All aboard the Eagle 5! Nearly four decades after Mel Brooks made the galaxy safe for Star Wars satire, his 1987 comedy favorite Spaceballs is getting its long-promised sequel. Josh Gad is starring in ...

More than 30 years after his tragic death, John Candy remains one of the most beloved movie stars of all-time, having appeared in comedy classics like Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Spaceballs, Home ...

This is FRESH AIR. John Candy, the comic actor who rose to fame in the sketch comedy series "SCTV" and such films as "Stripes," "Splash" and "Spaceballs," died at age 43 in 1994. Now, 31 years later, ...

Director Colin Hanks knew exactly where his latest documentary, "John Candy: I Like Me," would make its world premiere. Not at Cannes or Tribeca, Venice or New York - only Toronto. Candy grew up in ...

Streaming service Prime Video presents a documentary about the life of Canadian comedy superstar John Candy. Created by Colin Hanks. What does Tom Hanks' son have to report?

If there’s a scene that best encapsulates the tragically abbreviated career of John Candy, it’s not necessarily from his time on the sketch-comedy series “SCTV” or from movies like “Stripes” or “Uncle ...

An interview with Bill Murray opens “John Candy: I Like Me,” director Colin Hanks’ formulaic but richly enjoyable documentary about the late, great Canadian comedic actor. Murray apologizes for having ...