Posts Tagged ‘cult-comedy’

League of Their Own, A (1992)

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Hanks, Tom | Davis, Geena | Madonna | Petty, Lori | Lovitz, Jon | Strathairn, David | Marshall, Garry | Pullman, Bill | Cavanagh, Megan | O'Donnell, Rosie | Reiner, Tracy | Schram, Bitty | Davis, Don S. | Coleman, Renée
Directors: Marshall, Penny
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In the farm of Oregon Dottie Henson and Kit Keller are working on the farm. Sisters that do love each other, except when it comes to baseball. Kit wants to play in the league but is upset to hear that it is Dottie who is chosen to play for the AAPGL. (All American Pro Girls League) Dottie refuses to play unless Kit can come along. AAPGL was only made because of the World War II and all of the man were in the war. Along the way to the stadium they meet Marla Hooch who is a great hitter, but to most people not the prettiest girl. When they are going to try out they meet Doris and Mae because Doris threw a baseball at Dottie who caught it impressing Doris. They girls find out their new manager is Jimmy Dugan. Jimmy Dugan drinks a lot and is the worst manager until Dottie get through to him and he becomes a better person. Miss Cuthbert makes sure the rules are followed, no boys, no drinking or smoking until Mae poisons her meal. The girls go to party and Marla who had been overlooked a lot is noticed by a guy named Nelson. Dottie’s husband Bob is in the army and when news comes that a man in the army has been killed it turns out to be Betty Spaghetti. After awhile, Kit feels that once again like at home she is behind Dottie’s shadow. Dottie notices it to and asks to be transferred to another team. Of course Mr. Lovitz doesn’t want the best player to be transferred so he has Kit transferred to Racine. Kit feels that Dottie did this on purpose. Kit plays for the Racine while Dottie plays for Rockford. In the final scene Dottie is crashed into by Kit and she drops the ball, letting Racine win, making Kit have her own stardom instead of being in Dottie’s shadow. The girls have a reunion and they remember the fun they had together.

Love Potion No. 9 (1992)

Monday, February 16th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Donovan, Tate | Bullock, Sandra | Mara, Mary | Midkiff, Dale | Smith, Hillary Bailey | Bancroft, Anne | Baker, Dylan | Clark, Blake | McCarty, Bruce | Staab, Rebecca | Paul, Adrian | Reitz, Ric | Burnett, Steven | Baker, Jordan | Strong, Ken
Directors: Launer, Dale
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Tate Donovan, a geek biochemist with no luck at all with women, is persuaded by his friends to visit a gypsy, Madame Ruth. She gives him “Love Potion No. 8″, an elixir which can potentially force anyone of the opposite sex to instantly fall in love with him. He shares the potion with his friend, Diane, and together they embark on a “scientific evaluation” that gets out of hand.

Little Shop of Horrors, The (1960)

Friday, December 19th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Haze, Jonathan | Joseph, Jackie | Welles, Mel | Miller, Dick | Vail, Myrtle | Kupcinet, Karyn | Michaels, Toby | Wendorff, Leola | Storey, Lynn | Campo, Wally | Warford, Jack | Welles, Meri | Shaner, John Herman | Nicholson, Jack
Directors: Corman, Roger
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Classic black comedy about young schnook who develops a bloodthirsty plant and is forced to kill in order to feed it. The basis for the later hit stage musical.

Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead (1991)

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Applegate, Christina | Cassidy, Joanna | Getz, John | Charles, Josh | Coogan, Keith | Tomei, Concetta | Duchovny, David | Robertson, Kimmy | Brook, Jayne | Merin, Eda Reiss | Gorman, Robert Hy | Harris, Danielle | Pettiet, Christopher | Claridge, Chris | Bollow, Jeff
Directors: Herek, Stephen
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The misadventures of five siblings, whose mother goes off on a two month vacation, leaving them under the care of a geriatric babysitter. The babysitter dies, and the fun begins. The oldest sibling, Sue Ellen, is left to fend for her younger siblings, who fight her every step of the way.

Galaxy Quest (1999)

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Shalhoub, Tony | Rockwell, Sam | Breen, Patrick | Allen, Tim | Weaver, Sigourney | Rickman, Alan | Mitchell, Daryl | Sachs, Robin | Colantoni, Enrico
Directors: Parisot, Dean
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Eighteen years after their sci-fi adventure show “Galaxy Quest” was canceled, actors Jason Nesmith, Gwen DeMarco, Alexander Dane, Tommy Webber, and Fred Kwan are making appearances at sci-fi conventions and store openings in costume and character. They’re wallowing in despair and at each other’s throats until aliens known as Thermians arrive and, having mistaken the show for fact and consequently modeling their entire culture around it, take them into space to save them from the genocidal General Sarris and his armada.

