Sentences with phrase «biggest comedy movie»

It is awfully tough to believe that this old man was once the world's biggest comedy movie star.

Chase, who it's tough to believe left «SNL» just a few weeks into its second season, would stand as one of the biggest comedy movie stars of the 1980s.

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.

People go to see comedies based on the actor / comedian, while not many go to big event movies like Transformers to see Labeouf.

In between those films he agreed to star in pal Ben Stiller's 2008 comedy «Tropic Thunder» as the overweight, bigger - than - life movie exec Les Grossman.

The year's funniest movie is probably The Big Sick, a heartwarming romantic comedy written by Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon, who tell their own life story in this film about an interracial couple dealing with their cultural differences.

I've always known it was a popular movie, but I had NO IDEA My Big Fat Greek Wedding is the highest - grossing romantic comedy of ALL TIME.

I'm big into comic TV shows and movies as well as comedies.

I really like to watch movies, I'm a big fan of comedies but I'll watch anything if its good...

However, I can't help but think that the pressures of creating a big - budget «event» movie after two small comedies - Pee - Wee's Big Adventure and Beetlejuice - may have affected his work, because Batman consistently seemed vaguely unsure of itsebig - budget «event» movie after two small comedies - Pee - Wee's Big Adventure and Beetlejuice - may have affected his work, because Batman consistently seemed vaguely unsure of itseBig Adventure and Beetlejuice - may have affected his work, because Batman consistently seemed vaguely unsure of itself.

it is funny in deed but, when their is someone to cover Sandler's movie their most likely gonna never make a film again Oh look see Denis Dugan and Frank Coraci BOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! you suck stop making adam sandler movies here is the problem they are directors who don't care about cinematography or shots of using the camera all they care is comedy!!!!!!! see Tyler Perry yeah their just like this big joke.

To ensure customer loyalty, Hollywood should promote more movies about workaday life in the provinces, but until there's a new wave of midcoast comedies, Cedar Rapids is the big kahuna.

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.

Like its a good movie if you base it on Spaceys an Devitos acting and the fact it is wel written in the comedy part wth a few really good laugh out loud moments and the story is ok i understand there after a big sale but i do nt understand why a guy whose really religious would ignore his job and talk about religion?

Please, somebody could say to Cameron Diaz to stop make any movies, they're just horrible and that the only good comedy which she made a big role is There's Something About Mary and The Mask, thank you.

Thirteen - year - old boys big enough to sneak into R - rated movies are presumably the prime audience for this witless comedy from the Broken Lizard troupe.

Despite the cameos of over 30 movie stars and big budget, George Sidney's gimmicky comedy, starring Mexican actor Cantinflas who goes to Hollywood to take care of his horse, is one of Hollywood's biggest flops of the 1960s.

Staking claim on her fame with her role in the comedy - horror spoof Scary Movie, Regina Hall has frequented the big screen in roles that far from betrayed her age.

The reason it's hard to categorize Get Out, though so many want it to be written off as «genre movie,» is it lives outside of that definition the same way The Big Sick lives outside of the definition of romantic comedy.

«We're very happy that our movie is coming out in a year where Hollywood is having a lot of difficult conversations with itself, and we're amplifying voices that have been silenced for too long,» Kumail Nanjiani said as he accepted the best comedy award for «The Big Sick.»

The Purple Rose of Cairo is Woody Allen's romantic comedy from 1985 about a bored movie character who falls in love with his biggest fan.

One might think that a movie from the director of Pineapple Express and starring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch would be a big, brash, laugh - a-minute comedy, but Prince Avalanche is a surprisingly subdued and touching dramedy that consists of only 4 characters and takes place entirely in the woods.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening November 12, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS Morning Glory (PG - 13 for profanity, sexuality and drug references) Romantic comedy about an aspiring TV producer (Rachel McAdams) whose hopes to save a struggling news program depend on her controlling the show's feuding co-anchors (Diane Keaton and Harrison Ford).

