Brimley, Sian Phillips, Carel Struycken, Niki Botelho, Paul Gleason, Eric Walker, Tony Cox, Marianne Horine
The furry creatures originally from the "Star Wars" series are back for a second film. Marauders led by a bad witch attack the Ewok village, and Cindel is the only survivor of the Towani family that crashed on Endor in the first film. She and EwokWicket escape but the other Ewoks are captured. With the help of a hermit, who had also crashed on Endor, they fight back.
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The Fantasticks 2000 PG, 86 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Joel Grey, Barnard Hughes, Jean Louisa Kelly, Joseph McIntyre, Jonathon Morris, Brad Sullivan, Teller, Arturo Gil, Tony Cox, Victoria Stevens
Off-Broadway's long-running musical is finally brought to the screen in this story of young Louisa (Jean Louisa Kelly) and Matt (Joseph McIntyre) who are tricked by their fathers (Joel Grey and Brad Sullivan) into falling in love. When the plot falls apart, the romance is off–until Louisa and Matt face the realities of life and reunite.
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Friday 1995 R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, John Witherspoon, Anna Maria Horsford, Regina King, Paula Jai Parker, Faizon Love, Tony Cox, Kathleen Bradley, DJ Pooh, Angela Means, Vickilyn Reynolds, Ronn Riser
Craig (Ice Cube) has just been fired but has no motivation to find a new job, and his friend Smokey (Chris Tucker) lives to smoke joints. Smokey has his own problems involving $200 worth of marijuana that he was given to sell but smoked himself. Now he has no money to pay the dope dealer, and payment is due that night. This film does manage to present some good humor from the lives of those in the dreary world of Los Angeles' not-so-successful residents as Craig and Smokey encounter a variety of misfits while hanging out on Craig's front stoop.
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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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Mom and Dad Save the World 1992 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Greg Beeman
Cast: Teri Garr, Jeffrey Jones, Jon Lovitz, Dwier Brown, Kathy Ireland, Thalmus Rasulala, Wallace Shawn, Eric Idle, Debbie Lee Carrington, Danny Cooksey, Tony Cox, Ed Gale
Emperor Tod Springo (Jon Lovitz) beams up Marge and Dick Nelson (Teri Garr and Jeffrey Jones) to his planet with plans to make Marge his wife before destroying Earth. But Dick–by reliving Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers adventures–comes to Marge's rescue and, in the process, saves Earth as well.
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1984  TV, 60 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy
Director: Peter Medak
Cast: Elizabeth McGovern, Vanessa Redgrave, Vincent Price, Shelley Duvall, Rex Smith, Michael Preston, Kevin Thompson, Tony Cox, Peter Risch, Phil Fondacaro, Kevin Thompson, Billy Curtis
All the fun, fantasy, and adventure are present in this TV adaptation of the popular story presented as one of the episodes of the popular "Fareie Tale Theatre" series. Elizabeth McGovern plays Snow White and Vanessa Redgrave takes on the role of the wicked queen.
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Who's Your Caddy? 2007 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Don Michael Paul
Cast: Big Boi, Andy Milonakis, Faizon Love, Jeffrey Jones, James Avery, Tony Cox, Tamala Jones, Jenifer Lewis, Jim Piddock, Sherri Shepherd, Lil' Wayne, Finesse Mitchell
When famous rapper C-Note (Big Boi) is not accepted for membership at a posh country club by the bigoted club president Cummings (Jeffrey Jones), C-Note buys property next to the 17th hole, he gains admission. C-Note and his friends then begin an assault on the club and its snooty members. But Cummings still attempts to revoke C-Note's membership, and the "fun" continues.
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| 1. Bad Santa (2003)
2. Date Movie (2006)
3. Disaster Movie (2008)
4. Epic Movie (2007)
5. The Ewok Adventure (1984)
aka: Caravan of Courage: The Ewok Adventure
6. Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985)
7. The Fantasticks (2000)
8. Friday (1995)
9. The Hebrew Hammer (2003)
10. Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
11. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1984)
12. Who's Your Caddy? (2007)
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