Sentences with phrase «from other comedies»

It draws from every other comedy you can think of.

Not exact matches

The app, which launched in October, offers videos from Comedy Central and Vice, among others, as well as basketball and football games.

The model for other studios to follow here would seem to be to, first, test your potential audience with more than just a vague idea and then deliver a product that is both true to its source material while also offering something beyond what viewers have already come to expect from typical superheroes (in this case, that would be the comedy, sex, and violence).

I also suggest that whenever possible you try to turn them into comedy so other people around you can learn from them.

don't point them to bertrand russels teapot analogy... it just confuses them more — and you stand the chance of them actually understanding it — thus depriving others the comedy they provide when they raise such arguments from ignorance.

It's nice to put on a Passion play every other Easter (using volunteers from the congregation) or to stage a comedy night as «something a bit different».

The thing I know most deeply from over a decade in comedy is this: if you live for other people's affirmation, you'll die by their condemnation.

STANFORD»S BAND The musical kings of sophomoric humor have been banned from performing on the field at the next three Stanford - Notre Dame games after their Oct. 4 exhibition, in which, amid other bits of very low comedy, they parodied the Irish potato famine.

Other interesting fare this year includes an adaptation of T.S. Eliot's «The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,» by Cavan P.M. Hallman, and a premiering comedy from the talented Sue Cargill with fine actress Amy Warren in the starring role, called «The Chapel Brown Papers.»

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.

Chris McGrath, the GOP candidate for the Republican ex-Majority Leader Dean Skelos» Long Island seat, is drawing heat from women's rights groups and others for bankrolling two R - rated sex comedies that include gratuitous nude scenes — «Surf School» and «Death to the Supermodel.»

The beloved Legislative Revue performance, held every other year at Queens Theatre in the Park and starring the borough's elected officials, has been postponed from Nov. 20, much to the disappointment of its organizers and those who planned to participate.The off - beat musical comedy has been a centerpiece of the nonprofit's fund - raising calendar since 1997, when Jeffrey Rosenstock, the theater's executive director, created and first produced the show.

Chris McGrath, the GOP candidate for the Republican ex-Majority Leader's Long Island seat, is drawing heat from women's rights groups and others for bankrolling two R - rated sex comedies that include gratuitous nude scenes — «Surf School» and «Death to the Supermodels.»

This dizzy but sweet character from the 1995 comedy hit — Clueless was played by Alicia Silverstone, who became a fashion icon to young girls everywhere — with her knee socks, a - line miniskirts and many other stylish 90s outfits.

How fun to be able to gather and talk about everything from fashion to goals to comedy and just getting to know each other!

2018-04-07 13:49 8 Simple Rules (originally 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter for the first season) is an American sitcom comedy television show, originally 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter: And Other Tips from a Beleaguered Father (Not That Any of Them Work) is an owner's manual for anyone who

8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter: And Other Tips from a Beleaguered Father (Not That Any of Them Work) is an owner's manual for anyone who 8 Simple Rules (originally 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter for the first season) is an American sitcom comedy television show, originally

Way back when, Edmonton started a long standing tradition of a fringe festival not too dissimilar from Edinburgh's world famous comedy knees - up, and there are other long standing cultural treats such as the Ukrainian Cultural Village.

The types of events ranged from hiking, flying lessons, firing range, haunted walks, galleries, comedy nights, horseback riding, white water rafting and many others among the usual parties and speed dating events.

Lister - Jones is also generous enough an auteur to allow for memorable moments from others, whether it's hilarious bits from the likes of Retta (as Anna and Ben's unlucky marriage counselor), Brooklyn Decker, and Jamie Chung; the escalating weirdness of Armisen (who was, of course, a seasoned indie - band drummer before he turned to acting and comedy); or a knockout dramatic scene between Pally and the great comedian Susie Essman as Ben's mother, who provides some invaluable advice.

Christopher's won three Emmy awards — two for Outstanding Supporting actor in a comedy series for his role in both the 1982 and 1983 Seasons of Taxi and Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series on a guest appearance in Disney's «Avonlea» (1992) and other awards such as an Obie Award in 1973, Drama Desk Award also in 1973 from the Village Voice for Outstanding Performance in the Off - Broadway play «Kaspar».

Aliens offer a cure for earthling ennui in From Other Worlds, a limp sci - fi comedy with fewer laughs than a meeting of Abductees Anonymous.

I think the fact that you had two screenwriters, Ian Brennan and Leigh Whannell, who specialized in comedy and horror, respectively, so I think that they definitely learned a lot from each other's respective style of writing.

The first six episodes of the fourth season of the comedy from Tina Fey and Robert Carlock will begin airing on May 30th with the other half out later in 2018.

A New York stand - up comedian (Pete Holmes) ends up couch surfing at other comedians apartments after discovering his wife cheating on him in this comedy from Holmes and Judd Apatow.

What separates Strangers with Candy from other high school comedies, or from most mainstream comedies in general, is the cast's total dedication to their parts.

It's played as a comedy, with director Taika Waititi reveling in awkward pauses, uncomfortable exchanges, some physical comedy, and other things that seem quite unlike what we might expect from a movie starring Thor.

