Sentences with phrase «make a hit comedy»

The people who made «Year One» seem to think that all you have to do to make a hit comedy is get a bunch of jokesters together.

In 1971, The Last Picture Show (which I shamefully have yet to see) wowed everyone and the following year he made the hit comedy What's Up, Doc?

Not exact matches

This could be a comedy, old friends or any favorite Tv show - try all that make you laugh until you are hit with abdominal muscles spasm.

In this lively made - for - TV espionage comedy, an off - the - wall CIA agent involves an interpreter in his hunt for a professional hit man assigned to murder the President.

In 1965, she made her first Broadway appearance as Gwendolen Pigeon, one of the «coo - coo» Pigeon sisters, in the Neil Simon comedy hit The Odd Couple.

My second favorite day overall, day seven brought some more of my favorites of the festival, including a very mainstream comedy that I think has the makings of a big hit and can see having a long afterlife on video and cable, the Bruce Willis vehicle «Red.»

Not everything he's made has been a hit, but the last few years have seen Nicholas Stoller establish himself as one of the more reliable comedy directors in the business, with films like «Forgetting Sarah Marshall,» «The Muppets» (which he co-wrote) and «Get Him To The Greek.»

Unsurprisingly, word - of - mouth hit Green Room won the Audience Award, followed by the Hungarian comedy - fantasy Liza The Fox Fairy, which I'm still kicking myself for missing and was not made available as a screener.

-- After being completely blanked in the Golden Globes nominations, the sleeper hit romantic comedy «The Big Sick» made a much healthier showing in the SAG nominations, earning a rather surprising spot in the ensemble category as well as a supporting actress nod for Holly Hunter.

Östlund has hit a home run with Force Majeure (I realize that reference doesn't make sense but who cares), not only bringing to Cannes one of my new favorite genre - bending dark comedies, but I'm now a fan of his work as well, and I get to explore his past films and learn just how talented of a filmmaker he really is, while keeping an eye on his career.

The festival hit falls the unexpected bond between a Syrian refugee and a traveling salesman, making it perhaps the year's most unexpected buddy comedy.

There's a strong comedy theme today, with Patrick Stewart repping Blunt Talk; Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna talking up Crazy Ex-Girlfriend; the cast of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt reassembled; Aziz Ansari, whose Master of None has been another Netflix hit; Gael Garcia Bernal making the switch to TV with Mozart in the Jungle; and Paul Rust & Gillian Jacobs falling in Love.

Critic Consensus: Keanu's absurd premise and compulsively watchable starring duo add up to an agreeably fast - paced comedy that hits more than enough targets to make up for the misses.

Instead, The Happening is a Larry Cohen-esque thriller along the lines of God Told Me To, delivered with a heavy hand, to be sure, but full of some of the most delicious misanthropy to hit screens since Julia Roberts was making romantic comedies.

Martin Scorsese isn't exactly known for his comedy, although his 2013 hit «The Wolf of Wall Street» was perhaps the most out - and - out funny film he's made so far.

After teaming up for the hit Irish action - comedy The Guard, actor Brendan Gleeson and writer - director John Michael McDonagh made the unexpected decision to set their next film around a priest.Brendan Gleeson [L] and Kelly Reilly...

The 2011 breakout hit Bridesmaids seems to have made a permanent shift in gender dynamics of big Hollywood comedies.

An unapologetically silly movie that manages to hit the right notes, this free - wheeling comedy makes up for its corny premise with sharp writing and acting.

But it's possible that some Academy voters who missed the summer hit will make sure to catch Girls Trip on - demand (or on a screener) after seeing Haddish's comedic stylings on S.N.L. Haddish already seems like a lock for a Golden Globe nomination — given the show's separate categories for comedy performances — but this S.N.L. appearance could be the beginning of a very smart Oscar campaign as well.

Jordan Peele's horror - comedy is a bonafide critical and audience hit — but a lot of what makes it great couldn't be mentioned before.

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).

The Big Short marks a tuning point in the career of writer - director Adam McKay who made his name with Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy in 2004, followed by hit Will Ferrell comedies Step Brothers and The Other Guys.

The overall consensus out of Sundance was that Robot & Frank was flawed but charming, which could make it a pleasant alternative to the other films opening that day: the action comedy Hit & Run, the thriller The Apparition, and the Joseph Gordon Levitt - starrer Premium Rush.

