Robert Brian Taylor is a Pittsburgh-based writer, editor, and critic. He is Collider's lead training editor and also contributes as a features editor and staff writer. For the site, he's interviewed a ...

When I first heard the news that comic actor Charles Grodin had died at the age of 86, I exclaimed, “No!” Grodin’s performances in a string of family comedies — most notably The Great Muppet Caper — ...

2016 was a very, very bad year no matter how you slice it. In tough times, comedy is often a form of escape that people turn to when they need comforting. With that in mind, we asked our contributors ...

After The Muppet Movie was directed by James Frawley, Jim Henson decided to helm The Great Muppet Caper himself. But for Henson, directing his first theatrical film wasn’t a big enough challenge. He ...