Sentences with phrase «anthology films like»

Not exact matches

Movie 43 is an anthology film composed of allegedly funny, scatological shorts from a dozen directors — like Paris, je t» aime, minus the city and the love.

This Halloween, the seasonal offerings include some big - ticket gift sets, like «Chucky: The Complete Collection,» an anthology of all six films in the «Child's Play» series (Universal; Blu - ray, $ 84.98; DVD, $ 59.88; not rated), and «Friday the 13th: The Complete Collection,» which offers Blu - ray editions of 12 films in that slasher franchise, from the original 1980 «Friday the 13th» directed by Sean S. Cunningham to its 2009 remake - reboot directed by Marcus Nispel — in effect, closing the circle (Warner Home Video; $ 129.95; R).

2016's surprise sort - of - sequel 10 Cloverfield Lane provided our first look at the anthology - like nature of this loose franchise umbrella, and while we wait to see a trailer for God Particle (now possibly titled Cloverfield Station) and learn when and how we're actually going to see that movie, we have confirmation that Cloverfield 4 not only exists, but that it's already completed filming.

Because the film contains so many characters spread out all over the globe with only a single link between each, the film plays more like an anthology (like «Paris, Je T'Aime») than a multicharacter drama whose characters arcs are linked together inextricably, like we get in, say, «Magnolia.»

Much like its fellow horror anthology partner ABCs of Death 2, V / H / S Viral gives one the sense that the minds behind them have tinkered enough with the premise of the film that its execution is no longer a mixed bag.

I feel like there's a poor salute being made to other anthology films as well as B - movie storylines.

Better construction may have started with the family together and then giving little flashbacks into their days, or maybe had it been structured like a Christmas anthology film we could give our full attention to each story in its entirety.

Below, we'll tell you who is handling films like Richard Linklater's Before Midnight, the horror anthology S - VHS, Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara's Ain't Them Bodies Saints, and a few others.

However, his wickedly funny, acerbic, well - shot anthology film «Wild Tales,» made up of six unconnected segments, each playing as a sort of dark - hearted riff on the absurdities of modern life (a little like a present - day take on Roald Dahl «s «Tales of the Unexpected «-RRB-, was his biggest hit to date, becoming the highest grossing film of all time in Argentina.

It seems like an anthology film, but it also seems like there is a connection between the three stories.

In an interview with MTV during CinemaCon last week, Dave Franco, one of the actors on the original shortlist to play Han Solo in Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's Star Wars anthology film, described what it was like to try and measure up in the audition room to the legacy of Harrison Ford.

Like «Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,» the still untitled Han Solo film will be an anthology film set outside of the Star Wars» franchise's main, numbered storyline.

by Walter Chaw Split into three parts, aptly like the anthology horror films The Monsters Club and Trilogy of Terror, Disney's own direct - to - video horrorshow Cinderella II: Dreams Come True reeks of corners cut and the kind of flaccid inspiration fuelled by the urge towards filthy lucre.

The photo, originally tweeted by Nico Sotomayor, shows a silver fox that looks a lot like Ford — who starred as the infamous smuggler and «scruffy - looking nerf herder» in George Lucas's original Star Wars trilogy and reprised his role in 2015's Star Wars: The Force Awakens — out to lunch with a scruffy - looking dude who looks a lot like Ehrenreich, the young actor who will don the gun belt and iconic smirk in the upcoming Han Solo anthology film.

I love seeing that the horror anthology genre seems to be making its long awaited return with films like this, Trick «R Treat, and The ABC's of Death getting a ton of appreciation from horror fans.

Of course, it helps that the crackerjack comedy team (one of whom is an avowed Criterion fanatic) launched the anthology series, which features a different documentary spoof each week, with Sandy Passage, a film that looks suspiciously like a certain cinema verité classic in the Criterion Collection.

Like so many of Rumley's previous films including Red, White & Blue, The Living and the Dead (2006) and his donations to the horror anthologies Little Deaths (2011) and The ABCs of Death (2012), Fashionista's punch stems from the intensity of its moods and tones more than anything else.

DOUG JONES While famous for working under prosthetics in iconic feature film roles, Doug Jones is also a versatile character actor who has performed as «himself» in guest star roles on shows like Arrow, The Flash, Teen Wolf, Z - Nation, The Neighbors, Criminal Minds, C.S.I. and NBC's horror anthology Fear Itself.

Anthologies are a natural home for the terror tale, from creature - feature film festivals to the bloody pulp stories of the fabled EC Comics to chilling short story collections by the likes of Poe, Lovecraft, and others.

IT»S LIKE EISENSTEIN PUTTING ONE THING NEXT TO ANOTHER AND CREATING A LANGUAGE THAT WAY, AND IT IS ALSO RELATED TO SURREALISM AND JUXTAPOSING DISPARATE IDEAS, OBJECTS AND IMAGES JJ: At the same time that I was looking at contemporary work and studying art history I was looking at film — going to Anthology Film Archives [in New York] and a lot of places that don't exist any more that were showing film in the 1960s and 70s.