Sentences with phrase «comedy as feature film»

The Guilt Trip, Last Vegas) debuts his first foray into comedy as feature film director.

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He has also produced two other feature films as well as helped shoot the renowned documentary comedy, Winnebago Man.

Zegna's ambitous «A Rose Reborn» directed by Park Chan - wook made our list, as did Alexander Wang's funny Autumn / Winter campaign film, featuring Chris Kattan as Mango, a character from the American comedy show Saturday Night Live.

Featuring a screenplay by no less than five writers, Flushed Away has clearly been geared to appeal primarily to small children - as evidenced by the film's emphasis on action - oriented set pieces and distinctly broad bits of comedy (there's even a fart joke thrown in for good measure).

Expect to see some great documentaries, performances, music, films and topical features as well as some cracking drama and comedy.

The following year, Garofalo appeared in no less than five films, with a supporting part in the ensemble piece 200 Cigarettes, a starring role as an unconventional action heroine called the Bowler in Mystery Men (which also featured Stiller), and prominent turns in Kevin Smith's eagerly awaited Dogma, Hampton Fancher's psychological thriller The Minus Man, and the satirical comedy Can't Stop Dancing, in which she acted alongside fellow comedienne Margaret Cho.In 2001, Garofolo took on the role of Catherine Connolly in The Laramie Project, HBO's docudrama chronicling the aftermath of the death of Matthew Shepard, and filmmaker David Wain's comedy Wet Hot American Summer.

Later alternating between television and film with features such as Trapped and roles on such high - profile series as Spin City and Malcolm in the Middle, her part opposite Brittany Murphy in the 2003 comedy Uptown Girls found the precocious youngster playing well off of her older co-star.

Daley and Goldstein, who started off as actors, have co-directed one previous feature, the 2015 holiday - road reboot «Vacation,» but the sign that they're instinctive filmmakers, with a bold sense of comedy structure, comes in the sequence they stage, with serpentine ingenuity, at the home of a crime boss (Danny Huston) who has the film's MacGuffin — a Fabergé egg — locked in his safe.

The film has a clever premise that probably would have worked as a half - hour TV episode but fails to sustain a feature - length comedy.

Following several solo performance films (including Bill Engvall: Here's Your Sign Live in 2004 and Bill Engvall: 15 Off Cool in 2007), Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy co-starred in the feature comedy Delta Farce (2007), as a couple of blue - collar Joes mistaken for Army personnel.

During her second year at Northwestern University, Williams got her feature film break when she was cast as protective father Steve Martin's soon - to - be-married daughter Annie in the (slightly) modernized version of the popular 1950s comedy Father of the Bride.

Although the show was eventually cancelled, the actress continued to appear in a number of TV series and independent films, including Hartley's Flirt (1995), Susan Streitfeld's Female Perversions (1996), which cast her as Tilda Swinton's psychiatrist lover, and Sour Grapes (1998), a black comedy which featured her as the girlfriend of a greedy neurologist.

Tilly's other feature film credits include Bound, The Getaway, Made inJennifer received an Academy Award ® nomination and an American Comedy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Olive in Bullets Over Broadway.

Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon, and Michael Showalter's unassuming romantic comedy is one of the year's funniest films, featuring some truly jawdropping one - liners and set pieces, but it's also so completely naked - hearted and raw that you'll frequently be weeping even as you laugh.

It's not his fault, though, as this film would have been weak regardless of the star, with a predictable storyline and events that will have you recalling bits and pieces of plenty of other comedies of humiliation featuring a meek man finding the cojones to finally take on the bully in his life, only to make an utter ass of himself.

Fans of the TV series regularly appearing on «Comedy Central» already know what to expect from this feature - length film, showcasing more of the same parody of «COPS» as if starring the gang from the Police Academy movies.

In the wake of a number of star - studded big - budget comedy features waning at the box office (read Ghostbusters), and once - upon - a-time comedy king Adam Sandler now reaching his core audience on Netflix, A Bad Moms Christmas serves as an example of how feature film economics have also changed in a climate where streaming has impacted theatergoing for mid-and-low budgeted films.

