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Tag: Bill Hader
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‘Sausage Party’ only aims for low-hanging comedy fruit
When the primary antagonist of your movie is a literal talking douche, it’s fair to say that you’re not aiming for intelligent humor. Sadly, Sausage Party feels like a weak attempt to create an edgy animated satire, only aiming for the lowest-hanging comedy fruit and missing the chance to live up to its inventive concept.
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For your consideration: The Skeleton Twins
The Skeleton Twins is more drama than comedy, but you simply can’t put Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig together and not get a laugh. The two play the roles of estranged twins, Maggie and Milo. Watching Hader and Wiig play siblings is very believable, due to their amazing chemistry, and it gives the film such…
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SNL Greats Bill Hader And Kristen Wiig Get Serious In ‘The Skeletons Twins’
SNL stars Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader star as estranged twins Maggie and Milo. When both feel that they’re at the end of their ropes, an unexpected reunion forces them to confront how their lives went so wrong. For Maggie, that means re-examining her marriage to sweet “nature frat boy” Lance and her own self…
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SNL ‘The Californians’ dress rehearsal
We were all sad to see Kristen Wiig’s final episode of SNL. She’s a comedy treasure. Here’s a clip of Wiig and Bill Hader doing The Californians at dress rehearsal to remember her by. The more they got into the voices, the more they cracked up.
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MIB III kicks off summer movie season
Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith, or in this case Agent K and Agent J, are back together and back in action! Well, kind of. In Men in Black III our favorite alien fighting agents are ready for their next test. Only this time agent J has to travel back in time to stop Boris…
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When the world first met Stefon
We all know (and love) Stefon, Bill Hader’s incredible gay night club aficionado, from Weekend Update. Stefon’s first appearance on SNL wasn’t at the Update desk, but rather in a sketch with host Ben Affleck. Here it is, the moment the world got its first glimpse of Stefon.
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Paul taps into shared geek knowledge
Any movie written by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, starring Seth Rogen and Kristen Wiig and featuring a scene set at Comic Con is right up my alley, so naturally, I was very excited for Paul. The film is a hilarious mixture of E.T. and Pineapple Express with a little Shaun of the Dead throw in…
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Stefon: one of the only consistently funny things about SNL
Here’s this week’s Stefon sketch featuring Bill Hader and Seth Meyers:
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Scott Pilgrim vs the World is a knock out
I’m just gonna go ahead and say it: Scott Pilgrim vs the World is one of my favorite movies this year. The quick editing, unique visual style, impressive cast and seeing Michael Cera take a welcome departure from the usual charmingly befuddled geeky character make this film a total knock out.
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James Cameron’s Laser Cats
