Subgenre Sampler
Spoof: 197 Films to Buy & Rent
- Johnny English (2003)
- Dir. Peter Howitt
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich, Tim Pigott-Smith
- A British spy spoof that through the expertise of Rowan Atkinson holds its own against the more sophisticated AUSTIN POWERS.
When the entire…
- Kung Faux (TV Series) (2003)
- Postmodern comic conceit, where a series of classic kung–fu films are redubbed with new music and voiceovers by various hiphoppers –…
- Red vs Blue (2003)
- Dir. Burnie Burns
- Appropriating the graphics engine of popular X–Box title ‘Halo’, the makers of this resourceful video game spoof act out various inane…
- Reno 911 (TV Series) (2003)
- Feat. Cedric Yarbrough, Niecy Nash, Thomas Lennon…
- Irreverent and absurd mock–umentary takes us behind the scenes of the Reno police department and spotlights the bungling incompetents who work…
- Scary Movie 3 (2003)
- Dir. David Zucker
Feat. Charlie Sheen, Leslie Nielsen, Denise Richards
- Further hit–and–miss spoofery of the horror movie genre, and popular culture in general from dir. Zucker and the Wayans clan.
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- Stella Street (2003)
- Dir. Peter Richardson
Feat. John Sessions, Phil Cornwell
- Worthy bigscreen spinoff of the British TV sketch series, in which two actors (Sessions and Cornwell) impersonate a range of Hollywood stars (Michael…
- Weird Al Yankovic - The Ultimate Video Collection (2003)
- Dir. Jay Levey, Al Yankovic
Feat. Al Yankovic
- A collection of 24 music videos made by and starring the maverick comedian "Weird Al" Yankovic. Includes both parodies and original videos spanning…
- Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
- Dir. Jay Roach
Feat. Mike Myers, Robert Wagner, Michael York…
- The third and probably final instalment of the wildly successful spy spoof series sets itself in the garish 1970s, but having run clean out of…
- Chinese Odyssey 2002 (2002)
- Dir. Jeff Lau
Feat. Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Faye Wong, Chen Chang…
- Silly only in appearance, this in–joke laden spoof of Hong Kong cinema stapes – Chinese opera, gender–bending romances, and…
- Don't Ask Don't Tell (2002)
- Feat. Peter Graves
- A sci–fi spoof that re–dubs minor 50's B–movie "Killer from Space" with new dialogue and a plot concerning a military scheme to…