Jane Lynch
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Jane Lynch is an American comedian, actress , singer and writer, best known for her portrayal of Sue Sylvester in the FOX musical-comedy series "Glee". She holds a BA in Theater from Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, and an MFA in Theater from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
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As: Calhoun (voice)
Taking place six years following the events of the first film, the story will center on Ralph's adventures in the Internet data space when a Wi-Fi router gets plugged into the arcade as he must find a replacement part to fix Sugar Rush.
Directed by: Phil Johnston | Rich Moore
Stars: John C. Reilly | Sarah Silverman | James Corden | Taraji P. Henson | Alan Tudyk
As: Gabby Monkhouse
Eager contestants don big heads and furry suits to vie for the title of World's Best Mascot.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Christopher Guest
Stars: Zach Woods | Sarah Baker | Parker Posey | Susan Yeagley | Christopher Moynihan
The stars of America's greatest comedies - like Cheers, Friends, Taxi and The Big Bang Theory - get together for one night only to honor Director James Burrows. Watch Must See TV: An All-Star Tribute to James Burrows.
Runtime: 87 min.
Stars: Jennifer Aniston | David Schwimmer | Matt LeBlanc | Lisa Kudrow | Courteney Cox
As: Grace
Goth-girl Cindy admires beautiful Laurie from afar, until the night when she dresses as a boy for the prom. Will this gender-bending Cinderella find true love when she leaves behind her little black boot?
Runtime: 16 min.
Directed by: Colette Burson
Stars: Jane Lynch | Dania Ramirez | Carmen Plumb | Anthony Woods | Alison Sudol
As: Rosie (voice)
Jack is just an ordinary sparrow who wishes he could be more exotic and vibrant like so many of his friends. So when a coincidental accident involving colorful paint changes the way he looks, Jack is thrilled about his new appearance. But little does he know that his new look will soon lead him down a path of mistaken identity, adventure and danger. Aurora is a beautiful yellow canary that has been locked up her whole life. ...
Runtime: 82 min.
Directed by: Gustavo Giannini | Daniel De Felippo | Mychal Simka
Stars: Drake Bell | Gina Briganti | Keith David | Ken Jeong | Dallas Lovato
As: Dr. Judith
A grown man is still caught in the crossfire of his parents' 15 year divorce. He discovers he was unknowingly part of a study on divorced children and is enlisted in a follow-up years later, which wreaks new havoc on his family.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Stu Zicherman
Stars: Adam Scott | Richard Jenkins | Catherine O'Hara | Amy Poehler | Mary Elizabeth Winstead
As: Lenore
Rachel is a quick-witted and lovable stay-at-home mom. Frustrated with the realities of preschool auctions, a lackluster sex life and career that's gone kaput, Rachel visits a strip club to spice up her marriage and meets McKenna, a stripper she adopts as her live-in nanny.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Jill Soloway
Stars: Kathryn Hahn | Juno Temple | Josh Radnor | Jane Lynch | Annie Mumolo
As: Io (Voice)
Astronaut Scorch Supernova finds himself caught in a trap when he responds to an SOS from a notoriously dangerous alien planet.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Callan Brunker
Stars: Brendan Fraser | Rob Corddry | Ricky Gervais | Jessica Alba | Sarah Jessica Parker
As: Sue
When a daredevil kid named Ernie, his sister Julia, and his best friend Max are horsing around in Max's inventor father's workshop, they accidentally trip a time-machine into operation and find themselves transported back in time 65 million years, where they meet a T-Rex named Tyra and her rambunctious dinosaur son Dodger. The unlikely group find themselves on an amazing adventure exploring the ...
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Yoon-suk Choi | John Kafka
Stars: Rob Schneider | Melanie Griffith | William Baldwin | Jane Lynch | Pamela Adlon
As: Sergeant Calhoun (voice)
Wreck-It Ralph is the 9-foot-tall, 643-pound villain of an arcade video game named Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the game's titular hero fixes buildings that Ralph destroys. Wanting to prove he can be a good guy and not just a villain, Ralph escapes his game and lands in Hero's Duty, a first-person shooter where he helps the game's hero battle against alien invaders. He later enters Sugar Rush, a kart racing game set on tracks ...
