Subgenre Sampler
History: 410 Films to Buy & Rent
Phantom Punch (2008)
- Dir. Robert Townsend
Feat. Ving Rhames, Stacey Dash, Nicholas Turturro…
- Adding to the growing canon of boxer biopics, this takes a bull–headed look at the great Sonny Liston's story of…
Richard Dawkins Presents - The Genius of Charles Darwin (TV Series) (2008)
- Dir. Russell Barnes
- Richard Dawkins finally gets to wax lyrical for a few hours about the love of his life – Charles Darwin in this one–sided documentary…
Salute (2008)
- Dir. Matt Norman
- Compelling documentary investigating the untold story of Australian runner – Peter Norman who placed second in the 200m sprint at the 1968…
Ships That Changed the World (2008)
- Compelling three–part series looks back at the engineering, building, sailing, and subsequent fate of three history–making ships…
Tudors, The (TV Series) (2008)
- Feat. Johnathon Rhys-Myers, Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill…
- Top–rating British costume drama brings to noughties audiences the rollicking, bed–hopping, head–lopping early years of the court…
Underbelly - Season 1 (TV Mini-series) (2008)
- Feat. Vince Colosimo, Kevin Harrington
- Gritty, unflinching crime series dramatising the Melbourne gangland killings and seedy underworld, featuring Aussie actors who bear a striking…
Valkyrie (2008)
- Dir. Bryan Singer
Feat. Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Wilkinson…
- Hollywood crosses enemy lines with Tom Cruise perversely cast as a disaffected Nazi officer who leads a plot to assassinate Hitler.
Dispensing…
Winning World War 1 (The Western Front Diaries) (2008)
- Crucial documentary telling the story of the Australian battalion's influence and impact on winning World War 1 on the Western Front, based on the…
Ancient Megastructures (2007)
- National Geographic series extolling mankind's greatest architectural landmarks and their extraordinary feats of construction.
Vol 1: The…
Andrew Marr's The History of Modern Britain (TV Series) (2007)
- Political commentator Andrew Marr turns his astute focus on the key events that have shaped British society since the end of WWII, including the…