Mitch Silpa Movies
Director Paul Feig and producer Judd Apatow team up again for this comedy that stars Kristen Wiig as Annie, a romantically unattached failed bakery owner who fears she's losing her BFF, Lillian (Maya Rudolph), the best thing in her life, when Lillian announces she's gotten engaged. Annie's anxieties deepen as Lillian grows close to Helen (Rose Byrne), a wealthy and beautiful new friend who quickly assumes control of planning all the pre-wedding festivities. On top of the main storyline of a female friendship being torn apart, the movie adds a romantic storyline for Annie, who starts the film answering a booty call from the casually cruel yet undeniably handsome Ted (Jon Hamm), but develops a lovely flirtation with an Irish cop named Rhodes (Chris O'Dowd) after he pulls Annie over one night thinking she's driving drunk. As the low-self-esteem Annie sabotages this new possibility for love, she also feels the most important friendship in her life slipping away. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
- Starring:
- Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, (more)
Screenwriter John Hamburg directs his second film (since his 1998 debut Safe Men) with the romantic comedy Along Came Polly. Ben Stiller plays Reuben Feffer, a professional risk assessor who never takes chances in any aspect of his life. When his new bride Lisa (Debra Messing) leaves him for a European scuba instructor named Claude (Hank Azaria), he finally decides to a risk of his own. At a party, he meets free-spirited Polly Prince (Jennifer Aniston), whom he remembers from his seventh-grade Model U.N. Unlike the control-freak Reuben, she's spent her life living on the edge. They reluctantly begin a romance and Polly introduces him to a new world of spicy food and suggestive dances. Along Came Polly also stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as Reuben's washed-up best friend Sandy Lyle and Alec Baldwin as the obnoxious insurance company boss Stan Indursky. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- Starring:
- Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, (more)
- 2004
In the wake of his father's death, Lorelai (Lauren Graham) is anxious to make Luke (Scott Patterson) feel better. Meanwhile, Miss Patty (Liz Torres) marks her 40th anniversary in show business in her own inimitable fashion. And back at Yale, Paris' (Liza Weil) foray into speed-dating pairs her up with "Daily News" editor Doyle (Danny Strong), while Rory (Alexis Bledel) is faced with double duty, escorting a new student around the campus and getting even for a practical joke perpetrated by Logan (Matt Czuchry). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 2003
Borrowing Luke's truck -- and nearly wrecking it in the process -- Lorelai (Lauren Graham) moves Rory (Alexis Bledel) into her new dorm room at Yale. Rory is quickly introduced to her roommates, 15-year-old prodigy Tanna (Olivia Hack) and sports jock Janet (Katie Walder). And oh yes, there's a third "roomie": none other than Rory's prep-school pal (and frequent nemesis) Paris Geller (Liza Weil), who has arrived on campus in the company of a "life coach" no less! Meanwhile, back in Stars Hollow, Luke (Scott Patterson) finds out just how difficult it is to divorce a lawyer. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 2002
A near-perfect example of how American network TV relentlessly cannibalizes itself, the weekly, half-hour NBC series The Rerun Show was devoted to retro re-enactments of such "classic" sitcoms as The Partridge Family and Diff'rent Strokes. On each program, a comic repertory troupe performed vintage scripts from selected episodes of earlier series, but "without the boring parts" -- and with a pronounced satiric, savage edge. At least two abridged scripts were performed per show, sometimes with veterans of the actual series being skewered (notably The Partridge Family's inimitable Danny Bonaduce). Rerun Show made its first appearance on August 1, 2002. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Paul Vogt, Candy Ford, (more)
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