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Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez in Only Murders in the Building

Only Murders in the Building: what I loved about season 4

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / October 30, 2024 / Amy Ryan, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Eugene Levy, Eva Longoria, Griffin Dunne, Jamie Babbit, Jane Lynch, Jessica Yu, Kumail Nanjiani, Martin Short, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Cyril Creighton, Molly Shannon, Only Murders in the Building, Paul Rudd, Richard Kind, Selena Gomez, Shari Springer German, Siena Werber, Steve Martin, Téa Leoni, Zach Galifianakis

Only Murders in the Building, season 4, has some wonderful moments. This clever series is consistently good. It’s time to mention some of the best things in season 4.

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Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in 2 Pieces

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / June 10, 2024 / Anne Stringfield, Harry Bliss, Martin Short, Morgan Neville, Steve Martin, Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in 2 Pieces

Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in 2 Pieces explores the career of Steve Martin from a Then vs. Now perspective. The first 15 years of his career as a stand up comic with an arrow through his head make up ‘Then.’

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Martin Short, Selena Gomez, and Steve Martin seated side by side in an empty theater auditorium

Only Murders in the Building, season 3, showstopping fun

4 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / October 9, 2023 / #eldersrock, Andrea Martin, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Jackie Hoffman, Jane Lynch, Jeremy Shamos, Jesse Williams, Martin Short, Matthew Broderick, Meryl Streep, Michael Cyril Creighton, Only Murders in the Building, Paul Rudd, season 3, Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, Tina Fey, Wesley Taylor

Only Murders in the Building, season 3, is another hilarious and twisty romp through a murder mystery set in the building where our heroes Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver (Martin Short), and Mabel (Selena Gomez) live.

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Keegan-Michael Key and Cecily Strong in Schmigadoon!

Schmigadoon! moves up a couple of decades

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / May 4, 2023 / Aaron Tveit, Alan Cumming, Ann Harada, Ariana DeBose, Cecily Strong, Cinco Paul, Dove Cameron, Jaime Camil, Jane Krakowski, Keegan-Michael Key, Kristin Chenoweth, Martin Short, musical, Patrick Page, Schmicago, Schmigadoon!, Tituss Burgess, Women Directors

Schmigadoon! season 2 moves up a couple of decades to become Schmicago, with darker tunes and musical productions from the 1960s to the 1980s reflected. The cast is basically the same, but many actors have new parts in the new

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Review: Only Murders in the Building – gosh, whodunnit?

4 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / October 21, 2021 / #eldersrock, Aaron Dominguez, Amy Ryan, Cherien Dabis, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Don Scardino, Gillian Robespierre, Jamie Babbit, Jane Lynch, John Hoffman, Martin Short, Nathan Lane, Only Murders in the Building, season 1, Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, Sting, Tina Fey

Only Murders in the Building recently aired its season 1 finale on Hulu. A lot of folks have been watching it week to week and already know it is an awesome series. But I want to go on record here

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Review: Bathtubs Over Broadway

Leave a Comment / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / June 14, 2019 / Bathtubs Over Broadway, Chita Rivera, Dava Whisenant, David Letterman, documentary films, Florence Henderson, Martin Short, Steve Young, Women Directors

Bathtubs Over Broadway is a result of the eccentric obsession of Steve Young. For someone like myself who has always been in love with musical theater, this documentary is a revelation.

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Maya Rudolph and Martin Short in Maya and Marty

Maya and Marty are a Fun Time

1 Comment / TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / June 6, 2016 / Jimmy Fallon, Kate McKinnon, Kenan Thompson, Larry David, Lorne Michaels, Martin Short, Maya and Marty, Maya Rudolph, Miley Cyrus, Savion Glover, Steve Martin, Tom Hanks

Maya and Marty with Maya Rudolph, Martin Short and Kenan Thompson as the regulars is a full-on, live, prime time variety show. The show has sketches and musical numbers – the real thing.

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Ellie Kemper in Unbreakable Kimmie Schmidt

Review: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

2 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / March 11, 2015 / Carol Kane, Ellie Kemper, Jane Krakowski, Jon Hamm, Martin Short, Richard Kind, Robert Carlock, season 1, Tina Fey, Tituss Burgess, trailers, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt caught my eye because it was created by Robert Carlock and Tina Fey. The Netflix-only series stars Ellie Kemper as the title character. The set-up is that 4 women have been held in an underground bunker for

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