Sentences with phrase «little comedy dramas»

In the 80s he seems to had a string of perfect little comedy dramas (Broadway Danny Rose, The Purple Rose Of Cairo, Zelig, Radio Days) sandwiched around the epic Hannah And Her Sisters.

It's a good impression of one of those charming, Miramax - released little comedy dramas from the late 1990s.

Not exact matches

In the hours before bedtime, I often watch a little TV, but only comedies — I've found that high - stakes dramas and gory scenes from Game of Thrones stress me out and keep me up later than I'd like.

Layback; freaky like chill watch scary, drama comedy smoke little bit that cigar plus I drank and have one son love him with all my heart and number I got Jesus in my life

i like animes with a little bit of everything in them: Drama, comedy, slice of life, supernatural, powers, and of course Romance;) i Love cats, dogs too, but cats alot.

There's a little romance, sure, but there's also drama, mystery and a fair bit of humor Purrfect Date is a cross between a visual novel, dating sim, and dark British comedy.

A handful of New Yorkers with little in common cross one another's paths as they try to sort out their romantic and emotional troubles in this comedy drama from writer and director Eric Schaeffer.

It has very little comedy and lots of drama, which is not particularly strong in his films.

There was little to no comedy in the movie and is as serious as you can get when it comes to a drama based on real life events.

«Big Little Lies» (Season 1 on HBO Go, HBO Now) HBO's scandal - and rumor - fueled dark comedy «Big Little Lies» also became a whodunit as its drama unfolded.

This little comedy - drama starring Gillian Jacobs and Paul Rust is the latest work by Judd Apatow.

Guillaume Canet's Little White Lies is an amusing and thought - provoking comedy drama.

Best Cast (Drama): This Is Us Best Cast (Comedy): Veep Best Actor (Drama): Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us Best Actress (Drama): Claire Foy, The Crown Best Actor (Comedy): William H. Macy, Shameless Best Actress (Comedy): Julia Louis - Dreyfus, Veep Best Actor (TV Movie or Mini-Series): Alexander Skarsgard, Big Little Lies Best Actress (TV Movie or Mini-Series): Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies

Feature: Aaron J. Wiederspahn, The Sensation of Sight Documentary: Luke Wolbach, Row Hard, No Excuses Short Drama: Harry Kellerman, The Little Gorilla Short Comedy: Jonathan Browning, The Job Animation: Alex Weil, One Rat Short Student: Robert Scott Wildes, Neptunus Rex Screenplay: Voices, Susan Klos Grand Jury: Dave McLaughlin, On Broadway New Hampshire Jury: Stephen Croke, The Busker

They stumbled a little with «It's Kind of a Funny Story,» but everyone can stumble when your taste seems to be as omnivorous and diverse as theirs (they've done a drama, a sports film and a mental illness comedy so far).

The Adventureland-esque pic looks to be a nice little summer film with a healthy mix of comedy and drama, and there's a refreshing lack of cynicism in this trailer.

There's a little bit of something for everyone in today's very full TV Bits, whether your preference is for lightweight comedies, serious dramas, humanoid robots, or good - looking serial killers.

HBO's scandal - and rumor - fueled dark comedy «Big Little Lies» also became a whodunit as its drama unfolded.

DUCK is a bittersweet little film that charts an uneven course between comedy and drama.

Once the movie stops being a whimsical comedy about a troupe of misfit musicians, it starts to take itself a little too seriously and all of a sudden the xylophone stops and the brooding drama starts.

He has excelled in a range of registers from comedy (The Other Side of the Tracks, 16 ans... ou presque, Papa ou maman, etc.), to drama and arthouse film (Little White Lies, Bright Days Ahead, Tristesse Club, Boomerang).

This dark - comedy drama focuses on Ingrid Thornburn (Aubrey Plaza, The Little Hours, 2016), a young woman with an unhealthy attachment to social media.

