Sentences with phrase «for buddy comedy»

Justin Bieber and Ashton Kutcher are set to team up for buddy comedy «What Would Kenny Do?».

Check out the latest casting additions below: Jake Johnson and Damon Wayans, Jr., both seen in New Girl pilot, will re-team once again for the buddy comedy Let's Be Cops from director Luke Greenfield (The Girl Next Door).

They're terrific together and deserve to reunite for a buddy comedy or maybe even a sequel to this film five or 10 years down the line.

Other releases this week include «Get Hard,» the answer to America's pleas for a buddy comedy starring Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart that features numerous prison rape jokes.

STX Entertainment is seeking a new director for its buddy comedy about the late film critic and Russ Meyer

But the good news is it's for a buddy comedy reminiscent...

But the good news is it's for a buddy comedy reminiscent of City Slickers or Wild Hogs.

Not exact matches

According to the site TVLine, Vince Vaughn — an actor probably best known for co-starring in a series of buddy comedies — is currently in talks to star in season two of HBO's gritty crime series True Detective.

That arrangement sets the pieces in motion for a riotous buddy comedy in which the duo capture plenty of bounty before hurtling toward their final target, wealthy plantation owner Calvin Candy (Leonardo DiCaprio, over the top even by these standards), who keeps Broomhilda locked up in a dismal existence at the appropriately - titled Candyland.

Before jumping behind the camera for the God of Thunder's latest cinematic adventure, however, Waititi made this quirky buddy comedy set in his native country that's somewhat reminiscent of another Disney release, «Up.»

While the potential is here for a «screwball / roadtrip / buddy comedy» HOMERUN... this sadly only ends up being about a «double play».

Sin - Dee and Alexandra's last, quiet scene together, in a laundromat not far from the same Donut Time franchise where they began their action - packed Christmas Eve, succeeds at once as a new kind of female buddy comedy and as a rueful reflection on the meaning of coming home — by whatever definition you choose to understand that word — for the holidays.

Boasting a marquee team - up with an entertainment value that proves more sorrier than starrier for filmgoers, A Walk in the Woods offers a near bust of a buddy comedy and little else.

Blue collar comedy rules the roost with this hilarious farce starring Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall and D.J. Qualls as buddies who are mistaken for Army Reservists and sent to the Middle East - but when they are accidentally dropped into Mexico, they misread the situation and set about trying to «liberate» a besieged village from a demented drug lord.

The rare buddy - cop action - comedy to feature female leads (you'll likely have to thank Bridesmaids, which Feig also directed, for that), The Heat stars Sandra Bullock as a no - nonsense FBI agent and Melissa McCarthy as her industry - standard «loose cannon» partner.

He's right, of course; it's just that most animated movies that aren't made by Bird's compatriots at Pixar aim for that broad, middle - of - the - road buddy comedy bulls - eye.

Low - brow, pretty standard plot line for a comedy: four buddies head to Vegas for a bachelor party and the time of their lives.

As far as buddy comedy pairings go, few can match the unlikeliness of that in «Hunt for the Wilderpeople.»

, The Naked Gun) returns after a 5 year hiatus from the movies with an ambitious, but ultimately undercooked idea for a sports comedy, BASEketball, which is apparently inspired by real game that Zucker and his buddies conceived of while playing around with the driveway hoop.

The Thunder Buddies return next week with the U.S. release of the comedy sequel Ted 2, and a rather excellent Flash Gordon - inspired poster has arrived online for the Seth MacFarlane film, which you can see right here... SEE ALSO: Watch the latest trailer for Ted 2 Seth MacFarlane returns as writer, director and co-star of -LSB-...]

Sundance describes it as a «delightful dramatic comedy, a buddy picture, and, for good measure, a heist film.»

He is best known for his roles as Deputy White House Chief of Staff Josh Lyman on the NBC television drama The West Wing, as Danny Tripp on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, as Dan Stark in the Fox police buddy - comedy The Good Guys, as Red John in the CBS series The Mentalist, and as antagonist Eric Gordon in the film Billy Madison.

Director Adam McKay made his disgust with the industry responsible for the 2008 financial crisis crystal clear in The Other Guys, a buddy action comedy that ended with a number of charts and figures bemoaning bankers» reckless, largely unregulated, entirely self - serving practices,

Universal Pictures has released a new poster for Seth McFarlane's upcoming comedy sequel Ted 2, which sees the foul - mouthed bear joined by his thunder buddy John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg)... SEE ALSO: Watch the red band trailer for Ted 2 here Seth MacFarlane returns as writer, director and co-star of Ted 2, Universal and Media Rights -LSB-...]

The Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart (a top repeat offender in this annual survey) buddy comedy is described as «a near two - hour gay panic joke that relies on the long - running homophobic «sissy» stereotype for most of the lm's intended punchlines.»

