The Switch

Release Date: August 20th, 2010
Starring: Jason Bateman, Victor Pagan, Jennifer Aniston, Jeff Goldblum, Juliette Lewis
Director: Josh Gordon, Will Speck
Writer: Allan Loeb, Jeffrey Eugenides
Studio: Miramax Films
Genre: Comedy

The ultimately heartwarming comedy from filmmakers Josh Gordon and Will Speck follows an unmarried woman of forty, who dreams of having a baby of hers. Seeing no opportunity to get married and become pregnant the usual way, Kassie realizes one day, she can wait no longer. Her big hope is an artificial insemination. But for a sperm donor of her future child the woman chooses a sperm of a handsome and married man called Roland, instead of her very close but hopelessly pessimistic friend Wally.
Wally has another opinion concerning his role in this story, and makes his own decision to become a father of Kassie’s child. On the party, devoted to the coming great event in the life of Kassie, he changes the donor sperm for his own. Due to certain circumstances he has to keep his secret for quite a long period of time. The woman soon leaves New York for another place, where she gives birth to a boy.
Seven years later she comes back to the city with her son Sebastian, who has inherited the traits of his biological father, both physical and psychological. Wally appears in the life of Kassie and her son, and now he has to prove to them, he could be a good friend, father and maybe even more…
The plot of the film is based on the original short story “Baster”, written by Jeffrey Eugenides. The film stars Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman and Thomas Robinson.

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Soul Kitchen


Release Date: August 20th, 2010
Starring: Adam Bousdoukos, Moritz Bleibtreu, Birol Ünel, Anna Bederke, Pheline Roggan
Director: Fatih Akin
Writer: Fatih Akin, Adam Bousdoukos
Studio: IFC Films
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 1 hour 39 minutes

The main hero of the film is Zinos - a young man of German-Greek origin, who has a restaurant called “Soul Kitchen”. The eccentric comedy from Fatih Akin centers on the events of Zinos’ life, when the run of luck went against him. His sweetheart Nadine left him and moved to Shanghai. The new gourmet chef didn’t suit the taste of the restaurant frequent customers. And to all that Zinos had a back trouble…
Being out of sorts, the main hero decides he should go to China and try to win the heart of his beloved back. And while he is in Shanghai, trying to settle his relations with Nadine, his brother Illias will look after the restaurant business. So Zinos decided.
But he couldn’t guess, how mistaken this decision was. In China he finds his girlfriend in love with another guy. Meanwhile Zinos’ unreliable brother gambles away his restaurant to a shady agent.
Zinos seems to get into the hopeless situation, but still he has a dream to set the things right. He and his brother should just stop arguing and try to restore their restaurant business to life…
The story of the film “Soul Kitchen” touches upon the questions of love, self-realization and family relations.

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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World


Release Date: August 13th, 2010
Starring: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Anna Kendrick
Director: Edgar Wright
Writer: Michael Bacall, Edgar Wright, Bryan Lee O'Malley
Studio: Universal Pictures
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Runtime: 1 hour 53 minutes

Scott Pilgrim is a jobless man, who despite that fact enjoys wide popularity among women. In his 22 years old he spends most of his time playing bass guitar for the local garage band. It’s not a problem for Scott to have dates with girls he likes, but it’s much harder to get rid of them. Women adore Scott Pilgrim and follow him literally. But everything changes, when the main hero of the film encounters beautiful Ramona Flowers and falls for her.
The girl of his dream is pretty charming and suits him well, but to his surprise Scott faces some difficulties, connected with her former boyfriends. The heart-broken guys can’t accept the fact, that Ramona has chosen somebody else, and do everything possible and impossible to put obstacles on Scott’s way to her heart.
Seven angry and very dangerous guys represent real threat for Scott’s love and life, and they are not eager to accept his relations with Ramona at all. The main hero has to overcome his enemies to stay with Ramona, who is not a usual girl to that and possesses some unusual talents.
The breathtaking comedy, perfectly directed by Edgar Wright, is one more view on attraction and romance between two people, who are in love. Starring in the film are Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Chris Evans, Kieran Culkin and Anna Kendrick.


