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Joy Ride one-sheet poster courtesy Lionsgate, © 2023 Lionsgate.
All four leads are hysterically funny, even with Park as the straight man; Sherry Cola and Stephanie Hsu carry the machine-gun pacing of comic timing, and Hsu might have the funniest facial expressions in show business now, with Wu's deadpan providing an equally funny contrast. Joy Ride is a Masterclass in Hilarious Insider Satire The trailers somewhat[...]
Traveling to Mars: ABLAZE to Publish Mark Russell SciFi Series
Traveling to Mars is Mark Russell's latest satire about life under Late Capitalism and his most existential story yet The bleakly funny comedy takes place in the not-too-far-future where Earth's resources are depleted, and a nobody named Roy Livingston is sent to Mars to claim the rare minerals for a US corporate power before anyone[...]
Staged Returns to a Different World, a Different Mood
The show is a meta hall of mirrors and satire of show business that skewers those who work in it. Still from "Staged Series 2", BBC Studios Series 2 is even more meta – the actors deal with an American network that wants to remake this show – Staged – for the US This turns the series[...]
Spitting Image: Watch New Episodes for Free on YouTube!
As Alan Moore said previously, satire is a kind of magical spell that can destroy a man's image forever The show is an act of cultural assassination It fires its bullets indiscriminately in all directions in that fine old British tradition of satirical contempt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NUK2m1XEw0Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Spitting Image – Series[...]
“The Day Shall Come” is Chris Morris’ Return to Ruthless Satire [Review]
Chris Morris, the Stanley Kubrick of Ruthless Satire, is back with a new movie Hurrah! The Day Shall Come is another bitter satire about the hypocrisy of law enforcement agencies and the War on Terror. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR08yvgwPjEVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Day Shall Come – Official Trailer I HD I IFC Films (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR08yvgwPjE)   Moses[...]
“Destroy All Humans!” Remake Coming to Consoles in 2020, Will Also Run on Google’s Stadia
The game writers knew what they were doing with the jokes and the satire I wonder if the remake will feature a new script or if they're just doing the same story again with slicker graphics Considering the original games were nostalgic Cold War satires, bringing it back is quite timely What was old is[...]