Subgenre Sampler
Adventure: 482 Films to Buy & Rent
Big River Man (2009)
- Dir. John Maringouin
- Another in the popular docu–genre of fearless frontierism, Slovenian celebrity figure and swim–a–holic Martin Strel attempts his…
Land Of The Lost (2009)
- Dir. Brad Silberling
Feat. Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny McBride
- Based on the popular TV series, this prosaic adaptation sees a goofy Will Farrell play a scientist who gets sucked through a time warp into a…
Valhalla Rising (2009)
- Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
Feat. Mads Mikkelsen
- Mads Mikkelsen plays an enslaved warrior drawn into a viking crusade in this gritty, visceral primordial adventure from dir. Nicolas Winding Refn…
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
- Dir. Spike Jonze
Feat. Max Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini…
- Expanding on the simple text of Maurice Sendak's modern children's classic, this glorious, visionary adaptation from director Spike Jonze and writer…
10,000 B.C. (2008)
- Dir. Roland Emmerich
Feat. Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis
- Beasts, behemoths and flesh–eating emus prowl the prehistoric landscape in another of Roland (INDEPENDENCE DAY) Emmerich's effects–heavy…
Adventures Of White Tuft, The (White Tuft,The Little Beaver) (2008)
- Dir. Phillipe Calderon
- Gentle family drama follows White Tuft, a young beaver, who is separated from his family after the dam they dwell in collapses.
Skilfully weaving…
Australia (2008)
- Dir. Baz Luhrmann
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham…
- Aussie golden boy Baz Luhrmann's larger–than–life epic sees an English aristocrat and cattle driver attempt to save an inherited outback…
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
- Dir. Andrew Adamson
Feat. Tilda Swinton, Ben Barnes, Sergio Castellitto…
- This epic–leaning return to the fantasy world of Narnia finds the Pevensie children heading back through the wardrobe to help Prince Caspian…
City Of Ember (2008)
- Dir. Gil Kenan
Feat. Harry Treadaway, Saoirse Ronan, Tim Robbins…
- Dystopian children's fantasy set in an underground city of the future that is threatened by eternal darkness but whose leaders protect their citizens…
Colour of Magic, The (2008)
- Dir. Vadim Jean
Feat. Sean Astin, Jeremy Irons, David Jason…
- A live–action return to Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld,' where an unfortunate wizard, enthusiastic tourist and fierce wooden box with legs must…