Larry David remembers the day he first met stand-up comic Michael Keaton. “I met him standing in line at Catch a Rising Star in 1974. Isn’t that something?” David said in an Esquire profile of Keaton. “Then I saw him […]
It seems like the realm of movie stars is roped off to everyone except 12 people all named Chris and/or Jennifer, which is bizarre because there are so many amazing actors out there. We’ve all flipped to some […]
As an actor, getting typecast is a double-edged sword: On one hand, it means you’re so good at something that people want to keep seeing you do it over and over, and your future is secure as […]
Chad Daniels, whose comedy special Empty Nester recently dropped on Netflix, names some usual suspects among his influences, including Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor. But in an interview this week with radio station i95 in Brookfield, Connecticut, Daniels […]
Ricky Gervais is a self-proclaimed Simpsons superfan. “When I got into comedy in about 1999, I remember thinking that I would love to get a joke on The Simpsons,” he once told The Independent. “It had already been my favorite program […]
No matter how much praise we heap upon indie films starring nobodies (or nobody, in the case of the truly avant garde), star power is still key to selling a movie. Like, if you can get Tom Hanks, […]
Either Andy Cohen was actually curious about Saturday Night Live celebrity hosts, or he really wanted to get some mileage out of his awful “Show and SN-Tell” pun. No matter his intention, he decided to play […]
Don’t Miss For fans of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure and all of their subsequent bogus journeys, this week represented the best of times and the worst of times. The best of times: The film’s stars, Keanu Reeves […]
For the first few decades of Saturday Night Live, breaking out on the show was a ticket to movie stardom for comics like John Belushi, Eddie Murphy, Mike Myers and Will Ferrell. In the 2000s, the […]
There are very few things more difficult in comedy than ending a sketch in a way that’s both satisfying and hilarious. When a Monty Python sketch would go on too long with no obvious ending in […]
People like to pretend that there’s a science to filmmaking, that if you press the right combination of buttons on a camera, a good movie falls out, but it’s not that simple. One person’s favorite movie […]
While it’s far too early to speculate on what movies will be nominated at next year’s Oscars (Dune: Part Two? Madame Web? A straight-to-streaming Sharknado sequel starring the Hawk Tuah girl?), the Academy has already been actively […]
Most of the time, it’s just not very fun to watch stupid people. The occasional Dumb and Dumber or It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia comes along, but you meet enough idiots in your day-to-day life, so when […]
For a long time, the world of Star Trek simply wasn’t that funny. Sure, there were the occasional moments of humor; the Enterprise becoming overrun with furry alien balls, Checkov asking about “Nuclear Wessels,” Dr. Crusher […]
Don’t Miss It was only a few months ago that casting news was announced for SNL 1975, the Jason Reitman film chronicling the anxious 90 minutes leading up to the first live broadcast of NBC’s Saturday Night. But according to World […]
“Imagine aliens come to Earth,” begins a post made by Redditor Wololojo to r/Movies. “You are chosen to go and talk to them. They are pretty nice with you. They want to know our civilization and […]
Next year, Garfield creator Jim Davis will celebrate his 80th birthday. The occasion will, no doubt, be a big one given Davis’ impact on pop culture. There is, however, one big drawback. July 25, 2025 is a […]
When it comes to most movies, you’re probably fine watching them once. What, you think there’s some deeper meaning you’re going to glean from repeated viewings of Mr. Popper’s Penguins? Don’t Miss But that doesn’t mean there aren’t […]
The trailer just dropped for Mr. Throwback, a new mockumentary series starring Happy Endings’ Adam Pally, Saturday Night Live’s Ego Nwodim and… The Golden State Warriors’ Steph Curry? Produced by David Wain, Mr. Throwback actually looks pretty funny for a show starring an […]
Listen, we’re not here to knock trivia. It’s our bread and butter, and you bet your ass if you sit down to watch a movie with us, we’re going to hold our breath as long as […]