Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8108 Films to Buy & Rent
Blind Side, The (2009)
- Dir. John Lee Hancock
Feat. Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron…
- Sandra Bullock stars in this uplifting, if cliché–ridden football drama, in which she portrays an upper middle–class homemaker who gives…
Boogie Woogie (2009)
- Dir. Duncan Ward
Feat. Danny Huston, Gillian Anderson, Alan Cumming…
- Broad satire of the modern art scene with Danny Huston as a supercilious art dealer scheming to get his hands on a rare Mondrian. Hugely…
Boys Are Back, The (2009)
- Dir. Scott Hicks
Feat. Clive Owen, Emma Booth, Laura Fraser…
- Single father drama with Clive Owen giving a sensitive performance as a grieving sportswriter struggling to raise his two young sons.
Although…
Breaking Bad - Season 2 (TV Series) (2009)
- Feat. Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn…
- Further episodes chronicling the deeds of anti–hero Walter White (Cranston), a high school chemistry teacher who turns to a life of…
Breaking the Mould (2009)
- Dir. Peter Hoar
Feat. Dominic West, Denis Lawson
- Historical teledrama following the development of penicillin in the 1930's and 40's by a group of scientists in Oxford at The Dunn School of…
Breaking Upwards (2009)
- Dir. Daryl Wein
Feat. Daryl Wein, Zoe Lister Jones, Julie White…
- Skittish romantic comedy in which a couple attempt to end their moribund relationship gradually, beginning with three days off each week.
Drawing…
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009)
- Dir. John Krasinski
Feat. Julianne Nicholson, Ben Shenkman, Timothy Hutton…
- A graduate student copes with a recent breakup by conducting interviews with various men.
Ill–conceived and messy adaptation of David Foster…
Bright Star (2009)
- Dir. Jane Campion
Feat. Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish, Paul Schneider…
- A resounding return–to–form for dir. Jane Campion, who is in full flourish with this delicate and deeply romantic tale of the doomed love…
Broken Embraces (2009)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Penelope Cruz, Blanca Portillo, Lluís Homar…
- Typically juicy Almodovar number again features the gorgeous Penelope Cruz, here playing a mistress cast in the lead role of a movie her millionaire…
Brooklyn's Finest (2009)
- Dir. Antoine Fuqua
Feat. Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke…
- The dir. of TRAINING DAY spins this heavy–handed multi–narrative around three burnt out NYC cops at the end of their tether. Posturing…