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"Just because I'm not your father doesn't mean we can't be friends." Vertigo Releasing has revealed one more official trailer for the film titled Bob Trevino Likes It, made by indie filmmaker Tracie Laymon. It already opened last month and we posted a trailer earlier this year - but it deserves more attention. This first premiered at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival last year, and it also played at Seattle, Melbourne, Newport Beach, Nashville, Mill Valley, and Denver Film Festivals, and many others. Bob Trevino Likes It is inspired by the true friendship that writer-director Tracie Laymon found with a stranger when looking for her father online. Often being the caretaker to people like her father who should be caring for her, Lily Trevino longs for a familial connection, having been abandoned by her mother as a child, then suddenly by her father in her 20s. When she accidentally befriends a...

Stepping into Bob Trevino Likes It, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I had not watched any trailers, but the premise looked intriguing. And frankly, this flick moved me. In the semi-autobiographical feature, Barbie Ferreira portrays Lily Trevino, a young woman with an incredibly toxic relationship with her father (an excellent performance from French Stewart). When he “blocks her” and refuses to take her calls, she desperatly searches for his Facebook account. She finds Bob Trevino. Just not the one she expected.

Recently, I sat down with the talent to talk about the new film. I was especially impressed with Tracie Laymon. The filmmaker was incredibly gracious and a joy to talk to. She opened up about the story behind the film, and how she approached bits of her life into the fictionalized account.

Sitting down with Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo was also quite enjoyable. The two give...

Barbie Ferreira and Lauren Spencer in Bob Trevino Likes It Photo: courtesy of Roadside Attractions

Tracie Laymon's feature début, Bob Trevino Likes It, draws on the personal experience of a friendship she struck up online with a stranger. The story follows Lily Trevino (Barbie Ferreira), who, after her father, Robert Trevino (French Stewart) expels her from his life, tries to connect with him online. Only, the person she tries to 'friend' isn't her father, but Bob Trevino (John Leguizamo), a married but lonely construction company manager. When he senses a kindred spirit in Lily, the two strike up a friendship that offers the connection they're both desperately searching for.

Laymon's previous credits include her 2007 début short, Worse, about a teenager who must reckon with a failed suicide attempt, and Up, from the same year, which follows a 17-year-old, who, fed up with her father and boyfriend, uses fantasy as an escape.

Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for the new film release “Bob Trevino Likes It,” a poignant drama about two lonely people, portrayed by John Leguizamo and Barbie Ferrieira, connecting in an unlikely friendship. In select theaters on March 28th, see local listings.

John Leguizamo is Bob Trevino, a nebbishy housing inspector who lives in a sad marriage, motivated by a tragedy that hasn’t been reconciled. He is pinged on social media by Lily Trevino (Barbie Ferreira), no relation, who connected to him because she thought he may have been her father Robert Trevino (French Stewart), with whom she has a difficult and lonely relationship. Through this happenstance Bob & Lily become friends, and in their time together find a sense of themselves through each other.

”Bob Trevino Likes it” is in select theaters (see local listings) beginning March 28th. Featuring John Leguizamo, Barbie Ferreira, French Stewart,...

Once in a while, you see an actor who isn’t held back by the decorum that rules even most good actors. Her emotions don’t stay in check — they spill over the sides. When that happens, you may find yourself connected to that actor in a way that tugs your own buried feelings into the light. To me, the gold standard for this kind of acting is Chloe Webb’s performance in “Sid and Nancy” (1986). Webb played Nancy Spungen as a selfish groupie and unabashed junkie harridan, with a wail (“Si-i-i-d!”) that could frighten the damned. Yet part of the character’s mental illness is that she had no boundaries; she was all raw feeling torn asunder. Her pain and rage, her desire to be coddled and loved all announced itself with a furious punk purity. Webb broke your eardrums and your heart at the same time. She gave...

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 SXSW coverage. Bob Trevino Likes It opens in theaters on March 21 from Roadside Attractions.

A crowd-pleasing film inspired by director Tracie Laymon’s experience talking with a stranger online at a low point in her life, Bob Trevino Likes It is a moving story that proves good people do exist in this world. With two wonderful performances from Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo––playing two strangers who share the same last name but are otherwise unrelated––the film progresses into a moving yet somewhat predictable affair. And that’s okay. It’s also not just a work of cinematic comfort food: Ferreira expresses an incredible amount of emotional vulnerability, humor, and at times a youthful naivety in a performance that’s more complex than initially meets the eye.

Ferreira plays 25-year-old Lily Trevino, the daughter of Robert (French Stewart), a...

