Sentences with phrase «high comedy out»

Weaver, as in Working Girl, makes high comedy out of haughty bitchiness, and earns a sweeter reward.

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Further, while the show's creators are quick to point out that late - night talk shows take time to develop, Comedy Central has high hopes that «The Opposition» can help return the network to its glory years as a political comedy powerComedy Central has high hopes that «The Opposition» can help return the network to its glory years as a political comedy powercomedy powerhouse.

A half - hour show will give me the time to do a higher percentage of the comedy in, and out, of the studio that I love and that seems to resonate in this new digital world,» O'Brien said about the changes.

While past Thor entries have been exercises in high superhero fantasy, Waititi churns out a unique chestnut here: an escape flick wrapped in a buddy comedy packaged in a shaggy sci - fi extravaganza.

In the hours before bedtime, I often watch a little TV, but only comedies — I've found that high - stakes dramas and gory scenes from Game of Thrones stress me out and keep me up later than I'd like.

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Garofalo's prolific output continued in 1997; in addition to starring roles in two comedies, Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion and The Matchmaker, she was featured prominently in James Mangold's Cop Land and Paul Schrader's Touch, she hosted the MTV series Indie Outing, and she remained a fixture of the emerging alternative comedy circuit.

Had the tone gone full - thriller or full - comedy, perhaps everybody's game night would be the entertainment it sets out to be; the blend right now takes viewer through highs and lows in one sitting, through a good point there and something less so afterward.

Male bonding remains the highest value of the Animal House comedies: women are trashed with a fierceness out of Mickey Spillane.

Bridesmaids, from director Paul Feig, producer Judd Apatow and based on a script by Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, became the highest grossing R - rated female comedy of all time, edging out Sex and the City.

It's consequently not difficult to see why Election is now considered a classic high school comedy, although the presence of several decidedly adult themes (ie lesbianism, adultery, etc) ensures that viewers over a certain age will probably get a whole lot more out of the film than teens.

Released: April 14 Cast: Jason Schwartzman, Reggie Watts, Maya Rudolph, Lena Dunham Director: Dash Shaw Why it's great: The scraggly sketch style of acclaimed graphic novelist Dash Shaw comes to life in a teenage dream comedy about a coastal town high school that cascades off a cliff, drifts out to sea, and provokes a student - body class war.

When you're the highest - grossing R - rated original comedy of all - time, there's no question that you're going to get a sequel as quick as the studio can get you to push it out, regardless of how little sense it makes to forge a franchise out of your initial product.

Still, while expectations were undoubtedly high for their third (and hopefully not last) cinematic outing, Wright, Pegg and Frost have produced another excellent comedy that, although it falls a little short of their previous films, still delivers all the laughs that we've come to expect from the trio.

Ernie Cline: This was [also] when The 40 - Year - Old Virgin came out, and became the highest - grossing R - rated comedy of all time.

When John Cusack is at the top of his game, he has that rare ability to seem as if we've always known him, and that we've known him well — like when he openly addresses the camera in «High Fidelity,» or the countless times he's put himself out there in the romantic comedies that have become a Cusack staple.

Glee: The Complete First Season Available on DVD and Blu - ray Theater geeks like me and millions of Americans came out of hiding this year to watch this sometimes brilliant high school comedy musical which incorporates pop and Broadway music into school life.

Though Winona Ryder made a bit of a splash in 1988 in Beetlejuice, in which she's hilariously deadpan (befitting a character who starts out more interested in death than life), she truly became a star when she landed the lead role in one of the most demented high - school comedies ever made.

What starts out as a high flying comedy soon turns into unexpected drama about alcoholism.

Matthew Vaughn's follow - up to his 2015 out - of - left - field action comedy «Kingsman: The Secret Service» is modestly entertaining, but the high evaporates quite quickly.

The genius (yes, I'll break out the «G» word) behind films like Kill List, Sightseers, and High - Rise has been a favorite of mine for years, leaping between genres while maintaining his signature dark comedy and unflinching ability to sell genuine pain and terror.

DVD Review by Kam Williams Key & Peele Co-Star as Slumming Geeks in Fish - Out - of - Water Comedy Rell (Jordan Peele) was so inconsolable after being dumped by his girlfriend that getting high didn't help ease the pain.

This sets the stage for a familiar fish - out - of - water comedy, where the fish is a no - nonsense Navy S.E.A.L. and the water is the high - impact terrain he's used to treading.

A poster and trailer have arrived online for writer - director Clay Liford's upcoming comedy Slash which stars Michael Johnston, Hannah Marks and Michael Ian Black; check them out below... Neil is a questioning high school freshman whose main social outlet is the steamy erotic fan fiction he writes about Vanguard, the brawny, galaxy - hopping hero of a -LSB-...]

Pearce broke out as the producer / writer of the British superhero comedy «No Heroics» and has since landed a couple of high profile gigs, co-writing «Iron Man 3» with director Shane Black and penning the DC Comic «The Mighty» for Paramount.

