23 Movies Brought to You Mostly By Cocaine
As the poet once said, cocaine is a hell of a drug. It’s known mostly for being very expensive and making you think all of your bad ideas are actually super good, so it’s no surprise that […]
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21 Movies That Turned Actors Into One-Hit Wonders
The music industry is rife with one-hit wonders. Los Del Rio. Chumbawamba. Public Enemy (look it up — it’s technically true, and their hit wasn’t even “Fight the Power”). Sometimes, a performer just catches lightning in a […]
Mel Brooks Thought That Monty Python Stole One of Their Most Famous Sketches From Him
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 […]
The One ‘Blazing Saddles’ Joke That Mel Brooks Cut
“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 […]
Barbie To Dark Knight Rises, The Century Old Studio’s Five Highest-Grossing Hits Have Each Crossed $1 Billion Mark
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 […]
20 Lines From Movies People Only Understood Later
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 — […]
Gene Wilder’s Widow Just Shared His Last Words — Best Life
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 […]
25 Movies That Were Perfect From Start to Finish
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. […]
Cleavon Little Net Worth | Celebrity Net Worth
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 […]
‘What Hump?’: 15 Trivia Tidbits About Mel Brooks’ ‘Young Frankenstein’
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 […]
Blazing Saddles “Would Still Go Over Today”
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 hypes new collab album after Amber Heard trial verdict
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 […]