Sentences with phrase «war drama starring»

«Mercy Street» (PBS): The Civil War drama starring osh Radnor, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Gary Cole and Cherry Jones follows two nurses on opposing sides of the battle lines.

War drama starring Kate Nowlin.

Director Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump) teams up with screenwriter Steven Knight (Locke) for this war drama starring Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard.

Meanwhile, Mother's day weekend welcomes Suite Française, the romantic second world war drama starring Michelle Williams, Matthias Schoenaerts and Kristin Scott Thomas.

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.

Not exact matches

Far from hurting CNN, Trump's war against it has amounted to a form of product placement — «earned media,» you could say — giving its anchors and correspondents starring roles in the ongoing political drama, turning them into camera - ready warriors for the First Amendment.

This structure is the basis of films from Star Wars to The Lord of the Rings, from thrillers and dramas to romcoms.

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.

Other previous projects include NBC's medical drama TRAUMA, Millennium Films» PRIVATE VALENTINE, opposite Jessica Simpson, FAMILY GUY, and GARY UNMARRIED with Jay Mohr, Adam Sandler's SPANGLISH, Sony's LIES & ALIBIS, starring John Leguizamo, DIRTY, opposite Cuba Gooding Jr., DRAGON WARS, the highest - grossing film in South Korea's history, and the Lionsgate feature, GO FOR IT!

An Iraq War veteran who just narrowly escaped death in combat struggles with his new post at the Casualty Notification Office while anticipating his upcoming discharge in this military drama starring Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Jena Malone, and Samantha Morton.

He followed that up with a well - received part in 2001's Last Orders and parlayed his success into a supporting role in Anthony Minghella's 2003 star - studded Civil War drama Cold Mountain.

In 1987, he starred as anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko in Richard Attenborough's Cry Freedom alongside Kevin Kline, and though the film itself alienated some critics (Pauline Kael called it «dumbfounding»), Washington's powerful performance earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.Two years later, Washington netted another Best Supporting Actor nod — and won the award — for his turn as an embittered yet courageous runaway slave in the Civil War drama Glory.

His 1940s films included one military - produced documentary co-directed by Ford and cinematographer Gregg Toland, December 7th (1943), which creaks badly today (especially compared with Frank Capra's Why We Fight series); a major war film (They Were Expendable [1945]-RRB-; the historically - based drama My Darling Clementine (1946); and the «cavalry trilogy» of Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), and Rio Grande (1950), each of which starred John Wayne.

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.

Interspersed with these are green - tinted installments of a science - fiction side - story inspired by Flash Gordon (one iteration of which includes an apparent Star Wars parody — the Flash Gordon serials were among Ruiz's childhood favorites); a Columbo - inspired detective story set at a country manor; a black - and - white romantic costume drama; a touch of musical comedy; and a Western - style shootout inside the movie theater.

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Now Hulu is hoping to tease the drama out of that national doubt with «11.22.63,» a nine - part time - travel epic executive produced by «Star Wars» director J.J. Abrams and starring James Franco as Jake Epping, a writing teacher who goes back to the early 1960s to stop Oswald and change the course of history.

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.

«X-Men» star Nicholas Hoult is in talks to join Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon in the Weinstein Company's drama «The Current War,» an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap exclusively.

«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.

Evanescence star Amy Lee has just completed work on her first film score after teaming up with composer Dave Eggar for independent drama War...

We look at a handful of this month's films, including Star Wars spinoff prequel Rogue One, Jim Jarmusch's contemplative drama Paterson, science fiction drama Passengers, and Amma Asante's true story adaptation A United Kingdom.

Joining Opening Night selection The Walk and Closing Night selection Miles Ahead in making their World Premieres at the 2015 festival are Steven Spielberg «s Cold War drama Bridge of Spies (starring Tom Hanks and Mark Rylance) and Laura Israel «s documentary portrait Don't Blink: Robert Frank.

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.

In between making blockbusters for the Jurassic and Star Wars franchises, Trevorrow invests this unconventional drama - cum - thriller with plenty of heart, eliciting terrific performances from his central cast.

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«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 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 star of Harrison Ford decades ago.