A wickedly funny high school comedy for most of its running time, Rushmore is a bracingly fresh and original outing.

Va Savoir, the latest from Jacques Rivette, may have a high amount of contrivance and coincidence, but it also feels more lifelike than any romantic comedy to come out of Hollywood in ages.

His latest film is the adaptation / reboot of 1985's horror - comedy Fright Night, starring Anton Yelchin as a Las Vegas high school kid who finds out his new neighbor (Colin Farrell) is actually a vampire.

People were also upset that the horror / comedy wasn't nominated for Best Original Screenplay, especially given that Get Out is the highest grossing debut film based on an original screenplay in history.

In one of the funniest scenes in Martin McDonagh's mordant black comedy, this hard - faced single mother gets out of her car and beats up two high - school seniors.

In the years before he became an A-list superstar, Tom Hanks cranked out one high - concept comedy after another — from 1984's Bachelor Party to 1986's The Money Pit to 1985's The Man with One Red Shoe.

A decade after sharing a byline with Joe Swanberg, and a few years after co-writing two of Noah Baumbach's fizziest films, Greta Gerwig strikes out on her own with a loosely autobiographical high school comedy.

Two high school friends set out to film a comedy about getting revenge on bullies, but one of them begins to take the joke too far.

But what really stands out about 21 Jump Street is that it's not just an enjoyable and hilarious time at the theater, it also tells a genuinely interesting and emotionally compelling story, developing its characters in a way you probably wouldn't anticipate from a raunchy high school comedy.

Of course, plenty of crass jokes and dialogue are to be expected, and while Super Troopers 2 is primarily centered on a rivalry between the familiar squad and some Canadian Mounties soon to be out of a job, using that rift to pepper the comedy with some zingers on both sides rooted in current events (Americans have a go at how high the Canadian drinking limit is while Canadians fire back lambasting the United States» gun control issue and gross levels of obesity), the proceedings aren't concerned with getting political or forcing social commentary down anyone's throat.

The subversive use of humor feels like a distinguishing touch on its own — who else would have put the obligatory interspecies hang - out scene in a high - stakes casino straight out of a 1930s screwball comedy?

Crackle's animated comedy series SuperMansion is one of the most unflinching, equal opportunity offenders out there, and I say that with the highest possible praise.

108 Stitches (R for profanity and sexual references) Ensemble comedy about a lousy college baseball team that schemes to go out on a high note after learning that the school president (Kate Vernon) plans to disband the program at the end of the season.

I had the chance to see the movie the week before its UK premiere, and while expectations are undoubtedly high for their third (and hopefully not last) cinematic outing together, Wright and Co. have produced another excellent comedy that, although it falls a little short of their previous two films, still delivers all the laughs that we've come to expect from the trio.

Earlier this fall, Payne dropped by our office while we were working on the new director - approved edition of his 1999 high - school - set political comedy Election, which comes out next week.

But an upcoming film called Little Bitches proves that if you have a solid script and a talented young cast, the teen high school comedy will never go out of style.

Another gross - out comedy to satisfy my summer - after - graduation - from - high - school palate, Waiting... has become gospel to any who have worked in the restaurant industry and who have had a nasty taste left in their mouth because of it.

As it turns out, Goldberg and Rogen navigate this minefield of prurient humor and political incorrectness with aplomb, delivering a high - concept spy thriller comedy that feels as carefree as «This Is The End,» while managing not to ruin the thrills by too clumsily dumbing down the realities the film plays with.

We all make so many mistakes at work, and spend so much of our time trying to hide them, that I thought a good comedy could be made out of that sort of thing happening in high office.

CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT Michaels and Saturday Night Live came out swinging during the 2016 election to take back the crown as the most influential voice in political comedy — and earn its highest ratings in nearly a quarter of a century.

Jeff Wells, high on Anne Hathaway's work in «Love and Other Drugs,» recently wrote a piece bemoaning the lack of awards consideration usually granted to romantic comedy performances: «[There is a] belief,» he complains, «that to qualify for an acting award you have to solemnly suffer and pour your heart out in a somewhat doleful -LSB-...]

Comedy sequels rarely work out, and Zoolander is such a high bar to clear.

A high - school wrestling comedy with perennial indie schlub Paul Giamatti coaching sounds like it could be an unbearable retread of recent bombs like Mr. Woodcock or Drillbit Taylor, but with a surefire ensemble cast and a tricky balance of humor and pathos more in line with Little Miss Sunshine, Win Win turns out to be one of the early sleeper surprises of 2011.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening February 20, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Fired Up (PG - 13 for profanity, sexuality, partying, partial nudity and pervasive crude humor) Teen comedy about a couple of high school's football stars (Eric Christian Olsen and Nicholas D'Agosto) who hatch a plan to spend the summer at a camp filled with gorgeous girls by quitting the team to try out for the cheerleading squad instead.

A high school horror comedy about two budding serial killers desperate for social media attention is something I should be aged out of.