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.
Monty Python's Life of Brian ( Blu-ray ) (1979)
Director: Terry Jones
Starring: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idl...
Highly original madness from the Monty Python gang, 'Life of Brian' follows the woes of poor Brian born the same night as Jesus, repeatedly mistaken b... Read more
JCVD (2008)
7.2/10
Director: Mabrouk El Mechri
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Francois Damiens, Zinedine Soualem
Jean-Claude Van Damme plays himself in this unique, existential heist thriller with a dark comic streak. Down and out, with only straight-to-DVD title... Read more
The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
6.5/10
Director: Frank Tashlin
Starring: Doris Day, Arthur Godfrey, John McGiver, Rod Taylor, Dom DeLuise, Paul Lynde, Er...
A lively mix of comedy and romance, this wacky Bond spoof has Doris Day as a public relations specialist for NASA who inadvertantly meets her boss (Ro... Read more
Family Guy Presents Blue Harvest (2007)
Director: Dominic Polcino
Starring: Voices Of, Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis
In commemmoration of the 30th anniversary of 'Star Wars' and for the launch of its new season, this special double episode is an animated spoof of Geo... Read more
Deadpool 2 (Blu-ray) (2018)
7.9/10
Director: David Leitch
Starring: Josh Brolin, Leslie Uggams, Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Eddie Marsan, TJ Mil...
Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool meets Russell, an angry teenage mutant who lives at an orphanage. When Russell becomes the target of Cable -- a geneti... Read more
Poltergay (2006)
5.4/10
Director: Eric Lavaine
Starring: Clovis Cornillac, Julie Depardieu, Lionel Abelanski, Gilles Gaston Dreyfus, Jean...
An over-the-top horror spoof from France, with a young married couple thrilled to have bought a decrepit old mansion at a cheap price only to discover... Read more
UHF ( aka The Vidiot from UHF ) (1989)
7/10
Director: Jay Levey
Starring: Weird Al Yankovic, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Richards, David Bowe, Victoria Jackso...
Despite this being his only starring role, Yankovic plays it to the hilt in this quirky cult film from the 80's. Yankovic stars as George Newman, a ho... Read more
Young Frankenstein ( Blu-ray ) (1974)
8/10
Director: Mel Brooks
Starring: Cloris Leachman, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Peter...
Ranking among the most hilarious comedies of all time, this is Mel Brooks' take on the biggest monster myth of them all. Neurosurgeon Dr. Friedrich vo... Read more
Johnny English Strikes Again (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
Get Smart: Aboard the Orient Express (1965)
6.5/10
Starring: Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Edward Platt
Maxwell Smart is back! So are Agent 99, the Chief and Fang, in this Emmy Award-winning spy-spoof series inspired by the comic genius of Mel Brooks and... Read more