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‘Anaconda’ homage to 1997 original is silly fun
6+ hour, 40+ min ago (456+ words) There are movies that you watch because they add to humanity's great history of finding life's meaning through art, and then there are movies that you watch because it's fun to hear someone say, in panicked tones, "There's a giant…...
Anthony Jeselnik loves reading great books. So he’s starting a book club.
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (2038+ words) Anthony Jeselnik is not like other comedians: He's created a dark onstage persona that gives him license to tell jokes about uncomfortable subjects with punchlines you never see coming. The comic, who will be doing a series of shows in…...
‘Is This Thing On?’ a no-brainer choice for Laura Dern
1+ week, 2+ day ago (472+ words) Laura Dern'is basking in an awards season double header. The Academy Award winner reunited with Noah Baumbach, her "Marriage Story" writer-director, for his melancholy movie star comedy "Jay Kelly" which is now streaming on Netflix. Simultaneously, she costars with Will…...
“This is Spinal Tap”, “The Princess Bride” y más: Las mejores películas de Rob Reiner
1+ week, 2+ day ago (367+ words) Rob Reiner hizo el tipo de pel'culas que todos volvemos a ver. Son las pel'culas que citamos sin tener que pensarlo, las que consideramos est'ndares de oro en comedia, romance, drama y suspenso, las que desear'amos que se hicieran hoy…...
Will Arnett, Bradley Cooper team for dramedy “Is This Thing On?”
1+ week, 3+ day ago (466+ words) Longtime friends, Will Arnett and Bradley Cooper co-wrote and co-star in Friday's "Is This Thing On?" a divorce reconciliation comedy-drama that Cooper also directed. Arnett and Laura Dern are Alex and Tess Novak, who've divorced but continue to see each…...
Emily Browning orders up time travel comedy in ‘One More Shot’
1+ week, 6+ day ago (477+ words) For the Aussies gathering at a 1999 New Year's Y2K party in the comedic fantasy "One More Shot," this will truly be a night unlike any other " even if they won't remember it. For the shots that Emily Browning's Minnie swigs from…...
‘Ella McCay’ a confounding film from James L. Brooks
1+ week, 6+ day ago (654+ words) It never feels like Brooks has a grasp on the material here, which careens aimlessly through Ella's harried day-to-day, in a handsomely bland, serviceable style. Film fans like to lament, "they don't make them like they used to," specifically about…...
Movie review: Emma Mackey battles political scandal and wooden script in ‘Ella McCay’
1+ week, 6+ day ago (646+ words) By JOCELYN NOVECK, Associated Press "I can't trust my brain right now," says our hero, Ella, deep into James L. Brooks' bafflingly disjointed, uneven, unfunny and illogical "Ella McCay." It's hard to understand how "Ella McCay," the first original feature from…...
Zooey Deschanel, Charlie Cox get woof of romance in ‘Merv’
2+ week, 3+ day ago (472+ words) A romantic comedy teaming Zooey Deschanel and Charlie Cox, Wednesday's "Merv" is not just the film's title but its cuddly center, a dog. It's safe to say there's never been a dog-centric movie quite like Merv, who is played with…...
Can AI ever be funny? Some comedians embrace AI tools but they’re still running the show
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1195+ words) By MATT O'BRIEN, Associated Press Technology Writer A baby and his family dog sit across from each other in a podcast studio. "Welcome to the talking baby podcast," says the infant, wearing headphones and sounding like a deep-voiced radio broadcaster....