Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5549 Films to Buy & Rent
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman…
- Tom Hanks spearheads this crisp, ever–timely political sideswipe, about a real–life Texas congressman who, together with the financial…
Chuck (TV Series) (2007-2008)
- Feat. Zachary Levi, Adam Baldwin
- Affable action series centred on a computer geek recruited into the CIA after inadvertently downloading top–secret government secrets onto his…
Clubland (Introducing the Dwights) (2007)
- Dir. Cherie Nowlan
Feat. Brenda Blethyn, Richard Wilson, Khan Chittenden…
- Australian comedy–drama stars Brit Brenda Blethyn (LITTLE VOICE, SECRETS AND LIES) as a bawdy, comedy diva Mum gone downunder, whose midlife…
Comedians of Comedy, The - Live at the Troubadour (2007)
- Feat. David Cross, Sarah Silverman, Bob Odenkirk…
- Live performance from 14 of today's 'edgiest' comedians at the Los Angeles Troubadour rock 'n' roll club. For aficionados, this is like the 'dream…
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 6 (TV Series) (2007)
- Feat. Larry David
- More episodes in the quirky celebrity–studded comedy. Celebrities appearing this season include Vivica A. Fox, Lucy Lawless, John McEnroe and…
Dan in Real Life (2007)
- Dir. Peter Hedges
Feat. Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook
- Sensitively handled indie rom–com starring funny–man Steve Carell (THE OFFICE) as a relationship advice writer who falls hard for his…
Danny Bhoy: Live at the Sydney Opera House (2007)
- Feat. Danny Bhoy
- The highly engaging and popular Scottish funnyman Danny Bhoy performs one of his winning standup routine live at the Sydney’s Opera House in 2007.
Darwin Awards, The (2007)
- Dir. Finn Taylor
Feat. Winona Ryder, Joseph Fiennes, David Arquette…
- Entertaining comedy with the ever–on–the–up Winona Ryder, loosely based around the infamous awards of the same name that celebrate…
Dead and Deader (2007)
- Dir. Patrick Dinhut
Feat. Dean Cain, Guy Torry, Susan Ward
- A referential zombie comedy that is knowingly unoriginal, but serves its subgenre well by splatting the target more often than most in both laughs…
Death at a Funeral (2007)
- Dir. Frank Oz
Feat. Matthew MacFadyen, Rupert Graves, Peter Dinklage…
- Following the death of his father, Matthew Mcfadyen returns home to the most diabolical of funerals, in this Ealing–inspired comedy of…