Review of Spaceballs (1987) by Christopher B — 06 Jul 2012

Spaceballs has always been among my favorite homage/parodies. You have to be in the right mood to watch it, though.

This review of Spaceballs (1987) was written by Christopher B on 06 Jul 2012.

Spaceballs has generally received positive reviews.

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