Style Oh yeah, there’s a new Transformers movie And this time it’s animated! It’s called Transformers One and it’s the origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron and their whole deal. I know children who are excited for this—the childish appeal of shape-shifting robots is eternal—and no one else. As an adult with By Sarah • Sep 20, 2024 09:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Famous People in The Prom Ryan Murphy’s film adaptation of the Broadway musical The Prom is a strange artifact from another time. Though it debuted in 2016 and hit Broadway in 2018, it feels like flotsam from the Obama-era, something from a less contentious, less overtly divisive time when “NYC Broadway liberals” versus “small-town By Sarah • Dec 11, 2020 02:13 pm
Oscars 2019 Amy, Tina, and Maya MeanGirled the Academy You may think that term has been overused and doesn’t mean much anymore, but how often do you get to use it on the O.G.s anyway? As Maya Rudolph, Amy Poehler, and Tina Fey pointed out, they were not the Oscars hosts, despite being the first people By Duana • Feb 25, 2019 04:20 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Sassy toys being sassy We got another look at Toy Story 4 during the Super Bowl, this time introducing new toys Bunny and Ducky, voiced by Jordan Peele and Keegan Michael-Key, respectively, and also a look at revamped Bo Peep (Annie Potts returns!). This is a fun and funny clip, with none of the By Sarah • Feb 04, 2019 02:02 pm
Douchebags Olivia Munn, alone at TIFF A few weeks ago, before The Predator was to make its international debut at TIFF, Olivia Munn discovered that Steven Wilder Streigel, an actor she shared a scene with, was a registered sex offender. That phrase should stand on its own, but if you need more, he pleaded guilty to By Duana • Sep 10, 2018 03:18 pm
Jordan Peele Jordan Peele’s Get Out Oscar This was another one of those articles we all wanted to write. I think because Get Out affected each of us in a particular way. As I mentioned on Show Your Work, I only watched it recently, but have been thinking about it ever since. Awards for Get Out started By Duana • Mar 05, 2018 01:53 pm
TV Updates Key & Cobie are “Friends From College” You know what’s still low-key enough not to be a thing? Being obsessed with Keegan-Michael Key. Of course you love Key and Peele, and Jordan Peele is doing his own world-domination thing—but Key has this other thing. He’s trying to be liked, and not always good at By Duana • Jun 15, 2017 03:46 pm
Boy Sh-t Dave Chappelle is hurt by Key & Peele This is the headline everyone is pulling from Dave Chappelle’s sit-down with Gayle King on This Morning. Chappelle is promoting his upcoming Netflix special, and in the course of a thoughtful and interesting profile of Chappelle, a decade on from him famously leaving Chappelle’s Show, King brings up By Sarah • Mar 21, 2017 11:11 am
Ben Affleck "Matt and Ben" and John and Emily: Inside the Good Will Hunting live read and what it could mean for Manchester by the Sea John Krasinski had a "viral moment" last week on Good Morning America when, as he was talking about his upcoming Good Will Hunting live read, Ben Affleck surprised him with a leering grin and wave. So, imagine the audience's surprise when the real Ben and Matt By Joanna • Oct 11, 2016 12:08 pm
Emmy Awards 2016 Key & Peele: Emmy’s most bittersweet win That’s the word The Atlantic used when Key & Peele ended last year: “bittersweet”. The show was just award an Emmy for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series for its fifth and final season and if you’re a fan, you almost wish it was still around now, especially now, with By Lainey • Sep 19, 2016 04:46 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Don’t Think Twice Comedian Mike Birbiglia’s feature film debut as a writer/director, Sleepwalk With Me, is a fantastic film, and his sophomore effort, Don’t Think Twice, is even better. Birbiglia makes comedies about comedy about life, and the natural comparison would be to Woody Allen, a fellow New York comedian By Sarah • Aug 18, 2016 01:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Key & Peele in Keanu You should recognize the names “Key” and “Peele”, but on the chance you don’t, they are the comedy duo of Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, eponymous creators and stars of the Comedy Central sketch show, Key & Peele, which ran for five seasons. Remember the East/West College Bowl? By Sarah • May 05, 2016 03:38 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Key & Peele’s first movie is here and it looks hilarious Comedy duo Key & Peele (aka Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele) wrapped up their brilliant sketch show on Comedy Central after five seasons last year. They left at their peak to make the leap to film, with the duo producing a Police Academy soft reboot, and Peele making his directorial By Sarah • Jan 21, 2016 04:51 pm
Emmy Awards 2014 The Emmys 2014 What’s the middle ground at an award show between not knowing anyone and having to see the same people over and over again? Well. The Golden Globes. And the Oscars. You still get the familiarity, but the films are fresh, the characters are different, it’s not just Modern By Lainey • Aug 26, 2014 04:15 am
