Stand-up comic Bert Kreischer has been telling his story of The Machine for years. In case you aren’t familiar with it, Kreischer was a student at Florida State, and enrolled in a Russian studies ...

Bert Kreischer is living proof that truth is stranger than fiction. The film’s premise revolves around Bert and his father, Albert (Mark Hamill), getting kidnapped by a Russian gangster (Iva Babić) as ...

You probably saw Bert Kreischer’s mega-viral story on YouTube that led to his film The Machine, now in theaters everywhere. What you may not have heard about is the dedication and behind-the-scenes ...

‘The Machine’ stars stand-up comedian Bert Kreischer as himself, Jimmy Tatro ('Grown Ups 2') as young Bert Kreischer, Mark Hamill ('Star Wars: The Last Jedi') as Albert Kreischer, Sr., Jessica Gabor ( ...

23 years after Bert Kreischer's greatest story began, he's returning to Russia to continue the legend of The Machine in a new red band trailer for the action comedy. Facing family crisis and the ...

The Machine is loud, gross, obnoxious and overbearing. It’s also disarming, quick-witted, fast moving and becomes increasingly funny as it ends up in, of all places, Russia for its payoff scenes.

Makes a lot of sense. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Oh, I told it for the first time probably almost like 15 years ago. And I ...

A class trip to Russia in the mid-90s that went (very) wrong led to the stand-up spending months on set in Serbia, starring opposite Mark Hamill in a movie inspired by his life. By Brian Davids Writer ...