Posts Tagged ‘satire’

Annie Hall (1977)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Keaton, Diane | Roberts, Tony | Kane, Carol | Simon, Paul | Duvall, Shelley | Margolin, Janet | Dewhurst, Colleen | Walken, Christopher | Symington, Donald | Ludlam, Helen | Lawner, Mordecai | Neuman, Joan | Munk, Jonathan | Volner, Ruth
Directors: Allen, Woody
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After breaking up with his girlfriend Annie Hall, neurotic comedian Alvy Singer goes on a stream of conciousness journey through his memories of their relationship, trying to find out what caused them to part ways. He often breaks the fourth wall, speaking to the camera, entering peoples’ stories, and even using animation.

Truman Show, The (1998)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Drama | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Carrey, Jim | Linney, Laura | Emmerich, Noah | McElhone, Natascha | Taylor, Holland | Delate, Brian | Slater, Blair | Krause, Peter | Schanz, Heidi | Taylor, Ron | Taylor, Don | Raymond, Ted | Clayton, Judy
Directors: Weir, Peter
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He’s the star of the show—but he doesn’t know. Truman Burbank is a man whose life is a nonstop TV show. Truman doesn’t realize that his quaint hometown is a giant studio set run by a visionary producer/director/creator, that folks living and working there are Hollywood actors, that even his incessantly bubbly wife is a contract player. Gradually, Truman gets wise. And what he does about his discovery will have you laughing, crying and cheering.

Mighty Wind, A (2003)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Moret, Jim | Luce, Stuart | Gross, Mary | Belafsky, Marty | Baser, Michael | Smith, Jared Nelson | Raddatz, Ryan | Lieberman, Todd | Joy, Matthew | Harris, Laura | Riley, Brian | Shearer, Harry | McKean, Michael | Levy, Eugene
Directors: Guest, Christopher
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When folk icon Irving Steinbloom passed away, he left behind a legacy of music and a family of performers he has shepherded to folk stardom. To celebrate a life spent submerged in folk, Irving’s loving son Jonathan has decided to put together a memorial concert featuring some of Steinbloom’s best-loved musicians. There’s Mitch and Mickey, who were the epitome of young love until their partnership was torn apart by heartbreak; classic troubadours The Folksmen, whose records were endlessly entertaining for anyone able to punch a hole in the center to play them; and The New Main Street Singers, the most meticulously color-coordinated neuftet ever to hit an amusement park. Now for one night only in New York City’s Town Hall, these three groups will reunite and gather together to celebrate the music that almost made them famous.

Sideways (2004)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Giamatti, Paul | Church, Thomas Haden | Madsen, Virginia | Oh, Sandra | Burke, Marylouise | Hecht, Jessica | Doty, Missy | Gainey, M.C. | Reiner, Alysia | Tukhmanyan, Shake | Duke, Shaun | Covarrubias, Robert | Gallagher, Patrick | Faracy, Stephanie | Marinelli, Joe
Directors: Payne, Alexander
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Miles Raymond, a failed writer and divorcé who teaches junior high school English takes his best friend, former hot actor Jack, on a weeklong drive up to California’s wine country. There they explore the nature of their failures and question their relationships. Jack, about to get married, has an affair with a woman and wonders whether he should call off his wedding. Miles questions whether or not he made the right choice while trying to form a relationship with the woman’s best friend, a fellow oenophile who is a waitress at a restaurant that he frequents often when visiting that part of the country.

Shrek the Third (2007)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Myers, Mike | Murphy, Eddie | Diaz, Cameron | Banderas, Antonio | Andrews, Julie | Cleese, John | Everett, Rupert | Idle, Eric | Timberlake, Justin | Blakeslee, Susan | Cameron, Cody | King, Larry | Knights, Christopher | Krasinski, John | McShane, Ian
Directors: Hui, Raman
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When Fiona’s father and King of Far Far Away passes away, the clumsy Shrek becomes the immediate successor of the throne. However, Shrek decides to find the legitimate heir Artie in a distant kingdom with his friends Donkey and Puss in Boots to be able return to his beloved house in the swamp with the pregnant Fiona. Meanwhile, the envious and ambitious Prince Charming joins the villains of the fairytales plotting a coup d’état to become the new king.