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Resident Alien is a sci-fi adventure mystery comedy-drama series created by Chris Sheridan. Based on the comic book of the same name by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse, the Syfy series is set in a small Colorado town, and it follows an alien who crash-lands on Earth and takes on the form of a vacationing physician after killing him. His mission is to destroy Earth, but after living amongst humans, he begins thinking and feeling like them. Resident Alien stars Alan Tudyk, Sara Tomko, Corey Reynolds, Alice Wetterlund, Levi Fiehler, Judah Prehn, and Elizabeth Bowen. So, if you loved the sci-fi elements, interesting stories, and entertaining characters in Resident Alien, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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A real-life story of a young woman Facebook-stalking her father leads to a paternal friendship with an entirely different man in Bob Trevino Likes It. In fact, the other guy is a total stranger — who just happened to have the exact same name as the woman's actual dad. The new film is based on the inspiring true story of filmmaker Tracie Laymon, and the award-winning indie dramedy hits theaters March 21, 2025. The sensational Barbie Ferreira portrays her with utter grace, with the eponymous friendo who soon enters the heroine's life portrayed a charming (and always reliable) John Leguizamo.

We all know Leguizamo. It's hard to believe that the veteran Bronx native portrayed the tyrannical Tybalt almost 30 years ago in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet. Leguizamo is much more likable in this latest fatherly role, to put it mildly. But if you didn't already know of Barbie Ferreira's work, this will be a pleasant surprise.

Writer-director Tracie Laymon’s semi-autobiographical Bob Trevino Likes It is about the unlikely friendship that bloomed out of an unexpected friend request. Euphoria alum Barbara Ferreira stars as Lily Trevino, a young woman whose happy-go-lucky demeanor hides demons so brutal that her therapist (Ashlyn Moore) is reduced to tears during their very first session as she shares her life story. Lily has been kept under the thumb of her vindictive father, Robert (French Stewart), ever since her drug-addicted mother ran off. After a lifetime of being told how worthless she is, Lily finds it difficult to believe that she matters at all.

Bob Trevino Likes It’s brutally funny opening sequence lets us know just how deep Lily’s damage goes as she receives a lusty text from her boyfriend, addressed to a completely different woman. She types out a series of rightfully furious all-caps responses only to delete them...

As “Saturday Night Live” continues its celebration of 50 years on television, TheWrap is here to list the show’s most viral sketches that took the internet by storm.

From the hilarious viral sensation about gifting your girlfriend your privates to spot-on impersonations of some of the world’s most popular political figures, “Saturday Night Live” has never missed a beat when it comes to entertaining the masses, and that’s why it has remained a TV staple in American pop culture for 50 years.

Check out our list below of the sketch comedy show’s most viral skits.

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Chris Parnell and Andy Samberg rapped about what it’s like to do absolutely nothing on a Sunday in their “SNL” digital short “Lazy Sunday.” In the skit, the two jokesters express how excited they are to wake up in the late afternoon just to do lax activities like chowing...

Over the years, Hollywood has delivered an abundance of memorable on-screen partnerships -- Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, Paul Newman and Robert Redford, Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, and Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, among many others. Over 30 years after their first collaboration, it's probably safe to add Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to the list. 

Together, the dynamic duo have produced memorable entertainment aplenty, putting their remarkable chemistry to good use in everything from Kevin Smith's "Dogma" to Affleck's "Air." These guys have teamed up on nearly a dozen projects, even for a brief cameo or minor supporting role. Recently, their partnership has intensified with the aforementioned "Air" and Ridley Scott's "The Last Duel," it's a shame they haven't found more films to work on together over the years, because these boys are wicked smaht.

To celebrate this long-running partnership, we decided...

Actress and rock 'n' roller Taylor Momsen made her screen debut at the age of three, appearing in a 1997 Shake 'n Bake commercial. In the ad, she noted that Shake 'n Bake dinners were an excellent sign of her mother's love, and she demonstrated the product with aplomb. It's Shake 'n Bake, and she helped. Momsen was also, at the time, working as a child model, something she recalls hating. In a 2011 interview with Bethesda, Momsen said that she recalls being busy a lot as a toddler and that she wasn't given a lot of time to spend with friends. Her whole life, she said, she was in and out of school.

That same year, while she was still in preschool, Momsen started appearing on a few TV shows, notably the 1997 "The Cosby Show" spinoff "Cosby," and in a 1998 episode of "Early Edition." Momsen's first feature film was director David Worth...

"She's just a kid who doesn't have anyone." Roadside Attractions has debuted the official trailer for an indie film called Bob Trevino Likes It, made by indie filmmaker Tracie Laymon. This first premiered at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival last year, and it also played at Seattle, Melbourne, Newport Beach, Nashville, Mill Valley, and Denver Film Festivals, and many others. Bob Trevino Likes It is inspired by the true friendship that writer-director Tracie Laymon found with a stranger when looking for her father online. Often playing the role of caretaker to people like her father who should be caring for her, Lily Trevino longs for a familial connection, having been abandoned by her mother as a child, then suddenly by her father in her 20s. When she accidentally befriends a stranger online who also shares the same name as her own self-centered father, encouragement and support from this new Bob Trevino could change her life.

