Tagline: They’re just a typical American family. Minus the typical. It’s Christmastime and the far-flung members of the Rodriguez family are converging at their parents’ home in Chicago to celebrate the season and rejoice in their youngest brother’s safe return from combat overseas. For Jesse (Freddy Rodriguez), coming home has rekindled feelings for an old…
Category: Comedies
Over Her Dead Body (2008)
Tagline: Just because she’s passed on… Doesn’t mean she’s moving on. In the romantic comedy Over Her Dead Body, Eva Longoria Parker plays Kate, a beautiful yet exceedingly demanding and controlling woman who obsesses over every little detail in life. She is about to be married to Henry (Paul Rudd), an easy-going veterinarian and the…
Pineapple Express (2008)
Tagline: Put this in your pipe and smoke it. Stoner Dale Denton’s (Seth Rogen) enjoyment of a rare strain of marijuana may prove fatal when he drops his roach in a panic after witnessing a murder. Upon learning that the fancy weed can be traced back to them, Dale and his dealer (James Franco) go…
The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything (2008)
“The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything — A VeggieTales Movie” opens in modern day suburbia at the local pirate themed restaurant, where derring-do and turkey legs go hand-in-hand five nights a week. But not for Sedgewick, Elliot and George (Mr. Lunt, Larry the Cucumber and Pa Grape). While they love all things piratical and dream…
Role Models (2008)
Bad behaviour. Bad attitude. Bad example. Danny (Paul Rudd) and Wheeler (Sean William Scott), two salesmen who trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 service hours with a mentorship program called Sturdy Wings. After one day with the…
Run, Fat Boy, Run (2008)
Tagline: Love. Commitment. Responsibility. There’s nothing he won’t run away from. “Run, Fatboy, Run” centers on a charming but oblivious overweight guy who leaves his fiancee on their wedding day only to discover years later that he really loves her. To win her back, he must finish a marathon while making her realize that her…