Sentences with phrase «film comedy troupe»

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Chandrasekhar also touched on comedy's embattled relationship with critical reception, how the rise of President Trump affected the film's production, and the creative advantages of being in a comedy troupe.

Anyone familiar with Michael Showalter's work - be it his groundbreaking comedy troupes, The State and Stella, or his widely cherished cult films which he co-wrote with David Wain - is well aware that Showalter is a comedic mastermind; a...

The comedy troupe Broken Lizard has been working hard to match the success of their hilarious breakthrough film Super Troopers.

The classic comedy from the Python troupe is paid homage in the film through one of its most memorable weapons: the holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.

What can be said for certain is that the talented comedian certainly needs to be more picky with his roles going forward, because The Wedding Ringer is a lazy, slapdash comedy that relies on familiar troupes told have been told thousand times before in many a Vince Vaughn film.

The film, also starring Birbiglia, along with Keegan - Michael Key, Gillian Jacobs, Kate Micucci, Tami Sagher and Chris Gethard, follows the ups and downs of an improv comedy troupe on a long - running sketch - comedy show.

It may not be an official Broken Lizard movie in theory, but that won't stop some people from comparing «The Babymakers» to the comedy troupe's other films, mainly because it was directed by Jay Chandrasekhar and features him and fellow member Kevin Heffernan in supporting roles.

The story of a modestly successful improv comedy troupe that is pulled apart when one of its members (Keegan - Michael Key) is offered a job on a big, SNL - like sketch show, the film is nicely structured, gently witty, and it boasts an excellent cast (also including Birbiglia, Gillian Jacobs, Chris Gethard, Kate Micucci, and Tami Sagher).

More time spent in the writing phase of the production could have made this a far better film, but with so many competing voices in the comedy troupe, sometimes the competing interests can cancel each other out — much in the same way the comedy and horror do.

Platform — Director Jia Zhangke's semi-autobiographical film about a traveling musical comedy troupe in post-Cultural Revolution China.

The comedy troupe also paid tribute to Worst Film «winner» After Earth by providing live commentary for a clip from M. Night Shyamalan's much - derided film.

After a long 17 - year hiatus, the comedy troupe Broken Lizard have returned with a sequel to their most popular film.

Describing themselves as performance artists and sculptors whose audience is the video camera, Wood and Harrison are heirs to silent film comics Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton and to uniquely British comedy troupes like Monty Python.