Steve Carell Archives - Book and Film Globe

‘Funny Business,’ Sad comedy scene

October 26, 2026 Jake Harris 0 Comments 2000s comedy movies, 2010s comedy movies, Adam McKay, Anchorman, Animal House, Ben Stiller, Bobby Farrelly, Book Review, comedy box office, comedy history, Farrelly brothers, film criticism, Frat Pack, Funny Business, Funny Business book, G.P. Putnam's Sons, Hollywood comedy, hollywood history, improvisational comedy, Judd Apatow, Knocked Up, Matt Singer, National Lampoon, Netflix, nonfiction book review, Opposable Thumbs, Owen Wilson, Paul Feig, Peter Farrelly, R-rated comedies, raunchy comedy, Saturday Night Live, Scary Movie, ScreenCrush, Seth Rogen, Siskel and Ebert, Steve Carell, streaming entertainment, studio comedies, Talladega Nights, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, The Ben Stiller Show, The Hangover, The Invite, The Studio, theatrical comedy, There's Something About Mary, This Is the End, Todd Phillips, Vince Vaughn, Wedding Crashers, Will Ferrell

Matt Singer’s new book will make you reconsider 2000s R-rated comedies

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I Wish ‘Rooster’ Would Never End

May 17, 2026May 20, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments 2026 television, academic satire, Bill Lawrence, Charly Clive, college comedy, comedy series, creative writing, Danielle Deadwyler, dramedy, Family Drama, HBO comedy, HBO Max, John C. McGinley, Matt Tarses, modern relationships, Phil Dunster, Rooster, Scrubs, Steve Carell, Television, TV creators, TV review, workplace comedy, writer protagonists, writer’s life

Steve Carell and Bill Lawrence are my dream team

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Everything That’s Streaming in March 2026

March 1, 2026March 3, 2026 Jake Harris 0 Comments 1000 Women in Horror, A Perfect Murder, Age of Attraction, alex cooper, Alex Ross Perry, Apple TV, Araminta Hall, Bait, BenDavid Grabinski, Bill Lawrence, Body Double, Bodycam, Charlie Cox, Charlie Kaufman, Chris Perfetti, Cillian Murphy, Clerks, Criterion Channel, Daredevil: Born Again Season 2, David Harbour, Deadloch Season 2, Detective Hole, Disney, DTF St. Louis, Eiza Gonzalez, Elisabeth Moss, Emily Hampshire, Eva H.D., Fairuza Balk, For All Mankind Season 5, Friends Like These: The Murder of Skylar Neese, Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare, Guy Ritchie, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special, HBO Max, Hulu, Imperfect Women, Invincible Season 4, It’s Dorothy!, James Marsden, Jason Bateman, Jessica Jones, Joel Kinnaman, John C. McGinley, John Slattery, Joy Sunday, Judy Garland, Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat, Kate Mara, Kate Siegel, Kayce Dutton, Keith David, Kerry Washington, Krysten Ritter, Kurt Russell, Leo Woodall, Linda Cardellini, Lisa Kudrow, Lost Highway, Luke Grimes, March 2026 streaming guide, Marshals, Mary Harron, Maya Hawke, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice, Miley Cyrus, MLB Opening Day 2026, Netflix, One Piece Season 2, Paramount, Peacock, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, Peter Sarsgaard, Phil Dunster, Prime Video, Rachel Weisz, Richard Jenkins, Ring, Riz Ahmed, Rooster, Scarpetta, Seth MacFarlane, Shudder, Sliding Doors, Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen, Stephen Root, Steve Carell, Taylor Sheridan, ted Season 2, The Bachelorette Season 22, The Comeback Season 3, The Fisher King, The Madison, The Mortuary Assistant, The Oscars, The Ring, The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother Hillel, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Season 4, The Watermelon Woman, TV premieres March 2026, Two Lovers, VHS Forever, Videodrome, Videoheaven, Vince Vaughn, Vladimir, Wicked For Good, Yellowstone spinoff, Young Sherlock

Steve Carell, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Rachel Weisz plus spinoffs galore, including ‘Peaky Blinders’

Mountainhead

‘Mountainhead’: Confirmation Bias About Tech For the Chattering Classes

June 5, 2025June 9, 2025 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Cory Michael Smith, Jason Schwartzman, Jesse Armstrong, Mountainhead, Ramy Youssef, Steve Carell

Premium content for people who think they’re premium, but aren’t

Four Seasons

‘The Four Seasons’: A Prestige Parody That Forgot To Be Funny

May 5, 2025May 22, 2025 Matthew Ehrlich 1 Comment Alan Alda, Colman Domingo, Erika Henningsen, Kerry Kenney-Silver, Marco Calvani, Rita Moreno, Steve Carell, The Four Seasons, Tina Fey, Will Forte

Why, Tina, why?

