When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It’s all very well being told about rib-tickling footage that’s shown at the likes of the San ...
What makes Scream the ultimate satire of horror movies is that the characters in its universe are aware of horror movies. The killers draw inspiration from famous slasher villains like Psycho’s Norman ...
What Simon Pegg did for zombies in “Shaun of the Dead” he has now done for cliché-oriented, over-the-top, cheesy cop movies in “Hot Fuzz.” Directed by Edgar Wright (who co-wrote this and the 2004 ...
THE BOBBIES ARE BACK IN TOWN Brits get the big guns in an action-movie spoof. When it comes to cinematic crime-solving, the English excel at tweedy murder mysteries set in tidy hamlets. Even on the ...
The notion that comedy always comes in threes is sometimes taken as an absolute. Triples makes it safe, and the conceit is rather effective, but it can be limiting if is taken as an absolute. Comedy ...
The post Hot Fuzz Knew the Secret to the Perfect Action Satire appeared first on Consequence. Released in late April 2007, the lovingly crafted buddy-cop action-comedy deftly mixes authentic American ...
It’s becoming rarer and rarer to see a movie or television show that isn’t available on one of the many streaming services, and if it does leave one it typically moves to another one soon after. Hot ...
McCann also played a prominent part in the film Hot Fuzz (2007), where he essayed the role of one of the film's antagonists, nicknamed Lurch. McCann's acting cemented his persona much before his ...
To commerate the staggered international release of Hot Fuzz (the film opened in the U.K. on February 14, in Australia on March 15 and in the U.S. on April 20), IGN Movies presents you with not one ...
It's fast and furious, loud and there's lots of gunplay, but screenwriters Edgar Wright (who directs) and Simon Pegg (who stars) fail to deliver the comic goods or thrills in their cop show lark the ...
When British actor Simon Pegg wielded a cricket bat to fight zombies in the 2004 cult hit comedy “Shaun of the Dead” -- co-written with director Edgar Wright -- a new variant of genre-tweaking English ...