Subgenre Sampler
History: 397 Films to Buy & Rent
- Taking Woodstock (2009)
- Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Demetri Martin, Imelda Staunton, Henry Goodman…
- Dir. Ang Lee painstakingly recreates the age of Aquarius for this sprawling yet tepid comedy based on the 'true story' of a Jewish interior designer…
- Underbelly - Season 2 (TV Mini-series) (A Tale of Two Cities: The Mr Asia Story) (2009)
- Feat. Roy Billing, Anna Hutchison, Matthew Newton…
- A prequel to the events of the original series, this is loosely based on the hard drug trade that hit New South Wales and Victoria between 1976 and…
- Young Victoria, The (2009)
- Dir. Jean-Marc Vallée
Feat. Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany…
- Emily Blunt radiates in this elegant if corseted biopic of Queen Victoria's early years as she deals with royal power struggles while being wooed by…
- 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…
- 102 Minutes That Changed America (2008)
- Dir. Nicole Rittenmeyer, Seth Skundrick
- Documentary about the September 11 attacks produced for the History Channel for the seventh anniversary of the events, telling the story using newly…
- A History of Scotland (TV Series) (2008)
- A fresh and exhaustive chronology of Scotland's fascinating narrative, full of battles and allegiances, political intrigue and religious conflict.…
- A Wall in Berlin (2008)
- Illuminating documentary on the history of the Berlin Wall with biggest attraction being the sheer wealth of interviews and footage never seen…
- American Future - A History by Simon Schama (2008)
- Resonant look at the superpower filmed during the run up to the 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama with popular historian Simon Schama turning his…
- Bank Job, The (2008)
- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows
- Heavy–for–hire Jason Stratham stars in this enjoyable crime caper based around the true story of a robbery in a London bank vault in…
- Bridge, The (Die Brücke) (2008)
- Dir. Wolfgang Panzer
Feat. Franke Potente, François Goeske, Lars Steinhöfel
- Inferior remake of the 1959 film based on the true story of a group of German teenagers who fight to defend a bridge from the approaching allied…