Sentences with phrase «for classic comedy»

The old Vic is a wonderful, intimate setting for this classic comedy.

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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.

Called «Seeso,» the service will launch widely in January, at which point members can pay $ 3.99 per month for ad - free access to a full library NBC comedy programming — from new episodes of Saturday Night Live and Jimmy Fallon's The Tonight Show to all past episodes of classic shows like The Office and 30 Rock — along with a slate of new original series and stand - up comedy specials.

Tina Fey adapted her classic comedy Mean Girls into a musical for the Broadway stage and now the reviews are in.

The queen of romantic comedies is best known for penning the classic When Harry Met Sally, and then writing and directing Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail, among others.

The queen of romantic comedies is best known for penning the classic When Harry Met Sally, and then writing and directing Sleepless in...

The crowd laughed nervously when Salome asked for the head of John the Baptist and when Herodias nagged her husband, Herod, about hitting on her daughter — murder and incest not exactly classic comedy moments.

For example, he says, Honoré de Balzac's The Human Comedy was released in serial form as a work of «popular» fiction, but has since attained the status of a classic.

A high - energy romantic comedy that follows three Bid for the chance to own a 1984 Mazda RX - 7 5 - Speed at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online.

Liman mines the story for familiar but fun comedy... though it never reaches the comedic heights of rise - and - fall classics such as Goodfellas or The Wolf of Wall Street.

With engaging performances from Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah, the movie, which follows a workaholic (Hanks» Allen Bauer) as he falls for an honest - to - goodness mermaid (Hannah's Madison), is an agreeable romantic comedy that's deservedly become a minor classic of the genre.

If you're looking for a comedy classic, find something else.

may not be remembered as a masterful comedy classic, but for the college humor crowd with a relatively safe PG - 13 rating, it's a fun diversion

During the scripting sessions for Show of Shows, Reiner became friends with a bombastic staff writer named Mel Brooks, with whom he improvised a number of wild stream - of - consciousness comedy bits which would eventually crystallize as the classic «2000 Year Old Man» routines.

Schwartz has written two features for Imagine Entertainment and Universal and was hired by Paramount to re-make the 1991 classic comedy SOAPDISH with producers Rob Reiner and Alan Greisman.

A flower shop assistant develops a curious, bloodthirsty hybrid, for which he must keep finding new victims to keep the prized plant alive in this classic dark comedy.

Host David Steinberg interviews the show business legends, lifelong friends who got their start writing for television variety shows and became comedy motion picture directors, each with a string of classic box office blockbusters to his name.

In 1999, she starred in the romantic comedy classic NOTTING HILL; and over the course of that same year, she starred in WONDERLAND, in which she earned the BAFTA Award for Best Actress; and WOMEN TALKING DIRTY, the latter of which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival; and THE LOST PRINCE, which earned her a BAFTA nomination.

In this classic American comedy, Buster Keaton stars as a young man who is given a chance for redemption when Yankee spies steal his locomotive.

Forget everything you know about Little Red Riding Hood; the classic fairy tale gets a new look and a new style in this computer - animated comedy for the whole family.

Shot in stunning color and set in a suburb of Tokyo where housewives gossip about the neighbors» new washing machine and unemployed husbands look for work as door - to - door salesmen, this charming comedy refashions Ozu's own silent classic I Was Born, But... to gently satirize consumerism in postwar Japan.

This «Cinderella» is not a comedy (though there are a few lighter moments) and it's not a musical (updated renditions of two of the classic songs from the animated version are saved for the end credits).

After a string of brilliant comedies, director Wes Anderson for his fifth film turns to a stop - motion animation take on a classic Roald Dahl book.

The same year that he delivered his Oscar turn as reporter Mike Connor in The Philadelphia Story and Mr. Kralik in Ernst Lubitsch's classic The Shop Around the Corner, he also played a seemingly simple country writer who becomes an egotistical alcoholic in the very strange No Time For Comedy — an unintentionally apt title — opposite Rosalind Russell.

If you're craving some cinematic titles, prepare yourself for fresh new indies, classic comedies, and new documentary specials.

With a slew of strong reviews, prestigious awards and perhaps the best possible distributor (Sony Classics), everything seems in place for this Maren Ade comedy to make a golden run.

In case you are wondering about the director, Jeff Kanew, he is known best for directing the classic comedy film «Revenge of the Nerds».

Which is the same thing that Peter and Bobby Farrelly are doing with the role of the third Stooge, Larry, for their revival of the classic comedy troupe.

