Sentences with phrase «black comedy movie»

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These days, the Marvel movie on everyone's lips is Black Panther, but we'd be remiss to entirely forget about Thor: Ragnarok, a shaggy, sci - fi buddy comedy that just happened to take place against a vista of wild, intergalactic gladiatorial combat.

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The movie's got everything from slapstick comedy, to jack - in - the - box spooks, to 17 - year - old Wynona Rider wearing gothic - black attire and it was an essential starting point for many of Hollywood's finest working artists today.

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a black comedy w / o jokes, and like a Cassavettes movie w / o excess, every action goes the real way not the movie way; it hurts

This movie is neither a comedy (not even a black comedy it's billed as) nor a sci - fi flick.

That being said, Very Bad Things is ultimately redeemed by a finale that's just jaw - dropping in its cruelty towards the remaining survivors - thus clinching the movie's status as one of the more effective black comedies to come around in quite some time.

Not quite a car crash of a movie, Boorman's uneven black comedy is more like a fender - bender.

This horrendously funny gross - out shocker from Lord of the Rings and King Kong director Peter Jackson is a brilliant black comedy and the ultimate gore movie.

We're beyond the era of Airplane and The Naked Gun, but even some of the early Scary Movie films had some merit, and then Walk Hard, Black Dynamite, and Wet Hot American Summer are shining examples of the best the comedy subgenre has to offer.

The setup is ripe for a black comedy but the movie never fully embraces the darkness and the level of humor is on par with the limp skits for which Wiig is responsible on Saturday Night Live.

The movie is a pitch - black comedy, told with a wink and a smirk by unreliable narrators, who include Harding, her mother, and her husband — all presenting self - serving versions of the truth, often standing in arch contrast to the images we are shown.

That moment is the most shocking in the film: the violence, and then the lifetime of care needed to contain and control its consequences, are well suggested; the movie soberly keeps Marjorie away from any suggestion of black comedy.

Perhaps the more astonishing thing is that this movie is a black comedy about domestic violence, parental abuse, and low self - esteem... and it works.

A graduate of the Tuskegee Institute, Wayans entered the comic arena in the mid -»80s by stepping up to the mike and honing his stand - up act, but he later branched out into movies, by scripting the low - budget black satire Hollywood Shuffle (1987) and the aptly - titled comedy vehicle Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987), both for director pal Robert Townsend.

Probably more than any other filmmaker, his name evokes instant expectations on the part of audiences: at least two or three great chills (and a few more good ones), some striking black comedy, and an eccentric characterization or two in every one of the director's movies.Originally trained at a technical school, Hitchcock gravitated to movies through art courses and advertising, and by the mid -»20s he was making his first films.

For the most part, the movie is really a black comedy about Los Angeles - style self - obsession spiced with sudden drug interludes that jar you for a minute, then fade from memory as we head on to the next (occasionally facile) showbiz send - up.

The inbred lowlifes in this B - movie black comedy are members of the Smith family, a clan of troglodytes in a seedy Texas trailer park replete with vicious barking dogs on chains, who swing into ruthless high gear from the very first scene, when penny - ante drug dealer Chris Smith (a game turn by Emile Hirsch, who has grown from the appealing, open - faced kid in The Emperor's Club into a scabby, hirsute roughneck) arrives in a torrential rainstorm and is greeted at the screen door by his father's new wife Sharla with a female full - frontal.

A would - be black comedy written by Tracy Letts, based on his play, and directed by 76 - year - old William Friedkin, who has done little of note since he made «The French Connection» and «The Exorcist» during the Nixon administration, the movie stars Emile Hirsch as a low - level drug dealer who decides to kill his mom to pay off his superiors.

As I often write, black comedy is a difficult genre to pull off, but thanks to Todd Phillips comfort with outlandish material working from a clever script by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, it all comes together to form a funny and satisfying movie that belongs next to Apatow's finest in the burgeoning «bromance» genre.

Interspersed with these are green - tinted installments of a science - fiction side - story inspired by Flash Gordon (one iteration of which includes an apparent Star Wars parody — the Flash Gordon serials were among Ruiz's childhood favorites); a Columbo - inspired detective story set at a country manor; a black - and - white romantic costume drama; a touch of musical comedy; and a Western - style shootout inside the movie theater.

Electric Dynamite and 20th Century Fox just released the latest international movie poster for the upcoming comedy «Gulliver's Travels» by director Rob Letterman (Monsters vs Alien, Shark Tale) and starring Emily Blunt (Charlie Wilson's War, The Wolfman), Jason Segel (Despicable Me, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Knocked Up) and Jack Black (Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom, Year One, Tropic Thunder).

Her directorial work includes Paper Chase, a teen comedy in pre-production with Gunpowder and Sky; All Styles, a dance movie in post production starring Fik - Shun (So You Think You Can Dance) and Heather Morris (Glee); Black Folk Don't, a documentary web series in its fourth season featured in Time Magazine's «10 Ideas That Are Changing Your Life» and (A) sexua, l a feature - length documentary about people who experience no sexual attraction that streamed on Netflix and Hulu for four years.

