Big Hearts, Big Laughs in Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon’s cinematic love story, “The Big Sick”

Not everything needs to be a period piece. On the small screen, both Marc Maron and Pete Holmes brought their recent pasts into present-day so they could have the best of both worlds for their comedic purposes in IFC’s Maron and HBO’s Crashing. Similarly, when Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon set about putting the […]

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Review: Jerrod Carmichael, “8” on HBO

I wrote up eight thoughts worth sharing and exploring while watching Jerrod Carmichael’s new hour of stand-up, 8, on HBO. Bo Burnham directed Carmichael in 8 for HBO, which made for some interesting and special choices, from the formal dress code and setting of putting young people in the Masonic Hall in New York City, […]

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Jerrod Carmichael’s new special, “8” premieres on HBO March 11th

Jerrod Carmichael, an exceptionally hilarious stand-up comedian and the co-creator and star of NBC’s The Carmichael Show, has been very… MORE

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