4K UHD Review: Blazing Saddles (50th Anniversary)
It runs neck-and-neck with Young Frankenstein, but for me, Blazing Saddles is Mel Brooks’ greatest film. If there’s anyone out there who hasn’t seen this brilliant satire, here’s a bit of a synopsis: It’s 1874, and an expanding railroad operation has run into quicksand. State Procurer Hedley Lamarr (Harvey Korman) quickly hatches a plan to […]
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother (Blu-ray)
While helping Mel Brooks put the finishing touches on the classic Young Frankenstein, Gene Wilder was offered the opportunity to write and direct his first feature film. The result was the bizarre, yet funny The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother. A madcap farce likely influenced by his work with Mel Brooks, the plot doesn’t […]
Blazing Saddles: 40th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced the 40th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray release of Mel Brooks’ Blazing Saddles, which stars Cleavon Little, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, Gene Wilder and Brooks himself. The new Blu-ray release of the classic comedy arrives with new, exclusive special features on May 6th. One of Brooks’ most successful comedies, Blazing Saddles […]
Blu-ray Review: Clue – The Movie
Based on the Parker Brothers board game of the same name, Clue is a murder/ mystery set in 1954, against a backdrop of McCarthyism. On a dark and stormy night, five people with ties to the government have been invited to attend a mysterious get-together at a large mansion. The house is maintained by butler […]