Sentences with phrase «as a comedy with»

Grandma works very well as a comedy with something to say.

But while it's always a joy to see the Beatles perform, the movie works first and foremost as a comedy with musical bits in between.

Inspired by a true story from the Civil War and rewritten as comedy with a romantic air and a happy ending, it maintains an admirable fidelity to authenticity in costumes and props — the imagery evokes Matthew Brady's Civil War photography — and the visual scope of the film is not simply impressive, it is dramatic and cinematic and at times awesome.

Not exact matches

Images, particularly when combined with comedy, work well on a visually driven platform, such as social media.

In one concept, 72andSunny pitched having Tom Cruise reprise his character from the 2008 comedy Tropic Thunder as a brash, cursing movie studio executive, and equip him with a PlayBook to run his corporate fiefdom.

It will own a vast distribution apparatus; have the rights to more comedy programs than most of its competitors; and be producing much of the material they need to do battle with one another — as well as, inevitably, with Dynamics itself.

Dynamics has since inked deals to create and produce an original unscripted show with Zac Efron for MTV; a comedy show, Wild»n on Tour, with Nick Cannon for MTV2; a scripted show for Animal Planet, starring Anthony Anderson, which Volk - Weiss describes as «The Daily Show for animal lovers»; a comedy special featuring Kevin Hart; and a scripted series for Seeso.

When that happens, Volk - Weiss had better hope that comedy is as hot as it is now, that he's as good at producing it as he is now, and that his clients will still be willing to overlook the fact that with every deal they make with him, they hand him a few more bullets for his gun.

(YouTube TV still has not come to terms with Viacom, which owns networks such as MTV and Comedy Central.)

Hourly and half - hourly news bulletins, combined with programs on a host of topics, from sports to culture and cookery to comedy, mean that the radio is arguably still as relevant today as it was in the years before podcasts, the web and streaming.

But, in business just as with comedy, how you learn from those failures can be the difference between succeeding in the future and going through the same old motions you've always known.

Advertisers are likely to stick with proven strategies, such as comedy or positive emotions rather than controversies such as athletes kneeling during the National Anthem, marketing experts said.

But the new strategic direction of Amazon Studios, which comes as the company is launching several new shows, including a comedy with Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen and a Seth Rogen - produced comic book adaptation, underscores the financial constraints the division is under.

Hell, even if this doesn't go to HBO and only gets released as a comedy album, I would be beyond overwhelmed with it.

Viacom, the owner of MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon, said on Wednesday it was unable to come to a distribution deal with Charter Communications as part of its ongoing negotiations with the cable television distributor.

The comedy legend is a founding father of Funny or Die, a comedy - video website that hosts user - generated content as well as exclusives with celebrities, including Judd Apatow, Charlize Theron, Jennifer Lawrence, and Jon Hamm.

Viacom, whose networks include Comedy Central, MTV, and Nickelodeon, has taken much criticism in recent years over its high executive pay even as it struggled with slipping ratings while more consumers ditched pricey cable television subscriptions.

When I trained with The Second City (the famed comedy and improvisational school that is known as the breeding ground for SNL, etc.), I had a few options.

CBS, home of broad - based hits like «NCIS» and «Big Bang Theory,» is exploring a tie - up with Viacom, which owns Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central, as well as Paramount studios.

Fox plans to shrink commercial loads within episodes of its Sunday night animated and comedy programming — shows such as «The Simpsons» and «Family Guy» — by as much 40 percent next season, according to media buyers familiar with the network's pitch.

If his life seems fairly unremarkable except for the bitterness of the exile and of his unfulfilled political hopes, it resulted in an overpowering single work, the Comedy (which was not known as The Divine Comedy until 1555, an apt editorial intervention that has remained with the poem to this day).

Bloom's counterweight to this dreary reductionism is the Great Tradition of Western letters from Plato to Tolstoy; and most of the book is devoted to individual chapters on such novelists as Rousseau, Austen, Stendahl, and Tolstoy, with a whole section devoted to the romantic comedies and tragedies of Shakespeare, and a concluding fugue on Plato's Symposium.

Queen Christina is now an A-III, as are Of Human Bondage and Gay Divorcee, described as «dated musical fluff» and «a lighthearted musical comedy with no real substance beyond its charming songs and dances.»

And it is worth noting that Kierkegaard's theory of comedy — at least as Oden has explicated it — is far easier to reconcile with Hamann's writings than with Kierkegaard's.

The breakthrough in Sally's own TV career began as corpsing Travel Tavern receptionist Sophie opposite Steve Coogan in I'm Alan Partridge, later followed by her all - female comedy sketch show Smack the Pony with Fiona Allen and Doon Mackichan.

Nevertheless, the actress is not alone as a believer with a successful comedy career.

Like Elizabethan drama, they are so heterogeneous in form as practically to constitute a rebellion against classical restraints; they simply can not resist mixing intense pathos with high comedy, stateliness with farce, heroic magnificence with nursery fantasy.

Watching ultraconservative fundamentalist Republicans» faces as they try to bring themselves to vote for Mitt the Magic Mormon (with his history of por - choice and universal health care) = comedy event of the decade!

