Category Archives: Comedy
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Release 2011
Genre Comedy
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Director: Mark Waters
Writers: Sean Anders, John Morris, Jared Stern, Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater
Stars: Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino, Angela Lansbury, Ophelia Lovibond, Madeline Carroll
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1396218/
The life of a businessman begins to change after he inherits six penguins, and as he transforms his apartment into a winter wonderland, his professional side starts to unravel.
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Release 2009
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Crime, Family
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Director: Wes Anderson
Writers: Roald Dahl, Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach
Stars: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Wallace Wolodarsky
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432283/
An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers' retaliation.
The Ugly Truth
Release 2009
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Director: Robert Luketic
Writers: Nicole Eastman, Karen McCullah, Kirsten Smith
Stars: Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, Bree Turner, Eric Winter, Nick Searcy
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1142988/
A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests...
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Release 2009
Genre Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Writers: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett, Rob Greenberg
Stars: Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Andy Samberg, Bruce Campbell
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844471/
The most delicious event since macaroni met cheese. Inspired by the beloved children's book, the film focuses on a town where food falls from the sky like rain.
The Nut Job
Release 2014
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
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Director: Peter Lepeniotis
Writers: Lorne Cameron, Peter Lepeniotis, Robert Reece, Daniel Woo
Stars: Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Liam Neeson, Katherine Heigl, Stephen Lang
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1821658/
An incorrigibly self-serving exiled squirrel finds himself helping his former park brethren raid a nut store to survive, that is also the front for a human gang's bank robbery.
Jennifer's Body
Release 2009
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Director: Karyn Kusama
Writers: Diablo Cody
Stars: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, Adam Brody, Sal Cortez
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1131734/
A newly possessed cheerleader turns into a killer who specializes in offing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?
500 Days of Summer
Release 2009
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Director: Marc Webb
Writers: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Geoffrey Arend, Chloë Grace Moretz, Matthew Gray Gubler
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1022603/
An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her.
Zombieland
Release 2009
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Director: Ruben Fleischer
Writers: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick
Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Amber Heard
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1156398/
A shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, and a gun-toting tough guy trying to find the Last Twinkie and a pair of sisters trying to get to an amusement park join forces to travel across a zombie-filled America.
Love & Other Drugs
Release 2010
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Director: Edward Zwick
Writers: Charles Randolph, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Jamie Reidy
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Oliver Platt, Hank Azaria, Josh Gad
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758752/
A young woman suffering from Parkinson's befriends a drug rep working for Pfizer in 1990s Pittsburgh.
Due Date
Release 2010
Genre Comedy
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Director: Todd Phillips
Writers: Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland, Adam Sztykiel, Todd Phillips
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifianakis, Michelle Monaghan, Jamie Foxx, Juliette Lewis
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1231583/
High-strung father-to-be Peter Highman is forced to hitch a ride with aspiring actor Ethan Tremblay on a road trip in order to make it to his child's birth on time.