Blazing Saddles, 1974. Directed by Mel Brooks. Starring Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Alex Karras, Mel Brooks, Harvey Korman, and Madeline Kahn. SYNOPSIS: Did Blazing Saddles need a 4K Ultra HD release? Why the heck not? It may not rank up there with about a billion genre movies on people’s wish lists, but this […]
Josh Gad-scripted Spaceballs 2 gets the go-ahead at Amazon MGM Studios
It’s a story that has been orbiting the entertainment news pages since 1987, but now a sequel to Mel Brooks’ Star Wars parody Spaceballs is set to become a reality over at Amazon MGM Studios. According to Deadline the legendary comedy director will remain on board as a producer on Spaceballs 2, which will be […]
Mel Brooks’ History of the World Part II gets a “hysterically accurate” new trailer
With just a month to go until History of the World Part II premieres on Hulu, a new trailer and pair of posters have arrived online for the limited series sequel to Mel Brooks’ 1981 comedy History of the World, Part I. The four night event begins streaming from March 6th with two episodes being […]
Mel Brooks’ History of the World, Part II gets a star-studded trailer
Hulu has debuted the first trailer for Mel Brooks’ History of the World, Part II, the long-awaited sequel Brooks’ 1981 comedy film History of the World, Part I. The eight episode series features an star-studded cast which includes Nick Kroll, Wanda Sykes, Ike Barinholtz, Pamela Adlon, Tim Baltz, Zazie Beetz, Jillian Bell, Quinta Brunson, Dove […]
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank gets a trailer and poster
Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies has released a poster and trailer for Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank, the upcoming animated action adventure which centres on Hank, a down-on-his-luck dog who finds himself protecting a village of cats from a ruthless villain who is out to wipe them off the map; check them out […]
Blu-ray Review – The Producers Special Edition (1968)
The Producers, 1968. Directed by Mel Brooks. Starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, Kenneth Mars, Estelle Winwood, Lee Meredith, Christopher Hewett, Andréas Voutsinas, and Renée Taylor. SYNOPSIS: Mel Brooks’ debut madcap satire The Producers has been restored in 4K by Kino Lorber for this new Special Edition Blu-ray. They’ve also ported over most of […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Spaceballs (1987)
Spaceballs, 1987. Directed by Mel Brooks. Starring Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, Dick Van Patten, George Wyner, and Joan Rivers. SYNOPSIS: Another edition of Spaceballs? This one is in 4K, so if you want your Mel Brooks satire in the highest possible resolution that’s available these days, Kino Lorber has […]
October Horrors 2019 Day 28 – Young Frankenstein (1974)
Young Frankenstein, 1974. Directed by Mel Brooks. Starring Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, Kenneth Mars and Madeline Kahn. SYNOPSIS: Fredrick Frankenstein, upon hearing of his grandfather’s experiments, decides to embark upon his own quest to create new life out of the body parts of the dead, with decidedly strange and […]
The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #11 – Film critic Stuart O’Connor on Monty Python’s Life of Brian
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite movie. This week, film critic and journalist Stuart O’Connor chats about Monty Python’s religious satire Life of Brian… This week, film critic and journalist Stuart O’Connor stops by to chat about the state of big screen […]
Movie Review – The Producers 50th Anniversary 4K Restoration (1967)
The Producers, 1967. Directed and written by Mel Brooks. Starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, Kenneth Mars and Lee Meredith. SYNOPSIS: A down on his luck Broadway producer and a permanently nervous accountant join forces to pull a desperate money-making scam that involves putting on the worst play ever written – ‘Springtime For Hitler’. […]
