Sentences with phrase «dark movie comedy»

The original Heathers was a fun dark movie comedy written in a time before Columbine and before the Oklahoma City bombing, so its premise of two teenagers murdering their classmates and one planning a school shooting was clearly in the realm of the absurd.

Not exact matches

The dark comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri won big at the Golden Globes earlier this year, but the film has also seen a sustained backlash from critics over its questionable ending and a perceived failure in fleshing out the movie's non-white characters.

For his latest movie, «Dog Eat Dog,» which opens in theaters November 4 and is on video on demand on November 11, Schrader teamed with Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe to create a bizarre, ultraviolent dark comedy — extremely dark and extremely violent — that is perhaps the boldest work Schrader has ever done.

As the days get darker and the nights grow colder, one of the most blissful things you can do this time of year is to spend the evening watching a classic romantic - comedy movie.

I went in this movie expecting a cheap slasher horror film, but I was having high expectations, because it has been announced in development since 2009, what I got was way too more in depth than I was barging for, this movie can't be reviewed without spoiling it, what I have to say is... SEE THE CABIN IN THE WOODS, it is different dark comedy with mystery and great visuals (hint) SEE THIS Mmovie expecting a cheap slasher horror film, but I was having high expectations, because it has been announced in development since 2009, what I got was way too more in depth than I was barging for, this movie can't be reviewed without spoiling it, what I have to say is... SEE THE CABIN IN THE WOODS, it is different dark comedy with mystery and great visuals (hint) SEE THIS Mmovie can't be reviewed without spoiling it, what I have to say is... SEE THE CABIN IN THE WOODS, it is different dark comedy with mystery and great visuals (hint) SEE THIS MOVIEMOVIE.

This could be described as a funny horror movie, but I'm going with a very dark comedy.

This movie is a love letter to horror movie fans as well as being one of the darkest comedies I have ever seen.

If you like dark comedies which tell a certain truth about the less cheerful side of life, give this movie a chance.

STRANGER THAN FICTION, a dark comedy - drama from comedian Will Ferrell (TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY; BLADES OF GLORY) and director MARC FORSTER (QUANTUM OF SOLACE; THE KITE RUNNER) is quite notably funny, and even when you think you're going to regret laughing (I won't ruin the movie for those of you who have not seen it), you do not regret anything at all.

Soon after his breakout in «Bottle Rocket,» Wilson had a small role in Stiller's second movie as director, the dark Jim Carrey comedy «The Cable Guy,» then paired with him on addiction drama «Permanent Midnight,» but the film that really launched them as co-stars was Stiller's absurdist comedy «Zoolander,» with the actors playing moronic male models.

I could see this movie going down as one of the best dark comedies of recent memory.

Director Arthur Penn, at his peak, turned the movie into an ironic blend of twisted love story, dark comedy, caustic social portrait and breezy romantic crime thriller, with Bonnie and Clyde as a pair of deadly innocents, caught up in the poverty of the Depression and the turbulence of the»30s gangster period.

His name is Richard E. Grant, and his first big movie role was last year in the bleak, knife - edged comedy «Withnail and I.» He played a dark - eyed, lantern - faced, intense loner with spite for everybody.

Compared to many of the movies that end up going straight to video, Exterminators isn't too bad, but this dark comedy is still subpar enough not to mind it missing a theatrical release.

Directed by Ruben Östlund, who made two Free Radicals ski movies back in the 90s, the film plays with human dynamics and our responses to situations, but is enlivened by hilarious dark comedy.

Dazzlingly strange art rock pours out of «Frank», both the movie, a dark comedy from the Irish director Lenny Abrahamson («What Richard Did», «Garage»), and the title character, a singer devoted to lyrics about random tufts of string and terrifying litanies that might have freaked out Joy Division's Ian Curtis.

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But the tone is all over the place, wildly veering from broad comedy to surprisingly dark horror — a sign there was never a guiding vision behind the picture other than a movie poster and Depp's bankability.

The world of stand - up comedy is explored with a dark and angry intensity in «Punchline,» an offbeat movie written and directed by David Seltzer and starring Tom Hanks and Sally Field.

Letts has some fine moments, but it's Winger who really brings the color to this movie, creating a woman filled with disappointment and passion and wit, taking a small - scale comedy of manners to a darker, richer place.

Although the constantly shifting tone between quirky comedy and grim family drama could have easily proven disastrous, Crano handles it remarkably well, especially after the movie enters some pretty dark territory midway through the story and never looks back.

The dark comedy, starring Michael Keaton as a washed - up movie superhero who seeks redemption on the Broadway stage, won four...

That his character spends the entire movie waiting to die adds sadness and a touch of eeriness to this dark comedy.

As well as being a laugh out loud slapstick comedy rendered in gorgeous Lego visuals and crammed with DC Easter eggs and visual jokes, The Lego Batman Movie is one of the best character studies of the Dark Knight out there.

