Mel Brooks

War is complicated. Humanity is complicated. Put them together and there is a perfect storm of destruction and loss of life. But satire has a way of allowing us to both laugh and think clearly. …

Wartime comedies must walk a fine line. Obviously, they have to be funny. But they also have to fully present in a world in which war is the norm. In 1942, the original To Be or …

Sometimes the thing we need most from a movie is a good chuckle from overtly silly situations.  The best examples of which usually come from wacky, zany spoof movies.  Although spoof movies have taken a …