Sentences with phrase «amusing cameos by»

Among the members of the stellar support cast are Steve Zahn, B.J. Hendricks, Griffin Dunne, Ricky Jay along with amusing cameos by such trivia answers as Gary Coleman, George Takei and Tom Arnold.

As a result, the film just isn't as funny as it should be, despite some amusing cameos by Michael Shannon and «Broad City» star Ilana Glazer.

Only an amusing cameo by David Bowie enlivens things, but he's onscreen for just about two minutes at the end.

Not exact matches

Former gubernatorial candidate Herbert London — who's hairpiece is the namesake of the «Herb» nicknamed bestowed by Percoco onto Howe — is not amused by his cameo in the court case.

On the rare occasions that the pirates are left to be the scurvy dogs they are, the movie finds its humor (the brethren court scene is funny as it turns into an all - out brawl and punctuated by a unfortunately forgettable cameo by Keith Richards, Depp's inspiration for the role of Sparrow), but otherwise, two seamen (Lee Arenberg and Mackenzie Cook) who have traveled the whole of this voyage provide amusing asides to the proceedings while a monkey steals every scene it's in.

The film also features amusing performances by Peter Falk as the manipulative Max, Vincent «Big Pussy» Pastore as a limo driver, Faizon Love as big black goon Horrace, Sam Rockwell as a hotel bellboy, and even a cameo by Saved by the Bell «s Screech!

The plot of «Their Finest» thickens when a government official (played by a beloved actor in an amusing cameo) insists they rewrite the Dunkirk movie with an eye toward drawing America into the war.

(There are also some amusing, and pointed, cameos I won't spoil by revealing.)

Some of the jokes are just plain unsettling (there's a running joke about «child molesterers» — not a typo — that comes across as more unpleasant than amusing), but for every awkward and squirmy wisecrack there's a comedy goldmine (the cameo by Waititi as a local preacher is one of the funniest scenes in years).

It's pretty tired stuff, truth be told, particularly a tiresome sub-plot involving a particularly dim Neanderthal played by Stiller, but franchise regulars Owen Wilson and Steve Coogan give their all, Dan Stevens makes an amusing appearance as Sir Lancelot, and Hugh Jackman and Alice Eve appear in a hilarious late cameo.

We also later get a split within the company (Virtual Self Industries) that pioneered the machines and a conspiracy involving the company, the FBI, the company's former owner (little more than a cameo by James Cromwell), and the leader of the human revolution (a dreadlocked Ving Rhames in an almost - constant, amusing meditation pose) involving a weapon that destroys the surrogate and liquefies the brain of the operator.