Sentences with phrase «character in a film made»

On his first deployment, under the leadership of a green commander, everything goes wrong and Hook finds himself alone, hunted, the only simply - motivated character in a film made up entirely of chases, conspiracies, and double - crosses.

Every character in the film makes choices, and the film's commitment to its South Boston framework continually asks — as smalltime private eye Patrick Kenzie (Casey Affleck) does in his opening voice - over — whether those choices are what define us or not, and whether they are «real» choices at all, or are already determined by the nature of the chooser, dictated by the choices he didn't make.

Ghost in the Shell similarly situates a quasi-dystopian Japan within a skeptical, even fearful, framework of globalization's destructive capacities, to the extent that no character in the film makes direct reference to Japan or any other nation for that matter.

Not exact matches

My colleague, Kirsten, had to sign an NDA promising she wouldn't reveal anything about Smith's character ahead of the film release in order to receive a making - of book on the film.

As the actor who redefined what it means to be The Man in Hollywood with films like «Pulp Fiction,» he simply put too much into the role, making the Octopus one of his least memorable characters to date.

We've made about five other films, but in the intervening years, the show business industry has moved entirely toward movies where the main characters have capes and tights.

According to the movie's screenwriter Michael Bacall, Depp was interested in filming a cameo in the remake, but wanted to make sure that his character had closure.

A number of these characters have decent chances at dying in the next film, but choosing which will die first makes the decision a lot tougher.

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.

She is the founder of the non-profit Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, which engages film and television creators to dramatically increase the percentages of female characters — and reduce gender stereotyping — in media made for children 11 and under.

Alba was the name of a character in the 2009 film The Time - Traveler's Wife, and was used for over 150 babies in the United States last year, making it another name that may take up a permanent spot on baby name lists of the future.

For the scientific community, the release of public polls on contentious questions of science usually makes us feel like Bill Murray's character in the film Groundhog Day.

We also wanted to appeal to people who enjoy character driven indie films like the ones Tom has made in the past (Fairhaven & Manhattan Romance).

The idea is to make you feel like a character trapped in a horror film.

The $ 451 million - grossing remake of the 1960 Rat Pack classic cemented itself in popular culture, and has even made it onto Betway's list of iconic films which celebrate casino — the iGaming operator gives nod to the suave sophistication of its title character (and Brad Pitt of course).

Let's compare dating mistakes to the mistakes characters make in horror films.

In his desire to make a universally well - received film, Walt Disney decided to play safe with this light - hearted and hugely entertaining delight that would hardly not please everyone, with an expressive animation, great catchy songs and many adorable characters.

It's a stunning story, dark and comical in equal turns, and the film relays the events in splendid fashion as well as giving us a star - making turn by Australian actress Margot Robbie as the eponymous character.

Bullet to the Head is a wasted opportunity to make something quite interesting and worth your time, but instead it just takes bits and pieces to create something that in the end is not worth watching because the film lacks a good story, effective action and more importantly good performances and interesting characters.

The film doesn't find space to fill their characters out in more than broad swaths, but manages to make them both unappealing, having a superheroic pissing match that turns into literal grappling over the moral high ground.

Once Upon A Time In Venice is clearly a film made by cinephiles, but the scattered subplots and underdeveloped characters combine for an overall misfire.

A perversely disturbing and highly uncomfortable film that bursts with overwhelming sexual intensity as the characters engage in a compulsive fetishistic psychopathology that is strangely telling, even if it will probably leave most viewers repelled and make them never want to see it again.

Writer / director James Bridges made his name in the 1970s with such socially aware, character - driven films as The Paper Chase (1973), but his unassuming style and non-blockbuster mentality slowed his career in the 1980s.

But even though the film revolves around the now all - too - familiar characters Herz has matured them in a way that still makes them both amusing and endearing.

While the previous films in the series have been just that — parts of a sequence designed to get us here, each with their own beginning and end — the first and second parts of Deathly Hallows are two halves of the same film, and to approach them as separate entities means missing just what director David Yates, writer Steve Kloves, and a host of storytellers and performers have done: They've made a five - hour fantasy epic that balances effects - driven battles with some very real character moments, and one that isn't afraid to have its heroes pay a high price for their convictions.

