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Michelle Danner is the lead and director of the independent comedy The Italians, an intimate comedy about a weekend with an Italian-American family in the suburbs, where minor chaos ensues that feels like an epic crisis occurs because everyone shouts at each other louder than they usually do. You'd think this is what happens whenever a grown son brings[...]

Evil, the 2010 horror-comedy directed by Eli Craig, remains a beloved cult film starring Tyler Labine as Dale and Alan Tudyk as Tucker—flipping the slasher genre by portraying two well-meaning hillbillies mistaken for killers by preppy college students Its sharp humor, gory charm, and heartfelt friendship earned an impressive 85% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes[...]

Michelle Danner's independent movie The Italians is an intimate comedy about minor chaos that feels like an epic crisis because everyone shouts at each other louder than they usually do Fiery matriarch Angelina Vitali (Danner) and her oafish husband Vincenzo (Rob Estes) welcome their charming son Nico (Matthew Daddario) and his new girlfriend Lily (Abigail Breslin) for[...]

Grand Theft Hamlet is a surreal, funny poignant and meta meditation on putting on a play, video games and culture record of the Lockdown

Channel 4 has announced It Gets Worse, a brand new comedy series written, created, and starring comedian, writer, and actor Leo Reich and produced by A24 It Gets Worse follows Ethan, Abi, and Sam – best friends from uni, soulmates for life, and dysfunctional roommates It's been a year since they finally managed to move[...]

That and his regular panelist gig on the comedy talk show Would I Lie to You? has made Mitchell a household name in the UK When he attended the Radio Times Covers Party recently, he was asked about Ludwig, "You always hope things will go that well, but no, I've never done a thing that has[...]

To celebrate National Puzzle Day (that's a thing? Really?), BritBox debuted the official trailer for its Original detective comedy Ludwig, which will premiere with two episodes on Thursday, March 20th, followed by one new episode weekly through April 17th finale. Ludwig, featuring David Mitchell and Anna Maxwell Martin at their funniest, which we already hyped up and reviewed favourably,[...]

The Scary Movie franchise has been a cornerstone of horror-comedy since its debut in 2000 Created by the Wayans brothers (Marlon, Shawn, and Keenen), the series parodied popular horror films, blending slapstick humor with clever satire The first two films, Scary Movie (2000) and Scary Movie 2 (2001), were particularly well-received for their hilarious take[...]

Joe Morton and Catherine Tate have joined the Denis Leary military sitcom Going Dutch, which is set to debut during FOX's midseason.

Fantasy comedy anime movie The Concierge is playing in theatres only on September 11th and tickets are now available from Fandango

Hilarity ensues. "The Becomers" still: Dark Sky Pictures The Becomers Don't Like What They Have to Become The Becomers is a fish-out-of-water comedy tinged with sadness, narrated by Russell Mael, lead singer of the renowned musical duo Sparks, voicing one of the aliens recalling their lives on their native planet The lovers aren't an invading force on a mission,[...]

That's okay since Series 3 of Doctor Who hasn't been officially commissioned by the BBC and Disney yet, and The Importance of Being Earnest is a great play – one of the funniest ever written, and its subversive, gleeful satire suits Gatwa to a T. Poster art: National Theatre From Doctor Who to Oscar Wilde for Ncuti Gatwa "A[...]

Dropout has announced a brand new culinary comedy series on the way this October, as the subscription service will be serving up hilarity in Gastronauts (…Yeah, we didn't like the pun either.) The show will be hosted by Jordan Myrick, who some of you might already know from the channel in various shows, but others[...]

Dropout is taking what appears to be the next logical step for their platform and has announced a new set of original comedy specials that will be coming out soon Since Comedy Central refuses to actually make anything original these days beyond South Park and The Daily Show, we're happy to see Dropout pick up[...]

Hong Kong action director Tsui Hark's 1984 comedy classic Shangha Blues has been restored to 4K as Shanghai Blues 2024 and will be screened in the prestigious Cannes Classics programme at the 77th Cannes Film Festival The film is one of the defining titles of Tsui Hark's career after The Butterfly Murders, Dangerous Encounters of the[...]