Disney is often celebrated around the world for its wide catalog of films, making it one of the most iconic production companies ever formed. From traditional fairy tales to moving modern adventures, these films have stayed with fans for a lifetime. Now, with the advent of streaming platforms like Disney +, fans can continue sharing their favorite animated movies with the next generation.

But before streaming, Disney often had to fight for prime real estate at the box office, meaning that some projects got pushed aside. Thus, a lot of sequels and spin-offs were released direct-to-video. Although these films are wrongly accused of being flops, Disney proves that sometimes, these movies are much better than the original.

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Will Trent season 3 is going to break the fourth wall by casting a popular reality star as herself in a guest role, signifying what's next for the crime TV show. Will Trent season 2 ended on a major cliffhanger, with Will (Ramn Rodrguez) arresting Angie (Erika Christensen) after learning she covered up that Crystal (Chapel Oaks) had killed Lenny (French Stewart) back in season 1. He later left Atlanta to clear his head, signaling a major shift in dynamics for season 3 now that he's stuck to his morals at the cost of someone he cared about.

Now, Variety has confirmed that reality TV star Ariana Madix has been cast as herself in Will Trent season 3. The Vanderpump Rules star and Love Island USA host will appear in one episode as a guest star, where she'll be in Atlanta for work. She is also helping out in an intervention for a friend, hiring...

Myriad Pictures has closed another raft of territory deals on SXSW audience and grand jury award winner Bob Trevino Likes It, licensing rights in the UK, Australia, and Spain as sales talks continue in Toronto.

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The comedy drama starring Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo has gone to Vertigo in the UK, Rialto in Australia and New Zealand, and A Contracorriente Films in Spain.

Bob Trevino Likes It centres on a young woman who searches for her estranged father online and bonds with a grieving, childless man with the same name.

Tracie Laymon wrote...

Solar Opposites is a brilliant animated series about family, love, friends, and some very confused aliens. Created by the minds behind Rick and Morty, the Hulu original series follows a group of aliens escaping from the exploding home world after which they crash land into a ready-to-move-in home in suburban America. The series centers around the group as they find out more and more about the Earth and also they are waiting until Pupa, a living supercomputer is ready to evolve into its true form, and then consume and terraform the Earth. So, if you loved the incredibly dark and hilarious storylines and brilliant comedic bits in Solar Opposites here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Roadside Attractions has acquired US rights to this year’s SXSW Audience Award and Grand Jury Award winner Bob Trevino Likes It starring Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo.

Tracie Laymon wrote and directed the feature inspired by her own story. Myriad Pictures represents international sales.

Bob Trevino Likes It centres on a young woman who searches for her estranged father online and bonds with a grieving, childless man with the same name.

The cast includes French Stewart, Lauren “Lolo” Spencer, and Rachel Bay Jones. Laymon, Sean Mullin, Edgar Rosa, and Felipe Dieppa served as producers.

Executive producers include Ferreira, Leguizamo,...

Roadside Attractions has acquired SXSW Audience Award and Grand Jury Award Winner “Bob Trevino Likes It” starring Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo, the distributor announced on Friday.

Written and directed by Tracie Laymon and inspired by her search for her estranged father online, the film will open only in theatres early 2025. Myriad Pictures will also be handling international sales.

“Bob Trevino Likes It” also stars French Stewart, Lauren “Lolo” Spencer and Rachel Bay Jones.

The film’s official synopsis is as follows: Often playing the role of caretaker to people like her father who should be caring for her, Lily Trevino (Ferreira) longs for a familial connection, having been abandoned by her mother as a child and then suddenly by her father in her twenties.

Bob Trevino (Leguizamo) works long hours alone at a construction company to support his wife Jeanie’s scrapbooking habit. The couple has endured a lot in the past decade,...

Roadside Attractions said Friday that it has acquired rights to Bob Trevino Likes It, the news coming off the indie comedy drama’s premiere at SXSW where it won the Audience Award and Grand Jury Award.

The pic, written and directed by Tracie Laymon, stars Euphoria‘s Barbie Ferreira, John Leguizamo, French Stewart, Lauren “Lolo” Spencer and Rachel Bay Jones. Roadside is aiming for an early 2025 theatrical release. Myriad Pictures is repping international sales.

