2014 Movies : Comedy

With John Cusack • Brian Trenchard-Smith • Thomas Jane • Chad Law • Evan Law • Christopher Morris • Brigitte Jean Allen • Zoe Ventoura

American thief, Simon Keller (Cusack), arrives in a foreign country in need of a getaway driver. Rather than recruit one from the underworld, he takes a driving lesson from ex F-1 champion, Peter Roberts (Jane), now working as a driving instructor. After Keller robs a bank during the lesson, Roberts has no choice, but to use his driving talent to get away from pursuing police and mobsters.

With Shawn Levy • Ed Oxenbould • Steve Carell • Rob Lieber • Dan Levine • Lisa Cholodenko • Miguel Arteta • Jason Lust • Lisa Henson

Follows the exploits of 11-year-old Alexander (Ed Oxenbould) as he experiences the most terrible and horrible day of his young life - a day that begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by one calamity after another. But when Alexander tells his upbeat family about the misadventures of his disastrous day, he finds little sympathy and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him. He soon learns he is not alone when his mom (Jennifer Garner), dad (Steve Carell), brother (Dylan Minnette), and sister (Kerris Dorsey) all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Anyone who says there is no such thing as a bad day just hasn't had one.

With James Corden • Michael Menchel • Colm Meaney • David Frankel • Steve Whitney • Jemima Rooper • Julie Walters • Mackenzie Crook • Justin Zackham • Alexandra Roach

True story of amateur opera singer and mobile-phone salesman Paul Potts, who was riddled by a streak of bad luck when, on a lark, he auditioned for "Britain's Got Talent" in 2007. His on-air performances ended up bowling over audiences and judges, including Cowell. He went on to win the show and become a media and YouTube sensation, eventually going on a global music tour and releasing an album.

With Edward Norton • Emma Stone • Zach Galifianakis • Naomi Watts • Michael Keaton • Molly Conners • Nicolas Giacobone • Alexander Dinelaris • Andrea Riseborough • Amy Ryan • Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu • John Lesher • Lindsay Duncan • Arnon Milchan • Christopher Woodrow • Armando Bo • Sarah E. Johnson • James W. Skotchdopole

Riggan Thompson was Birdman, a crime-stopping superhero with a beak and a three-film franchise. Now, he's a washed up actor trying to get his career and life back together by opening his own play on Broadway. On the eve of it's opening, the play is close to falling apart and Riggan is forced to sign a younger, egotistical lead actor, whom he despises. What results over the next three days is strange, dark and downright hilarious, nearly costing Riggan his career, family and sanity in the process.

With Tessa Thompson • Kyle Gallner • Tyler James Williams • Dennis Haysbert • Justin Simien • Brandon P. Bell • Teyonah Parris • Effie Brown

The film follows a group of African American students as they navigate campus life and racial politics at a predominantly white college.

With Melissa McCarthy • Don Cheadle • Naomi Watts • Bill Murray • Terrence Howard • Peter Chernin • Chris O'Dowd • Fred Roos • Nate Corddry • Scott Adsit • Ted Melfi • Kay Liberman • Kimberly Quinn

In the wake of his parents' divorce, a 12-year old boy forms an unlikely friendship with the misanthropic retiree living next door. A war veteran whose life mainly consists of drinking, gambling and prostitutes, the elder soon becomes an unlikely mentor.

With Sylvester Stallone • Kelsey Grammer • Cary Elwes • Omari Hardwick • Tom Berenger • John Herzfeld • Nelly • Thomas Jane • Kevin Connolly • Kyra Sedgwick • Danny Aiello • Elizabeth Henstridge • Rebekah Chaney

The movie explores the results of a self-published motivational book by a reclusive author (Berenger) on a tabloid journalist (Connolly), his editor (Stallone), an arsonist ex-con (Sedgwick), a gunfighter cop (Jane), an alcoholic priest (Aiello) and a dimwitted gangster.

With Stephanie Szostak • Alexis Maitland • Jon Cryer • Will Sasso • Jed Rees • Ricky Blitt • Chantal Chamandy • Robert Menzies • Mike Ades

When Ricky Miller, a single, quiet 40-year old aspiring writer and manager of Debbie's (think Denny's) and probably the last person you'd notice in a crowd is 'hit by lightning' and meets the love of his life, the beautiful Danita on E-Happily.com, he is catapulted into a relationship online but it's a lot more than what he bargained for - this includes being asked to kill! Hounded by his best friend Seth who thinks no "10" would even go out with a guy like Ricky unless she had ulterior motives (or needed glasses), Ricky starts to get skeptical himself. Turns out, Danita confesses she's actually married to a handsome affable crime novelist and former Rabbi, Ben Jacobs. Is Danita telling Ricky the truth when she says wants to leave her husband but fears for her life if she does? Will Ricky go through with the plan to kill him so he and Danita can live happily ever after?