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But he did, and he took the edge off some great comic talent in the process.

Based on a script by Chris Galletta that finished high on the 2009 Black List, we're expecting an offbeat combination of «Moonrise Kingdom,» «Son Of Rambow» and» Where The Wild Things Are» (we may yet be way off...), and while the film has a trio of newcomers in the lead roles, there's some ace comic talent in the supporting cast, including «Community» actress Alison Brie, and «Parks & Rec» duo Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally as some of the boys» parents.

But poor poor Merchant and Revolori, two ace comic talents in their own rights shoved into nerdy stereotypes.

Not exact matches

Audible founder and Chief Executive Donald Katz said in a statement on Monday the company had been attracted by Rooftop's content as well as its pool of comic talent.

All profits from Lion Forge's just - released «Puerto Rico Strong» anthology, written and illustrated by some of the top Puerto Rican and Latino talent in the comic book industry, will go to the United Way of Puerto Rico...

I'm spontaneous, a tasteful comic with quick wit and serious down to Earth poet all in one... I have been told that I am an attractive guy and told by many women that my looks are intimidating, also one who has many talents, I can do many impersonations, voices, ect.

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Her considerable comic talents are impossible to find here in a film that feels like it's from a different era in a bad way.

Cast as a bounty hunter who is sent to Brazil to retrieve the son of a well - known mob boss (American Pie's Seann William Scott), the film provided Johnson with the sort of opportunity to display his comic flair — a notable talent that was mostly neglected in the special - effects - laden Scorpion King.

And while I'd never noticed Paul Walter Hauser in anything before, his scene - stealing work as Shawn Eckardt suggests a deep reservoir of comic talent.

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The comic talents of Ferrell and Poehler are wasted in this frat farce which, despite a promising premise, soon resembles reheated Hangover leftovers

Chris Hemsworth, popping up as Rusty's conservative, beef - loving, big dicked, brother - in - law, exudes charisma and potentially promising comic talent that is wholly underserved.

In 2002, McConaughey's devilish charm, comic talent, and good looks were finally tapped for the first of several romantic comedies.

It's criminal that, in the more than two decades since Clueless, Alicia Silverstone hasn't had another part worthy of her prodigious talents: ace comic timing, a charismatic screen presence, and the ability to shade all of this with palpable vulnerability.

R100 / Japan (Director and screenwriter: Hitoshi Matsumoto)-- A mild - mannered family man with a secret taste for S&M finds himself pursued by a gang of ruthless dominatrices — each with a unique talent — in this hilarious and bizarre take on the sex comedy from Japanese comic mastermind Hitoshi Matsumoto.

The jokes roll in thick & fast and Chris Hemsworth confirms his place in the category of «comic - talent - underused - because - let's - face - it - he's - very - pretty» actors but the absolute scene stealer is the director himself who appears as Korg, a rock monster built like a backstreet bouncer and blessed with the voice of a pre-pubescent choir boy.

In «The Actors», Caine gets the chance not only to play a struggling and slightly bitter thespian, but also to display his not - inconsiderable comic talent (having made us chortle heartily in both «Goldmember» and «Dirty Rotten Scoundrels», it hardly comes as a surprise that he knows how to produce a laugh or threeIn «The Actors», Caine gets the chance not only to play a struggling and slightly bitter thespian, but also to display his not - inconsiderable comic talent (having made us chortle heartily in both «Goldmember» and «Dirty Rotten Scoundrels», it hardly comes as a surprise that he knows how to produce a laugh or threein both «Goldmember» and «Dirty Rotten Scoundrels», it hardly comes as a surprise that he knows how to produce a laugh or three).

Based on a Black List - approved script by Chris Galletta, the story of three teenage boys who run away to live in a house in the woods mixes breakout new talent like Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso and Moises Arias with beloved comic stars like Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally and Alison Brie.

On top of the obvious talents of De Niro (in his first true comic role), you get the hugely underrated Grodin and the ever reliable skills of Joe Pantoliano (or Joey Pants as he's often known), Dennis Farina, John Ashton, Yaphet Kotto and even Philip Baker Hall pops up in a small role.

Jonathan Levine's Snatched flies in with a lot of wide - reaching and intelligent comic talent and only asks them to make a mess.

The past ten years have been an unforgettable ride and we couldn't have done it without the entire team at Marvel Studios, our incredible talent in front and behind the camera, the visionary comic book creators, but most importantly you.

Allen's screen character (and here's where his undisputed verbal talents undermine him) is too much, too often, and too selfconsciously the cynical verbal sophisticate to credibly commit itself to the naïve physicality that slapstick and prop comedy demand: a mouth full of bons mots and a body full of anarchy have problems coexisting organically in a single comic presence.

Starring comic book movie veterans like Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Evans, Idris Elba and Zoe Saldana, the film is really an A-list lineup of talent in a movie that is, for the most part, forgotten in favor of films like «RED» that use a similar star - packed formula.

Akhavan upped sticks to the U.K. this year, developing a comedy about a bisexual woman for the BBC «s Channel 4 — let's hope we get to see it some time in 2016, because she's one of the sharpest new comic talents we've seen in a long while.