The film is being described as a new creature feature horror - comedy, which is directed by Aaron Mento.

In the time that has followed she has made at least two more feature film appearances a year, playing a variety of roles such as the trophy wife in the comedy Potiche (Ozon, 2010), a mother who rekindles a thirty year old romance in the musical, Les bien - aimé / Beloved (Honoré, 2011) and Queen Cordelia in the most recent instalment of Astérix and Obélix: Au service de sa majesté / God Save Britannia (Tirard, 2012).

As with so many movies that would be written and starring SNL alums, Dragnet is a case of a very funny sketch comedy idea dragged out beyond its ability to truly entertain in a feature film.

As with all comedies, this quality isn't sustained all the way through the feature, but Super Troopers is still a damn funny film.

Joe Dante's a great filmmaker, but I wish he had made his return to features with a movie better than Burying The Ex, a glib, EC Comics - influenced horror comedy that would probably work better as a short chapter in an anthology film.

In spite of several lines about how romantic comedies have given people seriously messed - up expectations about the way the world works, it's unsurprising that Tropper is already working on adapting the book as a feature film.

As always, summer also means plenty of comedies («Snatched,» starring Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn as kidnapped tourists) and horror films («It Comes At Night,» featuring Joel Edgerton as a family man battling an unnatural evilAs always, summer also means plenty of comedies («Snatched,» starring Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn as kidnapped tourists) and horror films («It Comes At Night,» featuring Joel Edgerton as a family man battling an unnatural evilas kidnapped tourists) and horror films («It Comes At Night,» featuring Joel Edgerton as a family man battling an unnatural evilas a family man battling an unnatural evil).

The dry script, co-written by Emma Thompson, who also features as the deadpan gynaecologist, drains the film of what little potential there might have been for frothy comedy.

Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill in ’21 Jump Street» As a feature film retread of a vapid»80s cop show re-imagined as an R - rated slapstick action - comedy starring that one kid from Superbad and that dude from G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, the comedy 21 Jump Street should logically sucAs a feature film retread of a vapid»80s cop show re-imagined as an R - rated slapstick action - comedy starring that one kid from Superbad and that dude from G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, the comedy 21 Jump Street should logically sucas an R - rated slapstick action - comedy starring that one kid from Superbad and that dude from G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, the comedy 21 Jump Street should logically suck.

Sadly, these are the only highlights in «The Incredible Burt Wonderstone,» a slow, humdrum comedy that would have worked better as a 10 - minute sketch than a feature film.

After securing the 2013 Sundance Film Festival's Screenwriting award, a slot on the National Board of Review's top ten list of indie films, and the vocal support of critical heavy hitters like A.O. Scott, Lake Bell's pitch - perfectly precise comedy In A World... announced itself as one of the more confident debut features in recent memory, let alone from an actor - turned - director / writer.

Mel Brooks, who made jaws drop with the audaciously tasteless «Springtime for Hitler» musical number at the climax of his 1968 slapstick comedy The Producers, will be on hand at Los Angeles's Aero Theatre this Saturday, May 5, to discuss both that film and Charlie Chaplin's wartime burlesque The Great Dictator, which are showing as a double feature.

The film's wildly loyal producer Judd Apatow, then known as a showrunner of acclaimed but short - lived TV comedies, would again cast Rudd in his hit feature directing debut,

A five - minute featurette called «Greetings From Bull Mountain» is the standard five - minute B - roll / soft - sell interview errata that features a few additional male buttock shots; «King of the Mountain» is a two - minute music video that splices action sequences from the film together with bloopers and sets it to music (something resurrected in feature - length form by this year's ESPN's X-movie); and nine chapter - encoded deleted scenes (blissfully sans commentary and running between fifteen seconds and a minute, each) are essentially long «comedy» shticks that prove for as bad as Out Cold was, it could have been even worse.

A Chinese star who grew up in England (which accounts for her excellent English) and who's appeared in almost 70 films since 1984, including most of the features of Wong Kar - wai, Cheung is exceptionally gifted when she's doing comedy (as in the 1989 The Iceman Cometh) and pantomime (as in her great performance as the silent Shanghai film actress Ruan Ling - yu in Stanley Kwan's 1991 masterpiece Actress).