Inspired by the true story of a friendship Laymon struck with a stranger when looking for her father online, the film centers on Lily (Ferreira), who longs for a familial connection, having been abandoned by her mother as a child and then by her father in her 20s. A Facebook message to a stranger named Bob (Leguizamo) turns into a friendship that becomes a source of healing in both their lives.

Laymon, Sean Mullin, Edgar Rosa,...

Back in 1994, writer/director Roland Emmerich and co-writer Dean Devlin brought us the sci-fi adventure film Stargate, a box office hit that launched a franchise, being followed by multiple TV shows, books, comic books, video games, and direct-to-video features. The most popular of those follow-ups was the TV series Stargate Sg-1, which ran for ten seasons and then wrapped up with the aforementioned Dtv movies. It’s been a while since we got any new Stargate to watch, though – and not for lack of trying. Back in 2014, it was announced that Emmerich and Devlin would be rebooting the franchise with a new trilogy of films, starting the story over again from the beginning and tell it to its completion. Then developed the idea for a couple of years, but then it all fell apart. Last year, we learned that Stargate is one of the properties Amazon is looking to revive now that they required MGM,...

Naval war movies provide a thrilling depiction of the harsh conditions and grueling battles at sea. Historical accuracy, genre-melding fiction, and nuanced character studies enhance the best naval war films. From Pearl Harbor to Das Boot, these iconic naval war movies showcase epic battles and incredible storytelling.

Naval war movies were among the most exciting depictions of conflict ever seen on screen, as viewers witnessed the harsh conditions of the sea and the grueling expectations of those battling within it. The debilitating realities of naval warfare have been experienced for centuries as seamen and sailors traversed the seven seas, where individuals, countries, and regions found themselves at odds with one another. From awe-inspiring action sequences to technically marvelous cinematic spectacles, the best naval war movies were among the greatest feats of filmmaking.

The greatest war movies set at sea date back to the silent film era, when directors sought to...

Your browser does not support the video tag. Bob Trevino Likes It explores human connection and healing through an unconventional friendship between Lily and Bob. Inspired by a true story, the film delves into themes of abandonment, loneliness, and the search for love and family. The heartfelt performances by Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo bring depth and emotion to the characters of Lily and Bob.

Human connection is at the heart of the story behind the dramedy Bob Trevino Likes It, which recently debuted at the 2024 South by Southwest Festival. Using her own story of abandonment and the friendship she found in a stranger while searching for her absent father, Filmmaker Tracie Laymon tells the story of two people who find connection and healing in each other. Euphoria's Barbie Ferreira is a young woman longing for a connection she finds in a stranger played by John Leguizamo, with French Stewart,...

The Alien Report: "The Alien Report follows "The Abductee" (Braxton Hale), an everyday American who finds himself hijacked by extraterrestrial beings and taken on a terrifying journey of self-preservation, running afoul of classic "grey aliens", disturbing human-et hybrids, and the U.S. government's shady Men in Black. Based on countless documented reports made by self-proclaimed abductees, The Alien Report is a meticulous, straight-faced look at what an real-life alien abduction would be like, from the perspective of first-person cameras.

The Alien Report has screened at festivals worldwide, winning awards in the U.S., UK, Australia, and Brazil. Shot on iPhone and GoPro cameras as a non-traditional narrative composed of re-assembled found footage, the picture plays out as both a sci-fi thriller and first-person documentary. It is the intended first chapter in a trilogy of films about extraterrestrial abductions.

The Alien Report was directed by Patrick Donnelly and produced by Kevin Schroeder and Michael Sell.

It’s April and we’re bringing even more fun to Screambox, with new films including Stuart Gordon’s King of the Ants, the Lebanese found-footage horror What Is Buried Must Remain, and bonkers B-movie Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies.

What Is Buried Must Remain haunts Screambox on April 12. A modern ghost story with ancient roots, the timely Lebanese found-footage hybrid finds young filmmakers confronted by supernatural forces engaged in a war for the very soul of the land.

Screambox goes to war with Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies on April 12. Indie horror staple Bill Oberst Jr. (3 From Hell) stars as the President who emancipated the slaves, saved the Union, and slaughtered the undead.

Rise of the Zombies also takes a bite out of Screambox on April 12. Its all-star cast includes Mariel Hemingway (Manhattan), Ethan Suplee (Mallrats), LeVar Burton (“Star Trek: The Next Generation”), Danny Trejo (From Dusk Till Dawn), and French Stewart...

Many filmmakers making their feature debut opt to tell a story inspired — at least in part — by their life. Although this has brought about some incredible films, others feel like complete ego trips. Tracie Laymon’s Bob Trevino Likes It is uncharacteristically humble for this genre, telling its story in a way that perfectly balances humor and humanity, allowing it to overcome its somewhat simplistic storytelling and be genuinely moving.

