Ike Barinholtz
‘Orion and the Dark’ Review: Jacob Tremblay and Paul Walter Hauser in Clever Animation Penned by Charlie Kaufman
Angela Bassett and Colin Hanks also feature in the voice cast of this Netflix premiere, an adaptation of Emma Yarlett's children's book about an anxious kid especially fearful when the lights go out.
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Ike Barinholtz Listened to “Chernobyl Levels of Poison” to Prep for His Spoof of Ignorant Male Podcasters
Ike Barinholtz is going full dumbass. That’s how The Mindy Project writer-star describes his latest character, Chris Chatman, who he’ll play for his newest project, The Chris Chatman Do-Over podcast, beginning Jan. 11. The weekly show, which is being billed as an original improvised comedy, is the second of three installments in a series of […]
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Ike Barinholtz Jokingly Says Sorry to Studio Execs for Picketing: “When I’m Pitching TV Shows and Movies, Just Remember That Tonight I Apologized”
Chrysalis held its annual Butterfly Ball gala in Los Angeles on Saturday night, honoring both Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chair Joe Drake and president Nathan Kahane, as well as UTA co-head of talent Chris Hart. Just days after the writers strike ceased, and with SAG-AFTRA still on strike, Ike Barinholtz was quick to make jokes about […]
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‘Maximum Truth’ Director David Stassen Teams Up With Dylan O’Brien and Ike Barinholtz to Take on Political Grifters
The Maximum Truth brain trust of David Stassen and Ike Barinholtz have a history. The two Chicagoans first met each other at summer camp when they were 7 years old, and they eventually became best friends as teenagers. Shortly thereafter, they formulated a plan to get their college degrees and then take a crack at […]
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How Ike Barinholtz’s Dad Landed at the Lovable Center of Amazon Freevee’s ‘Jury Duty’
Alan Barinholtz was 40-plus years into his Chicago-based legal career when his actor son, Ike, called with an opportunity: A friend of a friend was in search of a retired or semi-retired lawyer or judge with improv experience for an upcoming TV series. Might he be interested? All Alan would need to do was put […]
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‘White House Plumbers’ Review: Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux in HBO’s Exhaustingly Hijinks-Heavy Watergate Comedy
Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck's five-part series argues that the people in charge of the Watergate break-in were, perhaps, slightly buffoonish.
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‘History of the World, Part II’: Ike Barinholtz on Mel Brooks’ Advice and a Potential Part III
History of the World, Part II began with a call from Mel Brooks to Nick Kroll. “It’s the craziest thing in my life,” Kroll recalls, adding, “Mel Brooks is more important to me than anybody, so to get that call was like an out-of-body experience.” From there, Kroll reached out to Wanda Sykes, Ike Barinholtz […]
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Nick Kroll on Putting Together ‘History of the World, Part II’: “One of the Highlights of My Life”
“Most good sequels take at least 40 years to make,” joked executive producer Nick Kroll of his follow-up to 1981 Mel Brooks film History of the World, Part I. And indeed, 42 years later, History of the World, Part II has arrived from the team of Brooks, Kroll, Ike Barinholtz, Wanda Sykes and David Stassen, […]
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‘History of the World, Part II’ Review: Hulu’s Mel Brooks Sequel Scores Enough Laughs to Keep You Coming Back
Brooks' 1981 film 'History of the World, Part I' gets an eight-episode series treatment featuring Nick Kroll, Ike Barinholtz and Wanda Sykes among its writer-producer-stars.
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Ike Barinholtz on Having “7 Side Hustles” and the Truth About Cancel Culture
“Make sure you put the things that will get me canceled right up in the headline,” Ike Barinholtz jokes in early February as I leave the Los Angeles home he shares with his wife and three daughters. We’ve just spent the past hour-plus talking about everything from casting to cancel culture in the guest house […]
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Henry Winkler, Ike Barinholtz and Tony Shalhoub Reveal Their Funny Approaches to Playing Comic Father Figures
You don’t have to be a dad to play one on television, but it helps. That’s the consensus of three actors portraying a wide variety of patriarchs — good, bad and somewhere in between — on three of the most-admired comedy series of the moment.
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Nicolas Cage in ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’: Film Review | SXSW 2022
Nicolas Cage meets Nicolas Cage's biggest fan (Pedro Pascal) in Tom Gormican's funhouse-mirror buddy picture costarring Tiffany Haddish and Ike Barinholtz.
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