Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5570 Films to Buy & Rent
Two Fat Ladies (TV Series) (1999)
- Feat. Jennifer Paterson, Clarissa Wright
- The commanding humour, presence and culinary skills of Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Wright are served up in this cuddly cooking series.
Two Hands (1999)
- Dir. Gregor Jordan
Feat. Heath Ledger, Bryan Brown, Steve LaMarquand
- Mobster Bryan Brown finds work for Heath Ledger's idle hands, who fumbles the ball and finds himself deep in the crapper…
Overcoming the…
Varsity Blues (1999)
- Dir. Brian Robbins
Feat. James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight
- Reluctant star quarterback James Van Der Beek (from TV's Dawson's Creek) takes a stand against team coach Jon Voight's voracious pursuit of sporting…
Venus Beauty Institute (Venus Beauty) (1999)
- Dir. Tonie Marshall
Feat. Nathalie Baye, Audrey Tautou
- A modest beauty salon is the setting for this wry ensemble piece about the vagaries of womanhood, with an engagingly eccentric collection of clients…
Virtual Sexuality (1999)
- Dir. Nick Hurran
Feat. Laura Fraser
- Putting a digital spin on the tried–and–true 'perfect–partner' concept, we have teen Laura Fraser so anxious to lose her virginity…
Waterboy, The (1999)
- Dir. Frank Coraci
Feat. Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler…
- Soggy vehicle for Adam Sandler trades in the above–par comic strokes of HAPPY GILMORE for clunky, witless padding of Gridiron. Sandler's…
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (1999)
- Dir. Peter Hewitt
Feat. Tom Courtenay, Stephen Fry, Laura Fraser…
- This whimsical coming–of–age tale set in the divide between disco and punk cultures in 1977 Britain has more to offer than just vibrant…
Where's Marlowe? (1999)
- Dir. Daniel Pyne
Feat. Miguel Ferrar
- A sly if uneven low–budget comedy that blends (and parodies) two genres – the film noir detective film and the mockumentary. Shooting a…
Whiteboys (1999)
- Dir. Marc Levin
Feat. Danny Hoch, Dash Mihok, Mark Webber…
- Wannabe honky rappers Danny Hoch, Dash Mihok and Mark Webber take their many–times–removed Iowa version of hiphop to the streets of…
Wog Boy, The (1999)
- Dir. Aleksi Vellis
Feat. Nick Giannopoulos, Lucy Bell
- Endearingly irreverent take on the certain pet–cliches of Greek–Australiana, in which the title–character proudly flaunts his right…