Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5544 Films to Buy & Rent
Titan Maximum (TV Series) (2009)
- Feat. Seth Green, Rachael Leigh Cook
- Offbeat sci–fi spoof from the creators of ROBOT CHICKEN parodies 'Super Robot' serials and other intergalactic tropes with an obscure, but…
Town Called Panic, A (2009)
- Dir. Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar
- Delightfully skewed claymation spawned from the cult Belgian TV series about a Cowboy, Indian and Horse figurine who share a house in a strange rural…
Tracing Shadow (Zhui ying) (2009)
- Dir. Marco Mak, Francis Ng
Feat. Jaycee Chan, Hao Dang, Francis Ng
- This batty Ming Dynasty comedy is a worthy throwback to Hong Kong’s campy martial arts movies of the early 90s, with an extravagant blend of…
Trailer Park Boys - Countdown to Liquor Day (2009)
- Dir. Mike Clattenburg
Feat. Rob Wells, Mike Smith, John Paul Tremblay
- A final fling for the trailer trash bumpkins, with Ricky, Julian, and Bubbles out of the slammer and battling a luxury redevelopment of their beloved…
Tripod - Live at Woodford (2009)
- Australian comedy band Tripod perform at the Woodford Folk Festival in a stripped–back performance that loses none of their trademark blend of…
Ugly Truth, The (2009)
- Dir. Robert Luketic
Feat. Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, Bree Turner…
- Predictable rom–com stars Katherine Heigl as a single career woman who enlists the help of a chauvinistic advice guru (Butler) to help her land…
Up (2009)
- Dir. Peter Docter, Bob Peterson
Feat. Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai
- Pixar are on top yet again with this inspired flight of fancy, about a widowed octogenarian (voiced by grizzly Ed Asner) and his dream of traveling…
Up in the Air (2009)
- Dir. Jason Reitman
Feat. George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick…
- A cautionary business tale wrapped in a frisky romantic comedy, with George Clooney starring as a compulsive traveller whose job it is to dismiss…
Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl (2009)
- Dir. Yoshihiro Nishimura, Naoyuki Tomomatsu
Feat. Yukie Nakama, Eri Otoguro
- Another enjoyable stock effort from the makers of TOKYO GORE POLICE et. al, this combines home–brewed splatter, ropey special effects, and…
Wah Do Dem (What They Do) (2009)
- Dir. Sam Fleischner, Ben Chace
Feat. Sean Bones, Carl Bradshaw, Norah Jones
- A young indie musician suffers solo through a disaster–prone Caribbean holiday in this shaggy road movie with a sweetly comic sensibility.…