Sentences with phrase «cinematic world as»

Aside from his accelerated healing factor, Deadpool's most important power is the ability to take the piss out of everyone and everything, even if they don't belong in the same cinematic world as him.

With the success of these movies (both in its fandom with Marvel fans and in causal moviegoers), the MCU (as a whole) has continued to grow and expanded, especially when Disney acquisitioned Marvel to bring the superhero world into the «House of Mouse», finding each new installment in their sequential Phases sagas to try to had another layer to the overall complexity to this cinematic world as well as being superhero entertainment to viewers everywhere.

Look closely at Audiard's work, however, and you can see that he creates entire cinematic worlds as distinctive as any proffered by more obvious «auteurs» like Pedro Almodóvar and Wong Kar - Wai.

Not exact matches

Black Panther director Ryan Coogler foresaw a cinematic world that broke Hollywood traditions as it broke box - office records too.

Game Night ends up being a cornucopia of surprises that mark John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein as an up - and - coming force in the world of cinematic comedy.

(Or maybe it wasn't so skewed — as we see from some of their vintage home movies, their apartment gave a good view of the World Trade Center circa 2000, scene of the century's most cinematic catastrophe.)

Coming just a few short months after the release of Paul Greengrass» 9/11 film United 93, World Trade Center immediately establishes itself as a completely different animal than its counterpart - as director Oliver Stone eschews the jittery authenticity of United 93 in favor of a far more traditional, thoroughly cinematic sort of vibe.

The mighty Norse god Thor, as played by Chris Hemsworth, is a fun presence in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ®, but his last stand - alone film («Thor: The Dark World») was the worst of the franchise.

When a character's most private thoughts are perpetually available to the reader, the resulting experience is at once more sensual and more narrow than its cinematic counterpart, our window to the world only as large as a single narrator's experiences, revelations, and prejudices.

The Endless is a horror / sci - fi film like nothing the cinematic world has seen thus far and only serves to prove Benson & Moorhead as some of the strongest voices in the world of indie cinema.

Fantastic Four may not be as exciting or fun as most of the recent Marvel Cinematic Universe productions, but it gives you small things to appreciate, like a villain who is genuinely unafraid to kill, a story that doesn't present world destruction and salvation as pressing and inevitable, and a small cast enabling you to get well - acquainted with them.

It stands as a poignant bookend to a hefty cinematic saga — and the film that brought Film Yapper Sam Watermeier into the world.

It's a cinematic testament to what citizen journalism can be and the crucial role of the media as a means to inform the world.

The Cornetto Trilogy (aka «Three Flavours Trilogy») is a cinematic delight in every sense of the word, and its status as such was solidified with the third and final entry in the loosely connected trio of films, The World's End.

Set on the world of Sakaar — known dearly to comic book fans as the world the Hulk gets whisked off to in the now classic story arc «Planet Hulk» — Thor: Ragnarok and its location open up unlimited potential for the Marvel Cinematic Universe; it is also the planet where the Hulk had his son, Skaar, after all.

Sylvie Collier's «To Dance Like a Man» gives a bit of a window into that world, but also works smashingly as just a cinematic delivery vehicle for childlike wonderment as yet unwrecked by puberty.

Think of it as Love Story meets Total Recall and Dark City, which doesn't quite do justice to the movie - going experience at hand, but comes close to describing the idiosyncratic, highly cinematic world writer / director George Nolfi generates here for his filmmaking debut.

As Marvel's cinematic universe extends into its second phase, Thor: The Dark World finds itself sandwiched between movies seven and nine in the franchise (or one and three, depending on how you look at it).

After 70 years of World War II being mined for cinematic stories, it would seem as if no fresh stories are left to be told — but writer - director Martin Zandvliet has managed to unearth «Land of Mine,» set in the immediate aftermath of the war.

And as comic book films become more prevalent, perhaps this trend of world mashups will go beyond just shared cinematic universes and into this weird wave of smashing together disparate properties.

