Actor Jeffrey Tambor (1944)

Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure (2017–2020), is an animated television show created by Chris Sonnenburg and Shane Prigmore and produced by Disney Television Animation. After escaping Mother Gothel and reuniting with her birth parents, King Frederic and Queen Arianna of Corona, Princess Rapunzel struggles to adapt due to her father’s overprotectiveness. While sneaking out of the castle with her handmaiden Cassandra, they stumble upon some black rock spikes that magically restore Rapunzel’s long blonde hair. Together with Eugene Fitzherbert, Pascal the ...

Tangled: Before Ever After (2017) is an American 2D-animated musical fantasy television film from Disney Television Animation. Premiering on Disney Channel as a Disney Channel Original Movie, Six months after the events of Tangled, Rapunzel prepares to officially become the Princess of Corona. However, the day before her coronation ceremony, she and Eugene Fitzherbert, riding Maximus and Fidella, race through the forest with the Royal Guards following closely behind. Swiftly reaching the border wall, Rapunzel climbs to the top and gazes upon the breathtaking view of the land beyond her kingdom. Eventually, they are caught by the guards and returned to the ...

Directed by Gavin O’Connor, The Accountant (2016) is an American action thriller film written by Bill Dubuque. The protagonist, who goes by the name ‘Christian Wolff’, is on the autism spectrum. While his mother wants to send him to Harbor Neuroscience for treatment, his father disagrees and takes it upon himself to train Christian and his brother Braxton in various martial arts. This training also includes encouraging Christian to face stimuli that usually trigger him, rather than avoiding them. As things stand, Christian runs a small accounting office ...

The American action comedy film, The Hangover Part III (2013), is the sequel to the 2011 film, The Hangover Part II. Both movies were produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. This film marks the final chapter in The Hangover trilogy. After two years since their last escapade in Bangkok, Leslie Chow breaks free during a prison riot in Thailand. Meanwhile, Alan Garner causes chaos on the freeway when he buys a giraffe and accidentally decapitates it on an overpass. This incident leads to his father, Sid’s, death from a heart attack while scolding him for his reckless behavior. Upon learning about Alan’s ...

The American sports comedy-drama film Win Win (2011) was written and directed by Tom McCarthy. Mike Flaherty, a small-town attorney in New Providence, New Jersey, struggles to maintain his law practice while also coaching wrestling. He faces the challenge of keeping his financial problems hidden from his wife Jackie and their two young daughters, Abby and Stella. Mike sees an opportunity when he is assigned to represent Leo Poplar, a client with early dementia who has no known family. He convinces a judge to make him Leo’s guardian, resulting in a monthly stipend of $1,508. However, instead of taking care of Leo ...

The comedy film, The Hangover Part II (2011), was produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Following their wild adventure in Las Vegas, Stu Price is getting ready to tie the knot with his fiancée, Lauren, in Thailand. To avoid a similar debacle to their last trip, Stu initially declines the offer for his friends Doug Billings and Phil Wenneck (and especially Alan Garner) to come along. Instead, he opts for a more low-key bachelor party at IHOP with just Phil and Doug. However, Tracy pleads with Doug to convince Stu to let her brother Alan join them on the trip. After some hesitation, Stu reluctantly agrees to bring along his friends ...

The American crime comedy film, Flypaper (2011), features an all-star cast including Patrick Dempsey and Ashley Judd. Directed by Rob Minkoff and written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, this film follows the story of bank teller Kaitlin as she serves her last customer, Tripp. Despite his flirty demeanor, things take a dangerous turn when the bank is suddenly under attack from two groups of robbers: three high-tech professionals – ...

Tangled (2010), a 2010 American animated musical adventure fantasy comedy film, was produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. A single drop of sunlight, descending from the sky, produces a magical flower with healing properties. An elderly woman named Gothel utilizes it to retain her youth. After many centuries, soldiers from the kingdom of Corona take the flower and utilize it to save their queen who is pregnant and ill. The queen gives birth to a daughter named Rapunzel. Gothel sneaks into the castle and discovers that Rapunzel’s hair inherited the magic from the flower, but loses its power when cut. To maintain control of ...

Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo (2009) is a direct-to-DVD animated comedy horror mystery fantasy film, and the fourteenth entry in a series of direct-to-video animated films based upon the Scooby-Doo Saturday morning cartoons. One night, while investigating a new case at a factory, Velma receives a call from her mother about her younger sister Madelyn. Apparently, there have been sightings of a giant griffin in the woods near Madelyn’s college for magicians. The gang decides to head to the Whirlen Merlin Magic Academy, an old Irish castle where Madelyn studies. Upon arrival, they meet the academy’s owner, Whirlen Merlin, his brother Marlon acting as ...