May

Everything That’s Streaming In May 2025

May 1, 2025May 5, 2025 Jake Harris 0 Comments Alexander Skarsgard, Big Mouth, Black Bag, Cynthia Erivo, Fountain of Youth, Guy Ritchie, John Krasinski, John Mulaney, Meghann Fahy, Murderbot, Natalie Portman, Natasha Lyonne, Nick Kroll, Nicole Kidman, Nine Perfect Strangers, Poker Face, Steve Carell, Steven Soderbergh, Tina Fey

‘Murderbot,’ ‘The Four Seasons,’ a new season of ‘Poker Face,’ and much more

The Morning Show

Good ‘Morning,’ America?

October 11, 2023October 17, 2023 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Billy Crudup, Jennifer Aniston, Jon Hamm, Juliana Margulies, Marcia Gay Harden, Reese Witherspoon, Steve Carell, The Morning Show

‘The Morning Show,’ streaming TV’s strangest big-budget prestige offering, works best if you don’t think too hard about it

The Best and Worst TV of 2022–Part 3

December 20, 2022December 23, 2022 Daniel Cohen 0 Comments Atlanta, B Positive, Celebrity Jeopardy, Dahmer, Desus and Mero, Donald Glover, Hiro Murai, Mike White, Players, Steve Carell, The Bear, The Patient, The White Lotus, Thomas Middleditch

‘The Bear,’ ‘The White Lotus, and RIP ‘Desus and Mero’

The Morning Show

She Looks Amazing

November 15, 2021November 17, 2021 Matthew Ehrlich 0 Comments Jennifer Aniston, Juliana Margulies, Reese Witherspoon, Steve Carell, The Morning Show

‘The Morning Show’ is an extended meditation on the miracle that is Jennifer Aniston’s face

Irresistible

‘Irresistible’: Jon Stewart Imagines a Semi-Normal Political System

June 26, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Armando Iannucci, Chris Cooper, Irresistible, Jon Stewart, Rose Byrne, Steve Carell

Cynically optimistic, made before the current crisis

Space Force

The Wrong Stuff

June 3, 2020 Jake Harris 0 Comments Greg Daniels, Jimmy O. Yang, John Malkovich, Lisa Kudrow, Noah Emmerich, Space Force, Steve Carell

Lame ‘Space Force’ explodes on the launch pad

Scene from Dickinson, Apple TV's surprise buzz hit.

Amherst 90210

November 26, 2019November 27, 2019 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Alena Smith, Anna Baryshnikov, Apple TV, CW, Dickinson, Ella Hunt, Emily Dickinson, Hailee Steinfeld, ilee Steinfeld, Jane Krakowski, Jenna Maroney, Jennifer Aniston, John Mulaney, mama's boy Henry David Thoreau, Reese Witherspoon, Reign, Steve Carell, The Morning Show, Toby Huss, Wiz Khalifa

The Surreally Comic Teen World of ‘Dickinson,’ Apple TV’s Surprise Hit

Vice Movie Christian Bale

‘Vice’ Is a Joyfully Terrifying Biopic of W’s VP

December 21, 2018December 21, 2018 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Adam McKay, Alison Pill, Amy Adams, Annapurna Pictures, Christian Bale, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Sam Rockwell, Steve Carell, Tyler Perry

Was Dick Cheney the anti-Trump or the Anti-Christ?

Steve Carrell

Actors CREATORS FILM

Funny People Going Sad

November 27, 2018November 27, 2018 Mia McCullough 1 Comment Better Call Saul, Bob Odenkirk, Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, Ozark, Robin Williams, Steve Carell, Tom Hanks

We Lose When Comic Actors Chase Awards

Beautiful Boy

Dutiful Boy

October 12, 2018 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments addiction, Beautiful Boy, Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet

A Searing Portrait Of Addiction Turns Into A PSA