In the comedy - drama Ruby Sparks, however, directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris («Little Miss Sunshine») take the idea that we naturally create our own experience and turn it into a magic trick, a one - of - a-kind miracle that provides ego gratification and manipulation of others.

All too frequently, Admission serves as an object lesson in the risks of having a non-comic writer (Karen Croner, whose other screenplay to date was the cancer drama One True Thing) adapt a non-comic novel (by Jean Hanff Korelitz), and handing the result to a director, Paul Weitz, whose last comedy was Little Fockers.

Best Foreign Film A Fantastic Woman First They Killed My Father In the Fade Loveless The Square Animated Feature Film The Boss Baby The Breadwinner Coco Ferdinand Loving Vincent TV Nominations Best TV Series, Drama The Crown Stranger Things Game of Thrones This Is Us The Handmaid's Tale Best Comedy Series Black - Ish The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Master of None SMILF Will & Grace Best TV Miniseries or Movie Big Little Lies Fargo Feud: Bette and Joan The Sinner Top of the Lake: China Girl Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series, Drama Sterling K. Brown, This is Us Freddie Highmore, The Good Doctor Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan Jason Bateman, Ozark Best Performance by an Actress in TV Series, Drama Caitriona Balfe, Outlander Claire Foy, The Crown Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Deuce Katherine Langford, 13 Reasons Why Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale

Kidman's win set the stage for a night that ended up largely celebrating stories about women, including Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (which walked away with four prizes, including best actress and best motion picture, drama), Lady Bird (which won complementary best picture and actress awards in the comedy categories), and of course, Big Little Lies, which won several statuettes to match its horde of Emmys.

The TV series winners were «The Handmaid's Tale» for drama, «The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel» for comedy and «Big Little Lies» for miniseries.

The film blends mystery with drama, and a little bit of comedy.

movie of 2017 to deal with the evacuation of Dunkirk (joining, well, Dunkirk and the little seen Their Finest, a drama / comedy about making a movie about Dunkirk, signaling the snake's cue to eat its own tail), and the second time director Joe Wright has tackled the subject.

I felt his scenes at work, where he was designing a plane with his co-worker, Ben (Sean Gunn), were a good way to add drama and moments of comedy, without feeling forced, but the romance which comes to focus a little further into the film feels unnecessary and takes away from the main focus of the film — the relationship between Po and his father.

Current and upcoming domestic releases from Focus include Victoria & Abdul, directed by Stephen Frears and starring Judi Dench as Queen Victoria; Darkest Hour, directed by Joe Wright and starring Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill; the untitled Entebbe project, a gripping political thriller directed by José Padilha and starring Rosamund Pike and Daniel Brühl; Jason Reitman's new comedy Tully, starring Charlize Theron and written by Diablo Cody; Lenny Abrahamson» atmospheric thriller The Little Stranger; Joel Edgerton's coming - of - age and coming - out drama Boy Erased starring Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe; Mary, Queen of Scots with Saoirse Ronan as Mary and Margot Robbie as Elizabeth I; and the untitled new film from Paul Thomas Anderson starring Daniel Day - Lewis.

If she were to do more comedies and a little less dramas, she might even become a bona fide superstar.

Directed and co-written by Phil Alden Robinson, the man responsible for the equally entertaining, Field of Dreams, the film works on many levels, mixing comedy, action, suspense, drama, and even a little romance.

This set - up is ripe for both black comedy and soul - searching drama, and yet writer Steven Knight throws in irrelevant sideroads including a mandated therapist (the wonderful Emma Thompson), a bitter rival (a jagged Matthew Rhys), a couple of randomly violent loan sharks and a precocious little girl.

