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The 2.40:1 anamorphic widescreen video isn't the sharpest or most detailed, but that's a low - budget comedy in standard definition from a small studio for you.

Not exact matches

Paramount released a number of notable big - budget flops in 2016, including Ben Stiller's comedy sequel Zoolander 2 ($ 28.8 million in domestic gross) and a Ben - Hur remake that Paramount co-financed with MGM, which only grossed $ 26.4 million domestically, according to Box Office Mojo.

That's what makes his role in this low - budget, R - rated comedy all the more delightful.

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His final film appearance — in John T. Kretchmer's low - budget comedy Bad Girls from Valley High — arrived posthumously, in 2005.

Some employees of an international arms dealer go out into the Hungarian wildeness for a weekend company retreat, only to find themselves menaced by a group of militants who don't like having them around their territory in this modestly budgeted dark comedy / horror film from Christopher Smith, who also directed Black Death (with Sean Bean).

With this true crime drama set in late 1940s Los Angeles, director Ruben Fleischer looks to make the jump from modestly budgeted action - comedy (Zombieland 73, 30 Minutes or Less 49) to serious dramatic filmmaking.

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.

At least, in this shonky, low on budget, high on stupid comedy.

In this low - budget romantic comedy, a self - styled playboy (actually a young grade - school teacher) puts his best moves on a lovely tour guide at a New York museum and soon finds himself hopelessly entangled with the mob.

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 filmIn 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 filmin a climate where streaming has impacted theatergoing for mid-and-low budgeted films.

Sony low - budget division Screen Gems released his first feature in 2000, «The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy,» which followed the lives of a group of gay friends living in West Hollywood.

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.

A few gentle comedy dramas followed with Penny Marshall's Renaissance Man and Herbert Ross» Boys on the Side.Many film roles opened up in the late»90s, from Victor Salva's independent comedy Rites of Passage to the big - budget Robert Zemeckis mystery What Lies Beneath.

He directed the funniest film in the Marvel franchise, Iron Man 3, and the criminally underrated crime comedy The Nice Guys, so a big - budget R - rated sci - fi horror like The Predator doesn't scream «next career step», but here we are.

Late Night Shopping is a low budget comedy made in Scotland that has no plot other than to show the state of mind that generates from the doldrums of life for young men and women on the lowest rung of the social and economic ladder.

The central joke in this low - budget comedy should have been a springboard to something either blackly hilarious or more amusingly complex, but the filmmakers seem to have run out of ideas after coming up with...

Amy Schumer «s comedy earned back half its budget in the first weekend, and has not posted any international ticket sales yet.

New comedy Blockers landed third, earning $ 21.4 million, essentially making its production budget back in its first weekend.

That distinction belongs to Asylum, an obscure low - budget series that aired in 1996 on a fledging satellite channel that would eventually become the British affiliate of Comedy Central.

Peter Jackson's Oscar nominated departure from splatter comedies (Braindead, Bad Taste, Meet The Feebles) is likely the main reason (along with The Frighteners) why New Line Cinema gave him the massive, in budget and scope, Lord of the Rings project (after the Kiwi director campaigned for actively.)

Earning back its budget several times over, the much - watched, much - quoted film quickly etched a place in the cultural zeitgeist alongside Animal House and The Blues Brothers as modern marvels taking funnymen from «Saturday Night Live» to heights and distances that weekly sketch comedy TV couldn't.

Though far from the big - budget extravaganza of the first two «Iron Man» films, what the indie comedy lacks in spectacle it makes up for with a great cast, a warm and funny script, and some mouth - watering food porn.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening November 5, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS Due Date (R for profanity, sexuality and drug use) Robert Downey, Jr. and Zack Galifianakis co-star in this raunchy road comedy about an uptight dad - to - be who hitches a ride across the country with a wacky slacker in order to make it on time to witness the birth of his baby.

The extremely low - budget film features a stellar cast of British talent - Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay, David Hemings, Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Ray Winstone - and is Schepisi's first real diversion from comedy in a while.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening April 3, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Adventureland (R for profanity, sexuality and drug use) Retro romantic comedy, set in Pittsburgh in 1987, revolving around the plight of a grad school - bound virgin (Jesse Eisenberg) forced by his family's financial woes to take a minimum - wage job at an amusement park the summer before he's supposed to start at Columbia.

Writer / director Hayden J Weal uses chronesthesia (aka mental time travel — the ability to think into the past and future) as a catalyst for romantic comedy in this low - budget feature.

He's even tried his hand at writing, directing and producing, making Gordon Glass, a low - budget family comedy in which he handled the title role.