The trouble with many conventional pictures of heaven is that they describe eternal life as a vapid and self - centered perpetual enjoyment rather than, as in Dante's Divine Comedy, a rejoicing in the vision of God.

Since he's taken over as host of The Late Show, Colbert has landed some serious interviews with presidential hopefuls and leaders, showing a much more thoughtful side than in his Comedy Central days.

The fact that Paul Kerensa fell into comedy because nothing else worked out is as surprising as the slightly personal piece of information about him with which we launched into our conversation.

With activities for all ages such as a casino, art gallery and Nickelodeon - themed events as well as entertainment including Blue Man Group, comedy troupe Second City and a Cirque Show, Norwegian Epic's goal is simple — be all things to all people.

It's no longer just a shame that we will start the Season with Giroud and Walcott as our main strikers, it's a comedy.

It's interesting to note that there has been some recent movement with «The Big Short» -LRB--200) surpassing «The Martian» (+175) as the favorite to win Best Picture (Musical / Comedy).

You simply couldn't script this whole mess, its like an Ealing comedy of a bygone age, where a bureaucratic nightmare of such proportions should surely only exist in fiction unfortunately the African continent has to contend with as a nightmare of a reality.

The videos are slapstick mini-masterpieces for softball aficionados, with Butler and Woodward giving famed comedy duos through history a run for their money as a pair of buffoons — Butler the boisterous, over-the-top funny man; Woodward the perfectly droll, hyper - vocal straight man, filling in dead air with improvised lines — desperately trying to get into a bat to juice it up.

A professor approached Foreman and appealed to him to tone it down, as he was interfering with a lecture on Blake's illustrations for The Divine Comedy.

It seems that Aston Villa Football Club remains in an uneasy limbo — somewhere between comedy and tragedy — with no real indication as yet whether the bar will be raised or lowered.

But, since this is a comedy, there will be more than one instance of mistaken identity in this Italian production with English projections, as well as music to send your heart soaring.

Wendi Aarons, the comedy writer who coined this idea and artfully Photoshopped this masterpiece, has won the entire holiday season with this as far as I'm concerned.

How to Train Your Dragon is sure to be a hit with children and families everywhere as it's packed with comedy, action and adventure!

Before having children, Dani worked as a comic, performing across the country and participating in the HBO Aspen Comedy Festival with a solo show she wrote called «The Move.»

[209] With few exceptions since that time breastfeeding on television has either been portrayed as strange, disgusting, or a source of comedy, or it has been omitted entirely in favor of bottle feeding.

The cast is superb: Malkovich as the analyst Cox shows a true flair for comedy, Clooney is on top form here as the sleaze whose life intersects with Litzke almost by accident and Brad Pitt, playing a much younger man than his true age, is brilliantly idiotic and brainless.

A sequel to the 1999 comedy East is East, West is West transports the original Salford - based premise to Pakistan, as 15 - year - old Sajid (Khan) is taken by his tyrannical father, George (Puri), to live with the wife and family he abandoned 35 years earlier.

The Coens are rare beasts in today's Hollywood, as capable of turning their hands to thrillers like No Country For Old Men but equally at home with comedies like this one.

As he features in a stage play dubbed «the ladder», organized by the National Theater and the Nyansapo Productions, as part of celebrations to climax the National Theater Festival, at the National Theatre auditorium in Accra, comedian and actor, who also doubles as a musician and a dancer, Bismark Nii Odoi, once again caught the eyes of his fans, with his amazing natural prowess in comedy, making it uncomfortable without bursting into laughter, seeing him display in every second in every scenAs he features in a stage play dubbed «the ladder», organized by the National Theater and the Nyansapo Productions, as part of celebrations to climax the National Theater Festival, at the National Theatre auditorium in Accra, comedian and actor, who also doubles as a musician and a dancer, Bismark Nii Odoi, once again caught the eyes of his fans, with his amazing natural prowess in comedy, making it uncomfortable without bursting into laughter, seeing him display in every second in every scenas part of celebrations to climax the National Theater Festival, at the National Theatre auditorium in Accra, comedian and actor, who also doubles as a musician and a dancer, Bismark Nii Odoi, once again caught the eyes of his fans, with his amazing natural prowess in comedy, making it uncomfortable without bursting into laughter, seeing him display in every second in every scenas a musician and a dancer, Bismark Nii Odoi, once again caught the eyes of his fans, with his amazing natural prowess in comedy, making it uncomfortable without bursting into laughter, seeing him display in every second in every scene.

Whether it's going to see comedy or live music, or just meeting up with friends, he helps make sure my social calendar is organised with the same military precision as my work diary.

The American President (1995) This romantic comedy, written by The West Wing's Aaron Sorkin, stars Michael Douglas as widowed President Shepherd, who pursues a relationship with Washington lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade (Annette Bening) as he runs for a second term in office.

As the map below shows, Hochul has appeared in every corner of New York, visiting the Lucille Ball Museum and Center for Comedy in Jamestown, meeting with business leaders in Massena, and celebrating the 360th anniversary of Brookhaven township.