Sentences with phrase «comedy released this year»

Director: Michael Philip Writers: Paul Doiron, John Benjamin Martin, Michael Philip Nationality: US Genres: Comedy Release year: 2005 Running time: 83 min Other Stars: Jason Lee, Crispin Glover and Burton Gilliam Character: Amber Heard is Candy Release Date: 2005 Rated: R

For those of you who prefer something lighter and funnier than the plot description seems to detail, take comfort — Short Term 12 also has more laughs within than the majority of the studio comedies released this year.

It might be the funniest comedy released this year.

Director: John Inwood Writers: Suzanne Weinert Nationality: US Genres: Drama, Comedy Release year: 2009 Running time: 92 min Character: Amber Heard is Nikki Release Date: 13 March 2009 (South by Southwest Film Festival) Rated: NR

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«Zoolander» was overlooked when it was first released in theaters, only to build its fanbase in the coming years and become one of the most quotable comedies of the new millennium.

Seventeen years after the release of «Super Troopers,» the comedy troupe Broken Lizard has returned with a sequel to the movie that kicked off their careers.

Sony had to cancel the much - anticipated release of the comedy film The Interview last year after hackers threatened action if the film was released theatrically.

NEW YORK (AP)-- Yahoo will release two new comedy series next year in hopes of becoming an even more serious player in Internet video programming.

Early next year it will release Divine Comedy, an album of songs performed by the actress Milla Jovovich.

Last year saw the release of his debut comedy album, «Technical Foul: Volume One,» as well as his Comedy Central Presents Half - Hour Stand - Up Spcomedy album, «Technical Foul: Volume One,» as well as his Comedy Central Presents Half - Hour Stand - Up SpComedy Central Presents Half - Hour Stand - Up Special.

Also that year, Scary Movie 2 was released, in addition to the Mandel Holland comedy The Other Brother, featuring Hall as Vicki.

Among the 13,782 romantic comedies that will be released this year, surely this one is among the top 5,000 or so.

Thirty - five years after it's original release, these comedians are pretty much in the gutter as far as comedies go.

The robbers turned out to be somewhat bumbling, which is how they came to be played by Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Wiig, and Owen Wilson in a studio comedy directed by Jared Hess — his first movie to be released in six years, time he presumably spent researching the most comically garish fashions and hairstyles for his hapless characters.

«King of California» (TBA): In this dark comedy produced by Alexander Payne («Sideways») and directed by Mike Cahill, 16 - year - old Evan Rachel Wood works at McDonald's, then has her life disrupted when Dad (Michael Douglas) is released from a mental institution, armed with a metal detector and looking for treasure.

Electric Dynamite and 20th Century Fox just released the latest international movie poster for the upcoming comedy «Gulliver's Travels» by director Rob Letterman (Monsters vs Alien, Shark Tale) and starring Emily Blunt (Charlie Wilson's War, The Wolfman), Jason Segel (Despicable Me, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Knocked Up) and Jack Black (Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom, Year One, Tropic Thunder).

Late last year, the release of The Interview came into question when North Korea, whose leader Kim Jong Un was being parodied in the movie, threatened to attack any cinemas showing the stoner comedy.

Directed by John Landis (Animal House, The Blues Brothers, An American Werewolf in London) at the height of his success and released the same year as both his iconic music video for Michael Jackson's «Thriller» and his career - damaging lethal contribution to Twilight Zone: The Movie, this is a high - concept comedy as straightforward as its title suggests.

Secret's box office prospects are tough to read, being that it is only the second film released by STX Entertainment, a studio founded last year by Robert Simonds, a veteran producer of Adam Sandler and Steve Martin comedies.

Ahead of its digital release next month, a new red band trailer and poster have arrived online for writer - director Nick Kreiss» upcoming comedy Little Bitches which stars Kiersey Clemons, Virginia Gardner, and Jennette McCurdy; check them out here... Two best friends try to reconnect with a former friend before an end - of - senior - year party at which they -LSB-...]

Frank Capra's It Happened One Night would seem to have all the earmarks of the great Hollywood genre the screwball comedy, but the jury has long been out on whether it can be classified that way, as it was released in 1934, a couple of years before...

Lionsgate releases the Alec Guinness 5 - Film Collection, their repackaging of a comedy collection released by Anchor Bay a few years earlier.

For proof that the Coens» masterpiece of black comedy has stood the test of time just look at the fact that nearly 20 years since its release we've had two seasons of a new TV series based on this wry story of small - town crime.

When: January 12th Why: Fifteen years have passed since the original «Zoolander» was released, and whereas other comedies from that time have lost their relevancy, the Ben Stiller - directed film has only gained in popularity.

It's incredible to think that in the short 10 years since the release of «Shaun of the Dead,» the zombie comedy has practically become its own subgenre, even spawning several «rom - zom - coms» (romantic zombie comedies, a term coined during the marketing for that film) in the process.

We'll next see him in the comedy Central Intelligence opposite Kevin Hart, which releases later this year.

Michael Lehmann's black comedy has developed a sizable cult in the years since its release.

The first of which is that it suffers from the same problems as Eli Roth's The Green Inferno (set for release next year) in that it can't balance its desire to be a horror and its want to be a comedy.

