Sentences with phrase «target for comedy»

A number of comics, including some from religious traditions, express their views on whether religion is a legitimate target for comedy.

Actually, while Allen does include standard religious solutions as his targets for comedy, he is far from regarding thoughtful religious inquiry as inane.

Not exact matches

NBCUniversal has a subscription service called Seeso specifically for comedy, and the Peacock network is planning to launch as many as nine targeted services aimed at discrete markets.

No longer was the film a soulful animated comedy that was targeted at children, while having the makings of something that anyone could enjoy; instead it was a film that got too big for its own good.

That arrangement sets the pieces in motion for a riotous buddy comedy in which the duo capture plenty of bounty before hurtling toward their final target, wealthy plantation owner Calvin Candy (Leonardo DiCaprio, over the top even by these standards), who keeps Broomhilda locked up in a dismal existence at the appropriately - titled Candyland.

Reputedly born, much like its predecessor, of Segel's real - life relationship with «Freaks and Geeks» costar Linda Cardellini, «The Five - Year Engagement» engenders lots of good will for the many things it does right — namely, at least aim at a target a bit higher and off - center from the normal, unchallenging objective of so many romantic comedies.

There was no more perfect movie for this year than Jordan Peele's «Get Out,» with its uncanny mix of horror and comedy, and the way it eviscerated the complicit (white liberals) rather than more obvious targets.

Critic Consensus: Keanu's absurd premise and compulsively watchable starring duo add up to an agreeably fast - paced comedy that hits more than enough targets to make up for the misses.

Add Naomi Watts and Sean Penn in Doug Liman's Fair Game, Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams in Sundance Grand Jury entrant Blue Valentine, Gotham award nominee Winter's Bone and the animated adventure Megamind for the kids, and the more commercial - leaning contingent of entries is well and truly covered, with Welcome To The Rileys (starring James Gandolfini, Melissa Leo and Twilight «s Kristen Stewart) and Brit caper comedy Wild Target rounding out the mix.

The ramifications of killing for art's sake have long been fair game for film treatment, especially in movies that tap the horror - comedy vein, whether the target of the humor is the reception of the resultant artworks (Roger Corman's A Bucket of Blood gives it in the neck to Beatnik poseurs) or else their inspiration (Herschell Gordon Lewis's sanguinary variation on the theme, Color Me Blood Red).

Its moderate box office success seems more attributable to star power and the target demographic's taste for PG - 13 comedy than the film's value.

Jeremy Renner is the target in one giant game of tag in the trailer for the upcoming comedy movie Tag!

The animated comedy adventure stars Jason Bateman as con - artist fox Nick Wilde, who goes on the run after being framed for a crime he didn't commit, and Ginnifer Goodwin as eager rabbit police Lt. Judy Hopps, who's hot on his tail — only to find herself a target of a conspiracy.

Club Dread starts in typical fashion for a dumb comedy, with the usual foul - mouthed gags tinged with sex and alcohol references that should no doubt appeal to the college age crowd that is the target audience for this kind of film.

Familiarity doesn't always breed contempt, and the genial warmth of the characters and the near - total absence of unpleasant people — save for the unbridled and over-the-top evil manifested by a gleefully mean and highly - competitive fellow intern (Max Minghella)-- ensures that the constant rain of comedy bits will ocasionally hit their targets.

Now it is hard to judge a movie solely from a preview, since I probably was not the target audience for it, but the comedy was completely lost on me, to put it kindly.

With these works she ironically combines comedy, shock, and curiosity with her «executions,» while offering an opportunity for interesting interpretations with her choice of «bullets» — and target.