Sentences with phrase «point in my comedy»

And at one high point in the comedy, Sargent does the impossible: he plays a scene against Ellsworth, who does a doggie double take that would steal anybody's show, and Sargent still wins.

I was now at a point in my comedy career where I was making just over $ 100,000 annually.

Not exact matches

Called «Seeso,» the service will launch widely in January, at which point members can pay $ 3.99 per month for ad - free access to a full library NBC comedy programming — from new episodes of Saturday Night Live and Jimmy Fallon's The Tonight Show to all past episodes of classic shows like The Office and 30 Rock — along with a slate of new original series and stand - up comedy specials.

Not to belabor the point about the irrational exuberance that was the taper talk, but it's not often that one finds moments of true comedy in the staid world of high finance.

It's the lying and deception that can destroy trust in these situations more than almost anything else, and the second episode even makes it a point to try and get that across through slapstick humor, until it ditches that initial argument altogether and starts becoming a wacky comedy in full with all of the usual trappings.

Now there are a number of important footnotes to Aristotle, but I simply wish to draw attention to the point of culmination of the tradition, that period bridging the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries that saw the production of the grand synthesis of the Angelic Doctor, Saint Thomas Aquinas, as well as its poetic embodiment in The Divine Comedy of Dante.

As Barish points out in an amusing aside, «In an old movie comedy, an affected matron expressed her appreciation of dinner by declaring that «the fish was simply a poem»» obviously the most rapturous word of approval she could think of.&raquin an amusing aside, «In an old movie comedy, an affected matron expressed her appreciation of dinner by declaring that «the fish was simply a poem»» obviously the most rapturous word of approval she could think of.&raquIn an old movie comedy, an affected matron expressed her appreciation of dinner by declaring that «the fish was simply a poem»» obviously the most rapturous word of approval she could think of.»

In between courses, I discussed the spicy food movement in Australia with Christine, and the comedy writer explained the finer points of rugby and Australian Rules FootbalIn between courses, I discussed the spicy food movement in Australia with Christine, and the comedy writer explained the finer points of rugby and Australian Rules Footbalin Australia with Christine, and the comedy writer explained the finer points of rugby and Australian Rules Football.

After filling the role of a player in Eddie, a 1996 Whoopi Goldberg comedy about NBA life, Fox stepped out to thespian three - point range this summer in Oz, a riveting drama on HBO about a maximum - security prison.

A controversial call cost them a win vs. Atlanta, and a comedy of errors inside the red zone resulted in a five - point loss to Pittsburgh.

The way in which comedy was used being the primary area of the discussion for the panel with Paxton raising the point that whilst the plays written were usually comical they held a mirror up the patriarchal narrative of the era.

After Divine Comedy poet Dante Alighieri died in 1321, painters depicted him with a harsh countenance and an impressively pointed nose that not even his beloved Beatrice would have called handsome.

The movie's got everything from slapstick comedy, to jack - in - the - box spooks, to 17 - year - old Wynona Rider wearing gothic - black attire and it was an essential starting point for many of Hollywood's finest working artists today.

The third edition finds Shrek (Myers) ensconced in the land of Far Far Away with his bride, Princess Fiona (Diaz), and poised to inherit the crown from his ailing father - in - law, King Harold (John Cleese, whose protracted death scene as a frog croaking his last is a comedy high point).

But all in all, the movie was funny and as a comedy movie, that is the main point here.

Ultimately, good intentions aside, the only point that You Don't Mess With the Zohan really proves is Newton's Law of Gravity; cowriter Judd Apatow has been THE dominant voice in American film comedy for the last three years (and I'm even counting the underrated Drillbit Taylor), but this movie proves that even HE had to come down some time!

An additional cop role, in The Seven - Ups (1973), followed, but by this point, Scheider had reportedly grown concerned that he would be pegged and typecast as a policeman and decided to branch out with an offbeat turn in the romantic comedy Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York (1975).

In this case, director Clare Peploe who wrote «Zabriskie Point» in 1970 and «Besieged» in 1998 and husband - producer Bernardo Bertolluci came up with a movie version of an 18th century comedy by Pierre Marivaux (talk about public domainIn this case, director Clare Peploe who wrote «Zabriskie Point» in 1970 and «Besieged» in 1998 and husband - producer Bernardo Bertolluci came up with a movie version of an 18th century comedy by Pierre Marivaux (talk about public domainin 1970 and «Besieged» in 1998 and husband - producer Bernardo Bertolluci came up with a movie version of an 18th century comedy by Pierre Marivaux (talk about public domainin 1998 and husband - producer Bernardo Bertolluci came up with a movie version of an 18th century comedy by Pierre Marivaux (talk about public domain).

At one point, Professor Hilbert tells Harold, «The thing to determine conclusively is whether you are in a comedy or a tragedy.»

I think the comedy is definitely there, we just would like to see more low points in the story.

Though she wasn't necessarily known as a «method» actress to this point, Posey actually had real braces installed for her subsequent role in Waiting for Guffman and director Christopher Guest's popular dog show comedy Best in Show.

Teenage comedies of this kind don't always have to go down the Porky's route of just being gross or sexist; in fact, the film's ideas about the education system could have been a starting point to challenge such conventions.

A consistently intelligent (or at least bright), coherently constructed comedy that is on occasion a rather pointed critique of the American education system in the early 21st century.

Had the tone gone full - thriller or full - comedy, perhaps everybody's game night would be the entertainment it sets out to be; the blend right now takes viewer through highs and lows in one sitting, through a good point there and something less so afterward.