Peepli Live


Release Date: August 13th, 2010
Starring: Omkar Das, Raghuvir Yadav, Shalini Vatsa, Farrukh Jaffar, Malaika Shenoy
Director: Anusha Rizvi, Mahmood Farooqui
Writer: Anusha Rizvi
Studio: UTV Motion Pictures
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Runtime: 1 hour 46 minutes

Two brothers, Natha and Budhia, live and work as farmers in the rural place of India, called Peepli Village. Due to a government loan, which they couldn’t have managed to pay, the brothers lose their piece of land. Full of despair, men decide to ask for help a local politician. To their great surprise, the politician offers them to commit suicide, as to his mind this is the only way, how their families could benefit from the government. The rule says, the government must help indebted farmer families, who have lost their fathers.
To think over properly the politician’s suggest, Natha and Budhia go to a bar and get drunk. A journalist, who has by chance heard their conversation in the bar, decides to write an article about their uneasy situation. Next day the article under the shocking header appears in the local newspapers. “A Death Foretold in Peepli Village” draws a wide response as among the villagers, so all over the country. Newspapers, television and even the government get involved in the case of two brothers.
The tensions are growing around the poor farmers and now almost every citizen of India wonders, if they do or not what they are supposed to do for the sake of their families’ future.

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Flipped


Release Date: August 6th, 2010
Starring: Madeline Carroll, Callan McAuliffe, Rebecca De Mornay, Anthony Edwards, John Mahoney
Director: Rob Reiner
Writer: Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman, Wendelin Van Draanen
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes

The touching romantic story of the first love, described in the film “Flipped”, takes place in the years 1957-1963. Two kids, Juli and Bryce aged 7 live by neighborhood, go to the same school and meet each other almost every day.
Juli fell in love with Bryce from the first sight, and she is absolutely sure her feeling is a real love. On his side, young Bryce prefers to keep this girl at a certain distance. Juli is not like the most of the girls from the school. She is independent, smart and certainly very attractive, but her strange behavior often confuses or even frightens the boy. How should he respond to the offer of sitting next to her on the tree branch? Or what should he reply to her phrase, that his hair smells like watermelon?
The relations between Bryce and Juli go through many funny and tragic moments; there are lots of discoveries and self-discoveries, waiting for them… But would Juli wait, till Bryce realizes his feelings to her, or would she lose her interest to him to that time? And would that kiss they have shared once, at the time of their teens, means something serious and promising or not? Only time can tell, who these two are, and what they really mean to each other…

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Middle Men


Release Date: August 6th, 2010
Starring: Luke Wilson, Giovanni Ribisi, Gabriel Macht, James Caan, Jacinda Barrett
Director: George Gallo
Writer: George Gallo, Andy Weiss
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 1 hour 45 minutes

“Middle Men” follows the story of a successful businessman called Jack Harris. Jack has it all – a perspective career, money, a good and loving family and a special talent in fixing other people’s problems, connected with their business. One day Jack encounters two genious but troubled people – Wayne Beering and Buck Dolby. It is the year 1995. These two have invented the way of selling adult entertainment over the world-wide-web, which that time considered a brand new invention, promising a good profit in the coming future. Jack offers them his help and soon gets involved in the sort of business, where he has to communicate with lots of uncommon people, including starlets, porn stars, Russian mobsters, FBI agents and even international terrorists. Still his family remains the main priority of his life, and he tries to follow his principles, even when they collide with his job. Soon the main hero realizes, that business is a lot like sex, and the story, he gets into, proves that perfectly well.
The comedy, directed by George Gallo and written by George Gallo and Andy Weiss, stars Luke Wilson in the role of Jack Harris and Giovanni Ribisi and Gabriel Macht as his business partners.