For a while, we could be watching a twisted mismatched - buddy comedy, one about an uptight do - gooder under both social and financial obligation to tolerate the off - putting tactlessness of this strange girl from her past.

(In Albanian with subtitles) Neon Flesh (Unrated) «It's hard out here for a pimp» comedy, set in Buenos Aires, about a 22 year - old ne'er - do - well (Mario Casas) who hopes to earn his prostitute mother's (Macarena Gomez) respect by opening up a whorehouse with the help of a couple of streetwise buddies (Vincente Romero and Luciano Caceres).

Especially with tradition being broken on the lead acting categories, this was a smorgasbord rife for a genre we hold dear: the buddy comedy.

Central Intelligence review: Kevin Hart once again buddies up for more action comedy.

Sony's new buddy Christmas comedy «The Night Before» with Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon - Levitt and Anthony Mackie was no match for Katniss — or James Bond or Charlie Brown.

Grown Ups (previously known as The Lake House) is an upcoming comedy that re-unites Adam Sandler with SNL buddies David Spade, Chris Rock and Rob Schneider (not that he and Schneider have been apart for very long).

The action comedy Let's Be Cops is the ultimate buddy cop movies, except for the fact that they're not actually cops.

From buddy comedies to creature features to — wait for it — holiday fare, turns out there are quite a few.

Fortunately for us, we made a movie that is a comedy in a time that I think a lot of people need some levity, but it's also just an unapologetic love story, a buddy story about following your dreams.

Film Review by Kam Williams Jackie Chan Teams with Johnny Knoxville for Familiar Unlikely - Buddies Flick Jackie Chan made dozens of martial arts movies in his native Hong Kong prior to finding phenomenal success stateside in 1998 co-starring with Chris Tucker in the buddy - comedy Rush Hour.

The Nice Guys (R for violence, profanity, sexuality, nudity and brief drug use) Unlikely - buddies crime comedy, set in L.A. in» 77, about a pair of private eyes (Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe) who grudgingly join forces to investigate a fading porn star's apparent suicide.

And though this is his first one - hander in quite a while, De Niro has an appealing supporting cast assembled around him, giving us a chance to see him share the big screen with Harvey Keitel yet again and to reunite with Charles Grodin for the first time since the classic 1988 buddy comedy Midnight Run.

The brisk comedy of the Hollywood section, helped along by John Goodman and Alan Arkin as the buddy - team responsible for making the ruse seem legit, evaporates once the action shifts to Iran and Affleck starts to ratchet up the suspense.

Like an eerie riff on a buddy cop comedy, the pair are almost helplessly pulled from that short - lived retirement for one last job.

Hit buddy comedy «Wedding Crashers» is remembered for a few things — the great chemistry between Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, the...

No mission too difficult: the progenitor of the buddy comedy (and the only film to win an Academy Award for Best Comedy Direcomedy (and the only film to win an Academy Award for Best Comedy DireComedy Direction)

Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg are re-teaming for a comedy called Daddy's Home.The actors previously starred in buddy cop film The Other Guys in...

From the era and «buddy comedy» guise, I originally expected to enjoy it for its non-stop over the top action or silly gags, but this film really shines through the interactions between its characters and the performances.

Gerwig's genuineness and intelligence, gifts not especially suited for an Ashton Kutcher sex buddies comedy, is on wondrous display in the hands of Baumbach, a master in tactfully conveying relatable emotion.

Back in the long ago days of 2012, the idea of Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum teaming up for a buddy cop comedy adaptation of the»80s television series 21 Jump Street seemed like an absurd idea destined for failure, and the movie right away poked fun at the lack of originality in its concept along with the industry trend at large of adapting old series.

In the late 80s, Shane Black's Lethal Weapon script became a touchstone for saleable, hard - boiled, odd - couple buddy pics, movies that combined action, comedy and wise - assed verbal vulgarity in varying measures.

Galifianakis reteamed with director Todd Phillips for DUE DATE, the buddy comedy with Robert Downey Jr..

The Last Word (R for profanity) Unlikely - buddies comedy about the friendship forged between an elderly control freak (Shiley Maclaine) and a truth - seeking reporter (Amanda Seyfried) assigned to write her obituary.

Piovani gives this buddy chef comedy a wistful, sad - sack jazz approach that is more about slow - burn exasperation that racing for head of state, with a fuzz guitar only adding to Reno's exasperation at the new kid of the butcher block.

Following the raunchy, buddy - comedy groove of Bridesmaids and The Hangover, Girls Trip mines both bodily function jokes and explicit sexual acts for comedic gold.Ever the crazy pants auteur, director, producer and screenplay writer Luc Bess... more