comedy reviews
Saturday Night Live: Chris Rock & Megan Thee Stallion
October 3, 2020
PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2020
It was all kind of surreal, watching Saturday Night Live stage its show before an actual, masked audience, in their usual studio 8H, instea...
Hannah Gadsby's 'Douglas' Is Hilarious, Even as It Gets Bogged Down by the Weight of Expectations
PUBLISHED May 26, 2020
Hannah Gadsby's latest Netflix special, Douglas, is rigidly controlled, in a way diametrically opposed to the organic build and flow of her...
'I Love Everything' Finds Patton Oswalt Operating at the Top of His Game
PUBLISHED May 19, 2020
A hall-of-fame stand-up comedian, Patton Oswalt gets the hilarious I Love Everything going with an interesting bit of foreshadowing. We en...
Saturday Night Live at Home: Kristen Wiig & Boyz II Men
May 9, 2020
PUBLISHED May 10, 2020
Soldiering through a bizarre finale, the cast and crew of Saturday Night Live produced content isolated from one another, welcoming host Kr...
Saturday Night Live at Home: Brad Pitt & Miley Cyrus
April 25, 2020
PUBLISHED Apr 26, 2020
Returning for a second "at home" edition, Saturday Night Live did some inventive work while its cast, spread out across America, filed remo...
Saturday Night Live at Home: Tom Hanks & Chris Martin
April 11, 2020
PUBLISHED Apr 12, 2020
In something of a surprise since ceasing live production due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, Saturday Night Live returned for an "a...
'It Started as a Joke' Chronicles Eugene Mirman's Alt-Comedy Fest but Becomes More
Directed by Julie Smith Clem and Ken Druckerman
PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2020
By the end of It Started as a Joke, you will be in tears. The wonderful and star-studded documentary chronicles the grand finale of absur...
Saturday Night Live: Daniel Craig & the Weeknd
March 7, 2020
PUBLISHED Mar 8, 2020
Daniel Craig was a great and engaged host and the Weeknd put on two excellent musical performances, and took part in a couple of sketches,...