Sentences with phrase «odd couple tried»

Not exact matches

And just as the occasional news story of some lucky sap winning $ 6 million in a single night at Atlantic City's blackjack tables may stir you to try your own luck for a weekend, the odd story of a happy couple finding true love on Match.com will likely convince you that signing up is a great idea.

Try as it may, Due Date never really manages to escape its rather tired «odd couple» concept.

6:00 pm — TCM — The Odd Couple Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau have made a lot of movies together over the years, and this mismatched buddy film (written by Neil Simon) remains one of the best, as neatnik Felix (Lemmon) and slob Oscar (Matthau) become roommates and try not to drive each other nuts.

Since he died in the first film, however, we're left with a charming - but - empty Odd Couple thing with Frank and Marvin, the occasional hilarious scene with a highly underused Mirren, and the younger players (Parker and Byung - hun) dancing around them trying to get an action picture made.

The Donkey Kong series hasn't really done much else to truly revolutionize itself as of late, apart from a couple of odd bongo - based spin - offs, which does nothing but show how tried and true the formula that permeated Donkey Kong Country was.

The Odd Couple: Neil Simon's comedy about slovenly Oscar and finicky Felix, who - after driving their wives to divorce - try sharing an apartment as roommates.