The film follows a young woman who finds an unexpected connection on Facebook with a man sharing her father’s name after falling out with her real father. Although this sounds like it could make a stranger-than-fiction story, Laymon’s approach doesn’t lean into this absurdity. Instead, it takes the form of a mostly low-key, pretty maudlin, but very effective indie dramedy.

Since Bob Trevino Likes It is based on a true story from writer-director Tracie Laymon’s life,...

Writer-director Tracie Laymon has a lot of Bobs in her life.

First, there was Bob Laymon, her father.

“In 2012, I was looking for my dad,” she says. “He would just feel disrespected for even the most minor infractions, and he’d disappear for a year or two and not talk to me. So I put his name into Facebook and saw this little tiny picture. I friended him and woke up to ‘Bob Laymon likes it.’ I was like, ‘My dad likes something of mine! We’re back! It’s gonna be okay.'”

It wasn’t okay yet. This was a second Bob Laymon.

“It was a stranger in Wichita, Kansas,” Laymon says, “who continued to be more fatherly to me than my dad ever was — he filled the void. He had such access to my heart because of his name. My dad never wrote me happy birthday, but...

Exclusive: Ahead of the SXSW debut of her first solo feature Bob Trevino Likes It, filmmaker Tracie Laymon has taken on new management at Artists First.

Premiering in Narrative Feature Competition on March 9th, Laymon’s dramedy follows a people-pleasing young woman (Barbie Ferreira) who sends her estranged and curmudgeonly father (French Stewart) a Facebook friend request, only to unwittingly befriend a grieving man with the same name (John Leguizamo). She wrote, directed, and produced the pic, which draws heavily from her own life and also stars Lauren “Lolo” Spencer and Rachel Bay Jones.

A Texas native, Laymon spent some of her formative teen years in Russia before returning to the States for college, where she began directing short films. Since then, her directorial projects have won numerous accolades, including a jury prize at SXSW and Best Director awards at Women Texas Film Festival, the Seattle Film Festival, and The Method Fest in Beverly Hills.

The final comedic performance by James Caan in "Queen Bees" reunites him with Ellen Burstyn, marking a 24-year reunion since their last appearance together in a 2000 crime drama. "Queen Bees" has gained recent popularity on Netflix, currently ranking in the top 3 movies in the United States on the streaming platform. The cast of "Queen Bees" features several other reunions, including Jane Curtin and French Stewart from "3rd Rock from the Sun" and Ann-Margret and Christopher Lloyd from "Going in Style."

The final comedic performance by legendary actor James Caan in Queen Bees quietly marked a cast reunion nearly a quarter-century after their box office flop. Caan, who sadly passed away in 2022, appeared in dozens of classic dramas and comedies ranging from The Godfather as Sonny Corleone to Elf as Walter Hobbs, Buddy's dad. The last movie in which Caan had a leading role was the 2023 action crime thriller Fast Charlie starring Pierce Brosnan,...

"Queen Bees" is a romantic comedy film set in a retirement community, starring James Caan as Dan Simpson. The movie follows the story of Helen, played by Ellen Burstyn, who finds companionship and love with Dan. "Queen Bees" was James Caan's final film before he died in 2022.

Queen Bees chronicles the lives of senior citizens living in the Pine Grove retirement community, and one of its residents is Dan Simpson, played by James Caan. The 2021 romantic comedy film, directed by Michael Lembeck and written by Donald Martin, revolves around Helen Wilson, an older woman whose daughter wants her to move into a retirement home despite Helen's desire to stay at the home she has lived at for years. However, when Helen locks herself out of the house (again), resulting in a fire that destroys the kitchen, she is forced to move into Pine Grove while it is being repaired.

Aside from Caan,...

The SXSW Film & TV Festival said Wednesday that Universal’s The Fall Guy starring Ryan Gosling will serve as the 2024 edition’s Centerpiece film, and Netflix’s 3 Body Problem from David Benioff, D. B. Weiss and Alexander Woo will open the fest’s opening-night TV premiere.

The news comes as the festival, whose 31st edition runs March 8-16 in Austin, unveiled first titles in its Feature and Short Competitions, Midnighters, Global and Xr Experience categories. See the list below, which includes berths for the world premiere of Pamela Adlon’s Babes, the Daisy Ridley-starring Magpie, Prentice Penny’s docuseries Black Twitter, Season 3 of Hacks and the final season of Star Trek: Discovery.

Organizers said today that more titles, including the opening- and closing-night films, will be announced early next month across Headliner, Narrative Feature Competition, Documentary Feature Competition, Narrative Spotlight, Documentary Spotlight, Visions, Midnighter, Global, 24 Beats Per Second,...

