Dark Comedies Revisited: “Ruthless People”
When the movie Airplane was released (directed by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker), it brought on a sea of hopeless imitations that completely missed the core of the initial film. It was as if all wannabe parodists only saw a one-dimensional side of the film, completely missing that it was the serious conviction […]
Help fund this new “Ren & Stimpy” documentary and score some original artwork from the show
Children of the 90s, get excited, because there’s a new documentary in the works exploring one of the most twisted comedies of our time: The Ren & Stimpy Show, Nickelodeon’s experimentally-animated, boundary-pushing cartoon. Chronicling the oftentimes violent and emotionally manipulative – but, ultimately, loving – friendship between domineering chihuahua Ren and slightly slow kitty Stimpy, […]
Here’s the trailer for Kevin Hart and Jack Black’s upcoming “Jumanji” reboot
Here’s your first look at the upcoming reboot of classic kids’ film Jumanji, starring comics Kevin Hart and Jack Black alongside Dwayne “Formerly The Rock” Johnson and Karen Gillan. The original Jumanji, released in 1995 and starring late, beloved comic Robin Williams, was about a boy who gets stuck inside a mysterious board game; this millennial […]
Louis C.K. just released a new documentary about an LGBT street gang “Check It,” via his website
This afternoon, comedian and producer Louis C.K. sent out an email, announcing a brand new release available on his website: documentary film Check It, a Steve Buscemi-produced look at LGBT street gangs that premiered last year at the Tribeca Film Festival. C.K. hosts his own specials, a few from pals Barry Crimmins and Todd Barry, and […]
Watch the trailer for, “American: The Bill Hicks Story”
The new documentary about stand-up comedy icon Bill Hicks, American: The Bill Hicks Story, recently premiered at SXSW in Austin, TX. While the film does not seem to have a release date in the US yet it will be entering cinemas in the UK on May 14th.