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Rich Moore
Stars: Jane Lynch | Alan Tudyk | Mindy Kaling | Joe Lo Truglio | Jack McBrayer
As: Female Flamingo (voice: English version)
The movie centers on a group of animals in a national park in Bombay trying to figure out a way to stop humans from building an apartment complex on their land.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Nikhil Advani
Stars: Sunil Shetty | Govinda | Akshaye Khanna | Urmila Matondkar | Christopher Lloyd
As: Mother Superior
While trying to save their childhood orphanage, Moe, Larry and Curly inadvertently stumble into a murder plot and wind up starring in a reality TV show.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Peter Farrelly | Bobby Farrelly
Stars: Sean Hayes | Will Sasso | Chris Diamantopoulos | Jane Lynch | Sofía Vergara
As: Maggie Gallagher
"8"—a new play by Academy-award winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black (Milk, J. Edgar)—demystifies the debate around marriage equality by chronicling the landmark trial of Perry v. Schwarzenegger. A one time show was done live on youtube with a superstar cast
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Stars: Kevin Bacon | Matt Bomer | George Clooney | Chris Colfer | Jamie Lee Curtis
As: Margaret Knowhow (voice)
Despite repeated warnings about humans from their father, the Abominable Snowman, two Abominable Snowkids find themselves in a sleepy Colorado mountain town after being chased out of their hideaway by a scientist determined to capture them.
Runtime: 43 min.
Directed by: Chad Van De Keere
Stars: Ray Liotta | Emilio Estevez | Jane Lynch | Ariel Winter | Isabella Acres
As: Queen Neptuna
A fast food restaurant mini variant of Buzz forcibly switches places with the real Buzz and his friends have to deal with the obnoxious impostor.
Runtime: 7 min.
Directed by: Angus MacLane
Stars: Lori Alan | Carlos Alazraqui | Tim Allen | Bob Bergen | Blake Clark
As: Sue Sylvester
A concert documentary shot during the Glee Live! In Concert! summer 2011 tour, featuring song performances and Glee fans' life stories and how the show influenced them.
Runtime: 84 min.
Directed by: Kevin Tancharoen
Stars: Dianna Agron | Lea Michele | Gwyneth Paltrow | Darren Criss | Chris Colfer
As: Alice/Goose (voice)
Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling, a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his human friend, Linda. Blu is thought to be the last of his kind, but when word comes that Jewel, a lone female, lives in Rio de Janeiro, Blu and Linda go to meet her. Animal smugglers kidnap Blu and Jewel, but the pair soon escape and begin a perilous adventure back to freedom ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Carlos Saldanha
Stars: Jesse Eisenberg | Anne Hathaway | Leslie Mann | Jane Lynch | Will.i.am
As: Pat Stevenson
For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing uncomfortably close, Paul escapes on the first RV that passes by his compound in Area 51. Fortunately, it contains the two earthlings who are most likely to rescue and harbor an alien ...
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Greg Mottola
Stars: Seth Rogen | Simon Pegg | Nick Frost | Jason Bateman | Kristen Wiig
As: Dr. Poole (voice)
Comet longs to be taken seriously as a full-fledged space chimp. He journeys to the fantastical Planet Malgor and bonds with the adorable alien Kilowatt, living out his ultimate fantasy. However, it's time for Comet to prove himself when the feared alien ruler Zartog takes over Mission Control! Comet must show he has the right stuff, and join fellow chimps Ham, Luna and Titan, to save the day.
Runtime: 76 min.
Directed by: John H. Williams
Stars: Tom Kenny | Zack Shada | Patrick Warburton | Cheryl Hines | Carlos Alazraqui
As: Gretched (voice)
A bored and domesticated Shrek pacts with deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin to get back to feeling like a real ogre again, but when he's duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away—where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he and Fiona have never met—he sets out to restore his world and reclaim his true love.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Mike Mitchell
Stars: Mike Myers | Eddie Murphy | Cameron Diaz | Antonio Banderas | Julie Andrews
As: Sabena
A second-generation male maid fights to save the girl he loves and their historic hotel from the clutches of a hostile developer.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Chris Lusvardi
Stars: Jane Lynch | Steve Hytner | Sara Rue | Phillip Vaden
As: Carmella Malby
Ryden Malby has a master plan. Graduate college, get a great job, hang out with her best friend and find the perfect guy. But her plan spins hilariously out of control when she’s forced to move back home with her eccentric family.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Vicky Jenson
Stars: Alexis Bledel | Zach Gilford | Rodrigo Santoro | Jane Lynch | Carol Burnett
As: Dorothy McWilliams
Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Nora Ephron
Stars: Meryl Streep | Amy Adams | Stanley Tucci | Chris Messina | Linda Emond
As: J.D.
