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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.

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2004)

5.4/10
Director: Vadim Jean
Starring: Martin Short, Linda Cardellini, Janeane Garofalo, John Michael Higgins, Elizabet...

Martin Short is Jiminy Glick, a corpulent star-struck celebrity interviewer spawned as a character on Saturday Night Live, then given his own show on... Read more

Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

7.8/10
Director: Stephen Chow
Starring: Stephen Chow, Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu, Leung Siu Lung, Dong Zhi Hua

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

Gladiatress (2004)

4.2/10
Director: Brian Grant
Starring: Fiona Allen, Doon Mackinchan, Sally Phillips

An outrageous comedy that turns the macho tradition of sword and sandal epics on its head. When village outcast, Worthaboutapig (Phillips), is chosen... Read more

Team America: World Police (2004)

7.2/10
Director: Trey Parker
Starring: Trey Parker, Matt Stone

Team America, an international police force dedicated to maintaining global stability (mostly by blowing things up), learns that a power-hungry dictat... Read more

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

7.9/10
Director: Edgar Wright
Starring: Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Nick Frost, Lucy Davis, Dylan Moran, Penelope Wilton,...

There comes a day in every man's life when he has to get off the couch... and kill some zombies. When flesh-eating zombies are on the hunt for a bite... Read more

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004)

6.7/10
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Starring: Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Vince Vaughn

When his rundown gym is threatened with foreclosure, owner Vince Vaughn has 30 days to come up with $50,000. His solution: assemble a ragtag team of f... Read more

Red vs Blue: Season 1 (2003)

8.5/10
Director: Burnie Burns

In the distant future, ten soldiers battle for control of the least desirable piece of real estate in the known universe - a box canyon in the middle... Read more

Scrubs: Season 3 (2003)

8.4/10
Starring: Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, Donald Faison, Michael J Fox, Ken Jenkins, John C McGi...

Get ready for one wacky house call with the hilarious third season of "Scrubs". It's a whole new year for the staff of Sacred Heart as Elliot undergoe... Read more

Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (2003)

6/10
Director: Eric Idle
Starring: Eric Idle, Billy Connolly, David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Bill Murray, Robin Williams

Dirk, Nasty, Stig and Barry - the 'pre-fab four' strike again!. Python-alum Eric Idle directs and stars in this sequel to his 1978 mockumentary, 'The... Read more

Scary Movie 3 (2003)

5.5/10
Director: David Zucker
Starring: Anna Faris, Anthony Anderson, Leslie Nielsen, Camryn Manheim, Simon Rex, George...

Great trilogies come in threes. David Zucker ("Flying High") takes over the directing reigns for this latest outing that features Anna Faris, Charlie... Read more