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Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy just want to put on a picture show in the affectionate Hollywood lampoon written by Martin and directed by Frank Oz.

Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy in ‘Bowfinger’ on Peacock

!Featured, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, Have You Seen...?, movies about movies, Peacock, satire, Streaming Movies, SVOD 02/01/202302/01/2023 Sean Axmaker

Steve Martin’s tribute to shoestring filmmaking and big-screen dreams is a loving lampoon that gamely straddles the chasm between cynical con-artistry and benign innocence.

Leaving soon: ‘The World’s End’ – pub crawling to the end of the world on HBO Max

!Featured, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, HBO Max, satire, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, VOD 01/22/202301/22/2023 Sean Axmaker

The third film in the “Cornetto” trilogy created by friends and collaborators Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg is cheeky fun.

Reese Witherspoon in Alexander Payne's satire 'Election' with Matthew Broderick

‘Election’ – Vote Tracy Flick on Paramount+ and free on Kanopy

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, Election Special, Film Independent Spirit Awards, Free, Have You Seen...?, high school, Kanopy, Paramount+, Politics, satire, Streaming Movies, SVOD 12/28/202212/28/2022 Sean Axmaker

Alexander Payne’s wicked satire of power and (social) politics set in the overheated incubator of a high school student body election is as sharp and perceptive now as it was in 1999.

‘Sullivan’s Travels’ – Preston Sturges takes on Hollywood on Criterion Channel

!Featured, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Comedy, Criterion Channel, DVD, Have You Seen...?, Hollywood Classic, movies about movies, National Film Registry, road movie, satire, SVOD 11/07/202211/07/2022 Sean Axmaker

Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake discover America in this hilarious lampoon of Hollywoodin this satirical road movie through depression era America.

Justin Simien's satire Dear White People on Amazon Prime

‘Dear White People’ – a sharp social satire on Hulu and Paramount+

!Featured, African-American cinema, American Independent Cinema, Blu-ray, DVD, Film Independent Spirit Awards, Have You Seen...?, Hulu, Paramount+, satire, Streaming Movies, Sundance Winner, SVOD, young adult 11/05/202211/05/2022 Sean Axmaker

The feature debut of director / writer Justin Simien, is a sharp, smart, ambitious satire of race, racism, privilege, prejudice, and power at an Ivy League college.

Lucy Davis, Kate Ashfield, Dylan Moran, Simon Pegg, Penelope Wilton, and Nick Frost in the film by Edgar Wright

‘Shaun of the Dead’ – the funniest zombie comedy ever on Peacock

!Featured, Blu-ray, Comedy, Cult Movies, DVD, Halloween, horror, Peacock, satire, Streaming Movies, SVOD 10/30/202210/30/2022 Sean Axmaker

Director Edgar Wright and cowriter/star Simon Pegg bring British humor to the undead in their self-proclaimed “rom-zom-com” (that’s romantic zombie comedy).

John Carpenter directs the cult movie satire starring Rowdy Roddy Piper and Keith David

Last chance: John Carpenter’s ‘They Live’ on Peacock

!Featured, American Independent Cinema, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, Halloween, Have You Seen...?, horror, Peacock, satire, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, SVOD 10/24/202210/24/2022 Sean Axmaker

Carpenter’s witty, scruffy little science fiction film is a pulpy alien invasion tale turned into a piece of socio-political commentary that is still relevent and resonant. It’s also a lot of fun.

Tom Cruise in Paul Brickman's 'Risky Business'

Tom Cruise in ‘Risky Business’ on Netflix and HBO Max

!Featured, Blu-ray, Comedy, Cult Movies, DVD, Have You Seen...?, HBO Max, Netflix, satire, Streaming Movies, SVOD 10/20/202210/19/2022 Sean Axmaker

This savvy social satire is like an art movie version of the teen sex comedy. It’s sexy, smart and funny, but also stylish and filled with social satire and commentary on the culture of money.

‘District 9’ – the aliens have arrived on HBO Max

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, Have You Seen...?, HBO Max, satire, Science Fiction, socially aware cinema, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 10/17/202210/17/2022 Sean Axmaker

Peter Jackson produced this savagely whipsmart satire of first contact with an alien species that has become a repressed immigrant population.

Jake Gyllenhaal is Louis Bloom in Dan Gilroy's 'Nightcrawler'

‘Nightcrawler’ – Jake Gyllenhaal prowls the night on HBO Max

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Action, Blu-ray, DVD, Have You Seen...?, HBO Max, satire, socially aware cinema, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 10/02/202210/02/2022 Sean Axmaker 2 Comments

Jake Gyllenhaal stars as a petty thief and hustler who finds his niche as a ruthless freelance video journalist who isn’t above eliminating competitors and obstacles.

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