Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2193 Films to Buy & Rent
Why Don't You Play in Hell? (Jigoku de naze warui) (2013)
- Dir. Sion Sono
Feat. Kunimura Jun, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Fumi Nikaido
- Described by its creator as "an action film about the love of 35mm", this frenzied fanboy fiction from Shion Sono bears his trademark excess and…
Wolverine, The (2013)
- Dir. James Mangold
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima…
- Hugh Jackman returns as X–Men's cult anti–hero in this Japan–set saga centred on deadly samurai and an old nemesis.
Wrong Mans, The (TV Series) (2013-2014)
- Feat. James Corden, Sarah Solemani, Tom Basden…
- An ambitious BBC comedy–drama series co–created and written by GAVIN & STACEY alumni James Corden and Mathew Baynton that combines the…
1612 (2012)
- Dir. Vladimir Khotinenko
Feat. Pyotr Kislov
- Bloated Russian 'historical' epic renders the 17th century civil war that ravaged the divided country as a Peter Jackson–esque battle fantasy.…
Act of Valour (2012)
- Dir. Mike McCoy, Scott Waugh
- A bevy of real Navy SEALs star in this bicep–flexing action vehicle–cum–recruitment movie for the US Marine Corps. With the…
Amazing Spider-Man, The (2012)
- Dir. Marc Webb
Feat. Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans…
- Andrew Garfield inherits the role of boy superhero with spider–like superpowers in this character driven reboot of the popular blockbuster…
Avengers, The (Marvel's Avengers) (2012)
- Dir. Joss Whedon
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson…
- Barnstorming blockbuster with Marvel's premier superheroes joining forces to combat Thor's evil brother Loki and his alien army.
Skilfully helmed…
Batman: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
- Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy…
- Christopher Nolan directs with bombast and brilliance this long–awaited finale to the "Dark Knight" trilogy, in which Christian Bale's aging…
Battleship (2012)
- Dir. Peter Berg
Feat. Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard, Rihanna …
- The might of the US Navy take on marauding alien invaders in this belly–flop of a Hollywood blockbuster, apparently based on the popular Hasbro…
Bourne Legacy, The (2012)
- Dir. Tony Gilroy
Feat. Jeremy Renner, Edward Norton, Rachel Weisz…
- Jeremy Renner plays a fellow estranged assassin to Matt Damon's unstoppable rogue agent in this brisk addition to the Bourne franchise, directed by…