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Eat, Pray, Love


Release Date: August 13th, 2010
Starring: Julia Roberts, I. Gusti Ayu Puspawati, Hadi Subiyanto, Billy Crudup, Viola Davis
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: Ryan Murphy, Jennifer Salt, Elizabeth Gilbert
Studio: Columbia Pictures (Sony)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Runtime: 2 hours 13 minutes

The touching autobiographical story, based on memoirs of Elizabeth Gilbert, tells about a woman, who has found herself lost in this world. She seems to have everything to be happy – a loving husband, a cozy house to live in; she succeeded in her career, but still she thinks, it is not enough to feel real happiness. And all of a sudden everything changes in her life. Liz Gilbert gets divorced and finds herself at a crossroads.
The main heroine decides to take a journey around the world and see, if that helps her to find a way out of the boring common life. In search for the new sense of her life, Liz Gilbert makes visits to Italy, India and Bali. To her surprise the woman finds special pleasure in Italian food, experiences the great power of Indian prayer and discovers the true love and appeasement while staying in Bali. Being far from the world she got used to, Liz finds values, more precious and meaningful, than any other of the kind.
The drama film from the acclaimed filmmaker Ryan Murphy is a story of self-knowledge and self-discovery. The main heroine of the film asks questions and searches for their answers, trying to find the inner sense and meaning of her existence. These are the questions, which become actual for many of the people one day. “Eat Pray Love” stars unsurpassed Julia Roberts as the main heroine of the film.


The Kids Are All Right


Release Date: July 9th, 2010
Starring: Julianne Moore, Annette Bening, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, Josh Hutcherson
Director: Lisa Cholodenko
Writer: Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg
Studio: Focus Features
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Runtime: 1 hour 44 minutes

The heartfelt comedy, perfectly directed by acclaimed filmmaker Lisa Cholodenko, touches upon the subject of artificial insemination and modern family life.
Two teenagers (played by Mia Wasikowska and Josh Hutcherson) learn, they have been conceived by artificial insemination. One day they decide to find the donor (played by Mark Ruffalo), who is considered their biological father. They want to know the all true about him and introduce him into their family lives. The children succeed in their intention and soon the so-called father is found. But after his appearance everything changes in their lives out of all recognition. The household, the family relations, which the kids and their mothers (played by Julianne Moore and Annette Bening) accustomed to, the whole their life can’t be the same now. The new member of the families re-defines the usual ties within the families inevitably.
“The Kids Are All Right” is the feature film that skillfully blends the genres of comedy and drama. The film is based on the original screenplay, written by Lisa Cholodenko in cooperation with Stuart Blumberg. The film by Cholodenko offers us a curious, smart and exact portrait of the family of our days.


The Extra Man


Release Date: July 30th, 2010
Starring: Paul Dano, John C. Reilly, Katie Holmes, Kevin Kline, Cathy Moriarty
Director: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Writer: Robert Pulcini, Jonathan Ames, Shari Springer Berman
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 1 hour 45 minutes
Louis Ives is quite a curious man, who fancies himself a hero of a novel by Francis Scott Fitzgerald. He wears neckties, blue jackets and sportswear. To all that Louis works as a teacher at a Princeton prep school. But after an embarrassing incident, which cost him a job and a career of a teacher, happens, the main hero decides to become a writer.
For that purpose Louis rents a room in a Henry Harrison apartment. Henry is a failed but very talented dramatist. Being an eccentric person, who can listen to old Broadway records and dance alone, sings operettas and escorts dowagers, he soon becomes a good buddy for the former teacher. The difference in almost forty years doesn’t prejudice their friendly relations, based on the mentor/apprentice principle.
Alongside Louis finds a job in the local environmental magazine, where he encounters his co-worker Mary. Soon Ives finds himself absolutely infatuated with her. Another person, who becomes a new friend to Louis, is Harry’s neighbor, called Gershon – a musician with an absolutely shaggy hairstyle.
At the same time the relationship between Louis and Henry grows gradually to the depths, hardly ever expected by both of them…


