Sentences with phrase «decades old comic»

The graphics are reminiscent of decades old comic books as being viewed through a cathode ray tube television.

Not exact matches

Other enjoyable performances back Sandler's up: Emmanuelle Chriqui is a charming leading lady; Lainie Kazan's crack comic timing put me in mind of her uproarious portrayal of the ultimate Jewish mom in 1982's My Favorite Year (and she doesn't look like she's aged a day since); as two of the Zohan's old foes, John Turturro is amusing (even if he's in danger of becoming this decade's answer to Vito Scotti if he takes on too many more ethnic roles), while Sandler's longtime buddy and perpetual hanger - on Rob Schneider for once DOES N'T make you want to tear out either his hair or your own.

It joined a handful of other curiosities I was glad to catch at all: Peter Bogdanovich's labored sex farce She's Funny That Way, Saverio Costanzo's jaw - dropping vegan - momma horror story Hungry Hearts, David Gordon Green's messy Manglehorn and its confirmation of Al Pacino's embrace of grumpy old manhood, and (prior to its HBO airing) the two - part serving of Olive Kitteridge, a darkly comic, stingingly apt anatomy of depression across decades of marriage, as portrayed by Frances McDormand (Olive) and Richard Jenkins (long - suffering dear Henry).

Filmed over two decades, the film opens with its oldest segment, a 1986 meeting between the rabbit - and - hare comic sensibilities of Steven Wright and Roberto Benigni.

That series kicked off for me a second nearly decade long fascination with Conan and his exploits as I attempted to dig up many of the old issues of the Marvel Comics era Conan while continuing to collect the Dark Horse issues as soon as they hit the comic book store shelves.

Even the monstrously prosperous decades - old comic - book property of Batman has not been fully immune to this.