Sentences with phrase «based on films like»

I could have gone with the number of other LEGO games based on films like Indiana Jones or Jurassic World, but both of those had too many flaws to make the list (Jurassic World especially).

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(CNN) «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» has become one of Oscar season's most divisive films, producing fierce blowback based on what feels like a not - entirely - fair interpretation about what it says, or doesn't, about people's ability to achieve redemption.

Martin Scorsese's recent film Silence, like the historical novel by Shūsaku Endō on which it is based, turns on an act of emotional blackmail.

Like Parker's film, Hacksaw Ridge is also based on a true story with faith at the center.

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Films series — the 2nd step was defining unique structures, based on the new formulations, for co-extruded films to create films with similar mechanical, optical and barrier properties to conventional plastics like polypropylene or polyethylene.

Like they say about the pirates code in the seminal American film Pirates of the Caribbean, this method is based on what you'd call «guidelines» rather than actual «rules.»

If the store sounds like a sports version of the record shop in High Fidelity (the hit film, based on a novel by Nick Hornby, about pop - music freaks congregating in a store called Championship Vinyl), well, Hornby is a Sportspages regular.

These include electronic - skin coatings that can detect blood oxygen levels, contact lenses made from metal - oxide thin films that can detect glucose levels in tears and flexible integrated sensor arrays based on plastic and silicon integrated circuits that can detect molecules like glucose in sweat.

With the increasing emphasis on plant - based diets for improved health, and with the popularity of films like «What the Health,» more consumers are turning to a vegan eating style to change their bodies.

Series creator Chris Carter has even written a third entry in the franchise's film department and, based on what the ratings will be like, we'll probably see more X-Files in the future, whether in terms of more episodes or a big blockbuster of a movie.

M * A * S * H is a 1972 — 1983 American television series developed by Larry Gelbart, adapted from the 1970 feature film MASH, which, in turn, was based on the Oh, I really love mash - up games like this where characters from two different worlds are put together!

Each of the Mission: Impossible films (based loosely on the 1960s TV series by Bruce Geller) has employed a different director, ranging from rogues like Brian De Palma and John Woo to the more respectable J.J. Abrams and Brad Bird, and Christopher McQuarrie fits right in.

Although deservedly R - Rated, the first film didn't feel like a movie based on a video game.

Sure, they have to force their AMD Opteron processors to conjure up all that flashy «ooh» and «aah» stuff, like, say swishy - whizzy magic - spell effects, or the impressive orange glow of dragonflame, but if you can't make the texture of Fiona's shimmery dress capture the light properly, if the audience don't truly feel they can reach out and caress that silky fabric, then the animators might as well all shut down their DL145 ProLiant servers, pack up their HP nx6125 notebooks («based,» it says in the film's fascinating production notes, «on AMD Turion 64x dual - core mobile technology to streamline a variety of production activities») and go home.

Although Lassie may seem like a unusual film for Morton to appear in, she has a history of working in family friendly fare having provided the voice for Ruby in the Max and Ruby animated television series based on the popular children's books by Rosemary Wells.In 2007 she appeared as Mary Stuart in Elizabeth: The Golden Age, and appeared in the Ian Curtis biopic Control.

But once you get past that element of Kidd's screenplay (based on the novel by Helen Schulman), there's certainly a lot here worth embracing - particularly Linney's performance, which is incredibly strong (though not entirely surprising, given how effective she's been in films like You Can Count On Me and Mystic Riveron the novel by Helen Schulman), there's certainly a lot here worth embracing - particularly Linney's performance, which is incredibly strong (though not entirely surprising, given how effective she's been in films like You Can Count On Me and Mystic RiverOn Me and Mystic River).

Based on Tomoka Shibasaki's 2010 novel, the film chronicles Asako's relationship with the free - spirited Baku and the dependable Ryohei, who happens to look just like Baku.

Based, like its 2005 predecessor, on Miller's graphic novels, stylized noir thriller A Dame to Kill For is divided into four chapters, two of them original stories unique to the film; the result is both a prequel and a sequel to Sin City.

With these three films, Spielberg has crafted something like a Trilogy of Good Decisions, in which, at pivotal moments in our nation's history, more or less decent people took the opportunity to make the right choices based on fundamental beliefs in foundational American values.

Like those previous films, Foxcatcher is based on a true story, in this case the tragic murder of Olympic gold medal - winning wrestler David Schultz by his friend John du Pont, a mentally ill multimillionaire who had a training facility for wrestlers built at his family's Foxcatcher estate.

And, like the hero of Bresson's film (and the Georges Bernanos novel on which it is based), he's got stomach cancer.

As it happens, the Ireland - based studio was also responsible for producing world - class Oscar nominees «The Secret of Kells» and «Song of the Sea,» and though Nora Twomey worked on both films, «The Breadwinner» marks her solo directing debut, employing a similarly bold graphic style in its telling («hand - drawn» via a program called TVPaint), augmented by colorful story - within - the - story interludes designed to look like stop - motion.

Based on the best moments of Atomic Blonde, I would very much like to see a series of films in which Charlize Theron's ruthless, brutal and glamorous secret agent dispatches a variety of Cold War - era enemies to the accompaniment of hit songs from the 80s.

Playing through Detective Pikachu, it became readily apparent why the title will be the basis for the upcoming live action film: the game offers up a unique take on the Pokémon world, while simultaneously providing something that feels familiar, much like Pokémon Snap once did on Nintendo 64.

