Sentences with phrase «zany comedy»

A zany comedy?

Among the newly featured films this week: two very different but very good thrillers in Se7en on Monday and The Crying Game on Wednesday, both on IFC; some classic sci - fi in The Thing from Another World on Thursday; zany comedy Airplane!

Give or take the odd zany comedy, their filmography largely consists of these writers; «Miller's Crossing» was heavily influenced by Hammett's «The Glass Key» while «The Big Lebowski» loosely took it's structure from the work of Raymond Chandler and James M. Cain would resurface in the «The Man Who Wasn't There ``.

While McDonagh delivered a zany comedy five years ago in the crime - action title Seven Psychopaths, he zeroes in on a serious drama involving a grieving single mother's anger against an arguably corrupt police department which has failed to... Read

The film critic trashed the «Identity Thief» star in April in his review of the zany comedy that costars Jason Bateman...

Peter Yates, director of the acclaimed films Bullitt and Breaking Away, has a hard time handling the sometimes jarring mix of zany comedy and deadly serious drama, never really making a real impact in either department enough for the tone to gel.

Tone is well balanced too as the picture's three chapters navigate zany comedy with dark emotional beats and back again mostly without strain.

When two strangers stumble into international intrigue in the middle of a Los Angeles night, anything can happen... and does, in this zany comedy directed by John Landis.

The second reason why Blackball misfires comes from the stretches of drama in between the zany comedy.

What is truly unique about this film is that it brought about a whole genre of zany comedy that has yet to be duplicated.

A zany comedy stuffed to the brim with memorable characters, strange plot developments and absurd sight gags, Caddyshack freewheels its way from one silly scene to another, incidentally weaving a timeless tale about «the snobs versus the slobs» in the process.

For something a little more soap opera / melodramatic try BLACKBERRY DAZE at the Robeson, for zany comedy try the Kavinoky's THE FOREIGNER, and for a swirl of graceful aerial charm, try STELLALUNA at Theatre of Youth.

One of the zaniest of all 1930s zany comedies — that said, it can be a little on the shrill side.

He is a go - to guy for zany comedies and romantic comedies.

Paisley will host a night of stand - up at Zanies Comedy Club on 18 April (17), which will be taped for an upcoming TV special.

2:00 am (10th)-- TCM — Kind Hearts and Coronets In one of the zaniest of the zany comedies that Alec Guinness was best known for in his early career, he plays eight, count»em, eight characters — all relatives in line to receive a duke's massive fortune upon his death.

1:15 pm / 12:15 pm — TCM — Arsenic and Old Lace One of the zaniest comedies you'll ever see has kindly old ladies poisoning lonely men for their own good.

I fully intended for that to feed into a zanier comedy, but what it absolutely ended up being is a love letter to the genre.

Not exact matches

Sherwood Schwartz writes and produces a number of popular television series, including «Gilligan «s Island,» a comedy originated in the l960s in which a zany group of castaways manage to survive not only shipwreck, but each other.

Built on crazy special effects work and even zanier antics, Waititi and screenwriters Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle, and Christopher Yost avoid these lulls, perpetually pushing forward lots of in - jokes for MCU fans, and plenty of spoof - tinged moments to draw you into the peculiar world of comedy contained within a relatively basic plot structure.

Noah Wyle, Kate Mara, and Illeana Douglas square off in this zany romantic comedy, which is loosely based on Henry James» novel The Bostonians.

Unlike many recent «hard R» comedies, which tend to operate at one speed (zany), «Bosses» is careful to balance the outrageous with a healthy dose of subtlety.

Fairchild's TV - movie and miniseries credits include Honey Boy (1982), North and South, Book 2 (1986), and a return to comedy in The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1985).

Exactly like their reboot of VACATION, directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein return with a wonderfully zany flick that gives us hope when it comes to the crumbling state of the comedy movie.

Yet another entry in the British «Carry On» comedies, this zany parody takes aim at the popular»60s espionage films — complete with outrageous disguises, double - crosses and other such irreverence.

