Episode 59 - Mel Brooks May - (Part I: The Producers, The Twelve Chairs, Blazing Saddles)

100th Episode!! - Episode 60 - Mel Brooks May - (Part II: Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, High Anxiety, History of the World, Part I)

Join me as I do a full retrospective of the King of Satires and Spoofs, with the second of three episodes on writer/director/actor/comedian Mel Brooks. The first episode covers his first three movies, from 1974-1981: Feel free to skip to each episode segment using the timestamps below: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974, dir. Mel Brooks) - 1:10 SILENT MOVIE (1976, dir. Mel Brooks) - 27:14 HIGH ANXIETY (1977, dir. Mel Brooks) - 38:38 HISTORY of the WORLD, PART I (1981, dir. Mel Brooks) - 50:21

Quickies #39 - Mortal Kombat II, Michael, The Sheep Detectives, Hokum, Obsession - (SPOILER-FREE!)

Join me as I take on FIVE new releases in theatres with spoiler-free reviews and ratings of each to help you decide whether to check them out! MORAL KOMBAT II (2026, dir. Simon McQuoid) MICHAEL (2026, dir. Antoine Fuqua) THE SHEEP DETECTIVES (2026, dir. Kyle Balda) HOKUM (2026, dir. Damian McCarthy) OBSESSION (2026, dir. Curry Barker)

Episode 59 - Mel Brooks May - (Part I: The Producers, The Twelve Chairs, Blazing Saddles)

Join me as I do a full retrospective of the King of Satires and Spoofs, with the first of three episodes on writer/director/actor/comedian Mel Brooks. The first episode covers his first three movies, from 1967-1974: Feel free to skip to each episode segment using the timestamps below: An Introduction to Mel Brooks - 2:11 THE PRODUCERS (1967, dir. Mel Brooks) - 6:37 THE TWELVE CHAIRS (1970, dir. Mel Brooks) - 26:50 BLAZING SADDLES (1974, dir. Mel Brooks) - 41:46

Episode 58 - PTA - Boogie Nights, Magnolia, There Will Be Blood

Put on your disco shoes!  Watch frogs fall from the sky!!  Drink your milkshake!!! Join me as cover THREE episodes by modern master director Paul Thomas Anderson, fresh off his Oscar wins for There Will Be Blood - choices brought to you by my loyal listeners! Below are time stamps to skip to each movie's discussion: BOOGIE NIGHTS (1997, dir. Paul Thomas Anderson) - 1:18 MAGNOLA (1999, dir. Paul Thomas Anderson) - 20:08 THERE WILL BE BLOOD (2007, dir. Paul Thomas Anderson) - 38:29

Quickies #38 - You Me & Tuscany, People We Meet on Vacation, Lee Cronin's The Mummy, The Devil Wears Prada 2 - (SPOILER-FREE!)

Join me as I journey to Italy to find love - twice - including 2 trips to Tuscany, fall in love with Miranda and Andy all over again, and fight off possessed kids in Albuquerque on this edition of Quickies! YOU, ME & TUSCANY (2026, dir. Kat Coiro) PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION (2026, dir. Brett Haley) LEE CRONIN'S THE MUMMY (2026, dir. Lee Cronin) THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 (2026, dir. David Frankel)