Sentences with phrase «british film comedy»

In many ways, Simon Pegg is the Quentin Tarantino of British film comedy; there are so many throwaway gags that it'll take multiple viewings to spot them all and I'm sure that the majority of the film references will be lost on a...

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The new streaming service will also be the exclusive streaming home to the full catalog of classic British sketch comedy show Monty Python's Flying Circus, which has been remastered in HD for the first time, along with Monty Python films.

She made her film debut in the Welsh - set comedy Valley of Song, but was too direct and intense to fit comfortably into leading roles in 1950s British films.

A buddy - comedy wrapped in a British Columbia road trip, Suck It Up figures out how to find the humor in emotionally distressing situations that might elude any less determined characters than the film's two protagonists.

Yet another entry in the British «Carry On» comedies, this zany parody takes aim at the popular»60s espionage films — complete with outrageous disguises, double - crosses and other such irreverence.

It is a foul - mouthed British underworld comedy so they may be hoping it will attract the hip audience of films like «Snatch» and «Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.»

Some of the biggest and brightest stars in British comedy appear in this performance film, which documents a revue staged by John Cleese of Monty Python as a benefit for the human rights group Amnesty International.

Mr. Cattaneo restricts himself to the smiling blandness that has become the stock in trade of British comedies made for export, turning in a film that is forced, familiar and thoroughly condescending.

An unusually intelligent black comedy, this British independent film takes the audience on a road trip that's packed with surprises.

As a British director who made his start in TV comedy, I can vouch for the fact that this film is one of the key texts for every single UK comedy writer, actor, and director of my generation.

Best known for starring in Cronenberg's Cosmopolis alongside Robert Pattinson and for her portrayal of the wife of the Carl Jung in A Dangerous Method, Canadian actress Sarah Gadon is now taking on the lead role of the young Princess Elizabeth in new British comedy film A Royal Night Out.

-- Blow Dry — I happened upon this wonderful British comedy at a film festival in Athens, Ohio.

HBO has released the first trailer for Doll & Em, a new comedy series about a British Hollywood star who hires her childhood friend to be her personal assistant while she is making a film in Los Angeles.

Named for the frozen treat that appears in each film, the two comedies feature British actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost combining comedy with elements of the horror and action film genres.

From British / Irish director Martin McDonagh, who'd already had massive transatlantic success with plays like «The Beauty Queen of Leenane» and «The Cripple of Inishmaan» and had already won an Academy Award for his short film «Six Shooter,» the hitman black comedy was not just the arrival of an exciting new director, but also marked a refreshing change of pace for Farrell, whose split personality of rugged charm, soulfulness and hair - trigger volatility found its most perfect vehicle to date.

LOCO Film Festival are an organisation that supports and promotes comedy in British film.

The premise of this British comedy, out - of - work male strippers, is contrived and calculated, but the film exudes charm and optimism.

As far as this film being the greatest British comedy, it's far from it.

Universal Pictures has announced that filming has wrapped on Dad's Army, the upcoming feature remake of the beloved British comedy series, and the film has been given a UK release date of February 5th, 2016.

The 54 - year - old director left a successful run in British theater and television to tackle a striking range of genres on film: horror, romantic comedy, family drama, thriller, dark comedy, among others.

You may, at first, balk at the notion of murder as comedy, but Kind Hearts and Coronets carries out its grim duties with such cheer that you surrender morality to Hamer's comedy and guffaw at the film's dry British wit and gallows humor.

While the film sets out with ambitions as a somewhat cynical British black comedy it just never quite gels together.

Good natured, positive and with a fun cast of British actors (yes Chuck Bass is really English) this film is light and frothy entertainment, and sometimes it is nice to watch a comedy that doesn't humiliate people for laughs (rich people do get poked fun of a little, but that seems perfectly fair).

The film's misjudged intro relies heavily on knowledge of a particular British TV show, but if audiences persevere through this awkward opening, Chalet Girl makes for untaxing, light - hearted fun that lacks the pretensions and meanness that seems to be the current flavour of comedy.

In 1978, Douglas Adams penned the script for British radio an eccentric SF comedy entitled «The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy» (or H2G2), and its success led to a run of five best - selling books (the first appearing in 1979), a BBC television series (1981), a computer game (1998), and now, over a quarter of a century after its first radio outing, a big - screen feature film.

