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As more and more info comes out about the prescription drug problems of Michael Jacksonour minds turn to the days of Elvis, Janis Joplin, Chris Farley, John Candy, John Belushi and an endless list ofA performers, actors, politicians and musicians like River Phoenix and Jim Morrison of the Doors!A Have drugs and alcohol always had this great an ...

Our reviews of Spaceballs and Spaceballs: Collector's Edition are also available.

Misunderstood Masterpieces 6.30.09: Summer Rental Posted by Will Helm on 06.30.2009 ...or, It's Like Brokeback Mountain , but with Boats With summer busting out all over the Northern Hemisphere - hope the skiing's good, Antipodeans, many eyes on the East and West Coasts of North America turn to the beach for recreation.

Mel Brooks is the father of parody films. He created the genre and turned them in laugh riots.

Misunderstood Masterpieces 6.23.09: Club Paradise Posted by Will Helm on 06.23.2009 ...or, SCTV Goes on Vacation! In 1976, Second City Television premiered on a small network in Southern Ontario.

Echoing Edmund Wilson on a different detective story: who cares who's Harry Crumb? Since he's the detective on the case, however, this is a more serious absence of interest than not caring simply who the culprit is.

A funny war movie is hard to make, especially without the guile of Bill Murray and John Candy in "Stripes." The difficulty of the task didn't stop Harrison Bevins, a senior at Park City High School, from making "Shell Shock." The six-minute short leavens scenes of modern warfare with a boy's day dreams and uses simple special effects for laughs.

A wider, as distinguished from broader, role for John Candy: friendly Irish cop, devoted live-at-home son , vaguely unfulfilled bachelor.

As a huge fan of the 'Star Wars' and 'Star Trek' franchises, I loved the movie 'Spaceballs.' Written, directed and starring Mel Brooks, the film is a spoof of the popular sci-fi films and pretty much the whole genre.

Unforeseeably dark comedy -- unseeable at any time as funny -- about a speed trap off the Jersey Turnpike, operated by a modern-day Hanging Judge who holds court in a combination junkyard, amusement park, and haunted house.

Come for the food, stay for the unintentionally Rockford Files cool retro decor.

MONDAY: As a lead-up to its " I Love the '80s " outdoor film festival, the Rosslyn Business Improvement District decided to bow to Washington's fickle spring weather and throw a mini-fest indoors.

Looking back on 15 years without John Candy and wondering what happened to charm in Hollywood films.

I was flipping through the channels and came across The Great Outdoors on TV yesterday. I had forgotten how incredibly funny that movie was and also how good John Candy was in it. It was a real shame to lose John Candy at such a young age. I looked at his IMDb profile and realized that the fifteenth anniversary of his death passed by just...

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JAWS star Roy Scheider died while filming Iron Cross last year, however the director has used a latex mask of his face in order to film the last vital scenes.

You can bring home a Mel Brooks 80s classic in 1080p this June. Spaceballs will be released on Blu-ray on June 16.

Actress Elaine Bromka is one of those actresses who makes viewers ask themselves, 'Where have I seen her before?' With a stage, screen and television career that started in the 1970s, Bromka has acting credits ...

To describe Carolina Central Railway president Bill Gray's career, PSNC Energy's Rusty Harris used the title of a movie from 1987 starring John Candy and Steve Martin - "Planes, Trains & Automobiles." "He's ...

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What?!! This Column!?? 01.20.09: Issue #142 Posted by Bryan Kristopowitz on 01.20.2009 The Top 5 John Candy Supporting Roles, RIP Ricardo Montalban, So long, George, Some TV Stuff, "Jericho" News, Bad News for ...