Sentences with phrase «classic film making»

A classic film makes a lavish Blu - ray debut in the highly satisfying manner you expect from a Criterion release of On the Waterfront.

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Although White is absolutely right about the tendency of today's animated films (Tangled included) to pander to the most annoying and depressing aspects of popular culture even as they ignore or deny the richer, deeper culture from which most classic fairy tales emerged, the animated features that Disney brought to the screen when Uncle Walt himself still oversaw the studio made a point of drawing considerable aesthetic, emotional, and narrative power from specifically Christian aspects of the culture that, even today, America shares with Europe.

Even after The Disaster Artist gave his own story and his cult - classic indie film The Room — largely regarded as the worst movie ever made — new prominence, little is known about where he comes from or who he truly is.

Also, while the pages devoted to dissection of classic modern films such as Performance, Alien and Full Metal Jacket make compelling reading, they defeat the utter disposability so crucial to the modern: what can't be instantly forgotten becomes an impediment to what can next be accessed and experienced.

Break out of the classic pearl strand mold with this «Tin Cup» pearl bracelet, a style made famous by Rene Russo in the feature film of the same name.

Perth - born Gemma Ward, one of the top models of the 2000s, who subsequently took a 6 - year hiatus, has made her long - awaited return first on the Prada catwalk and, then, in a major campaign (and accompanying film) for classic Australian brand, Country Road.

In the middle of the film, Keith (John Legend) explains to Seb, who is a ~ serious musician ~ grudgingly playing for»80s cover bands to make a buck, why being obsessed with classic, 20th - century jazz is holding him back as an artist.

We have 25 talented bloggers gathered together to share with you all the wonderful crafts and recipes you can make this Christmas season, based off of some of the most beloved holiday classic films.

Despite all the cliches, it's a pretty hilarious film filled with good humor, mixed with gloomy atmosphere, making fun and at the same time adhering to the cliches of the Universal horror classic.

There are viral zombies that are the result of «real» zombie virus; the classic walking dead zombies made popular in the documentary films of George Romero.

Take in a film: Going to the cinema is a classic date idea for a reason, just make sure you fit in an after - show drink!

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).

This combination of classic horror action and satire make The Cabin in the Woods unique and a film that is sure not to disappoint fans of campy gore and violence.

Directed by and starring James Franco, this film is much more of an homage to the cult classic that is The Room, as well as a nod to the passion it takes to make something so terrible.

Everything about this film screams classic Bond and it is by far the greatest spy film ever made and has yet to be topped.

The Manchurian Candidate, however, is a far more recognizable classic than Charade, and it would take a brave man or a foolish one to risk the wrath of film buffs by making a new version.

Applying the episodic format and visual template of classic and spaghetti Westerns to a revenge saga mostly set in the Deep South just prior to the Civil War, the film makes a point of pushing the savagery of slavery to the forefront but does so in a way that rather amazingly dovetails with the heightened historical, stylistic and comic sensibilities at play.

Quite possibly the goriest film ever made by a Hollywood studio, Evil Dead is a new Horror classic, a film that accomplishes the nearly impossible task of staying true to the original's roots while standing firmly on its own.

You can't really make this 2D arcade classic much better than it already is, and it is a great title, but it shows it's age, and the fact that it is re-released more than any Star Wars film doesn't help.

This is the BEST James Bond film ever made as it is full of style, amazing action pieces that really dazzle and entertain, Pierce Brosnan is an excellent Bond (wit, humor, action, style, brutality), Xenia Onatopp is the greatest creation of a villain and Bond girl (because her weapon is Bond» worst nightmare), the villain is truly threatening and played very well by Sean Bean, the title song is awesome and classic Bond, the script for this film is VERY well written and witty, etc..

The slapstick and smart comedy in this film is hilarious and makes this film a great memorable example of a classic disney production made after Walt's death.

Working with an insanely talented crew that also includes cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto («Babel,» «Brokeback Mountain»), Affleck has made a film that features multiple locations, dozens of speaking roles, and the kind of tonal shifting that veterans routinely screw up and he's not only dodged the many potential pitfalls but made a modern classic by doing so.

Those absences might have been forgivable if the other thing that made Park's work so extraordinary, the sending up of classic film, wasn't completely missing from Early Man.

One of the most inspiring underdog stories ever made, the Little 500 bicycle race in Bloomington, Indiana, is a local classic as made famous by this film.

The lack of a convoluted motivation felt that much more terrifying, a tactic also used in 2006's Them and 2016's Hush, maybe because the indiscriminate nature of the violence makes us all feel unsafe and maybe because, as many classic horror films have shown, the less we know, the more terrifying it can all seem.

