Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5540 Films to Buy & Rent
American Dad (TV Series) (2005)
- More politically–inclined satire from the creator of THE FAMILY GUY (Seth MacFarlane), set around a CIA operative with a very strange family…
Are We There Yet? (2005)
- Dir. Brian Levant
Feat. Ice-Cube, Nia Long, Jay Mohr
- Broad, but essentially successful comedy has a determined Ice–Cube proving to his girlfriend that he is 'child friendly' by transporting her…
Aristocrats, The (2005)
- Dir. Paul Provenza
Feat. Jason Alexander, Hank Azaria, Billy Connolly…
- One hundred venerable comedians perform, scrutinise and riff on a particularly dirty joke (touted as the world's most obscene), which has apparently…
Bad News Bears (2005)
- Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Billy Bob Thornton, Marcia Gay Harden, Greg Kinnear
- Billy Bob Thornton stars as the loutish coach of a losing baseball team in this soft–shoe remake of the 1976 Walter Matthau classic, following…
Be Cool (2005)
- Dir. F. Gary Gray
Feat. John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Vince Vaughn…
- This sequel to the stylish GET SHORTY has a certain snap in its step, with the resourceful wiseguy Chili Palmer (Travolta) back after almost a…
Best of Laughing With Samoans, The (2005)
- The first live–comedy show by Samoan New Zealand comedy duo Eteuati Ete and Tofiga Fepulea'i has an impressive verbal and physical energy, as…
Bewitched (2005)
- Dir. Nora Ephron
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley Maclaine…
- An inventive, but overly ditzy attempt at updating the 1960s TV classic, with the twist here being that the modernday witch Kidman longs for the…
Bigger than the Sky (2005)
- Dir. Al Corley
Feat. John Corbett, Amy Smart, Sean Astin…
- An innocuous if fitfully insightful drama about a sad–sack graphic designer (Thomas) who finds solace when he snags the lead role in a…
Bill Maher: I'm Swiss (2005)
- Feat. Bill Maher
- Bill Maher, America’s boldest comedian, exposes the hypocrisy, delusions and ridiculousness of American life with biting wit in this rapid fire…
Billy Connolly - World Tour of New Zealand (TV Series) (2005)
- Feat. Billy Connolly
- The special New Zealand segment of comedian Billy Connolly's 2004 world tour, which has the crazed Scot covering the length of the country over eight…