Robert Dean, Author at Book and Film Globe

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‘Lorne’: The Man Who Made Everyone Famous but Himself

October 22, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments 30 Rock, Adam Sandler, Alec Baldwin, American comedy, Book and Film Globe, Broadway Video, celebrity documentaries, Colin Jost, comedy documentary, comedy legends, Conan OBrien, documentary review, Eddie Murphy, entertainment industry, Fred Armisen, Jimmy Fallon, John Belushi, Late Night, late-night television, Lorne, Lorne Michaels, Lorne Michaels succession, Michael Che, Morgan Neville, NBC, Netflix, Paul Simon, Saturday Night Live, show business, sketch comedy, SNL, SNL 50th anniversary, SNL documentary, Steve Martin, streaming documentaries, television history, The Blues Brothers, The New Show, The Tonight Show, Tina Fey, Wayne's World, Will Ferrell

Morgan Neville’s new documentary explores the mastermind behind Saturday Night Live, who built a comedy empire while keeping his own life stubbornly offstage.

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‘Buy the Dip’ Mixes Politics and Parenting in a Dark Comic Special

October 15, 2026October 15, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments Bill Hicks, Buy the Dip, comedy review, comedy specials, current events, dark comedy, fatherhood, FBI, Indian American comedians, Jeremy Allen White, Kash Patel, Kill Tony, Netflix, Netflix comedy, Nimesh Patel, observational comedy, parenting, political comedy, satire, Stand Up Comedy, stand-up special, Streaming, Tony Hinchcliffe

SNL Writer Nimesh Patel Buys Low and Aims High in His First Solo Netflix

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With ‘Ultimate Traveler’ Another YouTube Creator Moves Into Streaming

October 13, 2026October 19, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments creator economy, Deloitte, documentary series, Drew Binsky, Gen Z, Hadza, Hot Ones, Iran, Jay Shetty, Mark Rober, Millennials, Netflix, Nielsen, Philippines, Rhett & Link, social media creators, Stokes Twins, Streaming, Streaming Television, travel documentaries, travel influencers, travel journalism, travel series, Ukraine, Ultimate Traveler, Vietnam, Whang-Od, YouTube

Drew Binsky brings an internet director’s curiosity to global storytelling

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Men or Snakes? Who Are the ‘Monsters of God’?

September 25, 2026September 30, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments Anson Wong, Chimp Crazy, CITES, conservation, Eric Goode, exotic animals, Florida, Hank Molt, HBO, HBO documentary, illegal wildlife trade, lizards, Monsters of God, nature documentary, reptile trade, reptiles, snakes, Tiger King, Tommy Crutchfield, true crime documentary, United Nations, wildlife trafficking

New HBO series from Eric Goode documents the world of exotic-reptile collecting

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Check Out Boeing in ‘Freefall’

September 23, 2026September 28, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments 737 MAX, 737 MAX 9, Airbus, aircraft manufacturing, Alaska Airlines, aviation, aviation safety, Boeing, capitalism, commercial aviation, corporate accountability, corporate culture, documentary, documentary films, engineering, film review, Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing, John Barnett, movie review, Netflix, Netflix documentary, plane crashes, quality control, Rory Kennedy, safety, whistleblowers

New documentary show crashes don’t come from just one lil’ engineering failure

There’s Nothing ‘Normal’ About Bob Odenkirk

September 21, 2026September 14, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments action comedy, action film, Ben Wheatley, Better Call Saul, Bob Odenkirk, Bob Odenkirk movies, Brendan Fletcher, crime thriller, Derek Kolstad, Henry Winkler, independent film, Jess McLeod, John Wick, John Wick creator, Lena Headey, movie review, Nobody, Normal, Peter Shinkoda, yakuza

‘Nobody’ and ‘John Wick’ creator Derek Kolstad throws up a Minnesotan action comedy

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In His Latest Netflix Special ‘Uncle Stav’ Has a New Title of Respect

September 18, 2026September 18, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments Anthony Bourdain, Baltimore, Bill Burr, Bugonia, comedy special, Donald Trump, Emma Stone, George Carlin, healthcare, Jesse Plemons, Joe Rogan, Luigi Mangione, Matt Johnson, Netflix, Netflix comedy, political comedy, Shane Gillis, Stand Up Comedy, Stavros Halkias, Stavvy's World, The Lyric Baltimore, Tires, Tony, Uncle Stav

What advice do you think you’ll get from a self-avowed, ‘dirtbag role model’?

