Sentences with phrase «by filming characters»

(Similarly, McQueen's tendency to suggest alienation by filming characters through panes of glass does little to advance on a trope from Douglas Sirk's All That Heaven Allows (1955), as Rainer Werner Fassbinder did in many of his 70s films.)

Not exact matches

Regarding the «Daredevil» news, the TV project will try and reintroduce the character since a 2003 film adaptation featuring Ben Affleck was heavily panned by critics and fans alike.

Black Panther is the first standalone film to focus on the titular character, the superhero alias of King T'Challa of the fictional country Wakanda, portrayed by actor Chadwick Boseman.

Throughout the film, the characters played by Bale, Adams, and others have to convince, sell, trust, and entrap one mark after the next.

Much like the success of last year's Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of color.

Directed by Ryan Coogler (Creed) and starring Chadwick Boseman (Get On Up) as the Black Panther, the movie is the first standalone film for the classic Marvel Comics character after Boseman previously appeared as the Black Panther in 2016's Marvel film, Captain America: Civil War.

Meanwhile, Vox recently floated the idea of Fox going all - in on Deadpool by launching a film series, similar to Disney's The Avengers series, that would see his character team up with others from the X-Men comics to form a group known in comic books as the Uncanny X-Force.

This week, Marvel announced plans to release a film centered on its Black Panther character in 2017, to be played by Chadwick Boseman.

We won't spoil much about the character if you haven't seen the film, but the droid, masterfully played by Marvel veteran Paul Bettany, steals just about every scene in which he appears.

The film introduced a new adventure with a new generation of characters, led by Daisy Ridley's Rey and John Boyega's Finn, alongside veterans Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill.

Lions Gate Entertainment (No. 54) has had box office success with two major franchises: The Twilight series (produced by Summit Entertainment, a Lions Gate subsidiary) and Hunger Games, which have much in common as they are both film adaptations of bestselling young adult book series, are fantastical (one is about vampires and the other about a futuristic dystopia), and are anchored by a dynamic young female character (portrayed by Kristen Stewart in Twilight, Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games).

Groups of young friends who go to see some of the more death - focused horror films in vogue of late will routinely take bets on which stock character will face a grisly end soonest, as when viewing the Final Destination series» a film series that is, essentially, the apex of the set - piece disaster horror movie as orchestrated by MacGyver.

The two characters best - served by the film are Tim and Laura.

Noah, the film, may be inspired by the biblical character and events — but it is not a straightforward retelling of that story.

The lead character in novel and film is Lyra Belacqua, a girl who roams from the rooftops and hidden tunnels of an Oxford - like university to the frozen northern wastes and through alternate worlds, trying to rescue children who have been captured by agents of the Church.

If we compare and contrast the aristocratic character of rock with that of disco, by using the two films in question, we see that disco's aristocracy is more natural, whereas rock's is more heroic.

A lesser film would have opened by loading her with backstory about her royal heritage, her home planet and her ties to the Rebel Alliance (in fact, the lesser prequels committed just such errors with their own characters.)

The film opens by introducing a few new characters.

The film will debut with its original cast, including the late Carrie Fisher, as well as introduce some new characters played by Laura Dern, Benicio Del Toro and Kelly Marie Tran.

The film is written and directed by his real - life son Emilio Estevez, who also plays the recentlydeceased firstborn of Sheen's character, on whose behalf he is making the pilgrimage.

Genuine actors operate within a framework established by the imitative nature of film ¯ hence a good person can portray a bad one, or act out bad actions, without it being a reflection of his or her character.

Churches need to foster discussions of character by using films or case studies that present difficult choices in work or relationships, situations in which people must ask themselves, «What does it mean to do the honest, decent thing here?»

It's hard to find a film or television character portrayed by a Black actress that does not personify the StrongBlackWoman in some way.

Within the span of a year, the driver who is considered one of NASCAR's rising stars has voiced a character in a Hollywood blockbuster, had a cameo in a film helmed by an Academy Award - winning director, and appeared on an NBC television show.

