Last year it was reported that Jack Black and Jenny Slate had signed on to star in a comedy called The Polka King, and ahead of its Netflix release next month, the streaming network dropped the trailer today. Based on the 2009 documentary The Man Who Would Be Polka King, the movie centers on Black […]
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First, the good news. The Screen Actors Guild wisely saw enough to appreciate the acting in The Big Sick that had eluded the Holllywood Foreign Press this awards season, as well as in the TV categories for Netflix’s GLOW. Plus more praise for the greatness of Get Out and Lady Bird on the film side. […]
Continue ReadingDavid Wain has been hard at work making a movie about National Lampoon founder Doug Kenney for a while now.… MORE
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David Wain’s movie about National Lampoon founder Doug Kenney has an official premiere date on Netflix. Wain announced on Twitter today that the film, titled A Gutile and Stupid Gesture, makes its Netflix debut on Friday, January 26th: We have a release date for #AFutileAndStupidGesture (our biopic about National Lampoon founder Doug Kenney) coming to […]
Continue ReadingIn addition to starring in a Comedy Central special that airs tonight, Ed Helms also heads to the big screen next year in The Clapper, in which he plays a man “who gets paid to fill seats in infomercial audiences. When he is discovered by a late night TV talk show host who makes a […]
Continue ReadingIn their new film, Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone, the ladies of Cocoon Central Dance Team execute the daintiest fart joke I’ve ever seen. Sunita Mani, Tallie Medel, and Eleanore Pienta stretch out luxuriously on a soundstage beach, their graceful movements undercut by exaggerated sound effects like head scratching, the squelching […]
Continue ReadingThe 2018 Golden Globe nominations were announced this morning, including a Best Television Series category that includes returning shows Black-ish and Master of None as well as new shows SMILF, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and NBC’s Will & Grace reboot. Pamela Adlon also received a nom for her acting in Better Things alongside Alison Brie […]
Continue ReadingOK, first things first: The annual caveats about the Golden Globe Awards. They’re not the G in EGOT, so don’t get it twisted. Why not? Because G stands for Grammy. Also, because the Hollywood Foreign Press Association decides the Globes, and they’re peculiarly particular about who they like and why, and it often has as […]
Continue ReadingThe Orchard may have squashed plans to release Louis CK’s new movie in any cinemas, but the comedian is buying back the distribution rights from them. Deadline broke the news today. The Orchard had paid $5 million for worldwide rights to I Love You, Daddy, after its debut screening last summer at the Toronto Film […]
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