Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5546 Films to Buy & Rent
Vanity Fair (2004)
- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Reese Witherspoon, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Rhys Ifans…
- Sumptuous and intelligent adaptation of William Thackeray's novel, about the rise of an unscrupulous orphan lass to the aristocracy in Britain during…
Venture Bros, The (TV Series) (2004)
- The zany minds at Adult Swim turn to spoofing JOHNNY QUEST, directing the spotlight on a pill–popping scientist, his moronic sons, and their…
Whisky (2004)
- Dir. Juan Pablo Rebella, Pablo Stoll
Feat. Jorge Bolani, Mirella Pascual, Andres Pazos
- From the vintage of Aki Kaurismaki and Jim Jarmusch, this low–key marriage charade stands as the driest comedy in years, accounting for a…
White Chicks (2004)
- Dir. Keenan Ivory Wayans
Feat. Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Frankie Faison…
- Even the make–up is bad in this tasteless gender and race–bending comedy from the Wayan Brothers, in which dark brown FBI agents Shawn…
Wimbledon (2004)
- Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Paul Bettany, Kirsten Dunst, Robert Lindsay…
- The producers of FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL et al replay the Anglo–American romance formula, appealingly set in the world of professional…
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)
- Dir. Robert Luketic
Feat. Kate Bosworth, Josh Duhamel, Topher Grace…
- Quality fluff, with Bosworth playing a smalltown girl who wins the titular date, expecting a one–off evening, but gaining an ardent…
Without A Paddle (2004)
- Dir. Steven Brill
Feat. Seth Green, Matthew Lillard, Dax Shepard…
- Three modernday 'city slickers' enthuse over a treasure–seeking canoe trip to Oregon, before falling comic victims to the flora, fauna, hairy…
Worst Week of My Life, The (TV Series) (2004)
- Feat. Sarah Alexander, Ben Miller, Alison Steadman
- The stressful lead up to a wedding is the inspired comic premise for this series, in which everything that can go wrong, does go wrong...
Ben…
Wrong Coast, The (TV Mini-Series) (2004)
- Amusing animation parody of Hollywood Entertainment television and mind–numbing mainstream movies. Offensive enough to be entertaining in its…
11:14 (2003)
- Dir. Greg Marcks
Feat. Rachael Leigh Cook, Barbara Hershey, Patrick Swayze…
- A set of seemingly random incidents all coincide in a sleepy suburban town one evening at 11:14pm, throwing together five different characters with…