 Best in Show 2000  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Guest
Cast: Christopher Guest, Parker Posey, Michael Hitchcock, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, John Michael Higgins, Michael McKean, Patrick Cranshaw, Jennifer Coolidge, Bob Balaban, Jay Brazeau, Colin Cunningham, Will Sasso, Stephen E. Miller, Dany Canino
This mockumentary, set at Philadelphia's annual Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show, centers on anxious owners and their coddled pets. The actors were handed a script but encouraged to improvise as the film was shot, and the fun begins as TV cameras bring Weimaraner "Beatrice," Shih Tzu "Miss Agnes," Poodle "Rhapsody in White," and Bloodhound "Hubert"–and their owners–into the homes of millions. The result is a very funny movie.
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College Road Trip 2008  G, 83 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Roger Kumble
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Raven-Symone, Brenda Song, Kym Whitley, Adam LeFevre, Eugene Jones III, Donny Osmond, Molly Ephraim, Matthew Schlein, Eshaya Draper, Will Sasso, Geneva Carr, Lonny Ross, Margo Harshman, Lucas Grabeel
Illinois police chief James Porter (Martin Lawrence) drives his high-school daughter Melanie (Raven-Symone) to Washington, D.C., for her interview at Georgetown University. But, along the way, more than a few problems await. They get lost and then discover that Melanie's 10-year-old brother Trey (Eshaya Draper) and his pet pig have stowed away in the van, and, of course, they total the van. They get a ride with show-tune singing Doug (Donny Osmond) and his college-age daughter Wendy (Molly Ephraim) and end up on a tour bus where karaoke is the order of the day. By story's end, father and daughter form a bond as lessons are learned during their unique adventure.
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 Drop Dead Gorgeous 1999  PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Patrick Jann
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Barkin, Allison Janney, Denise Richards, Kirstie Alley, Sam McMurray, Mindy Sterling, Will Sasso, Brittany Murphy, Matt Malloy, Amy Adams, Laurie A. Sinclair, Shannon Nelson, Alexandra Holden, Sarah Stewart
When Amber Atkins (Kirsten Dunst) enters the Sarah Rose Cosmetics Miss Teen Princess beauty contest in Mt. Rose, Minnesota, her alcoholic mother, Annette (Ellen Barkin), stops at nothing to ensure that her daughter wins the title. But, first, she must get past the former winner, Gladys Leeman (Kirstie Alley), whose own daughter, Becky (Denise Richards), also seeks the beauty prize.
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Heck's Way Home 1995  G, 92 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Michael J.F. Scott
Cast: Michael Riley, Chad Krowchuk, Shannon Lawson, Don Francks, Gabe Khouth, Alan Arkin, Cecilley Carroll, Wayne Nicklas, Chris Sigurdson, Will Sasso, Ker Wells, Michaelin Scott
Rick (Michael Riley) takes a job requiring that his family move from Winnipeg to Australia. In the haste of leaving, they left their dog, Hector, behind. As they await the boat in Vancouver, Hector hitches his way across Canada, having adventures along the way–while avoiding a persistent dogcatcher (Alan Arkin). Will Hector get there in time?
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| 1. Best in Show (2000)
2. College Road Trip (2008)
3. Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
4. Heck's Way Home (1995)
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