Subgenre Sampler
Television: 2929 Films to Buy & Rent
We Can Be Heroes (TV Series) (2005)
- Feat. Chris Lilley
- Hoisting the tried–and–true "mock–umentary" to new heights, the fiendishly talented Chris Lilley assumes no less than six roles in…
Weeds (TV Series) (2005-2012)
- Feat. Mary-Louise Parker, Elizabeth Perkins, Justin Kirk…
- Tinkering with suburban values and the illusion they help maintain, this wry and caustic comedy of affluence trafficks the drug trade of a widowed…
Wild South America (TV Series) (2005)
- Another entry in the BBC documentary series charting the natural history of the Earth's continents, this time the varied ecology and life of South…
24 - Season 3 (TV Series) (2004)
- Feat. Kiefer Sutherland
- Further episodes in this high–concept TV thriller, covering 24 hours of real time events (an hour per episode) with Kiefer Sutherland as lead…
4400, The (TV Series) (2004)
- Feat. Joel Gretsch, Jacqueline McKenzie
- An effectively puzzling sci–fi TV series which begins on a day when 4400 missing persons suddenly reappear on Earth, not a day older than when…
Agatha Christie - A Life in Pictures (2004)
- Dir. Richard Curson Smith
Feat. Olivia Williams, Anna Massey
- BBC teledrama that focuses on the real life disappearance of detective–writer Agatha Christie in 1926, which has already spawned at least one…
Angels in America (TV Mini Series) (2004)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson…
- An ambitious, multi–leveled portrait of the fractures, politics and metaphysical crises of 1980s America based on the stageplay by Tony…
Battlestar Galactica (TV Series) (2004-2009)
- Feat. Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell
- Following on from the 2003 miniseries, this has been hailed as Sci–Fi’s greatest TV series to date...
SEASON ONE: 13 episodes over 4 DVDs…
Bear Named Winnie, A (2004)
- Dir. John Kent Harrison
Feat. Michael Fassbender, Gil Bellows, David Suchet…
- Interesting telemovie based on the true story of a Canadian black bear cub who was 'adopted' by a soldier in 1914, eventually placed in the London…
Best of Spike Milligan, The (2004)
- Dir. Alan J.W. Bell
Feat. Spike Milligan
- BBC compilation of comical highlights from the television career of the famous ex–Goon. Includes skits from 'Q' and 'There's a lot of it About'.