Sentences with phrase «recent movie comedy»

For several montage sequences where we see various audience reactions to Edtv, Corenblith built such set pieces as a prison cell block, a New York City deli, a bus depot, a fraternity house and a replica of the Oval Office (originally designed for the recent movie comedy, Dave).

Not exact matches

Will Ferrell is responsible for a lot of comedy, including «Anchorman» and «Elf,» but his name is also attached to «Between Two Ferns,» «Drunk History,» and the recent «Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie.»

Easily one of the most unusual movies to come out in quite some time, this off - beat comedy / drama serves up a fresh, original premise and some of the most bizarre humor to hit the screen in recent years.

21 Jump Street is one of the more recent comedies to blow everyone's minds and, again, the hype killed the reality of this movie for me.

I could see this movie going down as one of the best dark comedies of recent memory.

This edition of Now Stream This brings you a highly underrated and very recent Todd Haynes movie, a new Netflix horror flick, a gloriously over-the-top action movie, a cynical noir loaded with snappy dialogue, the first Hannibal Lecter film, a romantic horror movie, a Steven Spielberg adventure, a cringe - inducing social media comedy, and some good old fashioned body horror.

It probably didn't help that Not Another Teen Movie already spoofed a lot of the prime targets, which means that Date Movie is relegated to a couple of recent flicks (The Wedding Planner, Hitch), a few classics (When Harry Met Sally, Pretty Woman) and bizarrely enough, some comedies (Wedding Crashers, Meet The Parents).

In recent years the zombie movie genre has sprouted a little comedy sub genre, the zom - com if you will, and Jeff Baena, who made I Heart Huckabees, writes and directs this latest addition to the sub genre.

Matching them in terms of output is Fox, who are going all out in their recent bid for alternative movies: horror New Mutants in April, R - rated comedy Deadpool 2 in June, and cosmic redo X-Men: Dark Phoenix in November.

After The Hangover's radical success, adult - comedy movies of recent memory are rarely well - received.

Hollywood sweetheart Mary Elizabeth Winstead once again proves that she has been outgrowing the image of teen boys» crush Gwen Grayson / Royal Pain in Disney's Sky High back then, with more matured acting range through movies like Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Smashed or recent summer newcomer TV show on the comedy scene — Braindead.

The movie: Channeling the best elements of every buddy cop movie and crafting something wholly unique, Shane Black's action comedy noir is simply one of the funniest flicks of recent years.

Rihanna has had a couple of minor roles in between, playing herself in the R - rated Seth Rogen comedy «This is the End,» and she was the Moon Goddess in the recent movie musical «Annie.»

Think of a recent smash - hit movie comedy: chances are Judd Apatow will have had a hand in it.

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.»

An average CG family comedy, like DreamWorks» Home or the recent Angry Birds Movie, tends to divert enough to make it quite watchable.

At the film's recent press day, McCarthy, Falcone, Sarandon, Gary Cole, Mark Duplass, Nat Faxon, Sarah Baker and Kathy Bates talked about how the project first emerged, what sparked the idea for the story, how growing up in Illinois informed McCarthy and Falcone's comedy, what the stellar cast brought to the movie, their characters and how improv colored them, working with a first - time director, Sarandon's new look, the convincing couple dynamic between Bates and Sandra Oh's characters, Sarandon's selfie with Geena Davis that went viral, and the possibility of a «Thelma & Louise» sequel.

His breakout film Forgetting Sarah Marshall is still one of the best romantic comedies in recent memory, and he's shown with movies like Neighbors and Get Him to the Greek that he has a knack for directing sharply funny comedy.

In fact, it is written and directed by Jordan Peele, whose recent movie Keanu, which he co-wrote and co-starred with his longtime comedy partner Keegan - Michael Key struck me as a bit lame.

Few cinematic categories have proven more vexing in recent years than the action - comedy: as movies in the genre accelerate into their final acts, the former component consistently threatens to overwhelm the latter.

The premise of Ghost Town falls somewhere between the elements of the recent «Over My Dead Body» and the older «Heart and Souls» and this movie manages to capture the comedy aspects that «Over My Dead Body» failed to live up to and yet match the reaffirming warmth found in «Heart and Souls».

Female - fronted comedies have been big business in recent years, with movies like Bridesmaids pulling in huge box office and a new generation of comedy stars like Melissa McCarthy redefining what audiences expect from women comedians.

We've seen other variations in recent years, most notably in Johnson Family Vacation and Thanksgiving Family Reunion, but in nearly all instances, these movies seem like desperate knock - offs on autopilot rather than truly funny, inspired family comedies.

The comedy legends behind everything from «In Living Color» to «Scary Movie» surely could not make a film that's only marginally better than its recent counterparts, right?

WHY: Whether he's making poetic coming - of - age films or pot - fueled buddy comedies, David Gordon Green hasn't allowed himself to be confined to a certain genre, although he does seem to have an affinity for the kind of naturalistic, salt - of - the - earth dramas that he's returned to in recent years, including his latest movie, «Manglehorn.»

Super Sucker brings to mind several other comedies — Farrelly brothers farces like Dumb and Dumber (which starred Daniels), Bob Balaban's lesser - known Parents, and Adam Sandler movies like Happy Gilmore and the recent Punch - Drunk Love.

Features exclusive to the Blu - ray include a couple deleted and extended scenes, two mash - ups (one featuring the physical comedy in the movie and the other featuring the most annoying questions from Ethan Tremblay) and the complete scene from «Two and a Half Men» featuring Ethan Tremblay... which ironically might be the final word on the show considering Charlie Sheen's recent meltdown.

That movie was pretty funny but he followed that up with «Your Highness,» a fantasy spoof that is one of the biggest botches made by a recognizably great filmmaker of recent times, and «The Sitter,» another misfired comedy whose main selling point is that it wasn't quite as unwatchable as its predecessor.

With a pair of R - rated Universal comedies that each grossed just $ 37 million this year and the recent announcement that «Arrested Development» will be revived for a short fourth season and movie, it might sound like Bateman's success could be drying up.

The reasoning is obvious: both actors starred in two of the most successful comedies of recent memory («Wedding Crashers» and «The 40 - Year - Old Virgin»), therefore putting them in the same movie will surely create comedy gold.

In a recent interview with talk show host Jimmy Fallon, Jennifer confessed the movie was one of her favorite comedies, telling the talk - show host, «I know every word to Dumb and Dumber, Step Brothers and Anchorman.»