2012 Movies : Comedy

With Olivia Munn • Erik Stolhanske • Paul Schneider • Gerry Swallow • Jay Chandrasekhar • Paul Soter • Kevin Heffernan • Steve Lemme • Peter Gaulke

A story about a man who fails in his attempts to conceive a baby with his wife so he and his friends embark on a heist to take a sample he made years before at a sperm bank.

With Steve Carell • Tommy Lee Jones • Meryl Streep • Steve Tisch • David Frankel • Todd Black • Jean Smart • Guymon Casady • Jason Blumenthal • Chris Coggins • Lance Johnson • Vanessa Taylor • Ben Rappaport • Marin Ireland

Kay (Meryl Streep) and Arnold (Tommy Lee Jones) are a devoted couple, but decades of marriage have left Kay wanting to spice things up and reconnect with her husband. When she hears of a renowned couple’s specialist (Steve Carell) in the small town of Great Hope Springs, she attempts to persuade her skeptical husband, a steadfast man of routine, to get on a plane for a week of marriage therapy. Just convincing the stubborn Arnold to go on the retreat is hard enough – the real challenge for both of them comes as they shed their bedroom hang-ups and try to re-ignite the spark that caused them to fall for each other in the first place.

With Gregg Godfrey • Jeremy Rawle

In Nitro Circus, Travis Pastrana and his tight-knit, highly-skilled, adrenaline-addicted friends bring their impossibly insane and hysterical adventures to the big screen for the first time! Dreaming up the most dangerous stunts in the world of action sports--whether they are back-flipping a bike between two 60-story buildings or going air-born to destroy their friends in a life size, high speed game of Freedom Flyers--Pastrana and his gang are always at it. High Risk. High Octane. And No Safety Nets Allowed.

With Will Ferrell • Zach Galifianakis • Jason Sudeikis • Dan Aykroyd • Adam McKay • Brian Cox • Dylan McDermott • John Lithgow • Jay Roach • Chris Henchy • Katherine LaNasa • Shawn Harwell

When long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district. Their man: naïve Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), director of the local Tourism Center. At first, Marty appears to be the unlikeliest possible choice but, with the help of his new benefactors’ support, a cutthroat campaign manager and his family’s political connections, he soon becomes a contender who gives the charismatic Cam plenty to worry about. As Election Day closes in, the two are locked in a dead heat, with insults quickly escalating to injury until all they care about is burying each other.

With Dakota Johnson • Vera Farmiga • Will Arnett • David Duchovny • Keri Russell • Minnie Driver • Ty Burrell • Richard Arlook • Graham Phillips • Daniela Taplin • Daniela Taplin Lundberg • Mark Poirier • Eric Kopeloff • Christopher Neil

Fourteen-year-old Ellis is getting ready to leave the Southwest for a boarding school in the East. This means leaving behind his mother (Robin Wright) and the only real father he has ever known, Goat Man (Duchovny).

With John Goodman • Leslie Mann • Christopher Mintz-Plasse • Anna Kendrick • Casey Affleck • Travis Knight • Kodi Smit-McPhee • Elaine Stritch • Chris Butler • Tempestt Bledsoe • Jeff Garlin • Bernard Hill • Sam Fell • Arianne Sutner

In ParaNorman, a small town comes under siege by zombies. Who can it call? Only misunderstood local boy Norman (voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee), who is able to speak with the dead. In addition to the zombies, he'll have to take on ghosts, witches and, worst, of all, grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse. But this young ghoul whisperer may find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits.

With Jesse Eisenberg • Tracy Morgan • Melissa Leo • Ron Nyswaner • Phil Dorling

The unhealthy relationship between a drug-addicted mother and her college-bound son set on the day of his interview at Julliard and her planned arrival in rehab.

With Bradley Cooper • Kristen Bell • Beau Bridges • Kristin Chenoweth • Dax Shepard • Kim Waltrip • David Koechner • Andrew Panay • Michael Rosenbaum • Jim Casey • Joy Bryant • Tom Arnold • David Palmer • Nate Tuck

Charlie Bronson (Dax Shepard), a former getaway driver busts out of the Witness Protection Program to drive his girlfriend (Kristen Bell) to Los Angeles so she can land her dream job. Their road trip grows awkwardly complicated, when they are chased by the feds (led by Tom Arnold), and increasingly dangerous, when Charlie’s former gang of criminals (led by Bradley Cooper) enter the fray.

With D. Kerry Prior • David Anders • Chris Wylde • Liam Finn • Jacques Thelemaque

Follows a soldier and his slacker best friend who become zombies and use their newfound powers to become vigilante crime fighters with mixed, not to mention bloody results.

With Gilles Lellouche • Marion Cotillard • Guillaume Canet • Benoît Magimel • Francois Cluzet • Laurent Lafitte

Bringing together some of the top names from France's current generation of actors, Guillaume Canet weaves a joyous and heartfelt ensemble film out of the dilemmas of eight thirty and forty-something close friends as they vacation together in the summer beach house of uptight restaurateur Max (Cluzet). Starting out light and carefree, tensions begin to fill the air when Ludo is clinging to life following a motorcycle accident, and Max is grappling with unwanted affections from Vincent (Magimel), whose married life and sexuality are under fire. Womanizing actor Eric (Lellouche) and free-spirited ethnologist Marie (Cotillard) navigate the challenges of single life while lovelorn Antoine (Laurent Lafitte) pines for his ex-girlfriend after a sudden breakup.

With James Marsden • Susan Sarandon • Liev Schreiber • Jeremy Strong • Frank Langella • Liv Tyler • Galt Niederhoffer • Christopher D. Ford • Jake Schreier

Set in the near future, Frank, a retired cat burglar, has two grown kids who are concerned he can no longer live alone. They are tempted to place him in a nursing home until Frank's son chooses a different option: against the old man's wishes, he buys Frank a walking, talking humanoid robot programmed to improve his physical and mental health. What follows is an often hilarious and somewhat heartbreaking story about finding friends and family in the most unexpected places.

With Seth Barrish • Lauren Ambrose • Mike Birbiglia

In his autobiographically inspired, fictional feature debut Sleepwalk with Me, comedian-turned-playwright-turned-filmmaker Mike Birbiglia wears his incisive wit on his sleeve while portraying a cinematic surrogate. We are thrust into the tale of a burgeoning stand-up comedian struggling with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship threatening to race out of his control, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.

With Justin Long • Seth Rogen • Ari Graynor • Mark Webber • Jamie Travis • Lauren Miller

The reserved Lauren (Miller) and the irrepressible Katie (Graynor) are polar opposites… and past enemies. But when both come up short on the funds needed to afford their dream New York City apartment a mutual friend (Long) re-introduces them and they reluctantly agree to room together. These apartment-mates have nothing in common – until Lauren discovers that Katie is working as a phone-sex operator, and recognizes a good business opportunity. But as their business partnership takes off, their newfound friendship finds unexpected challenges that may leave them both, as they say, hanging on the telephone.