Subgenre Sampler
Cult: 1355 Films to Buy & Rent
- Star Trek - Insurrection (1999)
- Dir. Jonathan Frakes
Feat. Patrick Stewart, F. Murray Abraham
- Forging ahead with their own lucrative franchise, the Next Generation produce another winner which fans will rally round. Patrick Stewart and co. get…
- Tales from the Far Side I & II (1999)
- Dir. Marv Newland, Gary Larson
- The obscure, secretly satirical humour of cartoonist Gary Larson is given motion in this animation collection. Music by jazz–man Bill Frisell.
- Thumb Wars - The Phantom Cuticle (1999)
- Dir. Steve Oedekerk
- One of the best of dir. Oedekerk's 'Thumb' series, in which skillfully manipulated thumb–puppets spoof up various Hollywood staples. Here, Loke…
- Trekkies (1999)
- Dir. Roger Nygard
- Comprehensive, eye–opening tour of the STAR TREK phenomenon and the lives of some of its more ardent devotees. Chuckle and gasp as Denise…
- Tribe, The (TV Series) (1999-2003)
- Set in an post–apocalyptic future where all adults have been wiped out by a virus and children must fend for themselves by ganging up together,…
- Wisconsin Death Trip (1999)
- Dir. James Marsh
- A deadpan, quietly unsettling documentary that charts 10 years of creeping misfortune at the end of the 19th century in the small Midwest town of…
- Acid House, The (1998)
- Dir. Paul McGuigan
Feat. Stephen McCole, Maurice Roeves, Garry Sweeney
- Those with a taste for undiluted Irvine Welsh (author of TRAINSPOTTING) will find warts–and–all satisfaction in this portmanteau of three…
- Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
- Dir. John Landis
Feat. John Goodman, Dan Aykroyd, Evan Bonifant
- Belated, extraneous sequel to the 1980 cult 'classic' with John Goodman filling in the XXL trousers of the very late John Belushi. (Alas, the…
- Buffalo 66 (1998)
- Dir. Vincent Gallo
Feat. Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci, Ben Gazzara…
- Released from prison after doing someone else's time, an embittered yet benign loner sets about evening the score, but not before kidnapping a sweet…
- Destroy All Rational Thought (1998)
- An eclectic patchwork of material to do with William Burroughs and Brion Gysin, including footage from Burroughs films and home–movies, and…