Michael Dowse Archives - The Playlist

‘8-Bit Christmas’ Trailer: Neil Patrick Harris Stars In This Nostalgia-Filled Christmas Story Hitting HBO Max This Month

November 4, 2021 11:26 am

If you’re a person of a certain age, you probably remember the release of the Nintendo Entertainmen System, aka the NES. More so than the Atari or any other video game console of that era, the NES was the most...

‘Just Cause’: ‘Stuber’ Director To Take On Film Adaptation Of Popular Video Game Franchise

Charles Barfield

July 15, 2020 1:34 pm

News

Over his past couple of features, “Stuber” and “Coffee & Kareem,” Michael Dowse has established himself as a director that loves to play with the combination of over-the-top violence and raunchy humor. And...

‘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...

‘Stuber’ Trailer: Kumail Nanjiani Gets ‘Collateral’-ed by Dave Bautista In An Uber

Jake Naturman

April 7, 2019 9:07 pm

News, Trailers

It’s difficult to wrap one’s mind around the fact that Uber is only a decade old; the near-ubiquity of the company (and its competitor Lyft) in metropolitan areas makes it feel as though ride-sharing services h...

‘Stuber’: Kumail Nanjiani & Dave Bautista Are The Classic Buddy Cop Pair In This Surprisingly Violent Comedy [SXSW]

Ryan Oliver

March 14, 2019 9:49 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

“I really think the action in buddy comedies pulls punches today and I hate that and didn’t want to do it,” Michael Dowse, the director of SXSW-debuting film “Stuber,” said empathetically during the world premi...