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

By Stanley Clarke Star Wars: The Last Jedi shattered expectations with its epic drama, humor, acting, plot twists, and originality.

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The Wall, starring Aaron Taylor - Johnson and John Cena, is a war drama that ditches the typical epic tone and opts...

Fifty Shades Of Grey star Jamie Dornan has signed on to lead a new World War Two drama amid rumours he is quitting the erotic thriller franchise...

Both Johnson and his long - time producer Ram Bergman are new to mega-budget franchise filmmaking, and their kid - in - the - candy - store - ness lends itself to a vicariously thrilling view of the Star Wars machinery, even if they're both so unflappable and easy - going that drama hardly gets a chance to percolate.

Women and space were a winning combo at the movies this weekend, with Theodore Melfi's fact - based drama Hidden Figures and the blockbuster prequel Rogue One: A Star Wars Story finishing in a virtual tie for first at the domestic box office.

Jack O'Connell (Starred Up) leads this war drama as a young British soldier, left in a daze when his unit accidentally abandons him on the hectic streets of Belfast at the height of the Troubles.

And this year, the #metoo and #timesup movements could push the Academy to lean into women with revenge drama «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» and Frances McDormand, relationship drama «Lady Bird» with writer - director Greta Gerwig and actresses Soairse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf, Dee Rees» World War II family saga «Mudbound» with cinematographer Rachel Morrison and actress / songster Mary J. Blige, or true sports story «I, Tonya» starring Margot Robbie and Allison Janney.

Game of Thrones and Star Wars: The Force Awakens star Gwendoline Christie is set to join the cast of the BBC Two drama Top of the Lake, when it returns for a second season early next yStar Wars: The Force Awakens star Gwendoline Christie is set to join the cast of the BBC Two drama Top of the Lake, when it returns for a second season early next ystar Gwendoline Christie is set to join the cast of the BBC Two drama Top of the Lake, when it returns for a second season early next year.

The movie is a sequel to Trueba's 1998 drama «The Girl Of Your Dreams,» also starring Cruz and set during the Spanish Civil War.

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Sometimes these crises are played for laughs (e.g. Peter Quill's insistence on being called «Star - Lord» in Guardians Of The Galaxy) and sometimes for drama, as in the three movies centered on Chris Evans» heroic Captain America (Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War), which follow his journey from Hitler - slugging song - and - dance propaganda act to fugitive.

In between knocking out «Star Wars» and «Star Trek» movies, JJ Abrams found time to produce this comedy drama created by «Almost Famous» director Cameron Crowe.

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.

«Sicario»: A blood - dark crime drama starring Emily Blunt as an FBI idealist in an escalating war against Mexican drug lords.

British star Mark Rylance won the best supporting Oscar for his role of KGB agent Rudolf Abel in Steven Spielberg's Cold War - set drama «Bridge of Spies».

Epic war drama featuring a star - studded ensemble cast including Sean Penn and Nick Nolte.

That career would include a Western in which Dern became the only person to kill John Wayne onscreen («The Cowboys»), a thriller in which he blew up the Super Bowl («Black Sunday»), a sci - fi drama that introduced little robots five years before «Star Wars» brought us R2D2 («Silent Running»), a Francis Ford Coppola - written version of «The Great Gatsby,» a Vietnam drama for which he received an Oscar nomination («Coming Home») and, more recently, an Emmy - nominated run on the HBO series «Big Love.»

He will also star in Alan Rickman's A Little Chaos, which will close the Toronto film festival in September; romantic war drama Suite Francaise; and novel adaptation Far from the Madding Crowd, directed by Thomas Vinterberg and starring Juno Temple, Michael Sheen and Carey Mulligan.

The much - anticipated drama from writer Andrew Davies («Pride and Prejudice,» «War and Peace») stars Dominic West, Lily Collins, and David Oyelowo.

Rated PG - 13 For: language and brief war violence Runtime: 116 minutes Genre: Biography, Drama, History After Credits Scene: No Starring: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Paulson, Matthew Rhys Directed By: Steven Spielberg

He's also attached to star in «The Current War,» the Boston Marathon bombing movie «Stronger» and Antoine Fuqua «s drug drama «The Man Who Made It Snow.»