Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5540 Films to Buy & Rent
27 Dresses (2008)
- Dir. Anne Fletcher
Feat. Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Edward Burns
- Katherine Heigl is a perennial bridesmaid, torn between attending her 28th wedding, and falling in love with her sister's…
30 Rock (TV Series) - Season 3 (2008)
- Feat. Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan…
- Further episodes of the critically acclaimed TV satire captained by the brilliant Tina Fey, here playing the besieged head writer of a comedy variety…
A Bunch of Amateurs (2008)
- Dir. Andy Cadiff
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Derek Jacobi, Imelda Staunton
- Affable "backstage" comedy focused on a faded Hollywood action hero (Reynolds) who thinks he's won the prestige role of a lifetime – King Lear…
A Deal Is A Deal (Three And Out) (2008)
- Dir. Jonathan Gershfield
Feat. Mackenzie Crook, Gemma Arterton, Imelda Staunton…
- Quirky Brit comedy sees miserable train driver Paul (Mackenzie Crook, THE OFFICE) discover a novel loophole in his contract: if three people die…
A Film With Me In It (2008)
- Dir. Ian Fitzgibbon
Feat. Dylan Moran, Mark Doherty, Keith Allen…
- Wonderfully droll vehicle for the amiable, slightly–sozzled comic persona of Dylan Moran, who stars as a down–at–heel actor who…
Accidental Husband, The (2008)
- Dir. Griffin Dunne
Feat. Uma Thurman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Colin Firth…
- Romantic comedy stars Uma Thurman as a talk–show host who discovers she is somehow married to a man she has never met, and goes on a mission to…
Adventures of Food Boy, The (2008)
- Dir. Dane Cannon
Feat. Lucas Grabeel, Brittany Curran, Kunal Sharma
- HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL alumnus Lucas Grabeel moves centre stage here for this High School family comedy with a mildly bizarre twist – he inherits…
Adventures Of Power (2008)
- Dir. Ari Gold
Feat. Ari Gold, Michael McKean, Jane Lynch…
- Destined for future cult–status perhaps, this upbeat and endearing underdog tale features dir. Gold as a small–town mine–worker…
Albert's Memorial (2008)
- Dir. David Richards
Feat. David Jason, David Warner, Michael Jayston
- Somber comedy in which a war vet undertakes two old friends to fulfill his dying wish – to be buried in the meadow where they fought in 1945.…
An American Carol (2008)
- Dir. David Zucker
Feat. Trace Adkins, Kelsey Grammer, Dennis Hopper…
- Latest comedy from hit–and–miss dir. Zucker spoofs on A CHRISTMAS CAROL with his story of an anti–American, Michael Moorish…