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In addition to this film about idiots, it's very violent and contains vivid sexual acts.

In addition to the films about women this summer, there is a smattering of movies whose casts include women in equal or near - equal roles.

Not exact matches

In addition to interviewing leading legal scholars and activists, like Angela Davis, DuVernay said she reviewed about 1,000 hours of archival footage, including of images of lynchings, cellphone videos of police abuse, and The Birth of a Nation, the 1915 D.W. Griffith film that glorified the Ku Klux Klan (and was screened at the White House for President Woodrow Wilson).

In addition to appearing «in a major music video that's gonna come out pretty soon,» Lee will also act in Shadows Will Fall, an Indiegogo - funded film about a young boy living with cystic fibrosis.

In addition to the stunning accomplishment that is the film, it raises a lot of question of the depth of the sci - fi genre — the issues the genre can tackle and what it teaches about God and life.

In addition to providing an inside look at the BUGSS lab, the film explores the issues surrounding DIYbio community labs in general, including how they secure funding, where they find their equipment, and how they address concerns about biosafety.

Back to the film... What I love about Forks Over Knives is, in addition to hearing from incredible doctors like Colin Campbell (author of The China Study) and Caldwell Esselstyn, is that the film tells inspiring stories of real people, from all walks of life, who've embraced a plant - based diet and have thus reversed chronic health conditions like heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.

The best thing that can be said about Bats vs. Supes is that it's rapid collapse at the box office may finally be enough to convince Warner Brothers to remove Snyder from any future DC Comics films and give them to those who've show an ability to deliver movies with coherent character, narrative and emotion in addition to pure spectacle — and preferably all of the above.

While the film touches upon its various political and cultural issues (In addition to the give - and - take relationships between reporters and politicians, there's a lot about the overt and subtle sexism that Kat receives as the first and, at the time, only woman serving a newspaper publisher), the film plays mostly and best as a race - against - the - clock thriller of sorts, in which the obstacles are as imposing as the might of the U.S. government and as low - key as deadlines or being beaten to a story by a rival paper.

This small film is a thoughtful addition to his parables about happy and unhappy families (Nobody Knows, After the Storm), studded with memorable characters and believable performances that quietly lead the viewer to reflect on societal values.

In addition to writing about movies for Salon, my writing on film has also appeared in Sight and Sound, Details, and the Boston Phoenix

In addition to Slater (who also executive produced), Cameron Diaz is on hand as Kyle's bride Laura, a controlling, passive - aggressive woman who drops the passive hyphenate about halfway through the film.

In addition to the films favorably mentioned in my preamble, I would also recommend: «The Square,» «Room 237,» «Much Ado About Nothing,» «We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks,» «Computer Chess,» «Tim's Vermeer,» «From Up on Poppy Hill,» «Inequality For All,» «Dirty Wars,» «Wadjda,» and «Gim me the Loot.»

In addition to Rowling's big announcement, audiences at the event also got to see the first 10 minutes of the film and heard some tidbits about the sequel.

In addition, see what critics have to say about the film, so far.

Of course, everything about «Pompeii» feels half - assed — from its bland romance, to its terrible dialogue, to the worthless addition of 3D — and though it's slightly better than last month's «The Legend of Hercules,» the film is still a pretty miserable viewing experience.

Throughout the film's production, Reynolds and Deadpool 2 studio 20th Century Fox have been very crafty about not revealing any potential spoilers for the film, and in fact, made normal procedures such as casting announcements - like the addition of Cable (Josh Brolin) and Domino (Zazie Beetz) to the film - feel like pop culture events.

Each title gets a full - length audio commentary from Travis Crawford, a dogged film critic and programmer with the instincts of a historian, who goes into detail on the background of just about every lead and significant supporting player who appears on screen, in addition to the producers and financiers behind the scenes who allowed (or more likely didn't allow) Romero to realize his vision on screen.

However, after hearing Duff's reaction to TMZ's question about the film, I get the sense that in addition to Duff's bun in the oven, there was some tension brewing between the actress and the filmmakers.

The good news and bad news is the same: Churchill, starring Brian Cox, is a worthy addition to the considerable canon of films about the great statesman (the greatest of the British, many say), but it also doesn't go beyond the best of the many bios that have already hit screens big and small (with stars like Albert Finney, Richard Burton and Brendan Gleeson as the British leader).

In addition to offering the film in its original or extended cut, disc one includes a commentary track for each with director Ridley Scott and actor Russell Crowe, and a 79 - minute documentary about the historical basis of elements of the film, entitled The Scrolls of Knowledge, which can be watched in whole or by topic.

The 2.35:1, 1080p presentation definitely represents a new transfer, as the film elements look cleaner than before in addition to more vibrant, but there is something occasionally electronic about the image, with the fine, Super35 grain turning to noise during a few rogue applications of edge enhancement.

In addition to running original fiction by major authors (Stephen King was a regular), the magazine contained features about older writers such as Lovecraft and Machen along with book reviews by Thomas Disch, film reviews by Gahan Wilson, interviews and more.»

These are all nice additions to the material that appeared on the single - disc release a year ago, but the musical performance extras are probably the best thing about re-buying this film on DVD.

The Film Festival Stars deals from Sundance are in addition to the films Amazon Studios acquired in Park City this year, led by romantic comedy «The Big Sick» for about $ 12 million — one of the biggest deals in the fest's history.