And fans of 1980s horror flicks, which this film closely resembles, will enjoy the ironic use of the classic power ballads «Total Eclipse of the Heart» and «Making Love Out of Nothing at All.»

The hard - working actress has made a career of choosing diverse and challenging projects both in film and television, starting with her acting debut in the movie JOE, which she soon followed with the 1975 cult classic THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW.

It is hard sometimes to shake the feeling that this live - action Disney adaptation is relying too much on the 1991 animation, to the point that it almost feels like an extended version of that film; but even so, it offers a fresh and modern look at the classic story that makes it worth it.

By Sloan De Forest Spanning nine decades and branded by the most trusted authority on film, Turner Classic Movies: Must - See Sci - Fi showcases 50 of the most shocking, weird, wonderful, and mind - bending movies ever made.

Founded by Martin Scorsese in 1990, The Film Foundation has helped restore over 800 films, making available classic and independent films thought to be lost.

When Frankenheimer got a second movie to direct - «The Young Savages» in 1961 - he had a far better time, and he made no fewer than three big films the following year, including «The Manchurian Candidate», an instant classic.

«The Walk» has everything it needs to be a modern classic, except for an understanding that when you have everything you need to make a such a film, it doesn't need to hype itself and explain itself.

To watch Downey making the classic films within the main film you would actually think Chaplin was still alive today starring in his own bio, amazing work to get it right.

That makes for engrossing and moving film making and a movie that actually got deeper under my skin than Spielberg's classic.

On more than one occasion, he makes reference to classic Western films from Stagecoach to The Searchers.

At the same time, DreamWorks still has yet to make a film to put them on a par with Pixar in terms of being able to make animated family films that will last the test of time as classics in their genre, rather than populist features that work primarily in the here and now.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, this Jennifer Juniper Stratford film is a «science fiction tale told in the style of classic B - movies and outfitted with practical special effects, laser beams and lunatic ideas which are guaranteed to make it the next big midnight movie hit.»

The biggest problem with the film is that the marketing for it makes the viewer believe that the classic video game characters will play a key role in the film while they honestly have minor cameos.

In his review, Turan compares the film to the classic - age comedies of Preston Sturges and Ernst Lubitsch in noting that «making an anarchic, absurdist comedy about 2008's housing market collapse and the global financial crisis that followed is as unlikely as the collapse itself.

I think this is a film that will go either way with audiences, I think some will find this film to be an instant classic while others will scratch their heads and ask themselves «why was that even made?»

Donald Sutherland has blasted plans to remake the classic Nicolas Roeg horror film Don't Look Now as a «shameful» money - making exercise.

Held April 26 - 29 at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre complex, Egyptian Theatre, Cinerama Dome and poolside at the Roosevelt Hotel, the classic movie marathon expanded this year to 120 films and events, «making it our biggest festival yet... creating four days of movie magic along Hollywood Boulevard,» said festival director Genevieve McGillicuddy.

This is just one of the best looking films of the year, a classic feel of motion picture making.

If Raymond Chandler and Chuck Jones had ever sat down together over a few beers, this is what they might have come up with: a fantastic amalgam of classic private eye mystery and brilliant razzle - dazzle Looney Tunes cartoonery — undoubtedly the greatest animated film noir feature ever made.

sung by Mick Jones as himself in a cameo that makes a strange sort of sense within the films context of cloning; a minor character with a freckle fetish who regards Anne of Green Gables as an erotic classic; and one of the most achingly powerful evocations of longing that I have ever seen.

He even describes his constant companion Earl (R.J. Cyler), with whom he makes short film parodies of classic movies, as more of a «co-worker» than a best friend.

Errol Flynn and Olivia De Havilland made eight films together, including the stone - cold classic «The Adventures Of Robin Hood,» while Bob Hope and Bing Crosby starred in the successful «Road To...» series, and Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis had a profitable comic partnership as well.

Bergman's film quickly made its passage into classic status; the 1972 poll of the world's film critics by Sight and Sound, the British film magazine, listed it among the ten greatest films ever made, and it is now considered by many Bergman scholars to be his best.

The film tells the tale of the making of Hollywood dreamer Tommy Wiseau's dreadful movie The Room, a wannabe serious drama that turned into a certified cult comedy classic on the midnight show circuit — certainly not by original intention.

Those who see the original after this remake will now be bored, but most will choose not to even view the classic because this one seems so weak and stupid it will make them care even less about seeking the 1960 film out.