Sentences with phrase «comedy stars breaking»

Not exact matches

The Minneapolis City Pages suggests Swardson's biggest break came when comedy star Adam Sandler called him out of nowhere.

Funnyman Steve Oedekerk never quite broke through as a standup comic, but his years on the standup circuit did lead to a thriving career as a writer and director for some of Hollywood's biggest comedy stars, as well as periodic acting jobs.

Comedian and actor Lavell Crawford (Breaking Bad) hosts this installment of Shaquille O'Neal's All Star Comedy Jam franchise in Las Vegas, featuring comedy veteran Earthquake who teams up with Cocoa Brown, K - Dubb, and Donell Rawlings to deliver a hilarious night of cComedy Jam franchise in Las Vegas, featuring comedy veteran Earthquake who teams up with Cocoa Brown, K - Dubb, and Donell Rawlings to deliver a hilarious night of ccomedy veteran Earthquake who teams up with Cocoa Brown, K - Dubb, and Donell Rawlings to deliver a hilarious night of comedycomedy.

This fratty National Lampoon - style comedy (written by and starring the Broken Lizard troupe of comics who made Beerfest and Super Troopers) is funny more often than not.

As the truth is slowly revealed, wacky battles break out in this hyper - stylized comedy farce starring Takayuki Yamada and Erika Toda.

Greig has starred in episodes of the ground - breaking series PEOPLE LIKE US, DR.. WHO, WHEN I»M 64 for the BBC, but she gained recognition and a British Comedy nomination for her television role as Fran Katzenjammer in Channel 4's BLACK BOOKS with Dylan Moran and Bill Bailey.

After breaking through with films made by an emerging avant garde — including Josh Trank's Chronicle, Derek Cianfrance's The Place Beyond the Pines and Josh Krokidas» Kill Your Darlings — this year the 28 - year - old actor has starred in two very of - the - moment genres, first playing Harry Osborn, Peter Parker's childhood pal turned homicidal supervillain Green Goblin, in The Amazing Spider - Man 2, and now appearing opposite Aubrey Plaza in the zombie comedy Life After Beth.

In the past two weeks, Quentin Tarantino «s «The Hateful Eight» and the Will Ferrell - Mark Wahlberg comedy «Daddy's Home» have joined the already - crowded Christmas Day frame currently occupied by «Point Break,» a movie rumored to cost $ 100 million - plus that doesn't boast a single major movie star, no offense to the wildly talented Edgar Ramirez.

LOS ANGELES — March 7, 2012 — CBS Films announced today that Bryan Cranston (Drive, TV's Breaking Bad), Anna Kendrick (50/50, Up In The Air) and Miles Teller (Footloose, Project X) will star in the comedy tentatively titled Get A Job.

From films like Something's Got ta Give and The Holiday, the writer / director has made herself known for her particular style of well - lit, amiable comedies starring A-listers looking to have a pleasant break from the harder fare that they usually take on.

Although Avengers: Infinity War is still going strong at the box office, you can also choose from the new thriller, Breaking In, starring Gabrielle Union, or the comedy Life of the Party with Melissa McCarthy.

This looks like it might be fun, if not a refreshing comedy break from all the Star Wars and Hunger Games this winter.

Taking a break from his role as Superman, Henry Cavill took a trip to the swinging 60s to star in Guy Ritchie's spy action - comedy The Man From U.N.C.L.E.. It's a much more light - hearted role than...

Keira Knightley signed up to star in a comedy with Steve Carrell because she needed a break from all her «dark» film roles.The British actress has...

As writer, director and star, Gordon - Levitt deceives by setting up «Don Jon» as a standard romantic comedy: he's broken, and his tough - talking counterpart (Scarlett Johansson) can't be seduced until he fixes himself.

-- Stanley Donen's light comedy stars Yul Brenner as an over-the-top maestro and Kay Kendall as his longtime girlfriend who breaks up with him after an apparent infidelity.

«Appropriate Behavior» I heralded writer - director - star Desiree Akhavan as «a hilarious and essential new voice» back in January, when this early - Woody - Allen - inspired romantic comedy about a bisexual Iranian - American Brooklynite with a broken heart was released.

