Sentences with phrase «school comedies from»

The update also allows you to search by genre or category, using phrases such as «search for high school comedies from the 80s,» along with follow - up questions to pare down your search, like «just the ones with Molly Ringwald.»

Siri can also understand when multiple topics are included in a single command, such as «Show me spy movies from the 1960s» or «Show me high school comedies from the 90s.»

Siri is able to search for movies by topic, bringing up content around a theme like «high school comedies from the 80s» or «movies about baseball» or «movies about dinosaurs.»

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She trades in observation comedy, sometimes about situations she's far removed from («Types of Kids at School,» for example).

Steines studied comedy at The Groundlings, the renowned school of improv, and earned a degree from JoAnne Baron / DW Brown Acting Studio's Meisner Technique training.

Chris McGrath, the GOP candidate for the Republican ex-Majority Leader Dean Skelos» Long Island seat, is drawing heat from women's rights groups and others for bankrolling two R - rated sex comedies that include gratuitous nude scenes — «Surf School» and «Death to the Supermodel.»

Chris McGrath, the GOP candidate for the Republican ex-Majority Leader's Long Island seat, is drawing heat from women's rights groups and others for bankrolling two R - rated sex comedies that include gratuitous nude scenes — «Surf School» and «Death to the Supermodels.»

Taunted by their classmates since grade school and never quite able to escape the culturally suffocating confines of their homogenized Midwestern hometown, a pair of small - town misfits make a break for the big city in this comedy from director Lorene Machado.

Mike White, who scripted biting, edgy satire of this sort («The Good Girl,»» Chuck and Buck») before making his fortune with «School of Rock,» serves up an unsettling and generally deft comedy of manners with this clash, a film that greatly benefits from subtle, stinging performances by Salma Hayek and as her opposite number, John Lithgow.

Such an hilarious comedy, and a very realistic one, about moving from high school into college.

This teen comedy from Savage Steve Holland stars Corey Parker as an underachieving high schooler who hatches a crazy plot with valedictorian Lara Flynn Boyle to gain acceptance into a prestigious university.

Nothing about it is really that funny and most of it is just carried over comedy from different teenager / high school comedies.

When a geeky high - school valedictorian throws caution to the wind by expressing his love for a popular cheerleader during his graduation speech, life finally starts to get interesting in this coming - of - age comedy adapted from the book by journalist / author / screenwriter Larry Doyle.

What separates Strangers with Candy from other high school comedies, or from most mainstream comedies in general, is the cast's total dedication to their parts.

ontinuing the «Old School» tradition of adult comedies with immature humor, «The Hangover» succeeds with a promising premise and several inspired performances from its leads.

From the age of five on, Lewis occasionally performed in his parents» act, and later quit high school in order to travel with his own comedy routine, which consisted primarily of mocking famous entertainers while their records were played off - stage.

Even today, comedy buffs can cite from memory the particulars of «The Danny Thomas / Sid Melton School of Coffee - Spitting.»

Selling this «From the Director of Old School» didn't do much for me, because I've preferred almost every subsequent «Frat Pack» comedy to the one that kind of cemented that clique.

Fun Size is a teen comedy centered on a sarcastic high school senior, Wren, who is eager to distance herself from her dysfunctional family by going off to college.

Check out the latest movie stills from the comedy «The Hangover Part II» by director Todd Phillips (Due Date, The Hangover, School for Scoundrels) and starring Zach Galifianakis (Bored to Death, Dinner for Schmucks, American Dad!)

Wilson had already been a fan of the show's co-creator Mike White, impressed by his ability to go from writing the dark, psychological indie comedy «Chuck & Buck» to the mainstream Jack Black comedy «School of Rock.»

A dramatic comedy from Naomi Foner (mother of Maggie Gyllenhaal and screenwriter of «Running on Empty»), «Girls» will star Olsen and Dakota Fanning as teenagers the summer after they graduate from high school.

This latest whiffle ball from Team Apatow is a mildly amusing comedy in which Wilson plays a bodyguard hired by three well - to - do freshman high school nerds to protect them against a pair of bullies.

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Solid and superlative laddish comedy from Todd Phillips, director of Old School and School for Scoundrels.

I liked Old School less and less as it wore on, character comedy souring into cheap shots like Ferrell injecting himself with the tranq gun of Seann William Scott (that's right, three minutes with Stifler from American Pie!).

Unchained from conventional Pixar practices, My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea is one of the more visually stunning comedies in recent memory.

