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She Didn’t Find It Funny When Her Brother Kept Buzzing Her While She Repaired An Electric Fence, So She Responded By “Helping” Fix The Car He Was Repairing
Check out what went down! Shock me with the electric fence? Enjoy my help turning a 30 minute job into a 2 hour job. “As ...
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Roku Channel's Funny 'The Real Bros of Simi Valley: The Movie' Trailer
The bros are back!! Roku has revealed an official trailer for a comedy ... The Movie streaming on The Roku Channel starting ...
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‘I Used to Be Funny’ Encapsulates Rachel Sennott’s Versatile Appeal
She has a kind of pinup-parody vibe, crystallized early in I Used to Be Funny when she rouses herself to take a shower (a major achievement for her depressed character) and promptly curls back up in ...
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Ally Pankiw Talks ‘I Used To Be Funny’: ‘There’s No Cure For Trauma, But Joy And Connection Are Antidotes For It’
“You know that the person that was stolen is still here,” director Ally Pankiw told me during an interview for her poignant ...
Variety on MSN13d
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Calls ‘Bulls-‘ Over Complaints That ‘Comics Can't Be Funny Now' Due to P.C. Culture: It's Not an ‘Impossible Time to Be Funny'
Speaking on the "On With Kara Swisher" podcast (via The Daily Beast), the Emmy winner pushed back against the idea that ...
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Don’t Expect a ‘Coming Out’ Movie from Queer ‘I Used to Be Funny’ Director Ally Pankiw Any Time Soon
The writer/director prefers to focus on day-to-day stories about queer people. Ally Pankiw finds it hilarious that her debut feature, “I Used to Be Funny,” isn’t centering on a queer ...
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Review: I Used to Be Funny
In a story of trauma, resilience, and finding the strength to be funny, Sennott is an absolute marvel. Her background as a comic gives authenticity to Sam’s story, but it’s Sam’s raw vulnerability and ...
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‘I Used to Be Funny’ Is for the Rachel Sennott Stans
That’s put somewhat to the test in I Used to Be Funny, a low-energy ... see how one person can carry an entire project on their back. Almost. The Toronto-set independent film, written and ...
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New Movies on Streaming: ‘IF,’ ‘I Used To Be Funny,’ + More
This week on VOD there are several great new titles to choose from, including the Scandinavian thriller What Remains, the Rachel Sennott film I Used To Be Funny, and Ryan Reynolds and John Krasinski ...
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‘I Used to Be Funny’ Review: A Stand-Up Comic Struggles With Trauma
Told over multiple timelines, I Used to Be Funny shifts between present-day ... but Pankiw is careful not to show us too much too soon. What could have transpired that forced Sam to quit comedy ...
The Hollywood Reporter on MSN4d
‘The Bear’ Season 3 Review: Jeremy Allen White’s Funny, Haunted, Infuriating Return to the Kitchen
If Nat is tied in knots by an ongoing pregnancy she worries will never end and will end too soon ... shot back-to-back with the third. But, again, it’s very easy to be satisfied on an ...
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Don’t Expect a ‘Coming Out’ Movie from Queer ‘I Used to Be Funny’ Director Ally Pankiw Any Time Soon
Ally Pankiw finds it hilarious that her debut feature, “I Used to Be Funny,” isn’t centering on a queer character, despite her own orientation. While writer/director Pankiw, who is a queer ...