Sentences with phrase «budget comedy with»

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Shot with an iPhone, this low - budget comedy that focuses on a transgender sex worker out for answers when she learns that her pimp boyfriend has been cheating on her is incredibly executed and the performances are top - notch.

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.

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.

More than anything, Killing Gunther demonstrates that Christopher Guest has a lot to atone for with his pioneering of the mockumentary, which has become the lazy, go - to style for low - budget comedies.

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.

Former indie wunderkind turned big budget comedy king, David Gordon Green returns to his roots with his sweetly eccentric, surprisingly poignant new film, Prince Avalanche.

Mr. Golin says that while he wants to step back a little as his company grows, he wants it to diversify, going into genres where modest - budget projects can still pop, including comedies, young - adult movies and action films like «Triple 9,» a police - heist movie with Casey Affleck and Chiwetel Ejiofor opening Feb. 26.

One of the biggest Sundance hits of 2015 was a small - budget indie comedy about an aspiring high school filmmaker and his friendship with a sick classmate entitled Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.

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.

It's a mix of action and comedy, plus b - movie exploitation with a much higher budget.

Despite being a low budget comedy, the film doesn't shy away from its horrific roots, occasionally doubling down on gore with fountains of deep red blood.

Working for the first time with a serious budget — and «Lethal Weapon» producer Joel Silver — the Coens managed to produce their first outright flop, a $ 25 - million screwball comedy about the invention of the hula hoop.

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...

With a low budget but a lot of imagination and talent, director Trevorrow and writer Connolly create a deceptively simple comedy that's one of the most entertaining films of the year.

However, Jackson got his start with low budget works, first with the independently made horror comedy «Bad Taste» (1987) and then with the deeply profane Muppets send - up «Meet the Feebles» (1989).

A prankish comedy - thriller overtly about desperation and insecurity, Baghead begins with a dead - on Q&A at a Los Angeles indie film festival, where an underground auteur (Jett Garner) condescendingly responds on matters of budget and improvisation.

Star McCarthy and director Paul Feig (Bridesmaids) are fresh off their second critical / financial success with this year's summer action - comedy offering, The Heat ($ 230 million worldwide on a $ 43 million budget).

With its reasonable $ 36 million production budget, the raunchy comedy would eventually turn a profit and though that profit wouldn't be terribly significant to most of the major movie studios,

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.)

Warner Bros. is understandably worried about sending out a big budget film with unproven talent, helmed by gross - out comedy director like Dobkin making his first action movie.

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.

Similarly, insiders have been claiming that, with the Cap sequel, the Russo brothers have transitioned with ease from making cult TV comedy (Arrested Development, Community) to creating impressive big - budget spectacle.

Released across from the flashy usual big budget summer fare, the little 2009 comedy with no established movie stars won over both critics

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 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.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening May 8, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Next Day Air (R for violence, drug use, pervasive profanity and brief sexuality) Action - oriented crime caper about the comedy of errors which ensue after a couple of hapless hoodlums (Mike Epps and Wood Harris) are mistakenly delivered a large package filled with bricks of pure cocaine.

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.

Having spent his hiatus directing his first feature film, «You Are Here,» a comedy with Owen Wilson, Amy Poehler and Zach Galifianakis, Weiner returned to his usual challenges on «Mad Men,» battling to keep the narrative fresh and the budget intact.

By ROBERT W. WELKOS When you ask indie producer Luillo Ruiz how his recent low - budget action - comedy film Welcome to the Jungle featuring veteran martial arts star Jean - Claude Van Damme could come with 31 producer credits, his answer is simple and straightforward.

Which isn't too bad for a low - budget (well under $ 1 million) comedy about two straight guys who decide to make a porno... with each other!

Danny Collins is the sort of thing that, 25 or 30 years ago, would've come out every week: a low - budget, low - stakes excuse for good actors to have some fun with a smart director and script (by Dan Fogelman, who wrote the busy, AARP - centric comedy Last Vegas).

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.

Director Taika Waititi may be on his way to big - budget success with the well - reviewed Thor: Ragnarok smashing into theaters this weekend, but he's not leaving behind his quirky comedy roots.

Writer - directors Jon Lucas & Scott Moore (who return for the sequel) did a solid job tapping into the frustrations of their lead characters, and while it wasn't a revolutionary comedy, it clearly clicked with a lot of people, earning $ 183 million worldwide off a $ 20 million budget.

Since his first cinematic composition, a collaboration with then - newcomer Richard Band on the low - budget science fiction thriller, LASERBLAST (1978), Joel scored a number of feature and television films throughout the 1980s and «90s, including the sci - fi series SUPER FORCE (1990), Roland Emmerich's early sci - fi thriller MOON 44 (1990), and Jim Wynorski's gentle family comedy, LITTLE MISS MILLIONS (1993).

Everything about it screams «niche,» from the budget ($ 4.5 million, which is what its studio, Universal, spent to make approximately two - and - a-half minutes of The Fate of the Furious), to the first - time director - writer, Jordan Peele, a cable - TV star whose show ended and who was looking to branch out, to the complete lack of movie stars (although now, Daniel Kaluuya and Allison Williams are nicely on their way), to the genre: horror cut with more than a dash of comedy and of pointed sociopolitical commentary.

Best known as one of the pioneers of the indie mumblecore movement, Andrew Bujalski (Funny Ha Ha, Computer Chess) attempts to cross over to the commercial world with Results, a romantic comedy featuring professional actors with a budget that appears larger than all of his previous work combined.

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.

The coming weekend sees another balanced offering, with high - concept, low - budget horror The Devil Inside (a US box - office smash, on opening weekend at least), action comedy 21 Jump Street, heist thriller Contraband and family drama We Bought a Zoo.

Structurally, it could be compared to Kurosawa's Rashomon for its subjective cross-examination of Nola's loves; but this delightful low - budget comedy, with its all black cast and black humour, is 100 per cent Lee.

That's how you feel, more or less, by the climax of Final Exam, a low - budget Halloween knock - off crossed with a dopey frat - boy comedy.

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.

Coming in with a relatively thrifty $ 19 million budget, this third installment of the stoner - comedy series should be somewhat profitable when the smoke clears.

In «Keanu,» a patchy mix between kidnapping crime comedy and glorified cat video, Keegan - Michael Key and Jordan Peele cap off their sketch show success with a first feature that adds a large budget to their specific brand of humor.

«The Way, Way Back» doesn't have enough emotional punch to be an awards contender, but in a summer filled with big budget blockbusters, leave it to a quaint coming - of - age comedy to stand out as the best of the season.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening February 20, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Fired Up (PG - 13 for profanity, sexuality, partying, partial nudity and pervasive crude humor) Teen comedy about a couple of high school's football stars (Eric Christian Olsen and Nicholas D'Agosto) who hatch a plan to spend the summer at a camp filled with gorgeous girls by quitting the team to try out for the cheerleading squad instead.

After winning a Golden Globe for their dark comedy television series Transparent, Amazon has announced their intentions to produce indie style movies with budgets between $ 5 million and $ 25 million (in addition to more work on television series, including a second season of Transparent and something brand new from filmmaker Woody Allen).

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