Sentences with phrase «buddy film»

The film is funny without relying on old gags or potty humor, which is another trap for animated 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.

The screenplay by Rogen and Evan Goldberg (from a story co-written with producer Apatow) doesn't really take us anywhere we haven't been before, but it offers a sly take on stoner culture and an accidental buddy film that works...

«The Hangover» isn't in the same league by a long shot, but it is an amiably warped romp that suggests what you might have wound up with had Hunter Thompson been hired to do the script for a Hollywood buddy film: drugs, heavy drinking, a road trip, Las Vegas — it's even got its share of fear and loathing.

The trailers make you believe that Ragnarok is simply a buddy - buddy film between Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and Thor, but there's actually a lot more going on both below and above the surface.

If the script feels as familiar as an 80s action buddy film, it might be because Black wrote the script for Lethal Weapon and was a character advisor for Lethal Weapon 2 and 3.

One minute it is a stoner buddy film, the next a saccharine romantic comedy.

spawned a series of black / white cop - buddy films throughout the 80s, including a sequel, and not until Lethal Weapon had a film done the formula better than this.

While that 50 Shades Of Grey sequel sorts itself out, Dakota Johnson is taking on slightly more colorful fare, like the Rebel Wilson buddy film, How To Be Single, which will be released next month.

Free Birds is a 2013 animated adventure and buddy film from director Jimmy Hayward.

It is a «70s buddy film crossed with a film noir and a musical.

With impressive narrative structure, this black and white buddy film carries great emotional resonance as character arcs reach thoughtful conclusions.

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.

Together they form almost a heroic bond, reminding of quirky buddy films like Ben Wheatley's The Sightseers or even James Gunn's Super.

Zach Braff (Garden State) is behind the camera on this elderly buddy film, which is a remake of... Read More

The Los Angeles County Museum today announced that its Art + Film gala, the institution's annual buddy film starring Hollywood and its creepy yet mildly redeeming younger brother, the art world, will honor director Alejandro G. Iñárritu and artist James... Read More

Yes, it's a cop - buddy film, and of course there is a case to be solved.

And people know this about Ryan Gosling, but he would be great to do a buddy film with.

Despite the relative inexperience in the directing team of Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the actors involved, (all of whom could at any moment steal the show), are kept in check, providing a seamless impression of teamwork and camaraderie that makes this buddy film.

Staff * 1/2 Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson are masters of comic patter, and pairing them in a buddy film does result in some entertaining comic riffs.

Second Chorus (1940) is one of the stranger riffs on the genre, not for any stylistic daring or musical experimentation, mind you, but for its weird twist on the buddy film / romantic triangle.

More than a buddy film, Resolution explores the art of storytelling, and it does it in a way that gets right under your skin.

A high octane comedy with plenty of firepower, «The Heat» is a buddy film you'd expect to see a couple of A-list actors in.

Last Flag Flying at its core is a buddy film, an unconventional road trip, a story that might speak to a few about the importance of friendship and history.

, an intermittently hilarious hybrid of the buddy film and fish - out - of - water comedy genres in which he plays a straight - laced straight man to a blissed out James Franco.

It's a buddy film, a travelogue, an art documentary, and a brilliant performance art piece.

It's is a film like no other — a buddy film, a travelogue, an art documentary, and a brilliant performance art piece.

Somehow the writers and director manage to mash - up a spy thriller, action film, buddy film, and romantic comedy into something that is none of those and a slap in the face of the viewers.

, an intermittently hilarious hybrid of the buddy film... Read More»

Callie Khouri reflects upon her experience working with Ridley Scott and writing the classic female - driven - buddy film, Thelma and Louise.