Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy: 5458 Films to Rent
La Spagnola (2001)
- Dir. Steve Jacobs
Feat. Lola Marceli, Alice Ansara, Simon Palomaros…
- Drawing on the dir.’s experiences as an immigrant Spaniard in 1960s Australia, this colourful tale of revenge centres round a tempestuous…
Lawless Heart (2001)
- Dir. Tom Hunsinger, Neil Hunter
Feat. Douglas Henshall, Tom Hollander, Bill Nighy
- A triptych of inter–related stories set in a coastal village in Essex, from the points–of–view of three different men who convene…
Legally Blonde (2001)
- Dir. Robert Luketic
Feat. Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Matthew Davis…
- This ironic take on the ‘dumb blonde’ comedy is still pretty much a dumb blonde comedy.
Reese Witherspoon gives plenty of bimbo schtick as a…
Life Without Dick (2001)
- Dir. Bix Skahill
Feat. Sarah Jessica Parker, Harry Connick Jnr.
- Mildly black comedy has a doe–eyed Sarah Jessica Parker accidently offing her boyfriend and resorting to hitman Harry Connick Jnr (who has…
Little Nicky (2001)
- Dir. Steven Brill
Feat. Adam Sandler, Harvey Keitel, Dana Carvey…
- More comic infantilism from Adam Sandler inc., with the 'star' doing a variation on his contrived twitchy–whiny schtick as a goofy son of Satan…
Lone Gunmen, The (TV Series) (2001)
- Feat. Bruce Harwood, Tom Braidwood, Dean Haglund…
- An interesting spinoff series, this trails a trio of computer hackers who repeatedly cropped up in THE X–FILES, and were given a single season…
Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, The (2001)
- Dir. Larry Blamire
Feat. Fay Masterson, Andrew Parks, Larry Blamire
- A dead–on Z–grade movie parody that replicates the wooden acting, dumb dialogue, sloppy editing and cheap props of 50's "creature…
Love On a Diet (2001)
- Dir. Johnnie To
Feat. Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng
- The dir. of HEROIC TRIO, takes a serious change of tack with a weight–problem comedy. Looking to re–ignite her former romance with…
Lucky Break (2001)
- Dir. Peter Cattaneo
Feat. Timothy Spall, Christopher Plummer, James Nesbitt
- Jailed bank robber Timothy Spall plans a breakout undcer the guise of staging an appalling stage musical about Admiral Nelson written by the prison…
Made (2001)
- Dir. Jon Favreau
Feat. Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Famke Janssen…
- The hotly–awaited follow–up to SWINGERS from Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau looks to resurrect the easy–going swing and…