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The film was one of the year's biggest comedies at the box office, and it would be amazing to see a real Oscars push for a character who says «booty hole» and whose most infamous scene involves questionable use of a grapefruit.

Not exact matches

The dark comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri won big at the Golden Globes earlier this year, but the film has also seen a sustained backlash from critics over its questionable ending and a perceived failure in fleshing out the movie's non-white characters.

After the dust settled at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards, Hulu walked away with two of the night's biggest awards in the television categories, while Amazon saw yet another comedy series crowned a critical darling by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Nagasu says that while in general she turns to comedy and laughter to reduce pressure at big events like the Olympics, overcoming the heartbreak of missing the Sochi team was tough.

You can get a liter of beer and hang at big community tables, eat sausage, and listen to live music or comedy.

TEMECULA, Calif. -(March 31, 2015)- Those looking for big laughs at the Pechanga Comedy Club can find them with two valuable perks offered by Pechanga Resort & Casino starting in mid-April.

Arsenal roared back and were soon ahead from a well taken brace by Theo Walcott, with new signing Kollasinac playing a key role in both, but then a comedy of errors at the back from Mertesacker and young Maitland - Niles presented another chance and after another big deflection we were level again.

Angelique Cabral spends her days playing Colleen in the comedy Life in Pieces, which follows one big happy (and sometimes dysfunctional family), but at home, she is spending time with her own family....

It is equally sad that while millions of Nigerian youths spend money to vote for their choices on Big Brother Naija shows; spend millions for tickets at concerts and comedy shows, the farce that daily defines the real tragedies of their lives hardly get any mention beyond the feeble interests of a few who are comically seeking to replace Buhari.

After his appearance at the AAAS meeting in Boston last month, Big Bang Theory co-executive producer Eric Kaplan sat down with Science Careers to discuss the show, his job, and his path into comedy writing.

Above all though, leave your comedy slogan t - shirt at home: «funny» shirts are considered the biggest first date outfit no - no there is, putting off 63 % of Canadian singles.3

At the amFar New York Gala, Chris Rock joked about Brian Williams» suspension from NBC and about rumors he was dating co-star Rosario Dawson... Rumors have swirled since Chris Rock revealed in a comedy routine he cheated on his ex-wife with three different women, including a big star.

No longer was the film a soulful animated comedy that was targeted at children, while having the makings of something that anyone could enjoy; instead it was a film that got too big for its own good.

Big dumb disaster movies like 2012 and small indies like The Divide (about an underground bunker full of jerks who fail at survivalism but excel at destroying each other) and the upcoming apocalypse - themed Seth Rogen comedy The End of The World are all surfing the trending death - wave.

At a time when half - hour TV comedy is reaching a new level of self - referential daring — you can't fully appreciate the intricate, in - joke pleasures of great shows like NBC's Seinfeld and HBO's The Larry Sanders Show unless you've also watched a lot of really bad TV — The Simpsons continues to emphasize that there's a big world out there that television barely touches upon.

A dynamite comedy - drama that, unless it stiffs big - time at the box office, should be up for multi-Oscar nominations come February.

Inject that with a dose of irony, and The Big Lebowski is the Will Hunting of comedies: He's brilliant, but you sure wouldn't guess it by looking at him.

Shortly before his death in 1948, Charles C. Wilson could once more be seen at the editor's desk of a big - city newspaper — this time as the boss of those erstwhile newshounds the Three Stooges in the two - reel comedy Crime on Their Hands (1948).

The film's outcome hinges on a big race, with the circus» dancing horse as a contestant; this scene includes an unexpected moment of high comedy, at once relieving and compounding the tension!

In the wake of a number of star - studded big - budget comedy features waning at the box office (read Ghostbusters), and once - upon - a-time comedy king Adam Sandler now reaching his core audience on Netflix, A Bad Moms Christmas serves as an example of how feature film economics have also changed in a climate where streaming has impacted theatergoing for mid-and-low budgeted films.

An epic project about growing up and an eccentric comedy about murder in a Central European guesthouse were the big victors at the Golden Globes on Sunday, as Richard Linklater's «Boyhood» and Wes Anderson's «The Grand Budapest Hotel» won motion picture...

SHOW DOGS is a family comedy about the unlikely pairing of a human detective (Arnett) and his canine partner (voice of Chris «Ludacris» Bridges), who has to go undercover at the world's most exclusive dog show to solve his biggest case yet.

At the age of just 18, Cruz made her big screen debut in this lurid comedy drama next to her future husband Javier Bardem.

There is nothing conspicuously revolutionary about the «The Kids Are All Right», a sleek, smart, enormously entertaining film about a middle - aged lesbian couple (played by Annette Bening and Julianne Moore) whose teenage kids seek out the sperm donor who is their biological father (Mark Ruffalo); it has big - name actors, a sun - dappled Los Angeles setting, and the feel of a classic Hollywood comedy at its snappiest.

There were a handful of comedy films to premiere at Sundance this past year, including The Big Sick, Ingrid Goes West, Landline, and The Little Hours.

