Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002, DVD)

Comedy Type: Slapstick, Raunchy Laugh Factor: Gut-Busting Look-at-these: No Nudity Synopsis Austin Powers, international man of mystery, comes back once again to do battle with his arch-nemesis, Dr. Evil. An imprisoned Dr. Evil arranges to have Goldmember, a Dutch scientist who has mastered cold fusion and loves gold, to kidnap Austin's father Nigel and create a tractor beam that will destroy the Earth. Austin Powers travels back to the year 1975 where he teams up with Foxxy Cleopatra to rescue his father, stop Goldmember and put an end to Dr. Evil's scheming once and for all. As usual,...

This past weekend I was fortunate enough to have my six-year-old grandson all weekend. We decided to go to the neighborhood pool and go for a swim, after that the fartknuckle wanted to see Men in Black 2. We arrived at the Movie Theater just in time for the 4:00pm show. Since this review is not about MIB2, I will just say it was a good movie, not as good as the first, I give it 3 of 5 stars. Since the movie finished before six, I decided we should sneak into the 6:00pm showing of Austin Powers in Goldmember, the third Austin Powers movie from SNL s Mike Myers. My grandson was all for it, so...

A week later and we re finally going to see Goldmember, the latest of the Austin Powers movies. Problem is, there s a new 16 screen stadium seating theater in the area where all the little kiddies out of school for the summer like to hang out ALL THE TIME, so going there on opening weekend is intolerable. A week later and we still had to buy tickets ahead of time because I m not waiting in that line. When the first Austin Powers movie came out, I had no desire to go see it. I basically thought it looked beyond stupid. When I finally rented it, I was impressed with it, but I liked the second...

Austin Powers continues his world saving escapades in "Austin Powers in Goldmember" or, does he? The premise of Goldmember has Austin foiling the plans of Dr. Evil. or perhaps, it is Austin watching the film version of his story in Steven Speilberg's "AustinPussy". Quickly, if you haven't seen Goldmember, you must leave your computer now and go see it. There is a good reason why this film pulled in 75 million dollars opening weekend. It is hilarious. Austin Powers in Goldmember delivers all the humor the fans of the series have come to expect, and then some. In addition to what we've come to..