Sentences with phrase «comedy about a black man»

Dirty Laundry (PG - 13 for profanity, sexuality, homophobic slurs and mature themes) Out of the closet comedy about a black man (Rockmond Dunbar), living on the down low with a white boyfriend (Joey Costello) in New York City, whose world is turned upside - down when he learns that he has a son (Aaron Grady Shaw) back in his small Southern hometown where nobody knows he's gay.

Not exact matches

As the trailer reveals, it's a sly mix of violence and black comedy about a detective and a father who seek revenge against the same man, a suspected child killer.

Funny as she was in the much sharper - edged black comedy «There's Something About Mary,» she spends her time here as a ninny, worrying about wedding plans and eventually bashing the best man with a coat stand when he puts the wedding's perfection in jeopAbout Mary,» she spends her time here as a ninny, worrying about wedding plans and eventually bashing the best man with a coat stand when he puts the wedding's perfection in jeopabout wedding plans and eventually bashing the best man with a coat stand when he puts the wedding's perfection in jeopardy.

«Guess Who» is a dry comedy, a remake of the classic «Guess Who's Coming to Dinner» (1967), only this time, it has a race role reversal, where the original film was about a white family meeting a black man, this film centers around a black family meeting a white man.

Matthew Perry is very funny in this black comedy about a dentist whose wife hires a hit man to kill him.

Marco Ferreri's 1973 black comedy about four middle - aged men who decide to eat themselves to death.

Not only can you be the first in Chicago to see this pitch - black comedy about corrupt cops but you can ask questions of star and Chicago native Michael Peña («Ant - Man») when it's over.

Martin McDonagh's Oscar - winning black comedy about a train journey where an older man (Brendan Gleeson), whose wife has died that morning

So says writer - director Jordan Peele in Get Out, a horror / comedy hybrid about a black man (Golden Globe - nominated Daniel Kaluuya) who visits the posh, apparently liberal family home of his white girlfriend (Allison Williams) and ends up (spoiler alert) walking into a racist ambush.

; MEN AND CHICKEN, Anders Thomas Jensen's dark, twisted and extremely animalistic comedy as black as pitch, but with the sweetest heart, starring Mads Mikkelsen; Fernando León de Aranoa's black comedy A PERFECT DAY, a freewheeling tale centering on two veteran aid workers starring Benico Del Toro and Tim Robbins; the International Premiere of Brendan Cowell's debut RUBEN GUTHRIE about an advertising exec trying to quit the booze, which spikes social observations with dark, wounded humour and the European Premiere of Japanese auteur / icon Takeshi Kitano's latest comedy, RYUZO AND HIS SEVEN HENCHMEN, about a group of elderly, retired Yakuza who reteam to take revenge on a younger rival gang.

A black comedy about a man who dreams of being a reality tv contestant, the French / Italian co-production Reality (directed by Matteo Garrone) has attracted rave reviews at a lot of 2012's film festivals, including a Grand Prix win at Cannes, though it's yet to see a wide release in English - speaking territories.

We already had early signs that the Golden Globe nominations would be... shall we say, interesting, when Get Out, Jordan Peele's tremendous horror film about being a black man in America, was inexplicably classified in the Comedy category.

Award: The Assassin Least Sexy Movie: 50 Shades of Grey (Runner - up: A LEGO Brickumentary) Best Tolkien Reference: The Martian Best Gag Involving a Hammer: Avengers: Age of Ultron Best Joke About Naming Your Fists «Cagney and Lacey»: Spy Best Celebrity Cameo: LeBron James, Trainwreck Best Imaginary Friend: Bing Bong, Inside Out Most Awkward Interplay Between Real and Fictional Theme Parks: Tomorrowland (Runner - up: Jurassic World) Best Contact Lenses: Johnny Depp, Black Mass Best Eyeglasses: Sean Harris, Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation Best Glass Eye: Christian Bale, The Big Short Best Robot: Ava (Ex Machina) Worst Robot: Chappie (Chappie) The Cameron Crowe Award for a Soundtrack in Search of a Movie: Aloha Best Aerial Stunt: Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (Runner - up: Spectre) Worst Oven - Cleaning Method: The Visit Worst Misuse of a Juice Bottle: Sleeping with Other People Best Movie About Journalism: Spotlight Worst Movie About Journalism: Truth The Sudden Ubiquity Award: Domhnall Gleeson (Ex Machina, Brooklyn, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Revenant); Tom Hardy (Mad Max: Fury Road; Legend; The Revenant); Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina, Mojave, Star Wars: The Force Awakens) Best Dog - boy: Jack Bright, The Good Dinosaur Worst Dog - man: Channing Tatum, Jupiter Ascending Worst Implicit Historical Comparison: Moving the events of The Secret in Their Eyes from Argentina's Dirty War to post-9 / 11 America Best Backward - Looking Reboot: Star Wars: The Force Awakens Worst Backward - Looking Reboot: Terminator Genisys Best Home Movies: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Nicest Russian Spy: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies Trends of the Year: Women ruling comedy (Trainwreck, Spy); an overdue pushback against CGI (Mad Max: Fury Road, Star Wars: The Force Awakens); sneakily feminist themes in summer sequels (Magic Mike XXL, Mad Max: Fury Road); spy spoofs (Spy, Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Man from U.N.C.L.E, the final third of Spectman: Channing Tatum, Jupiter Ascending Worst Implicit Historical Comparison: Moving the events of The Secret in Their Eyes from Argentina's Dirty War to post-9 / 11 America Best Backward - Looking Reboot: Star Wars: The Force Awakens Worst Backward - Looking Reboot: Terminator Genisys Best Home Movies: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Nicest Russian Spy: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies Trends of the Year: Women ruling comedy (Trainwreck, Spy); an overdue pushback against CGI (Mad Max: Fury Road, Star Wars: The Force Awakens); sneakily feminist themes in summer sequels (Magic Mike XXL, Mad Max: Fury Road); spy spoofs (Spy, Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Man from U.N.C.L.E, the final third of SpectMan from U.N.C.L.E, the final third of Spectre)

Black comedy from satirist Todd Solondz (Happiness) starring Selma Blair, Christopher Walken and Mia Farrow about a 30 - something man - child whose attempts to find love and break free from his parents prove far more harrowing than he initially thought.

Jordan Peele's Get Out is horror / comedy thriller about an unsuspecting black man who wanders into a trap set by nefarious white people.

For example, Men In Black divided its energies fairly evenly between comedy and effects - heavy action sequences, while an educated guess would put Evolution at about 90 percent special effects, with the remainder sprinkled toward other concerns.

Martin McDonagh's In Bruges - the 2008 black comedy about two hit men holed up in a pretty little hotel in a pretty little town in pretty little Belgium - was an inspired and nutty fish - out - of - water noir.

And as a comedy, there's a nearly naked man sliding a good 20 feet on black ice into a snow bank (oh... my... GOD... that would hurt), a concussed young player deliriously talking about his lack of sexual prowess, and a virtual remake of Doug Dorsey from The Cutting Edge in the form of Skank.

Mad Men star John Slattery makes his directorial debut with a brash, black comedy about a blue - collar neighbourhood