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 American President 1995 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance / Fantasy
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Anna Deavere Smith, David Paymer, Richard Dreyfuss, Samantha Mathis, John Mahoney, Shawna Waldron, Anne Haney, Nina Siemaszko, Wendie Malick, Beau Billingslea, Joshua Malina
This Bill Clinton-like American President Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas) deals with media attention along with criticism when he (a widower) becomes involved with environmental lobbyist Sydney Wade (Annette Bening). Political enemies, including Kansas Senator Bob Rumson (Richard Dreyfuss), have a field day when Shepherd and Wade begin their love affair. This film provides great satire on today's made-for-TV Washington, D.C., politics and how issues get lost in the race for ratings.
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Confessions of a Shopaholic 2009  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Romance
Director: P.J. Hogan
Cast: Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter, Joan Cusack, John Goodman, John Lithgow, Kristin Scott Thomas, Fred Armisen, Leslie Bibb, Lynn Redgrave, Julie Hagerty, Wendie Malick, Robert(2) Stanton, Nick Cornish, Clea Lewis
Despite growing up as the daughter of conservative spending parents (Joan Cusack and John Goodman), Rebecca (Isla Fisher) loves shopping for clothes and has incurred over 10,000 dollars in credit card debt. She dreams of working for the elite fashion magazine, "Alette," but lands a job as an advice columnist for a finance company. Rebecca keeps her own financial problems a secret while her column becomes a great success. As her career soars, Rebecca finds it more and more difficult to hide her money troubles from her readers–and even more so from her boss Luke Brandon (Hugh Dancy) when romance blooms between them.
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The Emperor's New Groove 2000 G, 78 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Mark Dindal
Cast: David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton, Wendie Malick, Eli Russell Linnetz, Kellyann Kelso, John Fiedler, Tom Jones, Patti Deutsch, Stephen J. Anderson, Rodger Bumpass
In this good Disney comedy, scheming ex-administrator Yzma (voice of Eartha Kitt) turns the Emperor Kuzco (voice of David Spade) into a talking llama. Now, with the help of the llama herder, Pacha (voice of John Goodman), Kuzco tries to find his way back to the palace.
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The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove 2005  G, 75 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
aka: Kronk's New Groove
Director: Saul Andrew Blinkoff, Elliot M. Bour, Robin Steele
Cast: Patrick Warburton, Tracey Ullman, Eartha Kitt, David Spade, John Goodman, Wendie Malick, John Mahoney, John Fiedler, Eli Russell Linnetz, Jessie Flower, Kath Soucie, Tress MacNeille, Jeff Bennett, Patti Deutsch
In this follow-up to "The Emperor's New Groove," Kronk (voice of Patrick Warburton) is now the owner of a restaurant that has not yet established a large clientele. One day, Kronk receives a llama-gram announcing his father's upcoming visit. The news sets Kronk and partner Yzma (voice of Eartha Kitt) into action to make the restaurant appear successful. In the process, a massive cheese explosion erupts in the kitchen, but Kronk's friends come to his aid, and he learns the lesson to be "True to his Groove."
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Funny About Love 1990  PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Leonard Nimoy
Cast: Gene Wilder, Christine Lahti, Mary Stuart Masterson, Robert Prosky, Stephen Tobolowsky, Susan Ruttan, Anne Jackson, Jean De Baer, David Margulies, Tara Shannon, Wendie Malick, Robert Hy Gorman, Freda Foh Shen, Scott Groff, Ramy Zada
Liberal political cartoonist Duffy Bergman (Gene Wilder) falls in love with and marries a chef, Meg (Christine Lahti). All goes well–for awhile–until Duffy thinks about having a baby, and Meg wants her career. They drift apart, and Duffy finds another "love of his life," Daphne (Mary Stuart Masterson). Only after Daphne becomes pregnant does Duffy realize how much Meg means to him.
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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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A Little Sex 1982 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bruce Paltrow
Cast: Tim Matheson, Kate Capshaw, Edward Herrmann, John Glover, Joan Copeland, Wallace Shawn, Bill Smitrovich, Susanna Dalton, Wendie Malick, Ronald Maccone
This inane story is about a husband (Tim Matheson) who just cannot seem to understand that marriage vows are serious, and cheating on one's wife is NOT part of the picture.
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On Edge 2002 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Karl Slovin
Cast: Jason Alexander, Wendie Malick, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Barret Swatek, A.J. Langer, John Glover, Scott Hamilton, Chris Hogan, Sabrina Lloyd, Wallace Langham, Kathy Griffin, Peter Caruthers
Professor Robinson (Chris Hogan) sets out to make a documentary of aspiring Olympic athletes in this mockumentary of the world of figure skating.
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 Racing Stripes 2005 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Comedy / Drama
Director: Frederik Du Chau
Cast: Bruce Greenwood, Hayden Panettiere, Wendie Malick, M. Emmet Walsh, Frankie Muniz, Mandy Moore, Jeff Foxworthy, Joshua Jackson, Dustin Hoffman, Joe Pantoliano, David Spade, Steve Harvey, Snoop Dogg, Gary Bullock, Michael Clarke Duncan
A baby zebra has been left behind accidentally by a traveling circus during a thunderstorm and is rescued by Nolan Walsh (Bruce Greenwood). Nolan's daughter, Channing (Hayden Panettiere), loves the zebra and names him Stripes (voice of Frankie Muniz). Stripes dreams of being a racehorse, and, with help from his barnyard friends (voices of Dustin Hoffman, Snoop Dogg, Joe Pantoliano, and Whoopi Goldberg), the dream could become a reality–if Nolan will agree to train him.
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| 1. Adventureland (2009)
2. The American President (1995)
3. Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
4. The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
5. The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove (2005)
aka: Kronk's New Groove
6. Funny About Love (1990)
7. The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009)
8. A Little Sex (1982)
9. On Edge (2002)
10. Racing Stripes (2005)
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