Sentences with phrase «war drama about»

The violent war drama about child soldiers in Ghana led by Elba's paternal general would have been a hard sell in any case.

The Hurt Locker, the intense war drama about explosives experts in Iraq, took top honors in the 13th annual Online Film Critics Society Awards, winning Best Picture against fellow nominees Inglourious Basterds, A Serious Man, Up, and Up in the Air.

Carol Reed's war drama about seven normal men who become a formidable fighting force is stirring stuff, even seven decades later.

Paul Gross)-- World Premiere Paul Gross (Passchendaele) directs and co-stars in this taut war drama about Canadian troops in Afghanistan weathering Taliban attacks while struggling to complete construction on a crucial highway link.

The Hurt Locker (# 1) This Iraqi war drama about a company of bomb disposal technicians recalls the best of classical Hollywood action cinema (i.e., Ford and Hawks), in spite of the near - constant use of handheld cameras, and offers an intriguing critique of masculinity besides.

«Bridge of Spies» is Steven Spielberg's Cold War drama about an American lawyer hauled into negotiations to release an airman marooned behind Russian lines.

Let's overlook the fact that the title is either a really dodgy pun on Venice's most notorious bridge or a reference to a 1987 T'Pau album, and focus on the good news: Steven Spielberg directs Tom Hanks in a true - ish Cold War drama about a civilian lawyer roped into helping free an American pilot imprisoned in Russia.

Not exact matches

In addition to Bright, Netflix recently bought a war - movie satire by Brad Pitt and a drama about a Cambodian human - rights activist, directed by Pitt's wife, Angelina Jolie Pitt.

How I hope I am wrong about this, misled by a two - minute trailer, but more bad signs are present in the studio's promotional blurb: «Coriolanus is a drama for the ages, a commentary on the precarious draw of war...»

History, to be sure, is not only the progress of humanity but also the drama of class war, brought about by the division of labor, private property, and exploitation.

Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie directs UNBROKEN, the epic drama adapted from the wildly popular New York Times Bestseller about the incredible life of Olympian and war hero Louie Zamperini.

Now we're stuck in the middle of a stupid mom war about leggings, and they are not paying us enough to deal with this drama.»

Legend has it that in 1938, a radio broadcast about a Martian invasion of New Jersey incited panic; not everyone realized it was a fictional drama — Orson Welles» adaptation of The War of the Worlds.

The drama implied by competition, war and selfishness passes unnoticed because people are used to this rather hyped - up way of talking even about current scientific...

Seek, stylish and superbly performed, BBC America's Cold War drama The Game offers more to look at than think about, but then there's something about espionage that almost always calls for a little eye candy.

On one side, there's the administration of Richard Nixon, whose own voice provides the stakes of the drama as he phones various officials looking for a way to silence reports about a classified document that could change the country's perspective on the war in the Vietnam.

Synopsis: A moving drama about a middle - class English family learning to cope with war, told in a series of dramatic vignettes.

An epic romantic drama about two Czech pilots, serving together in the U.K.'s Royal Air Force during World War II, who fall in love with the same woman.

Roberta Hanley made her feature directorial debut with this British drama based on the play by Jeff Noon about a civil war in the near future.

Currently shooting Paramount's La Femme Nikita-esque The Rhythm Section with Blake Lively in the lead and Barbara Broccoli producing, Morano wasn't able to squeeze directing on the second season of Handmaid's Tale into her schedule, but her acclaimed work on the Hulu drama led to a meeting with Star Wars gatekeeper Kathleen Kennedy about, um, something.

Kathryn Bigelow follows - up her Oscar winning military / war - based dramas «The Hurt Locker» and «Zero Dark Thirty» with a look at the 1967 Detroit riots, specifically shedding light on an incident in American history that most people don't know much about.

More than any other word, that tidily sums up Teller, who pinballs between beloved indies and big - budget fare like Fantastic Four and, this year alone, both a comedy opposite Jonah Hill (War Dogs) and an upcoming drama about PTSD (Thank You for Your Service).

White Material (Unrated) Post-colonial drama, set in a war - torn African country in the midst of racial strife, about a French coffee farmer (Isabelle Huppert) who refuses to flee like the rest of the whites whose plantations have been nationalized.

The Emmy - winning drama about a Nazi war - crime trial, which was American television's first miniseries in 1974, will be accompanied by a discussion led by its legendary producer, Douglas S. Cramer, and one of its stars, Juliet Mills.

Just another searing drama about the toll the Iraq war is taking on the home front.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS The Hunting Party (Unrated) Fact - based drama about the return to Bosnia of three journalists (Richard Gere, Terrence Howard and Jesse Eisenberg) five years after the ethnic cleansing to track down the most wanted war criminal (Ljubomir Kerekes) still at - large.

