Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Here’s a film that’s grown on me over the years. My initial review of this film knocked it for being lesser in terms of humor than its two sequels, but in retrospect, much of...
Tagged: spoof
Scary Movie (2000)
A parody on the teen slasher movies that have come out of late (and a few other popular films like The Matrix and Usual Suspects), Scary Movie takes on the difficult task of spoofing films that really aren’t meant...
Mystery Men (1999)
In a city of comical superheroes, its most prominent, Captain Amazing (Kinnear, As Good As It Gets), gets captured by its most feared villain, Casanova Frankenstein (Rush, Elizabeth). A fledgling crew of ineptitude band together to...
Galaxy Quest (1999)
The plot: Eighteen years after their cult science fiction show is cancelled, the actors of TV’s “Galaxy Quest” are still together, appearing at “GQ” conventions and ribbon-cutting ceremonies, living off their association with the...
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
Three years before the trio of comedy writers of Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker (Top Secret!, Ruthless People) would score their mega-hit Airplane!, they made this sporadically funny, screwball vignette comedy flick which...
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Young Frankenstein represents a dilemma for me as a reviewer. I recognize the fact that many people consider it one of the best comedies ever made. I suppose if I had watched it as a...
Armour of God 2: Operation Condor (1991)
Originally released in Hong Kong, the sound and titles have been redone for US release of this better-than-average Jackie Chan (Police Story 2, Dragons Forever) actioner. Here, Jackie is an agent who must seek out...