Sentences with phrase «dramatic comedy starring»

The trailer for Brad's Status promises another heartwarming dramatic comedy starring Ben Stiller in mid-life crisis mode.

Not exact matches

In 1987, Sheen starred in Stone's next project, Wall Street, and after establishing himself as a solid dramatic actor, Sheen proved he also had a flair for comedy in the 1989 hit Major League.

In this dramatic comedy, Zooey Deschanel stars as a struggling twenty - something actress who goes in search of her legendary, reclusive novelist father and must wrestle with his unconventional new family and their shared past.

A delicious combination of idiosyncratic character drama and increasingly violent and violently absurd comedy, this Netflix title opened the U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance this year and is an assured debut for Blair, the star of Jeremy Saulnier's Blue Ruin and Green Room.

A dramatic comedy from Naomi Foner (mother of Maggie Gyllenhaal and screenwriter of «Running on Empty»), «Girls» will star Olsen and Dakota Fanning as teenagers the summer after they graduate from high school.

In the past year, Omar Sy has gone from being a French comedy writer and actor, to a star known internationally for his dramatic performance in The Intouchables.

Prince Avalanche — a loose remake of the 2011 Icelandic comedy Either Way, starring Emile Hirsch and Paul Rudd as two incompatible outsiders stuck working a summer job together in a remote area — would actually find its initial nucleus via Explosions» drummer Chris Hrasky, who'd recommended the film's dramatic setting to Green as an evocative potential film location.

The sprawling story tests Slate's dramatic chops (while feeding the former SNL star plenty of comedy gold), delivers newcomer Quinn a breakout role, and gives Robespierre the chance to whisk us around New York City with the cool of Woody Allen or Hal Ashby.

Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper star in a sorta - romantic dramatic comedy from David O. Russell.

The R - rated dramatic comedy, written by Diablo Cody and starring Charlize Theron, follows a mother of three (Theron) who is gifted a night nanny by her brother.

When it comes to this crop of nominees, there seems to be a movement towards bigger, stronger, more popular casting and films like Adam McKay's The Big Short and Alejandro González Iñárritu's The Revenant — the former a dramatic comedy centered around the collapse of the housing and credit bubble of 2008, the latter a brooding take on life on the frontier in 19th century America — epitomize star - studded casts.

Bill Hader stars as the title character while also making his directorial debut on this half - hour comedy, which promises to give the former SNL star a showcase for all that dramatic range he's previously uncovered in movies like The Skeleton Twins and episodes of Documentary Now!.

Previously announced pilots for the latest round of voting include the half - hour dramatic comedy «The Cosmopolitans» starring Adam Brody and Chloe Sevigny from writer - director Whit Stillman, «Hand of God» starring Ron Perlman as a judge who believes he's been sent on a vigilante mission from the man upstairs; and the comedy «Really,» created by and starring Jay Chandrasekhar.

There's a comedy star — Molly Shannon, in this case — doing unexpected dramatic work.

She's easily the favourite in the dramatic category for her performance as a neuroscience professor with Alzheimer's in Still Alice, and a strong bet in the comedy equivalent for Maps to the Stars, David Cronenberg's acid Hollywood satire, for which she won best actress at Cannes.

The dramatic comedy also stars Bobby Cannavale, Audrey Tautou and Susan Sarandon.

Jennifer Aniston has been doin» quite well as a movie star in major comedies; she's had flops, but also a number of hits and even picked up a Golden Globe nomination for her dramatic performance in Cake.

Containing an all - star cast including, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor and Juliette Lewis, comes a dramatic comedy based on the play by Tracy Letts.

Snapshot: A dramatic comedy about a family from India that settles down in France to open a restaurant — right across the street from a Michelin - starred eatery run by a haughty Helen Mirren.

Though many know him as the deadpan comedy star, Vince Vaughn has also conquered dramatic roles.

In truth, as a comedy, it's standard sitcom, and the broadly stereotypical characters are far beneath the talent of the stars, but the story does gain a bit of traction in the more dramatic moments in which these men, nearing the end of their lives, realize that they're no longer the spring chickens they used to be.

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Mostly working within the comedy film curriculum, two decades, and now eight feature films in, an habitual of the fest since presenting Star Maps in 1997, Miguel Arteta appears to be oscillating towards dramatic formulas with afterthought.

