Subgenre Sampler
Fantasy: 813 Films to Buy & Rent
Reign of Fire (2002)
- Dir. Rob Bowman
Feat. Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey
- Fire–breathing dragons are woken from their millennial slumbers by repairmen in the London Underground, and begin laying waste to the earth in…
Scorpion King, The (2002)
- Dir. Chuck Russell
Feat. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Steven Brand
- Spun off from the recent MUMMY remakes, this logically demented action–horror prequel concerns the struggle of Mathayus (played by WWF’s…
Spider-Man (Spiderman) (2002)
- Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe…
- New–improved re–spinning of the Marvel comic book superhero that finds a perfect match of material and director, and the crucially…
Spirited Away (2002)
- Dir. Hayao Miyazaki
Feat. Miyu Hiragi, Miyu Irino
- Animation visionary Hayao Miyazaki gets to fully unlock his boundless imagination through the otherworldly adventures of an innocent young girl that…
Stan Lee's Mutants, Monsters and Marvels (2002)
- Dir. Scott Zakarin
- Two documentaries on one DVD, concerning Marvel Comics maestro Stan Lee, the creator of ‘The Fantastic Four’, ‘The Incredible Hulk’, ‘The…
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
- Dir. George Lucas
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen…
- The attack of the most successful–ever movie franchise continues, with Lucas’ space–opera following further galactic struggles, in…
X-Men 2 (2002)
- Dir. Bryan Singer
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, Patrick Stewart…
- A new war between humans and mutants looks to boil over in this sure–footed sci–fi sequel, again steered by dir. Singer.
Centred…
Amelie (2001)
- Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Feat. Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz
- A charming romantic comedy stamped with the purely cinematic style of dir. Jean–Pierre Juenet, who here remixes intricate set pieces, editing…
Back to the Secret Garden (2001)
- Dir. Michael Tuchner
Feat. Joan Plowright, George Baker, Cherie Lunghi…
- Sequel to the 1993 enchanted family adventure THE SECRET GARDEN set years later with the original children Mary and Colin now married (yes, they are…
Dark Portals - Vidocq (2001)
- Dir. Pitof
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Guillaume Canet, Andre Dussollier…
- Before the diabolical CATWOMAN, French visual effects maestro Pitof directed this wildly eccentric 19th century mythology, pitting the historical…