After learning her boyfriend (Harmon) cheated on her with his co-host (Olson), a Seattle morning show weather girl (O’Kelley) freaks out on-air and is fired. Forced to move in with her little brother (Devlin) and deal with his best friend (Adams), she has to learn to cope with being 35, single, unemployed, and unfortunately famous for being the Sassy Weather Girl who lost it on live television.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Blayne Weaver
Stars: Tricia O'Kelley | Patrick J. Adams | Ryan Devlin | Mark Harmon | Kaitlin Olson
As: Diatryma Mom (voice)
Times are changing for Manny the moody mammoth, Sid the motor mouthed sloth and Diego the crafty saber-toothed tiger. Life heats up for our heroes when they meet some new and none-too-friendly neighbors – the mighty dinosaurs.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Carlos Saldanha
Stars: Ray Romano | John Leguizamo | Denis Leary | Queen Latifah | Simon Pegg
As: Ms.Hulka
Public Defender Eddie is a widower with a 13 year-old daughter, Naomi. A classic workaholic, Eddie has been M.I.A. for most of Naomi's big moments. But when an unfortunately timed accident gives Eddie the opportunity to become the "Team Mom" for the Killer Bees, Naomi's team in the Spring Action Classic at camp Hulka's Rock, he grabs it.
Runtime: 84 min.
Directed by: William Dear
Stars: George Lopez | Daniela Bobadilla | Jane Lynch | Julia Benson | Elizabeth Thai
Get to know some of Hollywood's most talented character actors, who have supported leading roles in films for decades. Some have even gone on to become stars in their own right. They proudly stand in the shadows of the "stars" of the movies, content to play the roles that lend flavor and depth to the films, with their unique brands of humor, intensity and charisma, leaving lasting impressions on all of us ...
Runtime: 54 min.
Directed by: Kevin Burns
Stars: Veronica Cartwright | Luis Guzmán | Justin Humphreys | Sean Kinney | John Landis
As: Senator Hartmann
Three women in their thirties head to a popular Spring Break destination and try to relive the Spring Break they never had.
Runtime: 84 min.
Directed by: Ryan Shiraki
Stars: Amy Poehler | Parker Posey | Rachel Dratch | Amber Tamblyn | Seth Meyers
As: Honey Strumpet
Mona is nearly overwhelmed by grief and depression. After her father's death, she's cut herself off: leaving teaching - she now temps as an office assistant, ignoring her mother's calls, talking to herself in mirrors, and rejecting any offered intimacy. She's watched over by comic extraterrestrial beings whom we see as cartoon squiggles. They ensure that random acts bring her connections - with a neighbor boy, his mother, and ...
Runtime: 83 min.
Directed by: Emily Hubley
Stars: Lily Rabe | H. Jon Benjamin | Kevin Corrigan | David Cross | Jane Lynch
As: M.J.
Penny and Sam work for a notoriously mean spirited, selfish, and somewhat abusive big fish Hollywood producer, MJ Siegel. They run a day's worth of outrageous and demoralizing errands for her, and end up turning on one another when Penny's movie idea is stolen, pitched, and sold to MJ by Sam as her own idea. - Written by David Krumholtz
Runtime: 22 min.
Directed by: David Krumholtz
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Amanda Young | Elizabeth Banks | Vanessa Britting | Jane Lynch
As: Dominique Blatt
A guy who danced with what could be the girl of his dreams at a costume ball only has one hint at her identity: the Zune she left behind as she rushed home in order to make her curfew. And with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in front of him, he sets out to find his masked beauty.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Damon Santostefano
Stars: Selena Gomez | Jane Lynch | Katharine Isabelle | Emily Perkins | Jessica Parker Kennedy
As: Lisa
Rob "Fish" Fishman is the drummer in '80s hair metal band Vesuvius. He's unceremoniously booted as the group signs a big record deal, is out of the music world for 20 years - and then receives a second chance with his nephew's band.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Peter Cattaneo
Stars: Rainn Wilson | Josh Gad | Christina Applegate | Emma Stone | Teddy Geiger
As: Dr. Poole (voice)
Three chimps are sent into space to explore the possibility of alien life when an unmanned space shuttle crash lands on an uncharted planet.
