Sentences with phrase «us cinema history»

Although we joked about «Warrior» above, we actually really enjoyed Gavin O'Connor's MMA film, perhaps even because of (rather than in spite of) its commitment to exploiting every underdog sports movie convention in cinema history.

All that goes a long way to securing the film its status in cinema history but, in addition to how the passage of time is beginning to erode its impact, there are others drawbacks, not least of which is the stilted acting style of both Lockwood and Dullea.

The torch of cinema history is passed, and we're meant to ignore the corpses lying right behind it all.

Here is a meticulous American milieu where obstinate men with crazy facial hair hurl insults at one another in a baroque compendium of Twainian whimsy, Shakespearean oratory, Biblical commandment and the florid spin doctoring of the day, including the single greatest use of the word «nincompoop» in cinema history.

Even his most seminal work was met with criticism, though the stature of his place in cinema history has steadily grown with time.

Jaws is not only a great film that deserves the Blu - ray Disc treatment, but it is also a landmark in cinema history, as it is credited as being the first true Summer blockbuster.

That tally made it the ninth most successful film of 2009, and by far the highest grossing R - rated comedy in US cinema history.

With Independence Day: Resurgence and the 2016 presidential election on the horizon, we have ranked, by Metascore, those film with the funniest, bravest and most inspirational fake POTUSes in recent cinema history.

It holds the biggest plot twist in cinema history as well as the greatest villain in cinema history.

Some of the greatest films in cinema history have active, insistent, even constant narration.

It holds the biggest plot twist in cinema history as well as the

It took the Star Wars saga in a darker direction and brought the biggest twist in cinema history and has been quoted many times since.

Comedy, murder, politics, a stellar R&B soundtrack, and some of the best lines in cinema history.

They are the longest 35 mm Steadicam shots in cinema history — each using nearly an entire film reel.

If you only know the film from a few melodic snippets and one Austrian helicopter shot, clear an evening and sit down with one of the seminal works of cinema history.

These films contain aesthetic, narrative and / or thematic parallels that can erase decades of separation and show how ideas and styles echo across cinema history.

Frankenheimer's rightful place in cinema history is as the key transitional figure between the two eras.

This is a controversial opening shot, but one that has a precedent in cinema history.

Surrealist master Luis Bunuel is a towering figure in the world of cinema history, directing such groundbreaking works as Un Chien Andalou, Exterminating Angels, and That Obscure Object of Desire, yet his personal life was clouded in myth and paradox.

It considers the different uses of the non-actor throughout cinema history and the relevance of this figure for understanding the ontology of film.

The Phantom of Liberty is one of the most audacious and unconventional films in cinema history.

The early 1970s to the late 1980s was a unique moment in Australian cinema history; a time when censorship was reigned in and home - grown production flourished, resulting in a flurry of exploitation films — sex comedies, horror movies and action thrillers — that pushed buttons and boundaries, trampled over taste and decency, but also offered artistry within their escapism, giving audiences sights and sounds unlike anything they had seen in Australia before.

Director Gabe Klinger is a scholar of cinema history, and he was keen to invoke the textures and traditions of older films and filmmakers for this project.

For protagonist Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston), his goal is one of the funniest and most subversive in cinema history: independently, from no wellspring of societal angst (unlike, say, The Graduate's Benjamin Braddock), he wants to do nothing.

From his interaction with a news director in a local station, played strikingly by Rene Russo, to his end goal, it can come off like more like Macaulay Culkin in «The Good Son» than anyone else in cinema history.

Why It Might Not Be: «Venus» had the advantage of having a performance from one of the most iconic (and unrewarded) stars in cinema history, and didn't pick up much aside from the nod for O'Toole.

Heat (Michael Mann, 1995) The diner scene alone, where heavyweights Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro face off (for the first time in cinema history) would be enough to put Heat on the list, but the whole heist and cat - and - mouse story holds up all the way through.

The film rung up $ 1 billion in box - office receipts in a mere 11 days, the fastest of any film in cinema history; it's the 34th...

James Cameron would go on to be able to claim the two highest - grossing movies in cinema history, but right here is the crux of his reputation.

Acting dynasties — like any kind of dynasty — rarely produce talents as great as Geraldine Chaplin, Charlie's daughter, who ended up a sui generis figure in cinema history herself.

Although the first one hit screens twenty - three years ago, we haven't had a year in cinema history with four big releases from this rather derided sub-genre.

This movie takes everything that was fantastic about the first and expands upon it making one of the best films of 2014, as well as one of the best sequels in cinema history.

You can feel the fatherly love in Francis» willingness to appease his daughter (who also receives credit for costumes and the surname - dropping title design), empowered affection that would bring them both grief the following year when Sofia stepped in for a bowed out Winona Ryder to play Michael Corleone's daughter in The Godfather Part III, producing one of the most maligned performances in cinema history.

The Run of 2002 - 2004 is unrivaled in cinema history, IMO

The academy's honor roll, to say nothing of cinema history, would be significantly poorer if Robert De Niro hadn't bulked up to play Jake LaMotta, or if Natalie Portman had never strapped on a pair of toe shoes.

(Note: one can't review Skyline without commenting on the film's ending which is, when one thinks about it, one of the biggest bullshit moments in cinema history on oh so many levels.)

But Cannes is the place where the world comes together to experience cinema history.

With all of the wonder, adventure and thrills synonymous with one of the most popular and successful franchises in cinema history, this all - new motion - picture event sees the return of favorite characters and dinosaurs — along with new breeds more awe - inspiring and terrifying than ever before.

«Star Wars: The Force Awakens is ultimately a return to form for one of the biggest franchises in cinema history.

It became one of the most famous flops in British cinema history mostly due to the long list of cameos, which include Tom Conti, Maureen Lipman and Judi Dench.

To see him go from that $ 5MM movie to commanding one of the biggest franchises in cinema history has been a wonder to behold.

Scorsese has always been great with cinema history, but I hope it plays a bigger role in the actual film than it does in this trailer.

But the film does have its place in cinema history.

From car - versus - plane smackdowns to psycho robots in semis, these are 10 of some of the wildest, most destructive scenes of automotive mayhem in cinema history.

On the big screen, however, the few all - out recent efforts have garnered some of the coldest receptions in cinema history.

Because Black Panther isn't just a crowd - pleasing superhero movie (though it is that for sure), it's a vital moment in cinema history and a heartfelt, thoughtful exploration of the scars of colonialism and the hope for healing.»

The Avengers has enjoyed the biggest superhero movie opening in British cinema history after taking $ 25 million (# 16 million) at the U.K. box...

During the New York Film Festival press conference, in discussing a shared favorite film of author / screenwriter Brian Selznick and Todd Haynes - the uber - influential The Wizard Of Oz - Selznick said, «The moment, which I think is maybe the greatest moment in cinema history, is when Dorothy opens the door from her black and white world in Kansas into Oz... Maybe that's what this entire movie is...»

Whether or not you like what Marvel has done with its cinematic universe of comic book adaptations, it's unprecedented in cinema history.

But first, a few forced dramatic elements are thrown in, including, despite its blatant cries for sympathy, perhaps the least evocative screen death in cinema history.