Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5536 Films to Buy & Rent
Lost in Austen (TV Mini-Series) (2008)
- Feat. Jemima Rooper, Alex Kingston, Hugh Bonneville…
- Fizzy twist on PRIDE AND PREJUDICE has an ardent Jane Austen fan, living in present day London, swapping places with Austen's fictional creation…
Louise - Michel (2008)
- Dir. Benoit Delepine, Gustave Kervern
Feat. Yolande Moreau, Bouli Lanners, Benoit Poelvoorde…
- A black comedy treasure about a newly redundant factory worker who hires a dodgy hit man to take out her rich employers. The trouble starts when the…
Love Guru, The (2008)
- Dir. Marco Schnabel
Feat. Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake…
- Mike Myers scrapes the bottom of the barrel for laughs as an American raised by Indian gurus who returns to his homeland hoping to earn big bucks on…
Mad Money (2008)
- Dir. Callie Khouri
Feat. Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, Katie Holmes…
- Heist comedy from THELMA AND LOUISE scripter Callie Khouri, centred on a trio of good–girl bank employees that decide to take a walk on the…
Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa (2008)
- Dir. Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Feat. Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer…
- Delightful sequel to MADAGASCAR with our four crazy Zoo animals bungling their escape plan and ending up in the African plains where they encounter…
Made of Honour (2008)
- Dir. Paul Weiland
Feat. Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Kevin McKidd…
- Cushy romantic comedy in the spirit of MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING, with a wealthy womaniser (Dempsey) asked to be maid of honour for his best chick…
Maiden Heist (2008)
- Dir. Peter Hewitt
Feat. Christopher Walken, Morgan Freeman, William H. Macy…
- Agreeable caper with three aging security guards conspire to steal the artwork they're supposed to be protecting.
Intended as an affectionate…
Make-Out With Violence (2008)
- Dir. Deagol Brothers
Feat. Eric Lehning, Cody DeVos
- A genuinely odd zombie movie about twin brothers whose teenage girl crush mysteriously disappears one day, only to emerge in a vegetative state…
Mamma Mia! (2008)
- Dir. Phyllida Lloyd
Feat. Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth…
- A knowingly cheesy yet still irresistible movie version of the smash–hit stage musical about a girl trying to find her father before her…
Management (2008)
- Dir. Stephen Belber
Feat. Jennifer Aniston, Steve Zahn, Woody Harrelson
- Likable rom–com sees Jennifer Aniston play an obsessively organized woman whose life is thrown into disarray when an employee of a roadside…