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Now Streaming – Between Two Ferns: The Movie

Deirdre Crimmins — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 12:00:51 +0000

I love a Zach Galifianakis vehicle as much as the next person, but Between Two Ferns: The Movie falls one fern short of greatness. For those unfamiliar with the Funny or Die series, Between Two Ferns is one of the best things on the internet, just after kitten pictures and Russian dashcam footage. It has...

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What We Do in the Shadows Pilot Recap: “Down with the Old Ways, Up with the New World”

Josh Zyber — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:00:46 +0000

Based on the 2014 movie of the same name, the FX network’s What We Do in the Shadows transfers Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s cult comedy to a new continent and a new medium, but remains just as dark, quirky, and hilarious. The TV spinoff supposedly takes place in the same world as the movie,...

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‘Operation Avalanche’ Review: A Space Mockery

Philip Brown — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 15:00:50 +0000

If nothing else, Canadian filmmaker Matt Johnson is one clever SOB. The writer/director/star of the cult comedy web series ‘Nirvana the Band the Show’ and the rather brilliant school shooting flick ‘The Dirties’ already has a very clear and distinct voice early in his career, backed by deep affection for the medium. His latest film,...

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TIFF Journal: ‘Mascots’

Philip Brown — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 19:00:27 +0000

Even after his patented mockumentary style was co-opted by countless TV shows, there’s still only one Christopher Guest. His latest comedy, ‘Mascots’, serves up almost everything you could want from one of his hysterical and humanist productions (plus Fred Willard, who’s in the running for funniest human who ever lived). Guest is practically the Stanley...

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‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Review: If Christopher Guest Made a Vampire Movie…

Philip Brown — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:00:50 +0000

Those bloodsucking beasts known as vampires have been kicking around the movie universe since the silent era. They’ve taken many forms from feral beasts to shirtless dreamboats who can’t act. Somehow, filmmakers always find something new for our beloved creatures of the night to do. In ‘What We Do in the Shadows’, co-writers/directors/stars Jemaine Clement...

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TIFF Journal: ‘What We Do in the Shadows’

Philip Brown — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 17:00:30 +0000

‘Flight of the Conchords’ member Jemaine Clement (a.k.a. not the ‘Muppets’ one) reteams with his other partner, co-writer/director Taika Waititi (‘Eagle vs. Shark’), for a hysterical vampire comedy with more laughs than they have any right to get out of their premise. This vampire mockumentary would make both Christopher Guest and Bram Stoker proud, which...

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‘Life’s Too Short’ Pilot Recap: “A Sophisticated Dwarf About Town”

Josh Zyber — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:00:58 +0000

HBO premiered the new comedy series ‘Life’s Too Short’ on Sunday. The show was created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, and stars famous little person Warwick Davis. Is this the next ‘The Office’ or ‘Extras’, or does the premiere episode come up a little… umm… short? Davis plays a fictionalized version of himself, and...

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