Kumail Nanjiani
'Obi-Wan Kenobi' Is Shaping Up to Redeem the 'Star Wars' Prequels
Directed by Deborah Chow
PUBLISHED May 30, 2022
No amount of nostalgia can save the Star Wars prequels, which were disappointing at the time and even worse in hindsight thanks to their sc...
'Murderville' Can't Quite Solve the Mystery of Great Improv
Created by Krister Johnson
PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2022
For all the heavy prestige TV dramas audiences have been treated to in recent years, sometimes mindless entertainment with famous celebs is...
'Eternals' Is a Drag
Directed by Chloé Zhao
PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2021
Over the years, the MCU has had excellent luck in teaming up with non-action directors. See: comedy master Taika Waititi's outstanding Thor...
Kumail Nanjiani and Benny Safdie Have Joined the Cast of Disney+'s Obi-Wan Kenobi Series
PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2021
We've long know that Ewan McGregor is reprising his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi for a forthcoming Disney+ series, but now the show's full cast h...
'Death to 2020' Already Feels Out of Date
Directed by Al Campbell and Alice Mathias
PUBLISHED Dec 30, 2020
In its prime, Black Mirror was an insightful, frequently prescient skewering of the technology-obsessed modern world — so, in theory, creat...
Netflix Details Charlie Brooker's 'Death to 2020' with Samuel L. Jackson, Hugh Grant, Lisa Kudrow
PUBLISHED Dec 7, 2020
After details first started emerging last week about Death to 2020 — the new mockumentary by Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker — Netflix...
Issa Rae Is Confused by Donald Trump Liking an 'Insecure' Tweet
PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2020
While Donald Trump is widely known for his avid (and often problematic) use of his Twitter account, the president has been long been stingy...
Sparks Fly in 'The Lovebirds' Thanks to Comedy Magic from Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae
Directed by Michael Showalter
PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2020
The Lovebirds belongs to a micro-genre of comedies in which a romance spirals into an action-mystery over a case of mistaken identity. And,...