Tag Archives: self referential

Spaceballs

IMDB Rating: 6.70
23300 votes

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King Roland of the planet Druidia is trying to marry his daughter Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) to Prince Valium, but Vespa is kidnapped by the evil race of the Spaceballs. The Spaceballs ask Roland a tremendous ransom: all the air of Druidia (you see, the air of Spaceball had serious pollution problems...). The King decides to offer a generous amount of money to a space rogue, Lone Star, to persuade him to save Vespa. What follows is the parody of a _LOT_ of famous SF movies.
Actors
President Skroob/YogurtMel Brooks
Dark HelmetRick Moranis
Lone StarrBill Pullman
Also posted in 1987, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Airplane!

IMDB Rating: 7.80
34598 votes

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Ted Striker just got dumped by his long-time girlfriend Elaine Dickinson, who works as a stewardess at Trans American Airlines. In his wish to get her back, he follows her aboard the plane, although he has had a deep aversion against anything winged since he lost several men in the war. During flight, he tries to contact her again and again, but as the crew and many passengers get seriously ill due to a bad fish meal, he has no chance to get to her. In fact, Ted Striker seems to be the only healthy person aboard that has piloting experience. Now, it is up to him to get the bird down in Chicago safely, before the poisoning starts causing casualties. But Ted Striker's aversion really is a serious psychosis, which breaks open and needs to be cured - right now.
Actors
MurdockKareem Abdul-Jabbar
McCroskeyLloyd Bridges
Captain OveurPeter Graves
Also posted in 1980, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Airplane II: The Sequel

IMDB Rating: 5.70
7554 votes

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Years have passed since Ted Striker heroically saved many lives by avoiding a plane crash. Working as a test pilot for a new Lunar Shuttle, he gets innocently sent into a mental ward after a crash of the badly constructed, computer-navigated spaceship. When he hears that the exactly same type of shuttle is scheduled for a moon flight soon, he breaks out to hinder the launch. Aboard, Ted finds his ex-ex Elaine Dickinson working as stewardess again and her fiancé Simon, a member of the committee that wants the Mayflower I to be launched. In flight, the ship's computer ROK 9000 takes control, killing the crew. Ted and Elaine manage to switch it off, and now it is up to Ted again to save the passengers' lives - if there only wouldn't be these flashbacks to the war and these people who know Ted and have no faith in his abilities at all.
Actors
David Paymer
Ted StrikerRobert Hays
Elaine DickinsonJulie Hagerty
Also posted in 1982, Comedy, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Bugsy Malone

IMDB Rating: 6.20
2387 votes

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A gangster movie where all the gangsters are children. Instead of real bullets they use "splurge guns" that cover the victim in cream. The story tells of the rise of "Bugsy Malone" and the battle for power between "Fat Sam" and "Dandy Dan".
Actors
Bugsy MaloneScott Baio
Blousey BrownFlorrie Dugger
TallulahJodie Foster
Also posted in 1976, Comedy, Crime, Family, High IMDB rating, Musical | Comments (0)