Sentences with phrase «among film characters»

The performance puts Daniel Plainview right near the level of Charles Foster Kane among film characters we're drawn to invest in fully and study.

Not exact matches

Racial conflicts among the film's living characters end up costing them valuable time and resources; against the backdrop of attacking zombies, the racial tension of the late 1960s seems positively ludicrous.

Federico Fellini was one of the leading figures of the international cinema in the 1960s, whose dreamlike images and indelible characters made La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2, and Juliet of the Spirits among the most acclaimed films of that era.

Boasting perhaps the strongest supporting characters yet among Marvel titles, director Ryan Coogler's visually dynamic film should transform a lesser - known comic - book hero into a household name.

Gillespie smartly uses the known and builds upon it with context and some style, using «modern day» Tonya, Jeff and LaVona among others as interview subjects for a documentary of sorts that frames the film, but also has the characters speak into the camera in non-interview segments to help give Tonya some humanity, or at least make sure you have a better idea about all of her story and life coming out and you did going in.

He reportedly auditioned for a small part, and though the show's producers did not deem him right for the characterization, they felt so impressed by Eigenberg's presence that they created the character of Steve Brady especially for him, as an extension of his own personality; the plan, again, was to create a sincere, committed, down - to - earth male paramour to offset Miranda's (Cynthia Nixon) cynicism.Though initially intended as a temporary part, the popularity of the character among viewers (and Eigenberg's onscreen chemistry with Nixon) led to Eigenberg's permanent inclusion on the show, as well as subsuquent movies.Circa 2002, Eigenberg expanded into film roles by playing the business partner of Richard Gere in Mark Pellington's underrated supernatural thriller The Mothman Prophecies.

He began his career a mere decade ago, in his mid-twenties, with films in which he and his friends played characters based on himself and his friends (among them was Greta Gerwig, whose first major role was in his 2007 film «Hannah Takes the Stairs»).

The film slides into its situation in a clever, fresh way, and the balance of wit and horror is well maintained throughout, though Sayles's decision to divide up the protagonist's chores among four main characters costs him something in the intensity of audience identification.

Annie Hall, Ben - Hur, Driving Miss Daisy and Chariots of Fire were among the few films that revolved around Jewish characters at all.

The film assembled one of the studio's finest voice casts, led by Albert Brooks and Ellen DeGeneres, gave them a ton of great gags and memorable characters (the surfer dude turtle and the «One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest» homage in the dentist's office first among them), and then grounded it in with a deep bass line of thoroughly relatable pathos.

Among the topics discussed are the worst part of fame (Curtis says it's «isolation»), how Curtis's role (and particularly her striptease) in James Cameron's True Lies had a «major impact» on Gaga, and the challenges of filming sex scenes, plus there's a telling moment when Curtis asks «Is Gaga a character?»

Captain America: Civil War was smart enough to act as a soft origin story for Black Panther, using a handful of well - placed scenes to introduce the character among the melee of the rest of the film, so that when Black Panther proper came out, we were already more or less up to speed.

One obvious reality is that the film condenses the text to fit a reasonable runtime of 133 well - paced minutes, with Charles» eccentric widowed father and the youngest Flyte sibling appearing to be the most reduced among principal characters.

The college - lampoon mood is set early, with a title sequence promising, among other characters, «a British villain» and «a sexy chick,» and explaining that the film is produced by «some asshole» and written by «the real heroes here.»

Though he'd built up a strong reputation among critics and cineastes in the 1960s with darker character work in films like Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) and the daring masterpiece Victim (1961), he was best known to the public as Simon Sparrow, the heartthrob comic lead in Doctor in the House (1954) and four subsequent sequels.

Before the opening credits, the film presents a series of conversations among the characters which make little to no sense.

Among the 2017 films that include LGBTQ characters, gay men were most present (64 %) followed by lesbians (36 %) and bisexuals (14 %).

A Legendary Pictures production acquired by Netflix after the film parted ways with Universal earlier this year, Spectral is a big action movie with a tinge of sci - fi to it, anchored by an appealing collection of character actor or perennial supporting players at its centre (James Badge Dale, Emily Mortimer, Stephen Root and Bruce Greenwood among them).

