 Around the World in 80 Days 2004  PG, 125 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Frank Coraci
Cast: Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Robert Fyfe, Jim Broadbent, Ian McNeice, David Ryall, Roger Hammond, Adam Godley, Karen Mok, Howard Cooper, Daniel Hinchcliffe, Wolfram Teufel, Will Forte
In this production of Jules Verne's story, Steve Coogan takes on the role of the eccentric Phileas Fogg who hires valet Passepartout (Jackie Chan) to accompany him on a trip–by horse, train, hot-air balloon, and ship–around the world in 80 days. Lots of fun and action, especially Chan's martial arts.
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Baby Mama 2008  PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael McCullers
Cast: Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Greg Kinnear, Dax Shepard, Romany Malco, Sigourney Weaver, Steve Martin, Maura Tierney, Stephen Mailer, Holland Taylor, James Rebhorn, Denis O'Hare, Kevin Collins, Will Forte, Fred Armisen
Kate Holbrook (Tina Fey) is an overachieving vice-president at Round Earth organic markets. But, she has never had a child, and that is something she wants more than anything else. When she learns that her chances of getting pregnant are nil, Kate's solution is to contact a fertility agency run by Chaffee Bicknell (Sigourney Weaver) and decides that Angie (Amy Poehler) will be the surrogate mother. A short time later, when now-pregnant Angie appears at Kate's door with no place to live, Kate invites her to move in. Chaos and comedy reign as the slovenly Angie takes over Kate's well-ordered world.
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 Beerfest 2006 R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Cast: Erik Stolhanske, Paul Soter, Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, M.C. Gainey, Cloris Leachman, Jurgen Prochnow, Eric Christian Olsen, Mo'Nique, Nat Faxon, Bjorn Johnson, Will Forte
This film from the Broken Lizard comedy group involves a family feud through which Todd (Erik Stolhanske) and Jan (Paul Soter) want to beat the German branch of the family in bouts of beer drinking. To that end, Todd and Jan return home to America and recruit their beer-drinking buddies to travel to Germany with them and win the next beer-drinking contest.
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The Brothers Solomon 2007  R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bob Odenkirk
Cast: Will Arnett, Will Forte, Chi McBride, Kristen Wiig, Malin Akerman, Lee Majors, Michael Ormsby, Bob Odenkirk, Sam Lloyd, Charles Chun, Ryun Yu, Bill Hader, Jenna Fischer, Susanne Wright
Woefully lacking in social skills, brothers Dean and John Solomon (Will Forte and Will Arnett) learn that their father Ed (Lee Majors) is comatose and on his deathbed. But, Ed has told his doctor (Charles Chun) of his last wish: to have a grandchild before he dies. When no other women are interested, the inept brothers go online to find the surrogate mother (Kristen Wiig) who is willing to undergo artificial insemination and give their father a grandchild.
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2009  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Animation / Family
Director: Phil Lord, Chris Miller
Cast: Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Andy Samberg, Bruce Campbell, Mr. T, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Benjamin Bratt, Neil Patrick Harris, Al Roker, Lauren Graham, Will Forte, Peter Siragusa, Max Neuwirth, Angela Shelton
Flint Lockwood (voice of Bill Hader) has grown up to be an inventor in his tiny island town of Swallow Falls. His dad, Tim (voice of James Caan), wants Flint to join the family business, but Flint has dreams of inventing a gadget that can turn rain into prepared foods. He succeeds, and now, as cheeseburgers rain down over Swallow Falls, female reporter Sam Sparks (voice of Anna Faris) covers the story. Greed takes over, and the townsfolk go wild as they demand more and more food. Sam, who is now Flint's girlfriend, comes to Flint's aid when he tries to reverse the catastrophe as pancakes, hotdogs, banana splits, Spaghetti Twisters, and meatballs fall from the sky.
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| 1. Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
2. Baby Mama (2008)
3. Beerfest (2006)
4. The Brothers Solomon (2007)
5. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
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