Sentences with phrase «even as a film critic»

Even as a film critic, it seemed like a bad idea recommending a film praised by the occult for possibly showcasing a pro-witchcraft message.

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«Clearly, the film carried the risk that an unflattering camera angle, unwelcome question or even an obvious omission by Mr. Scorsese would become a blemish to Mr. Clinton's legacy or provide fodder for Clinton critics as the 2016 campaign approaches,» the Times» Amy Chozick and Michael Cieply wrote.

But not even the joy of seeing Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston playing the evil Vilos Cohaagen was enough to prevent critics from labeling the film as dull.

The film did only a fraction of the business of, say, the previous year's Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, but it did earn a few favorable reviews even as it repulsed critics such as Roger Ebert.Thereafter, Fleming's career waxed extremely uneven from a critical standpoint, though his grosses remained generally favorable throughout and the projects kept rolling in.

Another distributor that goes for the quantity and quality approach, Magnolia had one of the year's most popular documentaries in Blackfish and one of critics» favorite foreign films in The Hunt, even as its percentage of films receiving positive reviews dropped from 50 % in 2012 to 45 % last year.

Her contribution to this project — a deft and humorous lead role as Margie Chizek, a Midwestern immigrant to Hollywood with big - star dreams who undergoes a brutal and hilarious metamorphosis in the face of Tinseltown romance — drew hearty praise from even those critics who responded negatively to the film itself.

David Ayer's fantasy blockbuster, which stars Will Smith and Joel Edgerton as a human - orc cop duo, was met with mixed reviews from critics, but Netflix is confident in the movie's franchise potential, with Bloomberg reporting that a sequel had been given the green light before the film had even been released.

After I saw it at the Toronto film festival last September — where Rudolph and Willis said they were proud of having made it even if nobody saw it — it received nominal runs in New York and Los Angeles, cities where viewers and critics are regarded by distributors as being more demographically significant than those in Chicago, and then early this year it came out on video.

Furthermore, the film curiously opens on the same day as X-Men: Apocalypse, which has booked 400 more theaters and presumably will open in first place even with mixed reviews that are still sure to be better than what Alice draws from critics.

As you can see, it's not all doom and gloom from the critics so far, but even the first positive Dracula Untold reviews out of the gate aren't exactly tripping over themselves to praise the film.

Peary builds his film as a sort of history lesson on the rise and development of film criticism from the early days prior to the release of The Birth of a Nation, the Sarris / Kael war, to Bowsley Crowther's 27 - year reign as top critic at The New York Times and even touching a little on the New World of the internet where everyone has the potential to be a critic.

Look at «The Hangover», because the first film was so well liked the sequel became an even bigger hit, but because the sequel was considered to be inferior by critics in general, the 3rd film really suffered and paid the price as it came nowhere near the previous films domestic box office grosses.

Even critics of last year's Amores Perros have admitted that an insurgence of Mexican productions into the highly populated art house distribution crowd is increasingly inevitable (the best simile that could be imagined is that the rise of Mexican cinema is like the push for Germany and Japan's permanent inclusion on the UN Security Counsil — hey, as art film distributors are saying, we're still working with the inclusion of Iran and Taiwan).

«Toxie,» as he's called by punk bands and pop film critics everywhere, has become so famous since his introduction in 1984 that you can now buy Toxic Avenger action figures, games, Topps trading cards, and even designer jewelry — all this in tribute to a head - crushing killer whose face looks like it's been bashed in with a bag of nickels, impaled with a turkey fork and barbecued on a George Foreman grill.

That's the only way reviews have ever worked for a mainstream audience, be it as part of the captive audience for weekly reviews as part of a newscast, as a column in a popular magazine or newspaper, on its own as in shows like Siskel & Ebert At The Movies, or even in print — Leonard Maltin, another beloved film critic and film historian, established his name writing a book of capsule reviews.

The critics» first social media reactions to Deadpool 2 are actually on - line, following the preliminary spherical of press screenings, and it kind of feels the overall consensus is reasonably sure, with some even hailing this film as being higher than the primary one.

The film comes in the wake of 2013's heart wrenching Sundance Jury Prize award winner, Blood Brother, a film that seemed to come out of nowhere to wow audiences and critics alike, and apparently even the likes of Terrence Malick and Atticus Ross who came on to Hoover's latest project to executive produce and serve as composer, respectively.

The documentary on Eros + Massacre provides plenty of context from French film critics Mathieu Capel and Jean Douchet, and, even better, lets Yoshida lay out his own philosophical and political intentions for the film, as do Yoshida's separate introductions to Heroic Purgatory and Coup d'Etat.

Most critics are saying that the film features a lot of hi - jinx that kids are sure to enjoy, even if it doesn't reach the same emotional heights as other animated films.

Cutter's Way (Twilight Time, Blu - ray), starring Jeff Bridges as an easy - going beach boy and John Heard as a damaged, angry Vietnam vet who get tangled in a murder mystery, is an American classic that got lost during its 1981 release even as it was being championed by film critics like Siskel and Ebert.

Critics polls confirm Gus Van Sant's The Sea Of Trees as one of the most despised films to compete for the Palme, while Jia Zhang - ke and Pixar get ambitious even by their respective standards.

I almost didn't post them because this is the kind of thing that makes me really hate film critics or even fake film critics masquerading as real film critics; don't tell me how your collective minds work because I don't really want to know!

