Sentences with phrase «better visual performance»

The display of Surface is 10.6 inches, with a 16:9 HD widescreen display built upon Microsoft's ClearType HD Display technology, promising wide viewing angles, and auto - adjusting screen intensity for better visual performance and usability even outdoors.

Apple has largely maintained their advantage in tablets by offering some of the best visual performance money can buy.

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The recruitment of visual areas for auditory tasks is sometimes thought to underlie the better performance in processing inputs from other senses observed in congenitally blind people.

At the end of the study, the participants in the intervention group displayed significant improvements in their overall cognitive performance as well as in specific domains, such as cognitive speed, visual learning, and memory.

Visual acuity tests showed that the performance of animals receiving iPS - RPE transplants was significantly better than sham - operated and control animals.

Also, this increased blood flow is beneficial for the eyesight as well — studies have found that frequent dark chocolate consumption is associated with enhanced visual performance.

Walk hand - in - hand from one gallery to the next and enjoy the best of visual arts, contemporary music and innovative performance art.

What's The Deal: A smart send - up of the Superman myth and the age - old precept of good vs. evil, Megamind is a refreshingly solid animated tale that soars on vibrant visuals, energetic vocal performances and clever writing.

Transformers is an entertaining film with epic action, breathtaking visual effects and some humor as well, but sadly the film suffers from bad performances and a cheesy story.

I thought the film had a great soundtrack and integrated it well in the film (I think that unless you knew that Tip was voiced by Rihanna, you wouldn't find the songs that distracting; it might even give you a better apprecation for Rihanna's spunky vocal performance) and the film had a unique, bold, and very beautiful visual style.

Only Lovers Left Alive is a well thought - out film, a unique twist on the old tale, filled with dry humor, exquisite visuals, and wonderful performances.

And it contains not only one of James Mason's best performances but some Reed's most striking visual compositions.

First - time feature directors Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion keep a good pace and show some comic flair with performance and visuals.

The performances of both Capaldi and co-star Jenna Coleman were well - regarded, as was director Ben Wheatley's darker visual elements and the final sequences which included two surprises.

By any reckoning, the film's visual panache and terrific performances, especially by its two well - matched leads, announce Khant as a director of truly impressive talents.

Despite its myriad of exceedingly generic qualities, I Know What You Did Last Summer generally manages to sustain the viewer's interest for the duration of its well - paced running time - with director Jim Gillespie's stylish visuals and the uniformly charismatic performances initially compensating for the storyline's almost pervasively familiar nature.

«The Greatest Showman» won Best Song for «This Is Me,» «Atomic Blonde» won for Best Stunts and Andy Serkis won the Best Vocal / Motion Capture Performance Award for his work in «War For the Planet of the Apes» (which also tied for Best Visual Effects with «Blade Runner 2049»).

Quality Mode puts a focus on the game's visuals while Performance Mode lowers the game's resolution in order to maintain a better framerate.

Best Film - Spotlight Best Actor - Leonardo DiCaprio - the Revenant Best Actress - Brie Larson - Room Best Supporting Actor - Tom Hardy - The Revenant Best Supporting Actress - Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina Best Youth Performance - Jacob Tremblay - Room Best Director - Alejandro Iñárritu - The Revenant Best Original Screenplay - Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer - Spotlight Best Adapted Screenplay - tie - Drew Goddard for The Martian and Emma Donoghue for Room Best Ensemble Cast - Spotlight Best Documentary - Amy Best Animated Movie - Inside Out Best Production Design - Francois Séguin - Brooklyn Best Cinematography - Emmanuel Lubezki - The Revenant Best Visual Effects - Ex Machina

