Dracula: Dead and Loving it

"...Directed by: Mel Brooks. Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Peter Macnicol, Steven Weber Amy..."

Dec. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Producers

The film's wonderfully over-the-top performances often feel constrained by first-time film director Susan Stroman, whose inexperience behind the camera is all too apparent.

"...queeny homosexuals, and obsessed Nazis all outrageously figured in Mel Brooks’ inspired 1968 comedy The Producers, a film that..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Five Faces of Frankenstein

This Halloween, Austin serves up five freaky takes on Mary Shelley's mad doctor and his monster

"...When Mel Brooks' Broadway musical of The Producers proved a license..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Epic Movie

The filmmakers are completely tone-deaf when it comes to the art of film parody, and their special form of sadism-as-punch-line leaves the audience in a perpetual cringe.

"...response to the current state of the world. Stealing shamelessly from the kitchen-sink approach to comedy pioneered by Jim..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Train of Life

"...as Life Is Beautiful and, to a lesser degree, Mel Brooks' version of To Be or Not to Be,..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

"...any context. Austin Powers is the kind of movie Mel Brooks used to make -- extravagantly funny, with plenty..."

May 9, 1997 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Freaked

A young Hollywood pitchman (Winter – also the film's co-writer and co-director) finds himself at the mercy of a backwoods mad scientist (Randy Quaid).

"...anti-celebrity cameos help: “Gibson J. Haynes” and Larry “Bud” Melman, among others). To be fair, there are some genuinely..."

Jan. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Brooks targets his jokes more toward images of masculinity than Sherwood Forest denizens.

"...Directed by: Mel Brooks. Starring: Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis, Roger Rees, Amy..."

Aug. 6, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Life Stinks

"...Directed by: Mel Brooks. Starring: Mel Brooks, Lesley Ann Warren, Jeffrey Tambor,..."

Aug. 2, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The In-Laws

"...Directed by: Andrew Fleming. Starring: Michael Douglas, Albert Brooks, Robin Tunney, Ryan Reynolds, Lindsay Sloane, David Suchet and..."

May 23, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Great Buster: A Celebration

Peter Bogdanovich sketches the outlines of the life of Buster Keaton

"...Tarantino on how he revolutionized the action sequence, and Mel Brooks, tackling how he dared to violate the fourth..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Exit Laughing: Carl Reiner, RIP

The brilliant comedian, writer, and director has died at age 98

"...of comedic genius he co-created with his dear pal Mel Brooks a run for his money. Reiner had remained..."

June 30, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Blazing Saddles

"...Directed by: Mel Brooks. Starring: Mel Brooks, Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Harvey..."

Nov. 9, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Home Entertainment for the Holidays

Best bets for DVD and Blu-ray

"...The Incredible Mel Brooks: An Irresistible Collection of Unhinged ComedyShout! Factory, $89.93..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...DRACULA: DEAD AND LOVING ITD: Mel Brooks; with Leslie Nielsen, Peter MacNicol, Steven Weber Amy..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Leap!

An orphan has ballet-dancing dreams

"...Kate McKinnon, Carly Rae Jepsen, Nat Wolff, Maddie Ziegler, Mel Brooks, Terrence Scammell, Tamir Kapelian and Joe Sheridan...."

Sept. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Young Frankenstein

"...YOUNG FRANKENSTEIND: Mel Brooks (1974); with Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Teri Garr,..."

April 7, 2000 Screens Review by Bud Simons

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

Blazing Saddles meets Bushido for animated joy

"...baddie, is building a new palace to honor Shogun (Brooks). Ika Chu hates Kakamucho because he says it ruins..."

July 15, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

Carl Reiner: The Interview

On 'The Dick Van Dyke Show,' Mary Tyler Moore, and Mel

"...Ferguson, watching The Good Wife with his old pal Mel Brooks, and tweeting (yes, you can follow him at..."

April 4, 2014 Screens Post by Robert Faires

The 2000 Year Old Man: The Complete History

What once was old – very old – is new again

"...That was the scene throughout the Fifties when Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner, then both mining laughs for..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Neuroses aren't so sexy after all

"...electrical insulator – a replacement for mica, a silicate material.Mel Brooks worked on The Producers with Matthew Broderick, and..."

July 14, 2006 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The Automat

A tabletop history of NYC’s beloved Horn & Hardart diners

"...heyday. She managed to get some big-name customers, including Mel Brooks, Elliot Gould, and three people who have since..."

May 13, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

Scary Movie

Keenen Ivory Wayans' broad spoof of the horror/comedy Scream series.

"...to want Jonathan Swift (or at the very least Mel Brooks) to come in for a quick script polish,..."

July 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Off-Centered Film Fest Day 1: What Have We Learned?

Day 1 of the Off-Centered Film Fest

"...Especially with Mel Gibson Brooks and Gene Wilder up on that big..."

April 20, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Paramount Summer Classic Film Series

"...Blazing Saddles (D: Mel Brooks, 1974): Thu, 7/11, 7:30pm; Fri, 7/12, 9:45pm..."

May 31, 2002 Screens Feature

Evil Dead Rise

Deadites go to the big city in the franchise's fifth film

"...Mel Brooks once famously said, "Tragedy is when I cut..."

April 21, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Review: The Automat

Celebrities look back at Horn & Hardart's East Coast diners

"...managed to get some big named people involved including Mel Brooks, Elliot Gould, and three people who have since..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Screens Post by Sarah Jane

We Need to Do Something

The terror is coming from inside and outside the house

"...than when it was first employed for yuks in Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein. It’s a 97-minute roller-coaster ride straight..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Masterminds

Heist comedy stars Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, and Kristin Wiig

"...sensibility. Let’s hope she finds her Peter Bogdanovich or Mel Brooks soon...."

Oct. 7, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Victor Frankenstein

This version of the Frankenstein tale is told from Igor's perspective

"...circus worker at the hands, possibly, of the missing, nameless hunchback. Fingering a crucifix and muttering about Satan and..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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