Why It Could Fail: While last year's similarly toned black comedy, The Guard, managed to reap near - universal acclaim from the nation's critics, I wouldn't call it the runaway hit that would make waves at Oscar.

and the director of Animal House is an irreverent sketch comedy that misses as often as it hits, but probably makes for a pretty good midnight movie.

Cop Out had all the makings of a box office action / comedy hit when it was released into theaters back in February.

Before hitting it big with his smash hit Three Kings, writer - director David O. Russell made his mark with small indie comedies like Spanking the Monkey and this cult gem, Flirting with Disaster.

Schumer has made a career out of blending confessional comedy, gender politics and uproarious observations from brutally honest performances at awards shows and comedy clubs to her hit TV series, «Inside Amy Schumer.»

George Burns and wife Gracie Allen were a successful radio comedy team that made the transition to film with a hit - and - miss track record.

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.

An unapologetically silly movie that manages to hit the right notes, this free - wheeling comedy makes...

In a way, it's of a similar mindset to the crude romantic comedies which came out around 2000, especially any of the Farrelly Brothers films, which went for lowbrow laughs at the expense of some dim bulb characters, featuring a nonstop soundtrack of modern pop - rock hits, and with a sweetness underneath to try to make it seem cute in its own juvenile way.

Mya would become the key to making Tangerine, a raucous, raw, day - in - the - life transgender revenge comedy that became the left - of - center hit of this year's Sundance Film Festival.

Director Ben Wheatley was already slowly but surely making a name for himself with 2009's acclaimed crime / comedy Down Terrace and his most recent effort, Kill List, which hits theaters in the UK and Ireland on September 2nd.

Still, this odd couple must make an honest go of it in this fresh buddy comedy co-starring Sally Hawkins, by the director of the indie breakout hit Junebug.

The kind of comic actor that Anna Faris represents, and the kind of unabashedly screwball comedy that she embraces, is quite possibly rarer than a comet hitting Earth — or a good, solidly - made American movie comedy.

While Gnomeo and Juliet (2011) proved there was an audience for a gnome - themed animated comedy powered by Elton John hits (it grossed # 16m at UK cinemas), the specificity of the concept made commentators wonder whether a sequel was required.

Planes, running and Tom Cruise — three ingredients for a possible a box - office hit converge one more time in American Made, an action - comedy - thriller based on the life of Barry Seal, former pilot for TWA and drug smuggler for Pablo Escobar.

Rocketing to superstardom with Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Carrey rode a steady stream of massive hits for the first half of the 1990s (including The Mask and Dumb and Dumber) until The Cable Guy, a dark comedy that commanded Carrey his $ 20 million pay day (the biggest at the time) but also made for his first commercial failure.

But they have been responsible for gushing founts of fake blood in the two projects they've made together: 2008's inspired hit - men - in - hiding dark comedy, In Bruges, and Friday's Hollywood - underbelly screwball caper, Seven Psychopaths.

Raimi and his competent crew, which includes composer Danny Elfman (patching up a decade - old rift with the director), cinematographer Peter Deming (The Cabin in the Woods, Mulholland Drive, and Mike Myers comedies), make - up effects artists from The Chronicles of Narnia and visual effects veterans of Marvel hits, deliver a film that is lively, polished, and picturesque,

Take a bawdy, poor taste comedy, which unexpectedly made a ton of money, add the kind of senior acting stars who also made The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel a ton of money, and you've got a hit.

Instead, he made an accidental cringe comedy — and became a cult hit.

Boyar absolutely nails the part, hitting almost every single gag with the ideal intonation and comedic timing, rocking outrageous buddy comedy chemistry with Grunberg, and simply making Jose a lovable character.

Sullivan's Travels (1941, Preston Sturges): Joel McCrea stands in for Sturges, a comedy director who longs to make a serious film and hits the road to experience real life — memorably funny and mournful.

After years of acting in hit movies and TV series, including Juno and Arrested Development, Jason Bateman makes his directorial debut this spring with the dark comedy Bad Words.

Key (who stars on the hit Comedy Central program Key and Peele) makes this disjointed and ineptly paced film worth a viewing.

Boomerang is director Reginald Hudlin's sophomore effort after making a splash with the sleeper hit comedy, House Party.

Whether you know him from 2011's smash hit Red Dog, or last year's critically lauded mini-series The Principal, or his 2005 debut The Illustrated Family Doctor, or 2014's Simon Pegg - as - hitman action - comedy Kill Me Three Times, or 2007's criminally underrated Boxing Day, you've certainly seen at least one thing he's made.