MAYA RUDOLPH

LICORICE PIZZA (2021)
Starring Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Bradley Cooper, Benny Safdie, Ben Stiller, Maya Rudolph, Skyler Gisondo and Mary Elizabeth Ellis. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.

REVIEWS Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson's odyssey of growing pains

THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS (2018)
Starring Elizabeth Banks, Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Joel McHale, Leslie David Baker, Jimmy O. Yang, Cynthy Wu, Pamela Mitchell, Colleen Smith and Dorien Davies. Directed by Brian Henson.

When the puppet cast of an '80s children's TV show begins to get murdered one by one, a disgraced LAPD detective- turned-private eye puppet takes on the case.

REVIEWS The Happytime Murders - Filthy felt

LIFE OF THE PARTY (2018)
Starring Melissa McCarthy, Gillian Jacobs, Maya Rudolph, Julie Bowen, Jacki Weaver, Christina Aguilera, Debby Ryan, Chris Parnell, Shannon Purser and Adria Arjona. Directed by Ben Falcone.

When her husband suddenly dumps her, longtime dedicated housewife Deanna turns regret into re-set by going back to college...landing in the same class and school as her daughter, who’s not entirely sold on the idea. Plunging headlong into the campus experience, the increasingly outspoken Deanna - now Dee Rock - embraces freedom, fun and frat boys on her own terms, finding her true self in a senior year no one ever expected.

THE NUT JOB 2: NUTTY BY NATURE (2018)
Starring Will Arnett, Katherine Heigl, Maya Rudolph, Bobby Mynihan, Jeff Dunham, Bobby Cannavale, Isabela Moner, Jackie Chan, Joe Pingue and Robert Tinkler. Directed by Callan Brunker.

Surly and his friends must stop Oakton City's mayor from destroying their home to make way for a dysfunctional amusement park.

THE EMOJI MOVIE (2017)
Starring T.j. Miller, James Corden, Ilana Glazer, Steven Wright, Jennifer Coolidge, Maya Rudolph, Jake T. Austin and Patrick Stewart. Directed by Anthony Leondis.

Hidden within the messaging app is Textopolis, a bustling city where all your favourite emojis live, hoping to be selected by the phone’s user. In this world, each emoji has only one facial expression – except for Gene, an exuberant emoji who was born without a filter and is bursting with multiple expressions. Determined to become “normal” like the other emojis, Gene enlists the help of his handy best friend Hi-5 and the notorious code breaker emoji Jailbreak. Together, they embark on an epic “app-venture” through the apps on the phone, each its own wild and fun world, to find the Code that will fix Gene. But when a greater danger threatens the phone, the fate of all emojis depends on these three unlikely friends who must save their world before it’s deleted forever.

REVIEWS The Emoji Movie - Meh - in more ways than one

MAGGIE'S PLAN (2016)
Starring Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore, Bill Hader and Maya Rudolph. Directed by Rebecca Miller.

Maggie has never sustained a relationship longer than six months – but desperately wants a baby. She solicits a sperm donation from a friend, but has hardly begun the artificial insemination process when she consummates a budding romance with John, an unhappily married academic hailed as “the bad boy of fictocritical anthropology.”

Maggie’s rejuvenating enthusiasm lures John away from his brilliant but domineering Danish wife Georgette Nørgaard and the two settle down to raise their daughter. Everything has gone according to Maggie’s plan; so why isn’t she happy, and what meddlesome scheme will she concoct next? Maggie’s Plan is a charming, sophisticated and funny exploration of the unexpected complexities of modern romance.

REVIEWS Maggie's Plan - Missing the romantic spark

SISTERS (2016)
Starring Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, John Leguizamo, Ike Barinholtz, Maya Rudolph, Madison Davenport, Greta Lee, James Brolin, John Cena and Rachel Dratch. Directed by Jason Moore.

Two disconnected sisters are summoned home to clean out their childhood bedroom before their parents sell the family house. Looking to recapture their glory days, they throw one final high-school-style party for their classmates, which turns into the cathartic event that a bunch of worn down adults really need.

REVIEWS Sisters - Tina Fey & Amy Poehler doing it for themselves

INHERENT VICE (2015)
Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Josh Brolin, Jena Malone, Benicio Del Toro, Owen Wilson and Maya Rudolph. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

In Los Angeles in 1970, drug-fueled detective Larry 'Doc' Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.

REVIEWS Inherent Vice - A crime noir maze

BIG HERO 6 (2014)
Starring Maya Rudolph, James Cromwell, Damon Wayans Jr, T.j. Miller, Alan Tudyk, Jamie Chung, Genesis Rodriguez, Daniel Henney, Ryan Potter and Scott Adsit. Directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams.

Robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada learns to harness his genius - thanks to his brilliant brother Tadashi and their like-minded friends: adrenaline junkie Go Go Tamago, neatnik Wasabi, chemistry whiz Honey Lemon and fanboy Fred. When a devastating turn of events catapults them into the midst of a dangerous plot unfolding in the streets of San Fransokyo, Hiro turns to his closest companion - a robot named Baymax - and transforms the group into a band of high-tech heroes determined to solve the mystery.

REVIEWS Big Hero 6 - Packing a powerful punch

GROWN UPS 2 (2013)
Starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Salma Hayek, Maya Rudolph, Maria Bello and Taylor Lautner. Directed by Dennis Dugan.

Lenny has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are the ones learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises: the last day of school.

REVIEWS Grown Ups 2 - Same old tricks

THE WAY WAY BACK (2013)
Starring Liam James, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Annasophia Robb, Sam Rockwell, Allison Janney, Maya Rudolph, Amanda Peet, Rob Corddry and Nat Faxon. Directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash.

A relationship is built between a teenager and a park ranger during summer break.

REVIEWS The Way Way Back - Hard and hilarious life lessons

LUCA
Starring Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer, Emma Berman, Maya Rudolph, Marco Barricelli and Jim Gaffigan. Directed by Enrico Casarosa.

Set in a beautiful seaside town on the Italian Riviera, the original animated feature is a coming-of-age story about one young boy experiencing an unforgettable summer filled with gelato, pasta and endless scooter rides. Luca shares these adventures with his newfound best friend, but all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: he is a sea monster from another world just below the water’s surface.

REVIEWS Luca - Pixar's gorgeous ode to the art of acceptance