There were, as usual, movies about fractious racial divisions, including «Mudbound,» Dee Rees» symphonic, superbly acted drama about two Mississippi families — one white, one black — struggling to survive in the shadow of World War II.

Adapted from a novel by Kevin Powers, this is a searing antiwar drama about «kids who go to war too young and get destroyed,» Mr. Cooper said.

«Thank You for Your Service» is a drama about Iraq War veterans trying to get reacclimated to life back home.

As FX's gripping, magnificent Cold War drama The Americans jumps into its fourth season Wednesday night with its usual hypertension, its makers are always quick to remind us that their show is first and foremost about a marriage.

Gattaca director Andrew Niccol reunites with Ethan Hawke for this timely drama about the human costs of advanced war technology.

«Star Wars movies are all about gossip and drama and rumours, and that is part of the adventure,» said Alden Ehrenreich, 28, who plays Han Solo, the same role that made a star of Harrison Ford decades ago.

The Israeli - born New York filmmaker shares a Best Original Screenplay Oscar nomination with co-writer Alessandro Camon for The Messenger, Moverman's drama about the people who deliver the bad news of Iraq War casualties to next - of - kin in America.

MA15 + 1997 Genre: War, Drama, History Language: English Director: Bruce Beresford Starring: Cate Blanchett, Pauline Collins, Frances McDormand, Glenn Close What's it about?

Despite no previous acting experience, Katie Jarvis is the heart and troubled soul of Fish Tank, the gripping coming - of - age drama from Andrea Arnold and the most exciting new release in a week also highlighted by the arrival of Storm, Hans - Christian Schmid's thriller about crimes against humanity committed during the Bosnian war of the early 1990s, and the on - screen return of Mel Gibson in Edge of Darkness.

Director Kimberly Peirce's Stop - Loss, a drama about the consequences of the Iraq War, may be the best of its kind to date; along with co-writer Mark Richard, Pierce does an awful lot right.

Denmark, United Kingdom, 2014 Genre: History, Drama, War Language: English Director: James Kent Starring: Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Taron Egerton, Colin Morgan, Dominic West, Emily Watson, Hayley Atwell, What's it about?

This year he is back in En Guerre, or At War, by the French director Stéphane Brizé — another social - realist drama about a factory shutdown and a workers» representative battling to save jobs.

As I was walking into the movie theater to watch The Monuments Men, I asked my friend who was with me a question that had been plaguing me about the movie since I first saw the advertisements: Is this movie supposed to be a comedy, a drama, a war movie, or something in between?

Voiceless (PG - 13 for violence and mature themes) Pro-life drama about a Born Again war veteran (Rusty Joiner) who relocates with his wife (Jocelyn Cruz) to Philly where he puts his marriage and new job in jeopardy by taking a stand against an abortion clinic opening across the street from the church where he works.

Jason Mitchell, «Mudbound» The stakes remain high throughout this ensemble drama about two families, one white and one black, with sons fighting in and recovering from World War II.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening December 7, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS Atonement (R for profanity, sexuality and disturbing war images) Decades - spanning romance drama, opening in England in 1935, about the budding relationship between a rich girl (Keira Knightley) and the son (James McAvoy) of her family's maid aborted when he is falsely accused of a crime by her jealous younger sister (Saoirse Ronan).

Paul Thomas Anderson writes and directs this religious drama about a man who creates his own belief system after World War II, which explodes in popularity.

While this is certainly a message that few would find fault with, with better films about the experience of combat vets returning home, setting the film up in the Iraq War and then delivering manipulative and mawkish drama where realistic portrayals should be isn't the way to go about it.

In Mike Newell's «Reykjavik», a drama about the meeting between the Russian leader and Ronald Reagan that signaled an end to the Cold War.

Had the film been just about Jackson and his family's inability to function, Home of the Brave might have stood a chance at being a worthwhile drama for people who aren't already in families of war veterans.

As well as a best supporting actress nomination, Mary J Blige also gets a nod (along with co-writers Raphael Saadiq and Taura Stinson) for this song from the Netflix drama about the racism experienced by returning second world war soldiers in the southern US.

Dramas about returning Iraq war veterans haven't received nearly so warm a welcome.

This World War II drama about a famous code - breaker has just recently won the highly - coveted People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, and is set to be the opening gala at the London Film Festival.

Christoph Waltz («Django Unchained») will play Mikhail Gorbachev in Mike Newell's «Reykjavik», a drama about the meeting between the Russian leader and Ronald Reagan that signaled an end to the Cold War.