Alejandro G. Inarritu's black comedy Birdman was the big winner at the 2014 Gotham Independent Awards on Monday night, despite the fact that Richard Linklater's coming - of - age pic Boyhood topped the nominations with four.

Perhaps the biggest problem stems from the lack of chemistry between Parker Posey and Paul Rudd, both thespians who normally deliver handsomely in romantic comedies, but never seem to find the right footing to suggest there ever was any strong bond between them at any point, even before their problems with sexual closure.

The misfits who make up the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling go after their big chance at stardom with endless wit, grit, and perfectly - timed comedy — Netflix has truly outdone themselves with this one.

However, what he hadn't quite done is go the distance into shamefully trite family comedies for all ages, especially one so lame, so the snickers turned into guffaws at Arnold's expense, to the detriment to his once vaunted status as the world's biggest action box office attraction.

The news comes as the film from producer Scott Rudin, and his IACF partner Barry Diller, earned rave reviews at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, such as Scott Foundas» comments in Variety: «Rock has finally found a big - screen vehicle for himself that comes close to capturing the electric wit, shrewd social observations and deeply autobiographical vein of his standup comedy.»

But Elgort scored Baby Driver's only nomination at the Globes this year, pushing out folks like Kumail Nanjiani for The Big Sick or Matt Damon for Downsizing in the Best Actor, Comedy or Musical category.

-- proved himself adept at any genre he turned his hand to, from the action sci - fi of Escape From New York (1981), to the science fiction romance of Starman (1984), to the high - comedy fantasy of Big Trouble In Little China (1986).

Draft Day is produced and directed by Ivan Reitman, a man at the helm of some of the biggest comedies of the 1980s including Stripes, both Ghostbusters, Twins, and Kindergarten Cop.

Other films playing are It Follows, which caused a stir earlier this year at Cannes; Jermaine Clement & Taika Waititi's vampire comedy What We Do in the Shadows; Kevin Smith's Tusk; [REC]: Apocalypse, the fourth entry in the hit Spanish franchise, and Big Game, the new film from the director of past TIFF film Rare Exports starring Samuel L. Jackson as the president.

It makes the later scenes where Emma Stone is asked to all too briefly adopt true emotion, leaving comedy at the door for a moment, that it isn't too a big a leap to ask for.

At the top of the list, the billion - dollar big guns: franchises, superhero movies, animated kid - flicks and single - serving comedies — the whole high - calorie / low nutritional monoculture diet the studios would prefer us to subsist on, like docile teenage boys easily distracted by big bangs and shiny objects.

Given that Germany, with few exceptions such as the comedy genre and the history film, does not have a well - established genre film tradition anymore (at least not on the big screen), the only way to rejuvenate such a tradition is by explicitly committing to producing many genre films for the cinema.

This intrusion of life - or - death medical drama into the comedic space helps give The Big Sick more experiential breadth than most standard - issue romantic comedies, which can sometimes seem to unfold on a globe populated entirely by attractive young friends drinking at brunch.

Showtime at the Apollo: Season 1 Premiere (FOX): Emmy Award - winning personality Steve Harvey hosts this two - hour event and reimagining of the classic talent showcase series, in which Harvey will celebrate his return to the famed theater, where he launched his own career, and where he'll be joined by some of the biggest stars in comedy and music.

A big surprise for me in the film is that Ralph Fiennes is so funny and so good at physical comedy.

Amy Adams of «Big Eyes,» who earned a Best Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy nod, could slip in at the Oscars instead of Aniston, however.

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.

The film — which also features the likes of Rachel McAdams, Michael Sheen, Carla Bruni, Tom Hiddleston, Kathy Bates, Marion Cotillard and Adrien Brody — provided Allen with his biggest hit, banking over $ 145m at the global box office, and it will also contest the Golden Globe awards for Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actor — Musical or Comedy (Wilson).

That hugely successful comedy show was filmed at Boston's Wilbur Theater for a special, entitled «Bigger and Blackerer,» which premiered on EPIX in April 2010 before being released on CD and DVD by Sub Pop.

Todd Phillips» The Hangover was one of the biggest comedy successes in recent memory; a runaway success at the box office, it also made stars out of its three leads Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms.

Who said that only men were allowed to star in raunchy comedies that hit big at the box office and receive sequels faster than you can blink?

The biggest failure for a comedy is the lack of laughter, and I didn't laugh once at the grotesque scenes of employees photocopying private parts, or conservative business men getting drunk and swinging on Christmas lights, even the Kelly Clarkson look - alike pimp wasn't funny.

Now that the acquisitions floodgates are open, the buys keep piling up like it's Black Friday in studio shopping baskets, and this afternoon has brought news of the biggest deal yet at the festival, with Variety the first trade to report that Relativity Media are set to put down what may be a record - breaking sum for «Don Jon's Addiction,» the raunchy comedy that marks the directorial debut of Joseph Gordon - Levitt.

The big - screen Thor will take another swing at comedy with a supporting role in the Paul Feig - directed «Ghostbusters.»

Will Amy Pascal and Scott Rudin be good sports and sit side - by - side — doing big comedy scowls at each other for the benefit of the camera?