Never Scared is the fourth HBO comedy special from actor/director/producer/leading funnyman Chris Rock. Taped before a live audience at Washington D.C.'s Constitution Hall, Never Scared features material from Rock's sold-out 2003-04 Black Ambition Tour. Rock prowls the stage and tells it like it is with his indignant take on celebrity hijinx (Michael Jackson), his newfound role as a father, and the death of all the good rappers (Tupac and Biggie Smalls, but not Vanilla Ice). As his set progresses, Rock turns an insightful eye toward politics and social issues, pointing out ironies and oddities as only he can, all delivered in his familiar smart-alecky firecracker style.
Christmas at the Krank household wasn't supposed to be Christmas at all. With his daughter (Julie Gonzalo) out of the country, Luther (Tim Allen) decides he'd rather skip the holiday. He convinces his wife Nora (Jamie Lee Curtis) to take a tropical cruise. No tree to trim. No stockings to hang. No lights to light. But when the neighbors find out, they aren't pleased. Luther makes things worse by refusing to put his light-up Frosty the Snowman on his roof. Every other house on his street has one, and the street's won numerous awards for its spirited decoration. When Julie decides to make a last-minute trip home, Luther has to scramble to put Christmas back together. This warm holiday comedy is based on the book Skipping Christmas by John Grisham.
Director Kevin Smith made Clerks for $27,000, mostly with help from a walletful of his own credit cards. Clerks became one of the biggest indie-film success stories of all time, introducing us to Jay and Silent Bob, propelling Smith to Hollywood acclaim, and winning a cultish following thanks to Smith's quick-witted, pop-culture-savvy style. Filmed in black and white, Clerks follows one day in the life of New Jersey convenience store clerk Dante Hicks (Brian O'Halloran), who's called in to work on his day off. He and his friend Randall (Jeff Anderson), a clerk at the neighboring video store, deal with Dante's love life, the hockey game it seems like he'll miss, and the usual stream of annoying customers with dialogue featuring one memorable line after another.
Michael Newman (Adam Sandler) heads to Bed, Bath, & Beyond one night on a quest to find a new universal remote control. Michael gets a lot more than he bargained for when he meets an eccentric inventor (Christopher Walken) who gives him a remote that controls a little more than his TV. It controls his entire life. Newman uses his newfound power to fast-forward through life's boring and annoying moments so he can get to the good parts. He skips through arguments with his wife (Kate Beckinsale), waiting periods before promotions, and more. Michael soon begins to have second thoughts about how he's begun to control his life. That's about the same time his new remote starts having some thoughts of its own.
The Big Apple is the home of the Coyote Ugly, a boisterous, rowdy nightclub where the beautiful bartenders dance on the bar. In this film by director David McNally, Violet Sanford (Piper Perabo) shakes off the dirt of her small town and devoted father (John Goodman), and sets out for New York City with dreams of a singing career. But making a life as a musician turns out to be a lot tougher than Violet planned, and just when she's down on her luck she applies for a job at the Coyote Ugly. Once there, Violet convinces the owner, Lil (Mario Bello), to give her a chance with the lovely, dancing barkeeps. Violet soon finds her wild side at work and a romance with Kevin (Adam Garcia) outside the bar.
When two fathers find themselves out of a job they start a "Daddy Day Care" center and begin to compete with the local private academy for children. Starring Eddie Murphy and Jeff Garlin, Daddy Day Care spins the concept out of control as two loving dads with backgrounds in food product development try to make a living and raise their sons at the same time. Their arch-nemesis is the headmaster of the Chapman Academy (Anjelica Huston). It's a classic comedy about the modern trials and triumphs of parenthood. Directed by Steve Carr, Daddy Day Care is a new comedy for new times, taking a funny look at role reversals and urban life.
Comedy genius Dave Chappelle is at his absolute funniest in this standup performance, For What It's Worth, taped live at San Francisco's historic Fillmore. From his impressions of riotous characters to people pulled straight from the headlines, Chappelle moves smoothly from topic to sidesplitting topic! He jokes about everything from the perils of being a celebrity, to his experiences at Disneyland with his children, to Kobe Bryant and Michael Jackson! Fans of Chappelle's show will appreciate that he takes his material even further than his show has has been! For the hottest, no-holds-barred comedy out there today, trust that Dave Chappelle knows what it's all worth!
Rob Schneider returns as unlikely gigolo Deuce Bigalow, who finds himself plying his trade on the other side of the ocean in this sequel to the off-the-wall comedy hit. When one of Europe's top gigolos is murdered, Deuce's old pimp T.J. Hicks (Eddie Griffin) is tied to the crime. Deuce heads across the Atlantic to help clear T.J.'s name. The lover for hire finds himself at an English school for man whores, jockeying for clients against a secret European Union of prosti-dudes and courting a whole new batch of misfit females. His European "Janes" include Eva, a drop-dead gorgeous woman suffering from acute OCD, and Katrina, who lost her nose in a car accident and had it replaced with a portion of her dead brother's anatomy.
Everyone should remember dodgeball from their elementary and junior high school days. But even if you never played Dodgeball, director Rawson Marshall Thurber finds plenty to entertain even the most disinterested Dodgeball novice. When the owner of Average Joe's Gym (Vince Vaughn) has to come up with 50K in 30 days, he finds his solution in a special dodgeball tournament. But standing in his way is the pompous owner of Globo Gym (Ben Stiller), who will stop at nothing to shut down Vaughn and his loser team. But the underdogs have got spunk and give Stiller and his sculpted bodies a run for their money!
Jesse (Ashton Kutcher) and Chester (Seann William Scott) just had a night of partying they'd never forget...if only they could remember. They have no idea what they did, or where they left their car. They do know they have two angry girlfriends, Wilma (Marla Sokoloff) and Wanda (Jennifer Garner), mad because the dudes trashed their house and forgot their anniversary. The dudes also know they have a year's-worth of pudding in the fridge. They'd make their girls happy if they could give them the anniversary gifts they bought. Problem is, the gifts are in the car. Jesse and Chester set out on a zany adventure to retrace their steps, figure out what they did last night, and find their car.
Cousins Bo (Seann William Scott) and Luke (Johnny Knoxville) Duke are just a couple of good old boys, never meaning no harm in this madcap action comedy based on the hit TV series that revved up fans from 1979-85. The rowdy Duke boys like stirring things up in Hazzard county, and, as their theme song says, they've been in trouble with the law since the day they was born. Bo and Luke team with drop-dead gorgeous cousin Daisy (Jessica Simpson) and moonshine-brewin' Uncle Jesse (Willie Nelson) to save the Duke family farm from corrupt Hazzard County commissioner Boss Hogg (Burt Reynolds). With small-town sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane (M.C. Gainey) in hot pursuit, the boys kick up dirt and catch air in their fabled '69 Dodge Charger, the General Lee.
Limo driver Harry Christmas (Jim Carrey) and his dog-grooming pal Lloyd Dunne have both been fired. On his last day at work, Harry realizes a woman, Mary Swanson (Lauren Holly), he drove to the airport left behind a briefcase. The case contains ransom money for her husband. Harry and Lloyd don't realize this, and decide they'd better bring her the briefcase. The loveable (and downright stupid) guys embark on a cross-country trek that takes them to Aspen, Colorado. After plenty of misadventures, they eventually track Mary down. She's really pretty, and the two fall in love with her, get caught in the kidnapper's plot, and take low-ball comedy to hilarious new, um, heights.