Sentences with phrase «great comedy from»
SOA always wrenches great comedy from gross - out violence, and Logue masters that art.
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«We started with the DNA of great NBC comedy» and expanded the concept from there, Shapiro said at the press event.
Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, and Robert De Niro all give great performances in this dark relationship comedy from director David O. Russell that went on to give Lawrence an Oscar win.
Bloom's counterweight to this dreary reductionism is the Great Tradition of Western letters from Plato to Tolstoy; and most of the book is devoted to individual chapters on such novelists as Rousseau, Austen, Stendahl, and Tolstoy, with a whole section devoted to the romantic comedies and tragedies of Shakespeare, and a concluding fugue on Plato's Symposium.
From Dante's Divine Comedy to Lewis» Great Divorce, this understanding of hell has been widespread in Christian thought.
Tinder is a great introduction, but come out from behind the phone if you want to YouTube Red is taking on Tinder dating with a new eight - episode female comedy series starring Carly Craig, Swipe Right, for 2018 premiere.
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.
It doesn't really matter that Anna Faris is such a great and hilarious actress when she has to deliver unfunny lines in an unfunny comedy that usually goes for the most pedestrian jokes that you can think of and is entirely formulaic and predictable from beginning to end.
Good but not great comedy about an inoffensively self centered man who doesn't really seem to mind much the gradual downward spiral his life becomes once he strays from his stable family life.
This heart - warming made - for - television holiday comedy drama from Great Britain tells the tale of a recently unemployed art dealer whose every Christmas wish comes true after he finds a genie bottled up in a tarnished old lamp.
Host David Steinberg interviews a trio of comedy greats about their early encounters with show business legends: Billy Crystal talks about his memories of opening for Sammy Davis Jr., Martin Short recalls meeting Jerry Lewis, whom he has often imitated, and Brad Garrett reveals the innocent joke that got him exiled from opening for Frank Sinatra.
This comedy documentary series from veteran funny - man David Steinberg and Steve Carell reveals the inspirations, influences and idols of some of the greatest comics of our time.
A Girl, a Guy and a Gob was one of two RKO Radio films produced by silent - screen great Harold Lloyd, who reportedly dropped in on the set from time to time to offer a bit of sage comedy advice (note the «handkerchief» bit utlized by Edmond O'Brien; it had previously done service in Lloyd's own Welcome Danger).
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 oGreat 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 ogreat comedic performance, great work from the supporting cast that includes John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman and many ogreat work from the supporting cast that includes John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman and many others
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Relive some of the greatest film moments from comedy legend and Hollywood icon Jerry Lewis with the new JERRY LEWIS 10 FILM COLLECTION, arriving on DVD June 12, 2018 from Paramount Home Media Distribution.
Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel lead the cast in this unusual comedy / drama from Italian director Paulo Sorrentino (The Great Beauty, This Must Be The Place).
The team from Comedy Central's The President Show is back on April 3, this time with an all - new, hour - long special, Make America Great - A-Thon: A President Show Special, airing at 11 pm ET / PT.
Its greatest crime isn't that its one joke is tiresome from the thirty - minute mark on, it's that at the end of the day the picture doesn't particularly convince as a romance, tickle as a comedy, or score as a satire of any kind.
Viewers would be forgiven for their hesitance to see another movie from the directors of the «Vacation» reboot, but John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, working from a pitch - perfect screenplay by Mark Perez («Accepted»), have crafted an ensemble comedy that lives up to its high - concept premise while giving a gang of talented actors — including the gifted Jason Bateman, so rarely employed to great effect on the big screen — fun characters and big, outrageous moments.
As far as this film being the greatest British comedy, it's far from it.
Released: May 20th Cast: Ryan Gosling, Russell Crowe, Angourie Rice, Keith David Director: Shane Black (Iron Man 3) Why it's great: Birthed from»70s funk, covered in porn sleaze, and decorated with the English - language equivalent of shaggy neon carpet, this rollicking, Los Angeles - set noir is a comedy of groovy errors.
Released: June 16 Cast: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Emmanuelle Riva, Pierre Richard Director: Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon (The Fairy) Why it's great: Fans of the La La Land's Technicolor whimsy, the bizarrerie of Amélie, and / or the low - key hijinks of Wallace and Gromit cartoons should seek out the latest from «Abel and Gordon,» an old - meets - new comedy starring the director couple as a Canadian woman desperate to find her missing aunt, and the free - wheeling tramp who injects himself into the search to varying degrees of helpfulness.
As you can see in this short special feature from Criterion's release of The Great Dictator (out next week on Blu - ray and DVD), which compares Charles Chaplin's 1940 masterpiece with his brother Syd Chaplin's 1921 silent comedy King, Queen, Jo...
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Ping Pong Summer is a great 80s comedy throwback and was one of my favorite films from SXSW.
An all new feature film from the twisted minds of cult comedy heroes Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim («Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job»)!
The Campaign works in some ways but fails in others keeping it from being a really great comedy.
