Standing as one type of movie within the broader comedy genre, the parody movie has an unusual history. Parody movies have ...

Drama is easy: play “How To Save A Life” by Lifehouse over a montage, and you’ll make everyone sad. Comedy, now that’s difficult. Hollywood has backed away from comedies over the last decade because ...

Most of the best action movies come with some genuine laughs. From the earliest days of motion-picture comedy, foundational geniuses like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton made their strongest mark ...

The Simpsons have been the masters of their TV comedy domain for 37 years now, but they still have time to rekindle an old ...

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With the release today of "MacGruber," yet another spoof/parody movie hits the screens, and this Friday's Top 10 movies. First, I must explain that two films — which could be argued to be parodies — ...

Tucked in the heart of middle America is the fictional town of Springfield — a municipality home to an eclectic assortment of characters who’ve been around for over three decades with the sole purpose ...

Tim has won over 25 screenwriting awards, including Best Original Screenplay and Best Horror Feature Screenplay, with his work being hailed as "complex, layered, and bloodcurdling." He wrote the 2014 ...

Minnah Stein is a recent graduate of Florida State University where she studied Communications, Digital Media, and Film. She is a passionate writer and activist working to educate students on ...

As it's become a staple of the show (with episode titles even serving as cheeky film references), fans have naturally speculated as to what other content from the vast ether of movies can be drawn ...