Sentences with phrase «road comedy with»

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A fan of deep house music in which Brueckner says he and his friends «mess around with,» they have now turned to comedy to lighten the mood on long road trips.

My interests include movies (comedy, action, thriller, little bit of romance), music (rock, reggae, classic rock, anything similar), riding back roads, hanging out with...

Ralph, Nick and Bill hit the road on a comedy tour, where they have a run - in with the law.

Daley and Goldstein, who started off as actors, have co-directed one previous feature, the 2015 holiday - road reboot «Vacation,» but the sign that they're instinctive filmmakers, with a bold sense of comedy structure, comes in the sequence they stage, with serpentine ingenuity, at the home of a crime boss (Danny Huston) who has the film's MacGuffin — a Fabergé egg — locked in his safe.

In 1947, Morgan was teamed with Jack Carson for a group of musical comedies which Warners hoped would match the success of Paramount's Hope - Crosby «Road» pictures.

Writer - director Jeff Lowell could have gone many different ways with this idea — the screwball comedy of Heaven Can Wait, say, or even the wistful, unabashed romanticism of Ghost — but he takes the low road more often than not.

Equal parts road comedy and coming - of - age drama, director Taika Waititi masterfully weaves lively humor with emotionally honest performances by Sam Neill and Julian Dennison.

The Hangover is deliciously darker than Phillips» previous comedies, Old School and Road Trip, but it isn't as thick with malice as those credits suggest (this is not, thankfully, Very Bad Things 2: Hey Guys, Let's Kill Some More Strippers).

An unusually intelligent black comedy, this British independent film takes the audience on a road trip that's packed with surprises.

An offbeat comedy - drama with a timely kick, this charming family road trip takes on some very deep topics without flinching.

Director Todd Phillips is not someone known for his filmmaking finesse, having found understandable success with rowdy, rough - edged comedies such as Road Trip and The Hangover trilogy.

The comedy follows a trio of dysfunctional upper class New York siblings who recruit a «New Age deprogrammer» and go on the road to save their youngest sister from a doomsday cult — confronting their deep - seated issues with each other along the way.

The jokes are mediocre, the scares are mediocre, and the performances are painfully mediocre — in other words, it's your basic middle - of - the - road horror / comedy sprinkled with a handful of memorable moments.

With echoes of Don McKellar's Last Night (a brilliant little film if you've never seen it) blending with a Steve Carell comedy and American indie sensibilities, Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World promises two things: a road trip with Keira Knightley and a title that most cinemas will have trouble fitting on their marquWith echoes of Don McKellar's Last Night (a brilliant little film if you've never seen it) blending with a Steve Carell comedy and American indie sensibilities, Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World promises two things: a road trip with Keira Knightley and a title that most cinemas will have trouble fitting on their marquwith a Steve Carell comedy and American indie sensibilities, Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World promises two things: a road trip with Keira Knightley and a title that most cinemas will have trouble fitting on their marquwith Keira Knightley and a title that most cinemas will have trouble fitting on their marquees.

The feminist serial killer road movie Butterfly Kiss, the Bosnian war pic «Welcome to Sarajevo», the period property drama «The Claim» and the Manchester docu - comedy 24 Hour Party People might appear to be films with nothing in common, but in fact all are collaborations between director Michael Winterbottom and writer Frank Cottrell Boyce, who together have shown an ability to produce consistently interesting works in any and every genre.

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His flair for comedy was well represented in such films as Road to Morocco (1942), in which he played the blithering idiot in the opening bazaar scene, and his many appearances with the Three Stooges.

This weekend, now Oscar - winning actress Natalie Portman adds another aggressive role to her repertoire with the new comedy Your Highness, which has her playing a violent warrior on the road for vengeance against those who have killed her -LSB-...]

Todd Phillips warmed up for The Hangover with Road Trip, an unpretentious — nay, cheerily simple - minded — shock comedy from the era of There's Something About Mary and American Pie.

By balancing its party - minded ethic with a climactic test (albeit a crammed - for one), Road Trip winds up being a touch more college - comprehensive than the average kegger - comedy, but humor connoisseurs will note its flatness, room temperature, and empty calories.

Mixing warm drama with hilariously deadpan comedy, this is one of the most unusual road movies you'll ever see.

