Sentences with phrase «film comedy established»

«The New Guy,» apparently, is following the new school of film comedy established by «The Sweetest Thing» in which continuity is discarded for random gags.

Not exact matches

With his friend and longtime collaborator Bud Yorkin, Lear established Tandem Productions in 1959, for the purpose of turning out quality TV specials and comedy theatrical films.

Russell pokes fun of his weight, makes ludicrous power plays to establish his dominance in prison, and invites a number of deeply uncomfortable jokes about his inevitable sexual abuse in prison — a line of comedy that feels even more unwelcome given that the film's cast includes an accused sexual assailant in T.J. Miller, who needlessly returns as Deadpool's best friend, Weasel, in a few throwaway scenes.

Dorsey's movie career ranges from heavy drama (WALK THE LINE), to lighthearted family comedy (JUST LIKE HEAVEN, Disney's GIRL VS. MONSTER, and the American Girl series MCKENNA SHOOTS FOR THE STARS), but her appearance in the Golden Globe ® and Academy Award ® nominated film MONEYBALL established her as a bona - fide star.

As the first film had a pretty terrifying thing going on, this second offering really goes against what the previous film established and plays out more like a comedy horror film.

Nicholas Stoller makes his directorial debut and it's obvious he hasn't been «tainted» by the established mindset of how to film a romantic comedy as he has a «anything goes» mentality.

Robin Williams went on to establish an amazing career in both stand - up, comedy and feature films.

Not everything he's made has been a hit, but the last few years have seen Nicholas Stoller establish himself as one of the more reliable comedy directors in the business, with films like «Forgetting Sarah Marshall,» «The Muppets» (which he co-wrote) and «Get Him To The Greek.»

The film works hard at this, not only by offering something of a history lesson, but also by strongly establishing how different the comedy of San Francisco stand - ups was when compared to comedy being done around the country.

This stoner comedy sequels picks up where the first film (released back in 2001) left off and follows the Super Troopers who are tasked with establishing a Highway Patrol station in a border area between the US and Canada.

Given that Germany, with few exceptions such as the comedy genre and the history film, does not have a well - established genre film tradition anymore (at least not on the big screen), the only way to rejuvenate such a tradition is by explicitly committing to producing many genre films for the cinema.

With a career that spans nearly 40 years in film and television, Nighy established a solid reputation in his native England long before his international breakthrough role in the Golden Globe nominated rock comedy Still Crazy in 1998.

The tenor of the screenplay by dual writing teams Bob Fisher and Steve Faber (Wedding Crashers), and Sean Anders and John Morris (Mr Popper's Penguins), is also established in the brief exchange, with the crude and uncouth championed as the apex of the film's comedy.

The film marked the transition from small to big screen for a young Joseph Gordon - Levitt, having previously established himself in the extraterrestrial comedy series 3rd Rock from the Sun.

Carroll actually made her film debut in 1954's «Carmen Jones» and was an established recording artist, Broadway star («No Strings») and groundbreaking sitcom star («Julia») when she earned a lead actress nomination for the charming 1974 romantic comedy «Claudine.»

Per the standards long established in the road trip buddy comedy (a subgenre also embodied by films like Midnight Run and Tommy Boy), the mismatched men of course endure high - spirited adventure and outrageous obstacles en route to their destination.

Carrell made the film after a string of solid supporting roles in similar ensemble - oriented comedies but before The Office established him a small screen star and plays the role as amiable if socially awkward, with an undercurrent of melancholy in his isolation from the rest of the world.

This opening scenes quickly establish the tone of the film as a whole — mixing sadness and comedy to approximate something like life itself.

As far as the film goes, Key & Peele bring their long established chemistry to their roles and are able to present and execute some hit and miss comedy, but overall this film is extremely over the top, outrageous and pure ridiculousness.

The film also fails to establish a consistent tone, sampling a variety of genres (from dark comedy, to crime thriller, to blue - collar drama) like a kid at an ice cream shop who can't make up his mind.

The movie isn't perfect as I felt it at times had a hard time establishing its identity as either a comedy or a drama, but I did indeed laugh plenty of times throughout the film.

Robin Wood established the canonical distinction between the action films and screwball comedies in Hawk's oeuvre.

In real life, these two young actors are also facing different stages of life: Efron, the buff, fresh - faced one, is recently out of rehab and trying to establish a career as an adult while Rogen, the R - rated comedy king and notorious pothead, is a busy, married producer of his own films.

Yes, you read that right: An established comedy star and a hot up - and - coming comedy star are joining forces for a film, and it's a...

in the adventure films it is a threat held at bay by the values of the group (self - respect, loyalty, spontaneous affection and sharing); in the comedies what is threatened (the established social order) is not valued, and the eruption of chaos becomes liberating and positive.

But the key member of the so - called «mumblecore» independent film movement reached a new level last year, when his romantic comedy Drinking Buddies was a modest hit, especially on V.O.D. Working with established stars like Anna Kendrick, Olivia Wilde, and Jake Johnson, Swanberg made his work available to a bigger audience than ever — which puts more attention on the two new films he had showing for audiences in January alone.