It’s safe to say that the ISS astronauts might not sleep at night if they watch Gravity, which cleverly creates an uneasy ...

Airplane! (alternatively titled Flying High!) is a 1980 American disaster comedy film written and directed by Jim Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker in their directorial debuts, and produced ...

What’s better than a new Bruce Springsteen album? How about a movie?!? “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” comes to theaters this week, and Jersey’s Best Podcast got a sneak preview! So we’re ...

DENVER — The comedy classic "Airplane!" will celebrate its 45th anniversary with a special screening event in Colorado. Co-writer/co-director David Zucker and lead actor Robert Hays will attend a ...

Let’s face it: Flying can be stressful. Even under the smoothest circumstances, the anticipation of getting to your destination can make time in the sky feel like it’s dragging. Fortunately, most ...

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This past weekend, I slid into an assigned seat on what I think was the biggest airplane I have ever been on. Stuck between a window and a stranger for a flight over the Atlantic, I decided to seize ...

Liam Neeson‘s action era may be ending, but his comedy run is just starting in the newly released film The Naked Gun. Fortunately, most of the films by Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker are readily ...

Surely it’s been a moment since you last checked in on Airplane!, the progenitor of the relentless film genre known as the spoof comedy. I know I was surprised, on a recent rewatch, to be reminded of ...

A curious trend (with an even more curious name) has emerged in which travelers opt out of any in-flight entertainment whatsoever, instead staring at the seatback in front of them for the entirety of ...

Today marks the 45th anniversary of the wacky disaster movie parody Airplane!, a film that changed the face of comedy as we know it. Wait, Airplane! was released 45 years ago? Surely you can’t be ...