Ellia English Movies

A serial dater afflicted with a lifelong curse of loneliness attempts to win the love of a clumsy but beautiful penguin expert in the one romantic comedy that proves true love never comes easy. As a ten-year-old boy, Charlie (Dane Cook), breaks the cardinal rule of spin-the-bottle by refusing to kiss a demented goth girl. Crushed by the disheartening snub and determined to ensure that Charlie never finds true love, the vengeful brooder places a hex on the cowardly rule breaker that follows him well into his adult life. Flash-forward 20 years, and Charlie is a successful dentist who just can't seem to maintain a stable relationship. Sure he's had his fair share of one-night stands, but these days Charlie is just looking to find a nice girl he can settle down with. One day, while attending an ex-girlfriend's wedding, Charlie realizes that every girl he has ever dated has proceeded to find true love with the very next man they've met. When word gets out that Charlie is something of a lucky charm for women looking to tie the knot, every women within a 100-mile radius comes calling for a one-night stand; and while taking a bevy of beauties to bed is fun for the time being, it doesn't take long for Charlie to realize just how empty sex can be without true love. Upon meeting hard-to-get aquatic bird specialist Cam (Jessica Alba), Charlie begins to suspect that he has found the woman of his dreams. Cam is the kind of woman whom Charlie would be happy to grow old with, but what will come of their relationship if Charlie and Cam sleep together? Now, in order to ensure that Cam doesn't end up with the next guy she meets, Charlie will finally attempt to break the curse that has plagued him since childhood. Perhaps with a little help from smooth-talking ladies' man and sympathetic best friend Stu (Dan Fogler), Charlie will finally be able to experience true happiness. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

In the fifth and final season of The Jamie Foxx Show, up-and-coming vocalist Jamie King (Jamie Foxx) has broken up with his girlfriend Fancy (Garcelle Beauvais) and has embarked upon a nightclub singing career -- though not as the partner of Nicole Evans (Rhona Bennett), the girl who caused his split with Fancy in the first place. As his career moves in fits and starts, Jamie begins missing Fancy, and by mid-season he has proposed marriage. As a wedding present, Jamie's Uncle Junior (Garrett Morris) and Aunt Helen (Ellia English) turn over 75 percent ownership of the King's Tower hotel to the engaged couple. This arrangement is not to the liking of Jamie's former roommate Braxton (Christopher B. Duncan), who as King's Tower's general manager had assumed he would take over the hotel once Junior and Helen retired. As it happens, however, the marriage may never come off: Fancy has been offered a fantastic job in New York, and there may be no room for matrimony in her life. But when all is said in done, The Jamie Foxx Show arrives at a happy ending for all concerned, involving a wedding, a great financial deal, and marvelous guest appearances by Gladys Knight and Marilyn McCoo, respectively cast as Jamie's mother and new mom-in-law. ~ All Movie Guide

Season three of The Jamie Foxx Show ended as aspiring actor Jamie King (Jamie Foxx) bade farewell to his friends and loved ones at the King's Tower Hotel in Los Angeles, in preparation of a lengthy tour as the opening act for rappers K-Ci & JoJo. Alas, at the beginning of season three, Jamie is back in L.A. without a penny to his name, his big showbiz chance having blown up in his face when he had an argument with the two singers. Even worse, the love of Jamie's life, King's Tower desk clerk Fancy Monroe (Garcelle Beauvais) has started dating other men, resolving herself to the conclusion that her relationship with Jamie was doomed from the start (though they still remain friends). Ironically, Jamie's nerdish former roommate, accountant Braxton T. Hartnabrig (Christopher B. Duncan), is at long last enjoying a rather robust romantic life with his new girlfriend, Cameron Caldwell (Susan Wood), an attractive blond who works for a delivery service. As for Jamie's Aunt Helen (Ellia English) and Uncle Junior (Garrett Morris), their relationship remains as testy as ever -- though Junior is capable of expressing jealousy over Helen's mid-season cosmetic makeover. As the season winds down, Fancy has become seriously involved with Dr. Silas Landry (Alan F. Smith). He proposes, she accepts, a wedding date is set -- and then everything changes when Jamie and Fancy realize they're still in love with each other. ~ All Movie Guide

Pursuing his dream to hit it big in show biz, aspiring actor Jamie King (Jamie Foxx) makes the big move from Texas to L.A. as The Jamie Foxx Show launches its first season. He establishes residence -- and takes a job -- at the once-famous but now rundown King's Tower hotel, managed by his Uncle Junior (Garrett Morris) and his Aunt Helen (Ellia English). Before long, he has made the acquaintance of the hotel's snotty accountant Braxton P. Hartnabrig (Christopher P. Duncan); dopey bellman Dennis (Andy Berman, who would leave the series after nine episodes); and (much to his delight) curvaceous front-desk clerk Fancy Monroe (Garcelle Beauvais). Foxx's first-season adventures include his ongoing efforts to woo and win the ice-cold Fancy; his foredoomed attempt to start a business with unreliable Uncle Junior; his staging a Hollywood masquerade party which ends with some fantasy indulging; his feverish struggle to talk an old friend out of jumping from a high hotel window; and his bittersweet reunion with his mom (played by Gladys Knight), a former nightclub singer. ~ All Movie Guide

African-American mime artist Charles Lane directed and starred in this ultra-low-budget film. Lane plays a Chaplinesque homeless individual with a talent for sidewalk chalk art, who finds himself caring for an abandoned baby. The child's father has been killed in a robbery, so Lane begins a long, lonely search for the kid's next of kin. What little dialogue there is comes from the mouths of the multitude of oddball characters with whom Lane comes in contact while he roams the streets of New York. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide