The notion that comedy always comes in threes is sometimes taken as an absolute. Triples makes it safe, and the conceit is rather effective, but it can be limiting if is taken as an absolute. Comedy ...

What makes Scream the ultimate satire of horror movies is that the characters in its universe are aware of horror movies. The killers draw inspiration from famous slasher villains like Psycho’s Norman ...

When Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg wrote and directed Hot Fuzz, they had a lot of influences, including a classic horror movie that has a huge connection. Hot Fuzz follows a supercop named Nicholas ...

After a series of hilarious blogs from the film set frontline, Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg’s cop-comedy caper Hot Fuzz has increased its net power with the launch of the movie’s official site. With ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It’s all very well being told about rib-tickling footage that’s shown at the likes of the San ...

Disclaimer: This was screened in advance with a crowd of hardcore fans at WonderCon in San Francisco. We're bringing it back up again because the film is finally opening here in the US this weekend.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Most thesps take a dip in the roaring swell of the blockbuster and then run off with their mates ...

It's fast and furious, loud and there's lots of gunplay, but screenwriters Edgar Wright (who directs) and Simon Pegg (who stars) fail to deliver the comic goods or thrills in their cop show lark the ...

Get ready for a dose of Hot Fuzz. Yes, at long, long, long last Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg’s British cop movie – their eagerly-awaited successor to Shaun Of The Dead - has been given the green light ...

For all the huzzahs deservedly heaped upon 2004’s Shaun of the Dead, in which it took a good long while to discern the living from the walking deceased, the zombie-flick spoof was little more than an ...