Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5549 Films to Buy & Rent
Rush Hour (1998)
- Dir. Brett Ratner
Feat. Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker
- Crackerjack no–brainer puts an East–West spin on the odd–couple–buddy–cop formula with Chinaman Jackie Chan (modest,…
Rushmore (1998)
- Dir. Wes Anderson
Feat. Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams
- Bamboozling minds everywhere is this oblique comedy from Wes Anderson (BOTTLE ROCKET), re–envisioning that Hollywood mainstay, Highschool USA,…
Safe Men (1998)
- Dir. John Hamburg
Feat. Sam Rockwell, Steve Zahn, Paul Giamatti…
- Two washed up lounge singers unwittingly pose as burglars after a mobster and his crony mistake them for ace safecrackers. Finely tuned deadpan caper…
Sea Change, The (1998)
- Dir. Michael Bray
Feat. Ray Winstone, Sean Chapman
- Finding the breath of fresh air he needs in an encounter with Ray Winstone, uptight banker Sean Chapman is able to wildly transform his predictable…
Sex and the City - Season 1 (TV Series) (1998)
- Dir. Daniel Algrant, Allison Anders
Feat. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon…
- Smash hit TV–series that broke new ground in its frank discussion of the varying sexual mores of four NYC friends – Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim…
Sex and the City - The Ultimate Collection (1998-2004)
- Feat. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis…
- Enticing 19–disc DVD box set presented in an oh–so–stylish set of drawers that should take pride of place in the collection of any…
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
- Dir. John Madden
Feat. Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Judi Dench…
- Shakespeare's art imitates life according to this gloriously fanciful, Oscar–winning tragicomedy, as the Bard himself (Joseph Fiennes), stuck…
She's All That (1998)
- Dir. Robert Iscove
Feat. Freddie Prinze Jnr., Anna Paquin
- Charisma of rising star Freddie Prinze Jnr. (a less affected Keanu Reeves) relieves some of the predictability of this high–school variation of…
Simpsons, The - Season 10 (TV Series) (1998)
- Further episodes from the iconic animated TV Series:
Disc 10.1: Lard of the Dance, The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace, Bart the Mother, Treehouse of…
Six-String Samurai (1998)
- Dir. Lance Mungia
- Armed with an excellent grasp of all the genres it cheekily adopts, this indie concerns the journey of its Buddy Holly–lookalike hero across a…