Sentences with phrase «best buddy films»
Two of the world's most gorgeous actors, paired in one of the best buddy films of all time, with a witty script and a light directorial hand.
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Surfers addressed that problem as best they could by using the buddy system and carrying cheap, disposable film cameras that came with a waterproof housing and glorified rubber - band wrist strap — but that usually ended with the cameras banging them on the head or getting lost in the water.
Female - buddy - cop comedy The Heat offered the best returns at almost $ 160 million in ticket sales, while The Wolverine and animated film Epic both crossed the $ 100 million mark.
The Brooklyn - based Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck («Half Nelson» / «Sugar» / «It's Kind of A Funny Story») are co-writers and co-directors of this well - conceived, low - key, moody, bittersweet, buddy gambling film.
The scenes between him, Wilkinson and their clubby buddies are the film's best, although two key speeches written for Hunt, significant diversions from the original play, are brave efforts by Himelstein to bring meaning to the adaptation.
Not normally my type film but its a good buddy - buddy cop movie that's nothing more than light entertainment and works well, for what it is.
Sundance describes it as a «delightful dramatic comedy, a buddy picture, and, for good measure, a heist film.»
He is best known for his roles as Deputy White House Chief of Staff Josh Lyman on the NBC television drama The West Wing, as Danny Tripp on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, as Dan Stark in the Fox police buddy - comedy The Good Guys, as Red John in the CBS series The Mentalist, and as antagonist Eric Gordon in the film Billy Madison.
The detectives (who also happen to be brothers - in - law) arrive in Paris (though budget constraints forced a good deal of the overseas filming to be done in Prague), and what ensues is a lighthearted romp that can't decide if it wants to be sweet or funny or a buddy picture or a comic whodunnit.
It's a question that, for better and worse, takes on a two-fold meaning in Edgar Wright's latest T - shirt slogan - spawning buddy caper: first as a direct link to the film's plot; second as a veiled statement of self - reflexivity.
For a buddy - cop film to be good the chemistry between the two cops has to work and it totally does in this film.
Smith borrows some faces from the Apatow stable to make this work a little better than some of his films, including Apatow's poster man - child Seth Rogen (who is a perfect Smith alter - ego) and sometime players Elizabeth Banks (as best buddy Miri) and Craig Robinson.
The film, in fact, is at its best when dealing with awakenings, but the idea of awakening and its attendant existential burden is only really explored through the tragedy of a murder (John Goodman's best buddy character, victim to his gambling debts) that cuts an evolution short.
No mission too difficult: the progenitor of the buddy comedy (and the only film to win an Academy Award for Best Comedy Direction)
Drinking Buddies is somewhat of a crossover from micro-indie films into a larger budget film for Joe Swanberg; it contains a well - known cast (Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick) and much higher production values (having a dedicated director of photography, etc.) than his previous 14 films.
So even if you couldn't condone the criminal activities in their previous films, Danny Ocean (George Clooney), Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt), Linus Caldwell (Matt Damon) and the rest of their con men buddies (Eddie Jemison, Don Cheadle, Shaobo Qin, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Bernie Mac and Carl Reiner) at least appeared to have a good time pulling off their heists.
Black helped reinvigorate and pioneer the buddy cop movie with the first two «Lethal Weapon» films and «The Last Boy Scout,» amongst others, and seems to be back in that groove with a movie that looks like «Inherent Vice» meets, well, «Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.»
WHY: Shane Black is to buddy cop films what Raymond Chandler is to hard - boiled crime novels, and his latest movie, the retro detective noir «The Nice Guys,» is arguably his best entry in the genre since redefining the buddy cop formula three decades earlier with «Lethal Weapon.»
The new live - action film asks the question: what would happen if Winnie's best human buddy Christopher Robin grew up?
«Joe Swanberg has been evolving steadily as a filmmaker, and with DRINKING BUDDIES, he's delivered his best work yet?a truly funny, smart and insightful film about real adult relationships,?
I just thought that Larry and his buddies could pull off a better film.
As in the film, he contracts her for a week, but it's first and foremost as a fuck - buddy — the dinner and socializing are secondary, and if she isn't as good at that sort of thing as most of the girls he «hires,» he figures he's getting her at a fraction of their asking price, anyway.
6:00 pm — TCM — The Odd Couple Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau have made a lot of movies together over the years, and this mismatched buddy film (written by Neil Simon) remains one of the best, as neatnik Felix (Lemmon) and slob Oscar (Matthau) become roommates and try not to drive each other nuts.
From the bottom, This is the End is the best buddies - in - a-crises film I've seen since Shaun of the Dead and had my abs hurting for days.