In 2009, DreamWorks Animation produced and Paramount Pictures distributed Monsters vs. Aliens (2009), an American animated sci-fi comedy film. Before her wedding to local weatherman Derek Dietl in Modesto, California, Susan Murphy is hit by a meteorite from a destroyed planet which causes her to transform into a 50-foot giantess with white hair. The incident leads to the destruction of the church where the ceremony was taking place and Susan is subsequently captured by a U.S. military group. She wakes up in a secret government facility for monsters where she meets General W.R. Monger and her fellow monster inmates: Dr. Herbert Cockroach Ph.D., B.O.B., Missing Link, ...

Created by Adam Reed for FX, Archer (2009–2023) is an American adult animated sitcom that ran from September 17, 2009 to December 17, 2023. It follows the escapades of eight dysfunctional individuals who work for the International Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS), a fictional intelligence agency based in New York. The team includes Sterling Archer, the self-absorbed and womanizing main character; Malory Archer, a former agent who now serves as director and also happens to be Sterling’s abusive mother; Lana Kane, Sterling’s on-again, off-again lover and highly skilled field agent; Ray Gillette, the openly ...

The Hangover (2009) is an American comedy film directed by Todd Phillips and written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. Just two days before his wedding, bachelor Doug Billings takes a trip to Las Vegas with his closest friends. These include Phil Wenneck, a sarcastic elementary school teacher, Stu Price, an apprehensive dentist, and Alan Garner, his quirky future brother-in-law. Sid, the father of Doug’s fiancée Tracy, kindly lends them his vintage Mercedes-Benz W111 for the journey. The group settles into their suite at ...

The American live-action/animated adventure comedy film, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004), is based on the popular animated television series of the same name. In Bikini Bottom, our beloved protagonist SpongeBob SquarePants eagerly anticipates his promotion to manager at the new Krusty Krab 2, located next to the original restaurant. However, much to his disappointment, his co-worker Squidward Tentacles is given the title instead. Mr. Krabs explains that Squidward is more mature and better suited for the role, leaving SpongeBob feeling upset and discouraged. Meanwhile, Plankton’s numerous failed attempts to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula and conquer ...

Arrested Development (2003–2019) is an American television sitcom created by Mitchell Hurwitz that premiered on Fox in November 2003. It ran for three seasons before transitioning to Netflix, where it released two additional seasons in 2013 and 2018-2019. The show follows the Bluths, a formerly wealthy and dysfunctional family, in a serialized format that incorporates handheld camera work, voice-over narration, archival photos, historical footage, and recurring jokes and phrases. Ron Howard serves as an executive producer and the omniscient narrator, making appearances as a fictionalized version of himself in later ...

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) is an American Christmas fantasy comedy film directed by Ron Howard, who also produced with Brian Grazer. It is based on Dr. Seuss’s beloved 1957 children’s book of the same name and was the first to be adapted into a full-length feature film. As Whoville gears up for the holiday season, their plans are threatened by the Grinch, a grumpy green creature living in isolation on Mount Crumpit. One day, six-year-old Cindy Lou Who encounters him at the town’s post office and ...

Girl, Interrupted (1999) is a biographical psychological drama film, written and directed by James Mangold. In the year 1967, in New England, an aimless 18-year-old named Susanna Kaysen experiences a nervous breakdown and takes an overdose of aspirin and alcohol. Despite her protests, she is admitted into Claymoore, a local psychiatric hospital. During her stay in the ward, Susanna forms bonds with other patients such as Polly ‘Torch’ Clark, who has schizophrenia; Cynthia Crowley; Daisy Randone, who engages in self-harm and struggles with obsessive-compulsive disorder; Georgina Tuskin, a compulsive liar and ...

The film Meet Joe Black (1998), directed and produced by Martin Brest, tells the story of media mogul Bill Parrish. He’s considering a merger while his daughter Allison plans his 65th birthday bash. The younger daughter, Susan, is a resident in internal medicine who is dating Drew, a member of Bill’s board. As Bill observes Susan’s relationship with Drew and realizes she may not be truly in love, he encourages her to wait for true love instead. During their helicopter ride, Bill hears a mysterious voice but tries to brush it off. Later at the office, he experiences chest pains and hears the voice again ...

Stan Dragoti directed Mr. Mom (1983), an American comedy film. Jack Butler resides in a Detroit suburb with his wife Caroline and their three children: Alex, Kenny, and Megan. However, when the early-1980s recession hits, Jack and his friends Larry and Stan lose their engineering jobs at Ford Motor Company. As a result, Caroline decides to use her previous experience in advertising and college education to enter the workforce once more, leaving Jack to navigate the unfamiliar territory of being a stay-at-home dad. He quickly learns that taking care of the kids and maintaining the house is not an easy task, but he gains ...