Subgenre Sampler
Documentary: 3037 Films to Buy & Rent
POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011)
- Dir. Morgan Spurlock
- SUPER SIZE ME's Morgan Spurlock takes us behind the scenes of product placement and strategic branding while pitching his film's naming rights to a…
Primeval New Zealand (TV Series) (2011)
- Excellent Kiwi–spun series adopts the WALKING WITH DINOSAURS model of prehistoric life reanimated with CGI effects to illuminate us on New…
Prohibition (2011)
- Dir. Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
- Ken Burns focuses on a notorious chapter in American 20th century history – the Prohibition era – in this typically illuminating PBS…
Project Nim (2011)
- Dir. James Marsh
- Moving, heartbreaking documentary on the life and times of 'Nim Chimpsky', a newborn chimpanzee who was deposited into a Manhattan family home in the…
Prophets of Science Fiction (TV Series) (2011)
- Somewhat exaggerated series produced and hosted by Ridley Scott that depicts numerous occasions when science fiction authors have predicted and…
Queen: Days Of Our Lives (2011)
- Dir. Matt O’Casey
- Documentary about the legendary rock band, in two parts covering the 1970s and 1980s, and including their previously unseen television debut.
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2011)
- Dir. Gilles Penso
Feat. Ray Harryhausen
- The definitive documentary on late special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen. Includes interviews and tributes from Peter Jackson, Nick Park, Terry…
Restoration Man (TV Series) (2011)
- A 'Grand Designs' spin–off with a distinct focus on historical 'doer uppers', this traces the progress of ambitious home restoration projects…
Richard Hammond's Journey to the Centre of the Planet (2011)
- Feat. Richard Hammond
- Top Gear's Richard Hammond goes to the centre of the planet to find out how the Earth works, peeling back the layers to show where volcanoes come…
Rick Stein's Spain (2011)
- Utterly delightful cooking show 'laced with history, literature and stunning photography' from the highly personable Rick Stein, as he travels the…