Sentences with phrase «better pair of films»

I can't think of a better pair of films to kick off and wrap up what is going to be an amazing festival.»

Not exact matches

The chain is famous for League's strict anti-texting policy, as well as the stars who show up to premiere films at the Austin location and the special posters designed for many of the screenings, which may pair cult classics with themed foods.

The unmistakable chemistry at play between the well - mannered, erudite Lemmon and the sharp - tongued, earthy Matthau exploded when they were paired onscreen, and was on particularly brilliant display in the hit film version of The Odd Couple (1967).

After an unfocused 2010 that saw a mix of very good and very bad films, Roadside Attractions managed to boost its average Metascore by over 7 points last year, thanks to a generally improved slate that featured a pair of acclaimed documentaries (Project Nim and Thunder Soul) and the timely thriller Margin Call 76.

Not many will debate against that Woody Harrelson is one of the greatest actors of his time (this year alone he has appeared in a wide variety of films and given a pair of incredible performances in War for the Planet of the Apes and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), but his portrayal of Texan Lyndon B. Johnson in the biopic about the polarizing political figure simply titled LBJ (directed by Rob Reiner of A Few Good Men fame among other widely regarded classics) is a mixed bag.

EXTRAS: There's a pair of featurettes on production and the real - life events that inspired the film, as well as an animated short detailing how David and Efraim were able to exploit the system.

Dennis Gassner's production design represents the pic's rather old - fashioned good - versus - evil stance by contrasting oaky Olde English veneer with glassier,»60s - leaning modernism; Jany Temime's costume design is largely pragmatic, though an ivory Tom Ford tuxedo gives Craig what should be his most enduring Bond look across the four films, give or take a certain pair of snug swimming trunks.

His breakthrough year was 2001, however, with standout turns in a pair of indie films: a haunted adolescent in the cult classic Donnie Darko and a gawky teen in love with an older woman in Lovely & Amazing, a performance he more or less repeated the next year opposite Jennifer Aniston in The Good Girl.

The film's said to be a more comedic kind of picture than what we're used to from Mr. Washington (we've been dying to see him display his funny bones, especially with the gold - toothed get - up he seems to have going on here), and Wahlberg always fares well with that kind of dynamic, so this is potentially a pretty potent pairing.

Last year was the first since 2005 that Pixar did not release a film, but the animation studio is making up for it 2015 with a pair of new titles: The Good Dinosaur (planned for November 25) and this month's Inside Out.

Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke have an easy, familiar chemistry on screen; it's no wonder their third pairing, Before Midnight, stands out as one of the best films of the year so far.

The film even earned a pair of Golden Globe nominations, one for Best Comedy or Musical and another for Ryan Reynolds» lead performance.

While Pitch Black was a surprisingly good film, there never seemed enough there to warrant the lavish amounts spent on The Chronicles of Riddick (featuring the long - awaited first pairing of Vin Diesel and Judi Dench).

Here's a bit of casting information for you today: Jai Courtney (A Good Day to Die Hard) has landed a pair of films, starring in Angelina Jolie's Unbroken and Russell Crowe's directorial debut, The Water Diviner.

Best political film: (tie) «12:08 East of Bucharest» and «Persepolis» — a pair of smart, funny movies about the effects of political revolutions on individuals in (respectively) Romania and Iran.

The film, set on an island off Seattle, stars Emily Blunt and Rosemarie DeWitt as a pair of siblings in what's described as «an emotionally twisted tale of sisters, brothers and best friends.»

There are also hours of bonus material to enjoy, including a pair of new interviews with actor Martin Sheen and writer John Milius that are loaded with anecdotes about their experiences working on the film, as well as a casting featurexte on the supporting actors that made up the PBR Street Gang.

The DVD production was helped along with the loving hands (certainly one of my favorite pair of hands on earth) of film editor Thelma Schoonmaker, Michael Powell's widow.There's fantastic commentary with cinematographer Jack Cardiff and Ian Christie, as well as Martin Scorsese, a close, dear friend of Powell's.

Set on a fictional, well - to - do east coast island during the fall of 1965, the film follows Sam, Suzy, and the frantic search party that organizes to look for the pair after their joint escape.

This song from the Disney / Pixar hit «Coco» — which became the top - grossing film of all time in Mexico in less than three weeks and went on to gross over $ 655 million worldwide — was penned by Kristen Anderson Lopez and Robert Lopez, the same pair behind the Frozen juggernaut «Let It Go» (both a Best Original Song winner and a Top Five hit on the Billboard Hot 100).

Her work on the film also earned her a pair of Golden Globe nominations for Best Original Song and Best Supporting Actress.

A conglomeration of the second, third, and fourth books in Ann Brashares» series, the film once again follows four best friends and the pair of jeans that may or may not have a supernatural influence on their lives.

Although An Affair to Remember is the most popular of their collaborations, the very quirky, very British The Grass is Greener is arguably the pair's best film.

If the deal gets done, the 50 - year - old New York native would be the youngest actress to play Peter Parker's guardian on screen so far, which pairs well with the 19 - year - old Tom Holland as the youngest version of the web - slinging superhero to be seen in film also.

8:00 am — TCM — Buck Privates Abbott and Costello take on WWII with one of their better films, as a pair of street vendors who accidentally enlist in the army.

Two of the world's most gorgeous actors, paired in one of the best buddy films of all time, with a witty script and a light directorial hand.

