How did Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart prepare for their roles in #Jumanji? By enlisting the experts to go truly method: Danny DeVito and Danny Glover. Jumanji: The Next Level now playing! Get Tickets Now: […]
by MLC Posted on September 16, 2022 at 1:00 am Betty White’s comedy chops continue to be put on display. While they aren’t being put on display in life-form, they are being put on display […]
In the spring-stepped new mystery-comedy Confess, Fletch, Jon Hamm faces what may be his greatest acting challenge ever: playing a man who disdains shoes. Granted, the man who became famous as Don Draper on Mad […]
The Vince Staples Show, a new scripted comedy series, is set to debut on Netflix. Announced Tuesday, the series sees Staples partnering with Kenya Barris (Black-ish, Girls Trip). He will also star in the new series, […]
Vince Staples will headline a new Netflix comedy, executive produced by Black-ish creator Kenya Barris, titled The Vince Staples Show. The project is still in development and does not have a release date yet. The […]
Continue Reading Below The number of amazing pilots that made it onto Channel 101’s programming is simply too large to give every show the appreciation it deserves. Big name comedians like Bob Odenkirk, Drew Carrey, […]
We decided to take a close look at comedy this week—unfamiliar territory for us, we know. That meant going really far into the history of comedy, not just 1910 old but also fourth century old […]
1 The First Comedy Podcast (Admiralty/Wikimedia Commons) It’s hard to say which comedy podcast was the first because any moron with a microphone can make one that only his mom listens to, but The Ricky […]
Rising in the comedy field can lead to jealousies, passive-aggressive comments, and comedians acting out who get too high on their own supply. Whatever the reason may be, comedians don’t always play nice. Here are […]
There are worse ways to spend two hours than watching Javier Bardem navigate inter-office politics and personal relationships in his Spanish-language social satire “The Good Boss.” And yet despite the film’s impressive haul at Spain’s […]
A24 A lot of movies are funny, but very few are funny on a cellular level. Few announce themselves as something different from the very first frames. Even most good comedies are mostly built from […]
It’s rare, but there are times when a movie feels “special” from the very first frames. Funny Pages is one of those movies, apparent almost immediately that it depicts a different place, with different people, […]
The eponymous Mo (played by Mohammed Amer) in Netflix’s new comedy series is a Palestinian American Muslim man who grew up in Kuwait. Until, that is, the Gulf war sent his family to live undocumented […]
Continue Reading Below Somehow, the character whose fault was being “deadly serious” had become the MCU’s secret comedy weapon. Now if a superhero movie verged on being too solemn? Throw a Hulk at it. Problem […]
In the engaging Apple TV+ series “Bad Sisters,” closely adapted by Sharon Horgan (“Catastrophe”) from the Belgian series “Clan” and set in and around Dublin, four sisters set out to liberate a fifth from the […]
Director Jeff Baena reunites his regular repertory players for “Spin Me Round,” another droll ensemble comedy that, like his 2017 nunsploitation riff “The Little Hours,” becomes an opportunity for genre experimentation and a trip to […]
Director Jeff Baena reunites his regular repertory players for “Spin Me Round,” another droll ensemble comedy that, like his 2017 nunsploitation riff “The Little Hours,” becomes an opportunity for genre experimentation and a trip to […]
“We’re arguably a stellar show that’s performing at the highest level,” says creator-performer Robin Thede, right, of “A Black Lady Sketch Show” as fellow writer Chloe Hilliard shares a laugh. (Kayla James / For The […]
Looking at the deep, distinguished slate of comedy series Emmy nominees this year, you might wish that the television academy could splinter the category into subsections — best comedy you watch through splayed fingers, occasionally […]
Continue Reading Below So that explains why we’re cautiously excited about The Franchise, a just-announced HBO comedy about making superhero movies. Here’s the premise: “It follows a hopeful crew trapped inside the dysfunctional, nonsensical, joyous […]