Best Storytelling — Horizon Zero Dawn Best Visual Design — Cuphead Best Audio — The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild Best Gaming Performance — Ashly Burch (Aloy in Horizon Zero Dawn) Best Indie Game — Friday the 13th The Game Best Multiplayer Game — PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Studio of the Year — Nintendo EPD Best VR Game — Resident Evil 7 Esports Play of the Year — Overwatch Esports Team of the Year — Lunatic Hai Esports Game of the Year — Overwatch Best Streamer / Broadcaster — Markiplier Handheld / Mobile Game of the Year — Pokemon Sun / Moon Nintendo Game of the Year — The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild Playstation Game of the Year — Horizon Zero Dawn Xbox Game of the Year — Cuphead PC Game of the Year — PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds The Critics Choice Award — The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild Breakthrough Award — Ashly Burch (Aloy in Horizon Zero Dawn) Hall of Fame — Final Fantasy Most Wanted Game — The Last of Us 2 Still Playing Award — World of Tanks Outstanding Contribution to the UK Games Industry — Debbie Bestwick MBE (Founder of Team17 — Worms etc) Lifetime Achievement Award — Sid Meier (Civilization etc) Ultimate Game of the Year — The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild

A well - received alum of last year's Sundance Film Festival, where it went by just Thoroughbred, Cory Finley's fiendishly clever debut has visual confidence, razor wit, and excellent performances (including one of the last turns by the late Anton Yelchin) to spare.

The Safdie Brothers match Pattinson and Duress» individual and collective performances with visual pyrotechnics of their own, swapping out an early reliance on claustrophobic close - ups, beginning with the notably disorientating scene between Nick and the social worker that opens Good Time, for a cinema vérité - inspired, often exhilarating mix of location shooting, hyper - active editing, and dense, propulsive plotting.

Technically, this aspect is very well done, and the performances and visuals are quite accomplished.

Yet it's in style and tone that the film comes alive, its prowling, dreamlike atmosphere, down - to - earth performances and unerring visual confidence echoing early Terrence Malick or the best of Harmony Korine.

Drive worked well with limited dialogue, mostly because of Ryan Gosling & Carey Mulligan's performances in complete sync with the visuals and music.

His twin features Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) and the new Good Night, and Good Luck both employ a unique visual scheme and clever performances to explore the elusive nature of truth within and surrounding the television medium.

The performances are decent and Stone offers up a few stunning visuals as well as a rather raw tone, but all of that amounts to nothing when the film is incapable of making the viewer feel anything.

This one stands out as the best in the series because of its strong story, memorable visual sequences, and great performances by Kaji and Kawaga.

Add to that an often stunning visual palette and well - rounded performances, and one comes away with a show that is more alive than most primetime programming.

The whole non-dwarves playing dwarves thing works well although none deliver performances that suggest the visual trick was worth the effort.

Overdone performances (including Hugh Jackman's), hideous visuals and half - baked ideas plagiarized from better movies make origin story an awfully awful adventure

The full Doctor Strange reviews paint a promising picture full of rich performances, dazzling visuals and some of the best action we've ever seen.

However, there's enough just in the visuals to justify ranking Prometheus better than average, and we're not even getting at some of the excellent performances.

Only Lovers Left Alive is a well thought out film, a unique twist on the old tale, filled with dry humor, exquisite visuals, and wonderful performances.

What's left is an enjoyably breezy film, with good performances, sumptuous visual aesthetic, and easygoing tone.

The strangeness of these encounters, in the ambiguous writing, shift in visual style and well - calibrated performances from two old warhorses, gives a glimpse of a better, bolder film.