In the series, a new half - hour comedy from Eastbound & Down's McBride and Jody Hill, Goggins plays Lee Russell, a bow tie - wearing, pattern - loving sycophant and one of two vice principals (the other being McBride's Neal Gamby) fighting hard to be named principal of a South Carolina high school after the current boss (Bill Murray) steps down.

Though it has plenty of amusing moments, the film does not come from the Hangover, Bridesmaids, and Project X school of comedy.

GKIDS proudly presents a new animated comedy from acclaimed cartoonist Dash Shaw (New School), featuring the voices of Jason Schwartzman, Lena Dunham, Reggie Watts, Maya Rudolph and Susan Sarandon.

From two filmmakers with a history of comedy - drama credits, director Miguel Arteta («Cedar Rapids», «Youth in Revolt», «The Good Girl») and writer Mike White («Orange County», «School of Rock», «Nacho Libre»), «Beatriz at Dinner» is an offbeat indie comedy starring Salma Hayek, Chloe Sevigny, Connie Britton, Jay Duplass, and John Lithgow.

Accurate emulation of the sights and sounds of old school cinematic comedy — from classic title cards to endless trademark «honking» - infrequently suggest this may be an effort for a nostalgic older crowd familiar with the original incarnations of the Stooges.

Bad Moms is one of the more pushy raunchy comedies you'll likely come across, a film so reliant on using vulgarity as a crutch it has characters drop F - bombs at their children's schools and during PTA meetings because without them, the makers of this film feel like they won't get a laugh from audiences prone to guffaw just because they heard harsh language.

Way back in January, plenty of laughs and joy arrived in the form of Ass Backwards, a wacky comedy from writers Casey Wilson («Happy Endings») and June Diane Raphael («Burning Love»), who also star in the film as a ditzy, clueless duo reminiscent of Dumb & Dumber and Romy & Michele's High School Reunion.

Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone go back to school in this charmingly off - kilter comedy - thriller from Woody Allen.

Chronicling the post-graduation lives of high school best friends Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson), this acerbic comedy mines stingingly satirical humor from the absurdities of overcommercialized America, matching its dark ironies with a tender portrait of close relationships forged during the vulnerable years of adolescence.

The first third of Clockstoppers is an interminable high school comedy ending with a DJ showdown, the second third of the film is Zak on the run from evil corporate drones led by Michael Biehn, and the final third of the film is an infiltration of the evil corporation ending in a ludicrous action sequence and capped by a Back to the Future resolution involving a shiny new car and a nubile young lass.

It then launched into its own world of existence, departing entirely from the nature of the series outside of the basic idea of two police officers going undercover in a high school and more or less became your routine action comedy that earned whatever success it had thanks to the surprisingly winning chemistry of its stars.

The new HBO comedy from Danny McBride and Jody Hill (East Bound and Down) about the running of a high school has cast Georgia King (The New Normal) to co-star opposite McBride.

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).

These people have clearly never seen «Election,» Alexander Payne's brilliant high school comedy that tells its story from multiple points of view and supports them all equally.

From «Back to School» to «Billy Madison» to «Old School,» adults returning to academia have long been a staple of the comedy genre.

God's Pocket wants to be from the same school of dark comedy that the likes of the Coen Brothers or Spike Jonze do so well but Slattery can't pinpoint a focus on a film that is filled with too many subplots and bit part players that just don't get enough to do in the picture.

The comedy is supposed to be grounded by Aaron's relationship with his med school sweetheart Daphne (Elisabeth Moss from «Mad Men»), but it serves more as a distraction than as a source of heart.

It's not quite time to head back to school for HBO's Vice Principals, the latest raucous comedy from Danny McBride and Jody Hill.

St. Trinian's (PG - 13 for sexuality, profanity, mature themes, and drug and alcohol use) Sixth installment in the British comedy series set at the famed school for troubled girls finds the mischievous heroines hatching a plan to steal a priceless painting in order to save their financially - troubled alma mater from bankruptcy.

Will Ferrell (Old School, Elf) delivers again, with a little help from his friends, in this scattershot comedy that just manages to hit just enough hilarious moments to look past the fact that there just isn't a well - developed, cohesive movie here.

From the old school days, Tom Shadyac directs, who also helmed the Carrey comedies Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and Liar Liar.

Given its creative pedigree, Imaginary Mary is most comfortable in the family - comedy gear that is ABC's bread and butter; replace Elfman with Malin Akerman, and the Halpern - and - Haskins - penned second episode — which finds Alice flailing through after - school pickup duties — could be a first draft of a script from their one - season wonder.

Much of the comedy flows from Lady Bird's school.