“Four couples settle into a tropical-island resort for a vacation. While one of the couples is there to work on their marriage, the others fail to realize that participation in the resort’s therapy sessions is not optional.”

• Director: Peter Billingsley
• Release Date: 9 October 2009 (USA)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy

Tagline: It may be paradise… but it’s no vacation.

“St Trinians proudly continues to represent the unacceptable face of British education. When the new Minister of Education announces he will personally sort the place out he doesn’t realise either the enormity of the task or that the headmistress is an old flame. The school is anyway threatened with closure by their bank; with the staff clearly a waste of space the girls realise the responsibility to save the day falls on them. Perhaps a painting popularised by Scarlett Johansson might be the way out? Written by Jeremy Perkins {jwp@aber.ac.uk}”

• Release Date: 21 December 2007 (UK)
• Run Time: UK:97 min | Germany:100 min (European Film Market)
• Country: UK
• Genre: Comedy
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, drug and alcohol content, sexual material and language.

Tagline: School can be a riot

Trivia: The uniforms that Posh Totty (when they are at the Schools Challenge competition) wear are based on the original St Trinians uniforms from the original movies. Except the school’s emblem is smaller.

Goofs: Revealing mistakes: There is one shot where the Goth girl, whilst dancing to avoid the security beams guarding the picture, puts her leg through a beam but nothing happens.

“A black comedy set in 1967 and centered on Larry Gopnik (Stuhlbarg), a Midwestern professor who watches his life unravel when his wife prepares to leave him because his inept brother (Kind) won’t move out of the house.”

• Release Date: 2 October 2009 (USA)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy
• MPAA: Rated R for language, some sexuality/nudity and brief violence.

“When Madea catches sixteen-year-old Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to take matters into her own hands and delivers the young delinquents to the only relative they have: their aunt April. A heavy-drinking nightclub singer who lives off of Raymond, her married boyfriend, April wants nothing to do with the kids. But her attitude begins to change when Sandino, a handsome Mexican immigrant looking for work, moves into April’s basement room. Making amends for his own troubled past, Sandino challenges April to open her heart. And April soon realizes she must make the biggest choice of her life: between her old ways with Raymond and the new possibilities of family, faith … and even true love. Written by Lionsgate”

• Director: Tyler Perry
• Release Date: 11 September 2009 (USA)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material involving a sexual assault on a minor, violence, drug references and smoking.

“Joel, the owner of an Extract plant, tries to contend with myriad personal and professional problems, such as his potentially unfaithful wife and employees who want to take advantage of him.”

• Director: Mike Judge
• Release Date: 4 September 2009 (USA)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy
• MPAA: Rated R for language, sexual references and some drug use.

“Convinced that a CNN cameraman is her true love, an eccentric crossword puzzler (Bullock) trails him as he travels all over the country, hoping to convince him that they belong together.”

• Director: Phil Traill
• Release Date: 4 September 2009 (USA)
• Genre: Comedy
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for sexual content including innuendos.

“A 1950s-set comedy in which the glamorous Anne Deveraux (Zellweger) embarks on a drive down the Eastern Seaboard in a quixotic search for a wealthy man to fund a new life for her and her sons. Written by Anonymous”

• Director: Richard Loncraine
• Release Date: 19 August 2009 (Belgium)
• Run Time: Germany:108 min (Berlin International Film Festival)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for sexual content and language.

Tagline: An almost perfect portrait of a family comedy

Trivia: Dedicated to the memory of Merv Griffin, who shepherded the project from idea to final credit.

“Ryden Malby graduates from college and is forced to move back into her childhood home with her eccentric family, while she attempts to find a job, the right guy, and just a hint of where her life is headed.”

• Director: Vicky Jenson
• Release Date: 21 August 2009 (USA)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for sexual situations and brief strong language.

Tagline: Now What?

“During their childhood, John Farley (Seann William Scott) and many of his classmates were tormented by their sadistic gym teacher, Mr. Jasper Woodcock (Billy Bob Thornton). Since then, things have turned out quite well for John, who has gone on to become a successful self-help author and motivational speaker about “letting go”, inspired by his own experiences. But when John’s hometown offers him an award, he decides to return home and face his unpleasant memories. His manager initially rejects it as too trivial without consulting Farley, but Farley is pleased by the award and returns to Nebraska to receive it.”

• Director: Craig Gillespie
• Release Date: 14 September 2007 (USA)
• Run Time: USA:87 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy , Sport
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content, thematic material, language and a mild drug reference.

Tagline: Letting Go Of Your Past Is Hard… Especially When It’s Dating Your Mom.

Trivia: The Ramona Dynasty Band from Riverside California was featured as the local high school marching band in 2 scenes.

Goofs: Continuity: When Farley reunites with Nedderman at Toby’s, Farley’s Journey shirt goes from sweaty to not-sweaty to very sweaty.

“A neurotic, young psychology student, with low self-esteem, has a chance encounter with a free-spirited, extremely gregarious woman who works at the Paris Health Club in New York City, and who suggests that they immediately get married to see how it will work out. Both of the student’s parents are analysts, and they provide the happy couple with a gift certificate for a year of marriage counseling as a wedding present. This turns out to come in handy when the groom finds out his spur-of-the-moment bride has a past a lot more extensive then he had imagined. After an annulment and a remarriage, punctuated by a series of almost infidelities and betrayals--not to mention a steamy affair between his mom and her dad--this fable runs full circle from the bride aiding and abetting a mugger on the honeymoon subway ride “home” to the newly divorced couple discussing their romantic future together while in bed with the Sunday paper. This humorous and endearing tale follows the ramifications of one couple’s relationship and how it touches families and friends. It is an entertaining and thought-provoking story about love, trust, marriage, cheating and jealousy. The writing is funny, witty and engaging, and who could not love a film featuring seven shrinks?”

• Director: Robert Cary
• Release Date: 9 May 2008 (Mexico)
• Run Time: 104 min | Germany:101 min (European Film Market)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy
• MPAA: Rated R for language and some sexual content.