All posts tagged: Tracy Morgan

Michael B. Jordan Voices Cute Netflix ‘Toon

Michael B. Jordan Voices Cute Netflix ‘Toon

There have been plenty of movies about human beings switching bodies, so why not one about animals? That, at least, seems to be the rationale behind Netflix’s new animated film rehashing a very familiar formula for kiddies too young to appreciate the likes of Freaky Friday. Unfortunately, they haven’t been the first out of the gate, since the very similarly themed Hoppers beat them to the punch months ago. Nonetheless, Swapped has its appeals, including gorgeously rendered animation and the first screen performance by Michael B. Jordan since he won the Oscar for Sinners. (Sorry, ladies, it’s his voice only.) Directed by Nathan Greno in his first feature effort since 2010’s Tangled, the film (originally titled Pookoo) is set in the bucolic “Valley,” where creatures don’t necessarily exist harmoniously. Case in point: the small woodland creatures known as “Pookoos,” who look like tiny sea otters, and the large birds called “Javans,” who resemble a cross between an owl and a parrot. Swapped The Bottom Line Better than its familiar premise would suggest. Release date: Friday, …

‘The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins’ Review: Tracy Morgan NBC Comedy

‘The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins’ Review: Tracy Morgan NBC Comedy

I don’t mean to tell Hollywood’s creative forces what to do, but the pace of sports mockumentary production has fallen well behind the pace of sports documentary production. The latter is a genre that — as much as I watch it vociferously — is always in need of a little ego deflation. There are great sports mockumentaries, like the HBO Sports tennis comedy 7 Days in Hell or the When We Were Kings-inspired “How They Threw Rocks” episode of Documentary Now!. It’s harder to do a sports mockumentary as an ongoing series, but the American Vandal guys tackled e-sports fairly well (at times) in Paramount+’s Players. The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins The Bottom Line Gets better as it goes. Preview: Sunday, January 18, after the NFL Playoffs (NBC)Time period premiere: Monday, February 23 (NBC)Cast: Tracy Morgan, Daniel Radcliffe, Erika Alexander, Bobby Moynihan, Precious Way, Jalyn HallCreators: Robert Carlock and Sam Means Premiering after the NFL playoff game on Sunday (January 18) on NBC a full month ahead of its February 23 launch, The …