Category Archives: Comedy
Café Society
Release 2016
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Director: Woody Allen
Stars: Steve Carell, Sheryl Lee, Todd Weeks, Paul Schackman, Jodi Carlisle
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4513674/
In the 1930s, a young Bronx native moves to Hollywood, where he falls in love with the secretary of his powerful uncle, an agent to the stars. After returning to New York, he is swept up in the vibrant world of high society nightclub life.
The Meddler
Release 2015
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Director: Lorene Scafaria
Stars: Susan Sarandon, Rose Byrne, J.K. Simmons, Jerrod Carmichael, Cecily Strong
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4501454/
An aging widow from New York City follows her daughter to Los Angeles in hopes of starting a new life after her husband passes away.
Zoom
Release 2015
Genre Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
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Director: Pedro Morelli
Writers: Matt Hansen
Stars: Gael García Bernal, Alison Pill, Mariana Ximenes, Jason Priestley, Tyler Labine
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3763866/
A multi-dimensional interface between a comic book artist, a novelist, and a film director. Each lives in a separate reality but authors a story about one of the others.
Skiptrace
Release 2016
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Director: Renny Harlin
Writers: Jay Longino, BenDavid Grabinski, Wen-Chia Chang
Stars: Jackie Chan, Johnny Knoxville, Bingbing Fan, Eric Tsang, Eve Torres
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2238032/
A detective from Hong Kong teams up with an American gambler to battle against a notorious Chinese criminal.
Florence Foster Jenkins
Release 2016
Genre Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Director: Stephen Frears
Writers: Nicholas Martin
Stars: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson, Nina Arianda
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4136084/
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
Maximum Ride
Release 2016
Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Jay Martin
Writers: James Patterson, Angelique Hanus, Jesse Spears
Stars: Allie Marie Evans, Patrick Johnson, Peter O'Brien, Lyliana Wray, Luke Gregory Crosby
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0825283/
Six children genetically cross-bred with avian DNA, complete with wings, take flight around the country to discover their origins.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Release 2016
Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
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Director: Dave Green
Writers: Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, Peter Laird, Kevin Eastman
Stars: Megan Fox, Will Arnett, Laura Linney, Stephen Amell, Noel Fisher
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3949660/
After facing Shredder, who has joined forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman and henchmen Bebop and Rocksteady to take over the world, the Turtles must confront an even greater nemesis: the notorious Krang.
The Intervention
Release 2016
Genre Adventure, Comedy, Drama
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Director: Clea DuVall
Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Jason Ritter, Skylar Bernon, Kira Pozehl, David Bernon
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4872078/
A weekend getaway for four couples takes a sharp turn when one of the couples discovers the entire trip was orchestrated to host an intervention on their marriage.
Ice Age: Collision Course
Release 2016
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
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Director: Mike Thurmeier, Galen T. Chu
Writers: Michael J. Wilson, Michael Berg, Yoni Brenner, Aubrey Solomon
Stars: Stephanie Beatriz, Robert Cardone, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Adam Devine, Jesse Tyler Ferguson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3416828/
Manny, Diego, and Sid join up with Buck to fend off a meteor strike that would destroy the world.
Wiener-Dog
Release 2016
Genre Comedy
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Director: Todd Solondz
Stars: Keaton Nigel Cooke, Tracy Letts, Julie Delpy, Greta Gerwig, Kieran Culkin
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4144190/
A dachshund passes from oddball owner to oddball owner, whose radically dysfunctional lives are all impacted by the pooch.