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Subgenre Sampler

 
Life Without Dick (2001)
Dir. Bix Skahill
Feat. Sarah Jessica Parker, Harry Connick Jnr.
Mildly black comedy has a doe–eyed Sarah Jessica Parker accidently offing her boyfriend and resorting to hitman Harry Connick Jnr (who has…
Bride of ChuckyBride of Chucky (1999)
Dir. Ronnie Yu
Feat. Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, Nick Stabile
Hard to believe this was a good idea, but the writer of the original CHILD'S PLAY manages to rejuvenate the tired series with a sardonic edge and an…
Cabaret BalkanCabaret Balkan (The Powder Keg) (1999)
Dir. Goran Paskaljevic
Feat. Nikola Ristanovski
Troubling split–portrait of the Serbian psyche, depicting a series of often violent incidents over the course of a single night in Belgrade,…
Carriers Are Waiting, TheCarriers Are Waiting, The (Les Convoyeurs Attendent) (1999)
Dir. Benoit Maraige
Feat. Benoit Poelvoorde, Morgane Simon, Bouli Laners
When journalist Benoit Poelvoorde decides his family MUST win top prize in local competition (which involves training his reluctant son to break the…
Celebrity Deathmatch (TV Series)Celebrity Deathmatch (TV Series) (1999)
Genuinely amusing clay–mation generated by MTV, stages fantasy bouts–to–the–death between various celebrity pairings, like:…
It's the RageIt's the Rage (1999)
Dir. James D. Stern
Feat. Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, Gary Sinise
This caustic, precocious black comedy/satire of America's obsession with guns is a roundelay of violent and volatile confrontations that eventually…
Picking Up the PiecesPicking Up the Pieces (1999)
Dir. Alfonso Arau
Feat. Sharon Stone, Woody Allen, Cheech Marin
When the pieces of a dismembered Sharon Stone are dumped on the Mexican border one of her hands goes astray and is soon being worshiped by the locals…
Suicide KingsSuicide Kings (1999)
Dir. Peter O'Fallon
Feat. Christopher Walken, Denis Leary
Post–PULP FICTION black–comedy, that does better than most in juggling a crime setting, a mystery and various comical dialogues, with a…
Dead Man's CurveDead Man's Curve (1998) Recommended
Dir. Dan Rosen
Feat. Matthew Lillard, Keri Russell, Dana Delaney
Taking malicious advantage of a school–policy loophole, two desperate students conspire to dress up the murder of their room–mate as a…
Home FriesHome Fries (1998)
Dir. Dean Parisot
Feat. Drew Barrymore, Luke Wilson
Drew Barrymore continues to style herself as a wise yet perky cutsie–pie, here as a pregnant Burger–Matic waitress dodging the vindictive…

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