Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5536 Films to Buy & Rent
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…
Red Dwarf (TV Series) - Series 10 (Red Dwarf X) (2012)
- Feat. Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules…
- The first full series of RED DWARF since 1999, this continues the cult British sci–fi comedy's revival following the recent special, BACK TO EARTH.…
Rita (TV Series) (2012-2015)
- Feat. Mille Dinesen, Lise Baastrup, Carsten Bjørnlund…
- Danish comedy series following the life of a defiantly outspoken school teacher and single mother who excels in her teaching but struggles in her…
Rock of Ages (2012)
- Dir. Adam Shankman
Feat. Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Tom Cruise…
- Tom Cruise hams it up something shocking ahead of a star musical cast in this big singing, big strutting hair metal revival set to the music of Def…
Ruby Sparks (2012)
- Dir. Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Feat. Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Chris Messina…
- Real–life couple Dayton and Faris (LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE) direct real–life acting couple Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan in this zesty satire…
Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
- Dir. Colin Trevorrow
Feat. Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson…
- Winningly oddball 'true' tale set in Seattle that follows a writer and two colleagues on a flakey assignment to interview a man who placed a…