Sentences with phrase «focused on comedy»

In 1934, Buster Keaton signed a contract with Earle W. Hammons Educational Pictures which focused on comedy short subjects.

Most ad campaigns have focused on the comedy aspect — especially Ryan Gosling, an erstwhile «serious» actor, hamming it up as a successful lothario.

But it might have been better if it had focused on comedy first, politics second, rather than the other way around.

I seem to keep focussing on comedies.

With a focus on comedy, the script presents some rude bathroom humor, moments of irresponsible behavior, and the portrayal of coffee and chocolate bar consumption as having an addictive and inebriating effect on animals.

There is much more focus on Barbara Hershey's character Lorraine Lambert and also more focus on the comedy duo Specs (Leigh Whannell) and Tucker (Angus Sampson).

However, the real festival season is from the start of August to mid-September and encompasses many arts sub-festivals including the Edinburgh Fringe (a festival focusing on comedy and avant - garde performances), The Art Festival, Jazz Festival, Book Festival and the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Back in October, NBC announced a subscription video service called «Seeso» that focuses on comedy shows and charges $ 3.99 per month.

Not exact matches

In 2014, Halpern — who the New York Times recently dubbed the «hidden architect of modern comedy» — built a $ 7 million comedy club that focuses on long - form improv.

Shot with an iPhone, this low - budget comedy that focuses on a transgender sex worker out for answers when she learns that her pimp boyfriend has been cheating on her is incredibly executed and the performances are top - notch.

Viacom Inc. is creating new show formats including «BET Breaks» that focuses on the African American perspective on pop culture and another named «Comedy Central's Creator's Room,» a satirical take on trending news in pop culture.

Bakish took over the helm at Viacom last year and is attempting to turn around the company's fortunes by focusing on six of its brands — Paramount, BET, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon and Nick Jr..

«With comedy, you have to focus so much on not only storyline, but the specific beats of the punchlines and everything.

The entertainment company, controlled by the Redstone family, said earlier Thursday morning that it would focus on its six core brands (MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Comedy Central, BET and Paramount) and confirmed that it would rebrand Spike TV as Paramount Network.

Without having to launch these comedies on Friday at this time, we can keep our promotion focused on earlier in the week — plus we will have both comedies in our back pocket if we need to make any schedule changes on those nights

These days, of course, Crews is focused on Brooklyn Nine - Nine, one of the highest - rated comedies on network television.

It's a focused, sharp, and hilarious comedy that happens to have a lot on its mind, too.

Part Two still focuses on Buffalo and Niagara Falls, but about 20 percent of the initiative's proposed funding would go to other Western New York communities, from $ 5 million in financing to the National Comedy Center in Jamestown to a $ 20 million contest for 18 municipalities to compete for funding for downtown revitalization projects.

It seems Michael Bay has turned his back (momentarily) on directing CG machines and turned his focus towards directing this dark comedy about two steroid abusing bodybuilders who are caught up in an extortion ring and kidnapping plot that goes terribly wrong.

I have been pretty swamped focusing on building up my social consulting business + designing a new site for it (stay tuned... I am perfecting the design hehe), being a boss lady ain't easy... let me tell ya haha However, one of my highlights of the long Labor Day Weekend (other than the amazing sales) was being able to meet up with some of my blogger friends — I have been out of commission for a little bit since I've been drowning in work + the blog, but heading to a comedy show + some brunch was the perfect way to catch up with some of my favorite gals!

In the end, this is again a very good horror comedy which needs to focus less on the main characters (lets face it, they are cliches and the interest of this whole movie is to the idea behind it) and more on the variety of monsters that were created for this film.

By focusing on the volatile relationship between brothers Micky and Dicky, Russell finds a wealth of emotional material, not to mention human comedy.

The newer bond films, with Daniel Craig, are good movies, but they are not the same as the older Bond movies, the older movies center more on action and comedy while the ones with Craig focus on Action.

This comedy - drama focuses on the effect of this visit on angst - ridden teen Dinky Bossetti, who has become convinced that Roxy is her real mother.

