Sentences with phrase «romcoms from»

Thankfully, those archetypal and occasional «nothing being the eyes» romcoms from 5 - 10 years ago don't survive at the moment and in their place we tend to find more independent work that's both authentic and legitimately funny.

Again, it's easy to confuse the film with any number of bullshit romcoms from the past few years.

Our marital therapist separates romcom from reality.

The art of flirting and flirting as art are the subjects of this extraordinary romcom from Claire Denis.

But instead of naturally coming to those conclusions, the group and their poor love interests are forced to trudge through every romantic comedy trope into the book for the sake of proving, over and again, that this is the very unique experience of seeing a romcom from the guys» perspective.

Not exact matches

This structure is the basis of films from Star Wars to The Lord of the Rings, from thrillers and dramas to romcoms.

There's obvious appeal in what - ifs, and they aren't confined to science fiction: they feature in everything from romcoms (Sliding Doors) to thrillers (Fatherland).

Sounds like a plotline from a cheesy romcom or romantic TV show, right?

Tom Vaughan's comedy is part romcom and part 80s nostalgiafest, with a period mood reinforced by solid - gold chart - toppers on the soundtrack from the Smiths, the Style Council, Psychedelic Furs - and Buzzcocks thrown in for the oldies.

The title always gave me the idea it was a romcom on the level of «The Wedding Planner» or one of the other mindless movies made to ruin relationships and prevent women from accepting the reality of what relationships are.

Straight to «Cake» from «HB2,» also from «We're the Millers» and «Just Go With It,» and before that a couple dozen romcoms in which Aniston displayed the gift for light comedy that dates all the way back «Friends,» if not quite as far as «Leprechaun.»

Sandra Bullock is at her most loveable in this smart, thoughtful romcom about a lonely Chicago subway worker who rescues the man of her dreams from an oncoming train only to fall in love with his bad - tempered brother.

With 2006's urban crime drama Kidulthood, actor - writer Noel Clarke gave us a scabrous portrait of a west London far removed from the fairytale version propagated in Richard Curtis romcoms.

There's a kind of stupid grin I get when a romcom is warming the cockles of my heart, and Adam Brooks» film had me from hello.

Moving into the West End are Beginning, David Eldridge's clever thirty - something romcom, at Ambassadors from 15 January; Robert Icke's production of Mary Stuart, which sees Juliet Stevenson and Lia Williams toss a coin for which role they'll play, at Duke of York's from 15 January, and Long Day's Journey into Night — a sell - out at Bristol Old Vic starring Lesley Manville and Jeremy Irons — at Wyndham's from 27 January.

The one man that could have saved «The Office» from a shark jump is reduced to an immediately axed CBS sitcom and this unfortunate romcom Coming & Going.

The romcoms have earned him his biggest audiences and prevented him from being known as more than just one of the most followed celebrities on Twitter.

Thirteen years after the original smashed the box office comes the Greekquel — sorry, sequel — to Nia Vardalos» romcom about a second - generation Greek woman from Chicago whose fiancée converts to the Greek Orthodox church to please her crazy eccentric family.

Part of the appeal comes from two leads, Andrea Riseborough and Clive Owen (pictured right), whom one could imagine having a high old celluloid time in some contrastingly fetching romcom, or the like.

There's a whole lot of movies to look forward in the next 12 months, from romcoms to sci - fi and Hollywood blockbusters.

From a very basic standpoint, it's an entertaining concept; director and writer Tom Gormican has pitted a charming cast against an equally charming Manhattan backdrop (the first person to say New York City itself is almost a character gets punched) but spends too much time trying to create his ultimate romcom - meets - frat party.

From hilarious, lol - packed romcoms to bittersweet romantic movies that leave a lump in the throat, here we bring together the 50 best funny romantic movies ever made.

From an uber - nerd programmer in Silicon Valley to romantic lead in Sundance hit The Big Sick, the actor discusses shaking up the tired Hollywood romcom

The notion that Gleeson has lurched from one disaster to another, ruining everything from the Coen brothers» remake of True Grit to Richard Curtis's romcom About Time, seems a pretty unique interpretation of his burgeoning career as a versatile character actor.

Were it not for a charismatic turn from Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley, The Final Girls) and some striking visuals (many cribbed from the Michel Gondry playbook, mind you), there'd be almost nothing to recommend about Jason James» latest foray into familiar romcom territory, the thorny, over-written, and painfully prosaic new film, Entanglement.

His Punch - Drunk Love is a fabulous deconstruction of the genre, a glimpse into a world in which the tics of the romcom that we chuckle at — casual violence, henpecking from busybody relatives — are made terrifyingly real.

Written and directed by Sarah Polley (Away from Her), this romcom / relationship drama plays out like Blue Valentine's cutesy Canadian cousin, documenting the unravelling of Margot's marriage to Lou (Seth Rogen, 50/50) after an encounter with her neighbour, Daniel (Luke Kirby, Mambo Italiano).

The answers according to this movie are very different from the standard facile romcoms that are most often produced in Hollywood.

There is a sudden stab of anxiety at the point where most romcoms begin their semi-intentional slide away from irony.

Over the last three years, the actor Matthew McConaughey has expertly slipped from romcom purgatory to critical and public acclaim via a series of brilliantly chosen, often loopily intense, character - actor roles.

From holiday romcoms to blistering action shows, there's a whole lot of new stuff on streaming this weekend.

Admission Rated PG - 13 for language and some sexual material Available on DVD and Blu - ray If you watched the ads for this latest flick from Tina Fey and Paul Rudd, you would think you were getting a silly slapstick romcom.

On the basis of this research, I suspect that beyond the usual romcoms, melodramas involving a wide range of family relationships from the admirable to the debased, and documentaries testifying to courage and grief, two themes will steal the headlines: gun violence in the U.S., and to a slightly lesser extent, gender fluidity worldwide.

We've come to expect that from Weisz, but McAdams, who started out as a romcom staple, has, since Spotlight, turned into a performer with a huge range.

Yes, my first contemporary romcom (or as my friend Jackie put it, «Loosely based on a kind of true story») is now available from Amazon and Smashwords, and will be available from Barnes & Noble, iTunes, and Kobo in the coming weeks.