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11 Oct

How Arachnophobia Became the Perfect Creepy Crawly Horror Comedy

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There’s a moment in Arachnophobia where Jeff Daniels’ Dr Ross Jennings, lying in bed one night worried his new hometown of Canaima is under attack from venomous spiders, spots an eight-legged intruder lurking in plain sight on his bedroom wall. The scene builds to a terrifying crescendo when the panic-stricken Jennings, who has a pathological fear of spiders, decides to confront the arachnid – only to discover it’s a coat hook.   It’s a prime example of the power Arachnophobia still possesses, 30 years on from its release. The power to have audiences breaking out in cold sweats one minute and…
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15 Sep

Moonbase 8 Release Date and Trailer for Showtime Astronaut Comedy

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Moonbase 8 might, by virtue of its title, evoke imagery from unintentionally-funny early-post-Star Wars cash-in sci-fi from a bell-bottoms-brandishing yesteryear such as space base farce Saturn 3, but the comedy is assuredly intentional in the case of the Showtime series, which has just released its full trailer and a November release date. Intriguingly, Moonbase 8 is a six-episode half-hour astronaut comedy series that’s not even set in space, instead set in the final frontier of the Arizona desert, following the training exploits of bumbling NASA wannabees played by an auspicious comedy collective in John C. Reilly, Fred Armisen and Tim…
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15 Sep

Taika Waititi Pirate Comedy Our Flag Means Death Set for HBO Max

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Taika Waititi has a lot of irons in the entertainment industry fire at the moment, and the Kiwi comedy and action visionary has just added another one in Our Flag Means Death, a period-set pirate comedy series, which is headed to HBO Max. Fresh off a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar win for his starring/directing turn in JoJo Rabbit, Waititi has added the duties of executive-producer and director for the manic maritime madness of Our Flag Means Death to his surreally stacked backlog of shows and films. HBO Max describes the series as being loosely based on the real-life adventures of…
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02 Sep

Two Weeks to Live Review: Does Maisie Williams Revenge Comedy Hit the Target?

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As disappointed as many fans were with the final episodes of Game of Thrones, there’s a particular kind of fevered anticipation when it comes to seeing what the cast and crew of such a long-running series choose to do next. This is perhaps heightened even further for those cast members who grew up on the series in question and haven’t really had the chance to stretch their acting legs yet, like Sophie Turner, Isaac Hempstead Wright or – starring in Sky’s new black comedy Two Weeks to Live – Maisie Williams. Williams takes centre stage here as Kim Oakes, an…
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29 Aug

The X-Files Animated Comedy In the Works at Fox

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The X-Files has always been a cartoon at heart. Dana Scully’s hair has always been a little too red. Fox “Spooky” Mulder’s unimaginative suit and tie was a caricature of federal officer wear. It’s fitting that Fox is developing an animated comedy spinoff of The X-Files which will be executive produced by the series creator Chris Carter, according to Variety. The spinoff will be called The X-Files: Albuquerque. Fox hasn’t quite committed to the script or presentation yet. The spinoff will not revolve around the characters David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson brought to life. It will revolve around an office…
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27 Aug

I Hate Suzie Review (Spoiler-Free): Electrifying Billie Piper Comedy-Drama

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This spoiler-free review is based on episodes one to four of eight. This year has seen television drama so vibrant, inventive and entertaining that the first reaction is gratitude, but the second is frustration. You mean to say it could have been like this all along? This whole time, TV audiences have been stuck at the same party, in the same unending conversations about sad cops and bad men, because prejudice and failure of the imagination has kept a fabulous throng of bold, clever talent locked out on the other side of the door? Why is this only just happening now?…
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10 Aug

Girls5eva: Sara Bareilles to Star in Tina Fey Peacock Comedy

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Tina Fey’s last streaming comedy proved that “females are strong as hell.” Now the prolific TV creator is set to double down on that message with the lead casting for her new Peacock sitcom. Peacock revealed today that musician Sara Bareilles will serve as the lead on Girls5eva, an upcoming comedy from Fey and producing partner Robert Carlock. Girls5eva centers on a one-hit-wonder girls group from the ‘90s called “Girls5eva” When a young rapper samples one of their songs, it launches the group back into the national spotlight and gives them a chance at pop stardom once again. Peacock’s tagline…
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05 Aug

The Ren & Stimpy Show Gets Rebooted at Comedy Central

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Happy, happy, joy, joy? Eh sure, why not: happy, happy, joy, joy! Comedy Central today announced that it is rebooting iconic ‘90s animated series The Ren & Stimpy Show. Details are scarce on what exactly a rebooted Ren & Stimpy Show will entail, but Comedy Central describes it as a “reimagination” with a new creative team.  “We are excited to reinvent this iconic franchise with a new creative team and our partners at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio,” said Chris McCarthy, President of ViacomCBS Entertainment & Youth Group. “Ren & Stimpy joins our rapidly expanding roster of adult animation including South…
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31 Jul

