Sentences with phrase «war drama like»

The director was always funny, even with a prisoner - of - war drama like «Stalag 17,» but he'd rarely tackled a comedy so outrageous and high - concept as «Some Like It Hot.»

While the tone of the Ratchet and Clank games has always been pretty lighthearted and witty, I can't stress enough how pulling off truly clever and well timed humor like this game does is light years harder than writing Oscar bait war dramas like Mass Effect.

Not exact matches

It's clear virtually from the get - go that filmmaker Todd Phillips is looking to transform this true - life tale into a Martin Scorsese - like crime drama, as evidenced by War Dogs» less - than - subtle visuals and almost paint - by - numbers rise - and - fall structure.

This kids» film mixes the heart of Rocky and dozens of other come - from - behind boxing dramas with the geeky gadget gestalt of films like The Transformers and Star Wars.

«Mudbound,» a sprawling World War II - era drama by Dee Rees, plays like great literature on the screen.

Like a TV Drama, it draws you in, taking you back to relive the tragedy, greed, despair, hope and glory of what was the Second World War in Europe.

A graduate of the Drama Centre in London, Anne - Marie Duff first cultivated a career on the stage, appearing in numerous theatrical productions throughout the»90s, like King Lear, War and Peace, and Vassa.

Except the movie seems like a poor pre-World War I story by Dan Stevens» old drama teacher who he had taken pity on — which is exactly what it is.

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.

«I feel like part of the drama and fun of every «Star Wars» movie, and I believe it's happened on almost every single one, is some kind of huge dramatic thing that comes out in the press beforehand,» Ehrenreich says.

And anyway, I'd rather have real trash than phony costume drama like The Current War (Grade: C --RRB-.

Great drama it isn't, but the «Star Wars» trilogy - like folk stories - has a mythological timelessness and universal appeal that doesn't leave much room for aesthetic objections.

Considering how that film was not exactly a commercial success, this may not sound like a big deal to many of you but as someone who believes that bleak and bruising comedy - drama to be one of the great unsung movies of the decade — the kind of film that the great Billy Wilder might have made once upon a time — I went into the screening with the kind of over-the-top sense of anticipation that many felt as they walked into «Avengers: Infinity War.»

Even the company's grown - up divisions, like Touchstone Pictures, rarely vied for that honor, until the field was widened and Touchstone began distributing live - action DreamWorks productions such as the Steven Spielberg dramas War Horse and Lincoln.

Approached more like a war film than a historical drama, Bigelow's latest movie is harrowing, upsetting, and demands to be seen.

Advertising drama No amazes with not only its imaginative execution but its historical authenticity, fragile familial effort Sister is delicate, devastating and elegantly disarming, War Witch weaves astute portrayals into its ambitious African storyline, and the typically disorienting Like Someone in Love marks a return to form for Iranian auteur Abbas Kiarostami.

So it was a long shoot and quite a big epic movie in one way, but very much a character drama, also some kind of reverse love story between my character and Tom's character: they've been married for eight years when the movie starts and it's like a cold war between them.

«The Railway Man «Why It Could Be A Contender: «The Book Thief» isn't the only World War II drama on the way, and one could argue that «The Railway Man» seems like a more solid prospect.

Also at the festival are under - the - radar pictures like the Clive Owen / Juliette Binoche film «Words And Pictures,» Andre 3000 - starring Jimi Hendrix biopic «All Is By My Side,» comedy - drama «You Are Here,» the feature debut of «Mad Men» creator Matthew Wiener, Biafra war film «Half Of A Yellow Sun» with Chiwetel Ejiofor, the James Corden - starring «One Chance» (which has the Weinstein Company «s backing, but seems more «Unfinished Song» than «Silver Linings Playbook «-RRB- and, perhaps most importantly, Stephen Frears ««Philomena,» which could see Judi Dench being in contention.

Made in the wake of a spy movie boom, as the flamboyant James Bond fantasies gave way to disillusioned John Le Carre dramas and grim Cold War adventures like Alfred Hitchcock's Torn Curtain and Topaz, The Kremlin Letter is adapted from a from a twisty best - seller by Noel Behn that (in Huston's words) «had all the makings of a success... all those qualities that were just coming into fashion in 1970: violence, lurid sex, drugs.»