Best Television Series (Drama): The Handmaid's Tale Best Television Series (Comedy / Musical): The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Big Little Lies Best Actor (Drama): Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us Best Actress (Drama): Elizabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale Best Actor (Comedy / Musical): Aziz Ansari, Master of None Best Actress (Comedy / Musical): Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Best Actor (Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television): Ewan McGregor, Fargo Best Actress (Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television): Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies Best Supporting Actor (Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television): Alexander Skarsgard, Big Little Lies Best Supporting Actress (Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television): Laura Dern, Big Little Lies

At first glance the storyline of Little Miss Sunshine appears to be a completely clichéd American independent comedy / drama — a dysfunctional family is thrown together under strained circumstances to go on a road trip.

ABC on Tuesday unveiled its 2018 schedule, along with previews for its upcoming series, including the ensemble drama A Million Little Things, the Scott Foley - Lauren Cohan FBI midseason dramedy Whiskey Cavalier, the 1970s comedy The Kids Are Alright and Nathan Fillion's Castle follow - up The Rookie.

Also new: sex trafficking drama Trafficked (2017, not rated) with Ashley Judd; coming - to - America comedy The Tiger Hunter (2016, not rated) with Danny Pudi; horror film Friend Request (2016, R), and animated My Little Pony: The Movie (2017, PG).

On the television front, Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale won Best TV Series, Drama beating out Stranger Things, This Is Us, Game of Thrones, and The Crown; Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel won Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy over Will & Grace, Master of None, black - ish, and SMILF; and HBO's Big Little Lies won Best TV Movie or Limited - Series over Fargo, Feud: Bette and Joan, The Sinner, and Top of the Lake: China Girl.

Inspired by the adventures of Doyle's brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes, and based on Eve Titus» engaging book Basil of Baker Street, The Great Mouse Detective is a smartly sketched blend of comedy, action, adolescent drama and mystery which marks the directing debut of now legendary filmmakers Ron Clements and John Musker, important creative forces behind such Disney animated blockbusters as The Princess and the Frog, as well as the aforementioned The Little Mermaid and Aladdin.

The plot is structured, a little too neatly, to nudge Jake into being less of a narcissistic jerk, which always seems like a low bar to set with any comedy - drama.

Miguel Arteta also performs well as the director, blending the comedy and drama well, even if the American Beauty - ish nature in some scenes seems a little misguided, as the film isn't all that profound.

The comedy of «Microbe and Gasoline» masks a sadness that Francois Truffaut might recognize, as would the two young leads of Ira Sachs's upcoming New York drama, «Little Men,» opening next month.

On the Television side, Big Little Lies, Feud: Bette and Joan and Twin Peaks: The Return earned nominations for TV Drama of the Year while The Good Place, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and GLOW were nominated for TV Comedy of the Year.

Surprise package of the cinematic year so far for me, this comedy drama is a little gem.

Requiem sets its stall firmly in supernatural territory; there's little comedy, and the script falls into exposition too easily to compete with high - end drama.

A scene from Little Miss Sunshine Little Miss Sunshine (Cert 15, 98 mins, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Comedy / Drama, also available to buy DVD # 19.99) Seven - year - old wannabe beauty queen Olive Hoover (Abigail Breslin) is selected as a finalist in the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant in California.

Best Director: Guillermo Del Toro, The Shape of Water Drama Series: Reed Morano, «The Handmaid's Tale» for «Offred» Best Movies for Television and Miniseries: Jeanmarc Vallee, «Big Little Lies» Comedy Series: Beth McCarthy - Miller, «Veep» for «Chicklet» Best First Feature: Jordan Peele, Get Out Doc Feature: City of Ghosts Brian Smith wins the DGA Award for reality programs for MasterChef, «Vegas Deluxe & Oyster Shucks» Glenn Weiss wins DGA Award for VARIETY / TALK / NEWS / SPORTS — SPECIALS for the Academy Awards telecast.

Ralph Fiennes returns to mining his recently discovered comedy chops and newcomer Alden Ehrenreich has fun as a drawling cowpoke pushed into a period drama but it's all a little dramatically inert.

Until the Full Moon (Vol.02) from Kodansha Comics is a gender - bender comedy drama with a little for everyone.