Sentences with phrase «modern comedy in»

The New Guy is a great example of the new - type of modern comedy in which a fairly mundane, straight - forward plot is coupled with genuinely bizarre, unrealistic jokes.

Star Kristen Wiig (and she really should be a Star with a capital S after this breakthrough performance) finds the humanity usually missing from not just the chick flick but the modern comedy in general.

Not exact matches

In 2014, Halpern — who the New York Times recently dubbed the «hidden architect of modern comedy» — built a $ 7 million comedy club that focuses on long - form improv.

Charna Halpern was recently heralded as the «hidden architect of modern comedy,» but she's faced many challenges in building a profitable theater business.

To put those deliveries in context, they mark the highest 18 - to - 49 turnout for an episode of an ABC comedy since the season four premiere of «Modern Family» scared up 14.4 overall million viewers and a 5.5 in the dollar demo on Sept. 26, 2012.

Both Parks & Rec and Community were shut out in the Best Comedy category, though Veep, Louie, Big Bang Theory and Modern Family were all nominated.

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Louie Anderson: Baskets Alec Baldwin: Saturday Night Live Tituss Burgess: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Ty Burrell: Modern Family Tony Hale: Veep Matt Walsh: Veep

Straying from the standard, modern superhero formula it helped to pioneer in 2002, Homecoming is more teen comedy than it is a «good vs. evil» tale, highlighting a distinctive setting in Queens as the battleground for crushes, parties and yes, actual super villains — this one played by Michael Keaton in a scene - stealing performance.

SNL is still the modern King of Political Satire, but the state of the country and its politicians in the face of a new presidency have shifted the open nature of comedy, for better or worse.

The film, which hits theaters February 16, is a modern twist on a romantic comedy (boy and girl meet, fall in love, but then break up, and are suddenly reunited, ending up in that awkward stage where they have to debate whether to wave hello while taking out the trash), but it's also a particularly female spin on the coming of age story, the likes of which we're only beginning to see onscreen as more women carve out a place for themselves in writer's rooms and director's chairs.

FRIEND REQUEST PENDING is a short comedy drama about the mature generation dating in our modern social networking world.

Rupert Grint has been in relationships with Georgia Groome (2011) FRIEND REQUEST PENDING is a short comedy drama about the mature generation dating in our modern social networking world.

But where Sightseers was merely incompetent, We're The Millers seems to take delight in human misery as an end or source of humour in itself; it doesn't use pain or suffering to deepen the characters, it simply offers it as a benchmark of modern comedy.

Even by modern day standards in which slapstick comedies aren't vogue, Chaplin manages to sell the most inane gags.

By 2010, Stone had earned top billing status, and was starring in her own comedy — a hilarious modern take on the Scarlet Letter called Easy A.

Confidently cinematic in classical and modern terms, layered with subtleties but also a straight - ahead, crowd - pleasing comedy, with more witty lines and bits of visual imagination than a dozen regular movies, O Brother is where thou shouldst be.

In this comedy, young Moses Levy is a Hassidic Jew who lives a quiet existence, avoiding entanglement with the modern world.

Applegate returned to movie comedy co-starring with Jean Reno as a princess and modern gal in the ill - received remake of a French time - travel yarn Just Visiting (2001).

The over-hyped, pretentious modern art scene in London is satirized in this dark ensemble comedy about the double dealings and calculated relationships encircling the effort to get an aging collector to part with a valuable painting.

Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are modern witches looking for love and happiness in this spunky and spellbinding comedy / romance.

Some of this involves quirky characters as you would expect to find in modern comedy, but even this aspect finds its natural groove early and never disappoints.

It's smart, pro-artistic comedy masquerading as insipid farce, a wolf in clown's clothing, and rigorously Dadaistic in ways modern audiences aren't likely to note.

«Permanent Midnight,» the story of real - life TV comedy writer Jerry Stahl's addiction to (and eventual «victory» over) heroin is certainly modern - day in its approach.

Set in the city of Montreal, Alan Rudolph's romantic comedy - drama Afterglow paints a wryly comic portrait of two modern marriages drifting toward the rocks.

That it works both as a comedy and a good - natured meditation on religion, tradition and their persistence in the modern world is a very thick layer of icing on the top.

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series: Pamela Adlon, Louie Elizabeth Banks, Modern Family Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory Joan Cusack, Shameless Tina Fey, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Gaby Hoffmann, Girls

Adam Sandler has made some of the rankest comedies in modern movies, and in a miserably divided world, that's one thing on which we can all agree.

