6 posts tagged ‘seth macfarlane’
Monsieur Spade shows its hand, The Curse delivers an unforgettable finale, and more from the week in TV
AV Club,
It kind of goes without saying, but here we go anyway: Humphrey Bogart’s portrayal of Dashiell Hammett’s genre-defining private detective character Sam Spade in the 1941 noir classic The Maltese Falcon is one of the all-time great movie performances. Bogie’s brooding gumshoe is vulnerable and cynical at the same time,… Read more...
Ted review: A profane, obvious lampoon of old sitcom tropes
For the generation that came up in the ’90s, before the internet could worm its cruel, pitiless tentacles around our minds and hearts, it was TV that shaped us. Game shows allowed people to dream of nicer stuff for the house. Talk shows gave everyone something to bicker about around the table. But it was sitcoms that… Read more...
The week in TV: The Crown weighs heavy, and The Curse comes to life
[Editor’s note: This review contains spoilers of the first episode of Scott Pilgrim Takes Off.] Read more...
Hollywood Just Released 2 Teddy Bear Trailers on the Same Day
Gizmodo,
The teddy bears are coming! The teddy bears are coming! Dear God watch out, the teddy bears are coming! Read more...
Peacock's Ted takes shots at both Peacock and itself in first teaser
To quote The A.V. Club’s Sam Barsanti, “Who was the first person to walk into a movie studio executive’s office and say ‘it’s like a movie for kids, but it has a hard-R rating,’ and does that person now have more money than God?” Whether or not that evil genius was actually Seth MacFarlane or not, he’s certainly the… Read more...
Glutton for punishment Jimmy Kimmel will referee this year’s Oscars
Two years after Chris Rock refused to keep Will Smith’s wife’s name out of his damn mouth, Jimmy Kimmel has signed on to the Oscars for another term as host, risking criticism from a violent, vengeful audience that won’t stand for G.I. Jane jokes in this century, per The Hollywood Reporter. Kimmel returns following… Read more...