Sentences with phrase «comedy about a cult»

Not exact matches

This remake of the 1985 cult classic was surprisingly not terrible; in fact, most critics had generally good things to say about the new horror - comedy.

Jean Pierre Jeunet's whimsical 2001 romantic comedy about a lonely Parisian waitress who plays guardian angel in the lives of strangers quickly became — and remains to this day — a cult favorite for misfits everywhere.

My Mum's a Twat, the debut play of Anoushka Warden, certainly wins best new name, but it also stars the sublime Patsy Ferran; catch this comedy about losing your mother to a cult at the Royal Court from 8 January.

Director Terry Zwigoff shares his own musical taste in this article about how he went about selecting songs to underscore the deadpan tone of his cult comedy Ghost World.

Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Jon Hamm and Jason Schwartzman have joined just about every other available actor in Hollywood on Netflix's 8 - episode continuation of the cult comedy.

Robespierre's follow - up, a 90s set comedy about a family dealing with two separate instances of infidelity, may not have accrued the same cult following, nor is it likely to pock as many end of year favorites lists, but the dramedy has tonal and directorial elements similar of a budding Noah Baumbach, who has since gone on to great acclaim.

He also directed the Academy Award - winning drama Philadelphia, about a lawyer battling AIDS who takes on his law firm for discrimination; Rachel Getting Married, about a family wedding drama; and Something Wild, the 1986 cult comedy starring Melanie Griffith and Jeff Daniels.

Some other memorable moments that emerged while compiling this: Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep (both Oscar - nominated) and Tom Waits on the downward spiral in Hector Babenco and William Kennedy's bleak «Ironweed»; John Huston's lyrical direction of the posthumously released adaptation of James Joyce's «The Dead»; the joyous Cajun -, zydeco -, R&B and gospel - flavored soundtrack of «The Big Easy,» gumbo for the ears; the consummate character actor John Mahoney breaking out (at least for me) in «Tin Men,» «Suspect» and «Moonstruck» and and Hunter delighting in «Raising Arizona,» «Broadcast News» and just about anything that came after; plus two British indies: Emily Lloyd as a cheeky 16 - year - old in David Leland's delightful comedy - drama «Wish You Were Here»; and one of the great cult films of the decade, Bruce Robinson's savagely witty «Withnail and I» with Richard E. Grant and Paul McCann.

If you're a fan of the 2001 cult stoner comedy «Super Troopers», about a group of fun - loving Vermont highway patrol officers who constantly play pranks on each other and the public (often while on the job), then you won't be disappointed with this long - awaited sequel, which brings back the entire cast and delivers plenty of laughs.

Rian Johnson's back - catalog hardly reads like a collection of tongue - in - cheek buddy movies or intergalactic comedies; his cult breakout Brick was a film about heroin abuse.

Weirdsville (R for violence, sexual references and drug use) Horror comedy about a couple of slackers (Scott Speedman and Wes Bentley) who, mistakenly believing a friend (Taryn Manning) has overdosed, end up burying her alive in the basement of a movie theater where a satanic cult performs ritual sacrifices.

A black comedy about white trash In this cult classic comedy from writer - director Del Shores, a gay West Hollywood acto...

If you thought «Anchorman» was the only cult comedy about life in a television newsroom, you've been missing out.

Outfront Theatre presents a new production of writer Del Shore's cult classic comedy about the sordid lives of residents of small - town Winters, Texas.