Incredibles, The (2004)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Action | Adventure | Animation | Family | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Newton, Thandie | Nelson, Craig T. | Hunter, Holly | Jackson, Samuel L. | Lee, Jason | Dominique R. Louis | Newton, Teddy | Sincere, Jean | Fucile, Eli | Andrews, Maeve | Shawn, Wallace | Fox, Spencer | Romano, Lou | Canney, Wayne | Vowell, Sarah | Bird, Michael
Directors: Bird, Brad
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Mr. Incredible (A.K.A. Bob Parr), and his wife Helen (A.K.A. Elastigirl), are the world’s greatest famous crime-fighting superheroes in Metroville. Always saving lives and battling evil on a daily basis. But fifteen years later, they have been forced to adopt civilian identities and retreat to the suburbs where they have no choice but to retire of being a superhero and force to live a “normal life” with their three children Violet, Dash and Jack-Jack (who were secretly born with superpowers). Itching to get back into action, Bob gets his chance when a mysterious communication summons him to a remote island for a top secret assignment. He soon discovers that it will take a super family effort to rescue the world from total destruction.

Dogma (1999)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Rock, Chris | Hayek, Salma | Rickman, Alan | Morissette, Alanis | Cort, Bud | Hackney, Barret | Pfennigwerth, Jared | Sakurai, Kitao | Carlin, George | Aberlin, Betty | Damon, Matt | Affleck, Ben | Etheridge, Dan | Fiorentino, Linda | Milosavljevic, Derek | Braden, Lesley | O'Halloran, Brian | O'Brien, Marie Elena | Garofalo, Janeane
Directors: Smith, Kevin
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The great grand niece of Jesus Christ is enlisted to prevent two angels from reentering Heaven and thus undoing the fabric of the universe. Along the way, she is aided by two prophets, Jay and Silent Bob. With the help of Rufus, the 13th Apostle, they must stop those who stand in their way and prevent the angels from entering Heaven.

RoboCop (1987)

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Weller, Peter | Allen, Nancy | Dan O'Herlihy | Cox, Ronny | Smith, Kurtwood | Ferrer, Miguel | Robert DoQui | Wise, Ray | Perry, Felton | McCrane, Paul | Goins, Jesse D. | Zamora, Del | Jung, Calvin | Lieberman, Rick | de Broux, Lee
Directors: Verhoeven, Paul
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In a near future, the Motor City known as Detroit slowly becomes the spawn-ground for Crime as a gang of Cop Killers goes on the rise. Private organism, Omni Consomer Products (OCP) eventually seizes control of local law enforcement to ensure a secure an Urban pacification program. Just assigned to the Metro West Precint, Officer Alex Murphy is massacred to death by this gang, as his partner Anne Lewis is barely able to do nothing. At the same time, a young visionary executive, Bob Morton, seizes the chance when the ED-209 law enforcement Droid shows lack of perfection by killing a fellow executive to create the Perfect Cop. The near death Murphy is used as the subject. With his memories erased, he is resurrected as Robocop, the future of law enforcement. As he sweeps away with crime, case by case, he eventually becomes involved with the Cop Killing Gang, and Anne Lewis herself. All of this, triggering his dormant memories of his past life as he searches for who he really is, and uncover a conspiracy going deep in OCP with the Senior Vice President himself.

Wag the Dog (1997)

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Hoffman, Dustin | De Niro, Robert | Heche, Anne | Leary, Denis | Nelson, Willie | Martin, Andrea | Dunst, Kirsten | Macy, William H. | Higgins, John Michael | Plakson, Suzie | Harrelson, Woody | Belson, Michael | Cryer, Suzanne | Cottle, Jason | Koechner, David
Directors: Levinson, Barry
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After being caught in a scandalous situation days before the election, the president does not seem to have much of a chance of being re-elected. One of his advisors (DeNiro) contacts a top Hollywood producer (Hoffman) in order to manufacture a war in Albania that the president can heroically end, all through mass media.

Clerks. (1994)

Saturday, July 11th, 2009
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: O'Halloran, Brian | Anderson, Jeff | Ghigliotti, Marilyn | Spoonhauer, Lisa | Mewes, Jason | Smith, Kevin | Mosier, Scott | Schiaffo, Scott | Flanagan, Walter | Berkowitz, Al | Klein, David | Hapstak, Ed | Csik, Pattijean | O'Donnell, Ernest | Loughran, Kimberly
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Dante Hicks is a clerk at a local convenience store in New Jersey. On one particular Saturday morning, he gets called in on his day off. Once there, he must deal with multiple problems. The shutters outside won’t open. His ex-girlfriend, whom he is still in love with, is getting married. His girlfriend, who bugs him about starting college, has revealed certain, uh…stuff about her past. His boss hasn’t come in to take his place. He has a hockey game at 2 o’clock. Another ex has died, and today’s the last day he can go to her wake. He must deal with customers that aren’t so intelligent. His friend, Randal, a clerk at the video store next door, is even less dedicated to his job than Dante, and is always bothering Dante’s customers. And the biggest problem of them all: HE’S NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE THERE TODAY!! Can Dante manage it all?