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Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson spark off one another magnificently in this hit comedy about a couple of sneaky divorce lawyers who gatecrash weddings to score the bridesmaids.

Co-created by Rae and Larry Wilmore, the HBO hit comedy about the two women navigating work and relationships in south Los Angeles explores the black female experience not really seen onscreen since UPN's Girlfriends.

Not exact matches

A comedy about a group of Vermont state police officers engaged in a border dispute with Canadian «Mounties,» «Super Troopers 2» premiered to a solid opening over the weekend, raking in $ 14.7 million against the $ 5 million to $ 7 million it was projected to hit.

The crowd laughed nervously when Salome asked for the head of John the Baptist and when Herodias nagged her husband, Herod, about hitting on her daughter — murder and incest not exactly classic comedy moments.

If you look up the definition of «badass» in the dictionary, we're pretty sure you'll find a picture of Alison Brie, the star of GLOW, Netflix's hit comedy series about a women's pro-wrestling circuit in the 1980s.

This tall - tale New York comedy about a florist and a book dealer who become a prostitute and a pimp is so wispy that it's hit or miss and overlong at 90 minutes.

But while that film hit every clichéd note you'd expect, despite its good intentions and great ensemble cast, «Other People» breathes new life into the formulaic, dark comedy about death.

But those two films, along with Paul Feig's summer comedy hit Spy, were about all that went right for the studio in 2015.

That fall, she joined the cast of Saturday Night Live but exited before the conclusion of the season, publicly disheartened by the show's increasing drop - off in quality.After signing on as a correspondent on Michael Moore's news magazine TV Nation and hosting Comedy Product, a standup showcase on the Comedy Central cable network, Garofalo began work on her breakthrough role, co-starring with Uma Thurman in the 1996 romantic comedy hit The Truth About Cats andComedy Product, a standup showcase on the Comedy Central cable network, Garofalo began work on her breakthrough role, co-starring with Uma Thurman in the 1996 romantic comedy hit The Truth About Cats andComedy Central cable network, Garofalo began work on her breakthrough role, co-starring with Uma Thurman in the 1996 romantic comedy hit The Truth About Cats andcomedy hit The Truth About Cats and Dogs.

Even if you don't buy into the idea that Home Alone was an expression of libertarian, Republican values - in which poor, lazy criminals only got what they deserved - the comedy in this film is hit - and - miss precisely because we don't care enough about the fall guys.

Andrew Bujalski's follow - up to his 2013 Sundance hit Computer Chess is an Austin - set comedy about a pair of personal trainers, played by Guy Pearce and Cobie Smulders.

Matthew Perry is very funny in this black comedy about a dentist whose wife hires a hit man to kill him.

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.

The Malin Akerman — led comedy about a third wife, her husband, his two ex-wives (Marcia Gay Harden and Michaela Watkins) and their assorted three children hits a comedy sweet spot by being both tart and warm, like a Granny Smith apple pie.

Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer is evidently now locked to follow - up his aforementioned hit horror - com with 30 Minutes or Less, a most - likely R - rated comedy about a slacker pizza delivery man facing an explosive ultimatum at the instruction of a pair of goons.

One of the biggest Sundance hits of 2015 was a small - budget indie comedy about an aspiring high school filmmaker and his friendship with a sick classmate entitled Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.

But that's not the big surprise about the film: this story of an arrogant, over-the-hill slugger (Mac) who comes out of retirement to chalk up his 3000th hit is more of a serious sports film than a knee - slapping comedy, and Mac gets a rare opportunity to showcase his true dramatic range as an actor.

The week ended with a «a film noir gatecrashed by reality», as Peter Beech chose to describe In Bruges, Martin McDonagh's biting comedy about two hit men hiding out in the Belgian city after a job that's gone horribly wrong.

Actor Jason Bateman has been banned from talking about the upcoming season of Arrested Development after previously leaking the hit comedy's...

Why to Watch Her in 2016: Deutch is about to hit in the wide - release comedy «Dirty Grandpa» and the smaller but heavily pedigreed «Everybody Wants Some» from director Richard Linklater.

«Liberal Arts» is a light and lively comedy of manners about college, literature and a midlife crisis that hits earlier than expected.The bookish group at the heart of this talky film — Josh Radnor, Elizabeth Olsen, Richard Jenkins, Zac Efron and...

Just when you think Seven Psychopaths is going to be a simple quirky comedy about crazy people, it hits you with the truth.

The producers are making it a point to let everyone know the braintrust behind «Wedding Crashers» and «The Hangover» are behind The Change - Up; you be the judge about whether or not they've hit comedy gold again (the shit on the face is pretty funny).

Fox has released a new poster for the upcoming sixth season of its hit comedy series New Girl, along with a featurette which sees stars Max Greenfield and Zooey Deschanel discussing what they are most excited about this upcoming season; take a look below... SEE ALSO: Brooklyn Nine - Nine and New Girl crossover set for October -LSB-...]

«Burying the Ex» Ashley Greene («Twilight») stars opposite Anton Yelchin («Star Trek») in this zombie comedy about the girlfriend from hell who literally comes back from the dead after being hit by a bus.

