movie of 2017 to deal with the evacuation of Dunkirk (joining, well, Dunkirk and the little seen Their Finest, a drama /
comedy about making a movie about Dunkirk, signaling the snake's cue to eat its own tail), and the second time director Joe Wright has tackled the subject.
Not exact matches
What it's
about: Before pesky production codes changed what
movies were allowed to show onscreen, Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable
made a romantic
comedy for the ages,
about a socialite who runs off on an escapade with a reporter.
it is funny in deed but, when their is someone to cover Sandler's
movie their most likely gonna never
make a film again Oh look see Denis Dugan and Frank Coraci BOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! you suck stop
making adam sandler
movies here is the problem they are directors who don't care
about cinematography or shots of using the camera all they care is
comedy!!!!!!! see Tyler Perry yeah their just like this big joke.
Please, somebody could say to Cameron Diaz to stop
make any
movies, they're just horrible and that the only good
comedy which she
made a big role is There's Something
About Mary and The Mask, thank you.
The Disaster Artist is a
comedy about the
making of The Room, which is widely considered to be one of the worst
movies ever
made, if not the worst.
Over Her Dead Body may be the worst romantic
comedy I've ever seen, although I hesitate to
make such a resolute pronouncement
about a
movie that's so barely even there.
Such are the layered joys of this exuberant — if surprisingly conventional — buddy
comedy about the
making of the worst
movie of all time.
A Farrelly brothers
movie is always worth seeing, too, even if it doesn't have a chance of
making the next American Film Institute list of 100 best
comedies («There's Something
About Mary» was No. 21 on the just - released list, and deservedly so).
In
Movie 43,
comedy is served steaming hot (literally) by director Peter Farrelly of The Farrelly Brothers (Something
About Mary, Dumb & Dumber) in one of the most shocking, original, and dangerous
comedies ever
made.
I also saw the Alexander Payne-esque Norwegian
comedy «A Somewhat Gentle Man» starring Stellan Skarsgard, the heart - warmingest
movie ever
made about the aftermath of an assassination «Golden Slumber,» and my overall favorite of the festival, the deconstructionist
comedy about a psychokinetic spree killing tire, «Rubber.»
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movies opening November 12, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS Morning Glory (PG - 13 for profanity, sexuality and drug references) Romantic
comedy about an aspiring TV producer (Rachel McAdams) whose hopes to save a struggling news program depend on her controlling the show's feuding co-anchors (Diane Keaton and Harrison Ford).
I see that besides General Hospital, you're very busy
making movies, including Fanboys, a
comedy about some Star Wars fanatics.
How a filmmaker behind soul - searching
movies exploring one's sense of self through their 20s and 30s, respectively, decided to
make a broad
comedy about kooky 70 - year - olds robbing their neighborhood bank as his third picture is truly anyone's guess.
The result is the best female - fronted Hollywood
comedy in years, and a
movie that just happens to almost incidentally be
about women, if that
makes sense.
Damon has
made nine
movies at the studio in the last decade, while Affleck has become one of Warner's go - to directors,
making Gone Baby Gone, The Town and the soon - to - be-completed Argo, a
comedy about the Iran hostage crisis.
Franco directed and stars in this
comedy about the
making of The Room, a film so terrible it has deservedly been hailed as «the Citizen Kane of bad
movies.»
While this sibling
comedy makes some sharp observations
about the push and pull of family relationships, it's also one of those deliberately wacky
movies that wears us out with nonstop gags that are utterly unconvincing...
INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS The Amateurs (R for sex and expletives) Bawdy
comedy about a bunch of local yokels in a small town in Middle America who come up with the bright idea of
making a porno
movie.
The whole experience isn't quite as good as actually sitting down and watching a
movie with Wright — whose clear enthusiasm for film and gabbing
about it is pretty much unquestionable at this point — but it does
make for a pretty good excuse to bust out one of our best
comedies since 2000 and give it another watch.
WHY: «Sausage Party» isn't a very subtle
movie (the dialogue is laced with so much profanity that it feels like it was written by a bunch of prepubescent boys who just learned
about swear words), but what the
comedy lacks in maturity it
makes up for with some clever commentary on faith, sexual temptation and the Palestine / Israel conflict.
Fortunately for us, we
made a
movie that is a
comedy in a time that I think a lot of people need some levity, but it's also just an unapologetic love story, a buddy story
about following your dreams.
The very first joke in This Is 40 — a
movie made in 2012 by experienced
comedy professionals — is
about Viagra.
The Disaster Artist: This fact - based
comedy,
about two friends and the
making of a self - financed
movie in Los Angeles («The Room»), is the funniest
movie in a year of funny
movies, with James Franco, who also directed, as Tommy Wiseau, a bizarre and talentless actor who decides to write and direct his own starring vehicle.
