Sentences with phrase «school comedy with»

Somewhere in - between David Bowie, Lady Gaga, Freddy Mercury and Oscar Wilde, in the transgressive space of pop culture and dressed up as a high school comedy with wit, heart and a dazzling cast, Freak Show is about the violence of conformity and the power of self - determination.»

Not exact matches

This John Hughes classic highlights almost every embarrassing moment that can happen in high school, but matched with incredible comedy, it's a must - watch.

When I trained with The Second City (the famed comedy and improvisational school that is known as the breeding ground for SNL, etc.), I had a few options.

Cynthia has taught at the Idyllwild Arts Summer Program in the mountains of southern California, with the Chicago Children's Theater's Red Kite Program for children with autism and currently teaches improv and sketch comedy for The Second City Teen and Youth Program and at The Stage School in Park Ridge.

And then I came back and I thought I was going to go into comedy writing with a friend of mine, but he became very self - conscious and so I went to grad school.

Thrillist has an article that highlights Philly's newest hobbies, and it includes things like cycling with the Bicycle Coalition, taking photos with Philadelphia Photo Center, bowling with the league at South Bowl, learning how to play an instrument with Swift Lessons, dancing with the Koresh Dance Company, trying your hand at comedy with the Philly Improv Theater, cooking with Restaurant School, and playing volleyball with the Philadelphia Sports League.

Well i'm Dustin and i adore people who share the love for anime i can be shy at sometimes but would love to meet someone with the same interests as me i stop reading manga because of school but i do enjoy me some harem / action / comedy / ecchi / magi c / romance / adventure / fantasy / et c...

This romantic comedy revolves around an antisocial high school student named Hikigaya Hachiman with a distorted view on life and no Description: Summer job will be a dating sim game based on events while working at a Summer Resort.

It's your typical comedy about a loser high school guy in love with a hot girl, and it's mildly amusing, at best.

A fairly interminable teen comedy, American Pie follows four high school buddies (Jason Biggs» Jim, Chris Klein's Oz, Thomas Ian Nicholas» Kevin, and Eddie Kaye Thomas» Finch) as they vow to lose their respective virginities by prom night - with the film detailing the foursome's expectedly flamboyant and over-the-top efforts at accomplishing this feat.

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.

Fleming then co-wrote and directed the comedy Hamlet 2 (2008), with Steve Coogan as a high school drama professor who attempts to save his flagging theater department by mounting an onstage sequel to Shakespeare's famous tragedy.

Described by one prominent critic as Revenge of the Nerds with an increased fart quotient and added projectile vomiting, this dumb - dumb frat comedy cast Heder, Spade and Schneider as a trio of losers who form a baseball team to thwart a bunch of elementary - school bullies; Heder played a booger - eating dork with an unhealthy degree of maternal attachment.

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.

Melissa McCarthy goes back to school in this college comedy with a few surprises up its sleeve.

The multihyphenate (who reportedly began authoring poetry and songs at the age of 14) moved with her mother to Southern California immediately after high school graduation to accommodate her dreams of becoming a Hollywood star and promptly landed both representation and a key role as a pop diva in the Hugh Grant / Drew Barrymore romantic comedy Music and Lyrics.

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.

«Save The World Telethon» is a parody of old school telethons as an excuse to bring a great night of comedy variety entertainment with the good natured and multitalented Alan Thicke hosting.

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,...

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.

An old - school espionage thriller with a movie - biz comedy twist, all the better for being (almost) entirely true.

Nonetheless, «Old School» packs huge laughs, and that's where it's at with comedies.

In this low - budget romantic comedy, a self - styled playboy (actually a young grade - school teacher) puts his best moves on a lovely tour guide at a New York museum and soon finds himself hopelessly entangled with the mob.

This comedy follows the exploits of Tony Petersen (Jack Thompson), a mature married man with two children who decides to go back to school for an undergraduate degree.

After participating in several films throughout 2006 (Material Girls, Art School Confidential, Seraphim Falls), Huston reunited with Wes Anderson to play a supporting role in the multi-award winning comedy The Darjeeling Limited in 2007.

«Old School» director Todd Phillips has met and surpassed the hysterics of his former film with this take - it - to - the - limit comedy.

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).

Melissa McCarthy goes back to school with heart and humor in the new comedy Life of the Party, in theaters this weekend.

