Sentences with phrase «best openings of any film»

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Analysts knew the film version of the book would do well, but they didn't quite expect this: The Hunger Games raked in US$ 152.5 million on its opening weekend, the third - best for any movie, ever.

Those numbers took many by surprise (the film's $ 60 million opening weekend was well above early predictions of $ 40 million).

While Black Panther rode a huge wave of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the biggest opening weekend ever for the month of February (and the fifth - largest of all - time), raking in more than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the good vibes surrounding the trailblazing film, which features Marvel's first African - American director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts of attacks at screenings of the movie.

So in 2011, he began filming the show with Channel 4, a «fly - on - the - wall drama» following the love lives, arguments and parties of his friends who were (and still are) constantly visiting London's best restaurants, bars, shops and club openings.

Dinish is well at home with the GOP crowd «For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre» (ps.5: 9), but God is «not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness» (ps.5: 5) and so although Dinish and by extension the GOP don't care who they hurt with their lies and behind the scenes dirty tactics like that silly film, they are cautioned not to include the name of God in their wickedness.

«We knew we had to be better, we knew we had to be excellent,» said Brown, 89, one of about 10 Tuskegee Airmen who attended the White House screening of «Red Tails,» a film about the airmen produced by «Star Wars» creator George Lucas which opened in theaters in March 2012.

This film is also the best monster movie of the year and the best picture of any kind to open so far this summer.

It's a film best valued as an extended surprise, with hilarity greatly enhanced by an atmosphere of the unanticipated, beautified by a soundtrack of goofy, ironic tunes to underscore any and all ludicrousness (though Phillips deserves a bravery medal for a forbidding Danzig opening title track).

The opening sequences are among the best ever filmed treating the sheer terror and adrenaline rush of an out - and - out chase, and are nearly silent the whole time, such is the high action quotient.

Braff, the director, writer and actor, is at his best on film when he finds the quiet moments of truth and reflection that open up the themes he is exploring.

Yates recognizes that Snape's story is the core of this film, as well as the broader story, which in part explains why the opening shots are devoted to him.

Still, though the graphics are student film project specific, and the sound is echoey in the best of circumstances, I thoroughly enjoyed the irregularity of the humor, and the open gross out makeup, including axes in the face, limbs being eaten, and frost bitten appendages.

Of course, «The Peacemaker's» real selling point is action, and Leder proves herself a crackerjack action director, with some seriously intense set - pieces — a train wreck that opens the film, a horrifying nuclear blast, a car chase in a crowded plaza, a foot chase through the streets of New York and, best of all, a nail - biting standoff on a bridge between a truck armed with nuclear weapons and military helicopterOf course, «The Peacemaker's» real selling point is action, and Leder proves herself a crackerjack action director, with some seriously intense set - pieces — a train wreck that opens the film, a horrifying nuclear blast, a car chase in a crowded plaza, a foot chase through the streets of New York and, best of all, a nail - biting standoff on a bridge between a truck armed with nuclear weapons and military helicopterof New York and, best of all, a nail - biting standoff on a bridge between a truck armed with nuclear weapons and military helicopterof all, a nail - biting standoff on a bridge between a truck armed with nuclear weapons and military helicopters.

Throw in Joss Whedon tackling The Avengers, the first of two Hobbit movies, James Bond's next adventure, the opening chapter of The Hunger Games, new films from Wes Anderson, David O. Russell, Judd Apatow, P.T. Anderson, Alfonso Cuarón, Whit Stillman, the Coen brothers (maybe), and more of our favorite directors, and we can't imagine a better year for movies.

The film opens with Rav Krushka, the beloved leader of an Orthodox Jewish congregation in London, delivering a sermon about the tricky place human beings occupy in the world, torn between the forces of spiritual good and darkness, but provided by HaShem (God) with free will — i.e., «the power to disobey.»

Despite its «based on a true story» opening credit, this earnest, nostalgic film has a way of seeming too good to be true.

The flip - book style opening credits and accompanying heartfelt song were the best parts of the film, by far.

This film is definitely a great way to kick off the 30th Anniversary of this festival and based on what my friend said, this is one of the best opening night films to open Sundance in quite sometime.

The Opening Ceremony, wanting to celebrate the festival's 50th anniversary in style, had some great lighting effects, a wonderful MC, a haunting projection on the façade of the theatre (which was transmitted via video into the auditorium), but also a cheesy 3D presentation, and a film — Soul Kitchen by Fatih Akin — that is simply a feel - good comedy with little going for it artistically.

The film opens with what I would consider to be one of the best scenes in all of 2013.

The film opens with a voiceover from John Watson (Jude Law, reprising his role as Holmes» companion) as the good doctor records memories of his «last case» with Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.).

Ford's Solo is one of the most iconic movie characters in film history, so suffice to say, the still - untitled 2018 Han Solo spin - off will succeed or fail based on how open audiences are to welcoming in a new Solo and how well Ehrenreich portrays the character.

«The Hunger Games» is the biggest film to open outside of the summer blockbuster season, as well as the biggest nonsequel film debut in history.

In fact this film features some of the best opening moments in a comedy ever (seriously, up there with Monty Python And The Holy Grail).

If the opening intertitle didn't reveal the fact that The House of the Devil was going to be dealing with the occult / Satanism the film could just as well stand on its own as a psychological thriller about a girl working herself up into a paranoid frenzy over creaks on the floorboards.

