Posts Tagged ‘sketch-comedy’

Robot Chicken: Star Wars (2007)

Friday, December 5th, 2008
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Benrubi, Abraham | Bergen, Bob | Best, Ahmed | Faison, Donald | Fatone, Joey | Ferguson, Keith | Hamill, Mark | Hogan, Hulk | Kane, Tom | Lucas, George | MacFarlane, Seth | McDowell, Malcolm | Meyer, Breckin | Milano, Dan
Directors: Green, Seth
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Robot Chicken’s finest half hour is more savvy than Spaceballs, more inside than Family Guy: Blue Harvest, and funnier, even, than The Star Wars Holiday Special. This Very Special Episode of Comedy Central’s stop-motion animated series parodies and goofs on all things Star Wars, from a disgruntled Empire janitor to an ad for Admiral Ackbar Cereal (”Your tongues can’t repel flavor of that magnitude”). Twenty three minutes goes by like the jump to hyperspace with such priceless bits as the collect phone call to Emperor Palpatine from Darth Vadar to inform him of the Death Star’s destruction, awkward morning-after pillow talk between Luke and Leia (”That was so wrong”), and George Bush’s newfound Jedi powers. Co-creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich and company immerse viewers in the Robot Chicken universe with generous bonus features, including storyboarded deleted scenes (with self-deprecating commentary), behind the scenes footage of animation meetings, and alternate audio takes. Good sport George Lucas, who gave his blessing to this episode, boldly goes where William Shatner went before by voicing himself in a Star Wars convention sketch that concludes with a Lucas-worshiping geek telling his son that meeting his idol was the best day of his life. What about his son’s birth? “Not even close,” dad replies. But you don’t have to have that kind of devotion to Star Wars to be amused by this weather forecast for Cloud City: “Cloudy, followed by clouds.”

Freddy Got Fingered (2001)

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Green, Tom | Torn, Rip | Thomas, Eddie Kaye | Williams, Harland | Hall, Anthony Michael | Davies, Jackson | Widdows, Connor | Taylor, John R. | Osborne, Bob | Gordon, George | Selmour, Ron | Neale, David | Heindl, Scott | Brown, R. Nelson | Gray, Allan
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Tom Green plays Gord Brody, a slacker who dreams of becoming an animator for cartoon shows. He is forced to move back in with his parents, but then refuses to leave. Along the way, he sexually pleasures various farm animals, licks open flesh wounds, accuses his father of molesting his brother, goes scuba diving in a toilet, plays an organ with several sausages attached to it which are suspended in midair, and does a bunch of other stuff that is too insane, offensive, disgusting, or weird to be mentioned here.

Sunshine Boys, The (1975)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Matthau, Walter | Burns, George | Benjamin, Richard | Abraham, F. Murray | Hesseman, Howard | Cranna, James | Rifkin, Ron | Feld, Fritz | Bernardi, Jack | Morales, Santos | Hahn, Archie | Gould, Sid | Spratley, Tom | Smith, Sammy | Resin, Dan
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Al Lewis and Willy Clark were once a popular vaudeville comedy team called Lewis and Clark, also known as The Sunshine Boys. After forty-three years as a team, they parted company over eleven years prior on not too friendly terms as Willy wanted to continue his career whereas Al wanted to retire. They have not spoken since. Willy’s nephew, Ben - a talent agent - has been trying to find acting jobs for his uncle since with little success as Willy’s age and declining ability is showing. But a lucrative opportunity comes up when one of the major networks is producing and airing a special on the history of comedy, and want The Sunshine Boys to appear. Ben has to try and convince the comedy team to reunite for just this one gig. Ben has to try and manage the individual quirks and personalities of each of The Sunshine Boys while putting on a good face to the network that there is harmony within The Sunshine Boys comedy team. Ben also has to manage the lives of two men in the twilight of their lives.

As Good as It Gets (1997)

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Nicholson, Jack | Hunt, Helen | Kinnear, Greg | Gooding Jr., Cuba | Ulrich, Skeet | Knight, Shirley | Smith, Yeardley | Ontiveros, Lupe | Dog, Jill the | Dog, Timer the | Dog, Billy the | Osterwald, Bibi | Bleckner, Ross | Balagtas, Bernadette | Cohen, Jaffe
Directors: James L. Brooks
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New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.

Take the Money and Run (1969)

Friday, February 16th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Crime
Countries: USA
Actors: Margolin, Janet | Hillaire, Marcel | Hyde, Jacquelyn | Chapman, Lonny | Merlin, Jan | Anderson, James | Beck, Jackson | Storm, Howard | Gordon, Mark | Murphy, Micil | Moskowitz, Minnow | Jacobson, Nate | Bauer, Grace | Leff, Henry
Directors: Allen, Woody
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This film is presented as a documentary on the life of an incompetent, petty criminal called Virgil Starkwell, played by Woody Allen. It describes the early childhood and youth of Virgil, his failure at a musical career, and his obsession with bank robberies. The film uses a voice over narrative and interviews with his family, friends and acquaintances.

Conspiracy Theory (1997)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Gibson, Mel | Roberts, Julia | Stewart, Patrick | Cozart, Cylk | Kahan, Steve | Alexander, Terry | McArthur, Alex | McLachlan, Rod | Potts, Michael | Sterling, Jim | Hebert, Rich | Williams, Brian J. | Aguilar, G.A. | Labao, Cece Neber | Trainor, Saxon
Directors: Donner, Richard
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Jerry Fletcher is a man in love with a woman he observes from afar. She works for the government. Fletcher is an outspoken critic of that government. He has conspiracy theories for everything, from aliens to political assassinations. But soon, one of his theories finds itself to be accurate. But which one? Some dangerous people want him dead and the only person he trusts is that woman he loves but does not know.