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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days sequel in the works
1+ hour, 15+ min ago (220+ words) The New Indian Express The hit 2003 rom-com How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is getting a sequel, with the original film's lead Kate Hudson set to produce With the film in its early stages, it is expected that Hudson…...
Pari Elavazhagan on Anbe Diana: Comedy is an all-or-nothing game
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (485+ words) The New Indian Express A romance film, with humour and family sentiments, is usually considered a safe bet and a proper launch pad for a director However, filmmaker-actor Pari Elavazhagan believes the opposite is true, and that was why, though…...
The banter of the bench
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (447+ words) The New Indian Express Behind every legal judgment lies a human story, and not all of them are solemn Some are absurd, some hilarious, some faintly alarming, and a few altogether unbelievable In The Bench, the Bar and the Bizarre…...
Raju Jeyamohan: Contemporary comedy is plagued by sarcasm
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (363+ words) The New Indian Express Scouting for locations around Tenkasi for his debut directorial, Almost Nallavan, Raju Jeyamohan fondly recounts how his mentor, late director K Bhagyaraj had a massive influence on his career, and his upcoming film âHe is…...
The Greek geekiness and a bunch of nobodies
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (157+ words) “Who will sing of me, who will sing of you? Why are we so little deserving of song? Yet I’m a stupid goat, son of nobody?” Phrases in the main poem about the war trigger recollections and musings from Harlow’s…...
Anna Ben: I’m not sure I can pull off comedy films
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (494+ words) The New Indian Express Two years ago, Anna Ben was seen in PS Vinothrajâs Kottukkaali (2024), a quiet, adamant girl with resilience beyond her agency and strength beyond circumstances Off-screen, however, she is nothing like the intense characters she so…...
Happy birthday, 2000 Year Old Man. Mel Brooks is turning 100
2+ mon, 1+ hour ago (333+ words) NEW YORK: The 2000 Year Old Man is turning 100. Mel Brooks on Sunday will celebrate his centennial birthday. The comedian and filmmaker has been awaiting the milestone. Earlier this year, Judd Apatow titled his retrospective documentary on him: “Mel Brooks: The…...
Consent, crowd ratification and crassness: stand-up comedy under scanner again
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1082+ words) NEW DELHI: One comedy show where an audience member says Rs 370 spent on biryani entitles him to sexual intimacy and describes in graphic detail his advances on an unwilling woman. Another where a stand-up comic centres his jokes on "cuddling…...
'Ponies' merges comedy with a gritty spy story in TV dramedy
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (611+ words) LOS ANGELES: “Ponies” is a bit of a unicorn. The tone-mashing comes naturally to its showrunners, Susanna Fogel and David Iserson, a couple of veterans of film and TV writing. “Ponies” — intelligence-speak for “persons of no interest” — is the first…...
OTT review | Ladies First
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (450+ words) The New Indian Express OTT review | Ladies First For all its attempts to position itself as a modern examination of masculinity, empathy, and gender dynamics, Netflix’s Ladies First ultimately leans on one of cinema’s most exhausted tropes: the misogynistic man…...