Clearly I don’t pay enough attention to the career of Adam Sandler, because I didn’t realize until just recently that Sandler’s next movie in production is a collaboration with producer/director/writer Judd Apatow. Maybe this doesn’t seem like such a big deal; after all, the pair have already worked together on You Don’t Mess With the [...]

There’s a great movie poll today at the excellent Awards Daily blog soliciting readers’ votes as to the 5 Most Anticipated Movies for the remainder of 2007. And while it’s certainly admirable to celebrate Oscar-caliber movies, my own personal tastes often lean toward more unrefined, lowbrow, less intellectual and – perhaps – puddinghead-type movies.
So [...]

It’s safe to say that 1974 was a pretty good year for Mel Brooks. Although he’d made a name for himself having directed and won a screenwriting Oscar for The Producers and for creating the TV series Get Smart, he was by no means a well-known filmmaker to the general population.
How great would it be [...]