“The Big Sick” trailer tells Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon’s love story

Ever since it premiered to universal critical acclaim at Sundance, we’ve been waiting to get our first look at The Big… MORE

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David Spade and Nat Faxon to Star in Sandler-Produced Netflix Comedy ‘Who Do You Think Would Win?’

Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison production company has a new movie in the works at Netflix. According to The Hollywood Reporter, David Spade and Nat Faxon will star in Who Do You Think Would Win? for the streaming network, which “is set in motion after a playful debate between two buddies about whose father would win […]

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Melissa McCarthy to Produce and Star in Puppet Comedy ‘The Happytime Murders’

Melissa McCarthy has a new starring movie role in the works. According to The Hollywood Reporter, McCarthy has signed on to star in an action-comedy for STX called The Happytime Murders, which she will also co-produce with her husband and frequent collaborator Ben Falcone. The project has been in development for years at The Jim […]

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Watch the trailer for “The Big Sick” based on Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon’s real life love

The Big Sick, written by Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani, is based on the beginnings of their real-life romance a decade ago, but updated to today. Michael Showalter directs, with Judd Apatow and Barry Mendel producing, Zoe Kazan playing Emily, Holly Hunter and Ray Romano playing her parents, and Nanjiani playing himself. The trailer […]

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Watch the Trailer for Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani’s Movie ‘The Big Sick’

With some help from Judd Apatow and Michael Showalter, comedy collaborators and married couple Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon wrote a movie together called The Big Sick, and now that the film has had its critically acclaimed Sundance premiere, the first trailer was released today. Showalter directed the movie, which is based on Gordon […]

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Robin Williams’ last film, Monty Python production “Absolutely Anything,” premieres this month

Legendary, universally beloved comic actor Robin Williams passed away nearly three years ago, but we still have one more unreleased… MORE

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The Movie Pitch for ‘Horse in Motion’ (1878), by Collin Gossel

Oh wow, Mr. Muybridge, what a coincidence running into you here! I don’t want to interrupt your dinner, but listen, I’ve got this great idea. Okay, right, great, picture this: We open on a grassy field in Palo Alto, right? Sun’s shining. Early June. There’s a horse. She’s running! Legs go up. They go down. […]

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The Genius of Jordan Temple’s ‘Hidden Fences’

LIGHTS UP on a team of scientists in lab coats who gather around taking notes of a single man who is swinging a baseball on a string held by another scientist TROY: Aha! I’m gon’ be the first nigga to hit a baseball into space! DOROTHY: Yes, and we’re going to do the math to […]

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If you liked watching Fyre Fest burn, you’ll love Seth Rogen and The Lonely Island’s latest film

If, in the middle of a weekend that hosted both the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and Sam Bee’s “Not the… MORE

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Dark Comedies revisited: The Producers

“Don’t just tap the bell; Ring the bell.” Thus is the motto of Mel Brooks. This is something he has… MORE

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