THE LOVEBIRDS (2020) Starring Kumail Nanjiani, Issa Rae, Paul Sparks, Anna Camp, Nicholas X. Parsons, Kyle Bornheimer, Barry Rothbart, Catherine Cohen, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Robert Larriviere, Lisha Wheeler, Shannon Nicole, Moses Storm, Nelson Rafael Cepeda, Casey Hendershot, Aaron Abrams, Joe Chrest, Blaine Kern and Briana Liu. Screenplay by Aaron Abrams & Brendan Gall. Directed by Michael Showalter. Distributed by Netflix. 87 minutes. Rated R. Last year when I interviewed K

Stuber STUBER (2019) Starring Kumail Nanjiani, Dave Bautista, Iko Uwais, Natalie Morales, Betty Gilpin, Jimmy Tatro, Mira Sorvino, Karen Gillan, Steve Howey, Amin Joseph, Scott Lawrence, Rene Moran, Julia Vasi, Melody Peng, Victoria Anastasi, Malachi Malik, Patricia French, Jay D. Kacho, Lyon Beckwith, Joshua Mikel, Christine Horn and Jennifer Riker. Screenplay by Tripper Clancy. Directed by Michael Dowse. Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox. 93 minutes. Rated R. The old bud

Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista at the Philadelphia advanced screening of “Stuber,” at the Ritz East. Photo by George Seth Wagner. Dave Bautista and Kumail Nanjiani Action Drives an Uber by Jay S. Jacobs Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista come from totally different worlds – at least as far as show business is concerned. Which is why it was so dementedly brilliant to cast them together in the action comedy Stuber. Nanjiani comes from the comedy world. He started out as a sta

Men in Black: International MEN IN BLACK: INTERNATIONAL (2019) Starring Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Rebecca Ferguson, Kumail Nanjiani, Rafe Spall, Les Twins (Laurent Bourgeois, Larry Bourgeois), Kayvan Novak, Kayvan Novak, Spencer Wilding, Marcy Harriell, Inny Clemons, Aaron Serotsky, Mandeiya Flory, Matthew Bates, Sartaj Garewal, Stephen Wight, Brian Silliman, John Sousa and Jeff Kim. Screenplay by Matt Holloway and Art Marcum. Directed by F.

A Happening of Monumental Proportions A HAPPENING OF MONUMENTAL PROPORTIONS (2018) Starring Common, Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Rob Riggle, Jennifer Garner, Anders Holm, Storm Reid, Marcus Eckert, John Cho, Katie Holmes, Nat Faxon, Kumail Nanjiani, Marla Sokoloff, Mary Birdsong, Al Madrigal, Lily Mae Silverstein, Monica Young, Rowan Smyth, Brendan Hunt, Debby Gerber, Michael Berthold, Jessica Mikayla Adams and Keanu Reeves. Screenplay by Gary Lundy. Directed by Judy Gre

Rose Byrne and Chris O’Dowd at the New York press day for “Juliet, Naked” at the Crosby Street Hotel in SoHo on August 13, 2018. Rose Byrne and Chris O’Dowd Get Unplugged with Juliet, Naked by Jay S. Jacobs Rose Byrne and Chris O’Dowd play a long-time couple coming to the end of the road in the music-oriented romantic comedy Juliet, Naked. However, you wouldn’t have been able to tell that when we recently met up with the two at the Crosby Street Hotel in New York to discuss t

Blake Cooper takes questions after a screening of “Measure of a Man” at Village East Cinema in New York on May 8, 2018. Blake Cooper Taking the Measure of a Man by Jay S. Jacobs There is a certain irony about the fact that the new movie Measure of a Man stars Blake Cooper as a boy coming of age, because we’ve been watching Cooper grow up before our eyes for a few years now. We first met him – both as film fans and personally with our first interview – when he was 13 years old

Lego Ninjago Movie THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE (2017) Featuring the voices of Dave Franco, Justin Theroux, Jackie Chan, Michael Pena, Kumail Nanjiani, Abbi Jacobson, Zach Woods, Fred Armisen, Olivia Munn, Michael Strahan and Robin Roberts. Screenplay by Bob Logan, Paul Fisher, William Wheeler, Tom Wheeler, Jared Stern and John Whittington. Directed by Charlie Bean, Paul Fisher and Bob Logan. Distributed by Warner Bros. 101 minutes. Rated PG. So, I took two teenagers to see this mo

The Big Sick THE BIG SICK (2017) Starring Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Anupam Kher, Zenobia Shroff, Adeel Akhtar, Bo Burnham, Aidy Bryant, Kurt Braunohler, Vella Lovell, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Jeremy Shamos, David Alan Grier, Ed Herbstman, Shenaz Treasurywala, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Kuhoo Verma, Mitra Jouhari, Celeste Arias, Linda Emond, Shana Solomon, Jeff Blumenkrantz and Holly Chou. Screenplay by Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani. Directed by Michael

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES (2016) Starring Zac Efron, Adam DeVine, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Stephen Root, Sugar Lyn Beard, Sam Richardson, Stephanie Faracy, Marc Maron, Stephen Root, Alice Wetterlund, Kumail Nanjiani, Mary Holland, Branscombe Richmond, Sally Jackson, Don Dailey, Wendy Williams, Andrea Russett and Jake Johnson. Screenplay by Andrew J. Cohen and Brendon O’Brien. Directed by Jake Szymanski. Distributed by 20th Century F

Hello, My Name Is Doris HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS (2016) Starring Sally Field, Max Greenfield, Tyne Daly, Beth Behrs, Isabella Acres, Stephen Root, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Elizabeth Reaser, Natasha Lyonne, Caroline Aaron, Kumail Nanjiani, Kyle Mooney, Rebecca Wisocky, Amy Okuda, Don Stark, Nnamdi Asomugha and Peter Gallagher. Screenplay by Laura Terruso & Michael Showalter. Directed by Michael Showalter. Distributed by Roadside Attractions.  95 minutes.  Rated R. It ain’t easy to

Hot Tub Time Machine 2 HOT TUB TIME MACHINE 2 (2015) Starring Craig Robinson, Rob Corddry, Clark Duke, Adam Scott, Gillian Jacobs, Kumail Nanjiani, Collette Wolfe, Bianca Haase, Kellee Stewart, Jason Jones, Jessica Williams, Christian Slater, Chevy Chase and Lisa Loeb. Screenplay by Josh Heald. Directed by Steve Pink. Distributed by Paramount Pictures.  93 minutes.  Rated R. You may be wondering why they are making a sequel to Hot Tub Time Machine, five years after the film t