Taskmaster: the Cult British Comedy Show Coming to Save America

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Gloom has several remedies. Jogging, alcohol and the excessive consumption of Kit-Kats each have their merits. There’s a fast-acting fix though that, unlike the other three, is highly unlikely to end in vomiting. Its name is Taskmaster and it is the UK’s happy place.  Since 2015, Taskmaster has aired nine series and one special in the UK, growing from a cult delight on digital channel Dave to a Bafta-nominated, millions-attracting hit about to make its debut this autumn on major broadcaster Channel 4.  But all that’s just numbers. In real life, Taskmaster has done much, much more. Ask anyone who loves it and they’ll tell you.…
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10 Jul

Intelligence Provides Peacock With Some Surveillance Comedy

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Someone is always watching what you do. Smartphones beam data back to satellites, mobile providers, and tech manufacturers at a startling pace. It’s hard to go a day without unknowingly popping up on at least one CCTV camera. And most frighteningly – someone is probably looking through your Google search history RIGHT NOW! Delete the cookies! Throw your phone in the ocean! At the center of the web of all this surveillance are governmental intelligence agencies like the NSA in the U.S. or GCHQ in the U.K. What goes on behind the scenes at these shadowy, powerful enterprises? Intelligence, a…
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07 Jul

John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch Gets Two More Specials at Comedy Central

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Prolific standup comedian John Mulaney last filmed a special for Comedy Central in 2012. Now he’s coming back…and he’s bringing some friends. Comedy Central announced today that it has reached a deal with Mulaney to produce two more John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch specials for the network, rather than the project’s native Netflix. Mulaney will return as the star and executive producer of both specials. One special will be holiday themed and will reunite the cast of the original.  “I was an intern at Comedy Central when I was barely older than the kids in the Sack Lunch…
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01 Jul

Beavis and Butt-Head Readies Return to TV on Comedy Central

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Beavis and Butt-Head may be the epitome of unapologetically un-PC 1990s-era coarseness, but the animated franchise, a former staple of MTV, is set to make a comeback (albeit its second comeback in a decade), this time on the cable television platform of Comedy Central. Mike Judge, the Emmy-winning creator of the animated franchise, has finalized an expansive deal with Comedy Central to “reimagine” Beavis and Butt-Head with a new series, which officially includes a two-season order, along with spinoffs and specials. Judge will return to write, produce and reprise his voice role for both title characters. Indicatively, the new series…
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23 Jun

Irresistible Review: Jon Stewart Political Comedy Lacks Punchline

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Irresistible takes place in Rural America, Heartland USA. Seriously, that’s the insert title placed over a small Wisconsin town where farmer Jack Hastings (Chris Cooper) becomes a viral sensation after criticizing his local government’s voter ID law. It’s also the kind of generic Americana imagery sold to us every two years by an endless barrage of political campaign ads, a fact writer-director Jon Stewart aims to deconstruct in this  parable about red states and blue states, and Cooper’s country mouse meeting a particularly desperate city one—elite Democrat strategist Gary Zimmer (Steve Carell). As Stewart’s second film after Rosewater, which was…
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11 Jun

Eurovision Song Contest: Trailer and Release Date for Will Ferrell Netflix Comedy

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Will Ferrell’s singing voice is like a combination of Fergie and Jesus, which makes him the perfect choice to get involved in an international singing competition, which his character does in the upcoming Netflix film, fully titled Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. Ferrell was heavily involved with Eurovision, having co-written the script with frequent collaborator Andrew Steele, and also served as co-star and producer. The feature was directed by David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers, The Judge). The premise is based on the long running international TV music competition, The Eurovision Song Contest. The contest, created in 1956, pits…
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05 Jun

Ari Aster Teases 4-Hour ‘Nightmare Comedy’ as Next Film

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Whatever Ari Aster’s next movie is going to be, you should expect it to be quite different from what you’ve seen before. That’s not necessarily a surprise since the rising auteur is responsible for two of the best horror movies of the last decade, Hereditary and Midsommar. While those movies have a certain mid-20th century influence—Rosemary Baby (1968) and The Wicker Man (1973) stans were undoubtedly geeking out during their first viewings—they recontextualized those elements in a shocking way that truly startled millennial audiences. We imagine that Aster’s next film will be of similar nightmare fuel, even if there are…
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17 Mar

Best Comedy Movies on Hulu Right Now

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Editor’s Note: This post is updated monthly. Bookmark this page and come back every month to stay up to date with the best comedy films on Hulu Updated for March 2020.  You can see a complete list of new Hulu releases here. In the words of two infamous horse boxing promoters: “folks, you gotta laugh.”  And there is perhaps no better way to secure a much-needed laugh than our list of the best comedy movies on Hulu. Hulu has plenty of options to give you the exact kind of laugh you need. Romantic comedies, sci-fi comedies, comedies comedies. The best comedies…
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22 Nov

John Bunny – Film’s First King of Comedy

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Recommended The Movie:When people think of silent comedians, Charlie Chaplin, or possiblyBuster Keaton, leap to mind. Before either of those star becamefamous however, John Bunny was drawing in audiences with theone-reelers he was making at Vitagraph. Now largely forgotten, evenamong silent film fans, this important actor from the early days ofcinema gets some attention in John Bunny: Film's First King ofComedy. This short (41 minutes) documentary looks at thecomedian who was billed as "the man who makes more than thepresident" and made over 150 films during his five-year career.John Bunny came from a sea-faring family. His father and grandfatherwere both…
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