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A suburban home has become physically animated by a vengeful human soul looking to stir up trouble from beyond the grave, and it's up to three adventurous kids from the neighborhood to do battle with the structural golem in this comically frightful tale, directed by Gil Kenan and featuring the voices of Steve Buscemi, Nick Cannon, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Kevin James. DJ Harvard (voice of Mitchel Musso) lives directly across the street from a most unusual house. A malevolent entity that longs to feed on the energy of the living, the once peaceful house that looms ominously outside of DJ's bedroom window would like nothing more than the chance to feast on the children of the neighborhood. As Halloween begins to draw near and the children of the neighborhood prepare for another long night of trick-or-treating, it appears as if it may be the house that is in for the biggest treat of all. Now, with the adults turning a deaf ear to DJ's strange findings, it's up to the brave young boy and his faithful friends Chowder (voice of Sam Lerner) and Jenny (Spencer Locke) to break through the barrier of the supernatural and defeat the powers of darkness before the house grows too powerful to fight. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Steve Buscemi, Nick Cannon, (more)
Master of disguise Sacha Baron Cohen hits the road to explore America as the crude Kazakstani reporter Borat in a feature mockumentary that brings one of the Da Ali G Show star's most popular characters to life on the big screen. Sent by the Kazakh Ministry of Information to gain a better understanding of American culture and bring his findings back home, Borat and faithful producer Azamat (Ken Davitian) set their sights in New York City. When the citizens and interview subjects of the Big Apple seem less than receptive to Borat's distinctively unrestrained approach and the curious Kazakh television personality stumbles across an episode of Baywatch while channel-surfing in his hotel room, he becomes instantly smitten with screen siren Pamela Anderson. Now confident that the only way to discover the true essence of America is to travel to California and make the bikini-clad beauty his bride, Borat purchases a ramshackle ice-cream truck in which he and Azamat will make their way across the Great Plains and on to the sunny West Coast -- all the while coming into contact with a wide variety of "typical" Americans. Within this loose, scripted framework, Borat engages in his usual misbehavior with unsuspecting strangers, from accidentally releasing a chicken from his suitcase on a New York subway ride to a formal interview with Alan Keyes. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, (more)
Three teenagers two-timed by a local lothario decide to turn the tables on him in this romantic comedy. John Tucker (Jesse Metcalfe) is the big man on campus at his high school -- he's the captain and star player of the basketball team, he's got money, he's good-looking and charming, and he can have any girl he wants. However, the latter attribute is about to get him in serious trouble when three different girls at his school -- Heather (Ashanti), Beth (Sophia Bush) and Carrie (Arielle Kebbel) -- discover they've all been dating John at the same time. Determined to bring down the campus ladykiller, the girls devise a plan -- they pick a cute but socially clumsy girl who is new at school, Kate (Brittany Snow), and give her a crash course in stealing John's heart. Once Kate has John wrapped around her little finger, she's supposed to drop him like a bad habit and give him a taste of what heartbreak is really like. However, it seems that the early stages of the plan work a little too well, and John and Kate end up falling for each other for real. John Tucker Must Die also stars Jenny McCarthy, Penn Badgley, and Dan Payne. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jesse Metcalfe, Brittany Snow, (more)
- 2001
While Giles (Anthony Stewart Head) heads to England to ask the Council for help in defeating Glory (Clare Kramer), Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) deals with the aftermath of Riley's sudden departure (see "Into the Woods"). A recovering Joyce (Kristine Sutherland) and a forlorn Dawn (Michelle Trachtenberg) seem to miss Buffy's boyfriend as much as she does, while Spike (James Marsters) regrets having revealed Riley's infidelity and causing the Slayer so much pain. Anya (Emma Caulfield), meanwhile, is delighted to be left in charge of the Magic Box and annoyed that Giles has asked Willow (Alyson Hannigan) to keep an eye on things. A petty power struggle ensues between the Wiccan and the surly ex-demon. Tara (Amber Benson) and Xander (Nicholas Brendon) leave the squabbling ladies to battle it out, but things go awry when Anya disrupts the spell Willow is working on and accidentally unleashes a troll on Sunnydale. The creature turns out to be Olaf (Abraham Benrubi), Anya's once-human ex-boyfriend, whose infidelity led her, a millennium ago, to become a vengeance demon and turn him into a troll. His rampage -- and repartee with Anya -- provide plenty of comic ruminations on the nature of love. Anya is even moved to admit that she fears Willow will come between her and Xander the same way Willow came between Xander and Cordelia. Buffy and Willow eventually beat up and vanquish Olaf, but not before he trashes the Magic Box and the Bronze. Giles returns from England without much new information, but Dawn overhears the ensuing conversation and inadvertently learns for the first time that she is "The Key" that Glory seeks. Originally broadcast January 9, 2001, on the WB network, "Triangle" marked episode 89 of the cult-favorite series. Abraham Benrubi would reprise his role as Olaf in the seventh-season episode "Selfless." ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