Not perfect - the film is made on a tight budget and sometimes it shows - but this is so much better written than every other American comedy this year (apart from Burn After Reading) that it is embarrassing.

The gags on which it rests its laughs have been lifted from every other raucous comedy, campus - oriented or not.

It has nothing to differ itself from other average romantic comedies.

Great crime comedy from The Coen Brothers, a smart story with very weird and colorful characters, Jeff Bridges puts on a great comedic performance, great work from the supporting cast that includes John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman and many others

Yes, it's Grumpy Old Presidents, in which most of the comedy comes from the supposed shock of hearing two senior citizens cursing at each other in terms Beavis and Butt - head would find inelegant.

It's nice to see Arnett playing something other than an emotionally stunted man - child, and if the pilot for Up All Night didn't make me guffaw all that much, it passed by pleasantly and it was good to see that creator Emily Spivey was able to wring comedy from the new - parent situation without using the same dozen baby jokes we've all seen 200 times before.

Aside from these momentary lapses and some third - act stuff that wants us to take the characters far more seriously as human beings than we're capable of doing, «The Campaign» is an effective vulgar comedy about two idiots competing with each other.

Enough Said is a romantic comedy - drama from Nicole Holofcener, the writer - director of other critically acclaimed films exploring the daily travails of mostly upper middle - class affluent women (and men) in such as Lovely & Amazing and Friends with Money — something that invites comparisons to the works of Woody Allen often.

Borrowing several filmmaking techniques from the latter, Awful Nice is an off - kilter comedy about two brothers who get so caught up competing with each other that they completely tune out everything else around them.

Coinciding with the U.S. release of A Bad Moms Christmas, directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore have been chatting to Variety about the series, revealing that they are planning further spinoffs from the hit comedy, potentially tied to other holidays.

Comedy, sci - fi, horror, romance, adventure, action, drama, and thriller, it covers quite a lot of territory in a short amount of time, and does so with its own sense of style that makes it different from any other film, even if it is an homage film at its core.

Though it isn't as laugh - out - loud funny as you might expect from a film starring a Seinfeld - alum, Enough Said still emerges as a warm and insightful romantic comedy that sees its characters as flawed but well - meaning people looking for happiness in their interactions with others, but ultimately finding it within themselves.

The director: Lynne Ramsay (United Kingdom) The talent: Reigning arthouse - crossover queen Tilda Swinton leads the cast of Scottish director Ramsay's third feature; filling the other two key roles are John C. Reilly, shifting gears from his recent run of comedy roles, and 18 year - old Ezra Miller, an effectively gangly presence in «Afterschool» and «City Island.»

Rochelle and Lee look back at some of the key films from this month, including Steven Spielberg's pop culture paean Ready Player One (00:46), Aki Kaurismäki's wry Finnish comedy - drama The Other Side of Hope (05:49), Ruben Östlund's wry Swedish comedy - drama The Square (08:08), Armando Iannucci's wry Russian comedy - satire The Death of Stalin (11:51), and Garth Davis's non-wry Biblical drama Mary Magdalene (14:32).

Cameron Diaz looks especially good in Sex Tape, from all conceivable angles, but unlike some of her other recent comedy vehicles (Bad Teacher, The Other Woman) this one actually offers laughs, plus a compatible costar in Jason Sother recent comedy vehicles (Bad Teacher, The Other Woman) this one actually offers laughs, plus a compatible costar in Jason SOther Woman) this one actually offers laughs, plus a compatible costar in Jason Segel.

The comedy follows a trio of dysfunctional upper class New York siblings who recruit a «New Age deprogrammer» and go on the road to save their youngest sister from a doomsday cult — confronting their deep - seated issues with each other along the way.

It just has nothing of value — from tired, worn - out spoofs of other films, to badly timed, inadequately edited sketch comedy, Date Movie fails on every level.

Other filmmakers have used pseudonyms, too: «Pink Panther» director Blake Edwards was fired from the 1984 comedy «City Heat,» so he replaced his writing credit on the film with the name «Sam O'Brown.»

Aside from the well - noted fact that more superior long - form drama (and comedy) can be found on television than in cinemas, the two most interesting motion picture experiences I had in 2012 were in galleries: The Clock (Christian Marclay, 2010), a staggering and hypnotic achievement of which I still have some of its 24 hours to catch up with, and two multi-screen installations by Candice Breitz: «Him» and «Her» in which many scenes from the films of Jack Nicholson (in Him) and Meryl Streep (in Her), isolate the actors from their filmic background leaving the actors to speak to and interrogate each other across space and time on many themes of character, identity, success, failure, anger and disappointment.

The comedy in these action movie spoofs is supposed to arise from seeing two big stars playing characters that constantly get in each other's face.

But the tone is all over the place, wildly veering from broad comedy to surprisingly dark horror — a sign there was never a guiding vision behind the picture other than a movie poster and Depp's bankability.

The script by director John Hamburg and Ian Helfer (with input from Jonah Hill) is an endless string of comedy bits that have been used in countless other movies.

PSYCH is different from the other USA Network original programs because it's the most comedy - heavy.