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There’s No Need To Hide Your ‘Lion’ Eyes

September 7, 2026September 11, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments African savanna, animal behavior, animal documentary, BBC Studios, comfort TV, coming of age, Disney, Disney documentaries, documentary series, Hans Zimmer, Jon Favreau, Kio, Lion, lions, Mike Gunton, movie review, National Geographic, nature, nature documentary, O.J. Lynch, Streaming, The Lion King, TV review, wildlife, wildlife photography

Jon Favreau brings National Geographic to Disney

Don’t Wait for ‘Busboys’

September 3, 2026August 30, 2026 Robert Dean 2 Comments 2026 films, Bobby Lee, bro comedy, buddy comedy, Bus Boys, Charlotte McKinney, Chris Elliott, comedy films, Cowboy song, David Spade, film review, Hollywood comedies, Hulu, independent film, indie comedy, Jay Pharoah, Jonah Feingold, Kid Rock, movie review, offensive comedy, podcasts, Stand Up Comedy, Step Brothers, Superbad, Theo Von, Tim Dillon, Trevor Wallace

David Spade and Theo Von team up for a dumb buddy comedy

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Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer Are Ready to ‘Ride or Die’

August 24, 2026August 25, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments action comedy, Amazon Prime Video, assassin, buddy comedy, Europe, Friendship, Game Of Thrones, Hannah Waddingham, Jason Statham, Octavia Spencer, Ride or Die, spy comedy, Streaming, Ted Lasso, Television Review, Tessa Coates, The Help, TV review

Women of a certain age showing they can kick ass

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‘The Man Will Burn’ Wonders Whether Burning Man Has Lost Its Roots

August 20, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments art festival, Baker Beach, Black Rock City, Burning Man, Burning Man Project, counterculture, documentary, festival culture, HBO, HBO Max, Jehane Noujaim, Kimbal Musk, Marian Goodell, Nevada, San Francisco, Television Review, The Man Will Burn, Tribeca Festival, Vikram Gandhi

The iconic desert festival grows up, can it survive a decade of mainstream wealth?

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How We Learned To Stop Worrying and Burned Down ‘The Welcome Table’

August 6, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments activism, climate change, climate crisis, climate migration, climate refugees, Copernicus, documentary, environment, Europe, France, Gasland, global warming, Greece, HBO, HBO Max, Indigenous communities, Josh Fox, Max, movie review, New Orleans, Nonfiction, Spain, sustainability, The Welcome Table, wildfires

Following climate refugees is one way of showing how climate change is having disastrous effects

Sentenced to ’72 Hours’ With Kevin Hart

August 2, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments 72 Hours, bachelor party, Comedy, Dumb and Dumber, Gen Z, Jackass, Kevin Hart, Marcello Hernández, Mason Gooding, Miami, Millennials, movie review, Netflix, Netflix original, Old School, Porky's, Rotten Tomatoes, Saturday Night Live, Step Brothers, streaming movies, Teyana Taylor, The Hangover, Tim Story, Tina Fey, workplace comedy

‘The Hangover’ without the manic escalation meets ‘Old School’ without the affection

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Calling all Byrd Watchers

July 7, 2026July 9, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments AIDS crisis, Annie Sprinkle, Bang My Box The Robin Byrd Story, Channel J, creator economy, documentary, free speech, gay rights, HBO, Jyllian Gunther, LGBTQ history, LGBTQ+, Max, New York City, public access television, public access TV, Reagan era, Robin Byrd, Sarah Jessica Parker, sex positivity, Shelly Byrd, social media, Stephanie Schwam, Television, transgender visibility, TV documentary

A Sarah Jessica Parker production portrays the sex-positive influencer who preceded social media

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America at 250 Is a Clash of ‘Taxi Driver’ vs ‘All the President’s Men’

July 3, 2026July 9, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments 1970s cinema, 1976 films, Alan J. Pakula, algorithms, alienation, All the President's Men, America at 250, American cinema, American politics, antihero, Ben Bradlee, Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, cultural criticism, democracy, Dustin Hoffman, Fight Club, film criticism, Hollywood, institutions, Journalism, local journalism, loneliness, loneliness epidemic, manosphere, Martin Scorsese, media consolidation, media trust, movies, news media, newspapers, Paul Schrader, political films, Richard Nixon, Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, social media, Taxi Driver, Travis Bickle, Washington Post, Watergate

Travis Bickle is wiping the floor with Woodward and Bernstein

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