Media Satire
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    Movies

    Shocker (1989)

    Dreams link a police detective's (Michael Murphy) son (Peter Berg) to a killer TV repairman (Mitch...

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    Schizopolis (1997)

    Munson is a functionary working on behalf of a movement called Eventualism, the guru of which is the...

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    Movies

    Louis XIX - King of the Airwaves (1994)

    A young salesman (Martin Drainville) wins a talent contest and is awarded his own around-the-clock...

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    UHF (1989)

    The new manager (Weird Al Yankovic) of a lowly TV station beats a big-budget rival (Kevin McCarthy)...

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    Kamikaze

    A crazy old and bored scientist invents a system which allows him to reach through the airwaves and...

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    Power (1986)

    A PR hotshot (Richard Gere) and his media mentor (Gene Hackman) become opposing players in political...

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    Ratboy (1986)

    This drama follows an unlikely "ratboy" (S.L. Baird) after he is discovered living in a makeshift...

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    The American Way (1987)

    A group of crazy "airborne outlaws" headed by Dennis Hopper, try to jam American airwaves in an...

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    FM (1978)

    Los Angeles disc jockeys (Martin Mull, Eileen Brennan) seize their station after the boss (Michael...

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    Stay Tuned (1992)

    A couch potato (John Ritter) unwittingly makes a deal with the devil (Jeffrey Jones) to try a cable...

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    Alien Autopsy (2006)

    Humouristic reconstruction of the 1995 scandal when two British lads were accused of having faked a...

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    The Day Silence Died (2000)

    The small town of Villaserena has no electricity, but plenty of drama. Many years ago Ruperto, the...

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    Tuhog

    A movie director hoping for a comeback finds material for a sure-fire hit: a lurid tabloid headline...

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    Todos Somos Estrellas

    A look at the dysfunctional family of Carmen Huambachano, religious viewers of Lima's weekly TV...

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    Pauly Shore is Dead (2004)

    Advice from comic Sam Kinison inspires Shore (Pauly Shore) to boost his sinking career by faking his...

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    I Married A Strange Person (1998)

    The honeymoon is over for a newlywed couple when a CEO tries to misuse the husband's unusual...

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    Live Virgin (2000)

    An adult-film producer (Bob Hoskins) prompts his rival's (Robert Loggia) rebellious daughter (Mena...

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    The Ratings Game (1984)

    A New Jersey trucker (Danny DeVito) creates a hit TV show with help from his girlfriend (Rhea...

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    Le Prix du Danger

    In a futuristic society, contestants pit their survival skills against each other in a fight to the...

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    Movies

    Dorian Gray im Speigel der Boulevardpresse

    The head of an international press empire plots to increase circulation by manufacturing scandals.

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    Angels

    In this violent film, God is a sort of ethical gangster who sends two recently dead real gangsters,...

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    Honest, Decent and True

    Its title dripping with sarcasm, Honest, Decent and True strikes a few more-than-glancing blows at...

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    Movies

    Komikku Zasshi Nanka Irani (1987)

    Comic Magazine is a powerhouse reenactment of a 1985 ethics scandal that rocked the Japanese...

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    Brand X

    This satirical spoof on television commercials stars Taylor Mead, Sally Kirkland, Candy Darling,...

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    Simone (2002)

    A young, suicidal woman falls in love with a older, mysterious sculptress.

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    Movies

    The Tenth Victim (1965)

    Some people like violence so much, that they decide to create a club in which human hunts are...

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    Nudity Required

    Two friends use the casting couch to seduce women while pretending to be movie producers.

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    Movies

    Livin' Large (1991)

    A young man (Terrence ``T.C.'' Carson) ad-libs at a crime scene and becomes an Atlanta TV-news...

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    Movies

    Remembrance of Things Fast (1994)

    The juxtaposition of gay self-perception with the view from the "outside world."