Sentences with phrase «comic antics»

Devoid of narrative and comic antics, the animals move through the jungle in a more natural manner.

And when Ruby and Spears penned the different story lines to their canine character, they drew inspiration from the many horror - comic antics of Bob Hope.

A small part is filmed in New York City but the major area, after a stop at a fancy resort in Honolulu, is in the village of Waianae, also in Honolulu County, where the Hawaii Tourism Commission may not laugh much at the comic antics displayed but should be proud of a product placement for a stunning rain forest.

It is somewhat entertaining even if its premise is not realized and the comic antics fall short.

Treasure Island does not find it necessary to include comic antics to lighten the tone or to specifically play to children.

The police chief, Wyatt Rash (Danny Devito), is the straightman to all the comic antics and spends the whole movie looking at different suspects.

Richard Curtis's Pirate Radio (Universal), a tribute to the pirate radio stations that broadcast rock and roll from the ships off the British coast when rock music (and, in fact, all pre-recorded music) was restricted on BBC stations in the mid-sixties, is a perfectly enjoyable comedy that never strays beyond its playlist of colorful personalities and comic antics.

Not exact matches

Fortunately, with Thor: Ragnarok, writer - director - actor Taika Waititi (What We Do In the Shadows) wisely mines humor from the character's inherent silliness and wraps it around an dazzling, offbeat core of straight - up comic book antics.

As Bruce Granit, Karl is far less gracefully antic in taking a pratfall than Kline, but he puts those aforementioned biceps to very comic good use.

Regardless of how you feel about his personal antics, there's no denying that Gibson is a talented actor, and his mixture of charm, danger and zaniness (all qualities that made Martin Riggs an action movie icon) are on full display in director Jean - François Richet's darkly comic thriller.

Superhero - fatigued film critics and the uninitiated masses may scoff at the snark - fueled, comic - book antics, but DC Comics devotees will likely champion the film for the very same reasons.

The absurd mission movie (to build a cricket pitch in the North African desert in advance of the invasion) is an awkward mix of British music hall lampoon, «Goon Show» whimsy and absurdity, gallows humor and gruesome scenes of death (actual battle footage is edited into the comic chaos), sometimes inspired, sometimes mugging shamelessly in overworked performances and bizarre antics.

Comic fans appreciate that Deadpool has been mocking their favorite superhero straight men since 1990, but mainstream audiences hadn't yet enjoyed his fourth wall - breaking antics.

Down to Earth was directed by Chris and Paul Weitz, but this film doesn't display any of the antic spirit of their last film, American Pie — not even during the stand - up sequences that should be comic high points.

He even tosses in a bit of a plot so that we have more reason to follow the outlandish antics of master concierge (and murder suspect) M Gustave — played with comic verve by Ralph Fiennes.

Seth Rogen gets in a lot of comic digs as the script supervisor who often acts as the de facto director, as Tommy's on - set antics and abuse continue to spiral as the shoot goes along.

Visit our official Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker website to get a peek at the adventure ahead — you can even follow some of Captain Toad and Toadette's antics in a series of special comics!

Seriously, even if you aren't a big comic fan or sci - fi fan or anime fan it's worth going just to people watch, to sit and relax and watch the insane antics that occur.

The canny art world chameleon is a master of forms, ranging from antic videos to «paintings» made of dissected Coogi sweaters, to an installation based on the art - historical satire of Ernie Bushmiller's Nancy comic strip.