Sentences with phrase «better slate of films»

While I'm hoping for a better slate of films in the second of half of twelve, that does nothing to diminish the fact that this is a superbly made comedy that sets itself apart from its namesake show.

Not exact matches

This summer's box - office totals have also suffered from the expansion of blockbuster season as a handful of films likely to be among the year's biggest releases are slated to come out this fall, among them best - selling novel adaptation Gone Girl, Christopher Nolan's Interstellar, and the latest Hunger Games installment.

In my mind, it is easily the best of the current slate of Marvel films.

Also unlike Hollywood's current slate of animated films, this one is decidedly less for adults and geared more toward a young audience, as most scenes depict the childish adventures of Ponyo (voiced with high - pitched glee by Miley Cyrus's little sister Noah) and her new best friend.

Another arthouse staple that regularly appears near the top of our annual rankings, Kino Lorber had its best year in recent memory in 2015, achieving a nearly 90 % success rate — and a year - leading total of five separate titles scoring 81 or higher — despite an ambitious 27 - film release slate.

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.

The film premiered to positive reviews out of Sundance and is slated for a 2016 theatrical release, further strengthening a the already strong forecast for the depth of the Best Actress race.

Now, it's not one of the year's better films, but this is a bit of a rough slate today, so we'll have to make do.

The film was once slated for a March release before being held for Cannes, and now we get a better look at the film starring Nicole Kidman and Tim Roth by way of a nearly 10 - minute featurette that comes from Cannes.

With three best - picture Oscars in the last 10 years, out of 12 nominations, the specialty film label has outpaced far bigger rivals thanks to a consistently off - beat slate of independent releases that have clicked with audiences and academy voters.

The Oscar 2015 Best Actor winner, Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) is looking sweeter and lovelier than ever as transgender pioneer Einar Wegener, a.k.a. Lili Elbe in the first photo from Tom Hooper «s film The Danish Girl slated for 2016.

Not to worry, though — the prolific Florentine already has three films slated for next year, and at least one of those is bound to be very good.

Co-founded by presidents Howard Cohen and Eric d'Arbeloff, in 2016 Roadside Attractions» films out - grossed the slates of such well - established specialty divisions as Fox Searchlight, TWC, and Sony Classics.

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.

(Best tidbit: the reminder that John Frankenheimer was originally slated to direct; the film he made instead, Seconds, with Rock Hudson delivering the same variety of «never be able to pull it off» performance as Liz in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Of the French films in competition, the best was unfairly squeezed out of the main competition slate and ended up in Directors» FortnighOf the French films in competition, the best was unfairly squeezed out of the main competition slate and ended up in Directors» Fortnighof the main competition slate and ended up in Directors» Fortnight.

Few actors are as prolific as Fassbender as well, seeing as how he consistently appears in multiple films every year and has quite the slate of films ahead of him.

Not as though I take issue with anyone who might be underwhelmed by a given year's film slate; any reader who has followed Projection: Oscar over the years is well aware that I've typically acted as the president of the This Movie Year Was Lame club.

All in all, Cabin in the Woods is an essential see from this year's film slate (it also made Ethan's list of Surprisingly Good Films of 2012), celebrating all that horror is and what horror will continue to be.

The slate will be populated by a combination of projects developed and produced internally at Focus, as well as films acquired during various stages of development and production.

Last week, this column pondered why, exactly, Disney and / or Pixar Animation Studios were holding back on a teaser trailer for their next film, The Good Dinosaur, which is slated to open in May of 2014.

WikiLeaks drama kicks off a huge slate of major world premieres, including August: Osage County, Twelve Years a Slave, Mandela: A Long Walk to Freedom and new films for Brits such as Kate Winslet, Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes and Richard Ayoade, as well as the late James Gandolfini

BLOOM, which was created by partners Alex Walton and financier / producer Ken Kao, is delivering a varied slate of films that includes last weekend's opener Elvis & Nixon starring Spacey and Michael Shannon as well as Martin Zandvliet's The Outsider starring Jared Leto; George Clooney's Suburbicon starring Matt Damon and Julianne Moore; Shane Black's The Nice Guys starring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling; Kate and Laura Mulleavy's Woodshock starring Kirsten Dunst; Michael Apted «s Unlocked starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Douglas and Orlando Bloom; Gus Van Sant's The Sea Of Trees starring Matthew McConaughey; and Renny Harlin's Skiptrace starring Jackie Chan and Johnny Knoxvillof films that includes last weekend's opener Elvis & Nixon starring Spacey and Michael Shannon as well as Martin Zandvliet's The Outsider starring Jared Leto; George Clooney's Suburbicon starring Matt Damon and Julianne Moore; Shane Black's The Nice Guys starring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling; Kate and Laura Mulleavy's Woodshock starring Kirsten Dunst; Michael Apted «s Unlocked starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Douglas and Orlando Bloom; Gus Van Sant's The Sea Of Trees starring Matthew McConaughey; and Renny Harlin's Skiptrace starring Jackie Chan and Johnny KnoxvillOf Trees starring Matthew McConaughey; and Renny Harlin's Skiptrace starring Jackie Chan and Johnny Knoxville.