There were a number of callbacks in the film to the events of the Avengers film, with the most prominent ones being the Quinjet that Hulk was flying in at the end of Avengers: Age of Ultron, complete with a video message to the Hulk from the Black Widow (in addition, Thor makes the same «He's adopted» line about Loki that he made in The Avengers).

The filmmaker is also coming off one of his better - received films in recent years in Big Eyes, so his X-Men-esque tale of super-powered outsiders might yet prove to be another fine addition to his larger body of work - not to mention, another memorably weird, yet heartfelt Burton movie about the experience of being an «unusual» outcast in our world.

She produced Nightcrawler, Michael Clayton, and Duplicity, in addition to We Need to Talk About Kevin, The Informant, and some other great films.

In addition, Grant talked about why he wanted to play the villain and how he's never happy on a film set and likes to spread his misery around.

A few more words about the «Garbo — The Signature Collection»: In addition to the films, it includes an excellent feature - length documentary about Garbo, by Kenneth Brownlow, which is airing this month on TCM.

Overall, this latest addition to the King Arthur filmography is at best mildly enjoyable schlock with some cool moments scattered about here and there, and at worst an inconsistent take on a classic character with an unpromisingly shaky foundation on which to build a film franchise.

There's no way to tell how likely this is to actually happen — given both the technical problems of refurbishing a film whose appeal often derives from the fact that it looks like it was shot through cheesecloth, as well as the fact that it's Tommy Wiseau saying this — but we can't help but fantasize and / or have waking nightmares about the effects the addition of 3D might have on certain scenes.

In addition to reviewing films and writing interviews and features about the industry, she helps anchor the Star's coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival and Hot Docs International and does First ReelMovies, a weekly webcast review at thestar.com with Star movie critic Peter Howell.

What separates «Ex Machina» from all those other movies about the potential dangers of sentient A.I., however, is the addition of Gleeson's character to the equation, because it uses Caleb's humanity / moral compass against the audience to make you sympathetic towards Ava even though virtually every film about robots has taught us not to trust them.

Blu - ray Highlight: In addition to a short but sweet featurette about the close friendships formed while making the film, the Blu - ray also includes a pair of audio commentaries.

As Creed director Ryan Coogler has said when talking about the talented women he's worked with, there's always room for strong voices, who will end up elevating the overall level of films being made, because they'll have different points of view and experiences, in addition to talent.

EXTRAS: In addition to a pair of new interviews with British cinema scholar John Hill and music scholar Jeff Smith, there's a new featurette about the film's production, the 1972 documentary «Home, James,» the 1952 radio adaptation of the movie, and an essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith.

In addition to the films that played at Park City, some filmmakers were in attendance for a series of panels talking about the art of film in a variety of ways, and one panel in particular will be worth your time.

The much longer second piece is an interview of director Lester conducted in 1970 and published in 1977, speaking at length and in detail about his creative processes and experiences on the film in addition to touching on his other movies.

In addition to sound bites speaking enthusiastically about the film and its messages, we get to be on location for various scene shoots that excite and challenge the down - to - earth production.

In addition to films we already know about, like Channing Tatum's Gambit and the Deadpool spin - off X-Force, one of the most exciting projects is a stand - alone Silver Surfer movie from writer Brian K. Vaughan.

In addition to discussing the origins of the film (including a funny anecdote about his first meeting with Ryan Gosling), Refn talks in length about securing independent financing, casting the actors and more.

In addition to original insights gleaned from Snowden and other real - life sources, Stone and Fitzgerald turned to two books about Snowden: The Snowden Files by British journalist Luke Harding (who co-authored another book that led to the WikiLeaks film, The Fifth Estate); and the fictionalized novel Time of the Octopus by Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena, who represents Snowden in Russia.

The ending aside, «Snowden» is another fine addition to Oliver Stone's filmography, fitting in nicely with «JFK,» «Born on the Fourth of July» and other films about trying to be a good American.

Yet the final moments of Infinity War are disquieting: Suddenly, a film that, mathematically speaking, has only been about addition learns how to divide.

In addition to his 17 - minute interview, there's a new 11 - minute interview with Angela Lansbury with some nice tidbits about Frankenheimer, and historian Susan Carruthers puts the film in socio - political context.

Uziel, who co-wrote 22 Jump Street and the next addition to the Cloverfield universe, God Particle, told us about writing and directing his debut film, which is streaming on Netflix right now.

In addition to some production notes, the DVD also includes the film's anamorphic trailer - «Les Girls - Rhymes with Play - Girls» - and a vintage Tex Avery cartoon from 1954, about a 1,000 flea circus that's saved by a well - endowed flea clown («Vive la France!»).

EXTRAS: In addition to a pair of audio commentaries (a 2007 track featuring directors Mike Nichols and Steven Soderbergh, and a 1987 track featuring film scholar Howard Suber), there are new interviews with actor Dustin Hoffman, producer Lawrence Turman and writer Buck Henry, a 1992 featurette about making the film, a 2007 short documentary on the film's influence, an essay by journalist Frank Rich and more.

In addition to featuring in Paolo Sorrentino's film Youth, debuting at Cannes, Jane Fonda was also the first honoree of the Women in Motion program and she had some rather spirited things to say about the pay divide in Hollywood among men and women: