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For his new sculpture, MEMORIAL, British artist and author David Shrigley has carefully chosen words like «sausages,» «Nutella,» and «tampons» — like a deadpan «Ozymandias,» it's possible the only record left of a post-apocalyptic New York City will be a grocery list.

Waititi, 42, is a veteran of the cult comedy series «Flight of the Concords» and has previously directed largely offbeat irreverent indies like the deadpan vampire tale «What We Do in the Shadows» and the oddball outlaw comedy «Hunt for the Wilderpeople.»

What The Weather Man needed was a change in its weather — a certain kind of humor, to be precise, something like the deadpan but human satire of Alexander Payne's About Schmidt.

Not exact matches

(«I don't really like people,» he deadpanned.)

Zuckerberg deadpanned, «Senator, we run ads,» eliciting responses like the following on Twitter:

«It came to me as a drawing,» Dermer explains, his thick eyebrows arching like Slinkys, lending him an air of mischievousness — the kind of guy who is incapable of playing deadpan while stalking his next whoopee cushion victim.

BS like what DA was saying is just more of the Circus Crapshow the media have put on all year with the Spurs and Kawhi, the media's attempt at revenge on the team that has by and large kept them out during their recent two decades of success (if not from Timmy's deadpan silence then Kawhi's, then it was Pop insulting their intelligence to their faces on a nightly basis).

And finally, if you are counting calories, you don't necessarily have to be deadpan accurate with it (which is impossible anyway)-- as long as you're close enough, like 10 - 15 % within the truth, that's good enough to facilitate long run progress, especially if by doing so you make the process easier and thus more sustainable.

moments like the one when Davis sees the giant wolf perform an aerial maneuver and he deadpans: «Of course the wolf flies.»

The actress's combination of deadpan comic timing and undeniable beauty made her an instant hot property in Hollywood, and she was soon appearing in comic fare like The House Bunny and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, as well as the hugely successful horror comedy Zombieland (2009).

Yep, this is Aardman's first sports movie, filtered through director Park's specific sensibility of slapstick foolishness, with deadpan animal sidekicks, endless puns and actors like Tom Hiddleston, Maisie Williams, Timothy Spall and Miriam Margolyes having a lovely time lending their voices to his buck - toothed, beady - eyed Plasticine characters.

Two performances in Game Night stood out to me, which is an accomplishment, since everyone in the film gave memorable and entertaining performances from Magnussen's look of child - like wonder when he was right about something everyone else doubted to Horgan's quick wit and ability to quickly and naturally go from moments of honest laughter to moments of unforgettable deadpan.

«On the whole, this episode is the most straightforward of the new Twin Peaks in the first batch, balancing quirky deadpan comedy and over-the-top soapy melodrama, just like the old show.»

Much like Lanthimos» other movies, his deadpan sense of comedy is his prescription for an absurd world.

Notaro is an appealing lead, if you like bone - dry humor and deadpan, which I do.

The first half hour is an excellent, deadpan comedy of alienation that feels like a 21st century riff on THE GRADUATE; momentum slowly fades away as the script yields originality to the conventions of the romantic comedy genre.

A fable - like story about a young African girl banished from her village for alleged witchcraft, it blends deadpan humor with light surrealism, vivid visuals and left - field musical choices.

There are also perfect miniature performances from Mason Gamble as Max's chapel partner (for a child actor, he deadpans lines like «with friends like you, who needs friends?»

Brad's Status is an honest film that captures White's incisive deadpan humor and his ability to create characters who talk and act like real human beings, not cardboard caricatures.

And while most of The Loveless feels like what it is (a Columbia graduate thesis for Bigelow and a preview of coming attractions for Bigelow's and Montgomery's future work), there remains something of the deadpan all - American road flick that predicts Jim Jarmusch's own early - career take on the same.

«What We Do in the Shadows» sounds like a bad comedy sketch — a «Real World» - esque reality show with vampires in place of horny millennials — but it's actually a really funny satire of the vampire subgenre that's done in the deadpan style of a Christopher Guest mockumentary.

It's a performance full of deadpan non-sequiturs like that one, and Scott nails them, walking a delicate line between innocence and idiocy.

Johnson («Looper») deftly weaves the plot threads together, mixing deadpan humor, familiar characters — like the stalwart Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo, filling the furry boots of Peter Mayhew) and the chrome - plated Captain Phasma (Gwendoline Christie)-- and some surprising new ones, led by Laura Dern's Vice Admiral Holdo.

If you're like ME and love the deadpan Kiwi wit of Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi (who wrote and directed this) then you will adore «What We Do in the Shadows.»

Director Johan Renck essentially builds Nancy and Albert's reality out of an aggregation of overwrought kitsch... and so what seem like occasional lapses into deadpan moments of fantasy aren't always productive in contrast.