Macfarlane plays the captain of the motley crew of explorers in the dramatic comedy that serves as a spoof of sorts of the various «Star Trek» series.

A new trailer has been released for Thomas McCarthy's dramatic comedy The Cobbler, which stars Adam Sandler as a man with the ability to metaphysically step into the lives of the people whose shoes he repairs.

The Skeleton Twins - Whether you're expecting «Saturday Night Live» stars Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig to turn in their usual comedy or an unexpectedly dramatic turn in this indie entry, there's absolute satisfaction on both counts.

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.

Complete List of NAACP Image Award Winners Film Categories Best Picture - «The Secret Life of Bees» Best Director - Gina Prince - Bythewood, «The Secret Life of Bees» Best Actor - Will Smith, «Seven Pounds» Best Actress - Rosario Dawson, «Seven Pounds Supporting Actor - Columbus Short, «Cadillac Records» Supporting Actress - Taraji P. Henson, «The Curious Case of Benjamin Button» Independent Film - «Slumdog Millionaire» Documentary - «The Black List» Foreign Film - «The Class» Best Screenplay - Jenny Lumet, «Rachel Getting Married» Television Categories Best Comedy Series - «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Actor in a Comedy Series - LaVan Davis, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Actress in a Comedy Series - Tracee Ellis Ross, «Girlfriends» Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Lance Gross, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - Keshia Knight Pulliam, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Dramatic Series - «Grey's Anatomy» Best Actor in a Dramatic Series - Hill Harper, «CSI: NY» Best Actress in a Dramatic Series - Chandra Wilson, «Grey's Anatomy» Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Series - Taye Diggs, «Private Practice» Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series - Angela Bassett, «ER» Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - «A Raisin in The Sun» Best Actor in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Sean Combs, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best Actress in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Phylicia Rashad, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best Actor in a Sopa Opera - Bryton McClure, «The Young and the Restless» Best Actress in a Sopa Opera - Debbi Morgan, «All My Children» Best Director in a Dramatic Series - Ernest Dickerson, «Lincoln Heights - The Day Before Tomorrow» Best Director in a Comedy Series - Kevin Sullivan, «30 Rock - MILF Island» Best Screenplay for a Dramatic Series - Shonda Rhimes, «Grey's Anatomy: Freedom Part 1 & 2» Best Screenplay for a Comedy Series - Erica D. Montolfo, «The Game: White Coats and White Lies» News / Information Series or Special - «In Conversation: Michelle Obama Interview» Talk Series - «The View» Reality Series - «American Idol 7» Variety Series or Special - «An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Smokey Robinson» Children's Program - «Dora The Explorer» Best Performance in a Children's Series or Special - Keke Palmer, «True Jackson» Music Categories Best Male Artist - Jamie Foxx Best Female Artist - Beyonce» Best New Artist - Jennifer Hudson Best Duo, Group or Collaboration - Jennifer Hudson, featuring Fantasia - «I'm His Only Woman» Best Jazz Artist - Natalie Cole - «Still Unforgettable» Best Gospel Artist - Mary Mary Best World Music Album - Cheryl Keyes - «Let Me Take You There» Best Music Video - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Song - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Album - Jennifer Hudson - «Jennifer Hudson» Literary Categories Fiction - «In the Night of the Heat: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel,» Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes Nonfiction - «Letter to My Daughter,» Maya Angelou Debut Author - «Barack, Race, and the Media: Drawing My Own Conclusion,» David Glenn Brown Biography / Autobiography - «The Legs are the Last to Go,» Diahann Carroll Instructional - «32 Ways to Be a Champion in Business,» Earvin «Magic» Johnson Poetry - «Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of «Poetry With a Beat»» Nikki Giovanni Children - «Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope,» Nikki Grimes (illustrator - Bryan Collier) Youth / Teens - «Letters to a Young Sister: Define Your Destiny,» Hill Harper

One of them was fairly high - profile: Chris Kelly's Other People, a heartfelt, beautifully rendered comedy - drama about a gay man coping with a disintegrating relationship while caring for his dying mother, that stars recent Emmy nominee Jesse Plemons (Fargo) and Molly Shannon and was chosen to open the dramatic competition of this year's Sundance Film Festival.