Phil LaMarr Movies

This insightful biography looks back at the beginning of President Barack Obama's political career, featuring footage from some of his very earliest interviews, and offering insights from the men and women who worked with him during his rise to the top. ~ Carly Wray, All Movie Guide

In this animated film based on the popular series of fantasy books, six friends - a dwarf, a warrior, a half-elf, a mage, a knight and a kinder - have come together once again after spending five years searching for proof that the gods do in fact exist. Sadly, they reunite amidst rumors of a growing evil and an impending war - but now, with horror and chaos looming on the horizon, the goal of their searches may finally be within their grasp in the form of mysterious warrior princess bearing a crystal blue staff. A threat like none of them have seen is poised to overtake their homeland, but if these heroes can stand against it, they will become legends. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide

This episode is a hilariously ham-handed slam at the FCC restrictions placed on network television after Janet Jackson's infamous Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction" (which is herein recreated--but not by Jackson!) Fed up at having his favorite TV shows censored, Peter sets up his own network, "PTV", using the Griffins' basement as his studio. Although the programs cooked up by Peter and Brian manage to escape unscatched, the family soon finds the FCC slapping regulations on their everyday activities! The opening scene of this episode might very well have set a record for the number of pop-culture references within a 60-second period. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Bet you thought that Lois has been ignoring all of her baby son Stewie's attempts to kill these past four seasons, didn't you? In truth, Lois is fully aware of Stewie's homicidal streak--and she holds her husband Peter to blame for not spending enough quality time with his infant offspring. Thus it is that Peter and Stewie make a mutually uncomfortable effort to bond. . .and it's a frightening thing to see. On the other hand, some viewers might get a case of the creeps while watching the episode's subplot, in which Stewie's slacker brother Chris becomes friends with Herbert, one of the weirdest of Family Guy's many peripheral characters. All this, plus quickie references to Michael Eisner, Penelope Cruz, Captain EO and the internet "flash cartoon" Peanut Butter Jelly Time. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

With a little help from the commander of the Starship Enterprise, two geeky sci-fi buffs venture into the final frontier -- finding a steady girlfriend -- in this satiric comedy. Mark (Eric McCormack) and Rob (Rafer Weigel) are two guys in their late 20s who are emotionally stuck in adolescence; they're obsessed with science fiction, comics, and collectable toys, and they aren't especially graceful or successful in their relationships with the opposite sex. While both have actually been able to turn their obsessions into careers -- Mark edits a sci-fi fanzine, while Rob works at a film production house -- both feel the need for guidance as they approach 30. As children, they used to imagine themselves being counseled by William Shatner, whose role as Capt. Kirk on Star Trek elevated him to the status of a deity in their eyes. To their amazement, one day Mark and Rob meet Shatner in a bookstore and actually strike up a friendship with him, only to discover that he is just as confused about life, women, and work as they are (though he does confess his burning ambition to produce a new version of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in which he plays all the characters himself). Emboldened by his new friendship with Capt. Kirk -- wait, make that William Shatner -- Rob begins pursuing a romance with Claire (Audie England), a fellow sci-fi fan who is pretty, charming, and a few steps up on the maturity ladder from himself. But this is bad news for Mark, who isn't at all happy to be losing his best friend to some girl. Free Enterprise was the first feature for writer/director Robert Meyer Burnett and screenwriter Mark A. Altman, who freely (and rather bravely) admit that the lead characters are based upon themselves. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Professor Farnsworth submits his Death Clock in the Academy of Inventors ceremony, but his old rival Wernstrom tells him that he already submitted it last year. The Professor quickly comes up with another invention called the Smell-O-Scope, a device which can smell any object in space. He doesn't win any awards, but he builds it anyway. Fry uses the Smell-O-Scope to detect a big piece of garbage left over from the 20th century. It seems to be hurling through space and headed right for New York City. The Professor comes up with an idea to knock out the garbage ball with another big piece of garbage. Since the year 3000 is trashless, it's up to Fry to teach the crew about the value of throwing things away. Ron Popeil guest stars. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Fry has a dream with a commercial in it, and everyone develops a strange urge to go shopping. Bender gets arrested for shoplifting, but the crew doesn't have enough money to bail him out of jail. Fry decides to look up his old bank account, which has since accrued billions of dollars in interest over the last thousand years. He spends his money frivolously and goes to a 20th century-style auction. He bids on a can of extinct anchovies and wins over the corporate tycoon Mom (voice of Tress MacNeille), known as "the world's most huggable industrialist." Needing the anchovy oil to run her robot oil business, Mom comes up with a scam to rob Fry by making him think it's really the year 2000. Pamela Anderson guest stars. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Titanium becomes worth a lot of money, so Bender sells his body and tries to live as just a head. After he visits the head museum and has a binary number nightmare, he decides he wants his body back. Unfortunately, the head of a crazed Richard Nixon bought it so he can run for president against Jack Johnson and John Jackson. Fry and Leela help Bender sneak into Nixon's hotel room to steal back his body. Bender ends up having to blackmail Nixon with an incriminating video tape, but he still wins the election with a new cyborg body. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

