Subgenre Sampler
Romance: 1505 Films to Buy & Rent
LOL (2012)
- Dir. Lisa Azuelos
Feat. Miley Cyrus, Demi Moore, Jean-Luc Bilodeau…
- Perfunctory remake of the hit French teen comedy casts Demi Moore and Miley Cyrus as lovelorn mother and daughter in the social media age.
Lola Versus (2012)
- Dir. Daryl Wein
Feat. Greta Gerwig, Zoe Lister Jones, Hamish Linklater…
- Indie darling Greta Gerwig sizes up the 20–something dating scene after being unceremoniously dumped in this frivolous, if emotionally…
Love is All You Need (2012)
- Dir. Susanne Bier
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm, Molly Blixt Egelind
- Susanne Bier (AFTER THE WEDDING) directs this tender drama of mid–life romance, about an Englishman and a Danish woman who forge an unexpected…
Lucky One, The (2012)
- Dir. Scott Hicks
Feat. Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling, Blythe Danner…
- Man–candy Zac Efron stretches the truth as a hardened Iraq war veteran who falls in love with a woman whose photo he credits with keeping him…
Most Fun You Can Have Dying, The (2012)
- Dir. Kirstin Marcon
Feat. Matt Whelan, Roxane Mesquida, Pana Hema Taylor…
- Sultry youth drama from first–time feature dir. Kirstin Marcon about a terminally ill young man who absconds overseas with the money raised for…
Much Ado About Nothing (2012)
- Dir. Joss Whedon
Feat. Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Nathan Fillion…
- Thank heaven for Joss Whedon and for a tiny little project he threw together in his spare time whole he was in the editing room for THE AVENGERS.…
Not Suitable for Children (2012)
- Dir. Peter Templeman
Feat. Ryan Kwanten, Bojana Novakovic, Sarah Snook
- A hedonistic young man (Kwanten) faced with losing his reproductive ability from a life–saving operation sets about finding the mother of his…
Now is Good (2012)
- Dir. Ol Parker
Feat. Dakota Fanning, Jeremy Irvine, Paddy Considine…
- Dakota Fanning plays a terminally ill teen determined to, among other bucket list necessities, lose her virginity before dying.
A big, damp weepie…
One for the Money (2012)
- Dir. Julie Anne Robinson
Feat. Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara, Daniel Sunjata…
- Rom–com floozy Katherine Heigl finds work as a bail–bond agent; must track down fugitive cop who just happens to be an old high school…
Paris-Manhattan (2012)
- Dir. Sophie Lellouche
Feat. Alice Taglioni, Patrick Bruel
- A Woody Allen–obsessed pharmacist employs the philosophies of her nebbish movie hero in life and in love. Typically, inconsequentially French,…