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.
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
6.8/10
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Starring: Colin Firth, Halle Berry, Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, Mark Strong, Michael Gam...
With their headquarters destroyed and the world held hostage, members of Kingsman find new allies when they discover a spy organization in the United... Read more
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)
6.5/10
Director: James Signorelli
Starring: Cassandra Peterson, Jeff Conaway, William Morgan Sheppard, Edie McClurg, Daniel...
When her great aunt dies, famed horror hostess Elvira heads for the uptight New England town of Falwell to claim her inheritance of a haunted house, a... Read more
The Story of Ricky (1993)
7.1/10
Director: Nam Nai Choi
Starring: Fan Siu-Wong, Fan Hoi Sang, Ho Kar Kui, Yukari Oshima, Tetsuro Tanpa, Gloria Yip
Aka 'Riki-Oh'. This over-the-top number has won a cult following for its deliberately outlandish martial arts violence, in which Riki displays the rem... Read more
Mystery Science Theater 3000: 20th Anniversary Edition (2008)
8.5/10
Starring: Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy, Michael J Nelson, Jim Mallon, Joel Hodgson
Running for eleven seasons, this cult TV comedy took an inspired idea - taking the mick out of old films - and made it a hit. A man and his robot side... Read more
Evil Dead II ( Blu-ray ) (1987)
7.8/10
Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Dan Hicks, Sarah Berry, Kassie Wesley, Richard Domeier
Aka "Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn". Ash (Bruce Campbell), the survivor of the first film, continues to battle demons in a cabin deep in the woods. With h... Read more
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2001)
7/10
Director: Larry Blamire
Starring: Fay Masterson, Andrew Parks, Susan McConnell, Brian Howe
A parody of 50's B-grade sci-fi and horror flicks, this deliriously silly tale has a dedicated scientist and his clueless wife journey to a remote cab... Read more
MacGruber (2010)
5.5/10
Director: Jorma Taccone
Starring: Powers Boothe, Ryan Phillippe, Val Kilmer, Maya Rudolph, Will Forte, Kristen Wii...
Only one operative has been awarded 16 Purple Hearts, and only one guy is man enough to still sport a mullet. In the 10 years since his fiancee was ki... Read more
Kung Fu Hustle ( Blu-ray ) (2004)
7.8/10
Director: Stephen Chow
Starring: Stephen Chow
Charismatic Hong Kong comedy legend Stephen Chow's ('Shaolin Soccer') frenetically paced martial arts spoof is a delirious mix of quickfire gags, surr... Read more
Police Squad!: The Complete Series (1982)
8.5/10
Director: David Zucker, Georg Stanford Brown, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Joe Dante, Paul Krasny, Reza Badiyi
Starring: Georg Stanford Brown, Dick Clark, William Conrad, William Duell, Robert Goulet,...
Finally on DVD, all six episodes of the hysterical TV-cop spoof that inspired the hit movie 'The Naked Gun'. Leslie Nielsen is Detective Frank Drebin... Read more
Johnny English Strikes Again (Blu-Ray) (2018)
6.6/10
Director: David Kerr
Starring: Charles Dance, Edward Fox, Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon, Rowan Atkinson, Ben Mi...
The new adventure begins when a cyberattack reveals the identities of all active undercover agents in Britain, leaving Johnny English as the secret se... Read more