Thus freed from the burdens of narrative logic and / or character development, the comic talents of Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Zac Efron, Ike Barinholtz, and others are allowed to float free and act on their impulses in an «anything goes» atmosphere — the raunchier the better.

Between them, those two projects pieced together an expansive team of comic talent, including Michael McKean, Jennifer Coolidge, and of course Guest and Levy themselves — and most of them are back again for this tongue - in - cheek gawp behind - the - scenes at a folk music reunion gig.

The bright - eyed comic talent is now starring in the popular sitcom New Girl on Fox as another quirky and offbeat chick with a sense of humor trying to figure out life in her early thirties.

Apatow, who deserves to be regarded as the preeminent figure in American comedy right now, has shown an uncanny knack for fostering bright young comic talent, and because he loves comics so much and is so fascinated by their process — the way John Cassavetes loved Method actors and their process — his productions tend to brim with scene - stealing supporting players, amusing non sequiturs, and running times (124 minutes in the case of The Five - Year Engagement) that few comedies in the history of moving pictures have shouldered without eventually buckling under.

He talked to Moviehole.net in Los Angeles about wrangling such experienced comic talents as Ferrell and «The House» costar Amy Poehler, what actors bring to the table and how fear of numbers really is a thing.

Cagney is very entertaining, in his sly comic dialogue and his talent for singing and dancing.

Tatum has proven himself a facile comic talent, but his dramatic skills to this point have been lackluster at best.Yet here he brings a brooding, insecure competitor to life in every facet of his performance.

Not that Lawrence's comic talents haven't already been squandered in his recent projects; even his two big breakthroughs, Blue Streak and Big Momma's House, fell short of showing what he's capable of.

website on 14th February 2011, this is a star - studded line up to reflect the excitement and the talent involved in the biggest year for comic book movies so far.

Bening is the latest in long line of premier talents to secure a role in comic book movies.

What works: In her first lead role, Emma Stone proves to be an adept comic, gifted with both talent and an engaging on - screen presence.

It also manages to squander the formidable comic talent of Amy Schumer, who proved conclusively that she can carry this sort of film in Trainwreck.

Jessica Chastain, who made a lasting mark in a dialogue - light turn earlier this summer in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, continues to show great promise as well as some comic charm to her talents as a white trash - y housewife / high society outcast.

Nordan announces his comic talent to the world in the opening sentence of the opening story, «Sugar Among the Chickens,» of his first collection, The All - Girl Football Team: «I had been fishing for an hour and still hadn't caught anything.

In addition to their critically acclaimed titles and best - selling comics, Dynamite works with some of the highest - profile creators in comics and entertainment, including Kevin Smith, Alex Ross, John Cassaday, Garth Ennis, Jae Lee, Gail Simone, Marc Guggenheim, Mike Carey, Jim Krueger, Greg Pak, Brett Matthews, Matt Wagner, and a host of up - and - coming new talenIn addition to their critically acclaimed titles and best - selling comics, Dynamite works with some of the highest - profile creators in comics and entertainment, including Kevin Smith, Alex Ross, John Cassaday, Garth Ennis, Jae Lee, Gail Simone, Marc Guggenheim, Mike Carey, Jim Krueger, Greg Pak, Brett Matthews, Matt Wagner, and a host of up - and - coming new talenin comics and entertainment, including Kevin Smith, Alex Ross, John Cassaday, Garth Ennis, Jae Lee, Gail Simone, Marc Guggenheim, Mike Carey, Jim Krueger, Greg Pak, Brett Matthews, Matt Wagner, and a host of up - and - coming new talent.

Northwest Press is a small publishing house devoted to spotlighting the best in LGBT graphic novels and comics and is focused on encouraging upcoming talent.

In Japan many artists are publishing manga and comics online and are booming and and magazines such as Shonen Jump are scouting new talent.

His cousin in Brooklyn, Sammy Clay, loves comic books and is awed by Joseph's natural artistic talents.

In addition to publishing comics from top talent, such as Eric Powell, Mike Mignola, Geof Darrow, Brian Wood, Gail Simone, Stan Sakai, and Guillermo del Toro, and comics legends, such as Will Eisner, Milo Manara, Kazuo Koike, Neil Gaiman, and Frank Miller, Dark Horse has developed its own successful properties, such as The Mask, Ghost, X, and Barb Wire.

In addition to publishing comics from top talent like Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, Gerard Way, Will Eisner, and best - selling prose author Janet Evanovich, Dark Horse has developed such successful characters as the Mask, Timecop, and the Occultist.

Dear comics, Its not my fault... that you release the same thing in 5 formats, that you micro-manage your talent so much that they can't tell a decent story and get so pissed off by egos that they go to the other boss, that you don't know how to advertise your product, that you are so trapped by short term thinking that you fuck your self over, that you don't know how to keep your books in print, that you drove away people with high prices, oh and I didn't cause global warming either.

The House of Ideas has wasted little time in announcing some new comics for their hottest property, putting some of their biggest talents on board as well.

«The longer term thing is to be available as both a creative consultant and a consultant on those things in the business that have mattered most to me — how we treat the talent and what the relationships are like there,» Levitz tells Comic Book Resources.

Conventions Richmond Clements reports in from the Malta Comic Con, which featured both local talent and an array of British creators, including David Gibbons and Sean Azzopardi.

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