Cast:
Jason Segel … Gary
Amy Adams … Mary
Chris Cooper … Tex Richman
Rashida Jones … Veronica Martin
Steve Whitmire … Kermit / Beaker / Statler / Rizzo / Link Hogthrob / The Newsman (voice)
Eric Jacobson … Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle / Marvin Suggs (voice)
Dave Goelz … Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Zoot / Beauregard / Waldorf / Kermit Moopet (voice)
Bill Barretta … Swedish Chef / Rowlf / Dr. Teeth / Pepe the Prawn / Bobo (voice)
David Rudman … Scooter / Janice / Miss Poogy / Wayne (voice)
Matt Vogel … Sgt. Floyd Pepper / Camilla / Sweetums / 80’s Robot / Lew Zealand / Uncle Deadly / Roowlf / Crazy Harry (voice)
Peter Linz … Walter (voice)
Alan Arkin … Tour Guide
Bill Cobbs … Grandfather
Zach Galifianakis … Hobo Joe
Ken Jeong … ‘Punch Teacher’ Host
 

This movie is fantastic and essentially flawless. Jason Segel, along with co-writer Nicholas Stoller and director James Bobin have made possibly the best family movie of 2011. Adorable and entertaining; the Muppet’s please everyone from the average moviegoer to Muppet purists alike.

On one side is a modern comedy, chock full of hysterical celebrity cameos and pop culture references. And on the other side is a nostalgic throwback to the Muppet’s era. Those who remember the old series will unquestionably find delight in seeing their favorite puppets reunite for another big show, literally.

Funnily enough, the movie treats the Muppet characters as if they were real life actors, with The Muppet’s shows and movies being their past careers. The Muppet’s haven’t seen any action in years (a fact also true in real life), and each Muppet has taken his/her own path in life with varying degrees of success. When crisis arises, the old troupe is forced to find each other and give it another go.

It is all weaved through a fascinating meta-narrative that begs the question, what happens to the Muppet’s when they aren’t The Muppet’s? After all this time away, can The Muppet’s make a comeback through a reunion and relive their former glory days? – a question ultimately answered by the movie itself.

Simply put, I can’t imagine anyone with a heart not enjoying this film. There’s something in it for everybody, especially if you’re in the mood for laughter and catchy musical numbers. The creative humor was a breath of fresh air. There is plenty breaking of the fourth wall and oh so much of that lovely deadpan irony and absurdest humor, reminiscent of old comedies like Airplane! The audience in the theater was cracking up almost every other moment, myself included. And while humor is its strong suit, the movie is also an incredibly heartwarming tale of friends that go their separate ways but are still connected through their hearts. Moviegoers and Muppet fans alike, go see this movie!

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1. A Bug’s Life
2. Christmas Is Here Again
3. Madagascar

Cast:

Joaquin Phoenix as John R. Cash
Reese Witherspoon as June Carter
Ginnifer Goodwin as Vivian Cash
Robert Patrick as Ray Cash
Dallas Roberts as Sam Phillips
Dan John Miller as Luther Perkins
Larry Bagby as Marshall Grant

A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash’s life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.

Trivia:

Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon performed all of the songs themselves, without being dubbed. They also learned to play their instruments (guitar and auto-harp, respectively) from scratch.

Johnny Cash chose Joaquin Phoenix to play him in the film on the basis of his performance in the movie Gladiator (2000). June Carter Cash also reportedly chose Reese Witherspoon for her role in the film.

June Carter Cash died before production began on the film, so Reese Witherspoon’s research included looking through Carter’s closet for inspiration.