The film boasts an amazing cast — Casey Affleck who can do no wrong playing a psychotic creep; Rooney Mara who has proved herself a solid versatile actor and desperately needs to shrug off the lingering Goth image festering from the wretched Dragon Tattoo film; and a slew of excellent character actors who I adore, Ben Foster and Keith Carradine among them.

Directed by Bryan Singer, and written by David Hayter (from a story by Tom DeSanto & Singer) X-Men leaves out a few major characters from the comic book (my favorite, Nightcrawler, among them), skimps on the development of the remaining characters, and changes around Rogue's storyline for convenience sake — all so that the film can focus on the series» most popular character, Wolverine (played by Hugh Jackman).

Ministers say showing the film, which contains Disney's first ever overtly gay character and love scene, could be in breach of a law prohibiting «gay propaganda» among children in Russia

The three Captain Americas are among the most clearly articulated Marvel films, even if Civil War often gets bogged down by «Avengers-itis,» that need to involve as many characters as possible.

Like all of Garrel's work, Lover For A Day looks magnifique, and the shifting dynamic among the characters — with the two young women first competing for Gilles» attention, then becoming fast friends — beguiles for most of the film's fleet 76 minutes.

It incorporates footage ostensibly shot by the characters among more traditional camerawork and filming technique.

These are the only films among his 17 features and TV dramas in which Leigh focuses the narrative on a single character.

That Song to Song moves past figurative framing in its immersion into a female character's life suggests an evolution that may not readily announce itself among the film's more expected retreads of the Malick house style.

As a longtime character actor who has shined among ensemble casts (think: Juno's deadpan dad or Bob, a laid off white collar worker, in two of director Jason Reitman's Oscar - bait films), Whiplash co-star J.K. Simmons appreciated receiving the Spotlight Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Using cinematographer Hossein Jafarian's crisp images, Farhadi develops the mode of camerawork that would characterize his subsequent films, a technique that involves constant movement and reframing (especially in the apartment's beautifully designed interiors) in order to follow the shifting of perspectives among characters as well as the story's emotional twists.

Similarly premised on a tipping point between synthesis and disarray was the Kiwi anthology Waru, an unprecedented collaboration among eight Maori women filmmakers, each contributing a 10 - minute short film linked in more and less obvious ways to the funeral of the title character, a young boy who died amid dubious circumstances.

A.O. Scott, among many others, has written about how the film might turn some people off because of the relative affluence of its main characters, whose «rich people» problems are sure to be the envy of some viewers.

The film was previously titled Alien: Lost Paradise and the studio's description does not include any of the other lead characters from Prometheus, played by Noomi Rapace among others.

Among the high - profile premieres this year are «Antz,» the new Dreamworks animated film; James Ivory's «A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries,» with Kris Kristofferson playing a character inspired by novelist James Jones; «Dancing at Lughnasa,» starring Meryl Streep in the film of Brian Friel's celebrated play; John Waters» «Pecker,» with Edward Furlong as a fast - food worker whose photos are embraced by the New York art world; Helena Bonham Carter and Kenneth Branagh in «The Theory of Flight,» about a work - release prisoner assigned to a woman with Lou Gehrig's disease; Ben Stiller as a drug - addicted TV writer in «Permanent Midnight»; Christina Ricci in «Desert Blue,» about slim prospects for a teenager in a town of 89 people; «The Imposters,» the new film by Stanley («Big Night») Tucci, starring Tucci and Oliver Platt as cruise - ship stowaways; «Rushmore,» with Jason Schwartzmann as a prep schooler who is a lousy student but hyperactive in campus activities; Cameron Diaz in «Very Bad Things,» about a bachelor party that ends in murder; Cate Blanchett as «Elizabeth,» the story of England's 16th century monarch, and «The Judas Kiss,» with FBI agent Emma Thompson on the trail of the kidnapper of a computer genius.

Cast-wise, Independence Day 2 is expected to bring back characters from the first film — like former U.S. president Thomas J. Whitmore (Bill Pullman) and MIT graduate - turned cable repairman Dave Levinson (Jeff Goldblum)-- but Captain Steven Hiller (Will Smith) won't be among them.

