‘Muppets Take Manhattan’ (1984) takes the felt-and-foam performers to new levels
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Jim Henson’s creations go to the big city in a fun musical that could stand to have more music.
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‘Muppets Take Manhattan’ (1984) takes the felt-and-foam performers to new levels
More noise should be made about Brooks’ ‘Silent Movie’ (1976)
Mel Brooks Monday (Movie review): Brooks, Feldman and DeLuise are at the top of their physical-comedy games in this consistently funny series of gags.
‘Great Muppet Caper’ (1981) is clever, cute, capricious
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Jim Henson makes his directorial debut in the second “Muppets” movie.
‘Dark Star’ (1974) smartly but too slowly makes fun of ‘2001’
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): A bare expansion of a student film from Carpenter and O’Bannon, this SF satire previews the grimy futures to come.
‘The Producers’ (1967, 2005) maximizes its one joke, and then some
Mel Brooks Monday (Movie reviews): It’s too much for me, but the one joke (you can get rich from a flop) is funny, and the films are nice bookends to Brooks’ career.
Horror-comedy ‘Deadstream’ (2022) doesn’t sacrifice scares or laughs
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Joseph Winter’s found-footage parody threads a needle by being funny and spooky in equal measure.
Report at 11: ‘Broadcast News’ (1987) stands apart with its love triangle
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): This isn’t a big scoop, but yes, “Broadcast News” is among the elite journo films.
‘Parenthood’ (1989) learns to walk so the stories can run on TV
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Ron Howard gives us a cross-section of parental approaches in this understated dramedy.
‘Send Help’ could’ve used help to go deeper into its character clash
Movie review: Sam Raimi’s latest can’t shirk its cynical modern vibe, but Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien carry us through.
Carpenter, Hooper serve up a good supply of ‘Body Bags’ (1993)
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Good actors – and acting cameos from horror directors – keep these three shorts engaging.