In this black comedy, a philosophical hit man (Cusack) reluctantly accepts an assignment in Detroit which coincides with his 10 - year high school reunion in the upscale suburb of Grosse Point,.In this black comedy, a philosophical hit man (Cusack) reluctantly accepts an assignment in Detroit which coincides with his 10 - year high school reunion in the upscale suburb of Grosse Point,.in Detroit which coincides with his 10 - year high school reunion in the upscale suburb of Grosse Point,.in the upscale suburb of Grosse Point,...

The film chronicles the manner in which Hope and her family handle the nightmarish situation, often with what Saget described as «irreverence and dark humor» (At one point, Hope's brother Alan — a comedy writer — quips that scleroderma sounds like «a deli entrée»).

Daddy's Home 2 wants points for exploring the ever - expanding family tree in a Christmas comedy, but it only barely succeeds.

In his determination to lighten the heavy subject matter, Silberling also, to a certain extent, trivializes the movie with too many nervous gags and pratfalls: to the point where his heartfelt drama comes perilously close to tasteless comedy.

REC 4 won't win any points for being scary or terribly original, as this is more of an action thriller than horror, but it is mostly successful due to the fact that it drops the slapstick comedy of REC 3 and goes for a more serious tone, and the setting make this stand out in the zombie genre.

Between «Neighbors» and «22 Jump Street,» adult comedies have fared well at the box office this summer, and «Bastards» would be a strong, relatively inexpensive addition to Alcon's slate, which includes a «Point Break» remake and a new «Blade Runner» movie that remains in development.

Rogen will star in and McKay will direct a comedy, for which plot details are under wraps, for Gary Sanchez Productions, Point Grey Pictures and Good Universe.

In the past two weeks, Quentin Tarantino «s «The Hateful Eight» and the Will Ferrell - Mark Wahlberg comedy «Daddy's Home» have joined the already - crowded Christmas Day frame currently occupied by «Point Break,» a movie rumored to cost $ 100 million - plus that doesn't boast a single major movie star, no offense to the wildly talented Edgar Ramirez.

I loved how it blended comedy in horror appropriately to the point where you could chuckle one second and scream the next.

As you might hope, «Alan Smithee» is only used in exceptional circumstances, and most of the movies credited to the non-existent director are rightly forgotten: Mark Harmon / Robert Duvall actioner «Let's Get Harry» (actually helmed by «Cool Hand Luke» director Stuart Rosenberg), Jon Cryer comedy «Morgan Stewart's Coming Home,» ropey Charlton Heston sci - fi «Solar Crisis» (originally by «Vanishing Point» director Richard C. Sarafian), with Dennis Hopper's «Catchfire,» starring Jodie Foster, perhaps being the best known example.

Vulgarity will only take you so far in comedy — at some point the novelty wears off and the audience realizes there's not much talent there.

If there is anything that both Jarmusch and Murray are known for, it's their laid - back approach to comedy, utilizing self - ironies and an irreverent dry wit that makes you hang on their every word and inference, as their straight - faced approach requires diligent attention to find the point where they get that glint in their eyes that says, «We're just pulling your leg».

In celebration of the NBA reopening training camps for the season, it's time for Scott to sink his annual three - point shot on camera... or for Comedy Bang!

Deciding to send up comedy is an interesting proposal, and only really works if you point out the flaws in the source material.

THR points out that Girls Trip «s haul is «the best start for an R - rated comedy in two years and the best showing for any live - action comedy so far this year.

Up until this point, John Cusack had spent almost his entire cinematic career in teen comedies, from Class to The Sure Thing via cult classic Better Off Dead to the misfired Hot Pursuit, Cusack's unique and very human screen persona stole every show he was in - but by 1988, he'd become determined to move on into more serious and adult cinema.

Part comedy - concert film, part documentary, Ahmed Ahmed's «Just Like Us,» opening in limited release Friday (6/10/11), is an enjoyably sprawling travelogue with a point.

While people have cracked the code for finding the best comedies on Netflix right now, we decided to come up with a list of some of the funniest movies as a starting point in your quest for the perfect Friday night in.

The Stooges had been poking each other in the eye for 22 years — and that's just for Columbia Pictures» theatrical shorts division — they'd been a comedy team for over three decades by that point.

Perhaps the biggest problem stems from the lack of chemistry between Parker Posey and Paul Rudd, both thespians who normally deliver handsomely in romantic comedies, but never seem to find the right footing to suggest there ever was any strong bond between them at any point, even before their problems with sexual closure.

Beautifully filmed and acted, but lacking a central perspective, this gentle comedy - drama has some nice points to make about freeing ourselves from the things in the past that weigh us down (the hint is in...

It's not «Sexual Perversity In Chicago,» nor is it meant to be, as romantic comedy convention calls for a cessation of hostility at some point.

Case in point, The Fairy, a genre - blending adventure that's part romantic romp, part escapist fantasy, part slapstick comedy, and part song - and - dance musical.

Like with the greatest modern director of romantic comedies, She's Funny That Way questions the very nature of the cinema's relation to reality, reveling in the idealized illusions while simultaneously undermining their spell by pointing out their unreality.

The answers to those questions are insignificant, but the fact that all of that did happen and the way it happened points us in the direction of finding something deeper in writer / director Sofia Coppola's fish - out - of - water comedy.

The romantic - comedy by Rachel Israel took in $ 13K, pointing to promising theatrical prospects.