Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Rating: ★★★
Jun 14, 1999Spy Movie Spoof
The second of the Austin Powers films is less sharp in its parody of the James Bond film and more focused on a series of broad scatological gags. Mike Myers owns the show in a trio of entertainingly gregarious performances

Land of the Lost (2009)

Land of the Lost (2009)
Rating:
Jun 11, 2009TV Series Comedy Remake/Prehistoric Lost World
Big screen revival of the children's lost world tv series that is now turned into a loud and excruciating Will Ferrell vehicle that reduces the original into lowbrow farce. A majorly unfunny bomb on every level

The Lego Movie (2014)

The Lego Movie (2014)
Rating: ★★★½
Feb 7, 2014Animation/Adventures in the Lego Universe
How much fun can a film based around Lego characters be? Any doubts are promptly silenced by the film itself that overflows with cleverness, wit and energy. By far, the most fun had is in the film's obtaining licensing of characters from different franchises and creating a madcap world that allows them to mix it up

The Lego Movie 2 (2019)

The Lego Movie 2 (2019)
Rating: ★★★
Mar 23, 2019Animation/Adventures in the Lego Universe
Sequel to The Lego Movie. This time the idea of the Lego universe, the crossovers and fourth-wall breaking gags are not as fresh but this gets good mileage out of them and can be said to be one sequel that expands out on the ideas of its predecessor

Despicable Me 4 (2024)

Despicable Me 4 (2024)
Rating: ★★
Aug 16, 2024Animation/Comic Travails of a Super-Villain
More from the world’s cuddliest super-villain and those manic ritalin-deprived kids that are the Minions. Is there are life and creativity left in a franchise that has been milked for six films now?