2009 Movies : Comedy

With Chris Evans • Dennis Quaid • Justin Long • Evan Rachel Wood • Danny Trejo • Luke Wilson • Danny Glover • Brian Cox • Rosanna Arquette • David Cross • Ron Perlman • Evan Spiliotopoulos • James Garner • Aristomenis Tsirbas

The story tells of a conflict between the inhabitants of a peaceful world and the human warriors who want to colonize it.

With Matthew McConaughey • Emma Stone • Jennifer Garner • Jeff Nathanson • Michael Douglas • Mark Waters • Daniel Sunjata • Robert Forster • Jon Shestack • Scott Moore • Breckin Meyer • Noureen Dewulf • Marcus Viscidi • Lacey Chabert • Anne Archer • Brad Epstein • John Lucas

Celebrity photographer Connor Mead loves freedom, fun and women...in that order. A committed bachelor who thinks nothing of breaking up with multiple women on a conference call, Connor's mockery of romance proves a real buzz-kill for his kid brother, Paul, and a houseful of well wishers on the eve of Paul's wedding. Just when it looks like Connor may single-handedly ruin the wedding, he is visited by the ghosts of his former jilted girlfriends, who take him on a revealing and hilarious odyssey through his failed relationships--past, present and future. Together they attempt to find out what turned Connor into such an insensitive jerk and whether there is still hope for him to find true love...or if he really is the lost cause everyone thinks he is.

With Omari Hardwick • Lauren London • Wood Harris • Benny Boom • Inny Clemons • Donald Faison • Mos Def • Darius McCrary • Scott Aronson • Blair Cobbs • Cisco Reyes

Donald Faison stars as a hapless delivery man who finds himself at the center of a drug deal gone horribly awry in "Next Day Air", an uproarious action comedy with an all-star cast. Life isn’t going smoothly for Leo Jackson(Faison). He still lives at home, he just broke up with his co-worker girlfriend and he’s had so many complaints about his sloppy work habits that his own mother is threatening to fire him. But Leo isn’t one to let a few bad breaks ruin his day—as long as he’s got plenty of weed to take his mind off his troubles. But when the wacked-out courier accidentally delivers a box containing 10 kilos of high quality cocaine to the wrong apartment, it sets in motion a hilarious and harrowing chain of events that could cost him his life.

With Diego Luna • Gael García Bernal • Alfonso Cuarón • Carlos Cuarón

Tato (Gael García Bernal) and Beto (Diego Luna), two brothers living a hard life of manual labor in rural Mexico, have a simple dream of saving enough money to build their mother her dream house. But fate has other plans; a friendly game of soccer leads to first one, then the other being taken on by the nation’s top talent scout, Batuta, and gives rise to the first of many emotional head to heads between brothers. Suddenly, they find themselves living the high life of star athletes—fame, riches, fast cars, and beautiful women. But every dream has a dark side, and when they are forced to compete on rival teams, bitterness brews between them. Mutual trust gives way to resentment and betrayal, while the dangers of their wild new lifestyles threaten debt and the safety of their entire family. In the end, all will ride on the one big game between their two clubs. Tato and Beto must face each other on the pitch but also reunite again as brothers before they lose everything they had once dreamed of.

With Jennifer Aniston • Woody Harrelson • Steve Zahn • Fred Ward • Wyck Godfrey • Stephen Belber • Marty Bowen • William Horberg • Jim Tauber

"Management" is a romantic comedy that chronicles a chance meeting between Mike Cranshaw (Steve Zahn) and Sue Claussen (Jennifer Aniston). When Sue checks into the roadside motel owned by Mike's parents in Arizona, what starts with a bottle of wine "compliments of management" soon evolves into a multi-layered, cross-country journey of two people looking for a sense of purpose. Mike, an aimless dreamer, bets it all on a trip to Sue's workplace in Maryland - only to find that she has no place for him in her carefully ordered life. Buttoned down and obsessed with making a difference in the world, Sue goes back to her yogurt mogul ex-boyfriend Jango (Woody Harrelson), who promises her a chance to head his charity operations. But having found something worth fighting for, Mike pits his hopes against Sue's practicality, and the two embark on a twisted, bumpy, freeing journey to discover that their place in the world just might be together.

With Baard Owe • Bent Hamer • Henny Moan

The Norwegian film "O’Horten" centers on a train driver who is stumped as to what to do when he hits retirement.

With Marlon Wayans • Affion Crockett • Keenen Ivory Wayans • Shawn Wayans • Damon Wayans • Damien Wayans • Essence Atkins • Rck Alvarez • Richard Vane • Craig Wayans

A rich, white girl from the suburbs finds herself on a series of misadventures when she moves to the mean streets of the inner-city.

With Sasha Grey • Steven Soderbergh • David Levien • Brian Koppelman • Chris Santos • Greg Jacobs

A revealing look at the world of prostitution from an elite call girl's point of view.

With Jon Bernthal • Ben Stiller • Shawn Levy • Amy Adams • Eugene Levy • Bill Hader • Robin Williams • Owen Wilson • Steve Coogan • Thomas Lennon • Ricky Gervais • Christopher Guest • Robert Ben Garant • Dick Van Dyke • Ben Garant • Alain Chabat

It's a new "Night" and "Museum" for Ben Stiller, who is joined by several other stars from the original film, as well as new characters from history. The centerpiece of the film will be bringing to life the Smithsonian Institution, which houses the world’s largest museum complex with more than 136 million items in its collections, ranging from the plane Amelia Earhart flew on her nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic and Al Capone’s rap sheet and mug shot to Dorothy’s ruby red slippers and Archie Bunker’s lounge chair. No major film has ever shot inside the Smithsonian in Washington…until "Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian".

With Colin Firth • Jessica Biel • Kristin Scott Thomas • Cynthia Nixon • Ben Barnes • Stephen Elliott

Based on the Noel Coward play, the film tells the story of an American divorcee (Jessica Biel) who heads to the South of France. Once there she jumps into a whirlwind romance and wedding with an English guy (Ben Barnes). Then the newly weds travel to the UK to face the music with his disapproving parents (Colin Firth and Kristin Scott Thomas).

With Christopher Plummer • Pete Docter • Ed Asner • John Ratzenberger • Jordan Nagai • Jonas Rivera • Bob Peterson

From the Academy Award®-nominated team of director Pete Docter ("Monsters, Inc.") and co-director Bob Peterson comes "Up," a comedic adventure taking off (and lifting spirits) in summer 2009. Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life. "Up" takes audiences on a thrilling journey where the unlikely pair encounter wild terrain, unexpected villains and jungle creatures. When seeking adventure next summer -- look "Up."