Leading the pack this year are Kate Winslet's fashionista revenge comedy The Dressmaker (still awaiting news on a US release) and the critically beloved Max Mad Fury Road with 12 and 11 nominations respectively.

The Disaster Artist, which is directed by James and out in wide release Friday, is a comedy chronicling the making of 2003's The Room — the film written by, starring, and directed by Tommy Wiseau, which has been christened both the worst movie ever made and, in the years since, a cult classic.

The company was looking for comedy for its 2017 release slate, and director David Dhawan, «Has delivered [many] commercial comedy blockbusters in the last 20 years,» according to FIP exec Rohit Sharma.

Following up on the Cinema City romantic comedy Seven Years Itch, To re-teamed with producer - writer - star (not necessarily in that order) Raymond Wong Bak - Ming for an ensemble film designed for release during the Lunar New Year holiday, a week - long (more or less) celebration that is the highlight of the Hong Kong film release calendar, when all of the big, star - studded blockbusters hit theatres.

Myers is slated to appear in the drama Terminal with Margot Robbie, potentially being released sometime this year, as well as the comedy biopic Del, where he will play famed improvisational comedy mentor Del Close, but otherwise, he hasn't made a narrative feature since Shrek Forever After in 2010.

Damien Chazelle, «La La Land» Year: 2016 Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt Distributor: Summit Entertainment / Lionsgate Premiere history: Aug. 31, 2016 Venice Film Festival; wide release Dec. 9, 2016 (United States) Other awards won (selected): British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) Best Film; Best Actress in a leading role (Emma Stone), Best Direction; Critics» Choice Awards Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay; Golden Globe Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy, Best Actor — Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Ryan Gosling), Best Actress — Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Emma Stone), Best Director Other Oscar nominations: Best Picture, Best Actor (Ryan Gosling), Best Actress (Emma Stone, won), Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score (won), Best Original Song (won), Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Production Design (won); Best Cinematography (won), Best Costume Design, Best Film

La Boda de Valentina is the second film Pantelion has released day and date with Mexico — the first being 2015 comedy A La Mala, which also opened in February of that year.

Heavenly Creatures Year: 1994 Director: Peter Jackson Before making this feverish biopic based on a notorious case in New Zealand history, Peter Jackson was best known for grisly horror comedies like Brain Dead (released in U.S. as Dead Alive).

Still, even if While We're Young stumbles a bit towards the end, it's still one of the funniest and most perceptive comedies to be released so far this year.

CBS Films have released a trailer for writer - director Demetri Martin's upcoming comedy Dean., which was honoured with the Best Narrative Feature award at last year's Tribeca Film Festival and sees Martin starring in the cast alongside Kevin Kline, Gillian Jacobs, and Mary Steenburgen; take a look at the trailer below after the official synopsis... Writer / Director / Comedian Demetri -LSB-...]

Warner Bros has released a second trailer for the comedy Fist Fight, featuring teachers played by Ice Cube and Charlie Day, who organize an epic battle at the end of the school year.

He was seen on screen earlier this year in the Steve Carell comedy «The Incredible Burt Wonderstone» and, according to the Internet Movie Data Base, has two more film projects being released posthumously.

Unless the early year release ruins it, I think nominations in Best Comedy / Musical as well as Best Actress in a Comedy / Musical (for Fey) seem like safe bets right now.

by Walter Chaw The stupid version of Groundhog Day, or, more to the point, the capering warm - up act for Charlie Kaufman's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the latest Adam Sandler vehicle 50 First Dates is just like almost every other alleged comedy released in the first quarter of any year in that lacks pace and energy.

In a week which saw long - running NBC show Saturday Night Live celebrate its 40th anniversary as the staple of American comedy, it seems apt that a comedy starring Kevin Hart, who auditioned for the show a few years back similarly to Jim Carrey and Zach Galifianakis, is released.

Attention, all debutantes, disco lovers, and urban haute bourgeoisie: the first film in well over a decade from Whit Stillman — whose comedies of manners Metropolitan and The Last Days of Disco are available from the Criterion Collection, and who discusses his top ten Criterion titles here — has been picked up for distribution and may see release this year, it was announced today.

Netflix has released the new trailer for The Meyerowitz Stories, the comedy - drama that debuted at this year's Cannes Film Festival back in May.

A year after the release of Get Out, the hit horror - comedy - satire by Jordan Peele, in which Kaluuya plays Chris, a good - natured photographer who finds himself at the mercy of a plot by his white girlfriend and her family to body - snatch African Americans, he is still uncomfortable with the apparatus of fame.

It hasn't been a particularly memorable year at the movies, especially for those in search of a good comedy, so it's a relief to see a film like «We're the Millers» arrive in theaters, because although it's not as funny as its behind - the - scenes talent might suggest, it's one of the better comedies released thus far.

Release Date: No end of year date has been set — but we can expect the comedy to roll out post fall fest season which means it'll either go to Telluride or TIFF and perhaps not both.

But in the years since that movie's release, gay comedies have been increasingly treated as niche experiences, ones the public at large won't be able to stomach.

Every woman wanted to be Roberts after seeing this film, and now — over 25 years after its release — the film is still one of the most - quoted romantic comedies ever made.