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‘Rutherford Falls’ Season 2 Trailer: Ed Helms Returns In Peacock’s Comedy

June 1, 2022 12:47 pm

It’s time for a return trip to “Rutherford Falls," as Peacock’s hit comedy is coming back for a much-anticipated second season. Set in a small town, the series follows two friends as they navigate complexities...

‘Ron’s Gone Wrong’ Trailer: Zach Galifianakis Is A Rogue Robot Companion In The New Animated Family Film

Charles Barfield

September 9, 2021 11:39 am

News, Trailers

One of the signs that cinemas and studios might be trying to go back to normal is the fact that we finally have an animated family film that is coming to theaters exclusively this fall, as 20th Century Studios...

‘Together Together’ Trailer: Ed Helms & Patti Harrison Are Having A Baby In Nikole Beckwith’s Sundance Film

Charles Barfield

March 31, 2021 1:00 pm

News, Trailers

“Together Together” seems like a film you could easily put in the rom-com genre, based on its premise alone. But as seen in the trailer, this film is much different than you would initially think. “Togethe...

‘Rutherford Falls’ Trailer: Ed Helms Teams With The Folks Behind ‘The Good Place’ & ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ For A New Peacock Comedy

Charles Barfield

March 16, 2021 12:50 pm

News, Television, Trailers

What happens when you combine a star from the US version of “The Office” with two creators from “The Good Place” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine?” Apparently, you get “Rutherford Falls” on Peacock. And with that pedig...

‘Together Together’: A Dramedy About Surrogacy That’s Light On Tension Or Friction [Sundance Review]

Andrew Crump

January 31, 2021 4:30 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

After spending the last 10 months at home watching reruns of “The Office” (at least until the show left Netflix at the end of 2020), the idea of spending even another 90 minutes with Ed Helms probably sounds l...

‘Burt Squire’: Ed Helms To Star Opposite Harrison Ford In The Upcoming Shipwreck Comedy

Charles Barfield

October 19, 2020 11:19 am

News

Over the course of his film and TV career, actor Ed Helms has proven himself more than capable of playing a sincere buffoon. And Harrison Ford is a great choice to play a character that is charming, yet a bit ...

‘Coffee & Kareem’: An Awful, Exploitative, Tone-Deaf Riff On ’48 Hours’ & ‘Kindergarten Cop’ [Review]

Charles Barfield

April 11, 2020 4:45 pm

News, Reviews

The history of race-focused buddy-cop action-comedies goes something like this: two disparate people from disparate backgrounds—usually an asshole police officer and a person of color, who isn't a cop (think "...

‘Coffee & Kareem’ Trailer: Netflix’s Action-Comedy Teams Ed Helms With A Foul-Mouthed Kid

Charles Barfield

March 24, 2020 10:27 am

News, Trailers

Buddy-cop films are a staple of the comedy genre. All you have to say is Riggs and Murtaugh and film fans know exactly who you mean, as “Lethal Weapon” is probably the greatest example of this premise. Well, N...

‘Corporate Animals’ NSFW Trailer: Patrick Brice Returns With A Dark Comedy Starring Ed Helms

Ted Silva

August 20, 2019 1:06 pm

News, Trailers

Patrick Brice's previous films "Creep" and "The Overnight" uncovered the potential of a darker side of the mumblecore genre. Though his films are cut from the same cloth of the films of Mark Duplass or Joe Swan...

‘Corporate Animals’: Demi Moore’s Unfunny Performance Hinders This Wild Cannibal Office Horror-Comedy [Sundance Review]

Jordan Ruimy

February 1, 2019 3:06 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Many attempt to mix the outwardly-delicious peanut butter and chocolate tone of comedy and horror, and there are many good ones—“Shaun of the Dead” “Cabin In The Woods,” “Get Out,” the “Evil Dead” films, etc.— ...

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