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History of the World, Part 1 (1981) – Mel Brooks (Friday’s Finest)

Moses: The Lord, the Lord Jehovah has given unto you these fifteen…[drops one of the tablets]Moses: Oy! Ten! Ten commandments for all to obey! History of the World, Part 1 is the third Mel Brooks film to appear here at

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Young Frankenstein (1974) – Mel Brooks (Friday’s Finest)

I can’t believe this comedy classic was made the year I was born. This is my favourite from Mel Brooks and he even said in this documentary it was his best picture. It is the second feature from Mel to

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High Anxiety (1977) – Mel Brooks (Friday’s Finest)

Last week I introduced my children to a movie which had a great impact on my appreciation of cinema growing up – Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. I made the grave error of showing them the High Anxiety parody of Psycho‘s famous

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Hail, Caesar! – A Playful but Unrealised Coen Brothers Romp

I finally saw the Coen Brothers’ latest Hail, Caesar! (click for IMDB overview). It’s very  playful, multilayered, satirical and witty as you would expect from the highly original Coen duo. Stylistically and comedically it felt reminiscent of a Mel Brook’s

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