Sentences with phrase «hilariously deadpan»

Endlessly quotable and hilariously deadpan, the movie benefits from its cast of mostly unknowns — save for David Cross, Ferrera, and Stiles — and their seemingly endless variations on navel - gazing selfishness.

Reeves and Winter are killed by evil robot doubles and sent to hell, where they play Twister with the Grim Reaper (a hilariously deadpan William Sadler with an indeterminate accent) and draft him into their band Wyld Stallyns (where the Grim Reaper goes show - biz with a vengeance).

(I guess I was hoping for something more like the hilariously deadpan first segment of Jim Jarmusch's «Mystery Train,» which is what various descriptions had led me to expect.)

Endlessly quotable and hilariously deadpan, this end - of - the - world movie benefits from its cast — including Julia Stiles, David Cross, and America Ferrera — and its characters» seemingly endless variations on navel - gazing selfishness.

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.

Mixing warm drama with hilariously deadpan comedy, this is one of the most unusual road movies you'll ever see.

November 16, 2017 • We asked the artist behind the popular webcomic Poorly Drawn Lines to share the thinking behind a few of the hilariously deadpan comics from his latest book.

Not exact matches

Director Nick Park brings a love of heist flicks and Alfred Hitchcock thrillers to this tale of a deadpan penguin who drives a wedge between man and dog as part of a nefarious plot that includes a robotic pair of pants and the most hilariously peculiar train chase in movie history.

Still, the leads remain masters at mining improvisational gold from even the thinnest material: Peele can register panic in a few hilariously shifty eye movements, and the motormouthed Key retains his flair for both the over-the-top pronouncement and the deadpan non sequitur («Wordness to the turdness,» he notes in a failed attempt at gangsta speak).

Most notably his schedule includes an entry - level economics class instructed by a deadpan professor (hilariously played by George Takei) and a public speaking course taught by Mrs. Tainot (Julia Roberts).

And the expert cast keeps the film on track: Mr. Tee («The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift») and Ms. Kang («Oldboy») sparkle together; Bobby Lee hilariously extols the joys of marriage; Margaret Cho is a shaman who loves mojitos; and Stephen Park, as Jason's exasperated father, has perfect deadpan delivery.

Their pursuit of notoriety and cliquey veneration is more abrasive than subtle, of course, but their iconoclastic pursuit of online likes is hilariously offset by a strong comedic ensemble including Josh Hutcherson's dreamy online rival, Jack Quaid's loyal puppy dog - like groupie, Craig Robinson's loopy local celebrity, and a particularly ticklish deadpan from Keith Hudson as Sadie's oblivious dad, Chuck.