Sentences with phrase «james bond spoofing»

Treading much the same ground as the 2003 original, the sequel film combines James Bond spoofing with utterly predictable physical humour, yet thanks to the vaudevillian talents of leading man Rowan Atkinson, it does so in a way that translates as amusing rather than gratingly annoying.

An audience favorite at SxSW, the James Bond spoof Spy is a reunion for Byrne, McCarthy, and Feig, and so far critics can't get enough of it, praising the dynamic between the two Bridesmaids stars and the continuous strides Feig's inner circle is making for women in comedy.

In four seasons, Adam Reed's FX show — a James Bond spoof crossed with theater of the absurd, featuring possibly the best voice cast anywhere — has showcased a giddy progression of plots and characters, including space pirates, regular pirates, a tattooed baby, a Russian brain implant, dozens of Burt Reynolds references, Burt Reynolds himself, and the most disturbing mommy issues in TV history — thanks to Archer's drunken mom Malory, voiced with deliciously evil gusto by Jessica Walter (whom you may know as Lucille Bluth).

James Bond spoof starring Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor.

Many of the Carry On regulars are missing for this James Bond spoof, though bubbly Barbara Windsor makes a welcome new addition to the gang as trainee agent Daphne Honeybutt.

The studio severely dropped the ball in 2011 with the sequel, «Cars 2,» a shiny but manic and phoned - in clunker that wanted to appeal to everyone but ended up appealing to no one, except single - digit viewers, and also tried being an action caper and a James Bond spoof.

Perhaps it was the enthusiastic audience, or just my exhaustion, or maybe the film is actually funny, but I found myself whisked along in a delightfully zany James Bond spoof that rewrites the rulebook of the spy genre.

It's hard to dislike a film that pays tribute to Dolly Parton's «9 to 5;» or that has Celine Dion perform the opening title sequence, a James Bond spoof.

Not exact matches

James Cameron is able to present his usual high - impact action, pushing the film out of the realm of simple Bond spoofing.

Previously he'd directed a series of James Bond - like spoofs called OSS: 117, and his 2014 Cannes bow was a misguided, miserable political period piece called The Search.

But that farce — about a couple of POWs who abscond from WWII Italy with a pachyderm — struck just about everyone as mediocre and marked the end of their collaborative relationship.That same year, however, Clement took his directorial bow with the James Bond - style spy spoof Otley, with former «angry young man» Tom Courtenay as its lead.

It's like watching an incredibly violent version of one of those spoof spy movies from the 1960s — the ones that spoofed James Bond because they knew they could never match it — a novelty movie in which the novelty quickly wears thin.

With virtually the same tone as they used in their superhero spoof Kick - Ass, filmmakers Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman take another riotously adult approach to pastiche, this time tackling the James Bond genre.

James Coburn stars as Derek Flint in this spoof of the «James Bond» spy genre.

Fun is also had watching Roger Moore (Octopussy, The Spy Who Loved Me) spoof his James Bond image with some homages to some of the gadgets in the films themselves.

Rancor's obsession may be Steele, but this spoof's main target is the James Bond series.

A version of this archives appears in print on May 30, 1963, on Page 15 of the New York edition with the headline: The Screen: «Dr. No,» Mystery Spoof; Film Is First Made of Ian Fleming Novels Sean Connery Stars as Agent James Bond.

The film isn't a full - on spoof of spy movies in the way of the «Austin Powers» pictures or the many other riffs on James Bond.