Portrayed by comely character actor Dougray Scott, Jericho has a sad - eyed, semi-schizo, finger - pointing persona that automatically brings to mind Russell Crowe's John Nash in A Beautiful Mind, another film that changed a historical figure's Jewish relations and sexuality to make the character more «acceptable.»

Federico Fellini was one of the leading figures of the international cinema in the 1960s, whose dreamlike images and indelible characters made La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2, and Juliet of the Spirits among the most acclaimed films of that era.

When I first saw the trailer for this movie I thought it was good to be another awful horror film, but the twist led by the characters played by Bradley Whitford and Richard Jenkins makes this one of the most inventive horror films I've seen in a while.

Once there, the charmless, taciturn hitman makes guns, shares some wine with a local padre and visits a brothel, «befriending» Clara (Violante Placido), a preposterously beautiful prostitute and the only likeable character in the whole film.

I say dark, yes there are parts in this film that are hard hitting, poinient moments that really make you think and get you inside the characters being played, again i think this is down to the great acting.

Sure it's still quite funny, but the laughs no longer come from the main characters, the trend began in the second film and now the Shrek series is entirely about how funny you can make the extras.

Brewer made a risky, but bold, decision in hiring Wormald and Hough to portray the two lead characters who were made famous by Bacon and Lori Singer in the original film.

Hannah was given too little to do in the first film, and she does her very best to make Tarantino's samey, show - off, adolescent dialogue feel as though it could have come from her character's mouth.

Where this film falters, is the choices made by some of the characters in the final act.

Aside from this being a lot less interesting than the original stories, it also gives us a film with more characters than the story has any use for, and that in turn makes what there is of a story feel baggy and drawn out.

Getting short - shrift in all of this is Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas, The Rules of Attraction), who is pushed mostly to the side here — although that may be intended irony, since his character was the most sexually experienced in the original film, making him the guy most likely to have had his glory day in high school, only to go downhill from there.

The emotions in this film made me feel as if i was a character going along for the ride, the story sucked me into to another dimension.

What this film seriously lacks in a coherent and discernable plot and character development, it more than makes up for it with tons of style, great cinematography, and well - placed tension.

It's adapted by Tracy Letts from his 1993 play (Friedkin also turned Letts's play Bug into a film in 2006), and its theatrical origins do become obvious in the way certain characters are left disconcertingly off screen; the movie is concluded with a long, slow and single - location sequence, which makes it looks oddly like a filmed stage play.

the script is linear and actually makes sense, but it's such a cold film that it only works as a procedural film, much in the way The Day of the Jackal (1973) dealt with icy characters from opposing sides eventually converging in a climax.

Sarah's insistence that Zeev is in a position to choose between the mission and attending her concert makes for a particularly maddening through line, as this oversimplified disagreement is all the film will tell us about these two characters.

Making a sequel to any film can go one of two ways, depending on the attitude of the people behind it and the potential present in the characters.

One of this film's greatest accomplishments is its making an audience believe that the Corleones and their various partners in crime have been entirely in character during the intervening decades, but have simply neglected to turn up on screen.

Why yes, I did read MAJ's article on the lack of dynamic female characters in modern mainstream film - making...

What it lacks in grandstanding and pandering to the «issues», this film more than makes up for with its great story, rounded characters and genuine sense of fun.

That she's a relative outsider in her own community — partly because she makes no attempt to fit into the rigorous role her somewhat wealthy family wants her to embody — makes her character even more of an interesting character exploration in Michael Pearce's new film Beast.

Game Night «s ability to never doubt its characters or their reactions in situations is what makes the film truly feel funnier than it probably is.

Spielberg leaves too much on the table between the two characters, especially in a film that earns the right to breathe for a few seconds, but Streep shines in these scenes all the same — this is Spielberg's first female - driven film since «The Color Purple» in 1985, and the actress is eager to make up for lost time.

There is nothing too complex or overdone about it, which is kind of what I was hoping for, but there are no real stakes aside from seeing if our main characters make it out alive, which in the end does not really matter, because they all pull of ridiculous stunts, making for a very far - fetched film.

Announcing that the 1996 - 1997 season of Roseanne would be his last, Goodman limited himself to infrequent appearances on the series, his absences explained away as a by - product of a heart attack suffered by his character at the end of the previous season.After making his 10th appearance on Saturday Night Live (2000), Goodman could be seen playing a red - faced bible salesman in director Joel Coen's award winning O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000), and participated in Garry Shandling's film debut What Planet Are You From?