Sentences with phrase «in the romantic comedy set»

And finally, she stars opposite Glen Powell in the romantic comedy SET IT UP, which Netflix will release July 13.

But what I also liked was the way the film had a protagonist that we aren't used to seeing in the romantic comedy setting: the president of the United States.

Not exact matches

We pretend that romantic comedies or naturalistic thrillers set in the present day are more «realistic» than any that require us to remember that we live between immensities, for no more than a fraction of sidereal time in a world that we did not make.

my hubs is heading out of town for a few weeks in october... although i will miss him, i am looking forward to a few veggie meals (my fave but he is a big meat eater)... i am putting this on my list of comfort meals... a bowl of this, warm fire, and romantic comedy on tv and i will be set thank you for sharing with tuesday night supper club.

The big - studio romantic comedy has become so intractably set in its ways that there's no longer hope for true innovation; competent replication of clichés is now a best - case scenario.

Set among the upper class in 1930s Philadelphia, this irreverent classic romantic comedy features radiant performances by three legendary stars.

Set in the city of Montreal, Alan Rudolph's romantic comedy - drama Afterglow paints a wryly comic portrait of two modern marriages drifting toward the rocks.

Like most romantic comedies, the movie sets up marriage as the goalpost, but everything becomes an obstacle to the union of Tom Solomon (Jason Segel) and Violet Barnes (Emily Blunt), a thirtyish couple living in San Francisco.

Bumbling, overstuffed, and set in the middle - class fantasy world of Richard Curtis, Love Actually is an uneven ensemble romantic comedy that frequently appears on lists of the top Christmas movies.

O'Connell, 24, is set to star in the 17th - century romance Tulip Fever, while Robbie appear alongside Will Smith in the romantic comedy Focus.

I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (Unrated) Jeff Garlin wrote, directed and stars in this romantic comedy, set in Chicago, about a just - dumped, overweight, unemployed actor who wants three things: a lifemate, a lead role and to lose weight.

In «The Lady Vanishes,» his marvelous 1938 mystery classic set aboard a train racing though the Balkans, Alfred Hitchcock pushes the romantic - comedy - thriller form to near perfection.

The film is a romantic comedy set in 1990's Los Angeles that also features Academy Award and Grammy winner Jennifer Hudson, Kevin James, Terry Crews, Lamorne Morris, Nick Swardson, Rob Schneider, Jane Seymour and Grammy winner Aaron Neville.

With another big film, Rebel in the Rye (directed and written by Danny Strong and co-starring Nicholas Hoult) coming to theaters this fall, a recent wrap on The Year of Spectacular Men (written by her sister Madelyn Deutch and directed by their mother), and production starting on the Netflix romantic comedy Set It Up, a work drought does not seem to be in Zoey's future.

It was an unassuming romantic comedy invested in its characters more than its setting, but it registered — rightly or wrongly — as an attempt to define a generation.

Written by Michael Powell (who went on to direct The Red Shoes), Perfect Understanding is a sophisticated romantic comedy - drama about marriage and infidelity, sexual harmony and discord, in a posh setting of cocktail parties and weekends in the country.

Relativity Media bought sex - themed romantic comedy Don Jon's Addiction, in which Gordon - Levitt stars as a ladies» man with a porn addiction who sets out on a Don Juan - like quest for more satisfying romantic engagements.

Two eclectic, youthful, and surprisingly upbeat romantic comedies open this week, both by writer - directors; both about blocked novelists, relationships, fear of commitment, jealousy, self - torturing neurosis, betrayal, and ultimate fulfillment; and both set in upscale, urban east - coast milieus.

DVD Review by Kam Williams Headline: Rancid Robin Williams Romantic Comedy Released on DVD Sadie Jones (Mandy Moore) always had her heart set on getting married in St. Augustine's like her parents (Peter Strauus and Roxanne Hart).

Spike Jonze's ingenious and funny romantic comedy used a story set in the near future to examine the impact of technology on our lives.

Warm Bodies (PG - 13 for violence and profanity) Romeo and Juliet re-imagined as a romantic horror comedy set in a devastated, post-apocalyptic America and revolving around a zombie (Nicholas Hoult) who falls in love with the girlfriend (Teresa Palmer) of one of his victims.

A romantic comedy about a bevy of American beauties (led by Ann - Margret) amidst the sexually forward men of Madrid, the story is a remake of Negulesco's Three Coins in the Fountain set in a Hollywood version of the Swinging Sixties.

Maika Monroe and Jeremy Allen White have been set to star in Shotgun, a romantic drama / offbeat comedy indie film that was written and will be directed by Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency co-star Hannah Marks and Joey Power in their feature directorial debuts.

Mark Ruffalo claims his singing has put women off dating him.The actor stars opposite Keira Knightley in new romantic comedy «Begin Again», set in...

A new romantic comedy called «5 To 7 «is set to be released in April.

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.

English actress Rebecca Hall is set to star in the romantic comedy TUMBLEDOWN opposite WE»RE THE MILLERS star Jason Sudeikis.

