According to some filthy apologists, characters in movies simply have to be dumb to advance the plot. We just have to suspend our disbelief that a human with a functioning brain could behave so illogically, because otherwise, the movie […]
While we can’t easily ask the cast of the original Saturday Night Live about the show’s all-time greatest sketches, PEOPLE did the next best thing, getting the skinny from the cast of the new movie, Saturday Night. With 50 years of […]
If you’re a fan of director Kevin Smith, you’ve probably seen movies like Clerks, Mallrats and Dogma, but one of his films has hardly been viewed by anyone at all (and, sadly, it isn’t Yoga Hosers). In 2022, Smith […]
Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David famously named a number of Seinfeld characters after real people, such as Larry’s neighbor Kenny Kramer, Jerry’s college friend Michael Costanza (who sued the show for $100 million) and producer Joe Davola […]
We all know the most infamously bad movies out there. Wikipedia keeps a running list of them. The whole gang is present and accounted for: Showgirls. The Room. Wait, That’s My Boy? Come on! That’s My Boy is funny! It’s got […]
It feels like the world steadily gets greedier, burying you in ever more fees. Usually, it’s because some price used to be low to lure you in, and now that they’ve switched to a normal […]
We’re hardly the first to point out that the roles for ordinary-looking schmoes have all but dried up. But however you feel about it, it’s often part of an actor’s job these days to be […]
“Just another day” of wearing a hog head around the office for Chevy Chase. “Some people ask me, what’s my day like?” Chase reveals in the latest installment of his sporadic, bizarre Instagram reels. The answer […]
They say that the first cut is the deepest, but the second has to hurt even more for Chloe Troast, the rookie Saturday Night Live cast member who got the axe this week. As Troast revealed in […]
Will Ferrell was a recurring character machine during his tenure on Saturday Night Live, creating classics like Craig the Spartan Cheerleader, Neil Diamond, Roger of the Lovahs, middle school music teacher Marty Culp, Harry Caray, Alex […]
An acclaimed series can take a number of different paths on its way to decades-long institution or merciful cancellation. It’s a rare property that can maintain a high level of quality throughout its entire run, but […]
Thirty-nine seconds of cringe. That’s the only way to describe a single deleted scene from Back to the Future that thankfully found its way to the cutting room floor. In one view, the missing 40 seconds […]
Tired: The Saturday Night Live Five-Timers Club, a group of show veterans that has grown so bloated that its members barely bother to steam-clean their silk robes anymore. Wired: The Saturday Night Live One-Timers Club, a group […]
Long before Chris Pratt and Charlie Day donned their respective red and green overalls for 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and even before Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo crossed plungers for 1993’s Super Mario Bros., there was 1989’s The Super Mario […]
One underrated advantage of being human is you can go wherever you like. You can survive just about any spot on Earth (sometimes with the help of protective equipment). You can also reach just about […]
Don’t ask us how we know, but certain people, according to their friends and spouses, are a nightmare to watch movies with because they simply know too much about them — and insist on telling everyone. Not […]
Tim Burton is back. The famous filmmaker, artist and guy who showed the world that not owning a comb isn’t a dealbreaker for Monica Bellucci technically never left, but now he’s made a movie that people […]
Beetlejuice isn’t the most kid-friendly source material. The two main characters are a couple who tragically died in a car accident and now have to learn to cope with being dead. The titular character — […]
While fans of Rick and Morty will reportedly have to wait until 2025 for new episodes of the show, Adult Swim has been attempting to fill the lengthy gap between seasons with the bizarre new Rick and Morty: […]
It’s popular to crap on movies where “nothing” happens, that are all color and texture and symbolic significance, and that’s not fair. Sometimes, “nothing” is the best thing that can happen in a movie. But it’s […]