A lot of comedy fans love both Mel Brooks and Monty Python, and would presumably be thrilled if they all got along splendidly. Unfortunately, one of the very first meetings between the Blazing Saddles director and […]
“We should write dangerously,” Mel Brooks told the writers he assembled to create his classic comedy, Blazing Saddles. “That’s what this is all about.” The writers, including Brooks, Richard Pryor and Andrew Bergman, tried to push the envelope […]
Warner Bros. Box Office (Photo Credit – Instagram) For over a century, Warner Bros. has delivered several blockbuster hits that also became some of the most iconic films of all time. Christopher Nolan’s The Dark […]
It’s easy to forget, here in the ham-fisted blockbuster days, that screenwriters can be pretty clever. After all, most of them didn’t get into screenwriting to specify exactly how this superhero should wink into the camera — […]
It’s hard to imagine a world without Gene Wilder, whose name will forever be synonymous with Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. The ’70s actor died from complications with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016, just days […]
Hardcore movie fans are a demanding bunch. The performances must be jaw-dropping, the cinematography groundbreaking, and all the other tiny little pieces that make up a production perfectly in place before everyone will agree it was okay. […]
What was Cleavon Little’s Net Worth? Cleavon Little was an American stage, film, and television actor who had a net worth of $2 million at the time of his death in 1992. Cleavon Little began […]
You’d be hard-pressed to find any “Best Of” comedy horror list that doesn’t feature Mel Brooks’ iconic 1974 spoof/tribute to Universal’s monster movies (specifically, 1931’s Frankenstein), Young Frankenstein. This parody came from the mind of Gene Wilder and would go on to live in infamy […]
Whoopi Goldberg defended the 1974 satire Blazing Saddles on the December 7th episode of The View, pushing back against critics who claim it couldn’t be made in 2022. The conversation was sparked by Mindy Kaling’s recent appearance on Good Morning America, where […]
Johnny Depp is singing his good news. Depp, who turned 59 Thursday, and Jeff Beck, 77, announced the upcoming release of a new album. The 13-track record, titled “18,” contains covers of bands from the […]