The Answer Man 2009  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
aka: Arlen Faber
Director: John Hindman
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Lauren Graham, Lou Taylor Pucci, Max Antisell, Olivia Thirlby, Kat Dennings, Tony Hale, Nora Dunn, Annie Corley, Thomas Roy, Peter Patrikios
Author Arlen Faber (Jeff Daniels) wrote the inspirational book "Me and God" 20 years ago, which is still popular, and Arlen is still considered to have all the answers. The reclusive Arlen begins to have back spasms which eventually causes him to seek help from Chiropractor Elizabeth (Lauren Graham). But she, as well as her son Kris (Lou Taylor Pucci), thought that Arlen could help them find out that Arlen doesn't have a clue.
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 Because I Said So 2007  PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Michael Lehmann
Cast: Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Gabriel Macht, Tom Everett Scott, Lauren Graham, Piper Perabo, Stephen Collins, Ty Panitz, Matt Champagne, Colin Ferguson, Tony Hale, Sophina Brown
Daphne (Diane Keaton) is the loving mother of three daughters. Two of them–sensible psychologist Maggie (Lauren Graham) and smart and sexy Mae (Piper Perabo)–have settled down and married. However, charming but insecure Milly (Mandy Moore) has not found a husband, so Daphne steps in. She places an ad in the online personals, "older woman seeks younger man for her daughter..." and the interviews begin.
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The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard 2009 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Neal Brennan
Cast: Jeremy Piven, Ving Rhames, James Brolin, David Koechner, Kathryn Hahn, Ed Helms, Jordana Spiro, Tony Hale, Ken Jeong, Rob Riggle, Alan Thicke, Charles Napier, Wendie Malick, Bryan Callen, Jonathan Sadowski
Car salesman Don Ready (Jeremy Piven) and his team, including Jibby Newsome (Ving Rhames), head for Temecula, California. They have been hired to sell over 200 cars during the Fourth of July weekend at Selleck Motors, which is owned by Ben Selleck (James Brolin). All is going well–until Don falls in love with Ben's daughter, Ivy (Jordana Spiro), and begins to lose his focus on the job he has been hired to perform.
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Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector 2006 PG-13, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Trent Cooper
Cast: Larry the Cable Guy, Iris Bahr, Bruce Bruce, Joanna Cassidy, Brooke Dillman, Tony Hale, David Koechner, Lisa Lampanelli, Megyn Price, Tom(2) Wilson, Joe Pantoliano, Michael Papajohn, Phyllis Alexion, Eric Esteban, Arian Ash
When an inspector for the Health Department, Larry (Larry the Cable Guy), and partner Amy (Iris Bahr) investigate a series of food poisonings at their town's best restaurants, "bathroom humor" abounds.
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RV 2006 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Adventure
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, JoJo, Josh Hutcherson, Jeff Daniels, Kristin Chenoweth, Hunter Parrish, Chloe Sonnenfeld, Alex Ferris, Will Arnett, Tony Hale, Brian Howe, Richard Cox
Advertising executive Bob Munro (Robin Williams) is scheduled for a meeting in Colorado at the same time he has scheduled a family vacation in Hawaii with his wife Jamie (Cheryl Hines) and kids–teenager Cassie (JoJo) and pre-teen Carl (Josh Hutcherson). Bob finds a solution: a cross-country trip in an oversized RV. The family embarks on the camping trip, but problems arise; in fact, they erupt in the form of the septic tank's contents. That's when they meet the Gornecke family (Jeff Daniels, Kristin Chenoweth, Hunter Parrish, Chloe Sonnenfeld, and Alex Ferris). As homeless campers, the Gornickes home-school their kids at the campground. The snooty Munros try to avoid the Gornickes, but they keep crossing paths, and, by story's end, the Gornickes have taught the Munros a valuable lesson in family relationships.
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 Stranger Than Fiction 2006  PG-13, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Queen Latifah, Tony Hale, Tom Hulce, Linda Hunt, William Dick, Guy Massey, Martha Espinoza, T.J. Jagodowsky
IRS agent Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) leads a hum-drum, regimented life–until he starts hearing a voice describing his day-to-day activities in great detail. The voice is that of Kaye (Emma Thompson) who is writing a novel about Harold Crick and is being pressured by her publisher to complete the novel. When Harold realizes that Kaye is about to kill him off, he is determined to find her and change the ending.
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The Tale of Despereaux 2008 G, 85 min.
Genre: Family / Animation / Comedy / Adventure
Director: Sam Fell, Robert Stevenhagen
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Emma Watson, Dustin Hoffman, Tracey Ullman, Sigourney Weaver, Christopher Lloyd, Robbie Coltrane, Kevin Kline, Frank Langella, William H. Macy, Stanley Tucci, Tony Hale, Ciaran Hinds, Frances Conroy, Richard Jenkins
Narrated by Sigourney Weaver, this is the tale of a brave, lop-earred mouse, Despereaux (voice of Matthew Broderick), who is banished from his home and bonds with outcast rat Roscuro (voice of Dustin Hoffman). When they learn that Princess Pea (voice of Emma Watson) has been kidnapped by her chambermaid Miggery (voice of Tracey Ullman), Despereaux and Roscuro set out to rescue Princess Pea from the revengeful rats who are plotting revenge against the humans.
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| 1. The Answer Man (2009)
aka: Arlen Faber
2. Because I Said So (2007)
3. The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009)
4. Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (2006)
5. RV (2006)
6. Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
7. The Tale of Despereaux (2008)
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