Runtime: 81 min.
Directed by: Kirk De Micco
Stars: Andy Samberg | Cheryl Hines | Jeff Daniels | Patrick Warburton | Kristin Chenoweth
As: Ms. Maple
Recently relocated from San Francisco to conservative suburbia by her lesbian mothers, Tru struggles like all teens to fit in and find love, but her quest is complicated by sexual politics, closed minds, and closeted friends as she seeks to establish her school's first Gay-Straight Alliance.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Stewart Wade
Stars: Najarra Townsend | Jake Abel | Matthew Thompson | Alexandra Paul | Tye Olson
As: Gayle Sweeny
Two salesmen trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 service hours with a mentorship program. After one day with the kids, however, jail doesn't look half bad.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: David Wain
Stars: Seann William Scott | Paul Rudd | Elizabeth Banks | Christopher Mintz-Plasse | Bobb'e J. Thompson
As: Joni
In his quest to become the world's greatest air-drummer, a small-town dreamer must overcome obstacles and ridicule to save the day.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Ari Gold
Stars: Ari Gold | Michael McKean | Shoshannah Stern | Adrian Grenier | Jane Lynch
As: Nora Stelmack
A screwball comedy about a young couple that must endure premarital counseling and the horrific married couple they are assigned to.
Runtime: 84 min.
Directed by: Steve Blair
Stars: James Murtaugh | Cynthia Harris | Adam LeFevre | Alexie Gilmore | Bryan Callen
As: Gail the Television Reporter
Singer Dewey Cox overcomes adversity to become a musical legend.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Jake Kasdan
Stars: John C. Reilly | Raymond J. Barry | Margo Martindale | Kristen Wiig | Tim Meadows
As: Gail
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.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Tim Hill
Stars: Jason Lee | David Cross | Cameron Richardson | Jane Lynch | Justin Long
As: Joan Hobbie / Minnie
Holly and the Hey Girls learn that you never know who might make the perfect friend when they meet the town witch and find out she's really a wonderful old lady who can use a little of their help.
Runtime: 44 min.
Stars: Alyson Stoner | Tinashe Kachingwe | Jansen Panettiere | Paul Butcher | Rusty Schwimmer
As: Glinton
Alyssa is a troubled 14-year old, suspended from school a year after her mother has drowned. Her grandmother Lucy, at wit's end, decides to take Alyssa to her father, James, whom Alyssa thought was dead for years. He studies dolphin communication at Smith's Point, on the Grand Bahama Island. James has not known of Alyssa's existence and is clueless about parenthood. The women arrive at the same time that James may ...
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Michael D. Sellers
Stars: Carly Schroeder | Adrian Dunbar | George Harris | Katharine Ross | Christine Adams
As: Ingrid Sorensen
John Vandermark (Cumming) has taken in a struggling writer, Sebastian St. Germain (Boreanaz), who overstays his welcome. When John discovers that Sebastian has simply been using him, he turns the tables on his young tenant in an effort to make him work off his rent debt. When Sebastian dies accidentally in the process, John tries to make it up to him by helping him get his book published posthumously. When the book is ...
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Alan Cumming
Stars: Alan Cumming | David Boreanaz | Anne Heche | Karen Black | Whitney Allen
As: Casting Director
Jane (Anna Faris), a struggling but perpetually stoned actress, has a busy day ahead. She has several important tasks on her list, including buying more marijuana. Even though she already has a good start on the day's planned drug use, she eats her roommate's pot-laced cupcakes and embarks on a series of misadventures all over Los Angeles.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Gregg Araki
Stars: Anna Faris | Adam Brody | John Krasinski | Jane Lynch | Roscoe Lee Browne
As: Cindy
Three actors learn that their respective performances in the film "Home for Purim," a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Christopher Guest
Stars: Catherine O'Hara | Harry Shearer | Parker Posey | Christopher Moynihan | John Michael Higgins
When real estate mogul Gavin Ransom (Noah Wyle) announces his plan to cover California's northern coast with scores of mini-mansions, his environmentalist sister, Olive (Ileana Douglas), launches a protest to stop him. But there's trouble ahead when Gavin begins falling for the pretty folk singer (Kate Mara) who's helping Olive's cause. This clever West Coast satire from writer-director Jonathan Parker is a twist on Henry ...
