Of course a lot is being said and written about the passing of comic actor Harvey Korman at the age of 81. And from what I’ve seen so far, much of the movie bloggers’ tributes rightly focus on Korman’s terrific turn as Hedley Lamarr in Mel Brooks’ classic Blazing Saddles.
But as it happened, I never [...]

Here’s the deal: throughout this year we’ll be looking at screengrabs from the first appearance of food in classic and new movies. And if you’re lucky and patient, maybe you’ll get a fun recipe to go along with it!
In the 1974 film Blazing Saddles, we see our first food at the 41-minute mark:

Of course, this [...]

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 [...]

According to the MTV Movie File, Steve Carell and whatever poor slobs he was contracted to work with prior to becoming an actual movie star and potential Jim Carrey successor are forging ahead with the big screen adaptation of the TV classic Get Smart, with additional casting news coming soon and a potential release date [...]