To me, this review and the last few comments seem like a complete misreading of the film - based, as one earlier commentator stated, on Haneke's earlier work and his particular way of making movies, rather than the actual movie at hand and its context.

I've never played the Konami games on which this series is based, but they certainly must be more lovingly produced than this cheap thing (its crispy, bright, digital presentation makes the first film look like a voluptuous cradle of generous budgeting and production design).

His new film A Hologram for the King feels like a true story, but is actually based on the Dave Eggers novel.

Directed by Alexandre Aja and based on Joe Hill's dark novel, the film already looks like Radcliffe is tapping into the Voldemort spectrum of evil for his tortured protagonist.

Based on the short film of the same name, Mama inspired del Toro to come up with a feature length version and I'm glad he did because it looks like the perfect supernatural chiller to start off the new year.

Sadly, Kubrick died prior to the release of «Eyes,» his last film, and «A.I.» seemed to be a lost cause much like Kubrick's other inevitably great unfinished work, a biopic based on the life of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Just like most films based on improvisational performances, the laughs are scattershot, with some bits working better than the others.

In comparison to recent films based on the life and work of the Beats, like Howl and On the Road, Kill Your Darlings is presented less abstractedly, with Krokidas choosing a highly stylized aesthetic while employing the bold juxtaposition of the period setting and a contemporary soundtrack featuring the likes of TV on the Radion the life and work of the Beats, like Howl and On the Road, Kill Your Darlings is presented less abstractedly, with Krokidas choosing a highly stylized aesthetic while employing the bold juxtaposition of the period setting and a contemporary soundtrack featuring the likes of TV on the RadiOn the Road, Kill Your Darlings is presented less abstractedly, with Krokidas choosing a highly stylized aesthetic while employing the bold juxtaposition of the period setting and a contemporary soundtrack featuring the likes of TV on the Radion the Radio.

Philip Glass (The Illusionist, Undertow) coats the film with his usual whimsical style, and though the film might be deemed as too slight in its subject matter to merit such heavy - handed compositions, the music is actually completely in keeping with the tragic allusions underneath, with motifs based on magic (wizard hats, old cats, strands of hair, and gold stars tie in to the coven - like relationship of the women) as well as Biblical references (Sheba is short for Bathsheba, the Old Testament woman seduced; Barbara's last name is Covett, and covet she most certainly does).

As I haven't read the Newberry Award - winning Kate DiCamillo novel on which the film is based, hard to know whether to accuse this adaptation of fidelity or whitewash — but at the risk of judging a book by its cover, the artist's rendering of India Opal on the trade paperback hints at the latter by virtue of looking nothing like the Aryan ideal that is Robb.

Based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story «The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether,» the film relocates the action from Poe's France to a remote corner of England, though the movie was actually shot in Bulgaria, which might look more like England if England looked a little more like Bulgaria.

The Writers Guild of America's nominations for 2014 films have given us a largely predictable set of choices, based on the previously reported ineligibility of major contenders like Selma, The Theory of Everything and Mr. Turner.

Though it feels a lot like Jeff Nichols» Southern Gothic crime drama, «Mud» (which is ironic since Green reportedly cast youngster Tye Sheridan based on his work in that film), they're very different stories apart from the father - son dynamic between the two leads.

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Based on the trailer the the film is absolutely nothing like Dark Shadows.

Olson and Boise chose plaintiffs on the basis of same - sex couples who behaved just like everyone else, and the still shots of their homes and family photographs interspersed through the film show all the trimmings of a wholesome American family.

As the film's head costume designer, Ruth Carter, shared with NPR, the costumes, like Wakanda itself, needed to evoke a place and people that had «never been colonized, one that looked toward the future but was based on a real past.»

However, with no 3 - D option offered, they'll miss the payoff, which must have been significant (at least in theory) based on the way the film serves up such illusions with nearly the regularity of gimmick - based theme park attractions like Honey, I Shrunk the Audience and Muppet * Vision 3D.

The film mightn't have set the box office aflame like many predicted it would (based on those early word - of - mouth screenings that the...

The original 1965 film, written by Lukas Heller based on the novel by Elleston Trevor, garnered two Oscars and starred such luminaries like Jimmy Steward, Richard Attenborough, and Ernest Borgnine.

Surviving Mars is almost entirely based on theoretical science and, like Andy Weir's The Martian and its film adaption (which it owes a few inevitable debts to), occupies a «five minutes into the future» time period.

Hart and producer Will Packer, who partnered for the hit Ride Along and the Think Like a Man series, bring their signature style to the film that is based on a story by Hart.

At times, Brooks seems to be over-sympathizing and romanticizing these two killers, but based on this film as well as the equally phenomenal «Capote», it seems like the Perry Smith character (in this case played by Robert Blake) had a heart and was truly sorry for his heinous act of violence.

«It seemed like a fun idea this year to do a special sketch based on one of my films, since Red Nose Day is now in both the U.K. and America.»

The mob film based on Charles Brandt's 2004 book I Heard You Paint Houses, about Frank «The Irishman» Sheeran (De Niro), a hitman who was purported to kill Teamster leader Jimmy Hoffa, has had a troubled path to production because of Scorsese's insistence on using de-aging technologies for the majority of the film — techniques that have been used sparingly in movies like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button or Marvel films.