The team had a clear idea how to exploit the black comedy of the film without disregarding its depiction of serious abuse, which had made the movie a hot potato.

The trailer itself sells a movie that looks far more approachable than most of Wheatley's work so far — his penchant for combining grisly violence with black comedy is on full display, but it's wrapped in a package that could be appealing to audiences who found the psychedelic A Field in England too weird or Kill List too oblique.

He plays the most hateable character in the movie, but is also given some truly priceless scenes of pitch black comedy.

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The hushed, claustrophobic ambience of high privilege and repressed feeling occasionally cracks, as this horror movie reveals itself also to be a rich, agonizing melodrama and a dry comedy of manners set in a fantasy Manhattan of crème caramel wainscoting and black - tie evenings at the opera.

The movie has even drawn some comparisons to «Trainspotting,» even if the pitch - black comedy feels more like another book - to - film cult classic, «Fight Club.»

WHY: Phil Morrison is perhaps best known for directing the Oscar - nominated film «Junebug,» but any promise that he may have showcased with that movie has likely already been forgotten about between his little - seen follow - up «Perfect Partner» and this joyless black comedy.

Putting Williams in a movie with this title is misleading because it's actually a pitch - black comedy that cleverly examines the herd mentality through the eyes of a deeply flawed father.

Like Headhunters, which was also based on a Jo Nesbo story, this Norwegian thriller almost plays more like a black comedy than an action movie.

Greg and Earl's movies (including knock - offs of «A Clockwork Orange» and «Midnight Cowboy») got me thinking of Michel Gondry's 2008 indie comedy «Be Kind Rewind», in which Jack Black and Mos Def made their own versions of such classics as «Driving Miss Daisy» and «Ghostbusters».

Also enjoyed at Fantastic Fest was «Grand Piano» starring Elijah Wood (called «the best DePalma movie he never made»), and in Toronto, Catherine Breillat's «Abuse Of Weakness» and the black comedy «Don Hemmingway» starring a filthy and profane Jude Law and Richard E. Grant.

There had to be a worst Coen brothers movie — and even diehard fans must admit that something went wrong with this remake of the 1955 British black comedy.

Not only is the castle now a fast food restaurant, but there is also a strange streak of black comedy running through the entire movie.

His first movie, «Man Up,» was like an exercise with filmmaking using very broad comedy, but this movie has a grittier vibe, as shot in black and white and an aggressive title.

MIFF delivered many other memorable movies, from the giallo scares of Berberian Sound Studio to the bleak, black comedy of certain English hit Sightseers.

Hot on the heels of the Alice Lowes and Ben Wheatleys of this world, are an entire new movement of young, cult - driven filmmakers, pushing old - school movie monsters and pitch black dark comedy to the very front of their repertoires.

Other winners announced include «The Peanuts Movie» for Best Animated Film; Nelson George's film about Misty Copeland, «A Ballerina's Tale,» for Best Documentary»; Rick Famuyiwa's «Dope» script for Best Screenplay; the «Furious 7» tune «See You Again» for Best Song; ABC's «Black - ish» for Best TV Comedy; ABC's «How to Get Away With Murder» for Best TV Drama; and Starz's «Survivor's Remorse» for Best Cable / New Media TV Show.

Robin Williams» movie roles saw him go self - indulgently gooey as often as self - indulgently manic, but in his last great film performance in pal Bobcat Goldthwait's black comedy World's Greatest Dad, he's brilliant.

The movie: Channeling the best elements of every buddy cop movie and crafting something wholly unique, Shane Black's action comedy noir is simply one of the funniest flicks of recent years.

The mother of all mean girl movies, this savage black comedy peels back the polished, manicured in - crowd hierarchy of an Ohio high school and reveals a snake pit of manipulation and sadism.

Midge's early cab ride downtown evokes an idealized movie musical as the scenery outside the cab grows more vivid; a fitness class populated by wives in pastels and divorcées in black provides the backdrop to some winningly frantic banter (and physical comedy) between Brosnahan and De Young.

Bong suspends any disbelief with a mixture of B - movie earnestness and black comedy, as well as constant nods to today's political climate (notice how Swinton enunciates «occupy») and classic films of years past (from Soylent Green to The Shining).

With new Ben Wheatley movie Free Fire on release this week, Sean Wilson chats to one of the director's closest collaborators Dan Martin about the art of great practical effects... Blasting onto screens in a hail of gunfire, mismatched accents and some choice 1970s costumes, Free Fire is the riotously entertaining new black comedy from -LSB-...]

May brings a game - changing chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the latest action - comedy from Shane Black and a full - length Angry Birds movie.

Alongside The Unjust, box office hit The Man From Nowhere features in the «Crime and Punishment» section, whilst black comedy Shim's Family and Blue Dragon Film Award winner The Show Must Go On join Oki's Movie in «Extraordinary Ordinary Families».

The comedy is good - natured and Allen clearly delights in getting to pay tribute to the movies of his youth, from their handheld opening titles and their stagey squarish visuals to their notion of witty banter and stereotypical black housekeepers.

Last seen in Black Sea, Menzies will continue to hop between TV and movies, having worked on The Night Manager with Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie, plus Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan's comedy series Catastrophe.