It's a
comedy about the
making of a
movie as three filmmakers meet in Starbucks, call on their lead actress (played by Eugene Domingo as both herself and the character in the
movie) and plan their poverty drama's shoot which will take place in a garbage dump.
Talk
about a meta -
movie: the guys behind 22 Jump Street have gotten away with murder,
making an action
comedy...
Talk
about a meta -
movie: the guys behind 22 Jump Street have gotten away with murder,
making an action
comedy that simply (and brazenly) copies all the ingredients of 21 Jump Street.
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.
Music and Lyrics isn't the sort of romantic
comedy that will wow anyone who doesn't already have a preference for them, but if you love Hugh (American Dreamz, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason), love Drew (Fever Pitch, 50 First Dates), and the types of
movies they typically
make, this is
about as polished, efficient, and spot on as they come in terms of formula rom - coms.
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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 b
make it on time to witness the birth of his baby.
The news
about this
movie is that it
makes it clear that both Timberlake and Kunis are the real thing when it comes to light
comedy.
Eleanor Coppola — wife of Francis Ford and mother of Sofia —
makes her narrative directorial debut with this romantic
comedy about a
movie producer's (Alec Baldwin) wife (Diane Lane) who takes a road trip through France with one of his associates.
But in spirit,
make no mistake, this Steve Pink
comedy is clearly a homage to those 1980s
movies about horny young guys partying it up and trying to get some.
If you only see one Will Ferrell / Amy Poehler
movie...
make sure it's Blades Of Glory, and not this promising - on - paper, soggy - on - screen
comedy about cash - strapped parents starting a basement casino to replenish their daughter's college fund.
Though Curtis has recently announced that «
About Time» will likely be his final film as a director, the movie represents everything that's great about the kind of romantic comedies Curtis excels at ma
About Time» will likely be his final film as a director, the
movie represents everything that's great
about the kind of romantic comedies Curtis excels at ma
about the kind of romantic
comedies Curtis excels at
making.
(R for profanity, sexuality, violence and drug use) Barry Levinson directs this ensemble
comedy about two weeks in the life of an unhappily - married
movie producer (Robert De Niro) who's desperate to get his next picture
made.
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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.
Miller was attempting to
make a neo-noir style
movie with Gabriel Macht as the titular Spirit who narrates to himself
about his love for the city and his need to protect, which gave us plenty of «Sin City» like imaginary.Its visuals notwithstanding, «The Spirit» was bogged down with a dull lead, some misjudged attempts at
comedy and an uncontrolled Samuel L. Jackson being allowed to ham it up with no boundaries.
James Franco for The Disaster Artist The Golden Globe - winning director and star of the
comedy about the worst
movie ever
made was on a roll going in to the Oscar nominations, having picked up a Golden Globe, a Critics» Choice Award and a Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for playing the heavily accented auteur of The Room, Tommy Wiseau.
I'm into all types of
movies — I'm trying to
make a horror film (next), and there's some indie
movies that'd cost
about $ 5 to
make that I'd like to do — but this was a chance for someone to write a check for a big - budget
comedy, and to be able to do something as balls - out as this one... y ’ know, I'm gonna take advantage of that!»
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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.
«I wouldn't actually call it a «musical
comedy» — there are
movies within the
movie, and those
movies might have comedic music, but the
movie we're
making is actually not comical,» composer Carter Burwell said earlier this year
about the film.
All
movies are a challenge to
make, but there's something specifically tricky
about crafting a
comedy sequel like «Deadpool 2.»
I thought when you announced the Family Circus news it was a joke because Nick Swardson recently did a short bit on developing a Family Circus
movie on the
Comedy Death Ray podcast: http://www.earwolf.com/episode/episode-73-nick-swardson-jon-daly so sad that a joke
made about something that should be absurd has actually become a reality.
Writer - director David O. Russell has
made three kinds of
movies: offbeat romances («Flirting With Disaster»), surreal
comedies («I Heart Huckabees») and dramas
about dysfunctional yet appealing families («The Fighter»).
While filming The Disaster Artist — the
comedy about the
making of the infamously terrible 2003
movie, The Room — star and director James Franco stayed in character as Tommy Wiseau for the entirety of the shoot.
In
Movie 43,
comedy is served steaming hot by director Peter Farrelly of The Farrelly Brothers (Something
About Mary, Dumb & Dumber) in one of the most original
comedies ever
made.
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.
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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).
TORONTO, Canada — One week after the gross - out
comedy «There's Something
About Mary» reached No. 1 at the box office, here's Cameron Diaz back again in an even grosser
movie - one that
makes «Mary» look positively tasteful by comparison.
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movies opening July 8, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS Horrible Bosses (R for sexuality, crude humor, pervasive profanity and some drug use) Revenge
comedy about three friends (Jason Sudeikis, Jason Bateman and Charlie Day) who conspire to murder the bosses (Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Spacey and Colin Farrell)
making their lives miserable.