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A Merry Friggin' Christmas (2014)
Waste of an incredible cast
I'm so glad I waited until a couple of years after Williams passed to watch this. I love nothing more than to DVR a couple of sappy Holiday Movies in the time between US Thanksgiving & Christmas Eve. Williams, Candice Bergin, Joel McHale, Lauren Graham, Clark Duke, Wendy McLendon-Covey & Oliver Platt? It took 0 convincing to queue this one up. It's 88 minutes of grumbling & groaning & whining & unfunny. I'm not sure how it's even POSSIBLE to make an UNFUNNY movie with that cast. Although the movie is so oddly disjointed (are the kids sleeping or awake? When did they go to bed & who put them there?), it's obvious they person in the editing bay had no clue what they were doing. Also, no disrespect to lovely actresses, but WHEN was this movie actually made? I've seen movies several years ago with both McLendon-Covey & Especially Bergen looking MUCH more ... "Experienced?" "Distinguished?" Darn, what's the correct (polite) word for a woman? It almost feels like this movie had been shelved (for good reasons) and then perhaps was 'dredged' up when Williams passed away. Sad. Sad. Sad.
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (2015)
Keeps getting better & better.
WOW! What's WRONG with so many of you that you'd negatively review a show format like this one the first 2 weeks it's on air? For those of you comparing it to Stewart, go back to the archives & watch his 1st month of shows from 17 years ago. It's a wee bit different than the Daily Show we know now & not just 'cause he stopped using "Touch of Grey".
I LOVE everything that this show has grown into. It is smart, funny & isn't afraid to tread DEEP. The perspectives have been fascinating & the conversations have been much better since they dropped the 4th guest & kept the table to Larry + 3. They've worked hard to tighten up the format & the comedy is good. His team (after a few tweaks) is terrific. And Larry is much more confident that the show is working, too.
If you stopped watching, you're really missing a good thing.