If you need a raunchy comedy with big laughs and shirtless Zac Efron, this is your movie

His name is Richard E. Grant, and his first big movie role was last year in the bleak, knife - edged comedy «Withnail and I.» He played a dark - eyed, lantern - faced, intense loner with spite for everybody.

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie: The madcap children's books by Dav Pilkey hit the big screen in this animated comedy.

Movie 43 wants to be the raunchiest comedy around, talking a big game and thinking it is breaking all the rules.

OPENING THIS WEEK by Kam Williams For movies opening August 31, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS Balls of Fury (PG - 13 for profanity, crude behavior and sex - related humor) Dan Fogler stars in this revenge comedy as a washed - up ping - pong champion coaxed out of retirement by an FBI Agent (George Lopez) to enter a tournament hosted by the Asian crime lord (Christopher Walken) who murdered his father.

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The comedy in these action movie spoofs is supposed to arise from seeing two big stars playing characters that constantly get in each other's face.

Viewers would be forgiven for their hesitance to see another movie from the directors of the «Vacation» reboot, but John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, working from a pitch - perfect screenplay by Mark Perez («Accepted»), have crafted an ensemble comedy that lives up to its high - concept premise while giving a gang of talented actors — including the gifted Jason Bateman, so rarely employed to great effect on the big screen — fun characters and big, outrageous moments.

Other than that, everything else went as expected, including Jordan Peele winning the «First - Timer» award for «Get Out,» «Veep» winning Comedy Series, and «Big Little Lies» winning for Movies for Television and Miniseries.

Hollywood comedies are nothing if not riffs on one another, so if Big is a successful movie and The Hangover is a successful movie, why not combine them!

Considering how that film was not exactly a commercial success, this may not sound like a big deal to many of you but as someone who believes that bleak and bruising comedy - drama to be one of the great unsung movies of the decade — the kind of film that the great Billy Wilder might have made once upon a time — I went into the screening with the kind of over-the-top sense of anticipation that many felt as they walked into «Avengers: Infinity War.»

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One of the biggest comedy stars of the past 30 years is back after a long hiatus — in one of the worst movies of the year, on talk shows, and, as always, hiding behind his menagerie of characters.

That limits the time she can spend starring in movies, but she'll be part of a new big screen comedy coming from two outstanding British filmmakers.

Though it grossed more per theater on opening day than everything but the three big aforementioned wide release attractions, the movie could not become the mainstream draw envisioned, like past Rogen - Goldberg comedies had been.

Digital Spy reports that the launch of the first full trailer for the movie last week was the biggest ever for a comedy, racking up 52 million watches.

While Pegg has Mission Impossible and Star Trek in between his comedy stints, Frost seems reliant on either the sharp writing of Edgar Wright or being carried by Pegg to really make it big in the movies.

This is a February comedy from Van Robichaux and Evan Susser, two young novice screenwriters who have already landed some potentially big follow - up gigs (a Sonic the Hedgehog movie and a Wedding Crashers sequel that I'll believe when I see).

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There's something for everyone, with the new «Power Rangers» movie featuring Bryan Cranston and Elizabeth Banks, the sci - fi / thriller «Life» starring Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal, and the big screen comedy adaptation of the TV show «Chips».

A provocative drama wrapped in the skin of an adult sex comedy, this sharply written and performed movie is hugely entertaining even as it grapples with some big issues.

Tumblr, pay attention: Sebastian Stan, who made everyone lose their damn minds in The Winter Soldier and then leveraged his popularity to secure roles in exactly one weird - sounding indie sports comedy, is finally going to be in another (non-Marvel) movie that you'll actually be able to see on the big screen.

Paul Reubens's signature comedy creation, mischief - making bow - tied big kid Pee - wee Herman, was already a big live draw before Tim Burton's movie preserved this unique persona for celluloid immortality.

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.

Two of the biggest movies of the upcoming holiday season, Sci - fi actioner Tron: Legacy, and the Ben Stiller / Robert De Niro comedy, Little Fockers have released new posters.

It's a big, loopy comedy about a strange movie that shouldn't have existed, let alone found love.