The Producers gets a sparkling new 4K transfer that blows previous home-video editions out of the water.
This gorgeous, supplement-rich Blu-ray attests to the continued relevance of Downey’s cult classic.
By the end of the film, it’s clear that the most merciful act for the series may be a stake through the heart.
The animation’s careful attention to detail is undermined by an anxious pandering to contemporary sensibilities.
The film risks offense by putting a typically Adam Sandler-ian twist on a tired familial trope.
This 40th-anniversary package is reason enough to add Brooks’s classic to your collection.
Signs of the push-pull of commerce and art that have always been present within TCMFF were more apparent this year.
The film spent roughly a dozen years in development, and unfortunately it shows.
The Producers receives Blu-ray treatment that’s respectable but not quite red-carpet.
Brooks’s spoof is, at least in part, about more than just Star Wars.
The film showcases a comedy legend at his laziest, both creatively and technically.
Today’s “5 for the Day” pays tribute to that which comes just before the closing credits: the parting shot.
This boxed set is haphazard, slapped together, meat and no potatoes. All of the above apply to the films as well.
It’s hard to envision a worse big-budget film version of Mel Brooks’s Tony Award-winning musical The Producers than this dreadfully lifeless affair.
A hearty DVD package but strictly for that special pre-schooler and Robin Williams completist in your life.
Chris Wedge’s Robots more or less confirms that production studio Blue Sky is likely to be remembered as the Jan to Pixar’s Marcia and PDI’s Cindy.
It’s one of the most lazily framed mainstream films in history, but Warner's video transfer looks truly wonderful.
As with any Mel Brooks film, success depends almost solely on the strength of his cast.