WHY SEE IT: An interesting and creative premise for a film that is clearly a labor of love — kind of an indie comedy take on CUBE and LABYRINTH, with a touch of ALICE IN WONDERLAND and Terry Gilliam insanity thrown in for good measure — DAVE MADE A MAZE is an amusing diversion for fans of budget filmmaking who can appreciate a smirk - inducing comedy with a light touch of horror and fantasIN WONDERLAND and Terry Gilliam insanity thrown in for good measure — DAVE MADE A MAZE is an amusing diversion for fans of budget filmmaking who can appreciate a smirk - inducing comedy with a light touch of horror and fantasin for good measure — DAVE MADE A MAZE is an amusing diversion for fans of budget filmmaking who can appreciate a smirk - inducing comedy with a light touch of horror and fantasy.

Along with the next «Bourne» film, which reunites the actor with director Paul Greengrass, Damon is set to co-star in «The Great Wall» — a big - budget monster epic set in China in AD 1100 directed by Zhang Yimou — and Alexander Payne's satirical comedy «Downsizing,» in which he plays a man who undergoes a procedure that shrinks him to 4 inches tall.

But it's the low - budget, no - star «Dope» that really seems to have resonated, with Famuyiwa abandoning the romantic comedy vibe of his previous titles and turning in an energetic, youthful genre - mash - up instead.

Big budget sci - fi comedies fail more often than they succeed, and this film didn't exactly scream «quality» in its trailers, so I went in not expecting much.

Making its world premiere at Fantastic Fest on September 22, The Void marked a departure in style for two members of Astron - 6, Jeremy Gillespie and Steven Kostanski, a group known for lower budget horror comedies.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening October 9, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Couples Retreat (PG - 13 for profanity and sexuality) Battle - of - the - sexes comedy revolving around four couples vacationing on a tropical island who come to regret booking themselves at the therapy getaway when they learn that participation in the retreat's relationship counseling sessions is not optional.

To secure that gig, he first had to star in another car comedy for the steadily - working low - budget producer.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening June 5, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Hangover (R for sexuality, nudity, drug and alcohol abuse and pervasive profanity) «What Happens in Vegas» comedy about three friends (Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis) of the groom - to - be (Justin Bartha) who throw a wild bachelor party in a suite at Caesar's Palace only to have their pal disappear without a trace the day before the wedding.

He made perhaps his least characteristic film in the super-low budget, surreal New York black comedy After Hours (1985).

The Daily Show «s Jason Jones and Samantha Bee costar in this low - budget comedy, which filters the unique torture of holiday familial bickering through the rubric of a Blair Witch - style collection of captured footage.

Bridesmaids is one of the few comedies coming up in this summer of big - budget blockbusters and it looks like it's going to be a decent estrogen - infused counterpart to the off - the - wall guy humor of The Hangover Part II.

In this low - budget horror - comedy, snowy weather causes a police vehicle carrying a convicted murderer to collide with a tanker containing an acid solution.

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Following its release back in 2004, Anchorman: The Legendary of Ron Burgundy became an unexpected comedy smash, grossing just under $ 91 million at the worldwide box office off a budget of $ 26 million.

It seems like just yesterday when Seth Rogen and Zac Efron engaged in a battle of wits in the 2014 comedy Neighbors, which became one of the surprise hits of the summer, taking in in more than $ 270 million worldwide from just an $ 18 million budget.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening June 24, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS Bad Teacher (R for nudity, profanity, sexuality and drug use) Cameron Diaz stars in the title role of this romantic comedy about a trashy gold digger who schemes to land a wealthy substitute teacher (Justin Timberlake) while being chased by another colleague (Jason Segel).

In Search of a Midnight Kiss is an indie comedy romance story shot on a shoestring budget that was written and directed by Alex Holdridge.

A hardcore punk - rocker turned self - described «filmmaker, absentee father,» Jeremy Saulnier emerged on the independent film scene in 2007 with Murder Party, a low - budget horror - comedy infusion that flew under the radar.

Bana performs predominantly in leading roles in a variety of low - budget and major studio films, ranging from romantic comedies and drama to science fiction and action thrillers.

The comedy is built largely on Kattan's mugging through the usual culture collision gags of the oblivious American in a foreign land, not to mention his blatant miscasting in a big budget musical drama («You spend months in Hollywood looking for a star and THAT»S what you bring back?»

The film's financial loss was profound; in career terms it scaled the writer - director right back down to where he was before, directing lower - budget studio actioners and comedies for the rest of the»80s.

Ringer editor - in - chief Sean Fennessey chats with Taika Waititi about his transition from small indie comedies in New Zealand to Marvel's big - budget superhero epic Thor: Ragnarok.