 Barnyard 2006  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Steve Oedekerk
Cast: Kevin James, Courteney Cox, Sam Elliott, Danny Glover, Wanda Sykes, Andie MacDowell, Steve Oedekerk, Rob Paulsen, Maria Bamford, David Koechner, Maurice LaMarche, Megan Cavanagh
On this farm, the animals talk, play, and dance when the farmer is away. Led by a cow named Ben (voice of Sam Elliott), whose fun-loving son Otis (voice of Kevin James) loves to stir up fun and games, the farm animals dance in the barn and hotwire a car and go for a joy ride while downing a six-pack of milk. Fun and games ensue, but predators in the form of a pack of coyotes are out there, and tragedy is sure to strike.
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 Clerks II 2006  R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Kevin Smith
Cast: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Trevor Fehrman, Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Wanda Sykes, Jake Richardson, Ethan Suplee
In this sequel to the 1994 film, Randal (Jeff Anderson) and Dante (Brian O'Halloran) are now in their early 30s and working as clerks at their convenience stores in New Jersey. When their stores burn down, the pair finds new jobs at Mooby's fast-food restaurant. But, there is a threat to their longtime relationship: Dante is planning to move to Florida with his fiancee Emma (Jennifer Schwalbach Smith) and leave Randal behind in his dead-end job.
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 Down to Earth 2001 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Cast: Chris Rock, Regina King, Chazz Palminteri, Eugene Levy, Frankie Faison, Mark Addy, Greg Germann, Jennifer Coolidge, Wanda Sykes, John Cho, Brian Rhodes, Mario Joyner, Arnold Pinnock, Paul Hecht, Colin Fox
Comedian Lance Barton (Chris Rock) is hit by a truck and, only after reaching Heaven, learns that he was not supposed to die this early. Angels offer him a second chance at life on Earth, but he must return in the body of wealthy, White, elderly Charles Wellington whose wife (Jennifer Coolidge) and personal aide (Greg Germann) have just murdered him. Lance's soul is placed in Charles Wellington's body. When Lance meets Sontee (Regina King), he falls in love, but he must still deal with Wellington's wife and aide and their plot to murder him once again. Will they stop Lance from achieving his dream of performing at the Apollo Theater?
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Evan Almighty 2007 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Tom Shadyac
Cast: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, John Goodman, Johnny Simmons, Graham Phillips, Jimmy Bennett, Wanda Sykes, John Michael Higgins, Jonah Hill, Molly Shannon, Harve Presnell, Arden Myrin, Brian Howe
In this sequel to "Bruce Almighty" (2003), Steve Carell is back in his role of Evan Baxter who is now a newly elected U.S. Congressman. Evan, his wife Joan (Lauren Graham), and sons (Johnny Simmons, Graham Phillips, and Jimmy Bennett) move to suburban Virginia into the neighborhood of Prestige Crest and settle into the Beltway life. In his congressional campaign, Evan had promised to "change the world," and now God (Morgan Freeman) enters his life and asks him to follow up on his promise. God gives Evan a copy of the book "Ark Building for Dummies" and commands him to build an ark. Evan ignores the challenge, but when God provides him with an overnight growth of beard that he cannot shave off and a myriad of paired animals, Evan becomes convinced and gathers his sons around him to help build that ark.
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Monster-In-Law 2005  PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Luketic
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda, Michael Vartan, Wanda Sykes, Adam Scott, Annie Parisse, Monet Mazur, Elaine Stritch, Will Arnett, Stephen Dunham, Randee Heller, Mark Moses, Wayne Nickel, Tomiko Fraser, Rochelle Flexer
Charlotte (Jennifer Lopez) thinks she has finally met the right man in Kevin Fields (Michael Vartan)–until they become engaged and his scheming mother, Viola (Jane Fonda), stops at almost nothing to get Charlotte out of Kevin's life.
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 My Super Ex-Girlfriend 2006  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson, Anna Faris, Rainn Wilson, Eddie Izzard, Stelio Savante, Mike Iorio, Mark Consuelos, Wanda Sykes, Margaret Anne Florence, Eva Veronika, Lou Bonacki
Matt (Luke Wilson) and Jenny (Uma Thurman) hit it off and become a couple–until Jenny's strong personality takes over the relationship, and Matt breaks up with her and begins dating good friend Hannah (Anna Faris). But, Jenny is really superhero G-Girl and thinks nothing of using her superpowers to exact revenge.
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 Over the Hedge 2006  PG, 83 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Tim Johnson, Karey Kirkpatrick
Cast: Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell, Wanda Sykes, William Shatner, Allison Janney, Nick Nolte, Thomas Haden Church, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Omid Djalili, Shane Baumel
Raccoon RJ (voice of Bruce Willis) makes the mistake of pilfering food from a hibernating bear that wakes up. RJ will be spared IF he replaces all that he had stolen. He heads out to find a human settlement and, as he approaches a new subdivision, he comes across a group of assorted animals (with familiar voices). To help him in getting food, he tells them that if they go "over the hedge" and into the humans' town, there will be unlimited food. But there are some humans (also with familiar voices) who want no part of the four-legged critters. Fun for all. 1 User Review
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Pootie Tang 2001  PG-13, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Louis C.K.
Cast: Lance Crouther, Jennifer Coolidge, Wanda Sykes, Robert Vaughn, Chris Rock, J.B. Smoove, Reg E. Cathey, Dave Attell, Cathy Trien, David Cross
First seen as a comedy skit on HBO's "The Chris Rock Show," this film version results in an incoherent story about a superhero, Pootie Tang (Lance Crouther), who refuses to bow to the wishes of an evil manufacturer, Dick Lecter (Robert Vaughn), when he is approached to promote Lecter's cigarettes, alcohol, and fast food for kids.
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| 1. Barnyard (2006)
2. Clerks II (2006)
3. Down to Earth (2001)
4. Evan Almighty (2007)
5. Monster-In-Law (2005)
6. My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)
7. Over the Hedge (2006)
8. Pootie Tang (2001)
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