Tomorrow night HDNET MOVIES airs Demme's 1988 Oscar ® - nominated crime comedy MARRIED TO THE MOB starring Michelle Pfeifferas a newly widowed woman whose attempts to break away from her husband's (Alec Baldwin) Mafia ties are complicated by an FBI agent (Matthew Modine) and a conniving mobster (Dean Stockwell).

The coming - of - age - comedy starring Saoirse Ronan has broken the Rotten Tomatoes record for the longest unspoiled run of positive reviews.

Internet comedy and television have responded much better — social - media star Joanne the Scammer is broke as hell and isn't afraid to show it (and neither was Chaplin's sentimentalized but soot - streaked Tramp).

The Untouchables stars Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston and Philadelphia native, powerhouse comedian Kevin Hart in the US remake of the French comedy, The Intouchables.

In 2013, news broke that Channing Tatum and John Milhiser (formerly of Saturday Night Live) were set to star in a gay romantic comedy from director Paul Feig, who was fresh off the massive success of Bridesmaids.

Tom Jones Year: 1963 Directed by: Tony Richardson Starring: Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh Griffith, Diane Cilento, Edith Evans, Joyce Redman Why it's essential: The costume comedy done the most right, with a bunch of cheeky, fourth - wall - breaking archness that is surely a big reason why it took home all the awards it did.

SANDRA BULLOCK is confident she has found the key to success as a romantic comedy star - she's advised actresses wanting to break into the film genre...

Ahead of its U.S. release next month, a new red band trailer has arrived online for director Scot Armstrong's upcoming bromantic comedy Search Party which stars T.J. Miller, Thomas Middleditch, Adam Pally, Shannon Woodward, Krysten Ritter and Alison Brie; take a look below after the official synopsis... Wedding bells threaten to break up three best friends» long - running bromance, but -LSB-...]

A new poster has arrived online for Scot Armstrong's upcoming bromantic comedy Search Party which stars T.J. Miller, Thomas Middleditch and Adam Pally; check it out below... Wedding bells threaten to break up three best friends» long - running bromance, but they aren't going down without a fight in Search Party, the directing debut of screenwriter Scot -LSB-...]

With just two weeks to go before its U.S. release, a new trailer has debuted for the Scot Armstrong - directed comedy Search Party which stars T.J. Miller, Thomas Middleditch, Adam Pally, Shannon Woodward, Krysten Ritter and Alison Brie; check it out below after the official synopsis... Wedding bells threaten to break up three best friends» long - running bromance, but they -LSB-...]

Here, as directed by light - hearted, comedy specialist Peyton Reed («Bring It On,» «The Break - Up,» «Yes Man») from a script credited to Edgar Wright, Adam McKay, Joe Cornish and Paul Rudd (who also stars as the title character), the tale is told of Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas, Academy Award winner for «Wall Street» who is seen as his current old self and as a Photoshopped 1980s stud) and his protege, Scott Lang (Rudd, «All is Bright»).

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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.

A few days after Carrey gave a bizarre, existentially bleak interview on the red carpet at a New York Fashion Week event, The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Carrey will star in a Showtime comedy series cal... Read more

On the comedy side, 9JKL (formerly the excruciating 9J & 9K & 9L) stars Royal Pains» (and Prison Break's!)

A gag - filled romp about a bunch of prank - loving Vermont state troopers starring the comedy troupe Broken Lizard, Super Troopers is one of the great comedies of the new millennium, endlessly quotable, and just as funny today as the day it was released.

Since Infinity War arrived, the major studios have released just two movies: Warner Bros.» Melissa McCarthy comedy Life of the Party, which made $ 18.5 million in its opening weekend, the lowest total for a McCarthy vehicle since she became a movie star; and the $ 16.5 million - earning Breaking In, a Gabrielle Union thriller from Universal and Will Packer Productions, the company that has delivered two textbook counterprograms, Girls Trip and the Ride Along films.

