Sentences with phrase «buddy movie»

Basically, we're in buddy movie territory, where the plot takes a backseat to the interaction between the two lead personalities.

Unlike most buddy movies, it actually takes a while for these two to get along.

«It's a dysfunctional buddy movie,» he says.

It works well as a cat and mouse thriller and action - packed buddy movie.

With clips from the film, panelists will discuss how creative sound and music contributed to the immersive world of their off - beat buddy movie.

This is not just the funniest pot movie to hit theaters since Half Baked, but it is also an excellent buddy movie as well.

This is just a simple buddy movie and nothing more.

It's a little darker than most buddy movies - the buddies keep having to be replaced when pilots are killed - and it has the germ of an idea to it.

A sordid tale that resembles many noir classic films from the forties and fifties, where its protagonists are police partners based on the duality of buddy movies but without the comedy.

When we last reported on «El Presidente,» the high - concept buddy movie about a clean cut Secret Service agent and the disheveled, alcoholic schlub of an ex-president he's assigned to protect, Tom Cruise was loosely attached, as was «Recount» director Jay Roach, with Robert Downey, Jr. being eyed for the pivotal role of the ex-prez.

The sixth biggest financial flop of all time belonged to a cop buddy movie starring Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges as two cops who are killed in the line of duty and come back to life as ghost cops... but, of course, they do.

Shirley MacLaine, Dolly Parton, Julia Roberts and Sally Field headline the talented cast in this female buddy movie with a heart.

Whereas Shaun twisted and made light of the zombie genre, Hot Fuzz pokes fun at the cop buddy movie made so famous by movies like «Lethal Weapon» and «Rush Hour.»

The Hitman's Bodyguard won't be enjoyable for people well - versed in 80s buddy movies like Midnight Run, 48 Hrs., or Lethal Weapon, and the recent gems of the subgenre like Kiss Kiss Bang Bang or The Nice Guys.

Robot & Frank is a near - future science fiction film that is one part character study and one part buddy movie.

Hot Pursuit is a half baked attempt at a comic version of a Thelma and Louise - style female buddy movie.

Mismatched buddy movies have been a constant staple of Hollywood since the year dot and Shane Black's 1987 hit Lethal Weapon is still pretty much the benchmark to which all others adhere to, the stars in perfect alignment with regards to script, actors and direction.

It's the classic buddy movie combo of big»n' loveable and small»n' sarky.

«Ride Along», the newest buddy movie which stars Kevin Hart and Ice - Cube, still reigns No. 1 at the North American box office after debuting to...

Hollywood is remaking male buddy movies with all - women casts — but the fact the opposite trick wouldn't work shows masculinity is movies» default setting

Setting the standard for cop buddy movies for years to come, Lethal Weapon may not have revolutionized the genre, but definitely proves to be an exceptionally efficient example of how the formula can work when the star chemistry is just right.

A Thor / Hulk intergalactic buddy movie featuring select cuts from the classic Planet Hulk storyline could be in the works, and it'd make Thor: Ragnarok a movie we'd walk into hell to see

Alas, the film suffers from the usual buddy movie clichés of having most viewer interest brought about from the interaction of the two leads amid the most threadbare and derivative of plots.

From my review of Rush Hour: «The film suffers from the usual buddy movie clichés of having most viewer interest brought about from the interaction of the two leads amid the most threadbare and derivative of plots.»

A film so bad it gave your correspondent headaches, The Hitman's Bodyguard feels a bit like one of those corny but endearing 1980s buddy movies Hollywood no longer has the charm to make.

Although Bullet to the Head comes nowhere near the pantheon of the great buddy movies, and some fans of the original graphic novel might wince at the changes, there's enough fun to be had...

The downside is that instead of making it a straight - out buddy movie, the plot is over-complicated with Jonah's girlfriend played by Mad Men's Elisabeth Moss.

Sebastian Stan says he'd absolutely be in for an»80s - style buddy movie starring his Winter Soldier and Anthony Mackie's Falcon.

It includes reenactments of the movie's key scenes, but it's also an endearing buddy movie.

Ted is a mash - up of John Waters, Bad Santa, Jackass and just about every stereotypical slacker - buddy movie from the past 25 years.

I also saw the mom - and - son buddy movie featuring Grogen and Streisand.

The language is foul and there is no shortage of violence but the terrific performances make for a very humourous and memorable buddy movie.

On its simplest level it is the epitomic buddy movie, the film to which we owe everything from Lethal Weapon to Mississippi Burning.

Comedy is Phillips» forte — specifically buddy movies of the barf - and - banter variety — and although his new film, War Dogs, isn't quite the laugh - a-minute thrill ride you might be expecting, it nonetheless feels like a natural extension of his filmmaking style.

In Lucky Them, an offbeat buddy movie set in the margins of the Seattle music scene, Griffiths directs Toni Collette and Thomas Haden Church.

The D Films release slate include the polarising, oddball Sundance buddy movie Swiss Army Man starring Daniel Radcliffe and Paul Dano, as well as Natalie Portman's directorial debut A Tale Of Love And Darkness, and Oasis documentary Supersonic.

Bek and Horus's buddy movie stuff made me realize why we don't get Superman movies with Jimmy Olson along for the ride (literally, Horus flies around with Beck a lot, and it always looks stupid).

Mostly a girl buddy movie with innuendo and a few interesting cameos.

And Hong Kong madman Tsui Hark's Jean - Claude Van Damme / Dennis Rodman buddy movie Double Team is one of the most delightfully strange Hollywood movies in existence; it ends, after all, with Van Damme fighting both Mickey Rourke and a tiger in a Roman coliseum that's full of land mines.

If Shaun was a rom - zom - com, and Hot Fuzz was a pastiche of explosive buddy movies, then where is The World's End taking us?

Millennium Films just announced at Cannes Film Festival the sequel to 2017 buddy movie Hitman's Bodyguard, which follows an unlikely pair of allies on their way to the international court to testify against a bloodthirsty dictator.

The reason is we didn't have high hope for Patrick Hughes, who directed Expendables 3, and this road trip buddy movie undoubtedly survives on individual performances (by Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson) and character chemistry.

As the film shifts gear from engaging buddy movie to violent thriller, whilst juggling tonal shifts from the moody, gritty and intense to the comedic and surreal, what would perhaps normally feel cluttered, fragmented or in - cohesive, Maclean relishes in the juxtaposition he creates, handling the tonal shifts with confidence, skill and utter conviction.

However, with stunning visuals, a nearly perfect voice cast, winks and nods galore and enough to grab the attention of both children and adults this fun somewhat generic soppy buddy movie still delivers high and is up there with the best recent animation movies.

The most common failing of the macho buddy movie — especially of the «boys» night out» genre — is its treatment of women; by placing us in complicity with a group of rowdy males, we're usually coerced into sharing their fears, delusions, and resentments toward women.

Affleck has combined a thunderous action flick, a haunting buddy movie and a touching love story, and you can rarely glimpse the joins.

It is an odd couple buddy movie, a mystery unfolding via flashback, a family melodrama, a naturalistic comedy, an insurmountable tragedy and an elegy for people living with their internal flame extinguished.

The Search for Santa Paws is mistitled, misleadingly marketed, and largely a misfire, but coming as it does on the heels of many awful Buddies movies, it doesn't surprise or even offend that much.

Now a prequel takes us back to Sulley and Mike's student days at Monsters University: this is a standard buddy movie, sports movie, and campus movie (with, incidentally, an eerie similarity to The Internship).