Laura Silverman Movies
The older sister of edgy female comic Sarah Silverman, Laura Silverman first caught the attention of television viewers with her memorable vocal performance as the droll receptionist also named Laura on the popular animated sitcom Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist. Later, after appearing in the films Half Baked and State and Main as well as on numerous television shows including Bette, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Home Movies, and The Comeback, the senior Silverman sister would join her younger sister briefly onscreen in the 2005 standup feature Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic. More animation work was quick to follow as Silverman voiced characters in Freak Show and Metalocalypse, and in 2007 she joined her little sister on the surprise Comedy Central hit The Sarah Silverman Program. In 2007, Silverman could be seen opposite Ian Gomez in the independent comedy Love Shack. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Three couples having relationship problems think a round of group sex might be just the solution in this independent comedy. Rachel (Aimee-Lynn Chadwick) and Gordon (Jordan Kessler) have been dating for a while, but things are becoming tense between them, largely due to Gordon's drinking problem. Yasmine (Yasmine Kittles) and Alan (Adam Busch) live together but have bickering a great deal over petty matters, and Adam has become strongly attracted to Yasmine's friend Rachel. And sweet but naive Tina (Laura Silverman) is married to Todd (Ted Beck), who works in the music business and has a sleazy streak a yard wide. Todd wants to spice things up with Tina by taking part in an orgy, and she cheerfully agrees, asking her friends Rachel and Yasmine to brings their significant others along for an adult weekend at Cummings Farm, a strawberry farm and low-rent resort owned by her family. While the three women are close friends, the three men don't like each other very much, and this is only the first of many ways in which the swinging weekend takes a turn towards the uncomfortable. Cummings Farm was the first feature film from director Andrew Drazek; Ted Beck, who plays Todd, also wrote the screenplay. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Laura Silverman, Adam Busch, (more)
- 2005
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Comedian Sarah Silverman cheerfully ignores any and all taboos in this performance film based on her hit off-Broadway show. Combining stand-up material with comedy sketches and musical numbers, Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic is dominated by Silverman's typically edgy monologues, including bits on racism, September 11, family dysfunction, drug abuse, rape, the Holocaust and plenty of other unlikely sources of comedy guaranteed to make viewers squirm while they laugh. Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic had its American premier at the 2005 South by Southwest Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Sarah Silverman
- 2002
Larry (Larry David) comes home to find Cheryl (Cheryl Hines) laughing it up with her actor friend and tennis partner, Brad (Josh Temple). "Maybe I'll go out and get myself a heterosexual woman to play golf with," Larry suggests. Cheryl says she wouldn't see Brad if Larry would play tennis with her, and Larry says he will. At the restaurant, Larry is amazed when the manager (Jim Staahl) removes a wine stain from a couch with club soda and salt. Then Randy (John Hayman), the chef, tells Jeff (Jeff Garlin) and Larry that he can't handle the pressure of the high-profile job, and he quits. Ted Danson suggests they hire his cook, Josh (Daniel Escobar), but Larry and Jeff insist on giving him a tryout. Later, Larry and Cheryl run into some old friends, who treat them coldly, and Cheryl is embarrassed to realize that it's been over a year, and they never got their friends a wedding gift. The tennis goes badly because Larry is irritated by Cheryl's grunting. Or maybe it's just that she beats him. Cheryl tells Larry she's going to see a play, but is slow to mention that Brad is starring in it. Larry finds chef Josh's food "too saucy." When Cheryl and Larry go shopping for a wedding gift, Larry is accosted by an overzealous saleswoman (Laura Silverman) who doesn't seem to understand the concept of "browsing." ~ Josh Ralske, Rovi
Echoing the themes of Living in Oblivion and Irma Vep, David Mamet's seventh feature centers on the havoc wrought on the inhabitants of a small town by a troubled film production. After its leading man's propensity for teenage girls gets them banished from their New Hampshire location, a film crew relocates to the small town of Waterford, VT, to finish shooting "The Old Mill." As its title suggests, the film depends on the presence of a genuine mill, something the town is reported to possess. Unfortunately, with only days before principal photography begins, it becomes apparent that the mill in fact burned down decades ago. Unfazed, the film's director, Walt Price (William H. Macy), places his faith in the ability of first-time screenwriter Joseph Turner White (Philip Seymour Hoffman) to alter the script; what he doesn't count on is White's apparently bottomless reserve of angst-fueled writer's block. The film's leading lady (Sarah Jessica Parker) refuses to do her contracted nude scene unless she's give an ungodly sum of cash, while a foreign cinematographer offends the locals by messing with an historic firehouse, and the leading man, Bob Barrenger (Alec Baldwin), dallies with Carla (Julia Stiles), a crafty local teen. Everything comes to a head after Barrenger and Carla are injured in a car accident, which leads White to another emotional quandary and into the arms of Ann Black (Rebecca Pidgeon). ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi
- Starring:
- Alec Baldwin, Charles Durning, (more)
- 1999
Piper (Holly Marie Combs) finally learns the truth about her former boyfriend Leo Wyatt (Brian Krause); no mere mortal, Leo is a Whitelighter, sworn to act as guardian angel for good witches...like the Halliwells. Does his return to San Francisco mean that Leo and Piper will get back together? Well, not just yet -- not until the Halliwell sisters "borrow" Leo's powers to save a young girl (Laura Silverman) from the clutches of a Darklighter . And in another development, Andy (T.W. King), now aware that the girls are witches, must prevent his superiors from finding out...even if it costs him his job. ~ Rovi
Returning from a food run, kindly kindergarten teacher Kenny (Harland Williams) makes the mistake of feeding a massive amount of junk food to a tired-looking, diabetic NYPD horse, which drops dead. Tossed in jail, Kenny relies on his totally stoned roommates (Dave Chappelle, Guillermo Diaz, Jim Breuer) to devise a way to raise the 100,000-dollar bail. Their solution? Sell marijuana stolen from a government research lab. Cameos in this comedy include Stephen Wright, Janeane Garofalo, Stephen Baldwin, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Willie Nelson, and Jon Stewart. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Starring:
- Dave Chappelle, Guillermo Diaz, (more)
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