Sentences with phrase «latest dark comedy»

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For his latest movie, «Dog Eat Dog,» which opens in theaters November 4 and is on video on demand on November 11, Schrader teamed with Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe to create a bizarre, ultraviolent dark comedy — extremely dark and extremely violent — that is perhaps the boldest work Schrader has ever done.

This week, catch the latest trailers for summer comedies «30 Minutes or Less,» «Submarine,» and «The Change - Up,» and read news about «The Dark Knight Rises,» «The Hunger Games,» and other films in production.

Unlike other dark comedies of late, here is a film that actually likes its characters, and we like them along with the filmmakers, as we root them on through the most absurd of circumstances.

Like much of their work, the latest from Coen brothers Joel and Ethan is a comedy of errors with darker, deeper undertones, this time grounded in an 1960s folk singer with talent to spare but burdened with unrealised opportunities.

Now, less than two years later, Polanski is back with something a little different and a little bit unexpected: a dark comedy called Carnage starring Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, Jodie Foster and John C. Reilly.

And there's more: Quentin Tarantino's favorite film of the year «Big Bad Wolves» obviously can't help but be overhyped, but as a dark comedy thriller and exercise in revenge, coming later this month, you could do a lot worse (review here).

The teenage son of late rap icon Notorious B.I.G. is breaking into Hollywood with a key role in Will Ferrell's new dark comedy Everything Must...

While his previous film had nothing to do with comedy, his latest opus takes place in the dark world of stand - up comedy.

; MEN AND CHICKEN, Anders Thomas Jensen's dark, twisted and extremely animalistic comedy as black as pitch, but with the sweetest heart, starring Mads Mikkelsen; Fernando León de Aranoa's black comedy A PERFECT DAY, a freewheeling tale centering on two veteran aid workers starring Benico Del Toro and Tim Robbins; the International Premiere of Brendan Cowell's debut RUBEN GUTHRIE about an advertising exec trying to quit the booze, which spikes social observations with dark, wounded humour and the European Premiere of Japanese auteur / icon Takeshi Kitano's latest comedy, RYUZO AND HIS SEVEN HENCHMEN, about a group of elderly, retired Yakuza who reteam to take revenge on a younger rival gang.

And yet, watching her latest effort The Party — a tight, bitter, and very funny 71 - minute dark comedy about a group of old friends who come together for a dinner party and realize just how utterly screwed up their lives are — it's hard not to sense Potter's sensibility and presence throughout.

But his latest feature, «Suburbicon,» provides reason for hope: for one thing, it's based on an»80s Coen brothers screenplay (rewritten by Clooney and his long - time writing and producing partner Grant Heslov) and it's a dark James Cain «Double Indemnity» story starring Clooney's «Oceans» co-star Matt Damon as a hapless miscreant — no one plays dumb and funny better — and an adept cast of smart comedy actors, including Julianne Moore as his wife and Oscar Isaac as the suspicious insurance man hounding them.

Check out the latest casting announcements below: Andrea Riseborough (Happy - Go - Lucky) has joined the increasingly impressive cast of Alejandro González Iñárritu's dark comedy Birdman, which already stars Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Zach Galifianakis, Naomi Watts and Edward Norton.

The dark and disturbing Shallow Grave, the adrenalin - fueled drug - comedy Trainspotting, the high - spirited romance A Life Less Ordinary, the Leonardo DiCaprio thriller The Beach, the bone - chilling zombie thriller 28 Days Later — each launched by his explosive imagination.

The Package A Ben Stiller - produced dark comedy with a cringeworthy logline: «When a teenager accidentally cuts off his penis during a camping trip, he and his friends rush to save the appendage before it's too late.»

Deutch, in the latest of a string of great performances, provides balance to the film's self - reflexive, dark coming - of - age comedy.

After a a long hiatus over a decade, Stillman returned to filmmaking with the dark 2011 college comedy «Damsels in Distress,» and later made a pilot for Amazon TV called «The Cosmopolitans.»

On Thursday, the streaming giant unveiled the latest projects that subscribers will be able to vote on, including the space drama Oasis starring Richard Madden and Hayley Joel Osment; The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel from Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman - Palladino; and the dark comedy The Legend of Master Legend headlined by Winter's Bone star John Hawkes.

Sony Pictures just released the latest movie clip from the upcoming comedy «Just Go With It» by director Dennis Dugan (Jack and Jill, Grown Ups, You Don't Mess with the Zohan) and starring Adam Sandler (Funny People, Bedtime Stories), Jennifer Aniston (Horrible Bosses, Wanderlust, The Switch, Bounty Hunter), Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole, Australia), Nick Swardson (Aim High, Born to Be a Star) and Bailee Madison (Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, 25 Hill, Wizards of Waverly Place)

Saturday was another solid movie day with two splendid foreign animation films, a crowd - pleasing comedy, Ben Wheatley's latest feature, and an intense performance from Itchy - O, the dark lords of percussion.