Sentences with phrase «character work beyond»

With a slow first half and some uneven performances and character work beyond its leads, it feels a bit rough around the edges.

Not exact matches

As soon as we move beyond the work, beliefs or attitudes one holds to judging another's character or motives, we have gone too far.

Every one of the games I've worked on at Supergiant, including the game we just announced, focuses on characters whose sense of home has been disrupted due to circumstances beyond their control.

What makes him great is his ability to also weave yards of his natural talent into the true character, to show us that he has skills beyond simple copy work.

Gillespie may be indebted to filmmakers like Martin Scorsese and David O. Russell, but the character depth and tonal control of their best work seem beyond his reach.

Looking beyond the scope of its strange popularity, The Hunger Games is a compelling drama led by well - written characters, performed by strong actors working in exciting environments.

But beyond that, in the realm of character work, he conjured an enigmatic mixture that presented the very spirit of a man.

These two characters have much in common, however, beyond their shared vocation: passion for their work, care for their patients, side interests in art (he with literature and visual art, she with music).

James Mangold for caring about all the right things in his work and blessing us with Logan and Copland, Refn for Drive alone, Stallone for giving us Rocky and THE «Just keep going» monologue that everyone in the arts needs when they have that inevitable bad day, Joe Carnahan for being able to blend heart stopping action with character drama and Phil Joanou for making my favorite film of all time with State of Grace (1990)(I'd love a Cinephilia and Beyond piece on it someday...)

But maybe there is something here, beyond these one - sheets» high - contrast black - and - white, and beyond the shocks of hair that respectively define Jack Nance and Bruce Dern's characters, that link the filmmakers» works.

It's unlikely to spark any meaningful conversations about eco-terrorism beyond «man, effin» hippies» or «man, effin corporations,» surrounded by murmurs of assent, but it uses that topic as the framework for some terrific suspense and character work.

But for those who haven't seen much of Yelchin beyond the multiplex, he leaves behind a treasure trove of vivid character work.

Strong comic book movies that have worked well in the past have all had one thing in common, a strong villain who oozes screen presence, character depth and beyond all else, is interesting.

Beyond the ickiness of the relationship between an infamously predatory director (John Malkovich) entering into a relationship with the 17 - year - old daughter (Chloe Grace Moretz) of Louis» character, the juxtaposition of a black - and - white,»40s - screwball comedy setting with profane, raunchy humor just never works.

The first, «Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making Daredevil» (58:51), is a highly entertaining and comprehensive making - of doc, covering how Johnson got the reins, the battles over the suit and its prototypical design variations, the cast and characters, fights, wire work, editing, effects, and music.

Filmmaker Richard Levine, working from his own screenplay, delivers an opening stretch that admittedly doesn't hold much potential, as the writer / director places an excessive emphasis on narration from both Tucci and Timlin's respective characters - with the seemingly ceaseless voiceover making it initially impossible to work up any interest in the characters and their exploits (ie neither Ted nor Angela are developed beyond their most obvious attributes).

If the goal is to world - build beyond the original characters, I want to see how the universe works, as many elements of the intergalactic society as possible, the workers in addition to the heroes.

«We're sitting down now, we're talking about the next ten years of Star Wars stories and we're looking at narratively where that might go; future stories beyond Episode IX, with these new characters, Rey, Poe, Finn, BB - 8, but we're also looking at working with people that are interested in coming into the Star Wars world and taking us to places that we haven't been yet, and that's exciting too because it's a vast galaxy far, far away,» said Kennedy on the latest episode of The Star Wars Show.

There are three major challenges for education today: 1) To become lifelong, beginning in the first year of life and extending to old age; 2) To go beyond curricula (subject matter) in the usual sense and to focus sharply on character (the kinds of human beings we want to nurture); 3) To prepare for a world where the landscape of work is likely to be totally different and changing constantly.

We empower parents to actively engage in their child's education and work collaboratively to provide each student with the character and academic skills needed to succeed in rigorous high schools and colleges, and to become productive citizens in the world beyond.

However, it is beyond the scope of our Center's work to review individual components, such as reading, math, science, character development, and other programs that may be used to improve schools.

The Beyond the Book feature works similarly to Kindle's X-Ray, in that it lets you bring up character and concept information from a book, but it's not as robust yet.

As part of the IP strategy for Sonic the Hedgehog, SEGA Group has been working to expand this character beyond the video game market to become an entertainment franchise.

Having several characters in a casting phase at the same time is incredibly dramatic, leaving you to stare at the little red zone, hoping beyond hope that you worked everything our correctly, otherwise a world of pain awaits.

Beyond good characters and enemies we have a story that works for modern times and with current events.

The Power button works similarly to BlazBlue's Drive system by complimenting each character with a unique ability that goes beyond the standard special moves.

Covering a great deal of Jodie's life, Beyond sets the bar for giving life to a virtual character, looking past the phenomenal character models and voice work, the story that unfolded had captivated me into not only making decisions I thought were good for the story, but also for Jodie as a person.

Sony and Quantic Dream give you a glimpse at the work that has gone into making the highly anticipated title Beyond Two Souls, with a Behind the Scenes video showing the motion capture techniques used to turn actress Ellen Page into the game character Jodie Holmes.

I could probably rant for hours about just how much I dislike NSMB and the fact that it became it's own subseries and Nintendo's tenacity to keep «New» in the title and how there still are two unnamed Toads instead of two of the bevy of existing Mario characters or someone new and how all the games look the damn same and how the characters bounce off of each other like they're all trampolines and all the «bah - bah's» in the music which still probably hasn't changed and how I have to hold the Wiimote in that uncomfortable sideways position because even Nintendo realized motion controls don't work so the normal controller designed is screwed beyond belief and gah.

Beyond this verdant topography, Dunham depicts a nude woman bathing, an important recurring character in his earlier figurative works.

While an original project conceived for the location, Rowe goes beyond the idea of site specificity and pushes her sculptural work to develop an intimate dialogue with the architectural surroundings; where the space itself becomes a character in the story.

HOUSE 2012: Inherent to the character of HOUSE 2012 is work that exists both within and beyond the gallery walls, out on to the street.

Cooper expressed similar admiration for Rosenquist's «Spectator - Speed of Light,» a 2001 work that moves beyond the photo - realist Pop character of the artist's earlier work.

She has worked on characters from the fantasy card game Magic the Gathering, acclaimed fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin, World of Warcraft, the Marvel universe and beyond.

Pressed flowers trapped within a lightbox enclosure, the size of an average cell (1.98 m2); a five - screen film of journeys around the prison's corridors, grounds and perimeter (Vanishing Point); a film and book (My Shadow's Reflection) comprising architectural images of the prison and pinhole camera images of the prisoners — blurred beyond recognition and speaking, Clark says, of how prisoners are not really seen in contemporary political discourse; and a longer 74 - minute film work (Oresteia), showing a form of psychodrama episode, based on the Greek tragedy, with prisoners playing — and responding to — the various characters, exploring notions of acceptable violence, catharsis and empathy.