Awards:

Oscar
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Reese Witherspoon (won)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role – Joaquin Phoenix (nominated)

Golden Globe Awards
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (won)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy – Joaquin Phoenix (won)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy – Reese Witherspoon (won)

Grammy Awards
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media – Joaquin Phoenix, T-Bone Burnett
(won)

If you like this movie, you'll also like:

1. Water for Elephants
2. Pleasantville
3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Cast:

Garrison Keillor (the show’s creator) as himself
Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin as Yolanda and Rhonda Johnson, who hail from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the last two of what was once a popular family country music act
Lindsay Lohan as Lola Johnson, Yolanda’s daughter who writes poems about suicide
Woody Harrelson and John C. Reilly as Keillor’s radio characters Dusty and Lefty, the singing cowboys.
Tommy Lee Jones as the Axeman, a businessman from Texas who has come to shut down the show
Kevin Kline as Keillor’s radio character Guy Noir, a film noir P.I. repurposed as the program’s security director
Virginia Madsen as the Dangerous Woman, “Asphodel,” who may or may not be the Angel of Death (Asphodel is a flower, referenced in the poem “Demeter And Persephone” by Alfred Lord Tennyson and associated with death and Hades in Greek mythology)
L. Q. Jones as Chuck Akers
Tim Russell & Maya Rudolph as the stage manager and his assistant
Robin & Linda Williams as Themselves
Tom Keith, as the Sound-Effects Guy
Sue Scott, as the Make-Up Artist

Director Robert Altman and writer Garrison Keillor join forces with an all-star cast to create a comic backstage fable, A Prairie Home Companion, about a fictitious radio variety show that has managed to survive in the age of television. Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin star as the Johnson Sisters, Yolanda and Rhonda, a country duet act that has survived the county-fair circuit, and Lindsay Lohan plays Meryl’s daughter, Lola, who gets her big chance to sing on the show and then forgets the words. Kevin Kline is Guy Noir, a private eye down on his luck who works as the shows security guard, and Woody Harrelson and John C. Reilly are Dusty and Lefty, the Old Trailhands, a singing cowboy act. Add Virginia Madsen as an angel, Tommy Lee Jones as the Axeman, Maya Rudolph as a pregnant stagehand and Keillor in the role of hangdog emcee, and you have a playful story set on a rainy Saturday night in St. Paul, Minnesota, where fans file into the Fitzgerald Theater to see “A Prairie Home Companion,” a staple of radio station WLT, not knowing that WLT has been sold to a Texas conglomerate and that tonight’s broadcast will be the shows last.

If you like this movie, you'll also like:

1. The Truman Show
2. Home Alone
3. Pleasantville

Cast:

Buddy Hackett as Pardon-Me-Pete (Groundhog) (voice)
Robert Morse as Jack Frost (voice)
Paul Frees as Kubla Kraus / Father Winter (voice)
Larry Storch as Papa (voice)
Dave Garroway as Groundhog Day Television Reporter (voice)
Debra Clinger as Elisa (voice)
Don Messick as Snip (voice)

The Groundhog tells the story of how, for once, Jack Frost became human, and helped a knight win his lady love.

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1. Christmas Is Here Again
2. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – 1964
3. The Nightmare Before Christmas 3-D

Cast:

Drew Barrymore as Lisa Piper
Richard Mulligan as Barnie / Barnaby Barnicle
Eileen Brennan as Mrs. Piper / Widow Hubbard
Keanu Reeves as Jack / Jack-be-Nimble
Jill Schoelen as Mary / Mary Contrary
Googy Gress as George / Georgie Porgie
Pat Morita as The Toymaster
Walter Buschhoff as Justice Grimm

11-year-old Lisa has no time for toys; she’s too busy taking care of her siblings and cooking for her mother. During the Christmas Eve blizzard, Lisa travels to Toyland in Wizard of Oz-like fashion and arrives just in time for a wedding. Young Mary Contrary is about to marry mean, old Barnaby Barnacle, despite the fact that she loves Jack Be Nimble. Lisa tries to stop this terrible wedding and, together with her new friends, discovers that Barnaby wants to take over Toyland. Lisa, Mary, Jack, and Georgie Porgie ask the Toymaster for help, but he can’t help them as long as Lisa doesn’t truly believe in toys.