He had his first co-starring role as Private Joe Collins in the zany Bud Abbott and Lou Costello comedy It Ain't Hay (1943).

While it's not as zany, if you love crazy fun ski movies like Hot Dog or Ski Patrol, Force Majeure is a brilliant modern take on that kind of ski movie comedy, but with added depth to the characters.

Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal star in a zany send - up of the screwball comedies of the 1930s with Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up, Doc?.

What becomes clear is that although this comedy is full of cartoon - like characters and zany, over-the-top situations, the Coen brothers are giving us their take on reality.

It reminded me a little like some of the zany kids comedies of the olden days, like «Our Gang», only not nearly as funny or inspired.

Its a zany, and in parts, deliberately kitschy, black comedy.

As far as zany dark comedies go, Moonwalkers never approaches Dr. Strangelove territory, but Antoine Bardou - Jacquet's feature - length debut provides more than enough laughs and ridiculous entertainment.

Performance Greta Gerwig, Damsels In Distress Whit Stillman's characters have always been a little eccentric, but in his»80s - style campus comedy Damsels In Distress, the heroines are downright zany, and possibly mentally ill.

Silver Linings is one of the most charming movies of the decade and a delightful throwback to the zany screwball romantic comedies of the «30s and «40s, a better tribute than the previous years Best Picture winner The Artist.

Writer / director Sean Anders returns from the first film with the standard playbook for lazy comedies: a series of zany skits loosely connected with little regard for logic or continuity.

However, if the comedy is too broad or too often relied on, serious unevenness may occur if the the action scenes seem too dark to be juxtaposed with such zany antics.

Nevertheless, director Boaz Yakin keeps the tone consistently zany, escorting stars Brittany Murphy (Just Married) and Dakota Fanning (I Am Sam) through a creepy comedy of bad manners.

12:00 N — TCM — The Miracle of Morgan's Creek Preston Sturges» zaniest and most irreverent comedy gives Betty Hutton her best role as Trudy Kockenlocker, who goes out for a night on the town with a group of soldiers about to ship out.

The surreal and silly sequel to the hit 2015 comedy skates by on the well - known but still - appealing comic personas of stars Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg and their zany chemistry.

Phil Lord and Chris Miller do a great directing transition from animation to live - action, as they bring their zany and goofy timing and pace to this action comedy.

In many ways, it is the precursor of the zany, off - the - wall comedy that many comedians are placed in, allowing them to break free creatively.

From Pee - wee's Big Adventure to Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, this brand of comedy that featured a wholly insular world of oddball characters and zany developments allows the comedian to cut completely free from the mundane «real world» to fully explore the depths of a comic character of his own creation.

Holland's brand of comedies contained perhaps some of the most quintessential 80s style, from the zany plots to cartoon additions to the surrealness of the decade.

Based on this set up, I Am Not A Serial Killer could have been a zany indie horror comedy with lots of goofy antics and over-the-top kill scenes.

As with most rom - coms of late, a plethora of supporting best buddy supporting characters all chime in with as much crude and zany zingers as possible to keep this in the realm of light comedy, and to break up the monotony of the tired premise.

«ST2» has a zany, old - fashioned vibe that complements the original well, and allows the Broken Lizard comedy troop to get away with plenty of non-politically correct humor.

but even if she's not in contention for those big roles, at least she's not doing the zany romantic comedies (let's forgive the cameo from the awful Sex and the City 2) and instead of sulking around LA, she's working on passion projects.

She's equally adept at the show's zany brand of broad comedy as she is in scenes of quieter, character - based drama with Sam Waterston as her ex-husband Sol.

This second film in the Pink Panther series is easily the best, and stands as ones of the zaniest 1960s comedies ever.

, along with the zany otaku conspiracy drama WELCOME TO THE N.H.K., the paranormal body - swapping romantic comedy METAMO KISS, and even more intense supernatural action in AION.