The key to a successful spoof is in the complete understanding of the genre being lampooned (Mel Brooks’ Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein being perfect examples of this concept), but the greatest achievement in this area is none other than Monty Python and the Holy Grail in which the Python gang set their sights on…
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
Excalibur (1981) – Review
There have been many movies depicting the legend of King Arthur over the years with varying degrees of success; from Disney’s animated classic The Sword and the Stone to being wonderfully lampooned in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and Guy Ritchie even attempted an Arthurian franchise with King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, but…
Batman Returns (1992) – Review
When 1989’s Batman made over $400 million worldwide the idea of a follow-up film was a no-brainer, but Tim Burton wasn’t all that interested in returning to the world of Gotham City and this left the studio a little stressed, with big money on the line, and the execs over at Warner Brothers were not…
Batman (1989) – Review
If director Tim Burton can be credited for anything it would be in proving to Hollywood that big-budget superhero movies could, once again, be a successful venture, especially after Superman IV: The Quest for Peace practically drove the superhero movie into hibernation, but the resurgent popularity of Batman (thanks to the contemporary work of comic…
Samurai Jack’s Trilogy of Terror
Back in 2001, the Cartoon Network gave birth to one of the greatest heroes of our time, in the form of the stoic champion Samurai Jack. This animated series was created by Genndy Tartakovsky and told the adventures of a nameless Samurai warrior who was sent forward in time to a dystopian future, one ruled…