The Danish Girl's stylistic drowsiness is especially unfortunate in light of another, better film released earlier this year: Sean Baker's Tangerine, a raucous buddy comedy which follows two trans women of color as they prostitute their way through the streets of Los Angeles.
The film's surprising sense of humor occurs largely during the Hollywood sequences, as Mendez recruits his old buddy and movie makeup master John Chambers (a hilarious and wonderful John Goodman), as well as veteran producer Lester Siegel (an equally enjoyable Alan Arkin), to assist in the creation of the fake production company and film.
He's a crusty old cuss, but he softens a bit when he encounters his best buddy, played by none other than David Lynch (no relation to «Lucky's» director), who had cast Stanton in several films and considered the actor a dear friend.
Well, it's the year 2029 (implausibility # 1: call me a pessimist, but space travel seems far too advanced in this film to believe that the year will be only a generation ahead of us... oh well) and a space station close to a nearby uninhabited planet sends off a chimpanzee in a space pod to do some stuff (it's not clear exactly what) and when feared lost, his bestest human buddy Leo Davidson (Marky Mark, The Perfect Storm) gets in a pod of his own and goes in after Well, it's the year 2029 (implausibility # 1: call me a pessimist, but space travel seems far too advanced in this film to believe that the year will be only a generation ahead of us... oh well) and a space station close to a nearby uninhabited planet sends off a chimpanzee in a space pod to do some stuff (it's not clear exactly what) and when feared lost, his bestest human buddy Leo Davidson (Marky Mark, The Perfect Storm) gets in a pod of his own and goes in after well) and a space station close to a nearby uninhabited planet sends off a chimpanzee in a space pod to do some stuff (it's not clear exactly what) and when feared lost, his bestest human buddy Leo Davidson (Marky Mark, The Perfect Storm) gets in a pod of his own and goes in after him.
Critics praised the film's commitment to humor, and the chemistry of its stars, with USAToday's Brian Truitt saying «Even tonal issues can't upend the magic this movie taps into putting Thor and Hulk together as new best buddies, whether they're throwing down in an arena or having a bromantic heart - to - heart,» while the AP's Lindsey Bahr said «Thor: Ragnarok is the most fun of the Thor movies by a long shot, but it is still very much a Thor movie for better or worse.»
Also, Bullock and McCarthy do the best they can with what they're given in their female - centric, buddy - cop film.
The reveal happens midway through the film (much faster in the previews, alas), after John and Jane have each had a chance to demonstrate how they seduce men with their charm and good looks (every man wants Pitt to be his drinking buddy and Jolie to be his Madonna / whore), they're pitted against one another in a sequence that rivals the last hour of The War of the Roses in domestic deconstruction.
Finally, there's Joe Swanberg's dramedy «Digging For Fire,» co-written by and starring Jake Johnson, who did his best film work to date in the director's «Drinking Buddies.»
Two of the best films of the last year, S. Craig Zahler's Bone Tomahawk and John Maclean's Slow West, took the period and setting but twisted them to their own means, Zahler going for a buddy road trip / gonzo gore feast and Maclean dressing Ben Mendlesohn in the best coat anyone will ever wear and opting for a surreality that still lingers in the mind.
The 1080p transfer is solid and works well with the film's buddy cop setting.
Cheers buddy, I think it's a very good film for being as low - budget as it must have been.
Will Forte plays Kenney, who took the Harvard Lampoon that they helped through one of its most successful phases and turned it into an international phenomenon with his best buddy, Henry Beard (Domhnall Gleeson, giving the most grounded and interesting performance in the film despite an awful wig.)
Black's film is an homage to Raymond Chandler stories (the film is divided into chapters, each named after a Chandler novel), an action movie, a buddy movie and a Hollywood satire with a touch of slapstick and romance chucked into the mix for good measure.
One of the best performances in the film comes from John Carradine, playing Power's seafaring buddy who stays on the island paradise while Power returns to England to reclaim his family name and estate.
In 1987, Quentin Tarantino directed and starred in his first short film, the pop culture - infused buddy flick My Best Friend's Birthday.
We've learned that the game will feature a standalone story set between 2009 film and its sequel due in 2014, and that the game will focus on two - player co-op, with the players taking on the roles of bestest buddies Kirk and Spock.
If you've seen the documentary film, Hot Coffee, you may recall the great soundbite from our very good buddy Victor Schwartz, General Counsel for the American Tort Reform Association, who talks about how false descriptions of lawsuits — or even completely made up ones — are pushed out there by his other buddies.