Harrison Abbott reviews Hulu’s Marvel animated series M.O.D.O.K…. Without context, you’d be forgiven for dismissing M.O.D.O.K as nothing more than a Robot Chicken clone overlaid with Marvel theming. After all, it shares many core features with the long-running sketch series, including a penchant for lampooning movies, scatological humour, a few members of the voice cast, […]
Movie Review – Happily (2021)
Happily, 2021. Written and Directed by BenDavid Grabinski. Starring Natalie Zea, Joel McHale, Shannon Woodward, Stephen Root, Kerry Bishé, Charlyne Yi, Natalie Morales, Breckin Meyer, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Paul Scheer, Jon Daly, and Al Madrigal. SYNOPSIS: A dark romantic comedy. Tom and Janet have been happily married for years. But a visit from a mysterious stranger […]
Joel McHale and Kerry Bishe star in trailer for dark rom-com Happily
Saban Films has released a poster and trailer for writer-director BenDavid Grabinski’s dark romantic comedy Happily which stars Joel McHale and Kerry Bishe as a married couple who begin to question the loyalty of their friends during a couples trip; take a look here… In ‘Happily’, a happily married couple (Joel McHale and Kerry Bishé) […]
Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K. series announces full cast, character descriptions revealed
Last year, Hulu and the now-defunct Marvel Television announced a slate of animated shows, including that of M.O.D.O.K., featuring Patton Oswalt as the titular ‘Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing’ and exploring the dysfunctional home life of the fan-favourite supervillain. Despite Marvel Television being folded into Marvel Studios, the animated shows are still moving ahead, […]
Movie Review – A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018)
A Futile and Stupid Gesture, 2018. Directed by David Wain. Starring Will Forte, Domhnall Gleeson, Martin Mull, Joel McHale, Thomas Lennon, Josh Gemberling, Matt Walsh, Rick Glassman, Jon Daly, and Seth Green. SYNOPSIS: In the 1970s and ’80s, National Lampoon’s success and influence creates a new media empire overseen in part by the brilliant and […]
National Lampoon biopic A Futile and Stupid Gesture gets a first poster and trailer
Ahead of its arrival on Netflix next month, the streaming service has released a poster and trailer for the upcoming biopic A Futile and Stupid Gesture. Directed by David Wain, the film tells the story of National Lampoon, Caddyshack, and Animal House co-creator Doug Kenney and stars Will Forte as the comedy writer alongside Domhnall Gleeson, Martin […]
Seth Green and more join Netflix’s National Lampoon biopic
Casting continues on the National Lampoon biopic A Futile and Stupid Gesture, with more actors joining the ranks of the new Netflix film. Seth Green is the latest name to join the cast, with the Family Guy actor set to play Christopher Guest, co-creator of The Is Spinal Tap. Rick Glassman (Undateable) has signed on to play the […]
Five more join J.K Simmons and Emile Hirsch in The Runaround
Five more actors have been added to the line-up for new comedy The Runaround, with Analeigh Tipton (Two Night Stand), Taran Killam (Saturday Night Live), Jon Daly (Masterminds), Shannon Woodward (The Veil) and Hunter Parrsh (Weeds) all signing on to the caper, which is directed by Gavin Wiesen (The Art of Getting By). The new […]
