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.
Red vs Blue: Season 6 - Reconstruction (2008)
8.7/10
Director: Burnie Burns, Matt Hullum
A new enemy. A new hero. The same bunch of rejects. When a secret government project goes wrong, the Reds and Blues must reconstruct their units to fo... Read more
Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008)
7.1/10
Director: Nick Park
Starring: Peter Sallis
Wallace and Gromit have started a new bread baking business, 'Top Bun'. Although business is booming, Gromit is concerned by the news that a dozen loc... 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
Superhero Movie (2008)
4.5/10
Director: Craig Mazin
Starring: Drake Bell, Sara Paxton, Christopher McDonald, Kevin Hart, Brent Spiner, Jeffrey...
After spoofing disaster films in 'Airplane!', police shows in 'The Naked Gun', and Hollywood horrors in 'Scary Movie' 3 and 4, producer David Zucker s... 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
Sword of Alexander (2007)
5.8/10
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Kyoko Hasegawa, Meisa Kuroki, Riki Takeuchi, Kankuro Kudo
A riotous period/fantasy/Samurai spoof with free-spirited Genkuro wandering the land with the mighty 'Sword of Alexander', one of three mystical objec... Read more
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
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (Blu-ray) (2007)
6.8/10
Director: Jake Kasdan
Starring: John C Reilly, Tim Meadows, Jenna Fischer
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
The Fred Dagg All-Purpose DVD (2007)
Starring: John Clarke
This authorised 'Daggography' (the most important document ever discovered in New Zealand), celebrates a golden age in our nation's history beginning... 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