Sentences with phrase «film comedies since»

Here at The A.V. Club, we're pretty big on the movies director Edgar Wright has made with star and co-writer Simon Pegg — so much so that all three of them appear on our list of the best film comedies since 2000.

Not exact matches

Since securing a job as a writer for «30 Rock» in 2006, Glover has used his diverse talents and signature humor to find success in a staggering number of industries, including television, stand - up comedy, music, and film.

Since then, White has brought her genius to an incomparable variety of dramas and comedies, in both television and film, published books, and received eight Emmy Awards, three American Comedy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Grammy.

Emma Roberts has been acting since she was 10 years old, staring in everything from drama films to comedy television.

Since going on one date, I'd Ted is a 2012 American buddy comedy film directed by Seth MacFarlane and written by MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin, and Wellesley Wild.

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 MOVIE.

Luckily for horror fans, there have been better horror comedies since this films release.

Mangold, a replacement for original director Darren Aronofsky, is new to the superhero genre, and hasn't directed a film since the disappointing 2010 action - comedy Knight and Day, but his approach to The Wolverine (it sounds more like a samurai film than anything else) suggests it should at least be an improvement over X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

I don't know why this film is labeled a comedy since it has nothing to laugh about.

The Broken Lizard guys may have not had a comedy released since 2009's The Slammin» Salmon and haven't had a theatrically released film since 2006's Beerfest.

Payne weaves a tale that can be viewed as a teen comedy or a satire of a premature midlife crisis with equal satisfaction, and his gift for jokes both broad and subtle has only improved since his last film.

Tandy Cronyn's earliest film appearance was in the obscure agit - prop comedy Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition (1970); she has since been seen in such productions as All Night Long (1981), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), and the made - for - TV The Story Lady (1991), in which she co-starred with her mother, Jessica Tandy.

Later that year, Macdonald appeared in Mike Figgis» The Loss of Sexual Innocence, playing the young girlfriend of the film's protagonist; and in Gregg Araki's Splendor, a romantic comedy in which she played the blue - haired best friend of the film's heroine.After a slew of similar supporting roles, including a memorable turn as the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Colin Firth in My Life So Far, MacDonald was given possibly her biggest break since Trainspotting when Robert Altman cast her as a lead (albeit one of many) in Gosford Park (2001).

Since it's a comedy, and we see a lot of funny moments during this nearly 2 - hour long movie thanks to Sandler's commitment to his character, were i a film critic i would certainly grade «You Don't Mess with the Zohan» somewhere between 60 and 64

Saucer - eyed actress Illeana Douglas has been regularly appearing in major films since 1987, when she debuted in the Shelley Long comedy Hello Again.

Since it's a comedy, and we see a lot of funny moments during this nearly 2 - hour long movie thanks to Sandler's commitment to his character, were i a film

The film was nominated in comedy categories at the Golden Globes, which stirred dissent, though Peele himself has noted the impact of comedy on the project since the beginning.

«To Rome With Love «is Woody Allen's most comical farce — his most straight ahead surreal comedy since his early 70s films.

Maybe only just the 24 & up demographic know of Jim Carrey's great comedic skills, but it seems no one thinks he is funny since hasn't done a lol - comedy film in the last 8 years.

The 3D computer animated adventure comedy, produced by Illumination Entertainment and distributed by Universal Pictures, chose an amusing marketing campaign to promote the movie that will soon be in theatres: a blimp disguised as a Minion, named «Despicablimp,» has been touring the United States since March 2013 in its six - month tour to advertise the film's release.

However, that film was a great deal like the other wise - cracking crime comedies that have come out since Tarantino's debut, often encroaching into Guy Ritchie territory, except without the skillful writing or wit required to make these eccentric oddball characters remotely appealing.

The multiple drafts is a surprise since the film feels like the first draft of a comedy.

While I have never attended the festival as press for anything other than film, I have attended a few interactive panels and comedy events over the past nine years since I started attending the festival.

Snubbed even by the Golden Globes, who have their own comedy or musical categories, Logan Lucky has been on home video since November, itching as one of last year's best films you haven't seen.

This film might be a good bet for the Golden Globes regardless of release date since they've shown affection to Iñárritu in the past and have separate Drama / Comedy categories.

Dave Atell (Comedy Central's «Insomniac») makes a funny cameo, and it's also occasionally amusing to see Bill Pullman participating in the proceedings, since he was in one of the films that's roundly parodied here («The Grudge»), but he isn't given much to work with.

When: January 12th Why: Fifteen years have passed since the original «Zoolander» was released, and whereas other comedies from that time have lost their relevancy, the Ben Stiller - directed film has only gained in popularity.

It's incredible to think that in the short 10 years since the release of «Shaun of the Dead,» the zombie comedy has practically become its own subgenre, even spawning several «rom - zom - coms» (romantic zombie comedies, a term coined during the marketing for that film) in the process.

A Chinese star who grew up in England (which accounts for her excellent English) and who's appeared in almost 70 films since 1984, including most of the features of Wong Kar - wai, Cheung is exceptionally gifted when she's doing comedy (as in the 1989 The Iceman Cometh) and pantomime (as in her great performance as the silent Shanghai film actress Ruan Ling - yu in Stanley Kwan's 1991 masterpiece Actress).

