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Subgenre Sampler
Mafia! (Jane Austen's Mafia) (1998)- Dir. Jim Abrahams
Feat. Lloyd Bridges, Christina Applegate, Olympia Dukakis - Ever the low–brow, dir. Jim Abrahams (NAKED GUN et al) delivers a fair quota of spoofing lowblows to the goodfella genre, assisted by a gang of…
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
- Dir. Jay Roach
Feat. Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York… - American cat Mike Myers draws on his predilection for British comedy for this spot–on spy movie satire. He plays both the swinging '60s spy…
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis (1997)- Dir. John Henderson
Feat. Rik Mayall, Jane Horrocks - Rik Mayall delivers one of his oily variations in what is only his second feature. As a jaded music manager he decides to have his…
Man Who Knew Too Little, The (1997)- Dir. Jon Amiel
Feat. Bill Murray, Peter Gallagher, Joanne Whalley… - Contrived spy comedy, in which a bumbling Bill Murray accidently inducts himself into various high level intrigues. Though nothing special, this…
Scream 2 (1997)- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette… - Neve Campbell and friends get revisited by another round of cell–phone threats, masked stalkers and spotty, self–referential…
Telly Laughs (TV Series) (1997-1998)- A spin–off of SKITZ, this irreverent Kiwi comedy hour parodies a variety of popular television shows, movies and commercials. DVD features…
God of Cookery, The (1996)- Dir. Stephen Chow (Chiao)
Feat. Stephen Chow (Chiao) - Stephen Chow cooks up a comic storm as a mercilessly ego–centric chef who, in great narrative tradition, is forced to truly earn his title…
High School High (1996)- Dir. Hart Bochner
Feat. Jon Lovitz, Louise Fletcher - THE NAKED GUN parody–squad punish the college delinquent genre (DANGEROUS MINDS, HIGHER LEARNING etc). Jokes mainly aim below the belt, and…
Mars Attacks! (1996)
- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening… - Tim Burton once again turns tacky into an art form, but this time with a monster budget to match the alien carnage. This gleefully (though…
Scream (1996)- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Neve Campbell, Drew Barrymore, Skeet Ulrich… - The horror genre gets a long overdue (if tongue–in–cheek) revamp but you needn't be an aficionado to experience the thrill of this…
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