There hasn't been a good spoof or parody movie in years. When was the last time you remembered a spoof film getting a wide release that also had a strong critical following? Even 'Anchorman', arguably ...

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the classic Old West parody "Blazing Saddles." I mention this because if you want to see an Old West parody, you should rent or stream Mel Brooks' subversive ...

This year's 15th annual TCM Film Festival will celebrate EGOT winner Mel Brooks, specifically highlighting his trailblazing parody, Spaceballs. The writer, director, producer, actor, and playwright is ...

“Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank” is one mutt of a movie. If re-imagining 1974’s western parody “Blazing Saddles” as a cuddly, computer-animated spoof of samurai movies sounds like a misguided idea, ...

The late actor's portrayal of a washed-up gunslinger who befriends a black sheriff in the 1974 Western parody was a brief reminder of a more harmonious past. (JTA) — Last year I joined some 3,000 ...

Excuse our film critic while he whips out an appreciation of Mel Brooks’s brilliant western parody starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder. On Sept. 1, 2016, I attended a screening of the western ...

Mel Brooks' classic cowboy comedy, Blazing Saddles, was a trailblazer in parody comedy, as well as social issues being addressed through that very same lens. On top of all of that, it's one of the ...