His casting in the film was controversial since, except for Point Break, he was primarily known for comedies and indie dramas.

The whole experience isn't quite as good as actually sitting down and watching a movie with Wright — whose clear enthusiasm for film and gabbing about it is pretty much unquestionable at this point — but it does make for a pretty good excuse to bust out one of our best comedies since 2000 and give it another watch.

Since then, Samberg has bounced back as a comedian on the small screen as the star of the terrific Fox comedy Brooklyn Nine - Nine and now he's bounced back on the big screen in his new film Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping.

He is also one of four attributed with the screenplay, sharing credit with seasoned scribe Richard LaGravenese (The Fisher King, The Mirror Has Two Faces), stand - up comic and roast dais staple Jeff Ross, and event comedy writer Lewis Friedman (who has been scarce in film since his 1998 debut BASEketball).

Although there is no reason you'd see this in the theatre (unless you're some kind of sicko or film critic or something), should you find it on TNT late night next month, give it a few minutes — it's the funniest American comedy since Graffiti Bridge.

The Disaster Artist, which is directed by James and out in wide release Friday, is a comedy chronicling the making of 2003's The Room — the film written by, starring, and directed by Tommy Wiseau, which has been christened both the worst movie ever made and, in the years since, a cult classic.

Even better, the film has been written and directed by a queer woman: Angela Robinson, who directed the lesbian action - comedy classic D.E.B.S., and who's since been a writer / director on TV shows like The L Word, Hung, True Blood, and How to Get Away With Murder.

It's been nearly 20 years since Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton starred in the comedy about three women striking back at their ex-husbands and getting what they deserve, and now the trio of actresses will reunited for a new feature film project at Netflix called Divanation.

We've been curating our Netflix guides since 2012, helping millions to find the right movie, whether they're searching for sci - fi, romance, action, comedy, foreign films or horror.

Fallon has had his moments as a bit player on Saturday Night Live, but he is absolutely detestable in this film, perhaps the most infuriatingly annoying action - comedy comedian since Martin Lawrence.

Among the highlights include the world premiere of Chris Evans» directorial debut «Before We Go» (formerly «1:30 Train»), dueling Anna Kendrick films in dark drama «Cake» and musical adaptation «The Last Five Years,» ensemble comedy «This is Where I Leave You» starring Corey Stoll, Adam Driver and more, Jason Reitman's «Men, Women and Children» with Ansel Elgort, Kaitin Dever and others, and «99 Homes,» Ramin Bahrani's financial world set drama which also serves as the first film outside of «The Amazing Spider - Man» franchise for Andrew Garfield since «The Social Network.»

It's been a minute since we last heard any rumblings on a sequel to 2009's surprise undead apocalypse comedy, «Zombieland,» but in an interview during AMC's «Geeking Out,» screenwriters Paul Wernick and Rhett Reece — the duo also responsible for «Deadpool» — revealed, among other things, that they are currently hard at work on a script for the next film.

The Will Smith / Tommy Lee Jones / Josh Brolin sci - fi comedy was generally well - liked and did well for the studio, but thanks to films like The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises, very few people have gone on to discuss it since.

Lately, Jordan Peele has taken a step back from the fun comedy acting roles we originally knew him for in favor of making wildly successful and award - winning films — or at least a single wildly successful and award - winning film, since Get Out just came out last year.

Though it's been awhile since Will Ferrell did something that really made me laugh, and Zach Galifianakis has failed to prove why he's so popular, the two actors excel at playing big, dumb characters, and anyone familiar with director Jay Roach's Austin Powers films knows that he loves that brand of goofball comedy.

I have said many times that comedies are the most difficult of all film genres since no two people have the same sense of humor, and everyone considers themselves to be funny.

On the one hand, I could hardly argue, not least since we'd both just emerged from a film — Chilean auteur Pablo Larrain's brilliant nightmare of a black comedy «Post Mortem» — that stands as much chance of securing an invitation to the Kodak Theater as Kim Kardashian does to the Kennedy Center Honors.

It's three years since the latter picked up the best reviews he'd had in years, and with his new film also being a 1920s - set romantic comedy, and set on the French Riviera, it'd be natural to return to the area where he shot the film last July for the premiere.

Soderbergh's «Logan Lucky,» a Southern heist comedy starring Adam Driver and Channing Tatum, might have been expected to nab a slot in Cannes, especially since it marks the director's return to feature film helming after a much - ballyhooed retirement — not to mention that Soderbergh is a Palme d'Or winner who had debuted several films on the Croisette.

In a less esoteric sense, the film is arguably the first major studio release since Carnal Knowledge to attempt a dysfunctional comedy about fucking that's so frank and unapologetic in regards to the destructive prurience of the male gaze.

Bruce Almighty is an attempt by Jim Carrey (The Majestic, Me Myself & Irene) to marry the comedies that made him a star with the more high - concept films he has made since becoming a more serious actor.