Best Picture «Another Year / Black Swan» Best Director Darren Aronofsky, «Black Swan» Best Actor James Franco, «127 Hours» Best Actress Natalie Portman, «Black Swan» Best Supporting Actor John Hawkes, «Winter's Bone» Best Supporting Actress Lesley Manville, «Another Year» Best Adapted Screenplay «The Social Network» (Aaron Sorkin) Best Original Screenplay «Another Year» (Mike Leigh) Best Art Direction «Inception» Best Cinematography «Inception» Best Costume Design «Black Swan» Best Film Editing «Inception» Best Makeup «Black Swan» /» Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows» Best Sound Editing «TRON Legacy» Best Visual Effects «Inception» /» Alice in Wonderland» /» Black Swan» Best Animated Feature «Chico and Rita ″ — one to watch Best Ensemble «Another Year» Most Underrated Film of the Year «4.3.2.1» — another one to watch Most Overrated Film of the Year «Inception» — I know I've awarded it a lot but a tadge overrated Breakthrough Performance (Female) Jennifer Lawrence, «Winter's Bone» Best Performance in a Bad Film Bojana Novakovic, «Devil» Worst Performance in a Good / Fairly Decent Film Mia Wasikowska, «Alice in Wonderland» Best Hero Luz / She, «Machete» — she was a good freedom fighter, shame about the film Best Villain Nina Sayers, «Black Swan» / Mal Cobb «Inception» Best Poster «Black Swan» Best Trailer (for a trailer released in 2010, not necessarily a film released in 2010) «Black Swan» Most Surprising Film of the Year «Centurion» Most Disappointing Film of the Year «Robin Hood» Most Ambitious Film of the Year «Inception&raGood / Fairly Decent Film Mia Wasikowska, «Alice in Wonderland» Best Hero Luz / She, «Machete» — she was a good freedom fighter, shame about the film Best Villain Nina Sayers, «Black Swan» / Mal Cobb «Inception» Best Poster «Black Swan» Best Trailer (for a trailer released in 2010, not necessarily a film released in 2010) «Black Swan» Most Surprising Film of the Year «Centurion» Most Disappointing Film of the Year «Robin Hood» Most Ambitious Film of the Year «Inception&ragood freedom fighter, shame about the film Best Villain Nina Sayers, «Black Swan» / Mal Cobb «Inception» Best Poster «Black Swan» Best Trailer (for a trailer released in 2010, not necessarily a film released in 2010) «Black Swan» Most Surprising Film of the Year «Centurion» Most Disappointing Film of the Year «Robin Hood» Most Ambitious Film of the Year «Inception»

Other winners include «Star Wars: The Force Awakens,» with two awards for Best Vocal / Motion Capture Performance (Lupita Nyong» o's spirited turn as Maz Kanata) and Best Visual Effects, while Brian Wilson, the subject matter of «Love & Mercy,» was awarded «Best Song» for his «One Kind of Love.»

It Follows: David Robert Mitchell delivers one of the best horror films of the new century with It Follows, as the movie boasts a creepy atmosphere that's perpetuated by superb visuals and a star - making lead performance by Maika Monroe.

Leitch proves a good match for Reynolds as performer as his visual style is as over-the-top as Reynolds» performance, and Deadpool 2 zings along on their combined energy, never flagging or losing momentum.

Best Animated Film — National Board of Review Best Animated Film — New York Film Critics Circle Best Animated Film — Boston Online Film Critics Best Animated Film (tie)-- Boston Society of Film Critics Best Animated Film — New York Film Critics Online Best Animated Film — Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Best Animated Film — Online Film Critics Society Best Animated Film — Southeastern Film Critics Best Animated Film — Dallas - Fort Worth Film Critics Best Animated Film — Phoenix Critics Circle Best Animated Film — Las Vegas Film Critics Best Animated Film — Chicago Film Critics Best Animated Film — Utah Film Critics Association Best Animated Film — Florida Film Critics Circle Best Animated Film — Kansas City Film Critics Best Animated Film — Austin Film Critics Best Animated Film — Capri Hollywood Film Awards Best Animated Film — Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Best Animated Film — Black Film Critics Circle Best Animated Film — Central Ohio Film Critics Best Animated Film — Golden Globe Awards Best Animated Film — Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Animated Film — Critics» Choice Award Best Animated Film — Annie Awards Best Animated Film — BAFTA Awards Best Directing in an Animated Feature — Annie Awards Best Original Screenplay — Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Best Original Screenplay — Utah Film Critics Association Best Original Screenplay — Austin Film Critics Best Vocal / Motion Capture Performance for Phyllis Smith — Indiana Film Journalists Best Family Film — Women Film Critics Circle Feature Film (Animation)-- Casting Society of America Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Picture — Producers Guild of America Best Edited Animated Film — American Cinema Editors Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature for Joy — Visual Effects Society Best Storyboarding in an Animated Feature — Annie Awards Best Editorial in an Animated Feature — Annie Awards Best Character Design in an Animated Feature — Annie Awards Best Music in an Animated Feature — Annie Awards Best Character Animation in a Feature Production — Annie Awards Best Production Design in an Animated Feature — Annie Awards Best Voice Acting for Phyllis Smith — Annie Awards Best Writing in an Animated Feature — Annie Awards

