Friday Matinee: Life Stinks

June: A Century of Mel Brooks

June 12 – Life Stinks [1991]: PG-13, 92m

Affluent and arrogant businessman Goddard Bolt (Mel Brooks), feuding with rival Vance Crasswell (Jeffrey Tambor) over a land deal, makes a bet with Crasswell that he has the wits and street smarts to live penniless and anonymous on the rough streets of Los Angeles for 30 days. But Bolt has a rude awakening when the reality of homelessness hits him. Still, he finds a silver lining in a burgeoning romance with Molly (Lesley Ann Warren), a former Broadway dancer who has fallen on hard times.

June 19 – History of the World Part I [1981]: R, 92m

June 26 – Spaceballs [1987]: PG, 96m