Sentences with phrase «comedic takes»

I've always enjoyed reading horror, sci - fi, thrillers, and comedic takes on all three genres.

The Movie: Working under the presumption that anyone of legal drinking age has had one of those nights of debauchery they can't remember the next day and that anyone who goes to Las Vegas expects that to be the norm, this comedic take on the missing person mystery takes a different look at the way Vegas has been depicted in movies by cutting to the very core of what the Vegas experience is for far too many visitors.

It's a light comedic take on the end of days starring Steve Carell and Kiera Knightly.

Danny Kaye offers a comedic take on trying to restore these stolen masterpieces to their rightful owns in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty -1947.

Maiara Walsh (above) has nabbed the female lead as the spoof version of Jennifer Lawrence's Katniss Everdeen in The Starving Games, a comedic take on The Hunger Games, says THR.

Though Williamson certainly deserves credit for reviving and retooling film horror, his ironic, comedic take on the genre did not really stick, with violence (so - called torture porn), imaginative frugality (found footage), and familiarity (remakes) prevailing in recent years.

I, Tonya (2017) This comedic take on Tonya Harding's life and career is seriously something you need to watch.

Not many people know about the other apocalypse comedy of 2013, It's a Disaster, a lower key affair that is technically more of a comedic take on «No Exit» than something as bombastic as This is the End or The World's End.

Next Act Theatre stages this comedic take on big business in the small, cozy space of the Tenth Street Theatre.

The story will be a comedic take on the famous detective Sherlock Holmes.

Sondheim's subversive and darkly comedic take on the most iconic characters of fairy tales and folklore brings the disparate characters into one story as they all head into the forest on various quests, running into each other and singing a song or two along the way.

Adapted from Michael Lewis's bestselling book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, Adam McKay's stylized comedic take on the international banking collapse of 2007 - 08 nerds up Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt and an Oscar - baiting Christian Bale as real - life money - managing eccentrics who, independently, come to realize a market based on subprime loans is going to tank.

Her book about those years, The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a dark comedic take on her time in South Asia, was published by Doubleday.

It's not actively bad, and certainly good for a chuckle, but seeing this comedic take on a cafe, and the life of the plucky yet dense heroine, Hotori, who works there as a maid, I was reminded that most of the slice - of - life we see here these days tends to be 4 - koma style.

In fact, the Firesign Theater seem to have been stymied in many major game projects they produced, except one masterminded by founding member Phil Proctor, who mentioned this in a 1995 interview: a CD - ROM that is «a comedic take on some of the more popular adventure - style games that have been out on the market for the last year or two.»

California About Blog A comedic take on pro road racing.

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Singh's videos, usually filmed at home, take the form of personal comedic monologues and skits about banal but relatable topics.

NIA looks like it has a lot of good information mixed with bad, but they're still a bunch of crackpots wailing about hyperinflation with little regard for the historical profligacies it takes to cause the levels they're afraid (or for a more modern example the comedic horror tale that is Venezuela).

It takes a comedic outlook to even attempt to consider what young - earth creationists purport as serious.

As you may remember, we've taken to posting the comedic work on Wes Molebash, who's comic strip — Insert Image — has a lot of fun with certain points of the Christian subculture and...

Many people don't know this fact, but the actual context of this papyrus relates back to Jesus» lost comedic writings and stand - up routines where he was working out what was then the very new «take my wife, please!»

The comedian also discussed what it takes for a successful improv routine as they attempt to do one together and find their «comedic premise» with two empty glasses.

The controller of the Hurricanes» Twitter account took a comedic shot at the Blue Jackets» account today, basically telling them that they don't produce any highlights.

His career took a comedic turn in the Army - Navy baseball game in Honolulu during the war.

Twitter seems to have taken the comedic nickname of «Scouse Cafu» to heart and seems to believe Flanagan to be the second coming of the legendary Brazilian fullback.

