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One Vote for the Libertarian
Parody
"...The Libertarian Party is extreme to the point of
parody
. It's what everyone wants but no one dares. The..."
June 14, 2004
Postmarks
The Comebacks
A comedy spoof of inspirational sports films.
"...that, for one brief scene, managed to be a
parody
of a
parody
. Now, the fact that The Comebacks..."
Oct. 26, 2007
Movie Review
by
Josh Rosenblatt
Blake Behind Bars
To write a
parody
of prison movies, Naughty Austin's Blake Yelavich sentenced himself to 27 films in the big house
"...So what do you do when you've put a
parody
of prison movies on your schedule, and you're appalled..."
Sept. 28, 2007
Arts Feature
by
Robert Faires
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
This French box-office sensation is a send-up of Sixties spy films.
"...of Not Another Teen Movie, et al. Truly great
parody
relies in equal measure on both finely calibrated nuance..."
Oct. 3, 2008
Movie Review
by
Marc Savlov
Scary Movie 3
Third outing is 90% chaff, 10% wit, and pure
Children of the Corny
.
"...to be fervently hoped, last in the less-than-venerable horror-movie
parody
series fires the gags in such a bewildering fusillade..."
Oct. 31, 2003
Movie Review
by
Marc Savlov
Undercover Brother
"...Richards, Chris Kattan and Eddie Griffin. How do you
parody
a genre that as often as not is so..."
June 7, 2002
Movie Review
by
Marc Savlov
Wrongfully Accused
"...worse things than Mr. Magoo. With any luck, this
parody
of The Fugitive and other on-the-lam thrillers will sound..."
Aug. 28, 1998
Movie Review
by
Marc Savlov
Mafia!
"...out as part of the holy trinity of cinematic
parody
-- (David) Zucker, Abrahams, and (Jerry) Zucker -- with..."
July 24, 1998
Movie Review
by
Marc Savlov
Spy
The Paul Feig/Melissa McCarthy comedy onslaught continues with a Bond
parody
"...to crush everything in its path with this femme-centric
parody
of James Bond and Mission: Impossible-like hijinks. McCarthy gets..."
June 5, 2015
Movie Review
by
Marc Savlov
Epic Movie
The filmmakers are completely tone-deaf when it comes to the art of film
parody
, and their special form of sadism-as-punch-line leaves the audience in a perpetual cringe.
"...entirely in bathroom humor, low-grade sadism, puerile sexuality, tin-eared
parody
, and insignificant pop-culture references with a shelf life of..."
Feb. 2, 2007
Movie Review
by
Josh Rosenblatt
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon One
"...overambitious attempt at cashing in on the highly lucrative
parody
genre. Taking aim at overwrought buddy-cop movies like the..."
Feb. 12, 1993
Movie Review
by
Marc Savlov
Hot Shots!
"...her sizzling encounter with Sheen, we're treated to a
parody
of 9 1/2 Weeks that really cleans out the..."
Aug. 2, 1991
Movie Review
by
Kathleen Maher
The Bookshop
British period literary drama is pretty weak tea
"...occasionally tips the entire endeavor past whimsy and into self-
parody
...."
Aug. 31, 2018
Movie Review
by
Richard Whittaker
Ghost Team
A group of losers stumble onto paranormal activity
"...Team is, on the one hand, an increasingly stale
parody
of the paranormal television subgenre of reality shows, and..."
Sept. 9, 2016
Movie Review
by
Josh Kupecki
Warcraft
No fun storming the castle in this lousy adaptation of the hit video game
"...too seriously is, by film’s end, an inadvertently hilarious
parody
of the very fantastical tropes that made the online..."
June 10, 2016
Movie Review
by
Marc Savlov
Fifty Shades of Black
Marlon Wayons takes on another spoof
"...the zeitgeist to come up with this racially tinged
parody
of Fifty Shades of Grey. The film is also..."
Feb. 5, 2016
Movie Review
by
Marjorie Baumgarten
Más Negro que la Noche
This remake of a Mexican horror classic is remarkably routine.
