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  • Airplane! (1980)
    Review preview for Airplane!

    Surely one of the funniest movies of all time.

    Val Kermode · 5 out of 5
    When the crew of a plane suddenly gets sick, only one man can land it safely, and he's afraid to fly.
  • Columbo - Complete Series (2011)
    Review preview for Columbo - Complete Series

    Rarely has any actor immersed himself so completely in a role.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The iconic adventures of a humble detective with a shabby raincoat and a brilliant mind.
  • Forbidden Planet (1956)
    Review preview for Forbidden Planet

    What has perhaps been forgotten over the years is just how good Forbidden Planet is in its own right.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A spaceship crew investigates the lack of contact from a colonised planet in this reworking of The Tempest.
  • Mr Magoo (1997)
    Review preview for Mr Magoo

    Squeezing a titter out of this proves as difficult as squeezing Kelly [Lynch] into her clothes.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    The myopic millionnaire gets a big-screen outing.
  • Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
    Review preview for Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult

    As for the laughs, they keep coming to the point it is tough to keep track of why you are in hysterics.

    Stephen Carty · 3.5 out of 5
    Frank Drebin returns, this time attempting to foil a bomb plot at the Oscars.
  • Scary Movie 3 (2003)
    Review preview for Scary Movie 3

    The gags are at death's door.

    David Stanners · 2 out of 5
    Third instalment in the comedy horror spoof.
  • Scary Movie 4 (2006)
    Review preview for Scary Movie 4

    The movies that David Zucker and Co are choosing to lampoon are already confined to the trash bin of history, thus rendering the film mostly purposeless.

    Gator MacReady · 2.5 out of 5
    The spoof franchise creaks while they piddle on movies that were rubbish in the first place.
  • Superhero Movie (2008)
    Review preview for Superhero Movie

    Superhero Movie follows almost exactly in the footsteps of its forebears, the Scary Movie films; this time the parody is aimed at the bloated belly of comic book hero movies.

    George Williamson · 2 out of 5
    A parody of the superhero genre.

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