The 2024 SXSW Film and TV Festival has announced its lineup, with Netflix’s splashy sci-fi series 3 Body Problem opening the fest and the Ryan Gosling and Emily Bunt action comedy The Fall Guy acting as a centerpiece screening.

David Benioff and Dan Weiss are behind 3 Body Problem, based on the book of the same name. David Leitch directed the Universal feature about a Hollywood stuntman (Gosling) who is tasked with tracking down the star of the latest movie he is working on.

The Pamela Adlon movie Babes will also act as a centerpiece screening. The narrative competition features include Crystal Moselle’s latest, The Black Sea, and Barbie Ferreira starrer Bob Trevino Likes It. Elsewhere in the lineup are a Cheech and Chong doc, Tommy Dorfman’s directorial debut, Lilly Singh comedy Doin’ It, and My Dead Friend Zoe, exec produced by NFL star Travis Kelce.

The film...

The original Home Alone is a classic and remains the best in the franchise, loved for its hilarious plot and iconic booby traps. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is even better than the first film, with memorable performances and iconic moments that make it the best in the series. While the other Home Alone movies have tried to recreate the magic of the originals, most have failed to win over audiences or critics.

With the release of Home Sweet Home Alone in 2022 there are now six Home Alone movies, and there's a considerable gulf in quality between the worst and the best. 1990's Home Alone was directed by Chris Columbus and became an instant classic, with a sequel released two years later with almost all of the original cast. These movies have been followed by four more, most with a completely new cast of Home Alone characters. Each...

The 90s were a golden era for sitcoms. From relatable stories, such as the ones in Friends and Family Matters, to series with weirder premises like 3rd Rock from the Sun, there was comedy everywhere. 20 years after the end of the decade, some of these sitcoms are still in the fandom's mind for being so hilarious.

Whether it is because they have histrionic characters or because they have space for some of the most absurd storylines ever, these shows rank among the funniest sitcoms from the 90s. Their incredible humor made them iconic, so they have plenty of fans.

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A group of aliens is sent to Earth, disguised as a human family, to experience and report life on the third planet from the sun.

Release Date January 9, 1996 Cast John Lithgow, Kristen Johnston, French Stewart, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jane Curtin Genres Sitcom,...

The hit sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun had an iconic cast of comedic legends and future stars, but what have they been up to since the show went off the air? Debuting in 1996, 3rd Rock from the Sun follows a band of extraterrestrials who arrive on Earth in order to study the ways of human beings. The series cleverly turned the classic sitcom premise on its ear and was a remarkably fresh show that fit right at the turn of the new millennium. Besides the show's clever writing, it was the cast that made 3rd Rock from the Sun a classic.

Running for an impressive six seasons on the air, 3rd Rock from the Sun featured established stars like Jane Curtin and John Lithgow while also elevating the young careers of actors Joseph Gordon-Levitt and French Stewart. Like most classic sitcoms, the cast not only delivered laughs in abundance,...

Will works with a young boy to find a murderer on ABC’s Will Trent season one episode 10. “Pterodactyls Can Fly” will air on Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt.

The series stars Ramón Rodríguez (The Affair) in the title role, Erika Christensen (Ten Days in the Valley) as Angie Polaski, Iantha Richardson (This Is Us) as Faith Mitchell, Jake McLaughlin (Quantico) as Michael Ormewood, and Sonja Sohn (The Chi) as Amanda Wagner.

“Pterodactyls Can Fly” Plot: A trailer park massacre leaves a young boy without his family; and Will, strongly opposed to leaving him, becomes his temporary guardian. Meanwhile, Faith receives a visit from her mother, and Angie spirals from incidents of her past.

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What's more unbelievable than a sitcom about four aliens who land on Earth and assume human identities to study life on the planet? Add the fact that the human incarnations of these aliens don't exactly correspond with their identities (e.g. one extraterrestrial is a male trapped in a woman's body). This is the premise for the NBC's '90s hit show "3rd Rock from the Sun." This premise alone is so outrageous that if your suspension of disbelief isn't challenged by it, anything that happens on the show shouldn't be outside the realm of possibility, right? Well -- if you can believe it -- one of the show's biggest challenges was keeping its stories believable. 

The aliens-in-residence are the Solomon family: Dick (John Lithgow), Sally (Kristen), Harry (French Stewart), and Tommy (Joseph Gordon-Levitt). Each episode, the foursome gets embroiled in hijinks and wacky, slapstick scenarios as they try to fit in with society.

It's common for any long-running television sitcom to eventually "jump the shark." But to do it in 3D? That takes some real moonstones, and the cast of "3rd Rock from the Sun" did it in sublime fashion.

After its first season, "3rd Rock from the Sun" was nominated for three Emmys, with star John Lithgow winning Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. By the show's second season, that number increased to eight nominations and five wins, including a nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series.

