Sentences with phrase «on humor in the film»

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Does anyone else see the humor in the creationists debating their point of view over the Internet (invented by science), filmed on cameras (based on science) in a hall lit by electricity (harnessed by science).

The problem with the early episodes — written and directed by Jim Mickle, who also made the film «Cold in July,» based on a Lansdale novel — has to do with a slow pace and a sameness that muffle the humor and menace we expect from smart noir.

Baker's combination of acute emotional intelligence and raucous, often bawdy humor sometimes brings to mind Fatih Akin, a German filmmaker of Turkish descent who also likes to set his films (Head - On, The Edge of Heaven, Soul Kitchen) in tough urban areas where conflicting cultural value systems meet and clash.

Of course, he also wants us on the edge of our seats in tense moments and maybe getting a little misty at others, but it's his use of utterly inappropriate humor in such a blatant manner — and to such good effect — that makes his films his films.

With success on the small screen soon prompting James to try his talent in feature films, a supporting role in 50 First Dates and a co-starring role opposite Will Smith in Hitch found the television favorite's amiable humor translating well to the big screen.

Barthes wanted to trace and assemble the inner life of love; Denis's film turns those inward revelations outward, and lets them loose on the world in the form of a hungering, spontaneous, clear - eyed but anxious Juliette Binoche — who delivers the sort of soul - baring performance we've come to expect, but with a humor and candor rare for even her.

The film finds some humor in the speed - dialing war between Jerry and his rival (Jay Mohr) to hang on to clients, but its real strength is not in satirizing the corporate realm.

You could almost imagine the two films, or at least their heroes, figuring in the kind of good - natured, racial - stereotype humor that used to be a staple of stand - up comedy (and was memorably parodied on «The Simpsons»): «white guys abolish slavery like this» (pass constitutional amendment); «but black guys, they abolish slavery like this» (blow up plantation).

A twist in the third act adds a meta and surprisingly emotional spin to everything we've already seen; in a film industry littered with projects explicitly capitalizing on moviegoer's nostalgia, The Lego Movie gets there with efficiency and a relentless, consistently endearing good humor.

Miyazaki indulges himself in his passion for seaplanes with this very enjoyable project of most personal interest, an always entertaining film that benefits from a beautiful soundtrack, a spot - on sense of humor and, even better, a lot of heart.

The humor in this film went to eleven on every sense.

Stewart approaches the work as he approaches his own career, refusing to define it as any one thing — humor is woven throughout, with much of the film looking like news footage we've seen and ignored every day of our lives as it blares out in monotone on international news programs like CNN.

The film doesn't take itself too seriously, laying it on thick with the jokes (Michael Pena, especially, steals every scene he's in), and the humor offers a kind of buffer which allows the audience to suspend their disbelief long enough to really accept Marvel's newest hero.

No holds are barred in this excursion into the lewd and crude, and how much you enjoy this film will solely depend on your level of tolerance for toilet humor and overall idiocy.

The tone is also right on the mark established in the X-Men films, with an effective mix of humor and fun alongside the death - defying action.

«Fast & Furious 6» (2013) 69 percent: With high - octane humor and terrific action scenes, this film builds upon the winning blockbuster formula that made «Fast 5» a critical and commercial success — a formula that depends on Diesel being in the center of the action.

In this tale of an unexpected family unit, he doesn't find humor but instead a thoroughly gray compassion, in a film that begins as an uneasy thriller and ends as a delicate (if sometimes too wistful) romance story, with the audience on - board nonetheless throughout its shiftIn this tale of an unexpected family unit, he doesn't find humor but instead a thoroughly gray compassion, in a film that begins as an uneasy thriller and ends as a delicate (if sometimes too wistful) romance story, with the audience on - board nonetheless throughout its shiftin a film that begins as an uneasy thriller and ends as a delicate (if sometimes too wistful) romance story, with the audience on - board nonetheless throughout its shifts.

On the other, comedic momentum rarely carries throughout the film, as some parts are funny, others not; when each scene spends mandatory time in introducing characters, it sometimes takes a while before the humor can start to pay off.

There's an encounter with Hephaestus that provides most of the film's humor — he carries on a running conversation with our heroes and a mysterious other that gets one of the biggest laughs in the film.

Featuring a memorable ensemble cast of both British and American actors, the film centers on a group of reckless criminals that inadvertently become involved in a labyrinth - like plot full of two - timing back stabbers set to the tone of Ritchie's trademark comic violence and tongue in cheek humor.

Written and directed by co-stars Taika Waititi (Eagle vs. Shark) and Jemaine Clement (Tongan Ninja), the film is chock - full of the kinds of deadpan reactions, awkward situations and off - the - wall humor that has been in fashion on such TV shows as «The Office» and Clement's own «Flight of the Conchords».

Regardless though, the film should still be commended for building on the humor first seen in Thor, adding brains to the Thunder God's brawn through hilarious scenes like the Chris Evans cameo and that London Underground scene.

Morris would just get engaged in making a point — he's a prodigious and enthusiastic talker, a quality that's rarely on display in the many films in which he so prodigiously listens — when the line would cut out and I'd have to call him back, a maddening glitch he handled with graciousness and good humor.

The ramifications of killing for art's sake have long been fair game for film treatment, especially in movies that tap the horror - comedy vein, whether the target of the humor is the reception of the resultant artworks (Roger Corman's A Bucket of Blood gives it in the neck to Beatnik poseurs) or else their inspiration (Herschell Gordon Lewis's sanguinary variation on the theme, Color Me Blood Red).

But hold on — the action in the film is fascinating, rife with chuckling humor and imaginative sets, all accompanied by Alexandre Desplat's wondrous score that enriches every scene.