"...dangerously close to succeeding as an astutely crafted genre
parody
, yet Bedwell instead settles for fashioning a horror show..."
Oct. 3, 2014
Movie Review
by
William Goss
A Haunted House
Marlon Wayans spoofs
Paranormal Activity
.
"...The Exorcist are some of the eye-rolling springboards for
parody
, while Wayans and co-writer Rick Alvarez flog gross stereotypes..."
Jan. 18, 2013
Movie Review
by
Kimberley Jones
The Watch
This comedy is awfully lightweight although Richard Ayoade lends some spark to the goofy quartet.
"...Vaughn's Bob is a
parody
of suburban masculinity taken to the extreme; Hill's wannabe..."
July 27, 2012
Movie Review
by
Marc Savlov
Man on a Ledge
This semi-functional thriller tingles but never terrifies.
"...while Harris mugs and rhapsodizes like some freaky, methed-out
parody
of Donald Trump (which, I guess, he is). Jamie..."
Jan. 27, 2012
Movie Review
by
Marc Savlov
Hobo With a Shotgun
Though it's a great title, this Rutger Hauer movie is an unfocused throwback to Seventies exploitation films.
"...Hobo never seems to settle on whether it's a
parody
, satire, knowing wink, or clever riposte to the low-budget,..."
May 6, 2011
Movie Review
by
Marc Savlov
Your Highness
This vulgar medieval travesty is awfully good fun when it works.
"...of unperturbed misanthropy serve him well in this risqué
parody
of the questing-knights genre. The film is equal parts..."
April 8, 2011
Movie Review
by
Marc Savlov
My Name Is Bruce
Cult star Bruce Campbell directs and stars here as himself, but the actor is mistaken for his popular character Ash from the
Evil Dead
trilogy and is forced to fight a real monster.
"...for Old Spice cologne), and thus this severely over-the-top self-
parody
comes off as pretty much pointless. Campbell casts himself..."
Nov. 21, 2008
Movie Review
by
Marc Savlov
Hell Ride
This grindhousey biker film, executive-produced by Quentin Tarantino, is a convoluted, overly snazzy-looking tale of bad blood between even worse people.
"...Carradine and Leonor Varela. The line between homage and
parody
is blurry enough at the best of times in..."
Aug. 8, 2008
Movie Review
by
Marc Savlov
Steep
The glories of extreme skiing are proclaimed from international mountaintops.
"...workout in the past decade-plus that it's become a
parody
of itself, to the extent that even The Simpsons..."
March 7, 2008
Movie Review
by
Marc Savlov
Rambo
In his fourth cinematic outing, Rambo's tasked with saving Christian missionaries in Burma.
"...to it, but its follow-ups are this side of
parody
. Having artistically exhausted this franchise long ago and ended..."
Feb. 1, 2008
Movie Review
by
Steve Davis
Meet the Spartans
The working title says it all:
Not Another Scary Epic Teen Date Movie
.
"...Epic Movie, Date Movie, et al. – mean to
parody
last year's hugely successful swords-and-sandals actioner 300; what they..."
Feb. 1, 2008
Movie Review
by
Kimberley Jones
Black Sheep
It's smart; it's silly; it's
shear terror
, as the ruminants develop a taste for human flesh.
"...borderline surreal vibe that never quite slouches into outright self-
parody
. It's smart; it's silly; it's – kill me now..."
Aug. 31, 2007
Movie Review
by
Marc Savlov
Kickin' It Old Skool
Jamie Kennedy wakes up after a breakdancing injury put him in a coma 20 years ago. That's when this film's real trauma begins.
"...through a series of predictable gags and low-rent cultural
parody
. The continued existence of Jamie Kennedy as a factor..."
May 4, 2007
Movie Review
by
Josh Rosenblatt
Date Movie
What's left to spoof? Why, romance movies, of course.
"...to stifle even Eddie Murphy’s fetishistic output. Ostensibly a
parody
of touchy-feely-quasi-comedies like My Big Fat Greek Wedding and..."
Feb. 24, 2006
Movie Review
by
Marc Savlov
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