Looking deeper at everyone's contracts, Elizabeth Olsen's slated for two more films after Avengers 4, and with whispers of a potential solo flick, her Scarlet Witch is at the front of the line to be resurrected as well.

Knowing (4K Ultra HD)-- Lionsgate continues releasing a great slate of 4K Ultra HD catalog releases with Knowing, one of Nicolas Cage's last good films.

Participant's upcoming film slate includes On the Basis of Sex, from director Mimi Leder and starring Felicity Jones and Armie Hammer; RBG, the documentary feature co-acquired with Magnolia Pictures out of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival; Peter Farrelly's Green Book, starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali; Rachel Dretzin's documentary Far From the Tree, based on the best - selling book by Andrew Solomon; Rupert Wyatt's Captive State; the feature - length documentary Kailash, from director Derek Doneen and produced by Davis Guggenheim; and Chiwetel Ejiofor's directorial debut The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.

Participant's upcoming film slate includes 7 Days in Entebbe, from José Padilha and Working Title; Rupert Wyatt's Captive State; Rachel Dretzin's documentary Far From the Tree, based on the best - selling book by Andrew Solomon; the feature - length documentary Kailash, from director Derek Doneen and produced by Davis Guggenheim; Chiwetel Ejiofor's directorial debut The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind; On the Basis of Sex, from director Mimi Leder and starring Felicity Jones and Armie Hammer; and Peter Farrelly's Green Book, starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali.

This year's Best Picture slate is a wild blending of the old guard and the new, and there are examples of social relevance among each of the top films in contention.

Over the last few years, though, Hollywood has started breaking from its annual tradition of dumping their stragglers in the winter graveyard and saving their best films for the warmer months, and while 2011's early film slate still contains its share of obvious duds, the studios have seen fit to bring us plenty of movies worth getting excited about, from animated and / or family - friendly fare to comedies, dramas, and action.

It would have been easy, in fact, to predict which five films would've been nominated if Oscar had never expanded their slate: Dunkirk, Get Out, Lady Bird, The Shape of Water, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (with Phantom Thread this year's recipient of the «orphan best director nod for a movie that's frankly too good for the whole room» prize).

The film's medium - sized slate of extras begins with «Good Omens: The Making of Stardust» (29:50), a very good general production featureGood Omens: The Making of Stardust» (29:50), a very good general production featuregood general production featurette.

But if it's competing for Best Picture next winter, it would be because the rest of the year's slate has disappointed or the Academy has proven unable to acknowledge untraditionally prestigious films, like War for the Planet of the Apes or The Big Sick, to name just two considerably more fulfilling summer releases.

Each December, the organization distributes a full slate of EDA Awards recognizing the year's best (and worst) films by and about women.

Theatrical exhibition is dying, Fox is disappearing into the Disney fold — indie arm Fox Searchlight is operating «business as usual» this year, but it could very well be their last — and Netflix, driver of big deals in the recent past, has 80 films of their own slated already, so no one knows how much they're really looking to acquire (they were relatively quiet at TIFF last fall).

Mascots is part of Netflix's efforts to ramp up their feature film slate, and Guest seems like a particularly good fit for the streaming service.

While beefing about festival snubs has become good annual sport (last year we wondered about the absence of Tsai Ming - liang, this year the sin of omission is Jia Zhang - ke), the committee deserves credit for filling the slate with a range of intriguing, less buzzed about films.

While Levy is best known as a director of hit comedies and family films, his production company 21 Laps Entertainment has grown immensely over recent years, with a slate of film and TV projects encompassing multiple genres and collaborating with the most renowned filmmakers.

Pictures and New Line Cinema will release a slate of at least 10 movies — as well as stand - alone Batman and Superman films — from 2016 through 2020 that expands this prized universe of characters: o «Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,» directed by Zack Snyder (2016) o «Suicide Squad,» directed by David Ayer (2016) o «Wonder Woman,» starring Gal Gadot (2017) o «Justice League Part One,» directed by Zack Snyder, with Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill and Amy Adams reprising their roles (2017) o «The Flash,» starring Ezra Miller (2018) o «Aquaman,» starring Jason Momoa (2018) o «Shazam» (2019) o «Justice League Part Two,» directed by Zack Snyder (2019) o «Cyborg,» starring Ray Fisher (2020) o «Green Lantern» (2020) On the television front, Warner Bros..

Our 750 sq. ft. exhibition space provides a blank slate for a wide variety of solo and group exhibitions and is fully equipped with LED lighting as well as A / V equipment for artist lectures and film screenings (including 30 folding chairs).

Mr. Goldblatt has negotiated complex single picture and slate multi-party financings both on behalf of producers and financiers, as well as structured multi-million dollar film funds.