Sentences with word «zaniness»

When he has Frankie Faison describing his father's job as a washroom attendant, the scene is riveting and pertinent, but it clashes with the comic aggression of Will Arnett, the muted zaniness of Will Forte, and the «How did I end up here?»

But there's nothing inherently commercial about these chats so instead they're used as cushioning for a series of more extravagant comic set - pieces in the framework of a plot that runs on zaniness and extremity.

I'm looking forward to the goofy zaniness in Brothers Bloom.

Throw in some equally bizarre scenes: one with Robert Patrick deep in the jungle (that is so obviously a studio backlot) and another in a cave with Bigfoot (which obviously looks like a guy in an ape suit) and your monthly allotment for zaniness should just about be reached.

The film's opening narration introduces us to Harold Crick, played by Will Ferrell in an economic performance where we can feel Ferrell's natural zaniness coursing underneath Crick's bland exterior, just begging to be let out.

Gringo has an ensemble cast of eccentric characters but director Nash Edgerton is unsuccessful at bringing out the true zaniness within them that is begging to be unleashed

Other than that, his attempts as zaniness and / or sincerity never seem to mesh with the film's funky fabric.

Smith also penned the novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter which was also adapted for the silver screen, but more to the point, it was an insufferable boring chore to watch that embraced literally nothing about its inherent zaniness.

Summary Capsule: once again trapped upon a nightmarish out - of - control flight towards certain death, Ted and Elaine must save not only the passengers but also themselves... from forced zaniness!

is a fun film, mostly due to Mogwai cuteness, Gremlin zaniness and countless in - jokes.

Full house for this week's show, complete with zaniness from Lube.

In a photo recently posted to Instagram, Floyd Mayweather, the boxer, sits on a private jet surrounded by stacks of dollar bills, touting the sale of tokens for a prediction market called Stox — a moment some saw as proof that ICO hype had reached peak zaniness.

Despite three quarters of explosiveness, and despite typical Les Miles - related special teams zaniness, this ended in strangely orderly fashion.

Adding more NCAA - style zaniness to the proceedings is the fact that players can not sign contracts until Aug. 1, because the NBA accountants need the month of July to settle their books and to finalize the salary cap for next season.

And there is much more zaniness and many other twists and turns to this whole deal.

Zaniness ensues.

Once the middle block of this puppy hits, a manic energy takes over and the pure zaniness can't be stopped.

... The show's workplace zaniness is definitely where Champions is most a work - in - progress.

The tiresome zaniness and Seinfeldian conceits might be forgivable if the romantic plot weren't so full of empty truisms and nonsense lines that would stump a Zen monk.

At its absolute best, «Cougar Town» has been able to balance zaniness, goofy charm, cutting wit and emotionally deft story lines, and I'll grant that that's a difficult mixture to pull off (FX's razor - sharp «Archer» has often been «Cougar Town's» closest compatriot in the surreal - plus - smut - plus - feelings sweepstakes).

The vampires zip around in blurry, crazy - fast jolts that seem like silent - movie zaniness.

Peppered with rascally audience - addressing comments by star Joseph Gordon - Levitt as the irrepressible Petit, the film's zaniness takes some getting used to.

She lends the rather tired comic plot some much needed zaniness.

Monty Python vet Michael Palin is a fitting face in the ensemble, with Iannucci structuring a few bits (like Buscemi and Tambor trying to slyly switch places at Stalin's funeral - classic) that recall some of the finest Python zaniness.

Mistress America continues to play up Gerwig's gift for physical comedy, and the plot, which whisks Brooke and Tracy to Connecticut in search of startup money, gives the second half a screwball zaniness unmatched in Baumbach's work since Mr. Jealousy.

Melissa James Gibson penned the script and we only hope to see Rudd and Giamatti fully embrace some Franco - Canadian zaniness.

Even as American comedy has become almost wholly Apatowized and Ferrellified, growing louder and crasser and more self - consciously buffoonish, the Coens have gone the opposite way, ratcheting back their own zaniness.

Instead of wearing a suit that is split down the middle by a terrible tailor, complete with animal prints and other colorful zaniness, Two Face's suit here keeps it mundane work - week, though frayed and lived - in on his bad side.

Public screenings and Warner Archive DVD releases spawned an ardent new audience for these resurrected films with their catchy syncopated rhythms, tonic zaniness, and brash, let - me - entertain - you spirit.

With forced jokes and performances that go for increased zaniness without adequate material to take things to the next level first, Funny Money sinks into the comedy abyss due to spending too much time spinning its wheels in plot mechanics and desperate injections of trite shenanigans for easy laughs.

The brief scene with Forrest is one of the few times The Good Dinosaur brushes up against the surprising, inspired zaniness of Pixar's best efforts.

But this message is somewhat watered down by the rather corny zaniness that fills the screen, including several massive action set - pieces that not only make very little sense but feel like scenes we've seen before.

She's able to convey bubble - brained zaniness about as well as anyone in the movies right now, and then she can switch gears and give you a scary dramatic performance in something like «Vanilla Sky.»

But it lacks even the self - aware zaniness of those shows, and the shaky - cam fight scenes feel like they were edited by a random number generator.

The only actor who seems to be giving a full - on performance is Tessa Thompson (Creed), who lifts up the film into a something where we begin to see the humor in the characters and their situations; if only she weren't surrounded by manufactured buffoonery, the laughs that are evoked might be earned rather than lay there lifelessly without a chance for us to find connection to them beyond just sporadic zaniness.

The film employs two forms of comedy, the aforementioned mad - cap zaniness, and also biting satire.

Yet, while there are numerous moments of disjointed unevenness with the jokes and pacing in Hell Baby, there are enough instances of sublime zaniness that those shortcomings can occasionally be overlooked.

Booth's particular brand of zaniness lives on.

Lots of labeled animals and familiar animal sounds, as well as a high zaniness quotient, will keep emergent readers going strong.

There's a familiar zaniness in the way the game treats its items, similar to the way something as trivial as a paperclip can also be the key to success in games like Day of the Tentacle and other LucasArts adventure games.

Part of Crash's appeal was his all - out zaniness compared to other gaming icons.

The soundtrack to Pit People is by Patric Catani, who also worked on BattleBlock, and it's a good sonic complement to the game's visual zaniness.

Check out the reveal trailer in all its fourth wall - breaking zaniness below, among various other exciting gameplay videos captured by the Nintendo Wire team.

Our own Sherri L. Smith, reports that Ubisoft continues to polish the open - world sandbox and has a potentially intriguing story that gets lost in the typical Far Cry zaniness.

The Internet collectively took a double take at the incredible zaniness of the idea, but there was also a...

Unlike LucasArts adventure games, Broken Sword is mostly grounded in reality and lacks the madcap zaniness or fantastical elements.

Coming later this year, the debut digital release will be Sonic Adventure, followed by the wild - driving zaniness of Crazy Taxi.