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.
What's Up Tiger Lily? (1966)
6/10
Director: Senkichi Taniguchi, Woody Allen
Starring: Tatsuya Mihashi, Miya Hana, Woody Allen, China Lee
Woody Allen provides the dubbed dialogue for a chopped up Japanese sexy spy thriller where the object of international intrigue is a recipe for egg sa... Read more
Batman (1966)
7.5/10
Director: Leslie Martinson
Starring: Adam West, Burt Ward, Burgess Meredith, Cesar Romero, Frank Gorshin, Lee Meriwet...
The caped crusader and his youthful sidekick jump from their popular mid 1960s T.V. series into this full-length feature film. Very silly material pla... 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
Get Smart: Mr Big (1965)
6.5/10
Starring: Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Edward Platt
Meet Maxwell Smart, Agent 99, the Chief and Fang, in this Emmy Award-winning spy-spoof series inspired by the comic genius of Mel Brooks and Buck Henr... Read more
Our Man Flint (1965)
6.5/10
Director: Daniel Mann
Starring: James Coburn, Lee J Cobb, Gila Golan
Super Secret Agent Flint (James Coburn) of Z.O.W.I.E. sets out to foil a plot to control the worlds weather when an evil organisation called Galaxy se... Read more
Our Man In Havana (1960)
7.2/10
Director: Carol Reed
Starring: Alec Guinness, Burl Ives, Maureen O'Hara, Ernie Kovacs, Noel Coward, Ralph Richa...
Adapted from Graham Greene's novel, Alec Guinness stars in this classic spy spoof as Jim Wormold, an English expatriate who sells vacuum cleaners in H... Read more
Our Man In Havana (Blu-ray) (1960)
7.2/10
Director: Carol Reed
Starring: Alec Guinness, Burl Ives, Maureen O'Hara, Ernie Kovacs, Noel Coward, Ralph Richa...
Adapted from Graham Greene's novel, Alec Guinness stars in this classic spy spoof as Jim Wormold, an English expatriate who sells vacuum cleaners in H... Read more
Abbott and Costello: Meet the Keystone Kops / In the Foreign Legion (1954)
7.6/10
Director: Charles Lamont
Starring: Lynn Bari, Lou Costello, Fred Clark, Bud Abbott
A & C are in the movie business circa 1912 this time. In between pies in the face, there's a wild chase complete with the famous Keystone Kops. Mac Se... Read more
Abbott and Costello: Meet Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde / Meet The Killer (1953)
7.6/10
Director: Charles Lamont
Starring: Lou Costello, Bud Abbott, Boris Karloff
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are 18th century American detectives in London chasing down the literary legend played by Boris Karloff. / Two employees o... 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