The Concert


Release Date: July 30th, 2010
Starring: Aleksei Guskov, Mélanie Laurent, Dmitri Nazarov, Valeriy Barinov, François Berléand
Director: Radu Mihaileanu
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Runtime: 1 hour 59 minutes

The outstanding comedy and musical, “The Concert” is a new work directed by acclaimed filmmaker Radu Mihaileanu. Mihaileanu is known to the audience by his film “Live and Become”. At the center of the plot is a former conductor of the Bolshoi Theater called Andrei Filipov. After a failure of his career, Filipov works as a simple custodian, suffers from a severe depression and drinks a lot.
But one day everything changes in his meaningless existence. Filipov gets to know, that the Châtelet Theater, situated in Paris, invites the Bolshoi Orchestra.
He intercepts the invitation, destined to the current orchestra, and gathers his own team, consisted from former musicians of any kind. Having declared himself as their leader and prominent conductor, Filipov decides to try his fortune. His biggest dream is to return to the Bolshoi as a great Russian conductor, and he couldn’t neglect such an opportunity.
A young and promising violin virtuoso, Anne-Marie is also at his side. She keeps his secret and she inspires him to do everything possible on the way to world-wide fame and triumph. Starring in the film are Alexei Guskov and Mélanie Laurent. “The Concert” by Mihaileanu promises to be one of the funniest films of the year.

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Ramona and Beezus


Release Date: July 23rd, 2010
Starring: Joey King, Selena Gomez, John Corbett, Bridget Moynahan, Ginnifer Goodwin
Director: Elizabeth Allen
Writer: Laurie Craig, Nick Pustay, Beverly Cleary
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
Genre: Family

The prominent filmmaker Elizabeth Allen presents her debut feature “Ramona and Beezus”. This is a full-length film, based on the legendary series of books, written by Beverly Cleary. “Ramona and Beezus” is known to be the best-seller books for children sold in more than 30 million copies.
The film by Elizabeth Allen follows the main idea of the story, written in books, where Beezus suddenly finds her little sister Ramona Quimby, who lives on Klickitat Street. Beezus is a ten years old girl, while her sister is only four years old. Thus the adventures of two sisters begin.
Ramona is a child full of never-ending energy. Besides she possesses vivid imagination, good sense of humor and charisma. Ramona has to do everything possible for her family, when the family’s house is about to be lost. She becomes an eye-witness of her Aunt Bea’s problems, connected with romantic relations of the last one with her former admirer and so on…
Starring in the film are Joey King in the role of Ramona; Selena Gomez as her sister Beezus; and also Bridget Moynahan, John Corbett and Ginnifer Goodwin.
“Ramona and Beezus” will be interesting as for kids, so for adults; it is a sort of film, that perfectly suits for family viewing.


Life During Wartime


Release Date: July 23rd, 2010
Starring: Shirley Henderson, Michael K. Williams, Roslyn Ruff, Allison Janney, Michael Lerner
Director: Todd Solondz
Writer: Todd Solondz
Studio: Werc Werk Works
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Runtime: 1 hour 37 minutes

Life During Wartime” written and directed by Todd Solondz is a sequel of his previous film “Happiness”, describing the lives of three sisters, who try to find their place in this world full of unpredictable events.
Trish is separated from her husband Bill, who is sentenced to imprisonment. He appeared to be a pedophile, and Trish doesn’t want to keep any relations with him anymore. At present time she is dreaming to get married again. Her fiancé called Harvey could become a good husband for her and a promising father for her two sons. But as soon as Bill releases from the prison, and the would-be husband and step-father is introduced to the boys, Trish and her family have to make a decision. Should they forgive or forget? That is a question…
Joy, the sister of Trish, is also in trouble. Finally got rid of the relations with her degenerate husband called Allen, she leaves her job in New Jersey and decides to start a new life. But this is not so easy, as it seems. The past follows her wherever she goes.
Trish, Joy and Helen face their unique life dilemmas and have to struggle for their happiness and love. The film, where drama and comedy blends, shows how the future events in people’s lives depend on the present, and the present – on the past.