As far as films go, the script and direction by Richard LaGravenese (Paris I Love You, Living Out Loud) aren't going to set the cinematic world on fire, as he imbues his tale with ample amounts of artistic license in order to get his overall message acrosAs far as films go, the script and direction by Richard LaGravenese (Paris I Love You, Living Out Loud) aren't going to set the cinematic world on fire, as he imbues his tale with ample amounts of artistic license in order to get his overall message acrosas films go, the script and direction by Richard LaGravenese (Paris I Love You, Living Out Loud) aren't going to set the cinematic world on fire, as he imbues his tale with ample amounts of artistic license in order to get his overall message acrosas he imbues his tale with ample amounts of artistic license in order to get his overall message across.

Over the years, the director has brought the world such classic fantasies as Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice and Big Fish to the big screen, among other strange (cinematic) places.

It's encouraging news that potentially signals an even more creatively fertile future for the franchise — and, as Coogler also revealed, a world in which Marvel movies can stand on their own two feet, separated from the increasingly complicated Marvel Cinematic Universe.

In the years since his passing, however, there has been a gradual reappraisal of Demy's cinematic legacy, spurred on in no small part by the efforts of Varda, who has helped to keep the flame alive by supervising restorations and reissues of his films as well as directing both «Jacquot de Nantes,» a 1991 biopic focused on his early years, and the 1995 documentary «The World of Jacques Demy.»

Other highlights in this strand include: Miguel Gomes» mixes fantasy, documentary, docu - fiction, Brechtian pantomime and echoes of MGM musical in the epic ARABIAN NIGHTS; the World Premiere of William Fairman and Max Gogarty's CHEMSEX, an unflinching, powerful documentary about the pleasures and perils associated with the «chemsex» scene that's far more than a sensationalist exposé; the European Premiere of CLOSET MONSTER, Stephen Dunn's remarkable debut feature about an artistic, sexually confused teen who has conversations with his pet hamster, voiced by Isabella Rossellini; THE ENDLESS RIVER a devasting new film set in small - town South Africa from Oliver Hermanus, Diep Hoang Nguyen's beautiful debut, FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, a wry, weird socially probing take on the teen pregnancy scenario that focuses on a girl whose escape from village life to pursue an urban education has her frozen in mid-flight; LUCIFER, Gust Van den Berghe's thrillingly cinematic tale of Lucifer as an angel who visits a Mexican village, filmed in «Tondoscope» — a circular frame in the centre of the screen; the European premiere of KOTHANODI a compelling, unsettling fairytale from India; veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache's gritty and delicate portrait of a drug addicted petty thief in MADAME COURAGE; Radu Muntean's excellent ONE FLOOR BELOW, which combines taut, low - key realism with incisive psychological and ethical insights in a drama centering on a man, his wife and a neighbor; and QUEEN OF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth Moss.

The film takes this moment to remind us of something our crack team of film stars as well as extraction spy already knows, which is how insanely frivolous this cinematic world is, but the world is paying so much attention to this while the six diplomats hiding out in Iran waiting for help is almost completely forgotten of in a second once this fancy distraction is waived in front of the media.

The cinematic series catapulted her to worldwide fame and for seven more features, the world watched as she grew up as her character on film.

The opening cinematic and prologue gave me a glimpse of the background of the game's female protagonist, Aloy, as well as the world she resides in.

Written and produced by the Chiodo brothers — known for their work on a host of special - effects laden hits such as «Team America: World Police» and the Critters movies — «Killer Klowns from Outer Space» is a cinematic experience unparalleled in this galaxy, now newly restored by Arrow Video for this stellar edition.

Like a cinematic Donald Trump, Tarantino revels in the unforgiving violence and political incorrectness of The Hateful Eight, and is so fatalistic in the world view he is presenting that it feels as though he is egging his critics (and supporters) on.

Arrival, with its handwringing worthiness and easy answers, certainly meets these criteria as escapist balm for the masses, but this analysis ignores the fact that M Night Shyamalan's 2002 film Signs is not just a superior film about alien invasion (funnier, darker, more cinematic), but also a stronger allegory for the apocalyptic fever that has gripped America and, by extension, the world.

Last year, Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World continued Marvel Studios» dominance at the box office, as the beginning of «Phase 2 ″ for the studio's Shared Cinematic Universe, following The Avengers becoming a massive critical / financial hit.

