That's Tom Hanks as Sir Michael Caine in the photo above, in a Saturday Night Live sketch tweaking entertainment figures who have been knighted, with Elton John playing himself. I wasn't looking forward to John as host, but the show was more fun than I expected because, as predictable as he was, he...
Read More »Now we have the video proof that Zach Galifianakis really did shave his head backstage during the last break of Saturday Night Live. Of course there was never going to be time for a Mr. T. sketch, but this is the kind of stunt that makes his deadpan comedy work.
Read More »Zach Galifianakis really put his stamp on Saturday Night Live last night, with the absurdist comedy that is purely his.
Read More »The Miley Cyrus Show, with Vanessa Bayer playing a babbling, "Pretty Cool"-spouting Miley, has been a highlight of Saturday Night Live's season. So when Cyrus hosted last night you might have expected dueling Mileys. Instead, she played that calculating kid - even his winks are planned - Justin Bieb...
Read More »As I said in my review of the ludicrous psycho-friend thriller The Roommate (you can read it here), the movie offers more laughs than jolts. Here's the latest addition to the film's so-bad-it's-funny reputation: Justin Bieber and Andy Samberg from last night's Saturday Night Live. The parody works ...
Read More »Remember when The Social Network came out and the Mark Zuckerberg character seemed like a possible genius but a definite jerk? The film has an edge, but you wouldn't know it from the bouquets Zuckerberg and the filmmakers have been throwing at each other -- the better for the movie to campaign duri...
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