The Oscar - nominated films earned mentions only in Best Actor (Daniel Kaluuya) and Best Original Screenplay for Get Out and Best Actress (Sally Hawkins) and a pair of techs for The Shape of Water.

Characters and their relationships were defined by the pure concept of the film, as it paired Taron Egerton's rough and troubled Eggsy with Colin Firth's suave, well mannered Agent Galahad.

Creed is one of the best movies in the Rocky series, certainly the best since Rocky II, with a pairing of respect to the past films and a new style to a pretty stale genre.

10:30 pm — TCM — Captain Blood The first pairing of Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland (they'd eventually make eight films together) is still one of the best — probably only beaten out by The Adventures of Robin Hood.

Despite another pair of terrific films this year (that makes nine he directed in the three years 2002 - 2004), Johnnie To does not pick up his fourth Best Director Endy this year.

Art Films presents the best of films by and about artists paired with food & mimosas, followed by a post-film discussion with the filmmakers.

4:00 am (11th)-- TCM — Follow the Fleet Follow the Fleet «s title isn't thrown around as much as some of Fred and Ginger's other films, but it's actually one of their best, with a great set of Irving Berlin songs, a mixture of sailor and show business settings, and a decent second - lead pairing of Randolph Scott and Harriet Hilliard (better known as Harriet Nelson of Ozzie and Harriet).

Since that auspicious debut, he has continued to collaborate with Anderson on «The Darjeeling Limited» (which the pair wrote with Roman Coppola); the short film «Hotel Chevalier»; his animated feature, «Fantastic Mr. Fox» (for which he contributed his vocal talents); «Moonrise Kingdom» (part of Anderson's stellar ensemble cast of Murray, Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton and Frances McDormand), which set a new record at the specialty box office over Memorial Day weekend for best limited indie debut of all time, and, the Academy Award nominated film, «The Grand Budapest Hotel,» whose eclectic cast brought back thespians Murray, Norton and Swinton, along with Willem Dafoe, Soirsae Ronin, Ralph Finnes, Jude Law, Jeff Goldblum, Owen Wilson and Adrian Brody.

The latter isn't one of the better films the pair made, but it does feature a bizarre parody of the Best Picture - winner «Going My Way,» which makes one wonder how ubiquitous that movie was in 1950 and if the pop culture references in Judd Apatow's films are going to age this badly.

Neither resulted in an Oscar nomination for the pair and both films missed Best Picture nominations, with the latter in particular (one of a number of would - be Oscar vehicles for comedy superstar Jim Carrey) seen as a disappointment.

At best, the two seem like an ill - matched pair of idiots — and at worst, as mismatched as this very bad screenplay is with the film.

(Plus, having spent a fortune on a pair of his glasses, I'd like a good film in return for my brand loyalty.)

«Midnight Cowboy» (John Schlesinger, 1969) The first (and only) X-rated film to win Best Picture, John Schlesinger's 1969 tale of a pair of lost souls in the Big Apple is one of my very favorite films.

In his latest film Frances Ha, Noah Baumbach pairs his formidable skills with those of the rising indie star Greta Gerwig who has worked with Whit Stillman, Woody Allen, Ivan Reitman and co-wrote the screenplays for Hannah Takes the Stairs, Nights and Weekends, as well as Frances Ha.

More notably, the film is bookended by a pair of absolutely crackling runaway train action sequences, arguably director Gore Verbinski's best since «Mousehunt».

The film works best when the gang is all together, but due to the compromising nature of this story, the middle really drags when they become separated and paired off.

The story of a little six year old girl who lives at a run - down motel with her on - the - brink mother in the shadow of Disney World in Orlando, Florida, The Florida Project features one of the most incredible child performances I've ever seen from Brooklynn Prince, as well as a fantastic debut role from non-actress Bria Vinaite as the mother / daughter pair that form the film's heart.

While Joe Johnston helmed the original, giving it the retro sensibilities and spirit of Johnston's other fantastical action film The Rocketeer, Captain America: The Winter Soldier is directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, a pair that are better known direction comedic television.

Professional jackass Johnny Knoxville and Patton Oswalt, widely regarded as one of the best and most transgressive stand - up comedians of the last decade, have signed on to co-star in The Catechism Cataclysm director Todd Rohal's latest film, an outlandish yet poignant comedy about a pair of battling brothers who attempt to honor the memory of their ailing father by taking a troop of boys on a camping trip that goes wildly wrong.

This is an interesting commentary, as this pair (who have worked together for years) share a good amount of information about the film.

Because if this were 2005, and you were in a Diesel outlet in Philadelphia, Ti West would be regurgitating his rehearsed two - pairs - for - the - price - of - one sales pitch, yet beneath the spiel would rest the foundation for what will become one of 2009's best horror films, «The House of the Devil.»

From this first round of voting, the film critics group has compiled a pair of «10 Best» lists for 2017, one for independent film defined as a budget under $ 20 million and one for studio films defined as movies with budgets over $ 20 million:

Pretty to look at and sensitively acted (Saoirse Ronan again, in her second film of the month)-- but so devoid of any physical action or cinematic excitement that it might as well be a radio show — On Chesil Beach is a sad and tarnished vision of a domestic breakdown about a pair of newlyweds who meet, fall in love, and break up on their honeymoon night before they ever get to know each other.

This is a good commentary, as the pair give us a lot of information about the film.