The first story in the series was about traveling back to the prehistoric era and helping the cavemen discover fire, after all – which kicks off the rest of human history. In Doctor Who, Comedy is the Ultimate Disguise and Sugar-Coating There might be a reason historical stories are outnumbered by stories set in the present –[...]

The Traitors, the hit reality TV show that did gangbusters, is getting a movie! Well, a comedy spoof sketch for charity anyway It caught the nation's imagination, spawned a US version on Peacock, and now a cast of award-winning actors and comedians have signed up to play some of the most iconic characters from series[...]

With the rise of horror and comedy and holidays coming together, and there being a lot of them, I think it just is this new avenue — well, not new, because Silent Night Deadly Night But I think with this genre, it's going to only grow Yeah, so I was very happy when I saw[...]

While Steven Moffat continues to tease (or is it troll?) fans on whether he's writing for the new series of Doctor Who, Variety announced that his next project is Douglas is Cancelled, a new comedy-drama starring Downton Abby's Hugh Bonneville and Karen Gillan Karen who? Oh, she was formerly of Doctor Who and Guardians of[...]

Grant broke the news at the BFI's Comedy Time Travel Special, which took place as part of the institute's programme "Destination Time Travel: Playing with Time in Film and TV." "Red Dwarf" photo credit: BBC Whether the prequel will be a novel, audio podcast, or a TV project is currently unconfirmed Back in March 2023,  Grant and[...]

Felicia Day's snarky fantasy comedy that makes fun of the Chosen One trope that also works as an allegory of a failed celebrity whose life was messed up by a narcissistic showbiz mother works because of its very funny and game cast (including Day herself in the lead) making its breathless script feel like the[...]

The end of the year is extremely busy with a ton of films dropping, but it also isn't a common time for an R-rated comedy like this to drop either, so maybe it won't have any competition if this is the cup of tea you're searching for come the week of Christmas. Anyone But You Poster[...]

In the new fantasy comedy podcast Third Eye, former teen Chosen One Laurel Pettigrew (Felicia Day) was supposed to defeat the all-powerful demon Tybus (Christopher Judge) and save the world She failed Now in her twenties and with her magical abilities gone, she works in a San Francisco occult bookstore called Third Eye and lives[...]

STARZ has released the trailer and key art for season two of its hit horror comedy, Shining Vale, which returns to haunt viewers' screens on the frightfully appropriate Friday, October 13th The hysterical, spine-chilling trailer and key art tease the repercussions following last season's nail-biting cliffhanger when Pat (Courteney Cox) landed herself in a psychiatric[...]

The eight-episode second season of the Max Original comedy series, from creator-showrunner David Jenkins, Emmy-nominated executive producer, and star Waititi, and Emmy-nominated executive producer Garrett Basch, debuts with three episodes on Thursday, October 5 on Max The season continues with two new episodes weekly leading up to the season finale on Thursday, October 26. Credit: Max New[...]

Apple TV+ today debuted the trailer for Still Up, the upcoming comedy series starring Antonia Thomas and Craig Roberts, and co-created and written by Steve Burge and Natalie Walter The new eight-episode comedy will make its global debut on Apple TV+ with the first three episodes on Friday, September 22, followed by new episodes every[...]

HBO has renewed the critically acclaimed original comedy series The Righteous Gemstones for a fourth season Created by Danny McBride, the series concludes its nine-episode third season on July 30 The first three seasons are available to stream on Max. In season three, The Righteous Gemstones tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition[...]

The director of the upcoming Disney film Haunted Mansion is sharing more details about the Mariner Ghost, his personal favorite spirit.

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, the highly anticipated zombie horror comedy anime series, will begin its simulcast on July 9 at 2:00 AM Pacific Time with new subtitled episodes every week The darkly comic anime series is based on the hit manga series of the same name written by Haro Aso (Alice in[...]

Audible, Inc., the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, today announced a new scripted science-fiction comedy Third Eye, written and created by actor, producer, writer, and streamer Felicia Day (The Guild, Geek & Sundry) and featuring author Neil Gaiman (The Sandman) as The Narrator Set to premiere on October 5, the Audible Original,[...]