An often missed classic and the vehicle for one of my favorite Marilyn Monroe performances, How to Marry a Millionaire is both a somewhat satirical romance as well as a biting comedy, with much of the broad laughs going to Monroe and the stinging one liners to a delightful Lauren Bacall.

Paul Rudd isn't often associated with words such as «Grace» or, for that matter, «tact», with roles in great contemporary - classic comedies such as...

And while, for comparison, «Wedding Crashers» took a very respectable $ 285 million worldwide, it's taken some years for it to get seen in the same contemporary comedy classic vein.

Back in January, Sony and director Paul Feig introduced their new roster of Ghostbusters for the all - female reboot of the classic 80s comedy, and now we have our first look at Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon together, with Jones posting an image of the foursome to Twitter... The Ghostbusters reboot is -LSB-...]

This is classic Apatow - very funny and very naughty.Rudd and Mann make a good couple and the daughters are adorable.But Apatow needs to learn that sometimes less is more as this movie would have been better at 105 minutes than it is at 130 minutes.As funny as it is it seems very long for a comedy.

Baskets is not a classic sitcom that will make you laugh with stupid jokes.Sometimes you will feel bad about the misery of this character and this is what Zach Galifanakis doing great.It may not be for all, but i personally enjoy its drama and comedy combination..

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In a bit of role reversal, studio Warner Bros. is readying a platform release for Jeff Nichols» sci - fi drama Midnight Special, while Sony Classics, a juggernaut of the Specialty space, is setting its sights wide for comedy The Bronze this weekend.

For Tom Gormican, writer and director of That Awkward Moment, putting together a cast that could embody the ups and downs of a classic romantic comedy, while also remaining believable enough for the 20 - something audiences coming to see the film, was a daunting taFor Tom Gormican, writer and director of That Awkward Moment, putting together a cast that could embody the ups and downs of a classic romantic comedy, while also remaining believable enough for the 20 - something audiences coming to see the film, was a daunting tafor the 20 - something audiences coming to see the film, was a daunting task.

The two are also scheduled to write the scripts for Reynolds» remake of Clue - the classic 1985 comedy based on the board game - and Michael Bay's upcoming film 6 Underground.

Why not get yourself down to the Ritzy in Brixton and watch both of Edgar Wright's comedy classics in anticipation for Scott Pilgrim?

Tracy Oliver will update the classic Midler / Keaton / Hawn comedy for the soon - to - launch Paramount Network.

A Broadway classic that has delighted audiences for generations comes to the big screen with a new, contemporary vision in Columbia Pictures» comedy, Annie.

For example, Bill Murray is a riot in Zombieland, but did you know there's one more tidbit with the Ghostbusters star spouting off a classic line from Caddyshack at the end of the credits of the horror comedy?

Next week we get Ruby Sparks (very good, unexpected, non-traditional romantic comedy), Killer Joe (William Friedkin's grotty NC - 17 thriller, starring Matthew McConaughey), Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (documentary about the Chinese activist, said to be very inspiring), The Graduate (45th anniversary engagement of Mike Nichols» classic), Farewell My Queen (French period drama, said to be quite good), plus the wide releases of the Total Recall (possibly only for junk food fanatics, but who knows yet), so it's a good weekend to catch up on any holdovers you might have missed.

The first trailer has arrived online for directors Bob Fisher and Rob Greenberg's upcoming gender - swapped remake of the 1987 Garry Marshall comedy classic Overboard which sees Eugenio Derbez and Anna Faris leading a cast that also includes Eva Longoria, Swoosie Kurtz, and John Hannah.

An extended trailer has been released for the upcoming gender - swapped remake of the 1987 Garry Marshall comedy classic Overboard.

Whether or not this film will go down as the cult classic that Rogen and Goldberg are clearly hoping for remains to be seen, but come the end of 2013, it will certainly register in the memory banks of cinema - goers to a much larger degree than all the comedy films that have preceded it this year.

Paramount is delivering this classic hilarious comedy to Blu - ray for the first time.

Plot details for MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT are still under wraps but the Sony Classic Pictures film, thought to be a romantic comedy (so no change there) spanning 20 years during the 1920 / 30s, has a super cast that is led by Emma Stone and Colin Firth.

The Wolf of Wall Street sees him navigating black comedy territory for the first time in a long while, and Wolf very much looks to be in the vein of the director's classic Goodfellas.

What this classic comedy lacks in steamy scenes it more than makes up for in sharp wit.