Spoofs
The wide wonderful world of film lends itself splendidly to the 'spoof' or parody as most genres have conventions and unwritten rules that are very easy to twist and undermine. It's all about messing with audience expectation - and nobody is safe - from TV cops ('Police Squad') to zombies ('Shaun of the Dead'); disaster flicks ('Airplane') to westerns ('Blazing Saddles'); Alfred Hitchcock ('High Anxiety') to Arnold Schwarzenegger ('Last Action Hero'). Sit back and have a laugh, at someone else's expense.
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
6.8/10
Director: Jake Kasdan
Starring: John C Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Tim Meadows
John C. Reilly stars in this pitch-perfect spoof of the rock biopic genre, chronicling the life of country boy-turned-music superstar, Dewey Cox. Foll... Read more
Hot Fuzz ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
7.9/10
Director: Edgar Wright
Starring: Billie Whitelaw, Edward Woodward, Jim Broadbent, Kenneth Cranham, Steve Coogan,...
The lads that brought us zombie spoof 'Shaun of the Dead' turn their attentions to the British bobby in this cameo-packed mickey-take of the cops-and-... Read more
Disaster! (2005)
7.3/10
Director: Roy T Wood
An asteroid is on a collision course with Earth, and it's up to a fearless group of adventurers to save the planet before the human race is wiped out.... Read more
The Love Guru (2008)
3.8/10
Director: Marco Schnabel
Starring: Jessica Alba, Omid Djalili, Meagan Good, Ben Kingsley, Romany Malco, Mike Myers,...
Mike Myers returns to live action comedy with a nod to Bollywood as Guru Pitka, the world's second most popular self-help advisor. He is hired by the... Read more
Get Smart: Season 2 (1966)
6.5/10
Starring: Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Edward Platt
Maxwell Smart returns for another lot of espionage and prat-falls. The huge season two (30 episodes!) sees Max and 99 pursue the dastardly KAOS agents... Read more
Scrubs: Season 4 (2004)
8.4/10
Starring: Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, Donald Faison, Neil Flynn, Ken Jenkins, John C McGinle...
The madcap operations continue at Sacred Heart Hospital as J.D. is up for promotion, Turk starts feeling jealous and guest star Heather Graham turns u... Read more
Dance of the Dead (2008)
5.8/10
Director: Gregg Bishop
Starring: Jared Kusnitz, Greyson Chadwick, Zoe Myers, Chandler Darby, Carissa Capobianco,...
As Cosa High prepares for its prom, the students are getting ready to party. Unfortunately, pollution from a nearby nuclear power plant has reanimated... Read more
Way Out West (1937)
7.7/10
Director: James W Horne
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Sharon Lynn
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy go on the trail of the lonesome pine to locate the daughter of a dead prospector who left behind a valuable deed. They ar... Read more
Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes! (1977)
4.6/10
Director: John De Bello
Starring: David Miller, Sharon Taylor, George Wilson
A tomato farm downwind from the local nuclear reactor grows intelligent, monster-sized vegetables (or are they fruits?) that run amok and threaten Sou... Read more
Machete (2010)
6.6/10
Director: Robert Rodriguez, Ethan Maniquis
Starring: Cheech Marin, Don Johnson, Jeff Fahey, Lindsay Lohan, Robert De Niro, Steven Sea...
A bad-ass, star-studded action-thriller from Robert Rodriguez (Desperado), Machete is an over-the-top homage to 1970s exploitation movies, starring D... Read more