Now, as the year closes out, Get Out has become an awards season frontrunner, named Gotham Independent Film Awards» Best Feature and listed among the National Board of Review's top 10 films and earning a Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy.

The new film, which apparently also features Bobby Cannavale, Audrey Tautou and Susan Sarandon, was pitched as ostensibly a remake of 1974 French comedy Les Valseuses.

That rather sad fact, which is not uncommon, is one of the reasons that Johnson and Koch are proud that a festival run primarily by women regularly includes films with women directors — seven this year, including «Toni Erdmann» — along with features that focus on female characters such as «Jackie,» Kelly Reinhardt's «Certain Women» and Kelly Fremon Craig's coming - of - age comedy «The Edge of Seventeen.»

But his previous work as a feature director, 2005's «The Baxter,» was another sweet and off - kilter romantic comedy; both films are far less caustic and a lot more compassionate than most of his other comedy work.

As she has expanded her story into a feature - length film, Atsuko has crafted a road movie that manages to balance absurdist bursts of comedy with a probing, at times deeply sad, character study.

Writer / Director Rian Johnson (Brick) delivers a very entertaining, creative, thrilling and clever sci - fi film that features time travel, dark comedy, romance, metaphysics, and enough action to keep just about any viewer engaged... as long as you enjoy using your brain a bit.

The five films in this eccentric collection are the hipster youth generation satire Getting Straight with Elliot Gould; the Jeff Goldblum psychics - on - the - run comedy Vibes (notable as the feature debut of Cindi «She - Bop» Lauper); Stephen Frears» first film Gumshoe with Albert Finney; and the first - ever home video releases of Arch Oboler's 1951 end - of - the - world drama Five and Carol Reed's 1959 spy satire Our Man in Havana.

As the writer and director of the feature films Knocked Up and The 40 - Year - Old Virgin, the producer of the blockbuster comedies Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, and the creator of the acclaimed television series «Freaks and Geeks» and «Undeclared,» Apatow has developed a reputation for stories that are equal measures sentimental and unrefined.

The film that follows is one of the stranger viewing experiences of Fantasia 2016, as director Craig Anderson, jumping into feature filmmaking from a career of Australian TV comedy, delivers on the insane promise of his story solely by dint of failing to deliver a coherent movie.

While The Shaggy Dog took quite a bit longer than most films to land on disc, the wait seems acceptable, as Walt's first all - out comedy is treated to a delightful widescreen transfer and three worthwhile bonus features.

Momentum Pictures has unveiled the first official trailer for an indie romantic comedy titled Half Magic, the feature directorial debut of actress Heather Graham, who also stars in the film in the lead role as «Honey».

Henson Alternative is now launching its first feature film: The Happytime Murders, described as a neo-noir puppet crime comedy mystery film, taking place in a world where puppets co-exist with humans, but are seen as second - class citizens.

As with past such events, movies selected for this 11th festival encompass comedy, drama and documentary and are full, professional, feature - length films from Italy.

As someone who is fascinated and obsessed with the comedy world, from feature films to improv to stand - up, this was exactly the kind of documentary I was hoping for.

Comedy Central's popular comedy series has explored avenues outside of television, such as video games, books, and a featureComedy Central's popular comedy series has explored avenues outside of television, such as video games, books, and a featurecomedy series has explored avenues outside of television, such as video games, books, and a feature film.

An extremely strange hybrid of dark comedy / drama, actor turned director John Slattery's (from Mad Men fame) film God's Pocket will likely be forever known only because of it's featuring of one of screen legend Philip Seymour Hoffman's last roles as grubby (when wasn't he grubby?)

Back in the 1990s, when the production volume of Disney - branded live - action films was at an all - time high, the company thrice turned to old cartoons as inspirations for feature - length comedies.

The movie is a comedy film by director Lucia Aniello as her featured debut movie with the writer Paul and Aniello Downs.