In the episode "Bender Gets Made," also known as "Bendfellas," the Planet Express crew sit in the guest audience during a cooking show hosted by Bender's hero, Elzar. Bender blasts Leela in the eye with a spice weasel and she gets temporarily blinded as a result. In order to make it up to them, Elzar offers to cook them a meal at his restaurant. However, he doesn't end up paying the huge bill and they get arrested. Bender works off his debt and ends up meeting some members of the Robot Mafia: the Don-bot, Clamps, and Joey Mousepad. The Don-bot hires Bender to help them steal a cargo of cigars, but it ends up being on the Planet Express ship. Leela and Fry get tied up and the Don-bot orders his men to burn down the ship. Bender gives up his dreams of joining the Robot Mafia and saves his friends. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Zapp Brannigan accidentally explodes the Democratic Order of Planets (DOOP) and he loses his rank in a court sentence after Leela testifies against him. He and his assistant, Kif Kroker, become homeless vagrants, so Professor Farnsworth hires them to work for Planet Express. While delivering pillows to a high-gravity planet, Zapp convinces Fry and Bender to overthrow Leela so that he can be captain. When they eagerly comply, Zapp takes over and leads the crew into an attack on the Neutral Planet. Scared of dying, Fry and Bender turn on Zapp and make Leela captain again. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

In this parody of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Fry tries to find a golden bottle cap in his favorite beverage, Slurm. He tries using the professor's latest invention that can see through metal, but he ends up swallowing a golden bottle cap and winning the contest. The crew gets to go on a tour of the Slurm factory and party with Slurms McKenzie, the party slug mascot who is sick and tired of constantly partying. Fry gets thirsty on the tour and falls into the Slurm river, so Leela and Bender try to save him. They all go down a drain and discover that Slurm is really made from the secretions of a giant queen slug. They are captured, but Slurms saves them. Pamela Anderson guest stars as the voice of blonde "Slurm Babe" Dixie. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Leela invites her old co-workers from the cryogenics lab over for a game of poker. When Bender uses x-ray specs to cheat, Leela's friends beat him up and inadvertently destroy Hermes' office. The anal-retentive Central Bureaucracy officer Morgan Proctor (voice of Nora Dunn) sees Hermes negligence and suspends him, appointing herself to take his place. Dr. Zoidberg suggests that Hermes spend some time at a health spa, but it turns out to be a slave labor camp. Meanwhile, Morgan tries to shape up the Planet Express offices and starts up a secret affair with Fry when she reveals her attraction to his slovenly ways. When Bender catches them, Morgan downloads his brain onto a disc and sends it to Central Bureaucracy. Finally, Hermes comes back and straightens everything out. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide