Netflix had quite a run with its original films in 2017. Now they are hoping to do the same in 2018 with this biopic of one of the co-founders of National Lampoon, Doug Kenney. It also features an impressive cast playing legendary comedy icons. Being unfamiliar with this past, it should serve as an important history lesson.
Why hasn’t anyone made a live-action movie about the founders of National Lampoon? Netflix has decided to change that with their own movie about the founders of National Lampoon, Doug Kenney (Will Forte) and Henry Beard (Domnhall Gleeson) called A Futile and Stupid Gesture. The trailer is full of 70s goodness while giving us a first look at the founding of the magazine which launched such iconic comedies as Animal House and Caddyshack as well as TV’s Saturday Night Live. The movie...
