Sentences with phrase «man in a romantic comedy»

A woman finds herself drafted into the battle of finding the perfect man in this romantic comedy.

She's had many a handsome leading man in her romantic comedies.

Not exact matches

This can be anything from the beauty parlor (only real men get pedicures), a romantic comedy at your local movie theater or simply take a yoga class where the male - to - female ratio will most likely be in your favor.

I am a homebody I love to cook, entertain at home, spend time with my kids.I love a comedy, action, and romantic movies.I would love to meet the man of my dreams and fall in love.

«Rice on White» is a crass yet heartfelt romantic comedy with an un-PC take on how Asian - American men are perceived in today's dating scene.

For the most part, in the projects that he scripted or co-scripted, he unveiled a propensity for a lightly satirical take on American life.From a qualitative standpoint, Fleming did much to cement his reputation with his much different follow up to Bad Dreams, the 1994 Threesome, a critically favored Gen - X romantic comedy (which the director also scripted) about a ménage - a-trois that «accidentally» transpires in an all - male dorm when a sexy young woman named Alex (Lara Flynn Boyle) is mistaken for a young man.

Following a substantial role in the independent romantic comedy Better Than Chocolate (1999), Crewson seemed to be on the verge of adding another hit to her resumé as one of Robin Williams» original owners in the fantasy Bicentennial Man (1999), but the film failed to live up to box - office expectations.

He made his big screen debut in Spike Lee's Crooklyn (1994), and he subsequently appeared in Lee's Clockers (1995), Girl 6 (1996), and Get on the Bus (1996), the last of which cast him as a gay man on his way to the 1995 Million Man March in Washington, D.C.Some of Washington's other memorable credits during the»90s included the Hughes brothers» Dead Presidents (1995), the warmly received ensemble romantic comedy Love Jones (1997), Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight (1998), in which Washington gave a memorable turn as a scheming con's violent brother - in - law; Warren Beatty's Bulworth (1998), and Clint Eastwood's True Crime (1999), which cast Washington as a man awaiting execution on death row after being falsely accused of murdman on his way to the 1995 Million Man March in Washington, D.C.Some of Washington's other memorable credits during the»90s included the Hughes brothers» Dead Presidents (1995), the warmly received ensemble romantic comedy Love Jones (1997), Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight (1998), in which Washington gave a memorable turn as a scheming con's violent brother - in - law; Warren Beatty's Bulworth (1998), and Clint Eastwood's True Crime (1999), which cast Washington as a man awaiting execution on death row after being falsely accused of murdMan March in Washington, D.C.Some of Washington's other memorable credits during the»90s included the Hughes brothers» Dead Presidents (1995), the warmly received ensemble romantic comedy Love Jones (1997), Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight (1998), in which Washington gave a memorable turn as a scheming con's violent brother - in - law; Warren Beatty's Bulworth (1998), and Clint Eastwood's True Crime (1999), which cast Washington as a man awaiting execution on death row after being falsely accused of murdman awaiting execution on death row after being falsely accused of murder.

Working mostly in comedies, Ruffalo appeared in The Last Big Thing (1996) and alongside comic character actor stalwarts Steve Zahn and Paul Giamatti in Safe Men (1998); he also starred as an artist with love problems in the romantic comedy Life / Drawing (1999).

In 1998, Northam played another married man when he starred as Parker Posey's husband in the romantic comedy The Misadventures of MargareIn 1998, Northam played another married man when he starred as Parker Posey's husband in the romantic comedy The Misadventures of Margarein the romantic comedy The Misadventures of Margaret.

She played the woman who gets to play scenes opposite all three of the leading men in the Oscar - winning No Country for Old Men, and followed that up in the odd romantic black comedy Chomen in the Oscar - winning No Country for Old Men, and followed that up in the odd romantic black comedy ChoMen, and followed that up in the odd romantic black comedy Choke.

In this romantic comedy, a freshman weenie finds himself the new project of the Bi Beta Kappa frat boys who want to turn him into a real ladies man so he can win the love of a luscious librarian.

Brian might be the leading man in this movie, but he is far from the standard romantic comedy charmer.

Enough Said is a romantic comedy - drama from Nicole Holofcener, the writer - director of other critically acclaimed films exploring the daily travails of mostly upper middle - class affluent women (and men) in such as Lovely & Amazing and Friends with Money — something that invites comparisons to the works of Woody Allen often.

WHY: «Man Up» received such a limited theatrical release in the U.S. that most people have probably never even heard of it, but it's actually one of the better recent entries in the romantic comedy genre, which makes its desultory treatment all the more bewildering.

The men in this summer's slate of indie films are far from ordinary: Colin Farrell stars as a neurotic in the wonderfully weird romantic comedy «The Lobster» and Daniel Radcliffe is a dead guy in «Swiss Army Man.»

Criterion's ’12 Angry Men» Blu - ray and the new «romantic comedy» «Friends With Benefits» are studies in the polar opposites in things you can do with a movie.

Too many romantic comedies witlessly hone in on the differences between men and women to create a heightened - stakes backdrop in which every interaction with the opposite sex is imbued with some sort of grand, gender - statement significance, which is of course then supposed to be neatly resolved and tidily put away by the time a paired - off happy ending rolls around.

Whitney Cummings tries to breathe new life into the tired, men - are - like - this, women - are - like - this style of romantic comedy both in front of and behind the camera with «The Female Brain.»

Joseph Gordon - Levitt and Zooey Deschanel star in director Marc Webb's wry, nonlinear romantic comedy about a man who falls head over heels for a woman who doesn't believe in love.