Labor Day is almost here and we're deep enough into the calendar year that when a film critic declares a picture to be «light - years the most entertaining movie of the year,» we sit up and take notice — even if the year as a whole has been almost entirely...

As a film critic, I'm pretty much up on my movie news, but even I had no idea that Agnes Varda and Donald Sutherland won honorary Oscars at this year's Academy Awards on Sunday, March 4, at a special ceremony, apparently held in a bunker 100 feet under the ground — or at least the modern equivalent of that: It wasn't televised.

At the end of the year, said critics will often pen a few words about how Pixar can never get any love at the big races at the Oscars, even when their films win big critics prizes (as did WALL - E).

ACTRESS Portman has been winning lots of critics awards but, strangely, her film (just as strong or even stronger than her eery performance) isn't doing as well.

It was an incredibly difficult film to produce, as we can all now see — the filmmakers were and are dogged by the government, anti-torture activists and even film critics.

Although his reputation waned after the Cahiers du cinéma critics fingered him as one of the makers of retrograde «cinéma du papa» films, his work today looks formidable, even groundbreaking.

That in itself makes this a groundbreaking year even as many film critics are helping to perpetuate the meme that this year's Cannes is «lackluster» and «a bust.»

Labor Day is almost here and we're deep enough into the calendar year that when a film critic declares a picture to be «light - years the most entertaining movie of the year,» we sit up and take notice — even if the year as a whole has been almost entirely bereft of «entertaining» movies, or, at least, the kind of movies that aspire to merely entertain and not make you dwell on tragedy («Fruitvale Station»), the emptiness of our culture («The Bling Ring») or the struggles that come with aging and evolving with someone you love («Before Midnight»).

While other awards bodies and critics groups jostle and move their dates around to position themselves as the «tastemakers» of the race, the NBR is the oldest and longest - running organization to give out film awards, even preceding the creation of the Academy Awards.

From AP drama critic Michael Kuchwara on the Broadway production of «God of Carnage»: The real revelation of the evening, though, is Harden, usually seen in much more somber roles such as her Oscar - winning performance as Lee Krasner in the film «Pollack.»

Even if you did, you failed to recognize that even though you didn't personally like the remaining 28 films to even rate them as «really good», critics, audiences, and movie lovers in general did, and supported movies outside of the regular Oscar - bait and run - of - the - mill franchise fiEven if you did, you failed to recognize that even though you didn't personally like the remaining 28 films to even rate them as «really good», critics, audiences, and movie lovers in general did, and supported movies outside of the regular Oscar - bait and run - of - the - mill franchise fieven though you didn't personally like the remaining 28 films to even rate them as «really good», critics, audiences, and movie lovers in general did, and supported movies outside of the regular Oscar - bait and run - of - the - mill franchise fieven rate them as «really good», critics, audiences, and movie lovers in general did, and supported movies outside of the regular Oscar - bait and run - of - the - mill franchise films.

And as the films roll out (or worse, even before they roll out), we find ourselves treating their fortunes as sport, pitting them against each other, judging their long - term prospects with critics and academy voters, and effectively dividing them into winners or losers.

was less than universally loved, and while the critics who favored it were outspoken, the ones who did not were just as adamant in their opinions, but even louder, making the film less of a coming out party than an odd blip in the filmography of an already conflicted performer looking to break free from the constraints of Hollywood's well - defined image of her.

To put these two stats into perspective, «La La Land» had the same two strikes against it last year, and while I felt certain it was going to be the one to overcome them, even a film as massively popular as it couldn't do it (and it had won Critics» Choice, PGA, and DGA as well).

Aside from its excellent sales, the game was also a big favorite amongst critics, topping many best of the year lists and even helping to renew Hollywood's interest in basing a new Tomb Raider film, starring Alicia Vikander (Jason Bourne) as Lara Croft, on the rebooted video game franchise.

It would've even been better as a Waking Life, where the talking heads were film historians and critics who could go on at length while animated versions of the paintings unspooled behind and around them.

Even though we wrote about it being as much back in September, still it's surprising to see how many critics are praising Ryan Coogler's entertaining, moving film.

Critics praised the film's commitment to humor, and the chemistry of its stars, with USAToday's Brian Truitt saying «Even tonal issues can't upend the magic this movie taps into putting Thor and Hulk together as new best buddies, whether they're throwing down in an arena or having a bromantic heart - to - heart,» while the AP's Lindsey Bahr said «Thor: Ragnarok is the most fun of the Thor movies by a long shot, but it is still very much a Thor movie for better or worse.»

Clearly, this extraordinary, shattering film was too heady a concoction for most awards - givers — even the off - agenda National Society of Film Critics, who bafflingly named Godard's Goodbye to Language as the year's best.

Nevertheless, I won't be one to proclaim this a great film, or even one of the year's ten best, as it has appeared on many prominent critic's lists.

But even before he made film history with those unforgettable classics, he was writing about the state of contemporary film as a critic for the British newspaper the Spectator in the late 1930s.

The humor in the film starts strong with a great deal of visual sight gags such as swastika - shaped moon bases and Hindenburg - like spaceships — each of these should make even the harshest critic smile.

Even film critics started small: a discussion around writing about film, as well as the writers and cultural trends that continue to influence our guests

Because even as a much - loathed film critic your work may come home with you, but it's not likely to ever actually follow you home.