I did find more humor here than in Trainwreck, though the direction this film takes embraces every cliché on the planet.

There's Thomas the Tank - Engine shrinking and expanding, Paul Rudd naming his flying steed «Antony,» Evangeline Lilly commenting on the Ant - Man's size... Every instant is filled with short bursts of humor, which is refreshing in a superhero film.

No one likes being manipulated, and while The Cabin In The Woods rushes along on a wave of humor and giddy mayhem, it also repeatedly points out how similar films are manipulating them by asking them to buy into the same weak execution ritual over and over and over.

Speaking of humor, I get that John Cena is the epitome of masculinity so on paper it might be funny to have him break down crying at specific points throughout the film but man oh man did that joke fall flat on its face in the film.

Hall possesses a gallows humor underneath her pain that is unexpected and quite effective in helping portray Chubbuck as a flesh and blood human being as the film doubles down on her enveloping psychosis.

Director / star Jiang Wen has crafted a modern take on the wild Hong Kong action films of the eighties heyday, with all the energy, dotty humor, broad performances, and mad plot twists, and drops himself in the center as the eye of calm at the center of the chaos.

Danner has easily translated her talents from the stage to the small screen (her Emmy wins came care of her supporting work on «Huff,» the Showtime series she won back - to - back awards for in 2005 and 2006) and into feature film offerings, but the vast majority of her big screen roles have consisted of supporting turns that she elevated with her natural grace and unique sense of humor.

Movie 43 (R for violence, drug use, pervasive profanity, graphic sexuality, frontal nudity, crude humor and coarse dialogue) A dozen directors collaborated on this raunchy series of short films chronicling three kids» internet search for the most banned movie in the world.

Director Patty Jenkins, on her first film in 14 years, took the material seriously but without sacrificing humor.

Isle of Dogs certainly is high on the list of Anderson's quirkiest films, but through it all it is one of the better ones, blending his brand of dry humor with action seen in classic Japanese samurai action films to make a doggone great feature.

Surprisingly and despite all the imaginative bullshit that goes on as far as «saving the world» is concerned, the film lacks creativity in providing the humor.

Act of Valor's Scott Waugh, directing only his second film after nearly twenty years in stunts, apes Jerry Bruckheimer as much as the Fast franchise and not just his slick production values but also his reliance on an interchangeable ensemble and humor.

Blu - ray and Digital Bonus Materials Include: «Flopsy Turvy» Mini Movie Shake Your Cotton - Tail Dance Along Mischief In The Making DVD Bonus Materials Include: Shake Your Cotton - Tail Dance Along Mischief In The Making 4K Ultra HD Includes: Feature film presented with high dynamic range and Dolby Atmos sound Also includes the film and special features on the included high - def Blu - ray PETER RABBIT ™ has a run time of approximately 95 minutes and is rated PG for some rude humor and action.

The film gets a lot of its charm from the cartoonish, comic book - y humor it packs in, executed masterfully (considering the corniness) by Michael Chiklis» Thing and Chris Evans» Human Torch, who have a wonderful on - screen chemistry that accurately replicates the Thing / Torch dynamic from the comics.

Having met Bob Burkholder, Britton Crosley and David VanderWal on various short film projects, Guterson thought they had a unique, dry sense of humor, so he crafted the story of three unconventional 60 and 70 - something retirees who live on the rustic Bainbridge Island (in Puget Sound near Seattle) around their own personalities and natural chemistry.

Worst - case scenario: The initial trailer for the film relies more on scatological humor — one prominent gag involves a music box being stuck in a supporting character's butt — than sparkling dialogue, raising the question of whether Fey and Poehler's chemistry is enough to overcome even the dumbest script.

In fact, so much of the humor is adult, whether in raunchiness or complexity, that Jackboots on Whitehall is less a family film than one for liberal parents and their precocious teenIn fact, so much of the humor is adult, whether in raunchiness or complexity, that Jackboots on Whitehall is less a family film than one for liberal parents and their precocious teenin raunchiness or complexity, that Jackboots on Whitehall is less a family film than one for liberal parents and their precocious teens.

However, it also relies on some traditional story elements, has a weakly - defined «villain,» and too often relies on silly humor that seems more childish than the humor usually featured in Pixar films.

Whether you believe Jerry Lewis is a comic genius, a braying clown, a shrewd show - biz pro who carefully cultivated a popular stage and screen persona, a hopeless egotist with a cringing need for attention, or simply a comic with a gift for manic physical humor that clicked with audiences in the fifties and sixties, most people agree that The Nutty Professor was his greatest film as a director and his most interesting variation on the child - man figure he had transformed into Hollywood gold.

The film bears a strong resemblance to a Flannery O'Connor story in its dark and even startling humor and scathing, grace - filled take on human nature, even though it differs in some key ways.

The film bears a strong resemblance to a Flannery O'Connor story in its dark and even startling humor and scathing, grace - filled take on human nature.

I had a chance to chat one - on - one with Cheadle recently, about working up a multi-layered accent for the film, the subversive racial humor coursing through this most curious and entertaining little dramedy, and his work on a long - gestating movie about Miles Davis, which will hopefully begin shooting in several months.

With both Vaughn and Scott experienced in creating concept dramedies, and Pursuit of Happiness / Secret Life of Walter Mitty writer Steve Conrad on the script, one would think this film would be a perfect storm of creative humor and genuine sentiment.

Unlike in the previous film, Galifianakis can't pull his own weight due in large part to his brand of humor relying entirely on his lines being outlandish or based on mispronunciations of common words.

The film continues its humor as they eventually end up in Soviet controlled Eastern Europe on an accidental secret mission.