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Jonathan Parker
Stars: Noah Wyle | Illeana Douglas | Kate Mara | Cloris Leachman | Joanne Whalley
As: Lucy Bobby
Lifelong friends and national idols Ricky Bobby and Cal Naughton Jr. have earned their NASCAR stripes with their uncanny knack of finishing races in the first and second slots, respectively, and slinging catchphrases like "Shake and bake!" But when a rival French driver coasts onto the track to challenge their records, they'll have to floor it to retain their top-dog status.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Adam McKay
Stars: Will Ferrell | John C. Reilly | Sacha Baron Cohen | Gary Cole | Michael Clarke Duncan
As: Doreen
A combination of unfortunate circumstances force Darren into the situation where he has to sell off the eponymous stash of drugs in a limited time frame.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Theo Avgerinos
Stars: Lou Taylor Pucci | Kristen Bell | John Hensley | Nora Zehetner | Monica Keena
As: Herself
A chronological look at films by, for, or about gays and lesbians in the United States, from 1947 to 2005, Kenneth Anger's "Fireworks" to "Brokeback Mountain". Talking heads, anchored by critic and scholar B. Ruby Rich, are interspersed with an advancing timeline and with clips from two dozen films. The narrative groups the pictures around various firsts, movements, and triumphs: experimental films, indie films, sex ...
Runtime: 81 min.
Directed by: Lisa Ades | Lesli Klainberg
Stars: B. Ruby Rich | John Waters | Jane Lynch | Alan Cumming | Heather Matarazzo
Celeste and Bam Bam escape their Midwest hometown for New York, and take on their high-school nemeses - the dictators of the world-famous Salon Mirage - while discovering that true beauty lies within.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Lorene Machado
Stars: Jane Lynch | Margaret Cho | John Cho | Bruce Daniels
As: Paula
Andy Stitzer has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an electronics store. But at age 40, there's one thing Andy hasn't done, and it's really bothering his sex-obsessed male co-workers: Andy is still a virgin. Determined to help Andy get laid, the guys make it their mission to de-virginize him. But it all seems hopeless until Andy meets small business owner Trish, a single mom.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Judd Apatow
Stars: Steve Carell | Catherine Keener | Paul Rudd | Romany Malco | Seth Rogen
As: Gabby Corky
As their first year of high school looms ahead, best friends Julie, Hannah, Yancy and Farrah have one last summer sleepover. Little do they know they're about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime. Desperate to shed their nerdy status, they take part in a night-long scavenger hunt that pits them against their popular archrivals. Everything under the sun goes on -- from taking Yancy's father's car to sneaking into ...
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Joe Nussbaum
Stars: Alexa PenaVega | Mika Boorem | Jane Lynch | Sara Paxton | Brie Larson
As: Laurie Bohner
In "A Mighty Wind", director Christopher Guest reunites the team from "Best In Show" and "Waiting for Guffman" to tell tell the story of 60's-era folk musicians, who inspired by the death of their former manager, get back on the stage for one concert in New York City's Town Hall.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Christopher Guest
Stars: Bob Balaban | Christopher Guest | John Michael Higgins | Eugene Levy | Jane Lynch
As: Agent Russo
Firefighter Gordon Brewer is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing credited to Claudio 'The Wolf' Perrini.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Andrew Davis
Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger | Francesca Neri | Elias Koteas | Cliff Curtis | John Turturro
As: Christy Cummings
The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives -- the Mayflower Dog Show. The canine contestants and their owners are as wondrously diverse as the great country that has bred them.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Christopher Guest
Stars: Jay Brazeau | Parker Posey | Michael Hitchcock | Catherine O'Hara | Eugene Levy
As: Counselor
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: H. Gordon Boos
Stars: Amanda Peet | Michael Vartan | Peter Facinelli | Kari Wuhrer | Erica Gimpel
As: Dr. Kathy Wahlund
Wrongfully accused of murdering his wife, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find her killer and clear his name. Pursuing him is a team of U.S. marshals led by Deputy Samuel Gerard, a determined detective who will not rest until Richard is captured. As Richard leads the team through a series of intricate chases, he discovers the secrets behind his wife's death and struggles to expose the killer before it ...
Runtime: 130 min.
Directed by: Andrew Davis
Stars: Harrison Ford | Tommy Lee Jones | Sela Ward | Julianne Moore | Joe Pantoliano