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES: Bob Newhart, «The Big Bang Theory»; Nathan Lane, «Modern Family»; Steve Buscemi, «Portlandia»; Jimmy Fallon (pictured), «SNL» Louis C.K., «SNL»; Gary Cole, «Veep»

Ben Stiller / Owen Wilson Shared Filmography: «The Cable Guy» (1996), «Permanent Midnight» (1998), «Meet The Parents» (2000), «Zoolander» (2001), «The Royal Tenenbaums» (2001), «Starsky & Hutch» (2004), «Meet The Fockers» (2004), «Night At The Museum» (2006), «Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian» (2009), «Little Fockers» (2010), «Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb» (2010) «Zoolander 2» (2016) Given the incestuous nature of the modern comedy scene, with everybody cropping up for cameos in each other's movies, it's easy to overlook that Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson have appeared in eleven movies together (with a twelfth on the way).

«Modern Family» continued its run as television's most honored comedy at the Emmys, winning the best comedy award for the third year in a row, while the terrorism thriller «Homeland» won critical praise and the best drama Emmy.

Before we loved her as Claire Dunphy on Modern Family, Julie Bowen was PR pro Virginia Venit in Sandler's hilarious sports comedy about aspiring ice hockey player turned accidental golfer.

I did not see the original «Hot Tub Time Machine», which was released in 2010, but a lot people did and many consider it a modern cult classic comedy.

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES: Mayim Bialik, «The Big Bang Theory»; Julie Bowen, «Modern Family»; Allison Janney, «Mom»; Kate Mulgrew, «Orange Is the New Black»»; Kate McKinnon (pictured), «SNL»; Anna Chlumsky, «Veep»

Other than that, Modern Family won almost everything else in the comedy category (including Best Direction, even though the majority of those nominees were women, one of them having directed an episode of Modern Family, but whatever).

OUR TAKE: Seeing former SNL stars like Wiig and Hader in a movie with Modern Family star Ty Burrell screams comedy - but this is actually a drama.

If you've seen trailers for upcoming comedy Enchanted, in which fairy - tale characters plop down in modern New York, ready to burst into song, you get the picture.

At first glance, the title alone made me think of a modern day comedy, but it's, in fact the very opposite.

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY Gaby Hoffmann, Girls Pamela Adlon, Louie Elizabeth Banks, Modern Family Joan Cusack, Shameless Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory Tina Fey, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

PRIMETIME TELEVISION Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries KEVIN COSTNER / «Devil Anse» Hatfield — «HATFIELDS & McCOYS» Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries JULIANNE MOORE / Sarah Palin — «GAME CHANGE» Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series BRYAN CRANSTON / Walter White — «BREAKING BAD» Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series CLAIRE DANES / Carrie Mathison — «HOMELAND» Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy — «30 ROCK» Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series TINA FEY / Liz Lemon — «30 ROCK» Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series DOWNTON ABBEY Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series MODERN FAMILY

A revival of «Murphy Brown,» from original series creator Diane English and starring Candice Bergen, is coming to Thursday's comedy block, and a modern retelling of «Magnum P.I.,» with Jay Hernandez in the role of the private investigator made famous by Tom Selleck, is headed to Mondays.

Ever since their 1998 modern classic «There's Something About Mary,» writers - directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly have struggled to try to recapture lightning in a bottle and conjure up yet another raunchy comedy with a heart of gold.

Putting a twist on the original movie Going in Style, director Zach Braff does a good job of reviving the comedy for modern - day audiences.

Following the modern cult classic In Bruges, Martin McDonagh fully delivered on that film's vast promise with Seven Psychopaths — a fiery genre cocktail of crime & dark comedy.

This largely comes from the unconventional pairing of Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway in the leading roles, an unusual duo who bring a surprisingly wonderful chemistry to the table in this light comedy about working in the modern age, seen from two unique viewpoints — the modern working woman who is looked down on by misogynistic men, and the older male seen by many as past his usefulness simply due to his age.

«Modern Family» did well as usual as Eric Stone Street and Julie Bowen won for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress in Comedy, states RadarOnline.

Unlike most other modern sex comedies, this one plays more toward older couples than it does to young men, which makes it a bit of a rare breed in this era of crass and sophomoric gags.

Scored with wit by a pointedly wry Seventies soundtrack that crucifies its older generation protagonists, The In - Laws is ultimately that rarest of beasts: a modern comedy that knows its strengths and exploits them.

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series TY BURRELL / Phil Dunphy — «MODERN FAMILY» (ABC) LOUIS C.K. / Louie — «LOUIE» (FX Networks) WILLIAM H. MACY / Frank — «SHAMELESS» (Showtime) JIM PARSONS / Sheldon Cooper — «THE BIG BANG THEORY» (CBS) JEFFREY TAMBOR / Maura Pfefferman — «TRANSPARENT» (Amazon)-- WINNER

HBO has released a trailer for the fifth season of its Emmy award - winning comedy series Silicon Valley, along with a first look image featuring Zach Woods, Kumail Nanjiani, Martin Starr, and Thomas Middleditch; take a look here... In the high - tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable -LSB-...]

While not the funniest Netflix comedy, Love paints a refreshingly realistic portrait of a modern relationship in its rookie season.