Homework is a high school comedy featuring a star studded cast including Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts, Michael Angarano, Elizabeth Reaser with Rita Wilson and Blair Underwood.

John C. Reilly is an eccentric high school vice-principal in «Terri» (Fox), an indie comedy with Sundance credentials, Rhys Ifans plays «Mr. Nice» (MPI), based on the crazed true story of a wildly successful British marijuana smuggler, and «Beautiful Boy» (Anchor Bay) stars Maria Bello and Michael Sheen as separated parents who turn to each other in shared grief.

Also new on DVD this week: the high school «Scarlett Letter» comedy Easy A (Sony) with Emma Stone, the M. Night Shyamalan - produced Devil (Universal), Francois Ozon's Angel (IFC) with Romola Garai and Michael Fassbender, Amos Gitai's Disengagement (IFC) with Juliette Binoche, Isabel Coixet's Map of the Sounds of Tokyo (IFC) with Rinko Kikuchi and Sergi Lopez and dance dance devolution Step Up 3 (Touchstone)(formerly Step Up 3D).

The high school horror - comedy with a decidedly feminist bite stars Megan Fox as the traffic - stopping title character and Amanda Seyfried as her BFF, Needy.

Talent: Tither - Kaplan (left) has been appearing in short films with Franco for over three years after enrolling at Studio 4, the actor's comedy and improv school

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The actress and comedian has been appearing in short films with Franco for over three years after enrolling at Studio 4, the actor's comedy and improv school.

The second of 2015's collaborations with her real - life director boyfriend Noah Baumbach, Mistress America was one of the best films at the Sundance Film Festival, an old - school screwball comedy about a young woman who befriends her dad's new girlfriend.

One of the biggest Sundance hits of 2015 was a small - budget indie comedy about an aspiring high school filmmaker and his friendship with a sick classmate entitled Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.

Together with Robert Popper, he created the comedy series «Look Around You» - a parody of those boring educational documentaries kids watch in school.

Taking on the part of a middle - aged mom who goes back to school, McCarthy revisits college comedy tropes with a seductive brand of physical comedy and an empathetic edge.

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!).

Also new: coming - of - age high school comedy Dude (2018, not rated) with Lucy Hale and Alexandra Shipp and romantic drama Porto (2016, not rated, with subtitles) featuring Anton Yelchin in one of his final performances.

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (PG for mature themes, mild epithets and pervasive rude humor) Kitchen sink comedy based on the James Patterson novel of the same name revolving around a jaded teen (Griffin Gluck) who, with the help of his BFF (Thomas Barbusca), tries to break every rule in his new school's Code of CoSchool: The Worst Years of My Life (PG for mature themes, mild epithets and pervasive rude humor) Kitchen sink comedy based on the James Patterson novel of the same name revolving around a jaded teen (Griffin Gluck) who, with the help of his BFF (Thomas Barbusca), tries to break every rule in his new school's Code of Coschool's Code of Conduct.

Around the time of the late 1980s, these young - old body - switch comedies were becoming quite plentiful, starting with 1984's After School Special, Summer Switch, 1987's Big (though no bodies are switched, it's very similar) and Like Father Like Son, and in 1988, there were three more notables, Vice Versa, 18 Again!

(In Indonesian with subtitles) The Trouble with Bliss (Unrated) Midlife crisis comedy about an unemployed slacker (Michael C. Hall), living at home with his widowed father (Peter Fonda), whose life starts to unravel when he becomes involved with the 18 year - old daughter (Brie Larson) of a high school classmate (Brad William Henke).

Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995) A combination of comedy, romance and high - school spunk, Clueless is a story with true»90s flair.

Easily one of the most unique and visually striking movies you'll see in theaters this year is writer - director Dash Shaw «s My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea, an animated comedy with a mouthful of a title that only just scratches the surface.

Most actresses can handle the dry comedy that comes with the high school girl role, but few can quite keep the emotional back - story burning as brightly as Stone manages here.

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.

Along with a host of comedy favorites (Fred Armisen, Jenny Slate, Jordan Peele, and Jason Mantzoukas all drop by; Maya Rudolph voices a «Hormone Monstress»), they'll relive their glory days of middle school and summer camp, including one memorable talent - show rendition of Queen's «Don't Stop Me Now.»