Sentences with phrase «style of romantic comedy»

Producers Horowitz, Huffington and Roiff stated, «We're excited to bring a new style of romantic comedy to the international marketplace and Max360 has already demonstrated wonderful passion in joining us in this endeavor.»

Whitney Cummings tries to breathe new life into the tired, men - are - like - this, women - are - like - this style of romantic comedy both in front of and behind the camera with «The Female Brain.»

Not exact matches

Interspersed with these are green - tinted installments of a science - fiction side - story inspired by Flash Gordon (one iteration of which includes an apparent Star Wars parody — the Flash Gordon serials were among Ruiz's childhood favorites); a Columbo - inspired detective story set at a country manor; a black - and - white romantic costume drama; a touch of musical comedy; and a Western - style shootout inside the movie theater.

The two styles never quite mesh, though, and the movie starts to feel Frankensteinish; it's partly a female buddy movie, it's partly a romantic comedy, it's partly a Superbad - style R - rated comedy, and partly a tender character study of a woman whose life is falling apart around her.

But when a genuinely funny romantic comedy comes along, creating a cockeyed world inhabited by two people of equal, dazzling wit and wiles and performance style, suddenly you realize what you've been missing.

Man Up is the new romantic comedy featuring one Simon Pegg esquire and the comedy stylings of the ace Lake Bell.

It is also pleasing to see that in an age in which the romantic comedy is such an unfashionable genre in the cinema that filmmakers are, at least, attempting to go back to basics and call to mind a style of filmmaking in the screwball comedy that is all too rarely visible in the modern era.

Billy Wilder, for example, was originally dismissed by Sarris as a director without a personal style, and, indeed, Wilder tackled an astonishing range of material, from romantic comedies to film noir («Double Indemnity»), Hollywood tragedy («Sunset Boulevard»), journalistic expose («Ace in the Hole») and classic farce («Some Like It Hot»).

This is the kind of film that includes a romantic comedy style run - across - town - to - tell - the - leading - lady - something scene, and Jackman, bless him, runs so hard that you'd think Barnum was rushing to defuse a bomb.

After that brashly meta opener, you might expect a smartly constructed Tarantino - style black comedy of retribution, but the film fails to deliver on that promise, devolving instead into a dispiriting tonal mishmash of mean - spirited revenge fantasy, girl - power romantic fantasy, and comedy so broad it tips into caricature.

A classic style New York romantic comedy with touches of classic screwball and a sprinkling of terrific cameos, the former escort reminisces to a reporter (Illeana Douglas) about her rags to riches fairy tale — a chain of events affecting the lives of everyone involved, including Arnold's wife Delta (Kathryn Hahn), leading man Seth (Rhys Ifans), playwright Joshua (Will Forte) and even Isabella's therapist, Jane (Jennifer Aniston).

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Like Someone In Love may bear some of the superficial markings of a comedy, even a romantic comedy Kiarostami - style, but make no mistake, by its final moments the film becomes a startling dissection of masculine jealousy and the capacity for violence.

«' The Room» has been playing for 14 - and - a-half years, sort of like the new «Rocky Horror Picture Show» but, like, even worse,» Franco, 39, chuckles about the ineptly written, acted and directed tale of romantic betrayal that novice director Wiseau thought would be a Tennessee Williams - style, Oscar - contending drama, but since its laughed - at premiere has agreed with the world that it is a so - bad - its - great comedy.

In the hands of a more accomplished scriptwriter and an appropriation of style and tone from his earlier films, a subversive Lannoo could have made a refreshing mark on the romantic, comedy fantasy genre.

1942's Fly - By - Night is an everything - including - the - kitchen - sink brew of romantic comedy, espionage, Keystone Kop - style shenanigans, screwball dialogue, medical mystery and Hitchcock's favorite theme of the wrongly accused man.

Thankfully, They Came Together is full of hilarity, skewering every bit of romantic comedies, and adding Wain's trademark spin on a spoof - style reminiscent of Mel Brooks, Jim Abrahams and David & Jerry Zucker.

Less a spoof of vampire flicks than a fish - out - of - water romantic comedy about a Victorian nobleman trying to negotiate the dating scene of Studio 54 - era Manhattan, this enjoyably silly film is no one's idea of great cinema, but writer Robert Kaufman's concept of a vampire being the standard bearer for old - style morality and romance is an inherently funny conceit helped immensely by a straight - faced lead performance by Hamilton.

«The Curse of the Wendigo,» a story about a mysterious creature set during World War I, written by Mathieu Missoffe and illustrated by Charlie Adlard, the artist of «The Walking Dead;» «Josephine,» a romantic comedy by Penelope Bagieu, the creator of «Exquisite Corpse;» «Promethee,» a science - fiction story in the same vein as «Lost,» created by Christopher Bec, with an introduction by Mark Waid; «Iron Squad,» an alternate history sci - fi story in which new technology allows the Germans to win World War II, by Jean - Luc Sala and Ronan Toulhoat; «Spin Angels,» a tale of black ops and spies, a Catholic cardinal and the Mafia, by Jean - Luc Sala and Pierre - Mony Chan; «Come Prima,» a road story about two warring brothers, done in a style that pays homage to Italian films, by Alfred.