Sentences with phrase «for pure comedy»

«21 and Over» would have been better served going for pure comedy the whole time — like «Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy» successfully pulled off — and a script rewrite that took chances beyond «The Hangover» formula we've already seen twice now.

The best thing about this seemingly normal makeup tutorial, by far, is that Madelaine Petsch's boyfriend does the voiceover, which makes for pure comedy since he has absolutely no idea what he's talking about.

Regarding the pay increase: I've sat through hundreds of hours of Council hearings but nothing I've ever seen rivaled yesterday's hearing for pure comedy.

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Also the article read like pure comedy gold, I'm surprised the judge didn't file for misconduct against apple's lawyer.

In pushing the film into gonzo - style comedy instead of melodrama or pure docudrama, Gillespie successfully navigates a very tricky line — this is, after all, a story filled with domestic abuse and violence, something that shouldn't be played for laughs but is also not the focus of the story.

Rosenbaum's intent seems pure enough, but his concepts for comedy and intimacy leave much to be desired, making the picture difficult to understand as it weaves through heartfelt confessions and fart jokes.

From Mark Wahlberg's controlled verbal outbursts to Martin Sheen's earnestness to Alec Baldwin's schizoid vulgarities to Leonardo Di Caprio's compassionate toughness to Ray Winstone's quasi immobile fierceness to Jack Nicholson's beautifully pure excess, The Departed is indeed an performance - driven, fast - paced comedy of expertly timed thrills (or comedic thriller, depending on your point of view) peppered with several instances of acrobatic verbal witticisms, and topped with enough generic clichés and predictable screw - turns to make it palatable for all audiences (yes, even those who paid money to see Ashton Kutcher and Kevin Costner's The Guardian).

Though Punchline defies the Hollywood penchant for producing either pure comedy or straight drama, its view of those with the guts to stand before an audience and dare them to laugh is oddly uplifting.

There isn't much to recommend Wasabi except for the offbeat mix of over-the-top humor and overly stylized action, and taken as a pure entertainment kind of film, it'll please most audiences who like French action - comedies.

Oscar seems too far to call («Cheri» is a pure comedy after all), but I guess GG Comedy / Musical for Pfeiffer is acomedy after all), but I guess GG Comedy / Musical for Pfeiffer is aComedy / Musical for Pfeiffer is a lock.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening May 8, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Next Day Air (R for violence, drug use, pervasive profanity and brief sexuality) Action - oriented crime caper about the comedy of errors which ensue after a couple of hapless hoodlums (Mike Epps and Wood Harris) are mistakenly delivered a large package filled with bricks of pure cocaiFor movies opening May 8, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Next Day Air (R for violence, drug use, pervasive profanity and brief sexuality) Action - oriented crime caper about the comedy of errors which ensue after a couple of hapless hoodlums (Mike Epps and Wood Harris) are mistakenly delivered a large package filled with bricks of pure cocaifor violence, drug use, pervasive profanity and brief sexuality) Action - oriented crime caper about the comedy of errors which ensue after a couple of hapless hoodlums (Mike Epps and Wood Harris) are mistakenly delivered a large package filled with bricks of pure cocaine.

The network has unleashed trailers for a slew of new shows they're hoping will catch your eye, including a different kind of superhero show (MacGyver), another film - to - TV remake (Training Day), a new Jason Katims drama (Pure Genius), a new Joel McHale comedy (The Great Indoors), and two separate, unrelated comedies about working - class men forced to spend time at home (Kevin James «Kevin Can Wait and Matt LeBlanc «s Man With a Plan).

The 1991 film, one of many adaptations over the centuries of the old, dark fairy tale, worked wonderfully because it was pure Broadway, written for the screen, blending comedy and romance and magic and just enough snark in the margins.

Williams does deliver on energy, but he has never really possessed a true talent for broadly physical comedy, and as scene after scene roll by, you'll probably find it impossible not to scratch your head and wonder why the man that can ad - lib classic comedic moments on stage and on late night talk shows can't seem to inject even one laugh in nearly two hours of pure comedy that he has worked on for weeks.

The film looks to be a return to pure comedy for the Coens, their first since 2009's A Serious Man, and stars George Clooney as a Hollywood fixer in the 1950s.

Laura's unsolicited hitchhiking - ride - from - hell is pure horror comedy, followed by a foreboding walk through the abandoned Point Dune, is an excellent little vignette of just how bizarre it would be for a sane person hanging out in an insane town.

The Academy Awards will be a trickier game, considering how reluctant the voting body has been historically to reward comedic actresses; the last pure comedy performance to actually land a nod was Melissa McCarthy, for her supporting role in 2011's Bridesmaids.

We appear to be in for something of an island romantic comedy, as the two unlikely allies — rough, masculine, faithless orphan marine Allison and the simple, pure - hearted Angela — go hunting for a turtle together and consider the possibility that they'll have to survive on the island's ample natural resources for years to come until a rescue.

However, considering it's pure pulp entertainment, leaning more toward comedy than action, we'd be surprised if it's being considered for anything other an out of competition bow at best.