Category Archives: Comedy
All Roads Lead to Rome
Release 2015
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Director: Ella Lemhagen
Writers: Josh Appignanesi, Cindy Myers
Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker, Rosie Day, Raoul Bova, Claudia Cardinale, Paz Vega
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4119278/
Maggie is an uptight, single mother and college writing teacher from New York City. In an effort to reconnect with her troubled teen daughter Summer, she decides to embark on a journey to a Tuscan village where she frequented in her younger days. Upon arrival, Maggie runs into Luca, a handsome former lover who is still a bachelor and lives with his eighty-year-old mother, Carmen. Summer (missing her "bad boy" boyfriend in NYC) and Carmen (secretly planning a wedding against Luca's wishes to Marcelino, her one true love in Rome) impulsively steal Luca's car and race off to Rome. Maggie and Luca quickly pursue allowing the two mismatched couples to spend some time together and develop a new understanding of each other.
Miss Stevens
Release 2016
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Director: Julia Hart
Writers: Julia Hart, Jordan Horowitz
Stars: Lily Rabe, Lili Reinhart, Rob Huebel, Oscar Nuñez, Pamela Drake Wilson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2693580/
A comedy focused on a teacher who chaperones a group of high schoolers to a state drama competition.
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Release 2016
Genre Adventure, Comedy, Drama
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Director: Taika Waititi
Writers: Taika Waititi, Barry Crump
Stars: Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4698684/
A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush.
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Release 2016
Genre Adventure, Comedy, Romance
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Director: Jake Szymanski
Writers: Andrew Jay Cohen, Brendan O'Brien
Stars: Zac Efron, Adam Devine, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Stephen Root
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2823054/
Two hard-partying brothers place an online ad to find the perfect dates for their sister's Hawaiian wedding. Hoping for a wild getaway, the boys instead find themselves out-hustled by an uncontrollable duo.
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.