Hotel for Dogs (
2009) | IMDb:
5.5
Placed in a foster home that doesn't allow pets, 16-year-old Andi and her younger brother, Bruce, turn an abandoned hotel into a home for their dog. Soon other strays arrive, and the hotel becomes a haven for every orphaned canine in town. But the kids have to do some quick thinking to keep the cops off their tails.
Pineapple Express (
2008) | IMDb:
6.9
A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.
Drillbit Taylor (
2008) | IMDb:
5.7
Dealing with a sociopathic school bully, three high school freshmen hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them, not realizing he is just a homeless beggar and petty thief looking for some easy cash.
Good Luck Chuck (
2007) | IMDb:
5.6
Cursed since childhood, dentist Charlie Logan cannot find the right woman. Even worse, he learns that each of his ex-girlfriends finds true love with the man she meets after her relationship with him ends. Hearing of Charlie's reputation as a good-luck charm, women from all over line up for a quick tryst. But when Charlie meets the woman of his dreams, he must find a way to break the curse or risk losing her to the next man she meets.
I Could Never Be Your Woman (
2007) | IMDb:
6
Mother Nature loves to cause mischief, and she steps in to help two love-starved souls find happiness. She helps an aging professional woman and single mother, Rosie, who's unlucky in love find her match with Adam, a much younger man. As their relationship blossoms beyond physical attraction, matters complicate when her adolescent daughter starts to fall for a handsome local boy.
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (
2006) | IMDb:
6.8
In Venice Beach, naive Midwesterner JB bonds with local slacker KG and they form the rock band Tenacious D. Setting out to become the world's greatest band is no easy feat, so they set out to steal what could be the answer to their prayers... a magical guitar pick housed in a rock-and-roll museum some 300 miles away.
Nacho Libre (
2006) | IMDb:
5.9
Nacho Libre is loosely based on the story of Fray Tormenta ("Friar Storm"), aka Rev. Sergio Gutierrez Benitez, a real-life Mexican Catholic priest who had a 23-year career as a masked luchador. He competed in order to support the orphanage he directed.
Starring:
Jack Black
,
Ana de la Reguera
,
Héctor Jiménez
,
Darius Rose
,
Moisés Arias
,
Carlos Maycotte
Bad News Bears (
2005) | IMDb:
5.8
Morris Buttermaker is a burned-out minor league baseball player who loves to drink and can't keep his hands to himself. His long-suffering lawyer arranges for him to manage a local Little League team, and Buttermaker soon finds himself the head of a rag-tag group of misfit players. Through unconventional team-building exercises and his offbeat coaching style, Buttermaker helps his hapless Bears prepare to meet their rivals, the Yankees.
Starring:
Billy Bob Thornton
,
Greg Kinnear
,
Marcia Gay Harden
,
Sammi Kane Kraft
,
Ridge Canipe
,
Brandon Craggs
Directed by:
Richard Linklater