Neal Pollack

Monday, July 6, 2020

Carl Reiner, RIP

June 30, 2020July 1, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Albert Brooks, Carl Reiner, Jeopardy!, Mel Brooks, Sid Caesar, Steve Martin, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Jerk

Comedy legend passes away at 98

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Bye Bye Blackvoice

June 29, 2020July 2, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Apu, Big Mouth, Bill Cosby, Christian Lorentzen, Family Guy, Fat Albert, Hank Azaria, Hari Kondabolu, Harry Shearer, Jenny Slate, Kristen Bell, Mike Henry, Nick Kroll, Seth MacFarlane, The Simpsons

Casting changes afoot after white actors give up their roles

‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga’

June 26, 2020July 5, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Adam McKay, Dan Stevens, Demi Lovato, Eurovision, Fire Saga, Pierce Brosnan, Rachel McAdams, Will Ferrell

It’s not the actual Eurovision, but the song parodies in this mostly affectionate Will Ferrell satire are close enough

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The End of Hipster Blackface

June 25, 2020July 1, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments 30 Rock, Adam Carolla, Billy Crystal, Bob Odenkirk, Caitlin Olson, Charlie Day, David Cross, Glenn Howerton, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Jane Krakowski, Jenny Slate, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Justin Trudeau, Karl Malone, Keegan Michael Key, Mr. Show, Robert Downey Jr., Ted Danson, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Tropic Thunder, Whoopi Goldberg, Zach Braff

All our favorite comedy stars were doing it, and we laughed along

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For the Love of Holey Moley

June 18, 2020June 19, 2020 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Holey Moley, Joe Tessitore, Rob Riggle, Steph Curry

Distract yourself with a little extreme mini-golf

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The Haunting of Shirley Jackson

June 9, 2020June 11, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Elisabeth Moss, Josephine Decker, Logan Lerman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Odessa Young, Shirley, Shirley Jackson

‘Shirley’ gets at the unusual mind of an American literary master

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Movies About Journalists in the Line of Fire

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 Neal Pollack 4 Comments A Mighty Heart, A Private War, Alfred Hitchcock, Angelina Jolie, Christian Bale, Daniel Pearl, Foreign Correspondent, Helena Bonham Carter, James Woods, Jamie Dornan, Jim Belushi, Joel McCrea, Linda Hunt, Live From Baghdad, Mel Gibson, Michael Keaton, Michael Winterbottom, Newsies, Nick Nolte, Oliver Stone, Peter Weir, Rosamund Pike, Salvador, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Dillane, The Year of Living Dangerously, Under Fire, Welcome to Sarajevo, Woody Harrelson

During an unprecedented assault on the press in the United States, these situations look awfully familiar

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Six Great Films About Police Brutality

June 1, 2020June 5, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Angie Thomas, Antoine Fuqua, Denzel Washington, Do The Right Thing, Fruitvale Station, Hate, La Haine, Malcolm X, Mathieu Kassovitz, Michael B. Jordan, Radio Raheem, Ryan Coogler, Spike Lee, The Hate U Give, Training Day

The movies have been warning us for decades

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‘The Vast of Night’

May 31, 2020June 3, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Andrew Patterson, Blue Velvet, David Lynch, Sierra McCormick, UFOs, Vast of Night

A UFO movie that feels like David Lynch made it

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‘What We Do In The Shadows’ Season 2: A Jackie Daytona Dissent

May 28, 2020June 2, 2020 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Colin Robinson, Harvey Guillén, Jackie Daytona, Mark Hamill, Matt Berry, What We Do In The Shadows

The show is great except for that episode, and yes, we are right

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‘The Trip to Greece’ is the Last Trip Anyone Will Ever Take

May 25, 2020May 27, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Dustin Hoffman, Marlon Brando, Michael Caine, Michael Winterbottom, Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan, The Odyssey, The Trip To Greece

A few more impressions for old-time’s sake

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‘The Painter and the Thief’

May 23, 2020May 23, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Barbora Kysilkova, Benjamin Ree, Karl-Bertil Nordland, The Painter and The Thief

A lovely documentary about art, crime, redemption, and friendship

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‘The Wrong Missy’ but the Right Lapkus

May 18, 2020June 4, 2020 Neal Pollack 4 Comments Adam Sandler, David Spade, Lauren Lapkus, Nick Swardson, Rob Schneider

A slapstick star is born in a bad Happy Madison Netflix comedy

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We Went to the Drive-In

May 15, 2020May 20, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Blue Starlite, David Bowie, Dazed and Confused, Drive-in, Labyrinth, Spaceballs, The Empire Strikes Back

It was something to do

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COVID-19 Culture is the Worst in Human History

May 13, 2020May 17, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Andrew Cuomo, Bill Maher, Chris Cuomo, Don Cheadle, Donald Trump, Gal Gadot, Gloria Gaynor, Heidi Klum, Imagine, James Corden, Jimmy Fallon, Katy Perry, Parks and Recreation, Quibi, Retta, Rolling Stones, Scoobs, Tiger King, Tim Gunn, Trevor Noah, Trolls World Tour, WHO

Here are some lowlights

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