Austin Powers in Goldmember (DVD)

--GOLDMEMBER-- Goldmember was released in 2002. Starring Mike Myers, Beyoncé Knowles, Robert Wagner, Seth Green, Michael York, Verne Troyer, Michael Caine and Fred Savage. Directed by Jay Roach and co written by co-written by Mike Myers and Michael McCullers - Guest Performances: Steven Spielberg, Britney Spears, Quincy Jones, Katie Couric, Nathan Lane and The Osbournes. Running Time: 94 Minutes - Genre: Action/Adventure/Comedy/ - BBFC Rating: 12 - The film 'Goldmember' opens to Austin Powers, (Michael Myers ) zooming along in his colourful Union Jack 'Shaguar', followed by a 60's psychedelic dance sequence. This sets the tone ...  Read the complete review

Parody is the hardest form of comedy to get right. For every 'Space Balls' or 'Blazing Saddles' we generally have to endure a 'Scary Movie'. The thing is it isn't enough to take a successful idea and poke fun at the idiosyncrasies. No you still have to build in all the usual things that make a comedy movie great: dialogue, acting and a sense of imagination. Sadly the vast majority of parodies seem to think if you make fun of something you are automatically guaranteed a laugh; these people evidently do no know that sarcasm is the lowest form of wit. The original 'Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery' surfaced in 1997 ...  Read the complete review

Goldfinger.... I mean Goldmember!! GoldMember is the third and final (for now) film from Austin Powers. It was released in 2002. I found the plot of this movie a bit all over the place with lots of things happening and was a bit too complicated for my liking although there were elements and characters that I loved. The Spy Who Shagged Me was my favourite Austin Powers movie and this one was a bit of a poor follow on for me but still a funny and comical movie. Again Mike Myers plays the role of Austin, as well as Dr Evil, Fat Bastard and the newly introduced Goldmember, or to give him his full name, Johan van der Smut, a Dutch gentleman. ...  Read the complete review

When this, the 3rd installment in the Austin Powers series of movies came out in 2002 the character and indeed the first two movies were hugely successful and had firmly ingrained themselves into modern culture, so it was by this movie where things had gone stale in my opinion, but more on that later. The Plot : In 2002 Dr Evil ( Mike Myers ) , using his new Underground lair behind the Hollywood sign in beverly hills begins to outline his latest evil plan, using a Time Machine he will travel back to 1975 and bring back a dutch evil genius Johan Van Der Smut ( Mike Myers ) who has developed a cold fusion unit for a Tractor Beam, intending to ...  Read the complete review

What’s it about? --------------------- Dr Evil has teamed up with gold-obsessed Dutchman Goldmember. Austin Powers, along with 70s agent Foxxy Cleopatra and his own dad, Sir Nigel Powers, must stop them. Who’s in it? ---------------- OK, you know the drill by now. Mike Myers returns as Dr Evil, Austin Powers and Fat Bastard. As before, he clearly has most fun with Dr Evil and relishes the chance to don the bald head again. Austin Powers is also fun, and by this time, Myers has the character down to perfection. Fat Bastard, though, still doesn’t sit terribly comfortably as a character. Thankfully, there is less of him in this film, ...  Read the complete review