Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5549 Films to Buy & Rent
To Wong Foo...Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1996)
- Dir. Beeban Kidron
Feat. Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, John Leguizamo
- After PRISCILLA blazed the trail, the Yanks jump on the drag–wagon, with surprisingly likeable results. A Hollywood trip is waylaid in…
Tremors 2 (Tremors 2 Aftershocks) (1996)
- Dir. S. S. Wilson
Feat. Fred Ward, Christopher Gartin, Helen Shaver…
- Sequel to the outrageous tongue–in–cheek creature feature TREMORS (1990), with supersucking desert worms returning to terrorise the oil…
Trigger Happy (Mad Dog Time) (1996)
- Dir. Larry Bishop
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Jeff Goldblum, Gabriel Byrne…
- Grinning mob–boss Richard Dreyfuss is fresh out of the asylum, gunning down wisecracking old friends and enemies alike. Old friends is indeed…
Twelfth Night (1996)
- Dir. Trevor Nunn
Feat. Helena Bonham Carter, Richard E. Grant, Nigel Hawthorne…
- William Shakespeare is rediscovered yet again, in one of his wittier flights of fancy, served up with such 90s icons as Helena Bonham Carter, Richard…
Two Days in the Valley (2 Days in the Valley) (1996)
- Dir. John Herzfeld
Feat. James Spader, Danny Aiello, Teri Hatcher…
- Devilishly hip comedy fires off rounds of tension and big laughs with oozy confidence. A ruddy collection of LA stereotypes – hitmen, hustlers…
Two If by Sea (1996)
- Dir. Bill Bennett
Feat. Denis Leary, Sandra Bullock, Stephen Dillane…
- Petty thieves Denis Leary and Sandra Bullock are a seven year item who plan to settle down after one final heist of a valuable painting. But with…
Van, The (1996)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Colm Meaney, Donal O'Kelly, Ger Ryan…
- Conclusive chapter of writer Roddy Doyle's informal trilogy started by THE COMMITMENTS and THE SNAPPER. Colm Meaney returns as the cheery Irish…
Vol-au-vent (1996)
- Dir. John McKenzie
Feat. Dennis Waterman, Julie McKenzie
- A quiet wedding turns anarchic in British comedic tradition, when three crims gatecrash the reception, sending the bride and her mother scrambling to…
Walking and Talking (1996)
- Dir. Nicole Holofcener
Feat. Catherine Keener, Anne Heche, Liev Schreiber
- A sort of femme flipside to 'Swingers', two women – one single, one about to be married – work out their romantic hangups in original and…
Wind in the Willows, The (1996)
- Dir. Terry Jones
Feat. Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Nicol Williamson…
- With the cream of British comic acting talent, this live–action adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's classic children's story is quite possibly the…