"Tonight we celebrate the cliches that have made cinema what it is today!" Netflix has revealed an official trailer for a fun one-hour comedy special coming up next week titled Attack of the Hollywood Cliches!, an authentic tribute to Hollywood history and a chance to make fun of all the dumb things movies do. This is an hour-long one-off event made by Netflix. A special featuring some of the most famous films along with Screenwriters, Academics and Critics as they guide through the funny, weird and controversial clichés which appear on the screens. Ben Caudell is the head writer alongside writers including Dane Baptiste, Sean Doherty, Erika Ehler, Jason Hazeley, Daniel Maier, Michael Odewale, Charlie Skelton. The special is hosted by Rob Lowe, who takes us through some of the best and worst cliches - like the desk sweep, the ticking bomb, the maverick cop. It actually looks like good,...
- 9/24/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Never mind the fact that Netflix original films traffic quite heavily in well-worn tropes — the streaming service has launched the first trailer for a new comedy special called “Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!” that finds celebrities discussing, dissecting, and having fun with familiar plot beats in your favorite movies. Hosted by Rob Lowe, the one-off special features a wide range of celebrities weighing in on everything from the Meet-Cute to the Ticking Time Bomb to the Jump Scare, using iconic films like “Forrest Gump” and “Out of the Past” as examples.
“Stock characters, familiar story beats, and convenient plot devices have crept in over time,” Lowe says in the trailer. “Tonight, we celebrate the clichés that have made cinema what it is today,” Lowe adds, as Netflix is pegging the special as something between a comedy special and a celebration of cinema history. It’s not quite the full-on roasting...
“Stock characters, familiar story beats, and convenient plot devices have crept in over time,” Lowe says in the trailer. “Tonight, we celebrate the clichés that have made cinema what it is today,” Lowe adds, as Netflix is pegging the special as something between a comedy special and a celebration of cinema history. It’s not quite the full-on roasting...
- 9/24/2021
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
Bradley Walsh and Kayvan Novak are to star in a new BBC One sitcom.
Woody will be a six-part half-hour comedy, created by Neil Webster and Charlie Skelton.
It will be set on a fictional Spanish island, where Woody (Novak) is one of the UK's best undercover reporters.
However, he is forced to go on the run from British police after being set up by his editor, and locates his former mentor Brutus (Walsh).
Brutus is now living a simple life running a bar on the island, and soon realises he can make some money by finding work for his old friend.
Charlotte Moore, Controller of BBC One, said: "It's great to be bringing Kayvan Novak and Bradley Walsh, two fantastic British talents, together on BBC One in a brilliantly original and sunny sitcom."
Novak said of the series: "Woody is the part I have dreamed of playing since I was a kid.
Woody will be a six-part half-hour comedy, created by Neil Webster and Charlie Skelton.
It will be set on a fictional Spanish island, where Woody (Novak) is one of the UK's best undercover reporters.
However, he is forced to go on the run from British police after being set up by his editor, and locates his former mentor Brutus (Walsh).
Brutus is now living a simple life running a bar on the island, and soon realises he can make some money by finding work for his old friend.
Charlotte Moore, Controller of BBC One, said: "It's great to be bringing Kayvan Novak and Bradley Walsh, two fantastic British talents, together on BBC One in a brilliantly original and sunny sitcom."
Novak said of the series: "Woody is the part I have dreamed of playing since I was a kid.
- 5/14/2014
- Digital Spy
It seems that Greek Police officers guarding the Greek hotel where a selection of the world's richest aren't meeting to discuss international foreign policy this week aren't fans of the Seventh Doctor Who. Writing for the Guardian, comedian Charlie Skelton is in the Greek capital of Athens keeping tabs on the shadowy Bilderberg meeting that is taking place there - the only mainstream media organ to bother, interestingly. And it seems that when he was harrassed by police for taking a photo in...
- 5/15/2009
- by Christian Cawley info@kasterborous.com
- Kasterborous.com
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