Subgenre Sampler
Romance: 1505 Films to Buy & Rent
Keith (2008)
- Dir. Todd Kessler
Feat. Jesse McCartney, Elisabeth Harnois, Margo Harshman…
- Efficient teen weepie with pop star McCartney as a rebel with a tragic secret and Harnois as the prim preppy who falls for his broody charms.
Last Chance Harvey (2008)
- Dir. Joel Hopkins
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Eileen Atkins…
- Simple romance stars Dustin Hoffman as a down–and–out divorcee whose life seems to be going nowhere until he meets the equally…
Leatherheads (2008)
- Dir. George Clooney
Feat. George Clooney, Renee Zellweger, Jonathan Pryce
- The debonair George Clooney directs and stars in this charming 1920s comedy as a player–coach who gets caught up with a plucky journalist…
Lost in Austen (TV Mini-Series) (2008)
- Feat. Jemima Rooper, Alex Kingston, Hugh Bonneville…
- Fizzy twist on PRIDE AND PREJUDICE has an ardent Jane Austen fan, living in present day London, swapping places with Austen's fictional creation…
Love in the Time of Cholera (2008)
- Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Javier Bardem, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Benjamin Bratt…
- Javier Bardem's outstanding performance cannot shore up this florid, largely faithful adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's universally adored novel…
Lovely, Still (2008)
- Dir. Nicholas Fackler
Feat. Martin Landau, Ellen Burstyn, Adam Scott…
- As good as they are here, acting legends Martin Landau and Ellen Burstyn probably deserve better as the late–life love birds of this…
Made of Honour (2008)
- Dir. Paul Weiland
Feat. Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Kevin McKidd…
- Cushy romantic comedy in the spirit of MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING, with a wealthy womaniser (Dempsey) asked to be maid of honour for his best chick…
Make-Out With Violence (2008)
- Dir. Deagol Brothers
Feat. Eric Lehning, Cody DeVos
- A genuinely odd zombie movie about twin brothers whose teenage girl crush mysteriously disappears one day, only to emerge in a vegetative state…
Mamma Mia! (2008)
- Dir. Phyllida Lloyd
Feat. Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth…
- A knowingly cheesy yet still irresistible movie version of the smash–hit stage musical about a girl trying to find her father before her…
Management (2008)
- Dir. Stephen Belber
Feat. Jennifer Aniston, Steve Zahn, Woody Harrelson
- Likable rom–com sees Jennifer Aniston play an obsessively organized woman whose life is thrown into disarray when an employee of a roadside…