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There’s something about the Muppets that can’t be quantified. For people of a certain age, they were an essential part of their childhood. Sure, Sesame Street helped raise several generations of kids (and still does today, albeit on a different platform now that PBS’s funding has been slashed). But the Muppets are a different piece […]
Aziz Ansari has proven himself to be a successful comedic actor, appearing in shows like Parks and Recreation and Master of None. He makes his feature film directorial debut with a body swap comedy about the gig economy. Arj (Ansari) is a man struggling to survive. He works part-time in a hardware store, does random […]
The Studio, the new AppleTV+ comedy from Seth Rogen (who also stars as the new head of the fictional Continental Studios, Matt Remick), Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, and Frida Perez (who all also share writing credits on various episodes throughout), is absolutely stacked in terms of cast and creative minds. Hell, the main […]
The ‘live-action’ version of The Lion King was a huge hit for Disney, being the second highest-grossing film of 2019. This success led the studio to greenlight a prequel and hired acclaimed filmmaker Barry Jenkins to direct. Mufasa (Donald Glover) and Nala (Beyoncé Knowles-Carter) are about to have their second cub, and they had to […]
The current political climate can be best described as hostile to Wall Street and the super-rich. Films like The Menu and Triangle of Sadness had eat-the-rich sentiments and they have plenty of films condemning the actions of Wall Street. Dumb Money shows a working-class revolt against the stock market. Keith Gill (Paul Dano) is a financial advisor, a self-taught investor, […]
The curious thing about friendships is that only the best, strongest, and most resilient of them last. As a person slides through the years, their friendships tend to fall away as one ages and grows, and only a select few manage to stay moored to a person as they traverse the seas of life. And […]
Super Mario is one of the most recognisable characters in pop culture, let alone in video games. He teams up with the animation titan Illumination so the character can have a second cinematic adventure. Mario (Chris Pratt) and Luigi (Charlie Day) are brothers who start a plumbing business. They try to build their reputation by […]
Steven Spielberg makes his most personal with a semi-autographical film The Fabelmans. Samuel “Sammy” Fabelman (Gabriel LaBelle/Mateo Zoryan Francis-DeFord) is the oldest son and only boy in his family unit. His father, Burt (Paul Dano) is an in-demand computer engineer and his mother, Mitzi (Michelle Williams) is a skilled pianist. Sammy becomes interested in filmmaking and […]
If you can’t wait until June 2nd for the third season of Amazon’s hit dark superhero series The Boys (and yes, I’m certainly one of those people), Amazon has provided a nice appetizer to tide you over: The Boys Presents: Diabolical. This animated series offers bite-sized stories (with episodes clocking in around 10-15 minutes in […]
My main thought after finishing Pam & Tommy was “Why?” Why make a miniseries that had clear good intentions – centering the theft and release of the duo’s sex tape as an extreme violation of privacy and something that turned Pamela Anderson into a late night punchline while her husband Tommy Lee was treated as […]