Despite the early success of the show, NBC decided that the final episode of season 2 needed to be big -- so big that they brought in film director Phil Joanou to direct 16 minutes of 3D sequences for a two-episode special entitled "A Nightmare on Dick Street, Parts I & II."

Although the show was known for its eccentric nature, the creative team didn't share NBC's enthusiasm over the idea.

When the creators of the '90s NBC sitcom "3rd Rock from the Sun" developed the idea about an alien family posing as humans on earth, they did so with the hopes of casting John Lithgow as its central protagonist, Dick Solomon. Lithgow got on board, breaking his own biggest rule in Hollywood, which was to never do a sitcom. "The thing I disliked about the idea of doing a sitcom was that they would – that's all you would be able to do," he told the Los Angeles Times. "People would only think of you that way. The way Carroll O'Connor could never escape Archie Bunker, as great a character actor as he was."

Some of Lithgow's peers may have something to say about this. Courtney Cox earned her fame from playing Monica Geller on the sitcom "Friends" while she simultaneously established herself as an iconic figure in the horror...

In a 2022 interview with Entertainment Weekly, John Lithgow revealed that his fans remember him most from the '90s NBC sitcom "3rd Rock from the Sun," on which his played the screwball Dick Solomon, the leader of a group of four extraterrestrials posing as a family of humans in the fictional city of Rutherford, Ohio. Even more than 20 years later, people on the street still ask him to do that popular alien salute. "[3rd Rock from the Sun] exploded my career," he said. "It exploded everybody's expectations of me. Nobody had seen me do that nonsense before, except for if they happened to remember the three times that I hosted "Saturday Night Live" way back in the '80s." With the help of his co-stars Kristen Johnston, French Stewart, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lithgow snagged three Emmy Awards during the show's six-season run.

But the "Dexter" villain initially focused his career on theater and film.

As sitcom premises go, Bonnie and Terry Turner's ultra-popular sci-fi sitcom "3rd Rock from the Sun" is first rate. The show follows a quartet of nonhumanoid space aliens from a distant galaxy -- played by John Lithgow, Kristen Johnson, French Stewart, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt -- who have disguised themselves as a human family in order to study our species up close. The show's comedy is derived from their utter cluelessness about the way the people in Ohio behave. "3rd Rock from the Sun" came in a long tradition of silly sci-fi sitcoms that included "Out of the World," "Alf," "Aliens in the Family," and "They Came from Outer Space." These were shows that took familiar American sitcom tropes, and skewered them by putting aliens in place of traditionally human characters.

The central aliens on the program would regularly report back to an ineffable, off-screen supreme alien lord that was...

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This month, our picks include dark teen comedies, beloved ‘90s sitcoms, the comedic stylings of Taika Waititi, and more. Check out Plex TV now for the best...

Attention, people of Earth: 3rd Rock from the Sun has a new digital home.

NBCUniversal’s Cozi TV has acquired digital broadcast rights to the popular aliens-among-us sitcom that aired 139 episodes over six seasons from 1996-2001 on NBC. The half-hour show debuts July 18 on the outlet with a 10-hour marathon of Season 1 from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Et. Starting the next night, it will air from 7-8 p.m. weeknights with additional runs on Sundays.

Check out a promo for the “3rd Rock-a-Thon” above.

John Lithgow, Jane Curtin, Kristen Johnston, French Stewart and Joseph Gordon-Levitt starred in 3rd Rock from the Sun, which followed a space-alien family trying to figure out the strange ways of Earth. The series bounced around the NBC schedule during its run but earned consecutive Emmy noms for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1997-98.

The series was created by SNL writing alums Bonnie Turner and Terry Turner...

A love story set in a retirement home is a sweet premise, and when you stack the cast with greats like Ellen Burstyn, James Caan, Jane Curtin, Ann-Margret, Christopher Lloyd, and Loretta DeVine, greatness is expected. But in director MIchael Lembeck’s “Queen Bees,” the overly simplistic nature of the script becomes both pragmatic and detrimental, never allowing any character the depth they are owed while providing just enough of a formulaic plot, one that asks nothing more than for you to enjoy the ensemble.

Helen (Burstyn) is an independent woman in her 80s whose daughter Laura and grandson Peter are getting worried about her living alone. The matriarch constantly refuses her daughter’s suggestions about moving into a nearby retirement community until the day Helen accidentally sets her kitchen on fire. She finally agrees to live in the retirement community, for one month, until her home repairs are completed.

