Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5540 Films to Buy & Rent
Picture Day (2012)
- Dir. Kate Melville
Feat. Tatiana Maslany, Spencer Van Wyck, Steven McCarthy
- A rebellious teenager forced to complete her senior year of high school falls in romantically with two very different guys in this modest indie…
Pitch Perfect (2012)
- Dir. Jason Moore
Feat. Anna Kendrick, Skylar Astin, Brittany Snow…
- New girl on campus Anna Kendrick joins an all–female a cappella group determined to win the male–dominated national competition in this…
Playing for Keeps (2012)
- Dir. Gabriel Muccino
Feat. Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Dennis Quaid…
- A womanising hunk (Gerard Butler, obviously) allows himself to be objectified by the soccer moms on a junior team he's coaching in order to win back…
Politically Incorrect Guide to Grown Ups, The (2012)
- Psychologist Nigel Latta's third installment in his popular 'politically incorrect' series turns the spotlight on the adults and the complexities of…
Populaire (2012)
- Dir. Régis Roinsard
Feat. Romain Duris, Deborah Francois, Bérénice Bejo
- Full of colour and quick–witted style, this French period comedy plays up the vintage appeal of the 1950s through rose tinted glasses. Deborah…
Pramface (TV Series) (2012)
- Feat. Scarlett Alice Johnson, Sean Michael Verey
- Two naive teenagers fresh off exams end up in bed together, and must face the challenges of an unplanned pregnancy in this modest but affecting BBC…
Price Check (2012)
- Dir. Michael Walker
Feat. Parker Posey, Eric Mabius, Josh Pais
- Parker Posey plays an upper management dynamo whose corporate mantra shakes up the employees of a supermarket chain in this cutting workplace comedy.
Project X (2012)
- Dir. Nima Nourizadeh
Feat. Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Daniel Brown
- Teen hedonism is taken to its mindless extreme in this unredeemable 'comedy' about an epic house party gone too far.
Those expecting the endearing…
Quartet (2012)
- Dir. Dustin Hoffman
Feat. Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly…
- Another pleasant surprise for the retiree set, this time centred on a home for retired musicians, and the recently arrived opera diva (Maggie Smith)…
Reality (2012)
- Dir. Matteo Garrone
Feat. Aniello Arena, Loredana Simioli, Nando Paone
- A working class scam artist tries out for 'Big Brother' in this bustling, Fellini–esque satire of unrealised dreams from dir. Matteo Garrone…