Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5544 Films to Buy & Rent
Your Highness (2011)
- Dir. David Gordon Green
Feat. Danny McBride, Natalie Portman, James Franco…
- Deeply irreverent fantasy romp clearly conceived in a cloud of pot smoke has Franco and McBride desperate to rescue Deschanel from an evil wizard…
Zookeeper (2011)
- Dir. Frank Coraci
Feat. Kevin James, Rosario Dawson, Leslie Bibb…
- Beastly comedy vehicle for the witless Kevin James who plays the titular character whose quest for love is aided by talking animals.
3 (Three) (2010)
- Dir. Tom Tykwer
Feat. Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper, Devid Striesow
- Dir. Tom Tykwer energises this simple love story of a forty–something couple who fall for the same man with the frenetic visual and narrative…
30 Rock (TV Series) - Season 5 (2010)
- Feat. Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan…
- Further episodes of the critically acclaimed TV satire captained by the brilliant Tina Fey, here playing the besieged head writer of a comedy variety…
A Family on the Verge (La bellezza del somaro; Love & Slaps) (2010)
- Dir. Sergio Castellitto
Feat. Sergio Castellitto, Laura Morante, Barbora Bobulova…
- A wry updating of GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER has a successful couple nervously awaiting the arrival of their daughter's new boyfriend. Much…
A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010)
- Dir. Hans Petter Moland
Feat. Stellan Skarsgard, Bjorn Floberg, Gard B. Eidsvold…
- A dry, deadpan delight, about a gentle but explosive ex–con (Skarsgard) whose efforts to go straight after a long stint in prison are thwarted…
Abel (2010)
- Dir. Diego Luna
Feat. Christopher Ruíz-Esparza, Jose Maria Yazpik
- Sweet and satisfyingly unpredictable child fantasy about an imaginative young boy who returns from a psychiatric ward to declare himself the father…
After the Break Up (Break Ke Baad) (2010)
- Dir. Danish Aslam
Feat. Imran Khan, Deepika Padukone, Sharmila Tagore…
- Two of India's most popular young stars feature in this coming–of–age story about an independent–minded woman who takes a small…
Age of Reason, The (With Love... from the Age of Reason) (2010)
- Dir. Yann Samuell
Feat. Sophie Marceau, Marton Csokas, Michel Duchaussoy
- A frazzled career woman at breaking point reconnects with her childhood in this soul–searching romantic comedy.
More melodramatic, and less…
Alan Partridge: Mid Morning Matters (TV Series) (2010)
- Feat. Steve Coogan
- Steve Coogan revives his most famous comedy creation in this pithy mockumentary series following the middle–aged TV host's return to radio as a…