I'd also like to compare it to dramas like TV's The Walking Dead or War of the Worlds starring Tom Cruise in how a father has to fight for his family's survival in an almost apocalyptic environment against all odds and with his fellow humans being a bigger threat than just the situation itself.

In this period, he tackled an Oscar - winning drama about alcoholism (The Lost Weekend), two well - regarded film noirs (Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard), a war drama (Stalag 17), two light - hearted rom - coms (Sabrina, Seven Year Itch) a gripping murder - mystery (Witness for the Prosecution) and perhaps the funniest American movie of all time (Some Like It Hot).

From his attention - grabbing debut with «Reservoir Dogs» (1992), a deviously clever heist film where the heist is never seen and the drama is all in the conversation and the ingenious structure, to his acclaimed «Inglourious Basterds» (2009), his thrilling rewrite of World War II history as a magnificent movie fantasy, Tarantino has gone his own way, snatching up ideas strewn through decades of film history and hundreds of genre movies like a magpie, rethinking them completely, and weaving them into entirely new stories that unfold at a leisurely pace so he can enjoy every word and gesture along the journey.

This week, he trades in the orange overalls and vests of a «hot shot» firefighter for the combat fatigues of a U.S. soldier, Sergeant Adam Schumann, returning from the Iraqi War in 2007 in writer - director Jason Hall's (American Sniper) earnest, authentically told, compassionate Thank You For Your Service, another «based on a true story» throwback war - at - home drama elevated — just like last week's Only the Brave — by Teller's unfailing, unflagging commitment to bringing the inner turmoil, turbulence, and torment of his character to complex, contradictory liWar in 2007 in writer - director Jason Hall's (American Sniper) earnest, authentically told, compassionate Thank You For Your Service, another «based on a true story» throwback war - at - home drama elevated — just like last week's Only the Brave — by Teller's unfailing, unflagging commitment to bringing the inner turmoil, turbulence, and torment of his character to complex, contradictory liwar - at - home drama elevated — just like last week's Only the Brave — by Teller's unfailing, unflagging commitment to bringing the inner turmoil, turbulence, and torment of his character to complex, contradictory life.

For all of its flaws, Lord of War is certainly ambitious, and occasionally taps into certain ironies that almost make it nearly work as a satire (the machine gun chiming like a cash register with every bullet fired is memorable), but never carries the momentum long before the tone changes into a lazy comedy, stagnant drama, or mild farce.

Similar to Winter Solider, Civil War also has trouble delivering a satisfying payoff to the intriguing questions and dilemmas that it presents during its first act; but again like its predecessor, Civil War helps to make up the difference in this respect by serving up compelling character - driven drama / conflict during its third act.

Other heroes, like Ant - Man, do their part by balancing the tone of «Civil War» between drama and light - hearted action instead of overdosing on seriousness like «BvS.»

Audiences and Academy voters don't want to feel like they're seeing the same movie twice (even 1998's Saving Private Ryan and The Thin Red Line felt like completely separate entities), and they sure might if the same pretty - boy - officer - faces - Japanese - torture narrative becomes the focal point of both war dramas.

Also new this week: «Blank City» (Kino Lorber), a documentary on the «No Wave» movement of DIY films in New York City in the eighties (Blu - ray and DVD); Nicolas Roeg's «Track 29» (Image), with Theresa Russell and Gary Oldman; «A Town Like Alice» (VCI) and «Carve Her Name with Pride» (VCI), two British war dramas starring Virginia McKenna.

If the collision of Madeleine with George's kin or the tragedy that re-ties the ties that bind seem contrived, consider that the film is possibly best read as a drama writ large on a Southern canvas, one splashed, like the Ann Wood paintings produced especially for the film, with the ghosts of slavery and the Civil War.

Aussie director Weir has been nominated six times for Academy Awards, and has a CV boasting the likes of World War I drama Gallipoli which introduced newcomer Mel Gibson to the world, Witness with Harrison Ford, Dead Poets» Society, Green Card and Fearless starring Jeff Bridges.

