Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5549 Films to Buy & Rent
Clique, The (2008)
- Dir. Michael Lembeck
Feat. Elizabeth McLaughlin, Ellen Marlow, Samantha Boscarino…
- Tepid high–school flick set around a group of rich New York kids who set out to destroy the 'new girl', only to discover she won't take their…
Comic Genius of Billy T James, The - Legacy Edition (2008)
- Feat. Billy T. James
- Must–have DVD & CD collection of Billy T. James Greatest Hits. DVD includes over an hour of newly released material from the TVNZ vaults…
Complete History of My Sexual Failures, A (2008)
- Dir. Chris Waitt
- Taking self–absorbed, cinema–as–confessional to excruciating extremes, film–maker Chris Waitt turns the camera on himself to…
Cottage, The (2008)
- Dir. Paul Andrew Williams
Feat. Andy Serkis, Reece Shearsmith
- Splattery horror–comedy in the vein of SHAUN OF THE DEAD follows two mismatched brothers on a bungled kidnapping attempt of a gangster’s…
Country Wedding (Sveitabrúðkaup) (2008)
- Dir. Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Feat. Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir
- Two busloads of wedding guests get lost on their way to the church in this lively Icelandic comedy, improvised and shot on the fly. Farcical and…
Dance of the Dead (2008)
- Dir. Gregg Bishop
Feat. Jared Kusnitz, Greyson Chadwick, Zoe Myers…
- Lean and mean zombie comedy about a plague of living dead who crash the high school prom and the dateless losers who appear to be the only ones who…
Dead Set (TV Series) (2008)
- Dir. Yann Demange
Feat. Jaime Winstone, Riz Ahmed, Warren Brown…
- A bleak send–up of reality TV culture in which a production studio is attacked by zombies during the filming of a fictional "Big Brother" style…
Deal, The (2008)
- Dir. Steven Schachter
Feat. William H. Macy, Meg Ryan, Jason Ritter
- William H. Macy penned and stars in this mild showbiz satire, focused on a down–and–out producer who must bluff his way into getting a…
Dean Spanley (2008)
- Dir. Toa Fraser
Feat. Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Peter O'Toole…
- This Kiwi–British production cross–breed is a charmingly eccentric, surprisingly moving 'drawing room' drama set in Edwardian Britain in…
Definitely, Maybe (2008)
- Dir. Adam Brooks
Feat. Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Rachel Weisz…
- Ryan Reynolds explains his 'complicated' romantic history to his young daughter (Breslin) in this agreeable romantic comedy set against a backdrop of…