His role is much calmer in tune with some of his stand - up and focuses more on subtle comedy which is always beneficial in the comedy genre.

Despite the big penguin fad seemingly having been played out with March Of The Penguins and Happy Feet, here comes an amiable family comedy largely focusing on the feathered and flippered ones.

Based on the play by Phoebe Waller - Bridge, the BBC3 comedy series focuses on an angry, self - loathing 20 - something nicknamed Fleabag (Phoebe Waller - Bridge) deals with struggles with running her cafe and the memory of the death of her best friend with one - night stands, stealing and drinking.

He also said he would focus on a broader type of relationship comedy.

No topic is off limits for the seasoned comedian in this unfiltered comedy special that focuses on American politics, race relations, and beyond.

Larry Yust's black comedy focuses on a group of senior citizens who learn they're about to be evicted from their apartment building.

This isn't a straight romantic comedy though, as it doesn't just focus on the love life between Joon and Sam, but also on the love between a brother and a sister.

It's not gonna change the world, or even come remotely close to it, but it does offer a strong, character - driven indie comedy with a focus on one of the darker periods of American history (we're going through one of those right now).

The dark comedy focuses on a geopolitical crisis and its effect on three disparate and desperate men — U.S. Secretary of S... Read more

It is genre crossing, focusing on horror but with comedy and also some sci - fi elements thrown in as well.

From there the Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo turns the film into a dark romantic comedy that focuses on human relationships and human flaws.

He didn't exactly choose an easy project for a first film, as black comedy is a very difficult style of film to pull off, and with a cast of very seasoned actors to have to tell precisely what to do, Guthe very well could have lost control and focus on the project and turned in a disaster.

Rachel Brosnahan, who won best TV comedy actress for Amazon's «The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel» reminded everyone not to «lose focus» on the Time's Up initiative, a recently - created legal fund to fight sexual harassment.

But Snake in the Eagle's Shadow seems to play up the comedy and storytelling while Drunken Master focused primarily on the actual fighting.

Writers of «Stacked» dutifully focused all their efforts on the show's two most obvious subjects, but this is not material from which successful comedies are made.

A fun, healthy, sexy comedy that pulls no punches and focuses on a realistic female friendship and the powerful dynamic that sexuality plays in our lives.

An enchanting riff on friendship and the late -20-something rite of passage into true adulthood, while the buoyant comedy does focus on those who still don't have their shit together, it is however, leagues more rich and emotionally layered than the average arrested development dilemma that seems to characterize 20 / 30 - something comedies of late.

This new featurette mostly focuses on director Adam McKay and his vision for this movie, and his passion for comedy.

Cates gained immense fame for her role in a slew of teen comedies in the»80s — most notably Fast Times at Ridgemont High — but decided to retire from acting in 1994 to focus on raising her two children — daughter Frankie and son Owen, whom she shares with husband Kevin Kline.

Currently airing it's third series in America, New Girl is a comedy focusing on the relationships between four roommates in Los Angeles.

Baggage Claim: One of the most creatively - inert films of the year, this comedy focuses on a flight attendant named Montana Moore (Paula Patton), who is looking for Mr. Right.

An unlikely screwball comedy, Toni Erdmann focuses on a father / daughter relationship.

Very few films can successfully straddle comedy and violence, and The Nice Guys would've been stronger had it focused more on its leading duo's tomfoolery.

That rather sad fact, which is not uncommon, is one of the reasons that Johnson and Koch are proud that a festival run primarily by women regularly includes films with women directors — seven this year, including «Toni Erdmann» — along with features that focus on female characters such as «Jackie,» Kelly Reinhardt's «Certain Women» and Kelly Fremon Craig's coming - of - age comedy «The Edge of Seventeen.»

Last year, TBS announced it was developing a comedy based on Welsh's Hype novel, which will focus on the Miami arts scene (not to be confused with its sound machine).

This is easily one of the darkest comedies Michael Bay has ever made, and possibly his best film yet, considering an improved focus on characters with a solid script.