0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 2/23/2016
The premiere of season 38 of Saturday Night Live featured the first appearance of cast member Jay Pharoah as President Barack Obama. Fred Armisen — who is of German, Venezuelan, and Japanese descent — appeared in “honeyface” to impersonate the president during the previous four seasons. The handoff of Obama from Armisen to Pharoah can be […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 2/22/2016
Warner Brothers and DC Entertainment aren’t exactly hiding their intentions when it comes to the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The studio wants to jump into its Justice League franchise to take on Marvel’s Avengers as quickly as possible. According to Entertainment Weekly, WB is doing just that, with shooting scheduled to begin […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
Episode seven of Serial was the first of a two-part episode titled “Hindsight,” which really tries to get into Bowe Bergdahl’s head, hoping to explain how leaving his base in Afghanistan and harboring a distrust of his commanding officers made sense for someone with his personality and worldview. Bergdahl never quite grew up with an […]
0 comments by Reva Friedel on 2/19/2016
You know how everyone has that ONE movie that they can watch a gazillion times and never get tired of? Usually, they also own the movie, but watch it without fail, every time it’s on TV, regardless of time of day. For me, that movie is Adventures in Babysitting, and yes I own it, and […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
The Witch could be an interesting test case for film production company A24 (which has developed and distributed some really intriguing movies over the past two years, such as Under the Skin, Ex Machina, Amy and Best Picture nominee Room). What was produced as a smaller, indie-type horror film is getting a huge release based on […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 2/18/2016
Surprise! Sarah Koenig revealed at the end of this week’s Serial, “Hindsight, Part 1,” that the second part of the latest episode will be posted Friday. That certainly answers why episode seven was so short at 38 minutes. What? Not only are we getting the podcast every two weeks, but the episodes are shorter? What the hell? So we’ll […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 2/17/2016
“The book’s always better. Everybody knows that.” — Sadie Dunhill Hulu’s 11.22.63 starring James Franco and produced by J.J. Abrams is based on Stephen King’s 900-page epic of the same title. As someone who has read and loved the book, I am not here to bash the miniseries at every turn. I feel that when […]
0 comments by Bart D on 2/16/2016
Give this to Chris Carter and The X-Files team, they’re cooking everything in the fridge for one meal and trying to figure out what the folks at the table like. “Babylon,” the fifth episode of this miniseries revival, was without question the most “out there” episode of this 10th season thus far. A fictitious hour of a […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp
The Grammys, a three-and-a-half-hour concert with a couple of awards thrown in for fun, took place Monday night in Los Angeles. The show had its fair share of pop and country acts that play well in middle America, but also featured stellar performances from rapper Kendrick Lamar, and the cast of the Broadway musical Hamilton. It […]
0 comments by Reva Friedel on 2/15/2016
Because I thought that Trainwreck was a train wreck, I went to see How to Be Single with a large dose of skepticism. Ignoring the fact that I could have written the damn movie myself, I was interested to see what was in store. Some spoilers are ahead, because you probably know how this is […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp
Hosting for the fourth time (or fourth and one-sixteenth according to her monologue), Melissa McCarthy once again showed that she is one of the most comfortable hosts in recent Saturday Night Live history. She almost seamlessly fits into sketches with her brand of self-deprecating humor on full display, which elevates the performances of the cast […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 2/12/2016
Deadpool shows the audience right away that it’s not like most superhero movies. That’s exactly what fans will love about it. It’s why the character has been so popular in Marvel Comics over the past 20 years, whether you’ve heard of him or not. This isn’t a guy who follows the rules, either in terms of story […]
0 comments by Alex Kaufman on 2/11/2016
When Jerry Seinfeld announced his new season of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee would kick off with President Barack Obama, it was safe to be skeptical. After all, this was a guest who wasn’t a comedian and it was the season premiere! Turns out the President was one of the most entertaining guests in show […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 2/9/2016
If you wondered what The Daily Show would look like had Comedy Central chosen correspondent Samantha Bee to replace Jon Stewart, Bee showed us with the debut of her new show Full Frontal Monday night on TBS. (Whether or not Bee is doing a better Daily Show than Trevor Noah is something we’ll be able […]
0 comments by Bart D
“Home Again” was the first episode of the X-Files revival that really drew blood from the struggle of trying to put what’s basically a 10th season together with only six episodes, reintroducing very nuanced storylines while shoehorning in the “Monster of the Week” theme. This fourth episode starts out in typically creepy fashion. Basically, if you watch the […]
