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| When Charlie Hinton (Eddie Murphy) and his friend Phil (Jeff Garlin) are fired from their jobs at a high-profile advertising firm, they find themselves no longer able to pay for expensive day care for their children, so they take on the responsibility of tending to the young ones themselves. Having no luck in their job search, Charlie and Phil open a day care operation of their own, with no concept of the perils that lay ahead. |
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- Featurettes: “Meet The Daddy Day Care Kids” “Quiet on the Set” “Good Morning, Eddie Murphy!” “What Did That Kid Say?” and “Early Bloomers” animated short
- Blooper reel
- Games
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Director Steve Carr’s Daddy Day Care is a light and unobjectionable little comedy aimed at families looking for clean entertainment–and star Eddie Murphy delivers enough inoffensive laughs to make it passable.
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| From the makers of Best in Show comes this tongue-in-cheek comedy. To pay tribute to the death of his father, a folk music icon, Jonathan Steinbloom (Bob Balaban) organizes a memorial concert featuring some of the most “popular” folk musicians around. These include the duo Mitch & Mickey, The Folksmen and The New Main Street Singers, who pride themselves on their undying attention to color coordination. Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara and Jennifer Coolidge star. |
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- Commentary by director/writer/star Christopher Guest and star/writer Eugene Levy
- 15 additional scenes
- Entire benefit concert broadcast
- TV appearances by The Folksmen and Mitch & Mickey
- Biographies, discographies and album art for The Folksmen, Mitch & Mickey and The New Main Street Singers
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As the third in a set of brilliant mockumentaries, A Mighty Wind is not nearly as hysterical as its predecessors Best in Show and Waiting for Guffman–but it has enough big laughs to make it entertaining.
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| At Camp Green Lake, Stanley Yelnats (Shia LaBeouf) and his companions Squid, Armpit, ZigZag, Magnet, X-Ray and Zero, are forced to dig holes all around the grounds by The Warden (Sigourney Weaver) and her lackey Mr. Sir (Jon Voight). Of course this sort of thing is nothing new for Stanley, whose family suffers from an ancient curse that has brought them perpetual bad luck. While they were told that digging the holes would help build character, Stanley begins to suspect other motives when The Warden seems unusually interested in what, if anything, the children find. As they attempt to unravel the mystery, the campers must plan their escape and help break the Yelnats family curse. |
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- Commentary by director Andrew Davis and stars Shia LaBeouf, Khelo Thomas, Jake M. Smith and Max Kasch
- “The Making of Holes” featurette
- Deleted scenes and outtakes
- “Dig It” music video performed by the cast
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Even though it’s chock-full of plots and subplots, Holes is an exciting and funny adventure that should thrill the fans of the book–and find new ones.
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| When a misunderstanding on an airplane turns ugly, usually even-tempered Dave Buznik (Adam Sandler) is ordered to attend anger management sessions under the direction of the eccentric and bewildering Dr. Buddy Rydell (Jack Nicholson). After little early success, the court orders the unconventional Dr. Rydell to move in with Dave to provide 24-hour support. With this unwelcome pressure on his daily life, not to mention on his relationship with his girlfriend (Marisa Tomei), Dave must decide whether or not to accept Dr. Rydell’s unique guidance and make some changes in his life. |
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- Commentaries by Adam Sandler and director Peter Segal
- Theatrical trailers
- Deleted scenes
- Blooper reel
- Two featurettes (“My Buddy, Jack,” and “Skull Session”)
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Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson do not disappoint, but despite all the hype about Anger Management, you walk away feeling only mildly amused.
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| After Jake Vig (Edward Burns) and his crew of fellow criminals and corrupt cops con the wrong man out of thousands of dollars, that man’s employer, crime boss Winston King (Dustin Hoffman), seeks to even the score. To make up for the damage he caused, Vig offers to repay “The King” by pulling off the biggest con of his career against a banker with ties to organized crime. For extra help, Jake enlists the services of brash, blonde pickpocket Lily (Rachel Weisz). With his posse assembled, Vig will need to keep ahead of cops and criminals alike if he’s to fend off retaliation from “The King.” |
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- Cast, writer, and director commentaries
- Deleted scenes
- featurette, “Anatomy of a Scene”
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Led by a confident cast, Confidence gives us yet another entertaining view of the wonderful world of con artists.
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Compiled by Owen Iozzio, Hollywood.com Staff
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