Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy > Music: 8 Films to Rent on VHS
- Everybody Famous (2001)
- Dir. Dominique Deruddere
Feat. Josse De Pauw, Eva van der Gucht, Werner De Smedt…
- A hit in the Netherlands and at festivals, this half–sweet, half–cringe–inducingly sour satire, sees truly mediocre singer Eva Van…
- Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
- Dir. John Landis
Feat. John Goodman, Dan Aykroyd, Evan Bonifant
- Belated, extraneous sequel to the 1980 cult 'classic' with John Goodman filling in the XXL trousers of the very late John Belushi. (Alas, the…
- Suburbans, The (1998)
- Dir. Donal Lardner Ward
Feat. Jennifer Love Hewitt
- Bubbly record–exec Jennifer Love Hewitt gives 80s musical has–beens The Suburbans a second shot at fame despite time finding them…
- Spiceworld: The Movie (1997)
- Dir. Bob Spiers
Feat. Richard E. Grant, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton…
- Rocking–good time of a shallow band movie, with great costumes, sets, attitude, etc. The girls sure know how to have fun, Richard E. Grant is…
- Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful (1992)
- Dir. John Fortenberry
Feat. Julie Brown, Bobcat Goldthwait
- The talented Julie Brown sharpens her claws and is not afraid to use them in this parody of Madonna's self–adoring documentary, TRUTH OR DARE.
- Best of Victor Borge: Act One & Two, The (1990)
- Feat. Victor Borge
- A collection of live performances and routines from the inimitable Victor Borge – raconteur, pianist, comedian and more.
- Comic Strip Presents: Bad News (1983) / More Bad News (1987)
- Dir. Sandy Johnson, Adrian Edmondson
Feat. Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer…
- An uncannily similar forerunner to the king of mockumentaries, THIS IS SPINAL TAP, follows the equally hilarious exploits of a 'Heavy Metal' band…
- Pirates of Penzance (1982)
- Dir. Wilford Leach
Feat. Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Rondstadt…
- Kevin Kline and Angela Lansbury star in this hammy screen version of Gilbert and Sullivan's famous operetta.