Posts Tagged ‘spoof’
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Kung Pow: Enter the Fist is a movie within a movie, created to spoof the martial arts genre. Writer/director Steve Oedekerk uses contemporary characters and splices them into a 1970s kung-fu film, weaving the new and old together. As the main character, The Chosen One, Oedekerk sets off to avenge the deaths of his parents at the hands of kung-fu legend Master Pain. Along the way, he encounters some strange characters, one of which is a cow trained in the martial arts. |
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 |
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When the King of Far, Far Away 'croaks', it is up to Shrek, Donkey and Puss in Boots go off to bring back the next heir to the throne, Artie. Whilst Shrek and his crew are gone, Prince Charming brings together all evil fairy tale creatures in an attempt to take over as the new king. |
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010 |
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Unabashed, funny animation scoffing at the various Hollywood blockbusters. At "Armageddon" especially. |
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010 |
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In this parody of buddy-cop comedies, General Curtis Mortars (William Shattner, "Star Trek") and Mr. Jigsaw (Tim Curry, "Charlie's Angels) are lacing Wilderness Girls cookies with cocaine. It's up to Sergeants Jack Colt (Emilio Esteves, "The Mighty Ducks") and Wes Luger (Samuel L. Jackson, "Pulp Fiction"), as well as Billy York informant Becker (Jon Lovitz, "Rat Race"), to put a stop to this. |
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010 |
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Baby George got into a plane crash in a jungle, stayed alive and was adopted by a wise ape. Ursula Stanhope, US noble woman is saved from death on safari by grown-up George, and he takes her to jungle to live with him. He slowly learns a rules of human relationships, while Ursula's lover Lyle is looking for her and the one who took her. After they are found, Ursula takes George to the USA. |
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 |
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 |
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A rookie FBI agent, Jo Dee Foster ('Billy Zane'(qv)), has been assigned to work on the case of the Psycho Killer, a killer who has killed over 120 people. But to find out more about the Psycho Killer, Jo is forced to meet Dr. Animal Cannibal Pizza ('Dom DeLuise'(qv)), a famous doctor turned cannibal who ate pizzas with human body parts. Meanwhile, Jo's girlfriend, Jane Wine ('Charlene Tilton'(qv)), has just stolen $400,000 in cash from her money-hungry boss, Mr. Laurel ('Rip Taylor'(qv)), so she and Jo can be happy, but gets lost in a really horrible storm, caused mostly by a special effects crew behind her car, and stops at the Cemetery Motel, where the owner, Antonio Motel ('Ezio Greggio'(qv)), is dominated by his insane mother ('Shelly Winters'(qv)). |
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 |
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When Michael Corben, along with the rest of his high-school French class, set out for a trip to France, he runs headlong into international intrigue: Agent Michael Corbin has just been disposed of by the evil forces of Augustus Steranko. When it's learned that Michael Corbin is alive and well, and still on his way to France, he's beseiged by both the good guys and the bad guys. British Intelligence outfits him with a series of James-Bond-like gizmos, and Steranko sends more would-be assassins after him. Can Michael stop the evil Steranko's plans for European domination? |
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 |
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Dr. Richard Thorndyke arrives as new administrator of the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, VERY Nervous to discover some suspicious goings-on. When he's framed for murder, Dr. Thorndyke must confront his own psychiatric condition, "high anxiety," in order to clear his name. An homage to the films of Alfred Hitchcock; contains many parodies of famous Hitchcock scenes from THE BIRDS, PSYCHO, and VERTIGO. |
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 |
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In this comedy, Atouck (Ringo Starr) becomes leader of the misfit cavemen. Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana (Barbara Bach), the mate of tribe's head muscle man (John Matuszak), Atouck stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. Eventually he and friends Lar (Dennis Quaid), and Tala (Shelley Long) learn the secrets of fire, cooked meat, and how to defend themselves from the brutal, yet very stupid dinosaurs. |
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