Tag: Search Party
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Vacation Friends 2 Trailer: John Cena And Lil Rel Howery Reunite For Even More Comedy Chaos
2021 was unquestionably the Summer of Cena, as John Cena appeared in “Fast 9,” “The Suicide Squad,” and the truly delightful “Vacation Friends.” The latter was, in this writer’s opinion, the first comedy film since “Blockers” that truly knew how to play to Cena’s comedic strengths as a leading man, and pairing him alongside Lil…
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John Early Skewers How His Generation Behaves Online in ‘Now More Than Ever’: TV Review
From the pre-credits screen that implores audiences, “This film should be played loud bitch,” “John Early: Now More Than Ever” announces itself as a very gay show. The comedian’s most comfortable and funniest speciality is using gay vernacular mockingly. At just over an hour in length, his first HBO special is a fleeting and sharp…
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SXSW Changes Name to SXSW Film & TV Festival to Reflect Entirety of Offering
The South by Southwest (SXSW) festival has nailed down an official rebranding ahead of the 2023 festival. SXSW will now officially be called the SXSW Film & TV Festival going forward. Per an official press statement, the name change is issued to “reflect the event’s long standing and deep programming of episodics in the screening…
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Search Party Season 5 Trailer: Dory’s Got A Messiah Complex
Few shows have rebooted their core premise as many times as “Search Party,” and in the trailer for the series’ final season, the show is reinventing itself again. The Alia Shawkat-led comedy will return on HBO Max on January 7, and it looks like it’s ready to go out in a blaze of glory.”Search Party”…
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Comedian Benito Skinner Joins Billy Eichner’s ‘Bros’ (Exclusive)
Benito Skinner, the sketch comic and social media star, has joined the cast of Billy Eichner’s forthcoming romantic comedy “Bros.”Set up at Universal Pictures, the Judd Apatow-produced project has been unveiling its ensemble cast over recent weeks, comprised exclusively of LGBTQ+ talent in principal roles.Skinner, who was named one of Variety‘s 2021 Comics to Watch,…
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Cole Escola on Channeling Kathy Bates in ‘Misery’ and Susan Sarandon for Their ‘Search Party’ Debut
Cole Escola’s favorite movie character as a kid was Mrs. Potts. At five years old, their attachment to the jaunty housekeeper for the Beast’s lair in the 1991 animated classic “Beauty and the Beast” might explain their affinity for playing older women, whether as unhinged homemaker Chassie Tucker in “At Home with Amy Sedaris” or…
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TV Bits: ‘The 4400’ Reboot, ‘Search Party’ Season 5, ‘The Best Man’ Limited Series, ‘In Treatment’ Season 4, and More
In this edition of TV Bits: The 4400 reboot ordered to series by The CW. Search Party season 5 ordered by HBO Max. The Best Man franchise is becoming a limited Peacock series with the original cast. In Treatment season 4 arrives in May. Claire Danes will star in Apple TV+ series The Essex Serpent.…
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‘WandaVision’ First Reactions: Weird, Funny Homage To Classic Sitcoms That Feels Unlike Anything In The McU
With a new big superhero project about to be released, it is time for another round of initial social media reactions that may or may not be over-hyping what could end up being a just okay superhero story. But because it’s been over a year since we last got a Marvel movie, and because this…
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‘Search Party’ Season 4 Teaser Trailer: HBO Max’s Alia Shawkat-Led Dark Comedy Series Returns January 14
‘It stopped being a party a long time ago,” is the new tagline for season four of HBO Max‘s “Search Party” and ain’t that the truth. Originally on TBS, “Search Party” was seemingly a fun, amusing, hip, funny show about millennials and millennial angst. A young, 20-something (Alia Shawkat), needs a purpose in her life…
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‘Miracle Workers’ Trailer: Steve Buscemi is God and Daniel Radcliffe is an Angel in New TBS Series
Though they might not be huge hits in the ratings department, TBS has curated some fantastic comedies with incredible talent in recent years. Along with their consistently great late night presence featuring Conan O’Brien and Samantha Bee, they’ve also had outstanding shows like Detour, Wrecked, Search Party, Angie Tribeca, and The Final Space. But their…