Subgenre Sampler
Fantasy: 809 Films to Buy & Rent
Scott Pilgrim Vs The World (2010)
- Dir. Edgar Wright
Feat. Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Anna Kendrick…
- Wearing its super–coolness on its sleeve, this precocious action–comedy stars archetypal geek Michael Cera as a gawky bass–player…
Sorcerer's Apprentice, The (2010)
- Dir. Jon Turteltaub
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Alfred Molina, Jay Baruchel…
- Playing to type, Jay Baruchel is the average, unassuming new recruit of a master sorcerer (Nicholas Cage) who needs the help of a protégé to defeat…
Terry Pratchett's Going Postal (2010)
- Dir. Jon Jones
Feat. Richard Coyle, David Suchet, Claire Foy…
- Lavish adaptation of a Terry Pratchett novel set once again in the discworld universe. A convicted conman gets a fate worse than death, in this case…
Vanishing on 7th Street (2010)
- Dir. Brad Anderson
Feat. Hayden Christensen, Thandiwe Newton, John Leguizamo…
- Low–wattage shocks abound as Hayden Christensen wakes up one morning to find everyone has disappeared. Brad Anderson directs with customary…
Alice (TV Mini-Series) (2009)
- Dir. Nick Willing
Feat. Caterina Scorsone, Andrew Lee Potts, Matt Frewer…
- Modernist re–imagining of the Lewis Carroll classic with wonderland portrayed as a dystopian netherworld that sucks the emotions from the 'real…
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)
- Dir. Paul Weitz
Feat. Chris Massoglia, Josh Hutcherson, John C. Reilly…
- Disjointed family friendly fright fest has a teenager accidentally trigger a war between two vampire factions. Despite an excellent cast and a great…
Cold Souls (2009)
- Dir. Sophie Barthes
Feat. Paul Giamatti, David Strathairn, Lauren Ambrose…
- A existentialist tragi–comedy in which Paul Giamatti plays himself, a New York actor in crisis, who literally has his soul extracted, only to…
Coraline (2009)
- Dir. Henry Selick
Feat. Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders…
- The prodigious talents of fantasy writer Neil Gaiman and animator Henry Selick combine for this wonderful – though admittedly creepy –…
Daybreakers (2009)
- Dir. The Spierig Brothers
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill…
- Inventive take on the vampire genre has a world populated with the fanged undead facing a food shortage with the human population rapidly dwindling.…
From Time to Time (2009)
- Dir. Julian Fellowes
Feat. Alex Etel, Timothy Spall, Maggie Smith…
- Charmingly old–fashioned family film set at the tail end of the second world war has a young boy discovering a portal back to 1805, where he…