Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5544 Films to Buy & Rent
Paul (2011)
- Dir. Greg Mottola
Feat. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen…
- The creators of SHAUN OF THE DEAD and HOT FUZZ make a beeline for America's UFO heartland in this comedy about two sci–fi nerds who befriend a…
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding (2011)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Elizabeth Olsen…
- Light comedy about an uptight NYC lawyer takes her two teenagers to her hippie mother's farmhouse upstate for a family vacation.
Portlandia (TV Series) (2011)
- Feat. Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein
- Cult sketch comedy of the zeitgeist that affectionately skewers the liberals, hipsters and well–intentioned naifs attempting to live out their…
Red State (2011)
- Dir. Kevin Smith
Feat. Michael Parks, Melissa Leo, John Goodman…
- Kevin Smith tries his hand at horror as three sex–obsessed teenagers are lured into a trap laid by religious fundamentalists.
Subversive…
Rest for the Wicked (2011)
- Dir. Simon Pattison
Feat. Tony Barry, John Bach, Irene Wood…
- Jolly late–life crime–caper with Tony Barry as a former cop who poses undercover as a resident of a retirement village in an effort to…
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)
- Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas
- Lasse Hallstrom directs this light–headed romantic comedy about a British businesswoman and a doctor recruited to project manage a Sheikh's…
Salt of Life, The (2011)
- Dir. Gianni Di Gregorio
Feat. Gianni Di Gregorio
- Gianni Di Gregorio's delightful follow–up to MID–AUGUST LUNCH, about a house husband at the whim of his wife, daughter, neighbour, and…
Salvation Boulevard (2011)
- Dir. George Ratliff
Feat. Greg Kinnear, Pierce Brosnan, Marisa Tomei…
- Lightweight spoofing of religious hysteria with stoner Kinnear taking the fall for a pastor after a meeting with a militant atheist goes awry.
Shameless (TV Series, US) (2011)
- Feat. William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum, Justin Chatwin
- Watchable, surprisingly insightful remake of the hit British series attempts to three–dimensionalize the 'trailer park' stereotype in its…
Sitter, The (2011)
- Dir. David Gordon Green
Feat. Jonah Hill, Max Records, Ari Graynor…
- An R–Rated 'Adventures in Babysitting', with college dropout Jonah Hill dragging three unsuspecting youngsters on an urban sortie when his…