Actually, there's a very good article by A.O. Scott on the art of the pratfall in which he explains why some of the greatest modern comedy (from «Little Miss Sunshine» to «Borat») is of the well - executed physical variety.
Kevin Smith's «Tusk» may not have ignited the box office back in September 2014, but the outlandish horror - comedy did earn the writer - director some great reviews after a three - year hiatus from filmmaking.
We're on - the - record fans here of screenwriter and comedian Demi Adejuyigbe, who's previously graced the pages of Great Job, Internet with a number of subversively excellent comedy songs, ranging from an Animaniacs - styled takedown of the Trump administration's constant staffing woes, to an unofficially awesome Lando rap
There's half of a great satire here, as Seth Rogen, James Franco and Evan Goldberg combine that freewheeling mayhem from This Is the End with some more pointed political comedy.
This oddly named but inestimable DVD outfit deserves a shout - out for its industrious and often wondrous efforts as a quality clearinghouse for niche titles that might otherwise fall through the cracks, from music docs (The Great Rock»n' Roll Swindle) to classic television (Freaks and Geeks, SCTV, priceless Dick Cavett collections devoted to film, rock music, and comedy), and definitive comedy compilations (Steve Martin, Mel Brooks, Richard Pryor).
We don't want to give the impression that the film is purely a comedy, it's far from it, dealing with the great Catholic Church scandal of the Magdalene Sisters who were forced into near - slave labor and separated from their children (Peter Mullan dealt with similar stories in his underrated directorial effort «The Magdalene Sisters «-RRB-.
There is so darn much setup that it leaves no room for impulses to run free, so Confetti lacks the outlandish giddiness that comes from great improvisational comedy, but it's also missing the benefits of scripted film - like character development or storylines that are brought to a satisfying conclusion.
With new Ben Wheatley movie Free Fire on release this week, Sean Wilson chats to one of the director's closest collaborators Dan Martin about the art of great practical effects... Blasting onto screens in a hail of gunfire, mismatched accents and some choice 1970s costumes, Free Fire is the riotously entertaining new black comedy from -LSB-...]
In a way, the film plays like a greatest - hits collection of the worst films so far of Summer 2017, from an appearance by the Knights of the Round Table that calls to mind «King Arthur: Legend of the Sword,» the leaden comedy and leering courtship of «Baywatch» and the general «Why are we in England again?»
Final Verdict: It is good to see that clever writing trumps visual gags, especially coming from two of Britain's great comedy doubles.
Though this film makes a great argument against cheating, these tonal inconsistencies keep it from being in the same league as some of the dark comedies it emulates.
9:35 am — Sundance — A Girl Cut in Two One of the last films from great French director Claude Chabrol before his death, with Ludivine Sagnier as an up - and - coming TV personality faced with choosing between two men — with Chabrol at the helm, you know there's more than that to it, and his touch for black comedy thrillers should make this one an enjoyable watch.
Though far from the big - budget extravaganza of the first two «Iron Man» films, what the indie comedy lacks in spectacle it makes up for with a great cast, a warm and funny script, and some mouth - watering food porn.
Continuing on from yesterday where great British comedy sat alongside Turkish slow cinema in our countdown of the best films from 13 - 6, here are our top five films of 2014.
It's funny, it's tragic, it dives into a world wholly recognizable (doubly so for Philly natives, who have trod the same sidewalks, supped at the same diners, sported the same DeSean Jackson jerseys), and it springs from a great Hollywood tradition - the storm - tossed romantic comedy.
The movie begins as a lighthearted comedy with some great cameos from the likes of DeVito and town priest Scott Glenn (Backdraft).
It's this immature view of women — the view of a tongue - tied schoolboy idolising the prettiest girl in class — that sets Curtis's work apart from When Harry Met Sally, Annie Hall, His Girl Friday and the other great romantic comedies.
Those scenes liken this film to 2011's Best Picture winner The Artist and it's far from the only great subsequent comedy you're reminded of here.
No need for Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson to show their faces and big muscles with this great teaser poster for the meathead driven dark comedy from Michael Bay.
Baseball has been at the foreground of a diverse group of great films, from the classic drama Pride of the Yankees to the screwball comedy Major League, from coming - of - age tale The Sandlot to Disney's own spiritual family dramedy Angels in the Outfield.
great chemistry between Baldwin and Streep, good comedy turn from Martin (even if he is a little sexless and insipid as the love interest)..
It examines three specific films in which Charlie Chaplin explored the topic of war and the evolution of his personal views and his use of dark comedy, spanning almost thirty years from being pro-war in Shoulder Arms (1918), a pacifist and anti-war in The Great Dictator (1940), and Monsieur Verdoux (1947) is about the individual's war against society and business interests that provoked international wars.
His other books include «The Dream Team - The Rise and Fall of DreamWorks: Lessons from the New Hollywood» (2006), «I'll Have What She's Having: Behind the Scenes of the Great Romantic Comedies» (2008) and «Jar Jar Binks Must Die... and other observations about science fiction movies» (2011).