When Aki Kaurismaki, Finland's deadpan farceur of minimalist slapstick, absurdist comedy and bruised romanticism, teamed up with the aggressively eccentric rock and roll cover band Leningrad Cowboys, a mix of bar band performance, punk attitude and polka flourishes, to make the surreal rock and roll road movie Leningrad Cowboys Go America, who knew it would be the beginning of a surreal collaborative friendship?

The Color Wheel (Unrated) Dysfunctional family comedy about the sibling rivalry which surfaces during a road trip when a just - jilted, young woman (Carlen Altman) enlists the assistance of her obnoxious brother (Alex Ross Perry) to move her belongings after a bad break - up with her college professor boyfriend (Bob Byington).

No doubt comedies with road trip elements are becoming second nature to Phillips, who is calling the flick «a buddy comedy without the buddies».

Leading the pack this year are Kate Winslet's fashionista revenge comedy The Dressmaker (still awaiting news on a US release) and the critically beloved Max Mad Fury Road with 12 and 11 nominations respectively.

As she has expanded her story into a feature - length film, Atsuko has crafted a road movie that manages to balance absurdist bursts of comedy with a probing, at times deeply sad, character study.

The act of trying to combine a road trip comedy and a teen sex comedy is one which only the most gifted Hollywood chemists should ever attempt, but director Sean Anders and his co-writer John Morris managed to deliver a strong, if raunchy, outing with Sex Drive.

Stars Melissa McCarthy and Susan Sarandon and writer / director Ben Falcone discuss the origins of the road - trip comedy, the trouble with Jet Skis, and the humor behind brown paper bags.

Extremely ambitious in scope — the movie takes on several genres at once, including fantasy, romantic comedy, action, adventure and more — «The Secret Life of Walter Mitty» does have good intentions, but the road here is often paved with cloying misdirection.

With the release of Melissa McCarthy's new road trip comedy TAMMY hitting cinemas from 4th July, we at THN figured we would have a...

A sweet, shambling, supremely enjoyable road movie about two compulsive gamblers of very different stripes, Mississippi Grind could easily be confused for one of Alexander Payne's wounded comedies, albeit one with higher stakes and a lower thread - count.

It's time to voice your opinion on Todd Phillips» Due Date, the new road trip buddy comedy starring Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis, with a fantastic supporting cast including Michelle Monaghan, Jamie Foxx and Danny McBride.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening November 5, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS Due Date (R for profanity, sexuality and drug use) Robert Downey, Jr. and Zack Galifianakis co-star in this raunchy road comedy about an uptight dad - to - be who hitches a ride across the country with a wacky slacker in order to make it on time to witness the birth of his baby.

It's a quirky, delightful road trip ensemble comedy, with an undeniable sense of spirit.

Eleanor Coppola — wife of Francis Ford and mother of Sofia — makes her narrative directorial debut with this romantic comedy about a movie producer's (Alec Baldwin) wife (Diane Lane) who takes a road trip through France with one of his associates.

Sex Drive (R for crude humor, sexuality, nudity, and drug and alcohol use, all involving teens) Raunchy road comedy about an 18 year - old virgin (Josh Zuckerman) who steals his big brother's (James Marsden) classic Pontiac GTO in order to drive with a couple of friends (Amanda Crew and Clark Duke) from Chicago to Knoxville where he expects to rendezvous with a temptress (Katrina Bowden) he met over the internet.

Dirty Girl (R for profanity, graphic sexuality and frontal nudity) Coming - of - age road comedy, set in 1987, about an Oklahoma high school student with a bad reputation (Juno Temple) who runs away from home to L.A. to search for her long - lost father with the help of an equally - ostracized, gay classmate (Jeremy Dozier).

Helms will next be seen in the Warner Bros road comedy FATHER FIGURES opposite Owen Wilson, reuniting with Hangover cinematographer Lawrence Sher who is directing.

Tammy (R for profanity and sexual references) Melissa McCarthy plays the title character of this road comedy about a just - fired fast - food clerk who embarks with her foul - mouthed grandmother (Susan Sarandon) on a rip - roaring road trip from North Carolina to Niagara Falls after catching her philandering husband (Nat Faxon) in bed with a neighbor (Toni Collette).

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Desperate Virgin Chases Internet Fantasy in Raunchy Road Comedy Ian Lafferty (Josh Zuckerman) is your prototypical high school grad with one mission in life: to lose his virginity before heading off to college in the fall.

