Wrongfully Accused (1998)

Leslie Nielsen is the Lord of the Violin, aka Ryan Harrison, on the run from the law after being wrongfully accused of murder in this parody on The Fugitive, which also lampoons everything from Mission: Impossible, The Usual Suspects, North by Northwest, Braveheart, Titanic and even Baywatch. At a certain point, these movies just become about cramming in as many references as possible, which isn't funny in of itself; it's only when finding subversive ways around it that the humor really lands. Like with Spy Hard, this is pretty dumb common denominator stuff, and you have to be attuned to this kind of humor, although it pales in comparison to the great spoofs of years past. But Nielsen is having fun with it and that type of silliness is contagious under the right conditions.

There are plenty more parodies to go, but I'm too spoofed out at the moment.

2½ one-armed, one-eyed, one-legged men out of 5

Weird Science (1985)

“So…what would you little maniacs like to do first?”

It's every teenage boy’s fantasy come true: creating a perfect, sexy woman for yourself, who only wants you and who will do your every bidding. Hell, it’s still my fantasy. A staple of ‘80s cinema, with PG-13 logic and reasoning, and one can’t help but wish it went further sometimes. There’s not much "science" to be found here, but it's a comedy, so I rate it on the basis of ingenuity and laughs…and this one’s a keeper.

“Why do you have to be such a wanker?”

“Because I get off on it.”

4 shit monsters out of 5