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Review: Mike Birbiglia dots the i in improv teamwork within “Don’t Think Twice”
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Review: Mike Birbiglia dots the i in improv teamwork within “Don’t Think Twice”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 8, 2016August 8, 2016

We’re told as young boys and girls to dream big. Be the best you that you can be! Whether you want to become president of …

R.I.P. Garry Marshall (1934-2016)
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R.I.P. Garry Marshall (1934-2016)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 20, 2016

Garry Marshall, the writer/director responsible for creating a slew of classic TV sitcoms in the 1970s-1980s, then followed that up by helming several hit comedy …

Someone cobbled together a half-hour of footage from film Jerry Lewis never wanted you to see, “The Day the Clown Cried”
Movies / Video

Someone cobbled together a half-hour of footage from film Jerry Lewis never wanted you to see, “The Day the Clown Cried”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 17, 20161

People really want to see that Holocaust clown movie that Jerry Lewis deemed so unsalvageable, he not only decided never to release it, but disputes …

Review: “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping” from The Lonely Island
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Review: “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping” from The Lonely Island

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 3, 2016June 3, 20161

You’re forgiven for believing that Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping is the first movie from The Lonely Island. Nobody really saw Hot Rod in the theater …

Woody Allen is OK with you joking about his alleged sexual assault of his daughter, but won’t read or talk about it anymore
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Woody Allen is OK with you joking about his alleged sexual assault of his daughter, but won’t read or talk about it anymore

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 12, 2016May 12, 2016

To mark yesterday’s world premiere of Woody Allen’s latest movie, Cafe Society, at the Cannes Film Festival, French comedic actor Laurent Lafitte jokingly compared Allen …

Mike Birbiglia to promote his film, “Don’t Think Twice,” with Improv Across America bus tour, workshops
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Mike Birbiglia to promote his film, “Don’t Think Twice,” with Improv Across America bus tour, workshops

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 4, 2016May 25, 20161

Mike Birbiglia’s winning movie about an improv comedy group, Don’t Think Twice, will get a nationwide theatrical run this summer, starting July 22, 2016, in …

Dan Aykroyd and Judy Belushi to take another crack at The Blues Brothers animated TV series
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Dan Aykroyd and Judy Belushi to take another crack at The Blues Brothers animated TV series

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 4, 2016

Back in 1997, the former broadcast network UPN ordered an animated primetime TV version of The Blues Brothers, voiced by Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi’s …

Before They Were Stars: Carrot Top and Todd Barry were extras in “Police Academy 5”
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Before They Were Stars: Carrot Top and Todd Barry were extras in “Police Academy 5”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 2, 2016

Now it can be known, and now, once more, it can be shown. In this clip from the 1998 movie, Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami …

Netflix goes back to the future, orders Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
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Netflix goes back to the future, orders Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 27, 2016

Getting the gang back together proved so much fun last year, why not do it all again? That’s the spirit! Netflix announced today that Wet …

Seeso makes big splash at 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, acquiring “The Pistol Shrimps” documentary
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Seeso makes big splash at 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, acquiring “The Pistol Shrimps” documentary

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 14, 2016

Just one day into the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, new streaming upstart Seeso has made waves by acquiring worldwide distribution rights to the documentary, The …

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