Mike Myers Archives

Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery (1997)

Rating: ★★★½

May 1, 1999Spy Movie Spoof

The first of Mike Myers' Austin Powers films is at times extremely silly and scatological but does offer a knowing and witty parody of the James Bond films. The result became a cult phenomenon

Director: Jay Roach

Actors: Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Robert Wagner, Seth Green, …

Category: Science Fiction

1 May 199920 November 2025 by Roog

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

Rating: ★★★

Jun 14, 1999Spy Movie Spoof

The second of the Austin Powers films is less sharp in its parody more focused on scatological gags. Mike Myers owns the show in a trio of entertainingly gregarious performances

Director: Jay Roach

Actors: Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Verne Troyer, Seth Green, …

Category: Science Fiction

14 June 199928 August 2026 by Roog

Shrek (2001)

Rating: ★★★★

May 22, 2001Animation/Fairytale Spoof

Before this was spun out into a series of ho-hum sequels, the original was an animated film that burst with a freshness and a series of winning voice characterisations

Director: Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson

Actors: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow, …

Category: Fantasy

22 May 200113 August 2021 by Roog

Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)

Rating: ★★

Oct 19, 2002Spy Movie Spoof

Third of the Austin Powers films and the point where the amusements of the other films topples over into a pandering indulgence to Mike Myers' mugging, which is allowed to overtake the whole show

Director: Jay Roach

Actors: Mike Myers, Beyoncé Knowles, Michael Caine, Verne Troyer, …

Category: Science Fiction

19 October 20029 February 2021 by Roog

The Cat in the Hat (2003)

Rating: ★★

Apr 19, 2004Dr Seuss Adaptation

Adaptation of the Dr Seuss book made following the success of Ron Howard's How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The book is dragged down into noisy slapstick chaos, capped by a badly unrestrained Mike Myers as The Cat

Director: Bo Welch

Actors: Mike Myers, Dakota Fanning, Alec Baldwin, Spencer Breslin, …

Category: Fantasy

19 April 200413 January 2026 by Roog

Shrek 2 (2004)

Rating: ★★

Jul 5, 2004Animation/Fairytale Spoof

Shrek was a fresh and original hit. The first of four insipid sequels, this seems to merely coast by on our liking of the characters while upping the fairytale parody

Director: Andrew Adamson, Conrad Vernon, Kelly Asbury

Actors: Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas, …

Category: Fantasy

5 July 20045 December 2024 by Roog

Shrek the Third (2007)

Rating: ★★

Jun 24, 2007Animation/Fairytale Spoof

The third of the Shrek films settles in with a formulaic blandness where the characters turn up more because everyone expects them to than the film finds much for them to do

Director: Chris Miller, Raman Hui

Actors: Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas, …

Category: Fantasy

24 June 20077 September 2025 by Roog

Shrek Forever After (2010)

Rating: ★

Jun 19, 2010Animation/Fairytale Spoof

The fourth of the Shrek films. By this point, the freshness and originality of the first film has been buried under animated film formula, while the plot is a tired rehash of It's a Wonderful Life

Director: Mike Mitchell

Actors: Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas, …

Category: Fantasy

19 June 20105 December 2024 by Roog