Actor and “Bear State” native Clark Duke (The Office, Kick-Ass, Hot Tub Time Machine) shows he has good taste by opening his directorial debut with a quote from Charles Portis, an author of such cult-inspiring comic invention that he’s been compared to Mark Twain, Cormac McCarthy, and Tom Wolfe. Most …
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A review of this week’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine, “Valloweaster,” coming up just as soon as the vests add gravitas… Nine-Nine co-creator Dan Goor likes to say that the annual Halloween heist has a higher degree of difficulty than anything else the show does, because it has to work as a satisfying …
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In the latest at-home episode of Full Frontal, Samantha Bee addressed the unfair toll the COVID-19 pandemic has taken on women. “Specifically, I want to talk about how coronavirus is affecting the ladies,” Bee said. “The answer is not great. For starters, women are more likely than men to have …
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Jimmy Kimmel has tapped several guests to appear virtually during his at-home “quarantine minilogues” and his latest is Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden. Biden joined Kimmel via video chat from his home to discuss his campaign and the current COVID-19 pandemic. “With all that’s been going on over the past …
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If only the current global situation were nothing but a fictional movie. In a new clip, The Daily Show has mocked President Trump’s inaction on the novel coronavirus in a fake trailer for a terrifying movie called PANDUMIC. “The deadly coronavirus is spreading,” the trailer notes as ominous music plays …
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A review of this week’s Better Call Saul, “Namaste,” coming up just as soon as I give the deep fryer another cleaning… “Yesterday was bad. Today, I’m gonna fix it.” —Kim The main action of “Namaste” picks up the morning after “The Guy For This” ended. Kim and Jimmy are …
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With the coronavirus outbreak threatening the nation, it was an opportune time for Saturday Night Live to bring back Debbie Downer, with former cast member Rachel Dratch reprising her role as the series’ resident party pooper. During a lively wedding reception, Debbie enters wearing an over-the-top face mask. “Unfortunately, with …
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It’s been eight years since Benh Zeitlin made his astonishing feature-directing debut with Beasts of the Southern Wild, a low-budget landmark set on the bayous of Louisiana that won Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Actress (for its extraordinary nine-year-old star Quvenzhané Wallis), Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay nods. …
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The mysterious new sci-fi seriesDispatches From Elsewhere premiered its first trailer last month, depicting Jason Segel in a dystopian society not dissimilar to our own. Along with three other people, he is chosen as an “agent of nonchalance” tasked with unlocking a hidden world underneath the surface of reality. If …
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Lin-Manuel Miranda announced on Monday that a filmed version of his award-winning Broadway musical Hamilton will be arriving in theaters in 2021. Released by Disney, the movie will be filmed onstage at the Richard Rodgers Theater and feature Miranda and the rest of the original Broadway cast. The official release …
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