He tells us a little about his childhood experiences and their influence on the film as well as research, facts and liberties, cast and performances, visual choices, sets and locations, effects, music, and a few other production areas.

With its combination of startlingly effective visual effects, a trippy screenplay that served both as a enormously effective genre narrative a mind - bending meditation of what it means to be human and strong performances from the three leads, the film was celebrated as one of the best of the year and it even went on to become a modest commercial success as well.

While his visual take on the life of J.M.W. Turner's is among his most ambitious attempts, thanks to Cinematographer Dick Pope, outside of a few key scenes and good performances, the film lays lifeless like a PBS special on a Sunday afternoon.

I love Cuaron, but I think this is a case of a director being too closely affiliated with his movie's visual strengths — and let's be clear, on this front it's a masterpiece — and not closely enough affiliated with its shortcomings elsewhere: the good (but not great) performances, the mediocre dialogue (from a screenplay co-written by Cuaron), etc..

Best Motion Picture (Drama)-- Golden Globe Awards Best Film — BAFTA Awards Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio (tie)-- Boston Society of Film Critics Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio — Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio — Dallas - Fort Worth Film Critics Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio — Las Vegas Film Critics Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio — Chicago Film Critics Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio — Utah Film Critics Association Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio — Kansas City Film Critics Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio — San Diego Film Critics Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio — Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio — Central Ohio Film Critics Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio — Golden Globe Awards Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio — Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio — Critics» Choice Award Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio — Screen Actors Guild Best Lead Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio — BAFTA Awards Film Actor of the Year — Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Best Cinematography — Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Best Cinematography — Dallas - Fort Worth Film Critics Best Cinematography — Las Vegas Film Critics Best Cinematography — Central Ohio Film Critics Best Cinematography — Critics» Choice Award Best Cinematography — American Society of Cinematographers Best Cinematography — BAFTA Awards Best Director — Dallas - Fort Worth Film Critics Best Director — Golden Globe Awards Best Director — BAFTA Awards Outstanding Director (Feature Film)-- Directors Guild of America Best Musical Score — Dallas - Fort Worth Film Critics Best Sound — BAFTA Awards Best Period Film — Art Directors Guild Outstanding Animated Performance in a Photoreal Feature for The Bear — Visual Effects Society Outstanding Composition in a Photoreal Feature for Bear Attack — Visual Effects Society Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photocell Feature — Visual Effects Society Best Character Animation in a Live Action Production — Annie Awards

Bolstered by confident, strong performances from its two leads (as well as the rest of the principal cast), a visual style that perfectly reinforces the film's themes and tone, and a killer soundtrack, the film feels like a well curated tour of the darker corners of the art world.

«The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,» a Kennedy / Marshall Production (Paramount and Warner Bros.)(13 nominations) Brad Pitt - Performance by an actor in a leading role Taraji P. Henson - Performance by an actress in a supporting role Art direction Cinematography Costume design Directing Film editing Makeup Original score Best picture Sound mixing Visual effects Adapted screenplay

But besides the broody performances from Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, and the labyrinthine story by Nic Pizzolatto, what made the series work so well was its visual tone, crafted with deliberate skill by director Cary Fukunaga.

Fincher's actual directorial work has slackened a bit since the Fight Club days, but despite the straightforward directorial style of films like Zodiac and The Social Network, he's still managing to outlive his reputation as a visual specialist and music video bred guy into a solid as a rock film director that will capably shoot anything that he is given, and get the best possible performances from his actors.