There will always been a place in the world for older-skewing movies as pleasant as “Queen Bees,” a lightweight but likable comedy set primarily in a retirement community where close friendships are forged — sometimes reluctantly, sometimes immediately — and autumnal romance can blossom. For years, their natural habitat has been bargain-matinee multiplex screenings, where over-50 ticketbuyers might attend solo, in groups or accompanied by children and/or grandchildren. More recently, viewing options have expanded to include the modern miracle of VOD. But any way you look at it, director Michael Lembeck’s indie offering is bound to please nearly anyone in its target demographic who isn’t easily offended by unmistakable indications that, as the old saying goes, although there’s snow on the roof, fire can still burn in the hearth.

Ellen Burstyn heads the unusually strong cast of familiar faces as Helen Wilson, a fiercely independent retired schoolteacher who...

Network: CBS

Episodes: 170 (half-hour)

Seasons: Eight

TV show dates: September 23, 2013 -- May 13, 2021

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: Anna Faris, Allison Janney, Sadie Calvano, Blake Garrett Rosenthal, Spencer Daniels, Matt Jones, Nick Corddry, and French Stewart.

TV show description:      

This comedy series follows a single mother named Christy (Anna Faris) who is newly sober and decides to restart her life in the Napa Valley in California. Her sobriety is tested by her mother, Bonnie (Allison Janney), who introduced alcohol and drugs to Christy at an early age and is also in recovery.

Bonnie's working on repairing their mother-daughter relationship and is all too happy to offer insights into Christy's mistakes.

Christy's children are Violet (Sadie Calvano) a sarcastic 16-year-old, and Roscoe (Blake Garrett Rosenthal), an innocent and...

"C'mon, be one of us!" Universal Pics + Gravitas have debuted an official trailer for a comedy titled Queen Bees, a film from filmmaker Michael Lembeck. While her house undergoes repairs, fiercely independent senior Helen moves into a nearby retirement community ― just temporarily. Once inside the Pine Grove Senior Community, she encounters lusty widows, cutthroat bridge tournaments and a hotbed of bullying "mean girls" the likes of which she hasn't encountered since high school, all of which leaves her yearning for the solitude of her home. But somewhere between flower arranging and water aerobics Helen discovers that it's never too late to make new friends and perhaps even find a new love. Of course. The film stars Ellen Burstyn, Ann-Margret, Jane Curtin, Loretta Devine, with James Caan, Christopher Lloyd, Elizabeth Mitchell, Matthew Barnes, French Stewart, Alec Mapa, Marianne Muellerleile, and Courtney Gains. This looks like a boat load of retirement ...

Gravitas Ventures has picked up the North American rights to “Queen Bees,” a romance set in a retirement community that stars Ellen Burstyn and James Caan. The distributor has also set a release date for June 11, both in theaters and on demand.

Along with Burstyn and Caan, the romantic comedy stars Ann-Margret, Jane Curtin, Christopher Lloyd, Loretta Devine, Elizabeth Mitchell and French Stewart.

Burstyn plays Helen, a fiercely independent senior temporarily stuck inside a retirement community while her home undergoes repairs. Inside, she meets lusty widows, cutthroat bridge players and even a posse of bullying “mean girls.” But somewhere between flower arranging and water aerobics, Helen discovers it’s never too late to make new friends — and perhaps even find a new love.

“Queen Bees,” which was previously known as “At Last,” is inspired by the true story of how producer Harrison Powell’s own grandmother found a second chance...

Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights from Arclight Films, to distribute dramatic comedy Queen Bees which stars Ellen Burstyn, James Caan, Ann-Margret, Jane Curtin, Christopher Lloyd, Loretta Devine, Elizabeth Mitchell, and French Stewart. A theatrical and PVOD release of June 11 is currently planned.

While her house undergoes repairs, fiercely independent senior Helen (Oscar winner Burstyn) moves into a nearby retirement community ― just temporarily. Once behind the doors of Pine Grove Senior Community, she encounters lusty widows, cutthroat bridge tournaments and a hotbed of bullying “mean girls” the likes of which she hasn’t encountered since high school, all of which leaves her yearning for the solitude of home. But somewhere between flower arranging and water aerobics Helen discovers that it’s never too late to make new friends and perhaps even find a new love. The Michael Lembeck directed movie is inspired by the true story of producer Harrison Powell...

Michael Lembeck directed Astute Films production based on story by producer Harrison Powell.

Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights from Arclight Films to dramatic comedy Queen Bees (formerly At Last) starring Ellen Burstyn and James Caan.

Michael Lembeck directed the Astute Films production from a screenplay by Donald Martin based on a story by producer Harrison Powell about a fiercely independent senior who is reminded of high school antics when she moves into a retirement home and finds love.

The cast includes Ann-Margret, Jane Curtin, Christopher Lloyd, Loretta Devine, Elizabeth Mitchell, and French Stewart.

Powell, who based the story...