Whilst the focus of many reviews of Lost in Translation has been on the renaissance of Bill Murray's career, Coppola's choice in casting him in the starring role and to juxtapose him with Scarlett Johansson is inspired in its exploitation of his deadpan, ironic screen persona established in films like Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993).

The actor adds a few layers of deadpan physical comedy to the role, much like his Buster Keaton-esque performance in Benny and Joon, and also recalling his earlier western, the masterpiece Dead Man.

Impeccable timing and a killer deadpan were required skills for anyone playing a person who says things like «Sometimes I feel hungry or tired, but, like, joy?

His isn't a deadpan commentary on the action at hand, more like a shot of schoolboy innocence placed in a situation of galaxy - crumbling significance.

Christian's humorless, privileged, creepy intensity might turn out to be a gift for Dornan; if he ever proves himself even halfway adept at playing goofy, sweet, or deadpan, he'll seem like he's performed a miracle instead of fulfilled a basic romantic - lead task.

It felt very familiar and while deadpan humanist portraits is what Payne does, I would like to see him open up his wheelhouse a little bit.

Before that, the chief of police (Nick Offerman, that master of deadpan delivery) once again explains their new assignment in terms that sound suspiciously like they should be coming out of the mouth of a jaded Hollywood executive or a worn - out film critic.

The monster - of - the - week unfolds with an intriguing and classy air, thanks to David Duchovny's deadpan skepticism, while Gillian Anderson elevates a subplot involving her mother to emotional heights, but the mixing of supernatural and sentiment isn't as smooth as it needs to be to make this reboot feel like more than a rehash of old territory.

A woman of Hayes» fortitude is not necessarily going to be devoid of an admirer of her own, but in a backwater like Ebbing that turns out to be James (a deadpan Peter Dinklage), who says of himself, «I know I'm a midget who sells used cars and has a drinking problem, I know that.»

Building on the tradition he had established in films like Alps and Dogtooth, he there brought his obsession with societies built on arcane systems of governance to glorious fruition in a mesmerizing tale anchored by a deliriously deadpan performance from Colin Farrell (Seven Psychopaths).

And I actually really liked the villains played by Dev Patel, Cliff Curtis and, of all people, The Daily Show «s Aasif Mandvi, who brings some welcomed deadpan humor to his part.

But such ways of control and discipline add to strange dream - like qualities Lanthimos and co-writer Efthymis Filippou infuse into the film: stunted walks, deadpan responses, long periods of silence and stilted surroundings all add to the notion that perhaps everything is but a dream.

Hoffman delivers a deadpan monologue in that deep, rich voice of his in which he lays out his strategy for the president; it's simultaneously hilarious and frightening, and a great example of how excellent supporting casting helps elevate a film like this beyond the young - adult genre.

«I'm unemployed now, so I'd like to be on Mad Men,» she deadpanned.

While earlier Kaurismäki films like Shadows In Paradise and The Man Without A Past were deadpan, blue - collar subversions of melodramatic plot points and classic film genres, this is pure self - commentary, best appreciated by fans.

If you've seen Yorgos Lanthimos» other films, like «Dogtooth» or «The Lobster,» ** you enter «The Killing of a Sacred Deer» braced for uncomfortable hilarity with touches of deadpan violence.

They are releasing crazy genre stuff like Dianipponjin (deadpan Japanese monster movie) and Mirage Man (Chilean superhero martial arts flick), Olivier Assayas» Boarding Gate and they just picked up the Thai autistic - martial arts film Chocolate to give it a theatrical push in the land that hates subtitles.

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.

The movie has a terrific cast: Nagase as a perfect deadpan pilgrim, Taylor and Stevens as natural born killers who like to communicate with woolen hand puppets, «Children of Nature» star Gisli Halldorsson as Hirata's last guide and Japanese B - movie master Seijun Suzuki as Hirata's traditionalist grandfather.

Wes Anderson «s «Moonrise Kingdom» seems like an odd choice to open the 65th Cannes Film Festival, with its deadpan Americanism, retro - set timeline and movie - star cast; at the same time, Anderson is clearly influenced by the New Wave, both cinematically and personally, he's a distinctive authorial voice as a director (which is the essence of auteur theory) and while his films are defined by near - silent moments of comedy and human frailty, there's also something mournful and wounded about them.

As a piece, it's almost completely sapped of energy, though it isn't deadpan like Jarmusch's Dead Man.

Bateman and McCarthy seems like terrific matches for their respective Identity Thief roles, playing their knacks for deadpan delivery and raunchy slapstick off one another.

I'd like to think you for thanking of me,» he stumbles, before turning to Scarlett Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and deadpanning, «I know you, too.

WHY: «What We Do in the Shadows» sounds like a bad comedy sketch — a «Real World» - esque reality show with vampires in place of horny millennials — but it's actually a very funny satire of the vampire subgenre that's done in the deadpan style of a Christopher Guest mockumentary.

Slow West is, if you like, a deadpan Dead Man.