Michael Showalter

TV Reviews

The Dropout TV Review

Posted 5 years ago

Plot: Money. Romance. Tragedy. Deception. Hulu’s 8-episode limited series “The Dropout,” the story of Elizabeth Holmes (Amanda Seyfried) and Theranos, is an unbelievable tale of ambition and fame gone terribly wrong. How did the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire lose...

The Eyes of Tammy Faye trailer: Chastain unrecognizable as TV evangelical

Posted 5 years ago

The first trailer for The Eyes of Tammy Faye has been released and it features a nearly unrecognizable Jessica Chastain channeling the late televangelist. The film, directed by Michael Showalter, is based on the documentary of the same name by Fenton...

Review: The Lovebirds

Posted 6 years ago

Review: The newest, highly-digestible comedy to hit Netflix, THE LOVEBIRDS, is one made with the understanding of how incredibly talented leads Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae are.  They take center stage of every gag, awkward encounter, and funny back-and-forth the flick dishes out,...

The Lovebirds find new home at Netflix in latest trailer

Posted 6 years ago

THE LOVEBIRDS, starring Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae, was originally set to hit screens on April 3, 2020 but was one of several films taken off the release calendar due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time fo the delay, the film...

Paramount sends Kumail Nanjiani & Issa Rae’s The Lovebirds to Netflix

Posted 6 years ago

The coronavirus pandemic has caused studios to halt production on hundreds of movies and TV shows, as well as push back the release dates of just about every film which was slated to hit theaters in the next few months....

Kumail Nanjiani & Issa Rae enter a murder mystery in The Lovebirds trailer

Posted 7 years ago

One moment, you've got a perfect, loving relationship, and the next, you're on the run with your partner after being falsely accused of murder. It's a tale as old as time. Kumail Nanjiani (THE ETERNALS) and Issa Rae (Insecure) find...

Amazon to shift resources away from indies in favor of big budget movies

Posted 9 years ago

The entertainment industry has been going through massive shifts in the last few years as audiences choose to stay home to watch movies, and stream TV shows through services instead of through cable. Services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime...

Netflix releases new clip for Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later

Posted 9 years ago

Like many of you, I was a huge fan of cult comedy classic WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER, which has bevy of who’s-who cast members before they really hit it big (including Bradley Cooper, Elizabeth Banks, and Paul Rudd). Not only...

TV Review: Wet Hot American Summer – Ten Years Later

Posted 9 years ago

SYNOPSIS:  Welcome to the Camp Firewood Ten Year Reunion! From David Wain and Michael Showalter, the masterminds who brought to life the original 2001 cult classic film and the 2015 acclaimed prequel series by the same name, WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER:...

Review: The Big Sick

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A struggling comedian's ex-girlfriend contracts a mysterious illness and winds up in a coma, forcing him to confront her parents and his own feelings for his one-time love. REVIEW: THE BIG SICK is one of the most genuinely affecting...

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