But this is a dark, dark movie with ladles full of creamy comedy dolloped onto an otherwise straightforward plot.

Matching them in terms of output is Fox, who are going all out in their recent bid for alternative movies: horror New Mutants in April, R - rated comedy Deadpool 2 in June, and cosmic redo X-Men: Dark Phoenix in November.

Hot on the heels of the Alice Lowes and Ben Wheatleys of this world, are an entire new movement of young, cult - driven filmmakers, pushing old - school movie monsters and pitch black dark comedy to the very front of their repertoires.

At last, M. Night Shyamalan has decided to let his freak flag fly, and made the sort of unapologetic B - movie one always suspected he had pent up inside of him; it swerves from dark comedy to 1970s-esque psycho - horror as the irresistibly preposterous script struggles for attention against a delirious lead performance by James McAvoy.

He has a way of writing such dark comedy into some of the more violent and intense moments of the movie.

There may have been laughs in the first two Thor movies, but they were much darker and more serious - minded than what director Taika Waititi and writers Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle and Christopher L. Yost have cooked up in Thor: Ragnarok, essentially a flat - out comedy disguised as a superhero comic book... Read

Dick Powell, the 1930s crooner and boy next door romantic lead of dozens of musical comedies, changed his career trajectory overnight when he took the lead in the Edward Dmytryk - directed adaptation of «Farewell, My Lovely» (the title was changed for the movie just to let audiences know that this was a darker side of Powell).

Other major movie awards went to James Franco, who won Best Actor in a Comedy for his turn as Tommy Wiseau in The Disaster Artist; Gary Oldman, who won Best Actor in a Drama for playing Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour; and Allison Janney, who won Best Supporting Actress for playing Tonya Harding's mother in I, Tonya.

Now, LaBute would seem an odd choice for a family comedy, having made his name with far darker, crueler humor in movies like «In the Company of Men» and «The Shape of Things.»

Today at Fantastic Fest I saw kids» movie «Buratino: Son of Pinocchio,» the British dark comedy «Down Terrace,» Terry Gilliam's long - awaited «The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus,» action sequel «District 13 Ultimatum,» and horror flick «The Children.»

«Suburbicon,» a George Clooney - directed»50s - era period piece that touches on very real issues of integration within a borderline surreal dark comedy, recently saw filmmakers conduct an interview in a Hollywood trade that positioned the film as a post-Charlottesville movie of the moment.

10:35 am — IFC — Barton Fink One of the Coen Brothers» most brilliant dark comedies (heh, I think I say that about all of their dark comedies, though), Barton Fink follows its title character, a New York playwright whose hit play brings him to the attention of Hollywood, where he goes to work for the movies.

To an even greater extent than the first movie, The Hangover Part II has a look darker and more edgy than the vast majority of comedy films.

Somewhere deep inside God's Pocket is a very good dark comedy movie, it just needed someone to really grab hold of it and pull it out.

It is, of course, dark comedy, but it's comedy nonetheless, and it's about as far on the other side of the spectrum from No Country as they could get while still maintaining everything that is uniquely Coen: twists, unexpected carnage, and a cast that elevates a really good movie into being a really great movie.

Warner Bros has unleashed another new trailer they're calling the «Blitz» trailer for David Ayer's Suicide Squad, featuring a fantastic assortment of DC villains in an action - packed, dark comedy super-villain R - rated comic book movie.

This one is actually a change of pace for the Splat Pack veteran: a dark comedy about a family man (Keanu Reeves) who invites two comely co-eds into his home one dark and stormy night, tragically unaware that he's starring in an Eli Roth movie.

Described as a «meta movie,» the story is a dark comedy that tells of an actor named Jason Mewes attempting to reinvent himself in Hollywood.

Fox Searchlight has revealed an official trailer for the new dark comedy from filmmaker Martin McDonagh, of the movies In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths previously.

Joel Silver, who produced both the Weapons movies and Bang Bang, is producing Nice Guys, which is said to have much of the trademarked Black dark comedy and smartypants dialogue.

SEE THIS MOVIE IF: you saw In Bruges and appreciated the dark comedy and philosophical nature OR you don't want to miss a classic Christopher Walken performance

The trailer markets the film as a feel - good comedy, and while the source material is uplifting, hopefully the movie will capture the deeply dark and profound meditations on life that Hornby's novel offered.

Like comedies, horror movies have always been enriched by being a communal experience where you can hear other patrons gasp or nervously giggle in the dark, which may help explain their multiplex resilience in the on - demand home entertainment era.

Call Raw a brazen coming - of - age story, a twisted horror movie, a clever indictment of conformity, or one of the darkest college comedies ever made, but this freaky French import is nothing short of fascinating.

As it happens, «Darkest Hour» is the third movie this year to depict Dunkirk, after Christopher Nolan's war drama «Dunkirk» and Lone Scherfig's wartime comedy / romance «Their Finest.»

Really liked the movie too; fun and off - kilter violent dark comedy.