Sentences with phrase «as genre film»

As a genre film, it's serviceable; it has an interesting story with a few twists here and there and fine performances.

Another film that played as both a genre film and something more was Melanie Laurent's adaptation of Nic Pizzolatto's novel «Galveston.»

As a genre film though, I've seen very few as good as this in recent years.

They enjoy it as a genre film, but the reason why they can enjoy it is because Jordan understands the African - American truth that he's trying to portray.

Similar to «Hot Fuzz» and «Shaun of the Dead,» each of which works as a genre film (buddy cop for «Hot Fuzz» and zombie movie for «Shaun of the Dead») and a send - up of the genre itself, «You're Next» is a smartly devised horror movie masquerading as a really dumb one.

The Spierigs» vision of Winchester seemed like a great idea: a unique snapshot of a life story, told as a genre film rather than a typical A-to-B-to-C biopic.

As a genre film, Thelma allowed Trier and his team the freedom to make an even more stylized film.

The storytelling maestro, whose auteur status was championed by the French New Wave for the way he defined film as a manipulative medium, was overlooked by his industry peers because his playful, sexually menacing thrillers were seen as genre films.

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But as an exercise in style and genre, the film stands up - if only because Michael Bay's shameless, sweeping, dynamic style has been so influential in Hollywood since.

The oddity is compounded by the fact that, in recent years, the trappings of the disaster film have overtaken other genres as well.

There's perhaps no filmmaker working today who brings as much artistry and thematic weight to massive genre films as Christopher Nolan.

The Conjuring came in second as the highest grossing genre film ever.

But even more than that, absolutely no other film genre is premised on the conviction that there is such a thing as absolute morality.

Many in Hollywood say they see the spiritual - memoir - turned - movie as the next hot genre, suggesting there are ongoing talks about turning Lauren Winner's «Girl Meets God» into a romantic comedy, Ian Cron's «Jesus, My Father, the CIA, and Me» into an action flick, Anne Lamott's «Traveling Mercies» into an indie road trip film, Kathleen Norris» «The Cloister Walk» into something really creepy involving monks.»

In this model, in other words, the arrangement of points would be fractal (a term also tossed out as an answer to the shape - of - the - world question), meaning that the distribution is the same whether you're talking about the macro level (the top online publishers) or the micro level (the handful of blogs and Twitter feeds about some obscure film genre).

As such his work has spanned many genres from film and television to videogames and underwater imagery.

phrase the question as, «what sort films are you into, do you have a particular genre that you really like?»

As the pioneer of this new genre in the adult industry, Buck Angel Entertainment focuses on education through motivational speaking and award - winning documentary films, while striving to spread the message of empowerment through self - acceptance.

A disaster film or disaster movie is a film genre that has an impending or ongoing disaster as its subject and primary plot device.

Join me as I take a journey through the zombie genre with reviews and commentary on films and television that embrace the apocalyptic walking dead.

Maybe that's the reason why, as you say, «most of the comparable films made in this genre are satirical.»

I am being critical about the fact it is a mainstream genre film as you stated and not a mockumentary.

The story is well crafted and it is a film that resonates well, as Jodorowsky crafts a film that is very unique in the Western genre, a film that displays certain ideas that are the director's trademark.

It twists and turns multiple times throughout its short running time, borrowing heavily from a variety of films in the horror genre (and other genres as well), but under the sure direction and

A buddy - cop thriller recast as Dante's sojourn in Hell, this graphic, allusion - littered film stands the conventions of the genre on end — along with the viewer's hair.

Also hard not to respect a genre film where people are evenly lit rather than typecast as good and evil.

Yet as Funny Games and even his latest film, Amour, prove, Haneke is a genre filmmaker at heart, no matter how hard he might wish to deny it.

A lurid enigma, erotic noir as tragedy, Bastards is a film that burrows into genre like a parasite, while probing the darkest alcoves of the human heart.

And, as a non-reader of the J.K. Rowling books (I'm saving them to read with my daughter when she's old enough) and a non-aficionado of the fantasy genre, I find at least some stretch of every Harry Potter film arcane and a bit dull (usually the parts involving magician - vs.

A decent, well - made, small - scale genre film with a great cast of on - the - cusp players, The Lazarus Effect begins as a modern - day spin on Frankensteinian mad science, but segues into more demonic matters.

As with Eli Roth's Hostel films, the context should be clear to anyone aware of the role America plays in the developing world and the festering anti-American hostilities out there... or to anyone interested in the politics of horror and / or familiar with the genre conventions in this regard.

it was certainly a more accessible film in terms of the sci - fi genre and has bolstered the credibility, much like Children of Men, however, I disagree with the seamless integration of the film styles and think the trailer misled, as the film is not really mockumentary at all.

The scariest thing to be found in this pointless horror film is that its director, Rob Schmidt, has less prowess as a genre filmmaker in his third film than Eli Roth did in his first.

It's ultimately clear, though, that Hajdu is looking to riff on the Western genre, as the film boasts many of the beats and developments one expects from such an endeavor.

The film doesn't do much to satirize the spy genre, instead using its flimsy plot mostly as a scaffolding for a barrage of jokes.

While the film's reach exceeds its grasp when it comes to deconstructing the western genre and the real life history that it reflects, Hostiles nevertheless makes for a respectable mood piece, as well as an acting showcase for its main leads.

Although not as great as others in the genre, this is a film worth seeing if you're a fan of Sci Fi.

As a horror film it works, but it is a «self referential» commentary on the genre itself.

Spoof movies come and go, and there will always be the ones that are great, but as time goes on, this genre of film is what really makes this industry hurt inside and out.

Indeed, the film's reliance on audience familiarity with sources of so - called high culture has been dismissed in some quarters as a pretentious gimmick, as if it were somehow an eighth deadly sin to expect intelligence either in police detectives or attendees of lowly genre films.

And, as in most of Tarantino's films, statements are made in the guise of genre.

The film doesn't always work as a genre exercise, but it's a winner as a character study, in large part because of how committed Hagan is to playing Janie's derangement.

As the struggle with Voldemort suggests, the premise of the story is allegorical — good / light against evil / dark — with obvious revivals of the genre traditions of British heroic legend and medieval romance, even though the films have modern elements.

With shadowy, black - and - white production, a slow - burning jazz soundtrack, and a wide ensemble of characters that runs the gamut of crime movie archetypes, Dick Hopper serves as a love letter to film noir, even as it skewers the genre with no mercy.

While it's hard to deny the ineffectiveness of both Peter Berg's directorial choices and the film's final half hour, Hancock primarily comes off as an engaging and thoroughly innovative spin on the superhero genre - with Will Smith's admittedly impressive performance certainly ranking high on the movie's list of positive attributes.

With her role in the The Hulk as well as with this film, Jennifer has proven that she can take on any role from any genre and inject the passion it needs to make it credible.

With an astoundingly funny vein of dark comedy running through the entire film, this film sets itself apart as a treatise of the horror genre, something that Scream accomplished a decade previously but Cabin in the Woods elevates to another level.

Following its premiere in Toronto's Platform strand, «Beast» should enjoy broad festival play thanks to its canny art - horror balance — it's a film as suitable for midnight berths as it is for less genre - inclined programs.

It does feature James Cagney playing a good guy for once, which is cool, but as I said, this is a very typical genre film.

, and the also - Oscar - snubbed Roger Ebert doc Life Itself) fall under its Magnolia Pictures brand, you can't blame all of the low scores on its Magnet Releasing genre label, as many of the company's very worst films were Magnolia - branded, too.