This has truly taken the constant back and forth between the city and state to new comedic heights.

It tickles something fierce in BASKERVILLE, a comedic re-telling of the Sherlock Holmes story, with only five players taking on dozens of roles.

Skid row, doo wop and a blood thirsty plant from outer space take over the Willsboro Central School (WCS) stage to bring the comedic musical «Little Shop of Horrors (LSH),» to life.

Take a few minutes to read a favorite comedic essay, look at some kitten memes or watch a funny video.

When Marnie later takes it off and carries it to maneuver through the subway, it becomes clear that the outfit was also done for comedic purposes.

It is healthy to take a break from the action, the stress & look for a bit of comedic relief from all the uncertainty happening in the States & world today.

On another note, if you are ever in the mood for some comedic action, try watching me take selfies in the woods with a tripod and remote control shutter for the first time ever.

This post is meant to take a comedic look at some of the types of women that I have encountered in my years of dating in the DMV.

A comedic turn of events that actually took place in the great state of Texas.

Coming to America, starring Eddie Murphy and directed by John Landis, takes a lame idea and some very talented comedic actors and manages to avoid a complete disaster.

Often reviled in his native United States but worshipped as a genius throughout much of Europe and especially France, Lewis took slapstick comedy to new realms of absurdity and outrageousness, his anarchic vision dividing audiences who found him infantile and witless from those who applauded the ambitions of his sight gags, his subversions of standard comedic patterns, and his films» acute criticisms of American values.

I can definitely see why this is one of those cult movies - it has that realistic vibe to it and basically talks about really serious things, but at the same time it has comedic elements and even though you feel disgusted with all the narcotics and heroin they are taking, the movie draws you in with it's storyline

The film's condensation of the years that took Wiseau to get over his heartbreak regarding the unexpected laughter that resulted in screening his «drama», and finally embrace the comedic aspects of the film, takes a bit away from important character development that could have given the third act a bit more substance.

Now, Stiller, known for his comedic work, takes a surprisingly smooth turn into drama in «Permanent Midnight,» playing a TV scriptwriter with a $ 5,000 a week heroin habit.

SMILF, Season 1: From Frankie Shaw, SMILF takes a raw and honest comedic look at a single, 20 - something from Southie whose desires for relationships, sex, and a career collide with the realities of young, single motherhood.

As you can tell, Spy takes the comedic route akin to Get Smart or Austin Powers.

With this darkly comedic war film Warner Bros. took a big risk, and a leap of faith on Russell.

Not necessarily cinematic, so I'm glad Mayer has taken liberties with the material and delivered something a bit more comedic in tone, even if hearts are breaking all over the place.

If the rumours are to be believed, Hemsworth improvised most of his lines and in doing so, he demonstrated an applaudable aptitude for laughing at himself and a spot on ability to steal the screen whenever he was on it — this time however, that face and those muscles took a back seat to his impeccable comedic timing.

Beatty takes a comedic approach to the eccentric figure resulting in one of the funniest and most original films of the year.

Binder actually wrote the script in order to give a comedic role to actress Joan Allen (The Bourne Supremacy, The Notebook), with whom he worked with on the film, The Contender, and she takes full advantage of the opportunity to excel.

The show had 15 nominations in 9 categories and took them all, including Best Comedy Series, Best Actor in a Comedic Series for Eugene Levy, and Best Supporting Actor in a Comedic Series for Chris Elliott.

These comedic actors risked everything when they took on serious roles, and the payoff has been huge, opening new doors in the process.

An escape to teenagehood, this stands as a solid comedic reimagining of a TV series that takes loving jibes at the original, makes fun of itself at all times, and overall delivers laughs a-plenty.

Like The Last Action Hero used Woody Allen's Cairo premise to satirize the action genre, so too does The Final Girls dissect horror to comedic effect; hopefully taking the self - reflexivity of Wes Craven's Scream to new levels.