Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5536 Films to Buy & Rent
Just Go With It (2011)
- Dir. Dennis Dugan
Feat. Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman…
- Standard comedy fare with Adam Sandler convincing his assistant to pretend to be his ex–wife in order to cover up a lie.
Kung Fu Panda 2: The Kaboom of Doom (2011)
- Dir. Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Feat. Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan…
- The portliest martial–arts panda is back in this beautifully rendered – if entirely unnecessary – sequel. This time around Po finds…
Larry Crowne (2011)
- Dir. Tom Hanks
Feat. Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Bryan Cranston…
- Feel–good flop, with Tom Hanks as an affable Navy vet who loses his job but bounces back, predictably, by enrolling in community college and…
Le Havre (2011)
- Dir. Aki Kaurismaki
Feat. Andre Wilms, Kati Outinen, Jean-Pierre Darroussin…
- An old–time shoe–shiner befriends a young African refugee in hiding from immigration authorities in this soft–centred comedy from…
Life Happens (2011)
- Dir. Kat Coiro
Feat. Krysten Ritter, Kate Bosworth, Rachel Bilson…
- An unplanned pregnancy galvanizes a young woman's best friends to rally around her with impending single motherhood on the horizon.…
Life's Too Short (TV Series) (2011-2013)
- Feat. Warwick Davis, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
- British sitcom mockumentary created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant about "the life of a showbiz dwarf" with the vertically–challenged…
Love Birds (2011)
- Dir. Paul Murphy
Feat. Rhys Darby, Sally Hawkins, Emily Barclay…
- Chirpy, engaging Kiwi comedy with Rhys Darby as a recently jilted council worker whose nursing of a wounded duck leads to unexpected romance with…
Medianeras (Sidewalls) (2011)
- Dir. Gustavo Taretto
Feat. Javier Drolas, Pilar López de Ayala
- Two mournful souls destined for each other conspire to never cross paths despite living directly across from one another in this inventive modern…
Midnight in Paris (2011)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates…
- High class whimsy from Woody Allen with Woody–surrogate honours going this time to Owen Wilson as a frustrated hack screenwriter magically…
Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
- Dir. Philippe Falardeau
Feat. Mohamed Fellag, Sophie Nelisse, Emilien Neron…
- An asylum seeking Algerian attempts to pass himself off as teacher in a Canadian school bereft after the suicide of a popular teacher.