Jackson is, in some sense, Tolkein's cinematic equivalent as a world - building, and as such is the perfect pick for the job of putting Middle Earth on film.

Now, after three years and a delay to the project, the dystopian world of Dashner's cinematic tale of Thomas, Newt, Minho, and the rest of the Gladers comes to end as 20th Century Fox and director Wes Ball present the film Maze Runner: The Death Cure.

Add to that the 52nd New York Film Festival, which comes two weeks after Toronto and has as of late always nabbed a few major world premieres («Life of Pi,» «Lincoln,» «Captain Phillips,» «The Social Network»), and we're likely going to see a massive chunk of 2014's best cinematic offerings all premiering within a six week time span.

I also hope they keep the more cinematic style of Other M but step up the writing this time (I still like Other M a lot though and think the flaws it has are greatly exaggerated) It would also be nice to see Samus actually working as a bounty hunter rather than stumbling on distress signals all the time — They could keep the exploration and worlds of Prime but have Samus hunting targets / completing objectives as some sort of mission throughout the story rather than playing through the story in one go.

The vision has been expanded to include cinematic achievement on the small screen as well as the independent filmmaking and world cinema.

In a cinematic world where James Bond and Jason Bourne are the current standard bearers for spy movies, something like «Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy» should have come as a nice breath of fresh air... a low tech and character based look at the type of material that usually involves shootouts and explosions.

As this year's Winter Olympics kick off this Friday, we look at the best cinematic takes on the world's biggest sports event, from the from dramatic feats to comedic riffs.

James Horner has provided the cinematic world with such a multitude of fine scores, one almost has to wonder how he manages to conjure up new themes as delightful as the previous ones.

Although there's no surefire recipe for creating a tonal balance, those building the cinematic world need simply to embrace their choice and have it reflect the storyline as a whole.

BOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: Filmmaker Wes Anderson makes contraptions as much as he makes movies, little cinematic worlds that look as if they've been conceived as dollhouses and that operate by their own peculiar rules.

Based in New York City's Greenwich Village, Doctor Strange must act as an intermediary between the real world and what lies beyond, utilizing a vast array of metaphysical abilities and artifacts to protect the Marvel cinematic universe.

Doctor Strange must act as an intermediary between the real world and what lies beyond, utilising a vast array of supernatural abilities and artifacts to protect the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

In this film, as in earlier ones like A Bigger Splash and I Am Love, Guadagnino's sensual attention to the textures and smells and intimate noises of Italian life builds out a cinematic world that encompasses his characters but is much greater than them.

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled is convincing the world he doesn't exist, as the saying goes; so dragging him into the limelight and refusing to gussy him up with captivating cinematic finery requires both aesthetic discipline and moral discernment.

As one of the popular leading roles in this massive production of Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Stephen Strange, the Master of the Mystic Arts who is a sworn guardian of Time Stone has to protect this crucial piece of the universe while teaming up with the Earth's mightiest super heroes and battle against the cunning warlord to save the world from the most dangerous threat ever.

Darting confidently between genres to subvert our expectations at every turn, The Killing of a Sacred Deer firmly cements Lanthimos in the pantheon of world - class auteurs and marks him as a cinematic provocateur without precedent.

This weekend might be all about Black Panther, Marvel's much - anticipated, 18th entry in its ten - years - and - counting cinematic universe, but that's no reason to ignore the other visually expansive, comedic delight arriving in in multiplexes: Oscar - winner Nick Park's (Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit) latest foray into stop - motion wizardry (his first as sole director), Early Man, an unexpected, if no less welcome, ode to the joys, excitement, and wonders of the «beautiful game» («soccer» to less enlightened Americans, European football everywhere else) set against the backdrop of a future - hanging - in - the - balance, winner - take - all Stone Age vs. Bronze Age football match that's almost as thrilling and exhilarating as watching Real Madrid vs. FC Barcelona or Manchester United vs. Manchester City play in front of paying fans (i.e., in the real world with real - world stakes).

Parker seems to have a score to settle with art - world pretensions, and in his desire to exact cinematic revenge, what starts out as fun turns vindictive.