Posts tagged Bo Burnham
PODCAST: Episode 58 of "The Cinephile Hissy Fit" Podcast
PODCAST: Episode 58 of "The Cinephile Hissy Fit" Podcast

For their 58th episode, pudgy film critics, pandemic dads, and formerly-quarantined teachers Will Johnson and Don Shanahan welcome back Chicago-based film critic Annie Banks of Chuck Load of Comics for a second episode. They dive into the headspace and isolation of Bo Burnham's recent Grammy-award winning comedy special Inside. The debate is on whether this was a movie or just a very well-produced comedy special among other triggers and peccadillos that come with the manic personality of Bo Burnham.

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Cinephile Hissy Fit, Podcast, 25YL, Media AppearanceDon ShanahanAnnie Banks, Bo Burnham, Inside, Cinephile Hissy FitComment
MOVIE REVIEW: The Big Sick
MOVIE REVIEW: The Big Sick

By definition, a punchline is “the words at the end of a joke or story that make it funny or surprising.”  Superb comedians dream of finding good ones they can wrap a story around and always refining their material for the right comedic effect for their audiences.  The Big Sick can confidently boast a self-evident punchline that lasts for over two hours and never runs out of the funny or the surprising.

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2017, 5 STARS, Film Festival, Independent Film, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanLandmark Century Centre Cinema2017, Romantic comedies, comedy, Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Ray Romano, Holly Hunter, Michael Showalter, Emily V. Gordon, Bo Burnham, Aidy Bryany, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, While You Were Sleeping, The Big Sick, Kurt Braunohler, Anupam Kher, Silver Linings Playbook, Zenobia Shroff, Ruby Sparks, SXSW Film Festival, 2017 SXSW Film Festival, punchline, romantic dramas, dramedyComment