Think of the unwed mother who falls in love with her gay best friend in The Object of My Affection; the broke, still - single stoner and odd - man - out in Friends With Money; the adult who tries and fails at cohabitation with a man - child in The Break - Up, a raw relationship drama dressed up as a romantic comedy; or the professional woman, angsting for a baby, who opts for artificial insemination in The Switch.

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.

Like a romantic - comedy in which the female lead is forced to choose between a lifeless dolt and the man of her dreams, «First Match» is hurt by how it effectively makes Monique's biggest decision for her.

In 2012, she was cast in the erotic thriller Passion, the romantic drama To Wonder, the romantic comedy About Time, and an espionage thriller in A Most Wanted MaIn 2012, she was cast in the erotic thriller Passion, the romantic drama To Wonder, the romantic comedy About Time, and an espionage thriller in A Most Wanted Main the erotic thriller Passion, the romantic drama To Wonder, the romantic comedy About Time, and an espionage thriller in A Most Wanted Main A Most Wanted Man.

Bogdanovich contends that this film made Cary Grant a superstar because it proved he could win the girl as a romantic leading man, not a screwball comic (as in Leo McCarey's The Awful Truth) or a poetic misfit (as in George Cukor's peak - high comedy Holiday).

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.

The man who takes a simple - ish romantic comedy and builds a fully functional airport terminal to film it in is never really going to work on a small scale, maybe.

In the latest issue of Empire magazine, director Peyton Reed stated Ant - Man & The Wasp is «not a romantic comedy,» as previously advertised.

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.

Violet Tendencies (Unrated) Mindy Cohn handles the title role in this romantic comedy as a marriage - minded, 40 year - old with only gay pals who distances herself from them in order to attract a straight man (Armand Anthony).

The movie is written and directed by Richard Curtis, the same man who wrote three landmarks in recent romantic comedy: «Four Weddings and a Funeral,» «Notting Hill» and «Bridget Jones's Diary.»

This isn't to say that the film doesn't make a concession to what has become the Ryan romantic comedy formula — namely, a man she is already attached to, here in the form of Greg Kinnear's politically - minded reporter Frank Navasky.

There is one thing that romantic comedies seem to have in common: they're mainly about white women losing themselves over a man's affection.

There is one thing that romantic comedies seem to have in common: they're mainly about white women losing themselves over a man's aff...

Josh Hartnett may be a decent actor, at least as evidenced in Black Hawk Down, but he is no lead man for a romantic comedy.

Simon Pegg and American actress, writer and director Lake Bell are to co-star in new romantic comedy MAN UP from Big Talk Productions and...

Having played supporting roles in most of his previous films, Domhnall found the chance to show off his potential as a leading man in Richard Curtis» romantic comedy After Time with Rachel McAdams as his love interest.

MAN UP features two magnificent lead actors in the shapes of Simon Pegg and Lake Bell as they take on a romantic comedy with...

Of course, it's hard to go wrong with Sandra Bullock (Demolition Man, Love Potion No. 9) in a romantic comedy, and this marks her first among many such films to come.

Jean Renoir's delirious romantic comedy stars Ingrid Bergman in her most sensual role as a beautiful, but impoverished, Polish princess who drives men of all stations to fits of desperate love.

Previously, Grant starred in Marc Lawrence's romantic comedy «The Rewrite» and Guy Ritchie's film adaptation of the eponymous MGM series «The Man From U.N.C.L.E..»

For viewers still waiting for the indefinitely delayed third «Bridget Jones» film, Ben Palmer's easy, breezy romantic comedy «Man Up» offers a pleasant sense of deja vu: Not only does it trail the romantic misadventures of a klutzy London singleton, but gives a deft American actress an endearing Limey makeover in the process.

Maggie Kiley's first feature, «Brightest Star,» has all the trappings of a contemporary romantic comedy, but also the good sense to strive for a deeper examination of a young man's search for his place in the universe.

Soon after it was announced that she was starring with her main man Peter Sarsgaard in a bluegrass Bill Monroe feature, she's also linked to a period romantic comedy «Hysteria.»

Having played supporting roles in most of his previous films, Domhnall found the chance to show off his potential as a leading man in Richard Curtis» romantic comedy About Time with Rachel McAdams as his love interest.

Despite sounding like the sub-title to a sequel of Brian DePalma's gangster classic CARLITO»S WAY, Nick Frost's latest film, CUBAN FURY, is in fact an outrageous romantic comedy co-starring Irish funny man Chris O'Dowd.

«Her» The premise of this film — a romantic comedy - drama in which the lovers in question are a lonely and withdrawn man (Joaquin Phoenix) and his computer's new and highly advanced operating system (voiced by Scarlett Johansson)-- was so inherently odd that it seemed impossible that it could ever work as anything other than an exceptionally absurd «SNL» sketch.

With a premise uncannily similar to the 1990 quirky Cher / Winona Ryder vehicle Mermaids, The Perfect Man feels like a mishmash of romantic comedy conventions employed in almost every successful venture since, from Sleepless in Seattle to You've Got Mail, and all points in between.

Acting-wise, Bell is part of action thriller The Coup with Owen Wilson and Pierce Brosnan and stars opposite Simon Pegg in offbeat romantic comedy drama Man Up, due next year.

A Scandal in Paris (U.S., 1946)-- Before becoming the maestro of Technicolor melodrama, director Douglas Sirk brought a light touch and continental flair to a series of small productions like this immensely entertaining romantic comedy starring George Sanders as suave con man and criminal mastermind Vidocq, who becomes chief of police of Paris while continuing his life of crime.