Robin Williams pretty much set the template for comedians breaking into movies: start out as a wildly popular cult comedian, get your own network sitcom tailored specifically to your style of comedy and then begin accepting starring roles in Hollywood films.

Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston star in the charming and unpredictable comedy The Break - Up.

The list of icons making appearances was truly unprecedented: Superman soars twice — once in the «return» and the other as Ben Affleck; Crockett and Tubbs exude cool; Ethan Hunt falls short; Captain Jack Sparrow sets the stage for the finale; Jack Black sometimes wears stretchy pants; Huey Long is resurrected and somehow over-played by Sean Penn; the mass appeal of the DaVinci Code novel fizzled onscreen; Robert Altman's amazing career ended with an excellent adaptation of a radio series starring Garrison Keillor's made for radio face; Johnny Depp tried to untrack his career with The Libertine; Nicolas Cage was front and center in the disastrous remake of The Wicker Man, but if the preview is any indication, his sleep - walk was merely a tune - up for this year's Ghost Rider; Woody Allen (with Scarlett Johansson as his muse) re-emerged with his best comedy since Crimes and Misdemeanors; amazingly, Jen and Vince's real life break - up was more entertaining than the film version; and while on - set hook - ups seem to the norm, how could the dreadful You, Me and Dupree have been an aphrodisiac for Kate and Owen?

All the casting news that money can buy: Hailee Steinfeld is in negotiations to star in the high school comedy Why We Broke Up Matt LeBlanc will headline the indie rom - com Lovesick Scoot McNairy and Ruth Negga will join Chiwetel...

He became a bit player in the extended Judd Apatow comedy troupe in the mid-2000s, and broke through as a star in he and Nicholas Stoller's 2008 comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

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The British director of the star - studded political comedy, which premiered at the Berlin film festival, says it is «absolutely a political statement» about «a broken England»

Starrbury broke through with his Black Listed script «Watch Roger Do His Thing,» about a retired hitman, and after that, penned a Comedy Central pilot called «Black Jack,» which starred Ving Rhames, and was directed by David Gordon Green, and yet somehow failed to get picked up (we'd give our left arm to see that one...), while a half - hour comedy for ABC produced by Peter Tolan («Rescue Me «-RRB- also failed to proComedy Central pilot called «Black Jack,» which starred Ving Rhames, and was directed by David Gordon Green, and yet somehow failed to get picked up (we'd give our left arm to see that one...), while a half - hour comedy for ABC produced by Peter Tolan («Rescue Me «-RRB- also failed to procomedy for ABC produced by Peter Tolan («Rescue Me «-RRB- also failed to progress.

The horror comedy stars Anton Yelchin as a nice guy who discovers breaking up his hard to do — even when is girlfriend is dead.

Scorsese previously directed a 1982 film titled The King of Comedy, starring Robert De Niro as a deluded comedian who couldn't catch a break, so the new Joker film's Scorsese connection makes far more sense with that in mind, despite the director's aversion to superhero stories.

Pleasant enough romantic comedy starring Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet as two successful but romantically unhappy women who meet online at a home exchange website and agree to swap their homes in London and Los Angeles during the Christmas break.

days as an exclusively comedic actor, constantly positioning himself as the next comedy star to break out as a * cough cough *

Vaughn has long wanted to leave behind his Dodgeball days as an exclusively comedic actor, constantly positioning himself as the next comedy star to break out as a * cough cough * serious dramatic actor à la Steve Carell in Foxcatcher or BoJack Horseman in Secretariat.

Original stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter have since moved on — Reeves to breaking the bones of assassins, Winter to his tech and political activism — but it's always excellent to revisit the cult comedy.

Breaking Bad: The Complete First Season Unrated but filled with adult content Available on DVD Emmy - award winning actor Bryan Cranston stars in this dark comedy from AMC about a chemistry teacher who finds out that he is going to die of cancer and thus goes into making crystal meth to pay for his chemo and help his family once he dies.

Currently starring in the Netflix series «Marvel's Jessica Jones,» Ritter is known for previous roles on the short - lived ABC comedy series, «Don't Trust the B — in Apartment 23» and as recovering addict Jane Margolis on «Breaking Bad.»