Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As if made to prove that film noir isn’t one genre, but all the genres, Steve Conrad’s “Ultra City Smiths” tackles its many ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the wake of the pandemic, shows have gotten inventive, many eschewing actors entirely in favor of finding unique ways to tell ...

Rafael Motamayor is an entertainment writer and critic for sites like Collider, Observer, Rotten Tomatoes, /Film, IGN, and more. He specializes in writing about horror and animation, and yearns for ...

'Patriot' creator Steve Conrad's new dark comedy is also a noir musical featuring stop-motion baby dolls and the vocal talents of Jimmi Simpson, Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Bebe ...

Ultra City Smiths is a new stop-motion animated series set to debut on streaming service AMC+ this summer. The series was created by Steve Conrad, who made the wonderfully quirky series Patriot and ...

Stoopid Buddy Stoodios (the makers of Robot Chicken and Crossing Swords) released some serious casting announcements for its new upcoming series Ultra City Smiths, which will premiere on AMC+ this ...

Kristen has been a film & tv journalist for over five years, with bylines at Collider, Indiewire, Yahoo, and more. She appreciates sci-fi, noir, bisexual lighting, soundtracks, an unhealthy love for ...

Det. Mills (Jimmi Simpson) and Det. Johnson (Da'Vine Joy Randolph) discuss the investigation on "Ultra City Smiths." Elephant Pictures/Stoopid Buddies Stoodios/AMC You’re about to enter the bizarro ...

Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard, Alia Shawkat and Tim Meadows are among the actors joining the voice cast for AMC+’s stop-motion animated series Ultra City Smiths, from Stoopid Buddy Stoodios and showrunner ...

Written and co-directed by "Patriot" creator Steve Conrad, this beautifully rendered mystery (told with baby doll heads) manages to deliver as both an homage to and parody of classic film noir. As if ...

Steve Conrad creates a throwback to the film noir genre featuring Jimmi Simpson's Detective David Mills as a classic gumshoe... with a baby head. In the wake of the pandemic, shows have gotten ...