Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5540 Films to Buy & Rent
Kung Fu Chefs (Gong fu chu shen) (2009)
- Dir. Wing Kin Yip
Feat. Sammo Hung, Vanness Wu, Cherrie Ying
- This gastronomic spin on the martial arts movie lacks the invention or absurdist comedy of GOD OF COOKERY, however still delivers plenty of chopsocky…
Labour Pains (2009)
- Dir. Lara Shapiro
Feat. Lindsay Lohan, Luke Kirby, Cheryl Hines
- 'Troubled starlet' Lindsay Lohan stars in this comedy vehicle about a woman who fakes her pregnancy for the perks.
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Ladies of Letters (2009)
- Feat. Maureen Lipman, Anne Reid
- Marvellous television version of the classic radio play with Lipman and Reid as warring widows engaged in passionate letter writing correspondence,…
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…
Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee (2009)
- Dir. Shane Meadows
Feat. Paddy Considine, Dean Palinczuk
- Rock roadie Paddy Considine and a would–be hip hop sensation seek out their musical breakthrough at an Arctic Monkeys gig in this improvised…
Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009)
- Dir. Phil Claydon
Feat. James Corden, Mathew Horne, MyAnna Buring…
- Comedy duo Corden and Horne (stars of TV's GAVIN AND STACEY) make their big screen debut as a pair of spotty fools who must defend themselves and a…
Life Coach, The (Le Coach) (2009)
- Dir. Olivier Doran
Feat. Jean-Paul Rouve, Richard Berry, Annie Marivin…
- Affable comedy with a business coach, up to his eyeballs in debt, taking on a most difficult assignment help an irredeemable miquetoast close an…
Look For A Star (Yau lung hei fung) (2009)
- Dir. Wai-keung Lau
Feat. Shu Qi, Andy Lau
- Andy Lau plays an eligible bachelor who can't seem to keep a wife in this captivating rom–com. Despite a convoluted third act, old romantics…
Looking For Eric (2009)
- Dir. Ken Loach
Feat. Steve Evets, Eric Cantona, Stephanie Bishop…
- With a touch of magic realism, the great British director Ken Loach returns to the top of his game to tell the story of a beleaguered postal worker…
Love Hurts (2009)
- Dir. Barra Grant
Feat. Richard E. Grant, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jenna Elfman…
- Richard E. Grant plays a jilted single dad who must join forces with his teenage son in order to win back his awol wife (Carrie–Anne Moss).…