Award: The Assassin Least Sexy Movie: 50 Shades of Grey (Runner - up: A LEGO Brickumentary) Best Tolkien Reference: The Martian Best Gag Involving a Hammer: Avengers: Age of Ultron Best Joke About Naming Your Fists «Cagney and Lacey»: Spy Best Celebrity Cameo: LeBron James, Trainwreck Best Imaginary Friend: Bing Bong, Inside Out Most Awkward Interplay Between Real and Fictional Theme Parks: Tomorrowland (Runner - up: Jurassic World) Best Contact Lenses: Johnny Depp, Black Mass Best Eyeglasses: Sean Harris, Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation Best Glass Eye: Christian Bale, The Big Short Best Robot: Ava (Ex Machina) Worst Robot: Chappie (Chappie) The Cameron Crowe Award for a Soundtrack in Search of a Movie: Aloha Best Aerial Stunt: Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (Runner - up: Spectre) Worst Oven - Cleaning Method: The Visit Worst Misuse of a Juice Bottle: Sleeping with Other People Best Movie About Journalism: Spotlight Worst Movie About Journalism: Truth The Sudden Ubiquity Award: Domhnall Gleeson (Ex Machina, Brooklyn, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Revenant); Tom Hardy (Mad Max: Fury Road; Legend; The Revenant); Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina, Mojave, Star Wars: The Force Awakens) Best Dog - boy: Jack Bright, The Good Dinosaur Worst Dog - man: Channing Tatum, Jupiter Ascending Worst Implicit Historical Comparison: Moving the events of The Secret in Their Eyes from Argentina's Dirty War to post-9 / 11 America Best Backward - Looking Reboot: Star Wars: The Force Awakens Worst Backward - Looking Reboot: Terminator Genisys Best Home Movies: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Nicest Russian Spy: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies Trends of the Year: Women ruling comedy (Trainwreck, Spy); an overdue pushback against CGI (Mad Max: Fury Road, Star Wars: The Force Awakens); sneakily feminist themes in summer sequels (Magic Mike XXL, Mad Max: Fury Road); spy spoofs (Spy, Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Man from U.N.C.L.E, the final third of Spectre)

New in movie theaters today: Goldie Hawn returns to the cinema in the Amy Schumer comedy Snatched; Uneven but sometimes really exciting director Doug Liman unveils the sniper drama The Wall (starring Brit Aaron Taylor - Johnson with a twangy accent); Guy Ritchie anachronistically Ritchifies the King Arthur legend with Charlie Hunnam and Jude Law; Demian Bichir stars in Lowriders; and Diane Lane takes a road trip with Arnaud Viard in Paris Can Wait when her husband Alec Baldwin bails on her for business.

Roadside noted Sunday that the title is «so far tracking closely to open Road's 2014 hit, Chef, which opened and expanded similarly» last May, adding: «Whit Stillman's sparkling comedy starring Kate Beckinsale still sports a rare 99 % score on RT with over 100 reviews and is right now the bests reviewed film of the year.»

Others that we've seen and would heartily recommend include the twisted Americana fairytale Lamb, Jason Schwartzman «s other hysterical comedy 7 Chinese Brothers, Joshua Oppenheimer «s Indonesian genocide doc follow - up The Look of Silence, Kodi Smit - McPhee / Michael Fassbender neo-western Slow West, Leslye Headland «s surprisingly sweet shock - comedy Sleeping with Other People, NZ splatterhorror Deathgasm, 80s action figure throwback Turbo Kid, family road trip film Manson Family Vacation and Jemaine Clement as a semi-depressive comic book artist in People, Places, Things.

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It's easy to imagine a variation on «Thunder Road» with Danny McBride as its lead, with the character's chaotic life providing the vessel for a jarring black comedy.

Carolla isn't much of an actor, let alone a leading man, but he tries to be both in «Road Hard,» a tonally confounding comedy that he wrote and directed with Kevin Hench.

Upstream Long believed lost, John Ford's 1927 backstage comedy was one of 75 silent - era American films discovered in the collection of the New Zealand Film Archive and repatriated under the auspices of the National Film Preservation Foundation with the collaboration of the Academy Film Archive, Park Road Post Production, and Twentieth Century Fox.

Preston Sturges wrote and directed this favorite of the Coen Brothers, which provided them with both the road - trip theme and the title for their 2000 musical comedy.

The film — a character study about two road workers who bicker and banter with each other as they tediously paint road lines in a burned down Texas state park — is a notably weightier comedy than most Rudd vehicles (this isn't one), striking some beautiful, poignant notes along with the funny dialogue.