Last Dragon, The (1985)

Monday, August 4th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Taimak | Murney, Christopher | Carry, Julius | O'Brien, Leo | Starr, Mike | Moody, Jim | Eaton, Glen | Reyes Jr., Ernie | Campbell, Roger | Mason, Jamal | Barie, B.J. | Russo, Sal | Palminteri, Chazz | Renzulli, Frank | Mathis, Torrance
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A young man searches for the “master” to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way he must fight an evil martial arts expert and an rescue a beautiful singer from an obsessed music promoter.

Time Bandits (1981)

Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Cleese, John | Connery, Sean | Holm, Ian | Palin, Michael | Richardson, Ralph | Vaughan, Peter | Warner, David | Rappaport, David | Baker, Kenny | Dixon, Malcolm | Edmonds, Mike | Purvis, Jack | Ross, Tiny | Warnock, Craig | Daker, David
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A young boy’s wardrobe contains a time hole. Through this hole an assortment of short people (i.e. dwarfs) come while escaping from their master, the supreme being. They take Kevin with them on their adventures through time from Napoleonic times to the Middle Ages to the early 1900s, to the time of Legends and the Fortress of Ultimate Darkness where they confront Evil.

Heathers (1989)

Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Ryder, Winona | Slater, Christian | Shannen Doherty | Falk, Lisanne | Walker, Kim | Milford, Penelope | Shadix, Glenn | Fenton, Lance | Labyorteaux, Patrick | Applegate, Jeremy | Matthews, Jon | Lynn, Carrie | Lewis, Phill | Estevez, Renée | Zarchen, John
Directors: Lehmann, Michael
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Dear Diary: Veronica Sawyer is sick of being part of the Heathers, the most powerful clic of Westerberg High; making fun of Martha Dunnstock (”Dumptruck”), the fat girl, or doing some stupid polls is something she’ll never get used to. Meanwhile she meets JD, a cool rebel guy who wouldn’t mind shooting a gun at school just to make his point. Remington University’s party is where Veronica has to go as a Heather, and there’s where she gets her ultimatum as a Heather from Heather Chandler, the head of the Heathers. So Veronica and her lover JD “accidentally” kill Heather Chandler and manage to cover it up by making a suicide note. Will this be just the beginning of the assasination-turned-suicide serie of Westerberg High which nor the FBI, the CIA or the PTA would be able to stop? Or will Veronica be able to pull herself together and stop her psychotic lover from killing absolutely EVERYONE at school?

Mystery Men (1999)

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Azaria, Hank | Stiller, Ben | Macy, William H. | Rush, Geoffrey | Garofalo, Janeane | Kinnear, Greg | Waits, Tom | Reubens, Paul | Forlani, Claire | Izzard, Eddie | Mitchell, Kel | Studi, Wes | Olin, Lena | Jay, Ricky | Lasser, Louise
Directors: Usher, Kinka
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In Champion City, would be superheroes like The Shoveler, The Blue Raja and Mr. Furious can’t seem to make a difference and impress either the city or its greatest superhero, Captain Amazing. However, when Captain Amazing is captured by his greatest enemy, Cassanova Frankenstein, these stumblebum heroes must join with other superhero hopefuls to save the Captain and the city.

Porky’s (1982)

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Monahan, Dan | Herrier, Mark | Knight, Wyatt | Wilson, Roger | Cyril O'Reilly | Ganios, Tony | Hunter, Kaki | Cattrall, Kim | Parsons, Nancy | Colomby, Scott | Gaines, Boyd | McGrath, Doug | Clark, Susan | Art Hindle | Maunder, Wayne
Directors: Clark, Bob
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The mother (and father) of all Teen Sex Gross Out comedies is set in the 1950’s where there’s only one thing on the male sex’s mind. Well, sex to be correct. We have PEE WEE: the horny toad that is desperate to lose his virginity. TOMMY: the bad boy of the bunch. MEAT: tough jock whose nickname originates from his abnormally large body appendage. MICKEY: a wiseass redneck without a care in all the universe. BRIAN: the smart Jew. And TIM: the racist giving talents of his abusive father. Each one takes a trip to PORKY’S, it’s the most popular strip joint in Florida. But when they try to get in, they’re tricked and humiliated. Returning home, they vow revenge. Following crazy sex jokes like Ms. Balbrick’s famous “Pecker Pull” incident, to the ultimate return fire on a strip club, PORKY’S is and will remain the grandest of all teenage comedies.