10:35 am — IFC — Barton Fink One of the Coen Brothers» most brilliant dark comedies (heh, I think I say that about all of their dark comedies, though), Barton Fink follows its title character, a New York playwright whose hit play brings him to the attention of Hollywood, where he goes to work for the movies.

Multiple Sarcasms (R for profanity and sexual references) Midlife crisis comedy about a successful but unhappy architect (Timothy Hutton) who quits his job to write a semi-autobiographical play which becomes a hit, but at the expense of his marriage and other relationships.

Just about every major comedy released under an R - rating in the past few years (including «The 40 - Year - Old Virgin,» «Wedding Crashers,» «Knocked Up» and «Superbad») have gone on to become instant hits, and though «The Brothers Solomon» doesn't even come close to the quality of any of those films, it'll have no problem convincing the general public otherwise.

It's a sweet, small, beautifully written film, everything that we know and love about Anderson — the geometric framing, the»70s AM radio rock hits, the ironic non-sequiturs, deep focus photography, the comedy of depression — is all there for the taking.

Elizabeth Banks makes her impressive feature directorial debut in «Pitch Perfect 2» as well as produces and reprises her role as an A Capella judge in the sequel to 2012's hit musical comedy about the Barden Bellas, the f...

Elizabeth Banks makes her impressive feature directorial debut in «Pitch Perfect 2» as well as produces and reprises her role as an A Capella judge in the sequel to 2012's hit musical comedy about the Barden Bellas, the first all - female group to win a national title.

Next year is not only the tenth anniversary of the comedy hit Zombieland, but also the tenth anniversary of talking about Zombieland 2.

# 3: Save the Date - With a realism that hits close to home, and a complete lack of cliches that usually populate romantic comedies, Save the Date stands out as a real genuine story about different stages of love and relationships.

Previously titled That's What I'm Talking About, Richard Linklater «s 80s college baseball comedy - drama Everybody Wants Some saw its first trailer hit the internet tonight.

I Feel Pretty (PG - 13 for sexuality, profanity and partial nudity) Split personality comedy about an insecure Plain Jane (Amy Schumer) who suddenly becomes convinced she's the prettiest woman on the planet after falling and hitting her head.

The laughter hits you at the speed of light in the comedy about heavenly bodies, mutual attraction and close encounters.

Canadian comedy troupe hits the big screen with this movie about the humorous side effects of a new drug.

Martin McDonagh's In Bruges - the 2008 black comedy about two hit men holed up in a pretty little hotel in a pretty little town in pretty little Belgium - was an inspired and nutty fish - out - of - water noir.

New heartwarming Aussie comedy, «The BBQ», about family, food and fulfilling potential hits cinemas February 22 and Moviehole has 10 in - season double...

Now Cross is getting behind the camera for his feature directorial debut with Hits, a dark comedy exploring fame in the YouTube era with a focus on a small town in upstate New York where people have unrealistic expectations about their lives.

He's injected odd moments of kitchen - sink realism into a gangster saga (Down Terrace) and surreal dollops of WTF horror into a hit - men thriller (Kill List); surely no one expected director Ben Wheatley to play a comedy about a camping vacation straight, right?

Amazon's latest pilot season consists of three series: I Love Dick, created by Transparent's Jill Soloway and based on a feminist novel about a couple's marital struggles in the academic community of Texas, starring Kevin Bacon and Kathryn Hahn; Jean - Claude Van Johnson, a new action comedy starring the actor as a fictionalised version of himself, in which he moonlights as a secret hit - man in between Hollywood jobs; and The Tick, an updated adaptation of the offbeat comic book, starring Peter Serafinowicz.

Delhi Belly (Unrated) Buddy comedy about three bachelors (Imran Khan, Vir Das and Kunaal Roy Kapur) who land on the hit list of an Indian crime syndicate.

Melissa McCarthy is on the loose and up to no good in the new trailer for «Tammy,» her upcoming comedy about a woman who experiences a particularly awful day and then hits the road with her hard - drinking grandmother, played by Susan Sarandon.

UPDATED, Saturday AM: Chart coming We've written recently about the near obituary for R - rated comedy films at the box office, and how they're not hitting their marks in a Hangover, Wedding Crashers, or even We're the Millers mass - appealing kind of way.

From the makers of the hit «Ice Age» series comes «Rio,» a comedy adventure about taking a walk on the wild side.

The directorial debut by «The Kids Are All Right» co-writer Stuart Blumberg, this ambitious comedy - drama about three men coping with sex addiction hits notes all the way up and down the scale.

A sweet - natured character comedy (with an ace soundtrack) about a lovelorn geek struggling to start up an indie band in boho East London, «1234» had the most packed press screening of the festival so far, and is bound to be a Brit hit.

In the tradition of the Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Gold looks to be a hard hitting black comedy about plundering resources.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening June 12, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Imagine That (PG for mild epithets and rebellious behavior) Family comedy about a financial executive (Eddie Murphy) who starts taking investment advice from his seemingly - clairvoyant, seven year - old daughter (Yara Shahidi) when his career suddenly starts to hits the skids.