Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5546 Films to Buy & Rent
Intimate Strangers (Confidences trop intimes) (2004)
- Dir. Patrice Leconte
Feat. Sandrine Bonnaire, Fabrice Luchini, Anne Brochet
- Another stylish excursion into suspensful romanticism for dir. Leconte (MONSIEUR HIRE), here premised on a woman's mistaken assumption that she is…
It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004)
- Dir. Michael Dowse
Feat. Paul Kaye, Kate Magowan
- Documentary–mockumentary comedy about the notoriously hedonistic dance DJ Frankie Wilde (Kaye), who rode the wave of 1990s Ibiza club culture…
Jersey Girl (2004)
- Dir. Kevin Smith
Feat. Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Jason Biggs…
- Surprising schmaltz from the dir. of CLERKS and CHASING AMY, who supresses (almost) the dick and movie jokes that are his stock–in–trade…
Jimmy Glick in Lalawood (2004)
- Dir. Vadim Jean
Feat. Martin Short, Janeane Garofalo, Elizabeth Perkins
- A feature spin–off of Martin Short's TV Series 'Primetime Glick', in which Short plays a wannabe celebrity interviewer who comes to prominence…
Joey (TV Series) (2004)
- Feat. Matt LeBlanc, Drea De Matteo, Jennifer Coolidge
- Matt LeBlanc jumps the shark in this resurrection of his lovable, studly FRIENDS role after the popular show's tenth season finale.
A desperate,…
John Safran vs God (TV Series) (2004)
- Feat. John Safran
- Ozzie media–satirist John Safran explores religion in the modern world with high irreverance, low humour and agnostic scepticism.
Among the…
King of Bollywood (2004)
- Dir. Piyush Jha
Feat. Kavita Kapoor, Sophie Dahl, Om Puri
- A tongue–in–cheek satire of the Bollywood movie industry, in which a star (Puri) with notions of his own timeless importance becomes…
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
- Dir. Stephen Chow (Chiao)
Feat. Stephen Chow (Chiao), Wah Yuen
- Hong Kong superstar Stephen Chow trumps all previous efforts (and that's saying something) with this dynamic, bust–a–gut funny…
Ladykillers, The (2004)
- Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. Tom Hanks, Marlon Wayans, Irma P. Hall
- The ever–talented Coen Brothers (O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU?) take on the challenging task of updating the classic Ealing black comedy, importing…
Last Shot, The (2004)
- Dir. Jeff Nathanson
Feat. Alec Baldwin, Matthew Broderick, Toni Collette…
- Zany comedy a nifty premise, has Broderick play a wannabe director who gets the 'greenlight' without realising he is part of an elaborate FBI…