Dinner for Schmucks


Release Date: July 30th, 2010
Starring: Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Bruce Greenwood, Jemaine Clement, Zach Galifianakis
Director:Jay Roach
Writer: David Guion, Michael Handelman, Francis Veber
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Genre: Comedy

“Dinner for Schmucks” is a story of a man called Tim, who tries to succeed in his career. There are many ways of how to do that, but for Tim’s boss the most effective way is the most extraordinary one. Every year the boss celebrates one and the same holiday, invented by himself. This is a dinner for idiots. That executive, who brings the most eccentric guest to the dinner, will win the best prize.
Tim, who has received the invitation to this show, is almost ready to get rid of the idea to take part in this sort of idiotism, as he is absolutely agree with his girlfriend Julie – that’s not funny. But all of a sudden he comes across Barry. Barry is a man, who has a very strange hobby – taxidermy. He uses stuffed mice to make outstanding scenes - real masterpieces, whose main heroes are mice dressed in appropriate costumes.
The appearance of this guest on the annual dinner is really unforgettable. But Tim’s decision to bring Barry to the dinner costs him lots of troubles - as in his career, so in his private life.
The great piece of work, offered by filmmaker Jay Roach, the comedy is full of people’s freaks and comic moments. Starring in the film are Steve Carell, Bruce Greenwood, Paul Rudd and Jemaine Clement.


Despicable Me


Release Date: July 9th, 2010
Starring: Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews, Will Arnett
Director: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
Writer: Ken Daurio, Sergio Pablos, Cinco Paul
Studio: Universal Pictures
Genre: Animation, Family

 “Despicable Me” is a new 3D CGI animation, presented by Universal Pictures. It is a great creative work of directors Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud, based on the scenario, written by Ken Daurio, Cinco Paul and Sergio Pablos.
The animation film describes a life of a strange man called Gru – a super bad man! His black house with a dead lawn is situated in a picturesque spot, surrounded by the houses of his neighbors, pretty decorated with snow-white fences and delightful rose bushes.
Gru’s black house has a secret. It is a huge hideout beneath his house, well hidden from stranger’s view and unknown to his neighbors. Gru has lots of minions, helping him to put his plans into operation. His biggest plan is to steal the moon from the sky! For this purpose his laboratory is well equipped with all the necessary instruments, including shrink and freeze rays, land and air vehicles, ready to give battle and so on.
But Gru has never thought that one day his life and his plans could be changed inevitably. The bad man meets three orphaned girls, who by unknown reason decide to make him their Dad. He has no idea, what exactly they see and find in him, but their desire to see Gru as their Dad is very strong. The girls are not going to leave their would-be father alone so easily…


Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore


Release Date: July 30th, 2010
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Chris O'Donnell, Michael Clarke Duncan, Joe Pantoliano, Roger Moore
Director: Brad Peyton
Writer: Ron J. Friedman, Steve Bencich, John Requa, Glenn Ficarra
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family

The new era in the relations between cats and dogs has come. Enemies by nature, they have to join their forces now to confront the threat more dangerous and unprecedented, than ever before. The absolutely crazy cat, known as Kitty Galore - a former MEOWS spy, is threatening all the society of dogs and cats. Her goals are to conquer the world and enslave all of them. And only the alliance of canines and felines can save the world of four-legged creatures and the world of humans either. The dogs and the cats will have to do impossible to frustrate the crazy plans of Kitty Galore, otherwise their life and freedom, as well as their descendants’ future, are under question.
The eccentric comedy, blending live action with computer animation and puppetry is the new feature presented by filmmaker Brad Peyton and Warner Bros. Pictures.
The voices of Alec Baldwin, Michael Clarke Duncan, Chris O'Donnell, Roger Moore and Joe Pantoliano are used in the film.
The funny dialogs, incredible twists of plot, unusual scenario and unprecedented humor throughout the film make “Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore” perfect for family viewing. 


