It was “too dirty” for John Wayne to accept a part. Too “disgusting and vulgar” for Ted Ashley, the chairman of Warner Brothers, who threatened to “bury” the film. But director Mel Brooks stuck to his ...

Mel Brooks has made a host of classic cinematic comedies, but if he were tasked with making arguably his most famous — and beloved — film today, the writer-producer-director-star believes he’d be ...

Mel Brooks' satirical Western Blazing Saddles got mixed reviews when it opened in February 1974, but it became the year's biggest box office hit. Above, Cleavon Little, left, as Sheriff Bart and Gene ...

I was 15 and probably looked about 11 when "Blazing Saddles" was released in 1974, but my buddies and I had no trouble buying movie tickets. The kid at the counter was no cop, and the sweet lady ...

Classic films now face the wrath of perpetually enraged social justice warriors. Last weekend’s "Watters World" on Fox News Channel analyzed the impact of this politically correct phenomenon. Exhibit ...

Namwene Mukabwa is a Collider author based in Nairobi, Kenya. He has a penchant for Westerns, classics, historical, and underrated movies and television series. He became hooked on screens at the age ...

Westerns are another area where I don’t have a lot of expertise because I don’t have a lot of interest. But there are a few movies which I like that are westerns, and the nostalgia channels like to ...