2005 Movies : Comedy

With Chad Lindberg • Emmanuelle Chriqui • Brianna Brown • Lacey Beeman • Jed Bernard • Cameron Douglas • George Dzundza • Terri Garber • Dan Gunther • Jake Hoffman • Brian Klugman • Courtney Peldon • China Shavers • Lisa Wilhoit • Jeff Kanew • Justin Kanew

In the tradition of "National Lampoon's Animal House" and "National Lampoon's Van Wilder" comes this wildly hilarious comedy about a guy who wants to date a girl who wants to wait. Adam (Cameron Douglas) is a typical college-aged guy, which is to say he wants sex 24 hours a day. But when he meets, and falls for, Eve (Emmanuelle Chriqui) a scorchingly hot co-ed who's still very attached to her virginity, the waiting game is on! While his college buddies score right and left, and campus hotties make tempting passes, Adam ponders an explosive question: Will Eve say "it's the right time," before he goes completely out of his mind?

With Gillian Anderson • Steve Coogan • Ian Hart • Stephen Fry • Kelly MacDonald • Andrew Eaton • Shirley Henderson • Jeremy Northam • Keeley Hawes • James Fleet • Rob Brydon • Micael Winterbottom • Frank Cotterell Boyce

Flipping back and forth between the 18th Century and the hapless efforts of the 21st Century filmakers, "A Cock and Bull Story" is the making of a movie adapted from the notoriously unfilmable English literature masterpiece, "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Sahndy, Gentlemen," written by Laurence Sterne.

The story begins with Tristram Shandy (Steve Coogan) narrating his life story as he sees it. Crammed with literary jokes and dark humor, Shandy's warped childhood tales are constantly interrupted by his family and household, inadvertently revealing far more about himself than any conventional autobiography.

At the dramatic moment of Tristram's birth, the 1st Assistant Director calls cut, marking the end of a filming day on the set of Tristram Shandy. We then see Steve Coogan, the other actors and crew through the course of a chaotic evening on set. Steve Coogan's wife arrives with their six month old baby, a journalist is chasing him about a scandalous story, his agent has arrived with a load of Hollywood scripts and the film financiers are threatening to pull the plug.

With Paris Hilton • Simon Rex • Wayne Mogel • Preston Lacy • Paula Garces • Sarah Carter • Heather Chase • William Heins • Juan Carlos Zapata • Angad Paul • Jack Utsick • Jim DiLorenzo • Gary Gittelsohn • Cheryl Guerriero • Jason Jordan • Matthew Lawton • Anna Obropta

The president of an elitist sorority at South Beach U presides over a group of unlikely freshman girls who are trying to gain entrance and acceptance into the sorority.

With Robert De Niro • Rosario Dawson • Taye Diggs • Chris Columbus • Idina Menzel • Mark Radcliffe • Michael Barnathan • Stephen Chbosky • Anthony Rapp • Jane Rosenthal • Jesse L. Martin • Tracie Thoms • Wilson Jermaine Heredia • Adam Pascal • Julie Larson • Lata Ryan • Allan S. Gordon • Jeffrey Seller • Kevin McCollum

Based on Jonathan Larson's award-winning Broadway musical, "Rent" chronicles a group of New York village artists struggling with identity and artistic integrity in an HIV-positive world. Roommates Roger and Mark, a songwriter-recovering addict and a guerrilla filmmaker, respectively, must find a way to pay their former roommate-turned-landlord when he decides to reneg on his promise to provide them rent-free living.

With Naomi Watts • Brenda Blethyn • Christopher Walken • Miriam Margolyes • Alfred Molina • Robert Page • Lee Evans • Ena Cohen • Howell Evans • Beverly Hotsprings • Padrig Owen Jones • Nick Hurran • Frederick Ponzlov

This comic tale, set in a small town in Wales, revolves around a funeral director (Alfred Molina) madly in love with a local woman (Brenda Blethyn), even as he's losing business to a flashy American funeral parlor rival (Christopher Walken).

With Bob Odenkirk • Sarah Silverman • Brian Posehn • Liam Lynch • Heidi Herzon • Mark Williams

The film comprises Silverman's performance before a live audience interwoven with stylish musical numbers and backstage intrigue. Comedians Bob Odenkirk and Brian Posehn make appearances along with Silverman's band, The Silver Men.

Silverman, who has been compared to the legendary Lenny Bruce, is known as one of the funniest and most provocative people in comedy. Despite the current political climate, in "Jesus is Magic" she takes on such pitch-black topics as September 11th, unwanted body hair, and the Holocaust, and spins them into decidedly un-PC comedic gold. As she says in the film, "When God gives you AIDS, (and God does give you AIDS, by the way) make LemonAIDS."

With Nena Mendi • Maria Kavoyianni • Akyllas Karazisis • Yannis Tsimitselis • Alexis Georgoulis • Michalis Reppas • Thansassis Papathanasiou • Roula Nikolaou

A dysfunctional family is at the core of the story that unfolds as the matriarch, Magda, attempts to cope with the aftermath of a deadly accident. She dotes on her 20-year old son while her daughter and her husband live upstairs. Seven characters struggle to survive against odds that become more complicated than any of them could have contemplated. Greed, betrayal, homosexual politics, manipulation, blackmail, and a ferocious race to take ownership of a family owned plot of land, all combine to make this a modern day Greek tragedy, However, as in most tragedies of this nature, farce is never far behind.

With Billy Bob Thornton • John Cusack • Connie Nielsen • Harold Ramis • Robert Benton • Oliver Platt • Albert Berger • Ron Yerxa • Richard Russo

"The Ice Harvest" is a wickedly funny thriller about thick thieves and thin ice. It's Christmas Eve in rainy, icebound Wichita, Kansas, and this year Charlie Arglist (John Cusack) just might have something to celebrate. Charlie, an attorney for the sleazy businesses of Wichita, and his unsavory associate, the steely Vic Cavenaugh (Billy Bob Thornton), have just successfully embezzled $2,147,000 from Kansas City boss Bill Guerrard (Randy Quaid). Even so, the real prize for Charlie would be the stunning Renata (Connie Nielsen), who runs the Sweet Cage strip club. Charlie's fondest Christmas wish is to slip out of town with Renata. But, as daylight fades and a storm whirls, everyone from Charlie's drinking buddy Pete Van Heuten (Oliver Platt) to the local police begin to wonder just what exactly is in Charlie's Christmas stocking. For Charlie, the 12 hours of Christmas Eve are filled with nonstop twists and turns, both on the ice and off.

With Ryan Reynolds • Anna Faris • Julie Hagerty • Amy Smart • Chris Klein • Roger Kumble • Michael Ohoven • J.C. Spink • Christopher Marquette • Chris Bender • William Vince • Adam Davis

A womanizing music exec (Ryan Reynolds), who became a player after the girl he longed for in high school told him she just wanted to be friends, reconnects with the woman as an adult and is determined to win her over.

With Dennis Quaid • George Lopez • Jerry O'Connell • David Koechner • Danielle Panabaker • Rene Russo • Barbara Niven • Rip Torn • Slade Pearce • Raja Gosnell • Robert Simonds • Richard Suckle • David Kidd • Sean Faris • Drake Bell • Little JJ • Linda Hunt • Tyler Patrick Jones • Dean Collins • Miki Ishikawa • Haley Ramm • Bob Hilgenberg • Rob Muir • Ron Burch • Ira Shuman

A widow and widower fall in love and get married, but the resulting combined eighteen children make for a hair-raising situation under one roof.