Keira Knightley signed up to star in a comedy with Steve Carrell because she needed a break from all her «dark» film roles.The British actress has...

Richard Curtis» Love Actually, which strikes me as the British counterpart to this film, played out as an ongoing series of happy endings, the kind every romantic comedy eventually provides.

Her latest is a WWII - set comedy titled Their Finest about a British film crew that attempts to boost morale by making a propaganda film after the Blitzkrieg.

Some of the biggest black entertainers in comedy today who aren't Tyler Perry come together in Death at a Funeral, which African - Americanizes a 2007 British film directed by Frank Oz.

In the best picture, comedy or musical category, Birdman was joined by St Vincent, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Into the Woods and — in a surprise — the independent British film Pride.

While Vince and Willa do an okay job as the American antagonists (with Kevin Kline doing double duty as both Vince and Rod), it's really the wacky British spirit (and slapstick comedy) that keeps this film alive.

Classically - trained British actress Emily Mortimer has taken on everything from screwball comedy to historical drama to teen slasher films.

StudioCanal releases the first full - length trailer for the upcoming British - French family - comedy film sequel, Paddington 2, along with a new poster.

Continuing on from yesterday where great British comedy sat alongside Turkish slow cinema in our countdown of the best films from 13 - 6, here are our top five films of 2014.

The extremely low - budget film features a stellar cast of British talent - Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay, David Hemings, Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Ray Winstone - and is Schepisi's first real diversion from comedy in a while.

As a huge fan of British comedy AND zombie films, I fell head over heels in love with that film and Edgar, Simon and Nick.

While she may not have graced as many film posters as her fellow alumni, she is a stalwart of British comedy and is beloved and respected by her peers and fans alike.

Despite his Hollywood breakout, Domhnall hasn't forgotten his roots — in 2013, he appeared on screen again with his father Brendan in the Irish comedy Calvary and is slated to be cast in the British indie film Ex Machina with Oscar Isaac.

THE LADYKILLERS (Grade: D): This Coen brothers remake of the classic 1955 British comedy — with Tom Hanks in the Alec Guinness role as the leader of a gang of crooks who plan a heist in the home of a dotty old woman (Irma P. Hall)-- not only misses all the wit and charm of the original, but it may stand as the clumsiest, crudest, least funny and most pandering of all their films.

While the shorter instalments of the TV series may have negated these factors, Australian fans of British comedy, particularly Coogan and Brydon's brand of humour should definitely try and seek this film out.

Veteran British actor Bill Nighy is set to star in next year's movie adaptation of legendary comedy «Dad's Army», but he's apparently worried that fans of the original series will hate the resulting film.

Filmed in just 14 days, British writer - director Sally Potter's spry comedy of manners unfolds over the course of a farcical evening at the home of a politician (Kristin Scott Thomas), who's celebrating her ministerial promotion with her husband (Timothy Spall) and friends.

The original film, a British comedy of manners mixed with the lower sensibilities of an offensive, American go - for - broke joke-fest, pulled off something similar.

A sequel was inevitable after the success of the first Marigold Hotel film, a charming comedy - drama based on a novel about a group of British senior citizens who retire to India and experience various forms of culture shock.

Things acclaimed British director Mike Leigh is known for: wry comedy - drama poking at ordinary lives and the class system, a compassionate yet sharp take on the human condition, his almost unique working method that involves workshopping and improvising for months with his cast before a frame of film is shot.

This is actually Madonna's second film behind the camera, although chances are you missed her first, the 2008 British comedy Filth and Wisdom.

Running the gamut from the deeply moving to the darkly humorous, The Party puts an entirely modern spin on the traditional British comedy of manners; that it's filmed in black and white only adds to the stark intimacy which draws the viewer in.

On the menu are political British Gangster dramas, Nazi propaganda films, Art - Giallo hommages, silent comedies, a knuckle - biter suspense spectacular, the Bard with music «n guns, more 80s nostalgia and TVs Party Down.

Also in the mix: comedy Get Hard, starring Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart; long - delayed fantasy actioner The Seventh Son; indie sci - fi The Signal; and British sci - fi family film Robot Overlords.

A musical version of hit British comedy film Bend It Like Beckham is to open in the West End in May (15).