Lawrence has been getting a bit more exposure recently, and surely deserves a proper vehicle for his distinctive brand of thoroughly diseased, intoxicatingly funny comedy.
Dima Nimir, a lively, funny, thoroughly modern woman from the city of Nablus, said Islam played the same role for her.
Yet Healy and his mates delivered those familiar moves with thoroughly modern style: funny but serious; sexy without being macho; coolly aloof yet proudly emotional.
He was a smart, funny, thoroughly engaging old-school Chicagoan with a rugged voice and style that evoked Humphrey Bogart and Lee Marvin.
"I'm really looking forward to this challenge and to working with Aled, who is a warm, funny and thoroughly decent bloke and is already a good friend," said Kelly.
He was smart, funny and thoroughly engaging about the family memoir he was writing.
The result is "a gossipy, funny and thoroughly entertaining" tale, Jennifer Reese said here last year.
Syal is a television actress who has written extensively for the screen, and while her new novel veers occasionally into melodrama, it is gossipy, funny and thoroughly entertaining.
She has created a thoroughly likable and genuinely funny film and its stars, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and the late James Gandolfini, are a revelation, singly and together.
Whip-smart, chokingly funny and thoroughly entertaining, Phoebe Eclair-Powell's debut play delves into the real and online lives of two young males.
I loved Laurent Binet's smart, original HHhH (Harvill Secker) and, despite never having watched more than 30 seconds of baseball, thoroughly enjoyed Chad Harbach's funny, moving The Art of Fielding (Fourth Estate).