Sorry, Thanks

Release Date: June 4th, 2010
Starring: Wiley Wiggins, Kenya Miles, Andrew Bujalski, Donovan Baddley, Ia Hernandez
Director: Dia Sokol
Writer: Dia Sokol, Lauren Veloski
Studio: IFC Films
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 1 hour 33 minutes

“Sorry, Thanks”, directed by Dia Sokol, is his debut as a filmmaker. The main heroine of the film is Kira, played by Kenya Miles. Kira has lots of problems: as in her private life, so in the professional sphere. She has a relationship with Max, played by Wiley Wiggins, who seems to lack a traditional morality, concerning close relations. The thing is that besides Kira he has another girlfriend called Sara, and his relations with the last one are long-term. Still this fact doesn’t prevent him from having dates with Kira and feeling passion for her.
Due to this state of things Max sometimes fights against himself, often thinking of himself as an emotional idiot and a consummate freak. At the same time Kira is trying to win a prestigious job, although she is not interested in it and even hate it.
Occasional heartbreaking, aimless and rash actions, ill-considered steps to realize at the end, that they are not worth to be done – all these human weak points are perfectly represented in the comedy “Sorry, Thanks”. Inner turmoil of the heroes, shown in the film, makes them spread chaos among everything and everybody around them. They try to be better, but in most cases they fail to be better.


Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead

Release Date: June 4th, 2010
Starring: Jake Hoffman, Devon Aoki, John Ventimiglia, Kris Lemche, Geneva Carr
Director: Jordan Galland
Writer: Jordan Galland
Studio: Indican
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 1 hour 29 minutes

The remarkable comedy, based on the original screenplay, written and directed by Jordan Galland – is his debut as an independent feature film. The plot of the story is closely connected with the Holy Grail, Hamlet and pretty sexy vampires – three things, that seem to have nothing in common, but not in this film.
Julian Marsh is a great ladies’ man, who lives above his father’s medical office. Daddy is so much anxious about his son’s unpromising future that decides to help him to find a job. To his luck one of his dreadful patients offers Julian to become a director of an off-Broadway play. This is an eccentric adaptation of a well-known masterpiece by Shakespeare, Hamlet. The adaptation is written by Horatio - a pale Romanian, who appeared to be a master vampire. Julian starts his activity with recruiting actors. His ex-girlfriend is also invited to take part in the play. But none of them knows, in what kind of show they got involved. Neither garlic, nor holy water can save their lives from the conspiracy, which numbers at least two thousand years. Nothing, but the Holy Grail!
The unusual sense of humor of the film together with the star cast, including such celebrities, as Jake Hoffman, Devon Aoki, John Ventimiglia, Kris Lemche and Ralph Macchio offer really unforgettable performance to the audience.


Marmaduke

Release Date: June 4th, 2010
Starring: Owen Wilson, William H. Macy, Judy Greer, Kiefer Sutherland, Emma Stone
Director: Tom Dey
Writer: Tim Rasmussen, Vince Di Meglio, Brad Anderson, Phil Leeming
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
Genre: Comedy, Family

The outstanding family comedy, directed by Tom Dey, is an adventure story of a dog, called Marmaduke. Being an oversized pet with great enthusiasm, extraordinary physical abilities and childish behavior, Marmaduke often experiences and creates problems as within his family, so in his relations with other four-legged creatures.
What makes his life even more exciting is a sudden removal of the whole family to California. That means a new house to live in, new places with new smells to explore and new acquaintances and friends to keep in touch with.
Marmaduke became popular in more than twenty countries thanks to the comic strip, having been published in several hundreds of newspapers all over the world. The filming of comics makes it possible to look at the character, so much loved by many of the fans and to follow his steps in live. Incredible events from Marmaduke’s life, funny dialogs between dogs and cats, good sense of humor and unexpected twists of plot make the film perfect for a family viewing.
The voices of the four-legged heroes in the comedy are read by human cast, including Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, George Lopez, Emma Stone, Fergie, Kiefer Sutherland and the others.

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