Last year, the religious sports drama «Slamma Jamma» grossed over $ 1 million from 502 theaters, and titles like «Fireproof,» «Courageous,» and «War Room» all grossed over $ 30 million in recent years, according to Box Office Mojo.

This drama is more polished and less saccharine than more overtly Christian films like God's Not Dead and War Room.

I've already seen Paul Thomas Anderson's confounding and often hypnotic tale of a battle - scarred World War II veteran (Joaquin Phoenix) and his postwar indoctrination into a Scientology - like religion formed by the title character, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman.Ö Some of it is startlingly beautiful cinema, photographed in 70 mm; most of the effective human drama is confined to the first half, but it's well worth the time and effort.

Featuring iconic shots from dramas like the «Star Wars» films and comedies like «Bruce Almighty,» as well as short deliveries from the likes of Edward Norton, Scarlett Johansson,

Featuring iconic shots from dramas like the «Star Wars» films and comedies like «Bruce Almighty,» as well as short deliveries from the likes of Edward Norton, Scarlett Johansson, Dustin Hoffman, Sam Rockwell, Leonardo DiCaprio, Uma Thurman, Will Smith, Clint Eastwood, and others, this video proves as entertaining as it does nostalgic.

His latest thunders into town like an angel of vengeance, spinning the tale of a warring Moscow couple so immersed in their own gleeful drama that it takes a full two days before they realise that their 12 - year - old son has absconded.

«The Big Short» will now open against films like «Star Wars: The Force Awakens» (Dec. 17), the latest David O. Russell and Jennifer Lawrence collaboration «Joy» (Dec. 25), and the Will Smith drama «Concussion» (Dec. 25).

Highly recommended for fans of Clancy, or just people who like suspenseful, intelligent war scenario dramas.

Pedro Almodovar's jury, which included the likes of Jessica Chastain, Will Smith, and Paolo Sorrentino, also named Sophia Coppola best director for The Beguiled, a remake of the 1971 Civil War drama - thriller.

IN COUNTRY - A drama about the aftermath of the Vietnam war, set in a Kentucky town that would like to forget all about the conflict.

Then what seems like a snoozy romantic drama about a reformed criminal (Mad Max: Fury Road's Nicholas Hoult) whose girlfriend (Star Wars:...

The more serious compelling drama jarringly shifts to battlefield wide - shots were poorly rendered CGI giants (The Watchers) war against the rest of humanity in a series of scenes that look like they have been pulled from The Lord of the Rings archives.

Then what seems like a snoozy romantic drama about a reformed criminal (Mad Max: Fury Road's Nicholas Hoult) whose girlfriend (Star Wars: Rogue One's Felicity Jones) needs a kidney transplant suddenly takes a compelling turn when a gun - wielding, bare - chested Ben Kingsley (Sexy Beast) appears on screen and starts barking out dialogue in an accent of unknown origin.

(An aversion to Iraq discussion was supported by fellow war - themed films, like the Redford / Cruise drama Lions for Lambs, also floundering.)

The basics: Written and directed by Gary Ross («The Hunger Games»), this fact - based Civil War drama tells the story of Newton Knight, a disillusioned Confederate Army deserter who, with the help of escaped slaves and like - minded Southern farmers, rises up against the Confederacy.

Films like that (and others like the 2014 drama Unbroken and the 2013 war film Lone Survivor) defy box office predictions and it would be great to see Hollywood embrace such patriotic and original stories (one hopes that Eastwood's next film Sully — about the pilot who overcame the odds and safely landed a disabled plane in the Hudson River — will fit the bill).

Additionally, the rumors about the film's troubled production don't exactly exude confidence, and although «World War Z» taught us not to take behind - the - scenes drama at face value, there hasn't been a single trailer released yet that doesn't make the movie look like one really expensive mess.

Like his films, which range from courtroom dramas to war and espionage thrillers to unconventional romances and more, Hanks covers a wide spectrum in his debut collection of short stories in a host of styles, situations and settings.