If you like this movie, you'll also like:

1. Jack Frost – 1979 (TV special)
2. The Nightmare Before Christmas 3-D
3. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

Cast:

Burl Ives as Narrator: Sam the Snowman (voice)
Billie Mae Richards as Rudolph (voice) (as Billy Richards)
Paul Soles as Hermey (voice)
Larry D. Mann as Yukon Cornelius (voice) (as Larry Mann)
Stan Francis as Santa Claus / King Moonracer (voice)
Paul Kligman as Donner / Clarice’s Father / Comet the Coach (voice)
Janet Orenstein as Clarice (voice)
Alfie Scopp as Head Elf / Other Elves / Jeering Reindeers (voice)
Carl Banas as Charlie-In-The-Box / Spotted Elephant / Other Toys voice)
Corinne Conley as Doll / Others (voice)
Peg Dixon as Mrs. Donner / Others (voice)

A misfit reindeer and his friends look for a place that will accept them.

If you like this movie, you'll also like:

1. Jack Frost – 1979 (TV special)
2. Christmas Is Here Again
3. The Nightmare Before Christmas 3-D

Cast:

Edward Asner as Krad (voice)
Kathy Bates as Miss Dowdy (voice)
Madison Davenport as Sophianna (voice)
Colin Ford as Dart (voice)
Brad Garrett as Charlee (voice)
Andy Griffith as Santa Claus (voice)
Shirley Jones as Mrs. Claus (voice)
Jay Leno as Narrator (voice)
Norm MacDonald as Buster (voice)
Daniel Roebuck as Paul Rocco (voice)
Chuck Williams as Elf / Selvesr

Christmas Is Here Again is a musical animated tale that follows the exciting journey of a young orphan girl, Sophianna, and her unlikely band of adventurers as they help recover Santa’s magical toy sack. Throughout her pursuit for the elusive sack, Sophianna teams up with a feisty elf, an ambitious young reindeer, and a fox and polar bear duo. In the tradition of The Wizard of Oz, our young heroine and her allies each discover their potential for compassion, loyalty and the importance of never losing hope. This movie is the perfect Christmas movie for kids of all ages.

If you like this movie, you'll also like:

1. Arthur Christmas
2. A Charlie Brown Christmas
3. The Nightmare Before Christmas 3-D

Cast:

Jason Lee as Dave
David Cross as Ian
Cameron Richardson as Claire
Jane Lynch as Gail
Justin Long as Alvin (voice)
Matthew Gray Gubler as Simon (voice)
Jesse McCartney as Theodore (voice)

A struggling songwriter named Dave Seville finds success when he comes across a trio of singing chipmunks: mischievous leader Alvin, brainy Simon, and chubby, impressionable Theodore.

If you like this movie, you'll also like:

1. Christmas Is Here Again
2. A Bug’s Life
3. Bolt 3D

Directors: Tim Burton
Release Date: 21 December 2007

Cast:

Johnny Depp as Sweeney Todd
Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett
Alan Rickman as Judge Turpin
Timothy Spall as Beadle
Sacha Baron Cohen as Pirelli
Jamie Campbell Bower as Anthony
Laura Michelle Kelly as Beggar Woman

The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.

If you like this movie, you'll also like:

1. Stephen King’s The Mist
2. Mr. & Mrs. Smith
3. Little Children

Cast:

Johnny Depp as Victor Van Dort (voice)
Helena Bonham Carter as Corpse Bride (voice)
Emily Watson as Victoria Everglot (voice)
Tracey Ullman as Nell Van Dort / Hildegarde (voice)
Paul Whitehouse as William Van Dort / Mayhew / Paul The Head Waiter (voice)
Joanna Lumley as Maudeline Everglot (voice)
Albert Finney as Finis Everglot (voice)
Richard E. Grant as Barkis Bittern (voice)
Christopher Lee as Pastor Galswells (voice)

When a shy groom practices his wedding vows in the inadvertent presence of a deceased young woman, she rises from the grave assuming he has married her.

If you like this movie, you'll also like:

1. A Charlie Brown Christmas
2. Bolt 3D
3. TMNT: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles