Sentences with phrase «from road comedy»

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Mayor Bill de Blasio took a ribbing from Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert about his planned trip to Italy while the threat of a possible Long Island Rail Road strike still loomed.

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.

And like any comedy sequel, Dumb and Dumber To tries to ride the Nostalgia Train — but this train only stops at Disappointment Station, Dreadful Road and Unfunny Blvd. Insultingly, the closing credits replays clips from the first movie — which just reminds you how much better and funnier it was.

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Todd Phillips warmed up for The Hangover with Road Trip, an unpretentious — nay, cheerily simple - minded — shock comedy from the era of There's Something About Mary and American Pie.

In order to not waste this valuable time, he launched a 32 city music and comedy show called the «Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour» where he was able to hit the road and perform for his biggest fans.

Of the three TBS pilots from the most recent batch, the network recently picked up Jason Jones / Samantha Bee's road trip comedy to series.

We're the Millers is a fun road trip comedy that the best thing to expect from it is the unexpected.

Meanwhile, Sam Mendes switches gears from the heart - wrenching drama of «Revolutionary Road» to the lighter fare of «Away We Go,» a comedy starring «The Office» «s John Krasinski and «Saturday Night Live» alumn Maya Rudolph.

Comedy - drama road movie from Italy.

If you haven't yet watched the series (and you really should), the hilarious dark comedy follows two teens — James (Black Mirror's Alex Lawther) and Alyssa (Jessica Barden)-- as they run away from home and embark on a cross-country road trip.

With the release of Melissa McCarthy's new road trip comedy TAMMY hitting cinemas from 4th July, we at THN figured we would have a...

The movie steals several tropes from past on - the - road comedies, including, most blatantly, 1988's Midnight Run.

Synopsis: Two British buddies (Shaun of the Dead / Hot Fuzz's Simon Pegg and Nick Frost) head out on the road in search of Area 51 after attending a comic convention, only to encounter a cute little alien (voiced by Seth Rogen) along the way in this comedy from Working Title and Universal Pictures.

Variety is reporting that Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road) and Seth Rogen (Sausage Party) have been cast in Flarsky, the new comedy from 50/50 and The Night Before director Jonathan Levine.

Sex Drive (R for crude humor, sexuality, nudity, and drug and alcohol use, all involving teens) Raunchy road comedy about an 18 year - old virgin (Josh Zuckerman) who steals his big brother's (James Marsden) classic Pontiac GTO in order to drive with a couple of friends (Amanda Crew and Clark Duke) from Chicago to Knoxville where he expects to rendezvous with a temptress (Katrina Bowden) he met over the internet.

Dirty Girl (R for profanity, graphic sexuality and frontal nudity) Coming - of - age road comedy, set in 1987, about an Oklahoma high school student with a bad reputation (Juno Temple) who runs away from home to L.A. to search for her long - lost father with the help of an equally - ostracized, gay classmate (Jeremy Dozier).

Tammy (R for profanity and sexual references) Melissa McCarthy plays the title character of this road comedy about a just - fired fast - food clerk who embarks with her foul - mouthed grandmother (Susan Sarandon) on a rip - roaring road trip from North Carolina to Niagara Falls after catching her philandering husband (Nat Faxon) in bed with a neighbor (Toni Collette).

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is another comedy from Hamburg that often veers towards the middle of the road.

A unique documentary style keeps it from being a typical road trip buddy comedy.

From its shrug of a title (diluted from its original Bastards), to its two years spent in release limbo, to the writing - directing team - up of Office Christmas Party's Justin Malen and The Hangover cinematographer Lawrence Sher, to a lumpy contrivance of a premise that packs every road - trip comedy cliché into a series of wacky dad vignettes, Father Figures feels very much like the overlooked middle son of a committee — one who's hoping you won't be fully sated on filial slapstick after Daddy's HomFrom its shrug of a title (diluted from its original Bastards), to its two years spent in release limbo, to the writing - directing team - up of Office Christmas Party's Justin Malen and The Hangover cinematographer Lawrence Sher, to a lumpy contrivance of a premise that packs every road - trip comedy cliché into a series of wacky dad vignettes, Father Figures feels very much like the overlooked middle son of a committee — one who's hoping you won't be fully sated on filial slapstick after Daddy's Homfrom its original Bastards), to its two years spent in release limbo, to the writing - directing team - up of Office Christmas Party's Justin Malen and The Hangover cinematographer Lawrence Sher, to a lumpy contrivance of a premise that packs every road - trip comedy cliché into a series of wacky dad vignettes, Father Figures feels very much like the overlooked middle son of a committee — one who's hoping you won't be fully sated on filial slapstick after Daddy's Home 2.

By Sean O'Connell Hollywoodnews.com: Greg Motolla's «Paul» is a swiftly plotted and consistently funny road - trip comedy about Graeme (Simon Pegg) and Clive (Nick Frost), best friends and sci - fi fanatics who are touring all the alien hot spots from Area 51 to Roswell on their way back from Comic - Con.

The ultimate Italian road comedy, Il sorpasso stars the unlikely pair of Vittorio Gassman and Jean - Louis Trintignant as, respectively, a waggish, freewheeling bachelor and the straitlaced law student he takes on a madcap trip from Rome to Tuscany.

in the hit comedy from director Todd Phillips (Road Trip).

Tommy Boy «s star - studded cast affords it a great deal more laughs than one might expect out of the standard road - trip / buddy - comedy — a package taken straight from the assembly line and built out of comedy scraps that have come before it; however, Peter Segal makes great use of his talented leads.

It was a good year for women in general with the ICS with The Assassin and Mad Max: Fury Road picking up seven mentions apiece and Tangerine, the trans comedy from Sean Baker, which picked up Picture and Director nominations as well as one for Mya Taylor in Supporting Actress.

Most kids don't break up for the Easter holiday until this Friday, yet DreamWorks Animation and distribution partner Fox have already grossed a tidy sum from Home, a road - trip comedy featuring a teenage girl (voiced by Rihanna) and a cute alien (Jim Parsons).

Deadline is reporting that Tracy Morgan and Luke Wilson have signed on to star in The Shitheads, a road trip comedy from I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore director Macon Blair.

Wechsler's other producing credits are a distinctive and award - winning mix of independent and studio films including «The Road,» a Venice Film Festival Golden Lion selection; «The Time Traveler's Wife,» «We Own the Night,» a Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or selection; «The Fountain,» a Venice Film Festival Golden Lion selection; «North Country,» for which Charlize Theron and Frances McDormand earned Oscar and Golden Globe Award nominations; «Requiem for a Dream,» which earned an Independent Spirit Award Best Picture nomination and an Oscar nomination for star Ellen Burstyn; «The Yards,» a Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or selection; «Quills» a Best Picture winner from the National Board of Review; «Eve's Bayou,» an Independent Spirit Award winner for Best First Feature; «Love Jones,» a Sundance Film Festival Audience Award winner for Best Film; «Little Odessa,» which won the Venice Film Festival Silver Lion Award; «The Player,» a Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture, Comedy; and «Drugstore Cowboy,» which took Best Film honors from the National Society of Film Critics.

This piece is part of the Four Frames section, wherein the importance of four significant shots are discussed, in this case from the Chevy Chase - starring road trip comedy National Lampoon's Vacation.

From director Trent Haaga, 68 Kill is a lurid black comedy which will take you on a murderous road trip; pure trailer - park trash with a sleazy punk rock edge, and plenty of violent shocks along the way.

Golf carts can be a great way to move around roads for short trips, but safety is of concern so here are a few safety tips, from Comedy Driving, Inc. for using golf carts on public or private roads.