Sentences with phrase «by scripters»

Naturally, this sets the stage for extended training sequences, which are far from anything new but made watchable by some funny repartée written by scripters John Eskow, Ted Elliot, and Terry Rossio; and the effortless mentor - student rapport between Hopkins and Banderas.

That an average episode of The O.C. or Everwood possesses more depth than this certainly doesn't help matters, nor does the decidedly subpar dialogue by scripter James LaRosa (one character, during a vicious shark attack, exclaims, «this is freakin» nuts!»)

Based on the novel by Richard Bachman at a time when many (including the filmmakers) didn't know that Bachman was a pseudonym for Stephen King, this Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle is a particular kitschy piece of 80s Arnie action, with a great premise and some potent underlying themes badly handled by scripter Steven E. de Souza and especially director Paul Michael Glaser.

Not exact matches

It's clear immediately that filmmaker Peter Berg is looking to ape the feel and tone of Paul Greengrass» work, as Deepwater Horizon boasts a documentary - like feel that's heightened by its low - key performances and general lack of context - with scripters Matthew Michael Carnahan and Matthew Sand, in terms of the latter, delivering dialogue that tends to emphasize authenticity over exposition (ie much of this stuff sounds as though it was pulled directly from real - life transcripts).

All of this is presented with an unusual but assured mixture of whimsy, comedy, and melancholy by director Jason Reitman, working again with scripter Diablo Cody.

Director Francis Lawrence, along with scripter Justin Haythe, delivers a striking opening stretch detailing Dominika's fall from grace as a ballerina and her initial exploits at the aforementioned school, with the undeniably watchable atmosphere perpetuated by star Lawrence's solid work and the ongoing inclusion of compelling sequences.

James Ivory won the WGA honor for «Call Me by Your Name,» 24 hours after claiming the USC Libraries Scripter Award for adaptations.

While there is some crossover with the recent Writers Guild awards, their ineligibility clauses aren't present with the USC Scripter and we have The Theory of Everything showing up here as well as Inherent Vice, which was snubbed by the WGA.

Written / directed by Meet the Parents scripter John Hamburg, Why Him?

Call Me by Your Name — James Ivory — Critics» Choice, WGA, BAFTA Alliance of Women, Austin, Chicago, Denver, Florida, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Oklahoma, Online, San Francisco, Southeast, USC Scripter, Austin, Australia, Chicago Indie, Columbus, Georgia, Gotham, LGBTQ, London, Los Angeles Online, New Mexico (Runner - up), North Carolina, Phoenix, Satellite, San Diego, Satellite, St. Louis (Runner - up), Washington D.C. 2.

The movie adaptation from scripter Juliette Towhidi is directed at a slow pace by James Kent, or, let's say at the kind of deliberate momentum that pays due respect to the heroic actions of several of its participants.

The project is set up at Skydance and Paramount Pictures, and is written by Locke and Hummingbird scripter Steven Knight.

The USC Scripter has announced their nominations: The finalist writers for film are, in alphabetical order by film title: Scriptcreenwriter Eric Heisserer for «Arrival,» adapted...

Written by TV scripter Steve Leff, the story centers around the titular heroes accidentally being responsible for the death of an elderly neighbor when they fail to carry her groceries upstairs; when her death leads them to meet her hot granddaughters, the pair struggle to keep their part in her demise secret.

But I'm obviously applying way too much thought on a film that clearly wasn't thought out, certainly not by director Adam Shankman and scripter Karen Janszen, working from Nicholas Sparks» novel; «When in doubt, resort to a cliché or stereotype» seems to be their philosophy.

About the first hour of Stepmom has a nice hard edge, albeit somewhat overwritten by the five credited scripters, Gigi Levangie, Jessie Nelson, Steven Rogers, Karen Leigh Hopkins, and Ron Bass.

Everything in the new film plays exactly as it did in the film from nearly 40 years ago, with a few contemporary wrinkles thrown in by Van Sant and Joseph Stephano, scripter of the original.

The screenplay by Four Weddings and a Funeral scripter Richard Curtis (who «devised» the Mr. Bean character with Atkinson) and Robin Driscoll does not offer much in the way of plot; the film hangs upon a very basic premise (inept, clumsy London National Art Gallery employee Bean is sent to a Los Angeles gallery as an art expert).

After winning the most critics» awards for Adapted Screenplay (including Critics» Choice), on top of the USC Scripter, WGA, and BAFTA Awards, it appears that James Ivory will be winning the Oscar for his outstanding screenplay for «Call Me by Your Name.»

Blu - ray extras include audio commentary by directors Anthony and Joe Russo and scripters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely; a making - of piece; deleted scenes; a gag reel; and a sneak peek at the upcoming Doctor Strange.

For a movie that hinges on a soulless man developing feelings, Criminal is noticeably lacking any of its own, what with its roster of repellent characters and the chilly approach taken by director Ariel Vroman (whose previous feature, The Iceman, was similarly, uh, frosty) and scripters Douglas Cook and David Weisberg — note, as but one example, that the death of a highly sympathetic character (and played by a highly billed performer) is treated as an aside, completely ignored by the person's friends and colleagues and, by extension, the filmmakers themselves.

Extras include audio commentary by film critic Richard Schickel on East of Eden, author Douglas L. Rathgeb (The Making of Rebel Without a Cause) on Rebel Without a Cause, and filmmaker George Stevens Jr., Giant scripter Ivan Moffat and film critic Stephen Farber on Giant; four documentaries on Dean, two on Stevens and two on Giant, all generally running 60 - 90 minutes apiece; making - of featurettes, deleted scenes and screen tests for East of Eden and Rebel Without a Cause; and theatrical trailers.

Chaired by USC professor and past president of the Writers Guild of America, West, Howard Rodman, the 2018 Scripter selection committee selected the finalists from a field of 91 film and 28 television adaptations.

Scripters Simon Boyes and Adam Mason attempt to liven things up by sprinkling the proceedings with distinctly oddball subplots, including an assassin dying of a terminal illness, but, like everything else contained in this mess of a screenplay, such digressions wind up going absolutely nowhere (ie there's no satisfactory payoff for anything here).

And although scripters Shagan and Biderman place a continuing emphasis on curiously needless subplots - eg the ongoing problems surrounding a nearby housing project - Primal Fear ultimately lives up to its reputation as a solid drama that's elevated on an all - too - consistent basis by Norton's impressively hypnotic work.

Scripter John Hughes» sporadic reliance on elements of a decidedly less - than - fresh nature are, as a result, not as problematic as one might've feared, although, by that same token, it's not difficult to wish that certain superfluous elements had been either reduced sharply or jettisoned altogether - with the best example of this the continuing emphasis on Jack's wife's (Teri Garr's Caroline) continuing dealings with her lecherous boss (Martin Mull's Ron).

Adapted from the novel by Audrey Niffenegger by Ghost scripter Bruce Joel Rubin, Wife features a cat's cradle of a plot, examining Henry as he marches back and forth through time, futilely attempting to shape something of a peaceful routine in the process.

Call Me By Your Name and The Handmaid's Tale won the USC Scripter awards for film and television (respectively) last night.

Mark Millar was then summarily bludgeoned to death with a shovel by Mark Millar Brand Comics, a brash new scripter from the mean streets of Coatbridge who didn't need no Glaswegian chaos magician to help him sell his comics to them moving picture companies!

The middleware and development giant is aiming to reduce productivity friction with its latest game engine, with one of the demos shown to Develop put together by an artist, requiring no technical input, who was also able to use the scripter to make a game.