Not only was Damon's character one among several focal figures in a film with several story threads --» He doesn't speak with a British accent, and he doesn't stammer.»

A consummate character actor who's beloved in the industry, Rockwell was also helped among voters by the size of his role and the dramatic turnaround Dixon takes in the film's plot, eventually forming an uneasy alliance with the main character Mildred (Frances McDormand).

While the battle scenes can only be viewed as impressive from a visual standpoint, where the film finally shows its fatal flaw is in the utter lack of emotional grip, as characters live, love and die, and yet no tears are shed among a viewing audience despite following these hearty heroes for over eight total hours of film time.

Also like previous Disney animated films, there are some cute and funny animal characters that will steal your heart, among them a dimwitted chicken and the cutest piglet you've ever seen.

So, it leaves the door open for ambiguity and debate among viewers about whether the character truly died at the end of the film.

Most notable among these is the gently playful shoehorning of genre elements into a whispery character study: 40 - odd minutes in, the film casually yawns, stretches and takes up an shaggy - dog mystery plot born of the director's love for detective fiction.

Among the other fiction films to look for in theaters or on VOD: John Michael McDonagh's Calvary, in which Brendan Gleeson gives a beautifully modulated performance as a dedicated priest who is no match for the disillusionment of his parishioners and the rage of another inhabitant of his Irish seaside village, determined to take revenge against the priesthood for the sexual abuse he suffered as a child; the desultory God Help the Girl, the debut feature by Stuart Murdoch (of Belle and Sebastian), all the more charming for its refusal to sell its musical numbers; Tim Sutton's delicate, impressionistic Memphis, a blues tone poem that trails contemporary recording artist Willis Earl Beal, playing a character close to himself who's looking for inspiration in a legendary city that's as much mirage as actuality; and two horror films, Jennifer Kent's uncanny, driving psychodrama The Babadook, with a remarkable performance by child actor Noah Wiseman, and Ana Lily Amirpour's less sustained A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, which nonetheless generates some powerful political metaphors.

Biggest Opening By A Film With A Black Lead Character: Among the top 25 openings of all - time, only two films have black lead characters: «Furious 7» with Dwayne Johnson and «Suicide Squad» with Will Smith.

In a tradition ranging from the kitchen - sink realist films of the late»50s and early»60s to the contemporary works of Mike Leigh and Andrea Arnold, English movies set among the working classes have tended to have fatalistic trajectories and miserabilist aesthetics, underlining their drabness to reflect their characters» sense of hopelessness and to visually convey a lack of upward mobility.

Roberts may not exactly be deserving of all of the hosannas Simone receives in the film, but she definitely holds her own among the seasoned pros and has a natural magnetism that makes her character's sudden superstardom believable.

And Stan impresses as a portrait of beta - male monstrousness; there's a complicated nasty «nice guy» character, a meek abuser, that might have interestingly been expanded upon here among the film's he - said, she - said comic abuse sequences in which Harding and Gillooly beat up on one another for broad laughs to the sound of 1970s pop music needledrops.

It goes without saying that the visual effects (especially during the climax) in this Marvel film are stellar, but it's the shared moments among the characters that highlight the film.

It's the job of the femme fatale to create castration anxieties among male characters and audience members, anxieties that are then obliterated at the end of the film by her being punished in some way.

Writer / director J. C. Chandor (whose first feature, Margin Call, was among the best films of 2011) offers an object lesson in the virtue of understatement in this one - character drama featuring Robert Redford.

Inspired by the Michael Crichton film and created for television by Nolan and Joy, Westworld stars Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, Ed Harris, Jimmi Simpson, Jeffrey Wright, James Marsden, Ben Barnes, Luke Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson, among a larger and absolutely outstanding cast of supporting characters.

To those that aren't inclined to like a movie like this, never really enjoying filmed plays, musicals, or films with overt messages that come across like heavy - handed Public Service Announcements more than real stories about real people, you'll probably want to avoid this, as the music not only is unrelenting, it is the sole source of conversation among characters for most scenes.

Sakamoto and Kozo are among the many regulars who turn up so often in Ozu's work they register as fixtures, just as character actors like Ward Bond and Victor McLaglen do in John Ford's films.