Curiously, bar the middling Opening Night Eurasiapudding, A Prayer for Rain (Ravi Kumar), none of the disaster films from this section that I caught were terribly well attended.

The best part of Antoine Fuqua's film is the quiet and nicely built opening third, when McCall tries to be a normal man and resist the urge to strike.

«The Palme d'Or win opened up a lot of doors with the press, festivals and exhibitors, so there was great anticipation for the film in advance of its North American bows at Toronto and the New York film festivals and has given the film some great momentum in the awards race as well,» said Cowal.

Moreover, in what's arguably a more brazen case of cinematic larceny, director Daniel Espinosa, best - known for the 2012 thriller Safe House, swipes his anti-gravity stylistics from Alfonso Cuarón, opening the film with a single, very long, VFX - heavy take that sends the camera around in gentle swoops from character to floating character as the space station itself tumbles slowly around its axis.

This is one of the best openings for a foreign language film this year, a category that includes Music Box Films» The Innocents, which is currently approaching a $ 1 million U.S. gross.»

The opening words of the film implore us to turn the volume up loud, and for good reason.

Baby Driver, one of the year's best films for sure, opened in Mexico on August 10 - under the title Baby: El aprendiz del crimen - and I had the chance to interview Mr. Wright during his recent visit.

I approached Les Misérables with an open mind and had hoped that, despite my dislike of musicals, this film would be so good that the format wouldn't matter.

Match Point, made during Woody Allen's extended fallow period, wisely takes the precaution of having its protagonist retire from the game before the film opens, so we don't get to see if Jonathan Rhys Meyers (pictured right with Scarlett Johansson) is as good a sportsman as he is a swordsman in this roman - à - quatre.

Pixar's best films are distinguished by strong openings (see also: Up and WALL - E), but Coco's opening is a little tortured, contorting through plot devices and contrivances to ensure Miguel ends up in the Land of the Dead.

In this series of interviews, the actors - alongside director Rian Johnson - open up about their roles in this fantastic franchise, the extraordinary sets and scenaries they were placed in during filming, and just what it's like to be part of such a well - loved world.

This is film criticism with a soul and a sense of urgency growing out of the conviction that faith and the imagination need one another — the better to open our eyes to the flickerings of God's grace.»

Emma Watson, best known as Hermione in the Harry Potter films, plays Belle, introduced in the opening musical number as a bit of an outsider in her small «provincial» French village.

DAYBREAKERS is a film that has run through 99 % of its good ideas by the time the opening credits have concluded.

But you never feel like you're watching a play on film: The way Morgan has opened up the proceedings in his screenplay feels organic under the direction of Ron Howard, who's crafted his finest film yet, and one of the year's best.

While there are standout examples — like Darren Aronofsky's disorienting, eye - opening Requiem for a Dream, or the achingly beautiful narratives of animated animal - people addicts in BoJack Horseman — sagas like this one usually work better on the page than on the screen; the brief gloss of film can make drug use seem rather too appealing, while the idea of spending eight TV seasons with an addict seems rather unappealing.

With Mr. Salinas and Greenberg's consent, I offer to kickoff our visit with an immediate impression during the start of the film that distinguishes it's score from Cartel Land's... it deftly emerges with warm, melodic cello and higher - notes vibraphone progessions from a dreamlike silence, and only registers as a lilting, tender counterpoint to the viscerally intense imagery of ISIS - occupied contemporary Raqqa, Syria in the picture's opening sequence well after we're already emotionally all - in invested via what will certainly be a harrowing, yet inspiring cinematic experience.

But the three best films I've seen so far this fall — they're opening in major cities over the next two months — are thrillingly evocative portraits of the real small - town America.

Affleck has turned in superb performances in that film, as well as Gone Baby Gone, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and Out Of The Furnace, and he stars in The Finest Hours, the Coast Guard rescue tale which Disney opens Fridaof Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and Out Of The Furnace, and he stars in The Finest Hours, the Coast Guard rescue tale which Disney opens FridaOf The Furnace, and he stars in The Finest Hours, the Coast Guard rescue tale which Disney opens Friday.

Also, big fan of the soundtracks they have used — the first film had lots of good songs (but for some reason never had an official soundtrack) and I thought it was great that they used Middle Distance Runner's «The Sun and Earth» during the opening credits / flashback of Part 2 — the video is posted at

«Full of charm and wit, with a little mystery thrown in for good measure, APPLESAUCE is a rare and very original take on the relationship drama and mystery genres, excelling quite well in both... It's a film that keeps its viewer wondering what will happen next, from the very opening of the film, to the moment the credits roll, and is by far Tukel's best work yet.»

But that was 2014 (or 2015 here in United States, where the movie opened as the rare quality mid-January family release), a pre-Brexit, pre-Trump world whose anxieties about a growing refugee crisis were gently ridiculed by the film and its good - humored portrayal of the modern, multicultural British capital.

Anyway, Open Road is on a roll — they already shared great success on The Grey, End of Watch, Chef and recently Nightcrawler, and their upcoming slate is looking good too, with Triple Nine, the upcoming crime - drama heist film directed by John Hillcoat and written by Matt Cook.

Safety Not Guaranteed starts out a little shaky — a number of misfiring punch lines opens the film — but then gets better and better as the narrative plays out.

It also has some footage you haven't seen before, a digitally - altered version of a shot from the film (above, with extra details added to the painting) and a little bit of the awesome Can song «Vitamin C» that is used to good effect in the film's opening.