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List Of Comedy Films Of The 2010s
A list of comedy films in the 2010s. By year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Notes {{Filmsbygenre Lists of comedy films by decade, 2010s 2010s comedy films, * Lists of 2010s films by genre, Comedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Films
The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film, and it is derived from classical comedy in theatre. Some of the earliest silent films were slapstick comedies, which often relied on visual depictions, such as sight gags and pratfalls, so they could be enjoyed without requiring sound. To provide drama and excitement to silent movies, live music was played in sync with the action on the screen, on pianos, organs, and other instruments. When sound films became more prevalent during the 1920s, comedy films grew in popularity, as laughter could result from both burlesque situations but also from humorous dialogue. Comedy, compared with other film genres, places more focus on individual star actors, with many former stand-up comics transitioning to the film industry due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sola Aoi
is a Japanese former AV idol, nude model, and actress. Starring in more than 600 pornographic film, adult films between 2002 and 2011, Aoi is widely considered to be one of the most popular adult video idols of the 2000s. Her popularity as a porn actress alone has led to celebrity status as a media personality both in Japan and internationally. Life and career Early life and AV debut Sora Aoi was born on April 26, 1981, in Kanagawa. As a student, she worked at various part-time jobs in the food-service industry, such as pizza parlors, pubs and sushi bars with the intent of becoming a pre-school teacher. While in her third year in high school, Aoi was scouted in Shibuya, Tokyo, Shibuya by a talent agency for gravure idol, gravure modelling. She decided to enter the adult entertainment industry with the aim of eventually working on TV and in other parts of the entertainment industry, stating that "If there was only the AV industry, I couldn't do it." When asked how her stage nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Serkis
Andrew Clement Serkis (born 20 April 1964) is an English actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his motion capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation and voice work for computer-generated characters such as Gollum in ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy (2001–2003) and '' The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' (2012), King Kong in the eponymous 2005 film, Caesar in the ''Planet of the Apes'' reboot series (2011–2017), Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock in Steven Spielberg's ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (2011), Baloo in his self-directed film '' Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle'' (2018) and Supreme Leader Snoke in the ''Star Wars'' sequel trilogy films ''The Force Awakens'' (2015) and '' The Last Jedi'' (2017), also portraying Kino Loy in the ''Star Wars'' Disney+ series '' Andor'' (2022). Serkis's film work in motion capture has been critically acclaimed. He has received an Empire Award and two Saturn Awards for his motion-capture acting. He earned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Pegg
Simon John Pegg (; born 14 February 1970) is an English actor, comedian and screenwriter. He came to prominence in the UK as the co-creator of the Channel 4 sitcom ''Spaced'' (1999–2001), directed by Edgar Wright. He and Wright co-wrote the films ''Shaun of the Dead'' (2004), ''Hot Fuzz'' (2007), and ''The World's End (film), The World's End'' (2013), known collectively as the ''Three Flavours Cornetto'' trilogy, all of which saw Wright directing and Pegg starring alongside Nick Frost. Pegg and Frost also wrote and starred in the sci-fi comedy film ''Paul (2011 film), Paul'' (2011). Pegg is one of the few performers to have achieved what ''Radio Times'' calls the "Holy Grail of Nerd, Nerd-dom", having played popular supporting characters in ''Doctor Who'' (2005), ''Star Trek'' as Scotty (Star Trek), Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (2009–2016), and ''Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' (2015). He starred as Benji Dunn in the Mission: Impossible (film series), ''Mission: Impossible'' f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Landis
John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for directing comedy films such as ''The Kentucky Fried Movie'' (1977), ''Animal House, National Lampoon's Animal House'' (1978), The Blues Brothers (film), ''The Blues Brothers'' (1980), ''Trading Places'' (1983), ''Three Amigos'' (1986), ''Coming to America'' (1988) and ''Beverly Hills Cop III'' (1994), and horror films such as ''An American Werewolf in London'' (1981) and ''Innocent Blood (film), Innocent Blood'' (1992). He also directed the music videos for Michael Jackson's Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video), "Thriller" (1983) and "Black or White#Music video, Black or White" (1991). Landis later ventured into television work, including the series ''Dream On (TV series), Dream On'' (1990), ''Weird Science (TV series), Weird Science'' (1994) and ''Sliders (TV series), Sliders'' (1995). He also directed several episodes of the 2000s horror anthology series ''Masters of Horror'' a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burke And Hare (2010 Film)
''Burke & Hare'' is a 2010 British black comedy film, loosely based on the Burke and Hare murders of 1828. Directed by John Landis from an original screenplay by Nick Moorcroft and Piers Ashworth, the film stars Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis as William Burke and William Hare respectively. It was Landis's first feature film release in 12 years, the last being 1998's '' Susan's Plan''. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 29 October 2010. Plot William Burke and William Hare, immigrants from Ulster, attempt to sell cheese mould as a patent medicine. When their fraud is discovered, they flee to an inn owned by Hare's wife, Lucky. One of her lodgers has died, and she wants Burke and Hare to remove the body. On the way, they stop for a drink and Hare hears from Fergus, a local henchman of villain Danny McTavish, that Dr Knox pays for cadavers, especially now demand has gone up. Burke and Hare decide to sell the corpse to Knox. They are forced to break the corpse's spine to fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Perez
Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of Don Juan * Giovanni (Pokémon), boss of Team Rocket in the fictional world of Pokémon * Giovanni (World of Darkness), a group of vampires in ''Vampire: The Masquerade/World of Darkness'' roleplay and video game * "Giovanni", a song by Band-Maid from the 2021 album ''Unseen World'' * ''Giovanni's Island'', a 2014 Japanese anime drama film * ''Giovanni's Room'', a 1956 novel by James Baldwin * Via Giovanni, places in Rome See also * * *Geovani *Giovanni Battista *San Giovanni (other) *San Giovanni Battista (other) San Giovanni Battista is the Italian translation of Saint John the Baptist. San Giovanni Battista may also refer to: Churches in Italy * San Giovanni Battista, Highway A11, in Florence * San Giovanni Batti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Sudeikis
Daniel Jason Sudeikis ( ; born September 18, 1975) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. In the 1990s, he began his career in improv comedy and performed with ComedySportz, iO Chicago (Improv Olympic), and The Second City. In 2003, Sudeikis was hired as a writer for the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'', and later spent nine seasons as a cast member from 2005 to 2013, playing Joe Biden and Mitt Romney, among others. From 2020 to 2023, he co-created and played the title role in the Apple TV+ sports comedy series ''Ted Lasso'', which earned him four Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. He was also one of the leading cast members in ''The Cleveland Show'' (2009–2013). Sudeikis has also acted in recurring roles in the comedy series ''30 Rock (TV series), 30 Rock'' (2007–2010), ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'' (2010–2011), ''Portlandia (TV series), Portlandia'' (2011–2014), and ''The Last Man on Earth (TV series), The Last ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard Butler
Gerard James Butler (born 13 November 1969) is a Scottish actor and film producer. After studying law, he turned to acting in the mid-1990s with small roles in productions such as '' Mrs Brown'' (1997), the James Bond film ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' (1997), and '' Tale of the Mummy'' (1998). In 2000, he starred as Count Dracula in the gothic horror film '' Dracula 2000''. He played Attila the Hun in the miniseries ''Attila'' (2001), then appeared in the films '' Reign of Fire'' (2002) and '' Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life'' (2003) before starring in the science fiction film ''Timeline'' (2003). He played Erik, The Phantom in Joel Schumacher's 2004 musical '' The Phantom of the Opera''. Butler gained wider recognition for his portrayal of King Leonidas in Zack Snyder's fantasy war film ''300'' (2007). In 2010, he began lending his voice to the ''How to Train Your Dragon'' franchise. Also in the 2010s, he portrayed a Secret Service agent in the action thriller ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an American actress. She rose to international fame for her role as Rachel Green on the television sitcom ''Friends'' from 1994 to 2004, which earned her Primetime Emmy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award, Screen Actors Guild awards. Aniston has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses, as of 2023. The daughter of actors John Aniston and Nancy Dow, she began working as an actress at an early age with an uncredited role in the 1988 film ''Mac and Me''. Her first major film role came in the 1993 horror comedy ''Leprechaun (film), Leprechaun''. She has since starred in a string of successful comedy films such as ''Office Space'' (1999), ''Bruce Almighty'' (2003), ''The Break-Up'' (2006), ''Marley & Me (film), Marley & Me'' (2008), ''Just Go with It'' (2011), ''Horrible Bosses'' (2011), ''We're the Millers'' (2013), ''Dumplin' (film), Dumplin''' (2018), and ''Murder Mystery (film), Murder Mystery'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Tennant
Andrew Wellman Tennant (born June 15, 1955) is an American screenwriter, film and television director, actor, and dancer. Early life Tennant was born June 15, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois, and was raised in Flossmoor, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. His father was Don Tennant, a creative advertising talent with Leo Burnett Agency in Chicago. As a boy, he spent his summers on Old Mission Peninsula in northern Michigan and at Camp Minocqua in northern Wisconsin. He graduated from Homewood-Flossmoor High School in 1973. He studied theater under John Houseman at University of Southern California. Career Dancing/acting and directorial debut In 1978, he was cast as an extra of a dancing role in the musical adaptation film ''Grease (film), Grease'' starring actor John Travolta and singer/actress Olivia Newton-John. That same year, he was cast as an extra in a dancing role in the musical comedy film adaptation of ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bounty Hunter (2010 Film)
''The Bounty Hunter'' is a 2010 American romantic action comedy directed by Andy Tennant, starring Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler. The story centers on a bounty hunter hired to retrieve his ex-wife, who has skipped bail. The film was released in the United States on March 19, 2010. The film received negative reviews from critics but was a box office success, grossing $136.3 million against a production budget of $40–45 million. Plot Milo Boyd, a former New York Police Department detective is now a bounty hunter. His ex-wife, Nicole Hurley, is an investigative reporter who was recently arrested for assaulting a police officer. Nicole receives a tip on a story, an apparent suicide that may have been a murder, so she skips her bond hearing to meet her informant, causing the judge to revoke her bail and issue a warrant for her arrest. Just before Nicole arrives, her informant, Jimmy, is kidnapped. Milo is ecstatic when Nicole's bail bondsman, Sid, offers him the job of bring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
