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AUSTIN POWERS

Mike Myers comes out of his self-imposed career deep-freeze by writing and starring in what was one of the decade's best comedies. Myers plays a swingin' British secret-agent playboy from the '60s who, after being cryogenically frozen, is thawed out in the '90s to vanquish his time-traveling arch-enemy, Dr. Evil (also Myers). Powers' innate mystery-solving ability proves ageless, but his brash, sexual urges don't translate as well, resulting in an insanely funny fish-out-of-water scenario that his crime-fighting partner (Elizabeth Hurley) doesn't get. As the equally out-of-touch Dr. Evil, Myers serves up a composite of ridiculously devious villains. Robert Wagner, Michael York and Mimi Rogers all do goofy, comic turns in this tongue-in-cheek homage to '60s 007 spy flicks. Myers gives us all of the exaggerated physical schtick of Jim Carrey plus the added bonus of wickedly clever writing that refuses to let you escape -- unlike Dr. Evil's ill-conceived killer-sea-bass trap. Shameless, shagadelic comedy that shouldn't be missed, baby.

- Grantster