He appeared in some dire comedies, such as In God We Tru$t (1980), Yellow Beard (1984) and Johnny Dangerously (1984), in which Boyle was encouraged to pull outrageous faces.
Having debauched himself as the smug shirtless git of many a dire romantic comedy, this actor looked all washed up.
A revelatory production by the Rude Mechanicals Theater Company of Don DeLillo's dire, intellectual comedy from 1999.
This is the worst film of the week, a dire British comedy, to which the only honest response is to soil and then set fire to the Union flag in the foyer of your local cinema.
The first of his six features, the dire rap comedy, Who's The Man? (1993), worked as a Hollywood calling card, and Demme moved on to the bigger budget yuppie comedy The Ref (1994), starring Leary, Judy Davis and Kevin Spacey.
The best and really only sensible thing to say about the dire romantic comedy "Valentine's Day," which is neither romantic nor remotely comedic, is that it makes you appreciate and long for the breeziness, acting and basic competency -- the decent lighting, focused cameras and choreographed action -- of "Love Actually," the ingratiating British movie it transparently and ineptly rips off.
The British equivalent of the Golden Gate Bridge as a construction of great beauty and a favourite spot for jumpers (both suicidal and bungee) is Brunel's Clifton Suspension Bridge, which looms over The Truth About Love, a dire romantic comedy set in Bristol.
Maybe it was the trench humor, the dark comedy of the climber in dire straits.
Go View, as the marketing folks have named it, will lets users download and watch all sorts of entertainment, from hilariously dry comedy to infamously drab sporting contests yesterday's dire Manchester United-Barça game comes to mind.
