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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hotel Transylvania 2 promo wishes us a Happy Holidays
Sony Pictures Animation has released a new promo from Hotel Transylvania 2 which sees Count Dracula, Mavis and Jonathan wishing us a Happy Holidays. Check it out after the official synopsis… Dracula, Mavis, Jonathan and all of their monster friends are back in the brand new comedy adventure: when the old-old-old-fashioned vampire Vlad arrives at […]
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 – Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, 2018. Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky. Featuring the voice talents of Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kathryn Hahn, Jim Gaffigan, Steve Buscemi, Mel Brooks, David Spade, Fran Drescher, Kevin James, Keegan-Michael Key, Molly Shannon, Genndy Tartakovsky, Tara Strong, Chris Parnell, Chrissy Teigen, James Camil, Sadie Sandler, Asher Blinkoff, Sunny Sandler, […]
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 […]
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’. […]
Mel Brooks says MGM is interested in Spaceballs 2
It’s been teased since the release of the first movie back in 1987, and it seems that Mel Brooks still hasn’t given up hope of making Spaceballs 2: The Search For More Money a reality, with the filmmaking stating that the renewed interest in Star Wars may pave the way for the long-awaited sequel. Speaking at […]
Mel Brooks to be honoured with BAFTA Fellowship at the British Academy Film Awards
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced that legendary actor and filmmaker Mel Brooks is set to be honoured with the BAFTA Fellowship at the EE British Academy Film Awards this Sunday, February 12th. Brooks, who began his career in the 1940s, is one of only twelve people to have won an […]