In 2013, news broke that Channing Tatum and John Milhiser (formerly of Saturday Night Live) were set to star in a gay romantic comedy from director Paul Feig, who was fresh off the massive success of BridesmaidIn 2013, news broke that Channing Tatum and John Milhiser (formerly of Saturday Night Live) were set to star in a gay romantic comedy from director Paul Feig, who was fresh off the massive success of Bridesmaidin a gay romantic comedy from director Paul Feig, who was fresh off the massive success of Bridesmaids.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening April 3, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Adventureland (R for profanity, sexuality and drug use) Retro romantic comedy, set in Pittsburgh in 1987, revolving around the plight of a grad school - bound virgin (Jesse Eisenberg) forced by his family's financial woes to take a minimum - wage job at an amusement park the summer before he's supposed to start at Columbia.

The Lightkeepers (PG for smoking, mature themes and brief profanity) Romantic comedy, set on Cape Cod in 1912, where a misogynistic lighthouse keeper (Richard Dreyfuss) finds his vow of celibacy tested when a young heiress (Mamie Gummer) with an attractive assistant (Blyhe Danner) moves into a nearby cottage for the summer.

Tsui sets his avoidance dances in confined spaces (tiny apartments, backstage dressing rooms), but To's are set out in the open: a fountain in a public park, a street corner, a sidewalk (a similarly choreographed scene plays out as well early in Romancing in Thin Air, itself a kind of compendium of all of To's romantic comedies, where Sammi Cheng and Louis Koo wander outside the grounds of the hotel, oblivious to each others» presence despite occupying the same film frame).

Time and again she sets up a great set piece or exhibits some real insight into how romantic comedies work, then shoots herself in the foot with her unending need to make everything cute and sitcom - y.

It's three years since the latter picked up the best reviews he'd had in years, and with his new film also being a 1920s - set romantic comedy, and set on the French Riviera, it'd be natural to return to the area where he shot the film last July for the premiere.

(UPDATE: Thanks to diligent commenter Billyboy, I can inform you that the film is «a dramatic comedy which is set in London (and) revolves around the romantic intrigues, sexual desires and ambitions of a group of people.»

Meet Me in Montenegro (Unrated) Romantic comedy, set in Berlin, where a chance meeting has an American filmmaker (Alex Holdridge) falling in love again with the Norwegian dancer (Linnea Saasen) who dumped him in Montenegro several years earlier.

Actress Anne Hathaway is set to produce and star in a new romantic comedy about the perils of dating apps.

Cameron Crowe's romantic comedy, set in Hawaii and starring Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams and Emma Stone, means to be cryptic for a while, or at least challenging to decode.

Woody Allen recycles some familiar elements from his past movies to create «Magic in the Moonlight,» a period - set romantic comedy starring Colin Firth and Emma Stone.

Stanley Tucci is engaged to Emily Blunt's sister.The «Burlesque» actor starred with Emily in romantic comedy «The Devil Wears Prada» and she decided to set the him up with her sibling Felicity - who works...

As the name suggests, the romantic comedy is set in Hawaii...

And here are the five most disappointing films of the year: On the Road (Michael Winterbottom's Wolf Alice tour movie can't even find something interesting in its fictional subplot), Hampstead (a painfully strained romantic comedy set in a twee version of London), The Book of Henry (Colin Trevorrow missteps with this convoluted thriller), The Snowman (Michael Fassbender struggles to sustain this lifeless Scandinavian mystery) and Pitch Perfect 3 (it's painful to watch the Bellas try their hand at action - comedy).

An old - fashioned romantic comedy, reportedly inspired by a true story (although the real - life story had the waitress actually contribute in the picking of the Lotto numbers, which made the split winnings more believable), shows how difficult it is to make a Capra-esque movie in a modern setting.

Netflix has debuted the first official trailer for a new romantic comedy titled Set It Up, arriving in the middle of June to liven up your summer days.

Super smooth George Clooney has taken a break from playing his super smooth role in the successful Oceans series long enough to tackle (no pun intended) Leatherheads, a romantic comedy with a professional football backdrop set in the 1930's.

Steve Carell is set to star in romantic comedy «Great Hope Springs».

Big Stone Gap (PG - 13 for brief suggestive material) Romantic comedy, set in Appalachia in 1978, revolving around a shy and retiring spinster (Ashley Judd) who finds herself being courted by several suitors when a surprising secret about her long - lost father surfaces.

Screenwriters: Jean - Pierre Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant Drawing on one of France's most popular screen stars, the incorrigible Dany Boon from the comedy megahit Bienvenue chez les Ch ’ t is, as well as a cast of some of the country's best - known actors, Jeunet turns on the afterburners in this searing piece of romantic filmmaking set against the storm clouds of warring arms dealers.

Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey, The Guest) and Rebecca Hall (Iron Man 3, The Gift) are set to star in the romantic comedy Permission.

Author and filmmaker Rebecca Miller reflects on relationships, parenthood and all the messy stuff that come with them in this light, fast - paced romantic comedy set in the world of high academia.

Therefore, it's no secret why I'm thrilled that director David Wain is returning to the fest with They Came Together, a loving spoof of New York set romantic comedies featuring Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd in the lead roles.