Sentences with phrase «war thriller directed»
A Cold War thriller directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks and Mark Rylance.
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Eleven years after drawing a few boos and zero prizes for her competition entry «Marie Antoinette,» Sofia Coppola won directing honors for «The Beguiled,» her slyly feminist adaptation of a Civil War - era novel that previously inspired Don Siegel's 1971 thriller starring Clint Eastwood.
Variety has revealed that Olivier Assayas (Clouds of Sils Maria, Personal Shopper) is set to write and direct Wasp Network, a spy thriller based upon Fernando Morais» book The Last Soldiers of the Cold War.
However, «The Monuments Men,» also directed by Clooney, looks tonally very different from those relatively serious - minded political thrillers, with the rather fine trailer showcasing an unusually gentle, humorous tone for a film about World War II.
Those viewers looking for a gripping thriller or a great war flick should probably look elsewhere, as this Robert Redford directed piece is only about trying to provoke thought.
It is a vigorously directed, tightly paced war thriller with nothing less at stake than saving the world from Adolf Hitler.
Strong word is Joe Wright has emerged as a front - runner and has an established relationship with Focus and Universal having directed period dramas PRIDE & PREJUDICE, ANNA KARENINA, as well as romantic war drama ATONEMENT and action - thriller HANNA.
Written and directed with auteur - ish panache by Gideon Raff (who also exec - produced on Homeland), Prisoners of War - or Hatufim in Hebrew - is less the labyrinthine thriller, more a skilful and probing analysis of loss and separation.
The great Henry Hathaway (23 Paces to Baker Street) directed this classic film noir set in New York City during World War II - The House On 92nd Street is a riveting spy thriller.
In addition, he is involved in three projects that are currently in pre-production: psychological thriller You Belong To Me (with Zach Efron), Sly Stallone's The Expendables 3, and the long awaited Star Wars VII (directed by J.J. Abrams).
Following the duo's most recent directorial effort, 2013's Inside Llewyn Davis, they co-wrote the screenplays for the 2014 war - sports drama Unbroken (directed by Angelina Jolie) and Steven Spielberg's upcoming historical thriller Bridge of Spies, out October 16th.
A dramatic thriller set against the backdrop of historical events and directed by Steven Spielberg, Bridge of Spies centers on Brooklyn Lawyer James Donovan (Tom Hanks) who is thrust into the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pilot.
An art - house crime thriller to be directed by Daniel Grove, it features Safai as Iran - Iraq War veteran caught between the Iranian and Russian mafia in Los Angeles, and is described as «Drive meets Taxi Driver set in the opium underworld of Tehrangeles.»
Not so much a direct sequel to Denis «Blade Runner 2049» Villeneuve's brilliant 2015 crime thriller, more a tangential spin - off story exploring a new angle on the US / Mexican drug war, Soldado, as its title suggests, is taking a somewhat more militarised direction.
A dramatic thriller set against the backdrop of a series of historic events, DreamWorks Pictures / Fox 2000 Pictures» Bridge of Spies, starring Tom Hanks and directed by Steven Spielberg, tells the story of James Donovan, a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on the near - impossible task to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pilot.
The dozen movies Spielberg has directed in the 21st century thus far have seen him tackle everything from blockbuster sci - fi and historical biographies, to family adventures and Cold War thrillers.
One of the summer's biggest box office hits, the World War II thriller «Dunkirk,» followed with eight nominations, including best picture and the first directing nomination for Christopher Nolan.
He'll be calling the shots on Deadpool 2 (he directed that teaser trailer that played before Logan), but before that, he's delivering a thriller starring Charlize Theron as a British spy kicking ass during the Cold War.
Denis Villeneuve hands the directing reins to Stefano Sellima in this new crime thriller — which shifts the focus to Benicio del Toro's former undercover agent in the drug wars along the U.S. - Mexico border.