Scream is timeless. It was a perfect satire of a genre that lost any spark of originality decades before. Scary Movie doesn’t seem to understand that. By parodying specific horror movies, Scary Movie is now hopelessly dated, and the pop culture references now terribly unfunny (as opposed to just unfunny when the movie was released). [...]

The art of the parody movie died years ago. Now, instead of Airplane! and Hot Shots Part Deux, we’re given Dance Flick. This is mind-numbingly bad entertainment, lacking imagination, charisma, or any charm. The entire Wayans’ brother clan came up with this non-gem, directed by first-timer Damien Dante Wayans. The “dance” movie, filled with junk [...]