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‘SNL’ imagines dark and gritty ‘Bambi’ remake starring Dwayne Johnson

First with Maleficent, then with this month’s Cinderella, and soon a Sofia Coppola directed The Little Mermaid and a Tim Burton directed Dumbo, Disney is going all in with their live action remakes of their animated classics. Disney would be hard pressed today to churn out a film with Frozen‘s quality and originality once a year …

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‘SNL’ revives Dr. Evil and spoofs ‘Serial’

As part of their Christmas special with host Amy Adams, this weekend’s Saturday Night Live had a little holiday fun with one of the hottest recent hits in 2014 pop culture: the blockbuster podcast Serial. Cecily Strong took on the role of host Sarah Koenig, but threw in a little twist, investigating whether or not …

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‘The Hobbit’ meets ‘The Office’ in inspired ‘SNL’ sketch

Saturday Night Live may have out done themselves on the nerdy quotient this weekend. Martin Freeman hosted SNL Saturday to promote the final chapter of The Hobbit, and in the spirit of the season, Freeman portrayed Bilbo Baggins in a mashup with the BBC version of The Office. Freeman initially portrayed Tim on the Ricky …

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4 reasons why MAD TV was (and still is) better than SNL

SNL is a show that runs hot and cold; it’s had good years (mid70s, early 90s) and bad (most of the 80s). Now nearing the end of its current season, it seems to be in another of its mid-decade slumps. The new faces in the last few seasons didn’t add much to an already mediocre …

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