The Star Wars movies revolutionized merchandising in the 1970's by putting their label on every possible item and by making every character, vehicle, location and prop in the films into a toy to be purchased.

And we found that in family films, 81 % of the jobs are held by male characters.

Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 8 September: Oscar - winning director, Danis Tanovic, took to the stage to resounding applause following the screening of Tigers, his new 90 - minute fact - based drama, and revealed that the character played by Emraan Hashmi, called Ayan in the film, was actually in the theatre.

It is known for its appearance as the lead character's name in the film Indiana Jones played by Harrison Ford.

As a teenager, I loved the Saturday afternoon black and white films on TV, with strong women characters played by Bette Davis or Joan Crawford.

For Biggs, who is a surprisingly imposing presence given the self - deprecating nature of the characters he plays on screen, the risk of a political film was outweighed by the chance to escape his American Pie persona.

Duncan Smith, who is personally targeted for criticism by characters in the film, said he did appreciate some of Loach's previous work.

The Milibands insist they are still close, but relations between their camps have become strained, with David's key allies branding rival Ed «Forrest Gump» after the less - than - bright character played by Tom Hanks in the hit film.

At least one Labour MP close to the centre of David Miliband's campaign has been heard in the House of Commons insultingly referring to his brother, Ed Miliband, as the character with a low IQ played by Tom Hanks in the 1994 Hollywood film.

The world may someday be full of pop - up images like those imagined in the film Jurassic World, where museum patrons walk through a hall where a projected dinosaur image stands on display, or like the free - standing visuals used by the character Tony Stark in designing his metal suits in the Iron Man films.

TV shows became confusing: in one film, she was surprised to see a character reel as if punched by an invisible man.

It was the same length and spoken by the same character at around the same point in the film.

Luis Leiva and Vicent Alabau at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, were inspired by the film Blade Runner, in which characters use a street language called «Cityspeak», a mix of languages including Japanese, Spanish and German.

Five years had gone by and in 1980 during the filming of the movie «Conan», Arnold had got into fantastic shape due to the physicality of the character he was playing and also due to the training that was required to be able to complete the filming — things like running and horse riding.

My inspiration comes from girls I see getting on my bus to girls getting shot by The Sartorialist to film characters.

They feature a cat eye and a smiling tooth inspired by the beloved character from the film Alice in Wonderland.

In the first year of delivery, the project culminated in a catwalk collection and presentation, featuring menswear and womenswear inspired by the characters of Disney's Alice in Wonderland film, in Milan.

Zegna's ambitous «A Rose Reborn» directed by Park Chan - wook made our list, as did Alexander Wang's funny Autumn / Winter campaign film, featuring Chris Kattan as Mango, a character from the American comedy show Saturday Night Live.

The odd start to the evening was designed to be eaten as the film — Trading Places — began, with Dan Ackroyd, one of the two main characters, being delivered breakfast in bed by his butler.

The plot of the film is not very different from the Universal classics: mad scientist, longed to resurrect the dead, comic character much alike Abbott and Costello, beauty who of course is taken by the «monster» (which is the Wolf Man), the climax with a burning building, while the battle of protagonists with a monster is going on and, of course, a happy ending.

In the film, comedian Patton Oswalt plays the voice on the phone trying to help Stiller's character find love by constantly editing his profile.

In the film, Ben Stiller's Walter Mitty character speaks on the phone with his «eHarmony counselor,» who guides him through the process by helping him to build a great profile and coaching him when he hits stumbling blocks.

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!

A well directed film by Daren Afronsky, Micky Rourke and Marisa Tomei are more than able to bring their respective characters and all of their flaws to life in a realistic and engaging manner..

Director Tom Dey's film is yet another by - the - numbers romantic comedy where the same tired escapades ensue, including one character's climactic discovery of the other's secret (in this case, when Tripp finds out about Paula's career as a female Hitch), and their eventual reunion at the end.

In every scene, the film's cutting is dictated by the turbulent pace of the characters» inner lives.