Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5540 Films to Buy & Rent
Observe and Report (2009)
- Dir. Jody Hill
Feat. Seth Rogen, Ray Liotta, Michael Pena…
- Divisive comedy focused on a manic–depressive security guard at a mall who makes it his mission to apprehend an anonymous flasher much to the…
Old Dogs (2009)
- Dir. Walt Becker
Feat. John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston…
- Tepid ‘house–husband’ comedy, with Travolta and Williams flexing their middle aged spread as business partners saddled with the care of…
OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009)
- Dir. Michel Hazanavicius
Feat. Jean Dujardin
- Bumbling intelligence officer and shameless chauvinist, Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, returns for Brazilian adventures in this bright and breezy spy…
Outrageous Fortune (TV Series) - Series 5 (2009)
- Feat. Robyn Malcolm, Charles Mesure, Antony Starr…
- Further outrageous episodes in the popular NZ series, set around a family of 'Westie' (West Auckland) criminals trying to go straight.
Series 5:…
Over the Hill Band, The (Meisjes) (2009)
- Dir. Geoffrey Enthoven
Feat. Marilou Mermans, Jan Van Looveren
- A modest old age delight centred on recently widowed mother who resolves to kick start her middle–aged son's music career by recruiting the…
Packed to the Rafters (TV Series) (2009)
- Feat. Rebecca Gibney, Erik Thomson, Jessica Marais…
- Fluffy Australian comedy focused around a couple whose plans of finally having a quiet household are destroyed when their three grown children move…
Paper Heart (2009)
- Dir. Nicholas Jasenovec
Feat. Michael Cera, Charlyne Yi, Martin Starr…
- Cutesy indie combination of documentary and narrative as Charlyne Yi travels America interviewing couples about their relationships. Meanwhile,…
Parks and Recreation (TV Series) (2009)
- Feat. Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari…
- Absurdist comedy set in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana follows the efforts an ever–chirpy bureaucrat as she strives to make the city a…
Party Down (TV Series) (2009)
- Feat. Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Ryan Hansen…
- The brainchild of Rob Thomas (VERONICA MARS) and Paul Rudd, this sometimes bitter, if endearingly humorous series centres on a group of struggling…
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
- Dir. Steve Carr
Feat. Kevin James, Keir O'Donnell, Jayma Mays
- Amiable everyman Kevin James (KING OF QUEENS) plays a security guard who is forced to protect his mall against a bunch of crooks who take it under…